F91 Dudelange
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| Full name | F91 Dudelange | ||
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| Short name | F91 | ||
| Founded | 1991 | ||
| Ground | Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange | ||
| Capacity | 2,558 | ||
| Chairman | Gerry Schintgen | ||
| Manager | Claudio Lombardelli | ||
| League | Luxembourg National Division | ||
| 2022–23 | National Division, 3rd of 16 | ||
| Website | Club website | ||
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F91 Dudelange (French:
It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dudelange, Stade Dudelange and US Dudelange. Domestically, it has since won the National Division on 15 occasions and the Luxembourg Cup eight times.
F91 Dudelange qualified for the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, becoming the first club from the country to reach the group stage of a European competition. Dudelange also made the 2019–20 UEFA Europa League group stage where they became the first team from Luxembourg to win a game in the group stage after a shock 4–3 victory over APOEL of Cyprus.[1]
History
It was formed in 1991 from the clubs Alliance Dudelange, Stade Dudelange, and US Dudelange. All three clubs had won the National Division or the Luxembourg Cup before, but each had fallen upon hard times, and the amalgamated club was expected to be more stable, in both a sporting and financial sense.
Turning the club into a title-challenging team took a while. Stade Dudelange and US Dudelange had been in Luxembourg's third tier (the 1. Division), whilst Alliance Dudelange was struggling to remain in the second league (the Division of Honour). The new club would take Alliance's place in the Division of Honour in the 1991–92 season.
F91 was promoted in its first season, and soon established itself as a competent top-flight team, not finishing outside the top half of the table until 1996–97. Towards the end of the 1990s, Dudelange gradually improved, and brought to an end Jeunesse Esch's era of dominance by storming to the 1999–00 league title by eleven points.
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In 2013–14, Dudelange reclaimed the title with a 3–0 victory over Fola Esch on the final day of the season. This earned the club a spot in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.
In 2018, F91 Dudelange became the first Luxembourgish team to reach the group stage of a major European competition, after defeating
In 2019, Dudelange qualified for the Europa League group stages for the second successive season after defeating FC Ararat-Armenia in the play-off round in a penalty shootout.
Dudelange fared much better in their second European group stage adventure, being drawn into a group with Europa League stalwarts Sevilla, Cypriot champions APOEL and Qarabağ of Azerbaijan.
On the first group stage matchday, on 19 September 2019, Dudelange became the first ever team from Luxembourg to win a game in a European group stage after beating
After losing their next four group matches, Dudelange faced Qarabag on the last matchday in Baku where they came within two minutes of recording another famous win, before the Azeri side equalised in injury time, thus the men from Luxembourg finished bottom of the group with a respectable 4 points.
Honours
Domestic
League
Cups
European record
Matches
Notes
- QR: Qualifying round
- 1Q: First qualifying round
- 2Q: Second qualifying round
- 3Q: Third qualifying round
- PO: Play-off round
- A ^ After extra time.
Current squad
- As of 1 March 2024[6]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Out on loan
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Managers
Philippe Guérard (1 July 1994 – Sept 25, 1994)
Benny Reiter (1 July 1996 – 1 Dec 1997)
Angelo Fiorucci (1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000)
Carlo Weis (1 July 2000 – Sept 24, 2003)
Roger Lutz (25 Oct 2003 – 30 June 2004)- Michel Leflochmoan(1 July 2004 – 30 June 2009)
- Marc Grosjean (1 July 2009 – 10 June 2011)
- Claude Origer (caretaker) (15 Aug 2009 – 31 Dec 2009)
- Dan Theis (13 June 2011 – 17 Oct 2011)
- Ralph Pinatti Stange (caretaker) (18 Oct 2011 – 25 Nov 2011)
- Didier Philippe (25 Oct 2011 – 13 Nov 2012)
- Patrick Hesse (16 Nov 2012 – 30 May 2013)
- Pascal Carzaniga (1 July 2013 – 28 May 2014)
- Sébastien Grandjean (1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015)
- Michel Leflochmoan(1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016)
- Dino Toppmöller (1 July 2016 – 30 June 2019)
- Emilio Ferrera (1 July 2019 – 17 September 2019 )
- Bertrand Crasson (17 September 2019 – 7 May 2020 )
Carlos Fangueiro (1 July 2020 30 June 2023)
Jamath Shoffner (1 July 2023 present)
References
- ^ Mollereau, Julien (19 September 2019). "Victoire 3-4 à Nicosie : Le F91 gagne le match le plus fou de l'histoire du foot luxembourgeois" (in French). Le Quotidien.
- ^ "UEFA Europa League – CFR Cluj-Dudelange". UEFA. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ "CFR CLUJ – DUDELANGE 2-3 // 5 motive pentru care "dubla" CFR – Dudelange este cea mai mare rușine din istoria fotbalului românesc" [CFR CLUJ – DUDELANGE 2-3 // 5 reasons why the CFR – Dudelange "double" is the biggest shame in the history of Romanian football]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 31 August 2018. Retrieved 19 September 2018.
- ^ "Dudelange – Real Betis 0-0".
- ^ Hippert, Franky (17 September 2019). "F91 Dudelange trainer Emilio Ferrera steps down". RTL Sport.
- ^ "F91 Dudelange 1 (Senior M) - Saison 2023/24". F91 Diddeleng. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
External links
- Official website (in Luxembourgish)
- F91 Dudelange on Facebook
- F91 Dudelange on Instagram