Football Club Swift Hesperange is a football

Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball...

 club, based in Hesperange

Hesperange

Hesperange is a commune and town in southern Luxembourg. It is located south-east of Luxembourg City.The total population of the commune is 13,103 persons...

, in southern Luxembourg

Luxembourg

Luxembourg , officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg , is a landlocked country in western Europe, bordered by Belgium, France, and Germany. It has two principal regions: the Oesling in the North as part of the Ardennes massif, and the Gutland in the south...

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History

• 1916: Club founded as FC Swift Hesperange
• 1940: Club renamed as FV Rot-Weiß Hesperingen during the German occupation
• 1944: Original name FC Swift Hesperange restored
• 1985: First season in National Division
• 1990: Winners of Luxembourg Cup
  Luxembourg Cup
  The Luxembourg Cup is the national knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons during the German occupation during Second World War.-Winners:...
  
  
• 1990: First participation in European competition (season 1990-91)

In the 2005-06 season

Luxembourg National Division 2005-06

The 2005-06 season of Luxembourg's National Division football league ran from 7 August 2005 to 28 May 2006. The league title was won by F91 Dudelange, who also won the Luxembourg Cup to complete the Double.-Teams:...

, Hesperange finished ninth in the National Division

Luxembourg National Division

The National Division is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it is to be known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006-07 season,...

. The following year

Luxembourg National Division 2006-07

The 2006-07 season of Luxembourg's National Division ran from 5 August 2006 to 30 May 2007. F91 Dudelange continued their domination of the National Division by winning their third league title in a row; Dudelange also won the Luxembourg Cup to complete the Double.-Teams:The National Division was...

, they improved this position to 5th, level on points with fourth-placed Racing FC

Racing FC Union Luxembourg

Racing Football Club Union Luxembourg , usually abbreviated to Racing FC, is a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.-History:...

 and sixth-placed CS Grevenmacher

CS Grevenmacher

Club Sportif Grevenmacher is a football club, based in Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg.- History :The club was founded in 1909 as 'Stade Mosellan' . The current name, 'CS Grevenmacher' , was adopted in 1919....

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European Competition

Swift Hesperange have qualified for UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

 European competition once, when they were beaten in both legs by Polish side Legia Warsaw.

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
  The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
  
  

First round (1): 1990-91

Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
FC Swift Hesperange	2	0	0	2	0	6	-6

Current squad

External links

• FC Swift Hesperange official website