Union Luxembourg
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| Full name | Union Sportive Luxembourg | |
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| Nickname(s) | – | |
| Founded | 1925 | |
| Dissolved | 2005 | |
| Ground | Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg City | |
| Capacity | 5,814 | |
| Chairman | - | |
| Manager | - | |
| League | - | |
| 2004–05 | National Division, 11th | |
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Union Sportive Luxembourg, usually known as Union Luxembourg, was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is now a part of Racing FC Union Luxembourg.
History
Union Luxembourg was formed in 1925 as an amalgam of
In 1940, the
However, that all changed very swiftly, as Union hit its stride, beginning with another cup victory in 1959. Between 1959 and 1971, Union won two league titles and the Luxembourg Cup five times. Another barren spell followed; the 1970s and 1980s saw Luxembourg finish consistently in the top four in the league, but, in seventeen years, Luxembourg reached only two cup finals and finished in the two top just once.
Another sudden spike of success came at the end of the 1980s. Luxembourg won three National Division titles back-to-back between 1990 and 1992 and returned to the habit of European qualification. Nonetheless, as with so many clubs in Luxembourg during the 1990s and 2000s, Union could not withstand the pressure to consolidate. Union arranged a merger with
Honours
- Luxembourg Cup
- Winners (10): 1946–47, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1995–96
- Runners-up (10): 1922–23, 1925–26, 1932–33, 1936–37, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1996–97
As US Hollerich Bonnevoie
- National Division
- Winners (5): 1911–12, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17
- Runners-up (2): 1909–10, 1917–18
European Competition
Union Luxembourg qualified for UEFA European competition 21 times.
- Qualifying round (1): 1971–72
- First round (4): 1962–63, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93
- Qualifying round (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
- First round (8): 1963–64, 1964–65, 1969–70, 1970–71, 1978–79, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1989–90
- UEFA Cup
- Qualifying round (1): 1998–99
- First round (5): 1965–66, 1966–67, 1973–74, 1988–89, 1993–94
Without having won a tie, Union won two matches against European opponents. The first came in 1970–71, against
Managers
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Hugo Fenichel (1937–38)[1]
Bill Berry (1961–65)
René Noerdinger (1973–79)
Alex Pecqueur (1989–92)
Roland Schnit (1992–93)
Heinz Maas (1993)- Alex Pecqueur (1994–95)
Rachid Belhout (2001–03)- Jeannot Reiter (2003–05)
References
- ^ "Hugo Fenichel (1898–1942)". tageblatt.lu. Retrieved 23 March 2020.
