FC Progrès Niederkorn

Progrès Niederkorn

Full name	Football Club Progrès Niederkorn
Founded	1919
Ground	Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Capacity	4,830
Chairman	Fabio Marochi
Manager	Thomas Gilgemann
Coach	Roland Vrabec
League	Luxembourg National Division
2019–20	National Division, 2nd
Website	Club website
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, Niederkorn finished second in Luxembourg's second division, the Division of Honour. As the top league, the National Division, expanded from twelve teams to fourteen, Niederkorn 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.^[1]

On 4 July 2017, Progrès beat Scottish side Rangers in the 1st qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. They overcame a 1–0 defeat at Ibrox with a 2–0 win at the Stade Josy Barthel, having scored only once before in European competition. This victory was also the club's first ever win in European football.^[2] They enjoyed an even greater campaign in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, defeating FK Gabala and Budapest Honvéd FC to reach the third qualifying round against Russian side FC Ufa. The tie seemed destined for extra-time but a last-minute goal for Ufa sent Progres out, denying them a rematch against Rangers in the play-offs.

Honours

• National Division

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

Runners-up (6): 1931–32, 1936–37, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2017–18

• Luxembourg Cup

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

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

European competition

Their first European goal was against Glentoran in the 1981–82 European Cup, where they drew 1–1.

Record by competition

As of match played 26 August 2020

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
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Gabala	0–1	2–0	2–1
		2Q	Honvéd	2–0	0–1	2–1
		3Q	Ufa	2–2	1–2	3–4
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	PR	Cardiff Metropolitan University	1–0	1−2	2–2 (a)
		1Q	Cork City	1−2	2–0	3–2
		2Q	Rangers	0–0	0−2	0–2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Zeta	3–0	N/A	N/A
		2Q	Willem II	0−5	N/A	N/A

Current squad

As of 5 September 2020^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK FRA Sébastien Flauss 4 DF LUX Aldin Skenderovic 5 MF LUX Ben Vogel 6 MF LUX Irvin Latic 7 FW FRA Ryad Habbas 9 MF LUX Yannick Bastos 10 MF LUX Belmin Muratovic 11 FW FRA Bilal Hend 17 FW GUI Issa Bah 18 MF GNB Lamine Bá 19 DF LUX Mathias Jänisch 20 MF LUX Kevin Holtz

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 FW GER Kempes Tekiela (on loan from Borussia Dortmund II) 23 DF FRA Adrien Ferino 25 MF LUX Ryan Klapp 27 MF LUX Yannis Dublin 30 GK FRA Kévin Sommer 32 DF LUX Tom Laterza 38 DF FRA Metin Karayer 40 MF GER Christian Silaj 68 MF LUX Antonio Luisi (on loan from Dudelange) 70 DF LUX Yann Matias 97 FW LUX Florik Shala 98 GK LUX Tom Boussong

Out on loan

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF LUX Sébastien Thill (at Sheriff Tiraspol)

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