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Avenir Beggen
Full nameFootball Club Avenir Beggen
Nickname(s)Wichtelcher (Pixies)
Founded1 July 1915
GroundStade rue Henri Dunant,
Beggen
Capacity4,830
ChairmanDamien Raths
ManagerSven Loscheider
LeagueLuxembourg Division of Honour
2023-24Division of Honour, 9th
WebsiteClub website

Football Club Avenir Beggen is a football club, based in Beggen, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.

The club were founded in 1915[1] as FC Daring Beggen but changed their name to FC Avenir Beggen a year later. In 1940, they were renamed SV 1915 Beggen, but in 1944, it was changed again to FC Avenir Beggen.

Avenir Beggen had played in the National Division in consecutive seasons since 1965–66, but were relegated in the 2005–06 season. Finishing second in their first season in the second-tier Division of Honour, Avenir returned to the National Division at the first time of asking. In 2008/09 the club finished 14th and were relegated back to the Luxembourg Division of Honour.

Honours

Winners (6): 1968–69, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1993–94
Runners-up (5): 1974–75, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1991–92
Winners (7): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2001–02
Runners-up (4): 1973–74, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1997–98

European Competition

Avenir have qualified for UEFA European competition sixteen times.

Qualifying round (2): 1993–94, 1994–95
First round (4): 1969–70, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87
Qualifying round (1): 2002–03
First round (4): 1975–76, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1995–96
First round (4): 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93
Second round (1): 1974–75

They have won three ties in European competition (although two were only on technicalities):

  • In 1974–75, their Cup Winners' Cup first round opponents, Enosis Paralimni of Cyprus, withdrew due to ongoing crisis in that country.
  • In the same competition in 1992–93, Avenir beat the Faroe Islands' B36 Tórshavn 2–1 on aggregate in the qualifying round, before losing 5–1 on aggregate to Spartak Moscow in the first round proper.
  • In the 1995–96 UEFA Cup, Avenir lost on away goals to Örebro SK, but Avenir were awarded a 3–0 victory when it transpired that the Swedes had fielded an ineligible player.

Throughout its history the team has won three rounds in Europe, including Champions League, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners' Cup. In 1969, Avenir Beggen won their first league title in Luxembourg, with a historic victory followed by 10,000 spectators, of 3-1 against Jeunesse d'Esch. Moreover, thanks to this victory, the club qualified for the Champions League for the first time where they played against AC Milan (0-5 to Milan and 0-3 in Luxembourg city).

Another success for Avenir Beggen came on the 60th anniversary of the club, 1 September 1975, when Avenir Beggen played their first UEFA Cup tie (now Europa League) against FC Porto (0-7 in Porto and 0-3 in Luxembourg city).

In addition to those three ties, Avenir has won one game in a tie that they eventually lost (2–1 at home against Inter Bratislava in the 1990–91 UEFA Cup, before losing 5–0 in Bratislava).

Overall, Avenir's record in European competition reads:

P W D L GF GA GD
Avenir Beggen 36 3 3 30 12 142 -130

Current squad

2023/2024 season[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
4 MF Luxembourg LUX Gabriele Terenziani
5 MF Cape Verde CPV Eurico Gomes
6 MF Luxembourg LUX Marlon Rock
7 DF Luxembourg LUX Yves Rowlings da Cunha
9 MF France FRA Yassine Maziz
10 FW France FRA Younes Maziz
11 MF Portugal POR Luís Magalhães
12 GK Cape Verde CPV Carlitos Varela
13 MF England ENG Matteo Akers
14 FW Ivory Coast CIV Leonel Mao
16 FW Luxembourg LUX Nelson Furtado
19 DF Luxembourg LUX Cliff Bernard
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Luxembourg LUX Dylan Lima Borges
22 GK Luxembourg LUX Kevin Straus
24 MF Luxembourg LUX Denilson Santos Lopes
28 MF Luxembourg LUX Alex Pinheiro
29 FW Cape Verde CPV Jadir Lima
32 DF France FRA Mohammed Guenoun
69 DF Ukraine UKR Maksym Khudoliy
89 MF France FRA Kevin Bile
99 FW France FRA Marc Etoundi Mekongo
— DF Portugal POR Maruca
— MF Cape Verde CPV Keiven Goncalves
— FW Luxembourg LUX Armin Sabotic

Former coaches

  • Luxembourg Marc Boreux (1966–72)
  • Luxembourg Henri Cirelli (1973–76)
  • Luxembourg Josy Kirchens (1976–77)
  • Austria Willi Macho (1979–80)
  • Luxembourg Albert Adams (1980–82)
  • Luxembourg Jean Bettinger (1982–83)
  • Luxembourg Paul Philipp (1983–85)
  • Luxembourg Michel Clement (1985–88)
  • Luxembourg Louis Pilot (1988–90)
  • Luxembourg Albert Adams (1990–95)
  • France Jacky Pérignon (1995–96)
  • Luxembourg Theo Scholten (1996)
  • Luxembourg Vinicio Monacelli (2000)
  • Luxembourg Jeannot Reiter (2000–02)
  • Luxembourg Gilbert Dresch (2002–03)
  • Luxembourg Jean Fiedler (2003)
  • France Jacky Pérignon (2003)
  • Luxembourg Michel Clement (2003–04)
  • Albania Florim Alijaj (2004–05)
  • Spain Fernando Gutiérrez (2004–05)
  • Albania Florim Alijaj (2005)
  • Spain Fernando Gutiérrez (2005–08)
  • France Manuel Peixoto (2008–09)
  • Luxembourg Jos Steffen (2009–11)
  • Luxembourg Dan Santos (2013–16)
  • Luxembourg Gilles Wagner (2016)
  • Portugal Paulo Gomes (2016–17)
  • Luxembourg Carlo Feipel (2017)
  • Luxembourg Jeannot Reiter (2017–18)
  • Luxembourg Almir Civic (2018–)

References

  1. ^ "FC Avenir Beggen". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. ^ Eis Équipe fir d'Saison 2008/09 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine - Wichtelweb

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