Jeunesse Esch

Jeunesse Esch
Full name	Association Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette
Founded	1907; 117 years ago
Ground	Stade de la Frontière
Capacity	8,200
Chairman	Marc Theisen
Manager	Marc Thomé
League	Luxembourg National Division
2022–23	National Division, 7th of 16
Home colours	Away colours

Jeunesse Esch (full name Association Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette) is a professional

National Division, the highest league in the country, and have won the league title on 28 occasions between 1921 and 2010, the most of any team in Luxembourg.^[2]

History

The club was founded in 1907 as Jeunesse la Frontière d'Esch in reference to the proximity of their stadium to the

Gauliga Moselland

, finishing runners-up in the 1943–44 season. After the liberation of Luxembourg, the name reverted to AS la Jeunesse d'Esch.

Historically, Jeunesse Esch has been the most successful side in Luxembourgish football. They have won the

Double

on eight occasions.

They first entered the European Cup in 1958, but like most of Luxembourg's clubs, failed to pass the preliminary rounds of the competition. Their most famous result came in the early stages of the 1973 competition when they held then-UEFA Cup holders Liverpool to a 1–1 draw at home before losing the second leg 2–0 at Anfield.

Jeunesse have continued their success into recent times, being one of the top three Luxembourgish clubs, along with F91 Dudelange and FC Etzella Ettelbruck, of the past few years. However, the club had a disastrous 2006–07 season, in which the club finished ninth, and only just avoided a relegation play-offs.

Honours

National Division
- Winners (28): 1920–21, 1936–37, 1950–51, 1953_54, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2009–10
- Runners-up (13): 1914–15, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1952–53, 1956–57, 1960–61, 1968–69, 1977–78, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 2005–06, 2011–12

Luxembourg Cup
- Winners (13): 1934–35, 1936–37, 1945–46, 1953–54, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1975–76, 1980–81, 1987–88, 1996–97, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2012–13
- Runners-up (12): 1921–22, 1926–27, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1970–71, 1974–75, 1984–85, 1990–91, 1994–95, 1995–96, 2005–06, 2011–12

European competition

Jeunesse Esch has qualified for UEFA European competition thirty three times.

European Cup/UEFA Champions League

Qualifying round (5): 1997–98, 1998–99, 1999–00, 2004–05, 2010–11

First round (15): 1958–59, 1960–61, 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1987–88, 1988–89

Second round (2): 1959–60, 1963–64

European Cup Winners' Cup/UEFA Cup Winners' Cup

Qualifying round (2): 1981–82, 1991–92

UEFA Cup

Qualifying round (3): 1995–96, 1996–97, 2000–01

First round (4): 1969–70, 1978–79, 1986–87, 1989–90

UEFA Europa League

First qualifying round (3): 2012–13, 2014–15, 2016–17

Second qualifying round (2): 2013–14, 2019–20

Jeunesse Esch is the only club from Luxembourg to have reached the second round of the

George Berry

in the early years of the competition:

In
Gento. The array of stars did nothing to over-awe the Luxembourgers on their home patch; Jeunesse scored twice within fifteen minutes, and made a good account of themselves, but succumbed to lose 5–2, 12–2 on aggregate. Real went on to win the European Cup for a fifth straight season, beating Eintracht Frankfurt
7–3 in a memorable final.

In the first round of the European Cup in

European Championship

.

Overall, Jeunesse's record in European competition reads:

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
AS la Jeunesse d'Esch	71	9	8	54	56	224	−168

Current squad

As of 1 March 2024[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	Kévin Sommer
2	MF	LUX	Denilson Andrade
4	MF	LUX	Miloš Todorović
5	DF	LUX	Dennis Besch
6	MF	LUX	Irvin Latic
7	DF	MNE	Almir Klica
8	MF	LUX	David Soares
9	FW	SEN	Junior Armando Mendes
10	FW	LUX	Andrea Deidda
11	FW	LUX	Gonçalo Almeida
12	GK	LUX	Andrea Amodio
13	GK	LUX	Ailan Alilovic (on loan from Differdange 03)
14	FW	FRA	Alexandre Arenate


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
15	MF	FRA	Alexis Boury
16	DF	FRA	Adrien Kack
17	MF	POR	João Teixeira
18	DF	FRA	Emmanuel Lapierre
19	DF	LUX	Dylan Meireles
20	MF	FRA	Alexis Larriere
21	FW	COM	Ahmed Mogni
22	FW	FRA	Achraf Drif
24	FW	FRA	Maxime Deruffe
42	DF	FRA	Tarek Nouidra
68	FW	LUX	Antonio Luisi
99	DF	LUX	Rony Moreira