FC Avenir Beggen

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Avenir Beggen

Full name

Football Club Avenir Beggen

Nickname(s)

Wichtelcher (Pixies)

Founded

1 July 1915

Ground

Stade rue Henri Dunant,
Beggen
(Capacity 4,830)

Chairman

Jean Hansen

Manager

Fernando Gutierrez

League

Luxembourg National Division

2006-7

Division of Honour, 2nd





Home colours





Away colours

Football Club Avenir Beggen, usually abbreviated to Avenir Beggen, is a football club, based in Beggen, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.

Avenir Beggen had played in the National Division in consecutive seasons since 1965-66, but were relegated in the 2005-06 season. Finishing second in their first season in the second-tier Division of Honour, Avenir have returned to the National Division at the first time of asking.

1 Honours
2 Current squad
3 European Competition
4 External link

[edit] Honours

National Division

Winners (6): 1968-69, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1992-93, 1993-94

Runners-up (5): 1974-75, 1982-83, 1986-87, 1989-90, 1991-92

Luxembourg Cup

Winners (7): 1982-83, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 2001-02

Runners-up (4): 1973-74, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1997-98

[edit] Current squad

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Philippe Chrismousse
		GK	Lou Consbruck
		GK	Sandro Monteiro
		GK	Marvin Eisenmenger
		DF	Olivier Berscheid
		DF	Geoffrey Monivas
		DF	Jérôme Poirot
		DF	Laurent Rochette
		DF	Christian Schmit
		DF	Basile Toyison
		MF	Assim Alomerovic
		MF	Asmir Alomerovic
		MF	Daniele Bei
		MF	Mato Duric
		MF	Patrick Fernandes-Minas

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Bobby Mendes
		MF	Spencer Olavo
		MF	Miguel Reisinho
		MF	Igor Stojadinovic
		MF	João Tavares
		MF	Gabriel Vieira
		MF	Ben Zeches
		FW	Pascal Denigro
		FW	Abdu Diagné
		FW	José Gomes
		FW	Mourad Lazaar
		FW	Randy Nzita
		FW	Aderito Vaz dos Reis
		DF	Miguel Oliveira
		MF	Slimane Birrou

[edit] European Competition

Avenir have qualified for UEFA European competition sixteen times.

UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round (2): 1993-94, 1994-95

First round (4): 1969-70, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1986-87

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round (1): 2002-03

First round (4): 1975-76, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1995-96

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

First round (4): 1983-84, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1992-93

Second round (1): 1974-75

They have won three ties in European competition (although two were only on technicalities):

In 1974-75, their Cup Winners' Cup first round opponents, Enosis Paralimni of Cyprus, withdrew due to ongoing crisis in that country.
In the same competition in 1992-93, Avenir beat the Faroe Islands' B36 Tórshavn 2-1 on aggregate in the qualifying round, before losing 5-1 on aggregate to Spartak Moscow in the first round proper.
In the 1995-96 UEFA Cup, Avenir lost on away goals to Örebro SK, but Avenir were awarded a 3-0 victory when it transpired that the Swedes had fielded an ineligible player.

In addition to those three ties, Avenir have won one game in a tie that they eventually lost (2-1 at home against Inter Bratislava in the 1990-91 UEFA Cup, before losing 5-0 in Bratislava).

Overall, Avenir's record in European competition reads: