FC Progrès Niederkorn

Progrès Niederkorn

Full name	Football Club Progrès Niederkorn
Founded	1919
Ground	Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Ground Capacity	4,830
Chairman	Fabio Marochi
Manager	Thomas Gilgemann
Coach	Paolo Amodio
League	Luxembourg National Division
2016–17	Luxembourg National Division, 4th
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Progrès Niederkorn is a football club based in Niederkorn, in south-western Luxembourg.

History

During the German occupation of Luxembourg, the club played in the Gauliga Moselland under the name of FK Niederkorn, where it finished runners-up in 1942–43, behind champions TuS Neuendorf.

Three times domestic league winners, the club's most successful years were at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. They have not won any major silverware since the 1981 league title.

In the 2005–06 season, Niedercorn finished second in Luxembourg's second division, the Division of Honour. As the top league, the National Division, expanded from twelve teams to fourteen, Niedercorn were promoted along with Differdange 03.

In the 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division, Progrès Niederkorn drew the league's highest attendance that year: 1,820. Their average home attendance was 710 that year. ^[1]

On 4 July 2017, Progrès pulled off a huge upset when they beat Rangers to secure their first ever win in European football.^[2]

Honours

• National Division

Winners (3): 1952–53, 1977–78, 1980–81

Runners-up (5): 1931–32, 1936–37, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82

• Luxembourg Cup

Winners (4): 1932–33, 1944–45, 1976–77, 1977–78

Runners-up (3): 1945–46, 1955–56, 1979–80

European competition

The club has only won one tie in European competition, (2-1 aggregate) against Rangers FC in the 2017-18 Europa League First Qualifying Round.^[3] Before then, they only managed two draws and one goal; the first was against Glentoran in the 1981–82 European Cup, where they drew 1–1; the second was against Shamrock Rovers in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League.

Record by competition

As of match played 04 July 2017

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Vejle Boldklub	0–1	0–9	0–10
1978–79	European Cup	1R	Real Madrid	0–7	0–5	0–12
1979–80	UEFA Cup	1R	Grasshopper Club Zürich	0–2	0–4	0–6
1981–82	European Cup	1R	Glentoran	1–1	0–4	1–5
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1R	Servette	0–1	0–3	0–4
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	0–3	0–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Rangers	2–0	0–1	2–1
		2Q	AEL Limassol	0–1	1–2	1–3

Current squad

As of 29 June 2017^[4]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player 1 GK Sébastien Flauss 13 GK Charly Schinker 28 GK Muamer Mahmutovic 30 GK Stéphane Ferreira Da Costa 5 DF Ben Vogel 17 DF David Marques 20 DF Tony Mastrangelo 23 DF Adrien Ferino 27 DF Alessandro Fiorani 38 DF Metin Karayer 70 DF Yaan Matias Marques 4 MF Jo Barnabo

No. Position Player 7 MF Ricky Borges 8 MF Dzenid Ramdedovic 10 MF Olivier Thill 11 MF Mike Schneider 16 MF Maximilian Watzka 19 MF Mario Mutsch 31 MF Sébastien Thill 9 FW Théo Sully 14 MF Emmanuel Françoise 25 FW Alexis Lafon 45 FW Valerio Barbaro 87 FW Aleksandre Karapetian

Women's team

The women's team plays in Luxembourg's highest league, the Dames Ligue 1. The team has won 15 championships and are therefore the national record champions. The last title was won in 2010–11,which qualified them for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.

References

External links

• Official website – Progres Niederkorn