FC Avenir Beggen

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	vacant
League	Luxembourg Division of Honour
2009-10	9th
Website	Club home page
Home colours Away colours

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

The club were founded in 1915 as FC Daring Beggen but changed their name to FC Avenir Beggen a year later. In 1940, they were renamed SV 1915 Beggen, but in 1944, it was changed again to FC Avenir Beggen.

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. In 2008/09 the club finished 14th and were relegated back to the Luxembourg Division of Honour.

Contents 1 Honours 2 European Competition 3 Current squad 4 Former coaches 5 External links 6 References

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

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:

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Avenir Beggen	36	3	3	30	12	142	-130

Current squad

2008–09 season^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Martin Eisenmenger 2 DF Geoffrey Monivas 3 MF Patrick Bei 4 DF Grégory Molitor 5 MF Daniele Bei 6 MF Gabriel Vieira 7 MF Spencer Olavo 8 MF João Tavares 11 FW Ricardo Ferreira 13 DF Hector Varela 14 MF Patrick Fernandes-Minas 15 MF Ben Zeches 16 DF Olivier Berscheid 17 FW Thiago Almeida Ferreira 19 MF Cédric Ziebel

No. Position Player 20 MF Bobby Mendes 21 FW Randy Nzita 22 GK Philippe Chrismousse 23 DF Miguel Oliveira 24 GK Lou Consbruck DF Christian Schmit DF Jamath Shoffner DF Aldo Zampa MF Asmir Alomerović FW Ahmed Rani MF Cédric Guillermic MF Márcio Matias MF André Silva FW Abdeljahil Maazouz FW Kevin Nimsgern

Former coaches

• Fernando Gutiérrez (2005–08)
• Manuel Peixoto (2008–09)

External links

• FC Avenir Beggen official website

References