CS Grevenmacher

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CS Grevenmacher

Full name

Club Sportif Grevenmacher

Founded

8 January 1909

Ground

Op Flohr Stadion
(Capacity 4,000)

Chairman

Fernand Zanen

Manager

Claude Ossweiler

League

Luxembourg National Division

2006-7

National Division, 6th





Home colours





Away colours

Club Sportif Grevenmacher is a football club, based in Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg.

1 History
2 Current squad
3 Honours
4 European Competition
5 External link

[edit] History

The club was founded in 1909 as 'Stade Mosellan' . The current name, 'CS Grevenmacher' , was adopted in 1919.

During the Nazi occupation of the Second World War, the club was renamed 'FK Grevenmacher' , as part of Gauleiter Gustav Simon's policy of Germanisation. The club's name reverted to 'CS Grevenmacher' upon liberation in 1944.

1949-50 was the first season in which Grevenmacher played in the top league, the National Division. In 1950-1951, the team reached the final of the Luxembourg Cup, but lost to SC Tétange in a replay.

In the 1990s, Grevenmacher established themselves as one of the perennial challengers for trophies. In 1993-94, CS Grevenmacher finished in second place in the National Division, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time. The club's first piece of silverware came in the 1994-95 Luxembourg Cup; in Grevenmacher's fifth cup final, the club beat Jeunesse Esch 1-1, 3-2. Since 1992-93, Grevenmacher has finished outside the top half of the table just once, and has finished second on seven occasions.

In the 2002-03 season, the club won the National Division championship for the first time, and thus qualified for the UEFA Champions League. In the same year, Grevenmacher won the Luxembourg Cup, completing the Double.

[edit] Current squad

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Marc Oberweis
		GK	Marc Pleiming
		GK	Marius Porn
		GK	Daniel Bauer
		DF	Mathias Jänisch
		DF	Jérôme Henrot
		DF	Paul Engel
		DF	Tim Heinz
		DF	Michael Schmit
		DF	Volker Schmit
		DF	Christian Albrecht
		DF	Nouar Benlaribi
		DF	Tobias Lörig
		DF	Julien Turnau
		MF	Christian Braun
		MF	Tom Siebenaler

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Tom Munoz
		MF	Filipe Jesus da Silva
		MF	Eric Wolff
		MF	Luc Thimmesch
		MF	Mario Herres
		MF	Sven di Domenico
		MF	Jo Reuland
		MF	Nino Helbig
		MF	Yannick Schreiner
		FW	Daniel Huss
		FW	Anton Bozic
		FW	Fatih Sözen
		FW	Stefan Wagner
		FW	Kerem Armut
		FW	Michael Fleck

[edit] Honours

National Division

Winners (1): 2002-03

Runners-up (7): 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97, 1999-00, 2000-01, 2001-02

Luxembourg Cup

Winners (3): 1994-95, 2002-03

Runners-up (4): 1950-51, 1952-53, 1953-54, 1958-59

[edit] European Competition

CS Grevenmacher have qualified for UEFA European competition nine times.

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round (1): 2003-04

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Qualifying round (2): 1995-96, 1998-99

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round (6): 1994-95, 1996-97, 1997-98, 2000-01, 2001-02, 2002-03

The club has never won a tie in European competition. However, the club has come close on three occasions:

In the 1995-96 Cup Winners' Cup, Grevenmacher beat KR Reykjavík 3-2 in the first (home) leg, but lost 2-0 in Iceland, going out by the narrow margin of 4-3 on aggregate.
In 2000-01, Grevenmacher lost their UEFA Cup first leg against HJK Helsinki 4-1. The club had to win the second leg 3-0 to progress (on away goals). Despite a determined fight-back at home, Grevenmacher won by only 2-0, and were eliminated.
In the UEFA Cup in 2002-03, Grevenmacher played Cyprus' Anorthosis Famagusta. Another heavy defeat away from home (3-0) saw Grevenmacher requiring a miracle in the second leg. Just as they had two years previously, the Luxembourgish team managed to win, but, again, by the insufficient margin of two goals to nil.