Progrès Niederkorn

Full name	Football Club Progrès Niederkorn
Founded	1919 (1919)
Ground	Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Capacity	4,830
Chairman	Thomas Gilgemann
Manager	Léon Greiveldinger
Coach	Jeff Strasser
League	National Division
2021–22	Nationaldivisioun, 5th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

Football Club Progrès Niederkorn is a professional 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 haven’t won a major trophy 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 (7): 1931–32, 1936–37, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2017–18, 2022–23
• 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.

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	—	—
		2Q	Willem II	0–5	—	—
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Gjilani	2–2	2–0	4–2
		2Q	Midtjylland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	0–2	2–3

Current squad

As of 1 September 2023^[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  FRA Hamadou Karamoko 6 MF  NIG Chris Lybohy 7 DF  LUX Yannick Bastos 8 MF  LUX Gilson Delgado 9 FW  FRA Walid Jarmouni 10 MF  LUX Belmin Muratovic 12 MF  FRA Brian Amofa 15 DF  LUX Gerard Mersch 16 GK  LUX Eldin Latik 17 FW  LUX Issa Bah 18 DF  CMR Alex Guett (on loan from Sochaux) 19 FW  FRA Antoine Mazure

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  LUX Omar Natami 22 FW  LUX David Turpel 24 MF  BIH Emir Bijelic 25 FW  GLP Kenny Mixtur 27 DF  FRA Vincent Peugnet 28 DF  LUX Jáder Soares 29 FW  FRA Yanis Lhéry (on loan from Saint-Étienne B) 30 GK  POR Rodrigo Ribeiro 38 DF  FRA Metin Karayer 45 MF  LUX Diego Ribeiro 70 FW  COM Soiyir Sanali 97 MF  LUX Lucas Figueiredo

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 — DF  LUX Alexandre Sacras (at UNA Strassen until 30 June 2024)

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