UN Käerjéng 97 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 Bascharage

Bascharage

Bascharage is a commune and a town in south-western Luxembourg. It is part of the canton of Capellen, which is part of the district of Luxembourg., the town of Bascharage, which lies in the centre of the commune, has a population of 7,495...

, in south-western Luxembourg

Luxembourg

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History

A young club, it was only formed in 1997 as an amalgam of Union Sportive Bascharage and Jeunesse Hautcharage

Hautcharage

Hautcharage is a small town in the commune of Bascharage, in south-western Luxembourg. , the town has a population of 1,463.Hautcharage used to be home to a football club, Jeunesse Hautcharage, which won the Luxembourg Cup in 1971...

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In the 2005–06 season

Luxembourg National Division 2005-06

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, Käerjéng finished sixth 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,...

. They finished second in their relegation group, but were already guaranteed their safety before they played any games in it.

As Jeunesse Hautcharage

Jeunesse Hautcharage 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.

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
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First round (1): 1971–72

UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1971-72

The season 1971-72 of the European Cup Winners' Cup football club tournament was won by Rangers in a final victory against FC Dynamo Moscow.- Preliminary game :-First round:-First leg:-Second leg:Torino won 5–0 on aggregate....

On their first tie in Europe, they suffered the largest ever aggregate defeat in UEFA competition: 21–0 against Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

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. Which to this date, is the largest ever aggregate score for an official UEFA football match
(but is equal with Feyenoord Rotterdam, who achieved the very same result against US Rumelange winning first leg 9–0 and second 12–0 in 1972–73 UEFA Cup)

As UN Käerjéng 97

• UEFA Cup
  UEFA Cup
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Second qualifying round, 2007–08

After losing the previous season's cup final against F91 Dudelange

F91 Dudelange

F91 Dudelange is a football club, based in Dudelange, in southern Luxembourg.Dudelange's team colors are red and yellow vertically-striped shirts, with red shorts and socks.-History:...

 UN Käerjéng 97 qualified for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

 for the second time in the club's history, drawing Norwegian side Lillestrøm S.K.

Lillestrøm S.K.

Lillestrøm Sportsklubb is a Norwegian football club from the city of Lillestrøm. It was founded in 1917, after the merger of two local football clubs. Their home ground is Åråsen Stadion, while the principal training ground is Lillestrøm stadion, or the indoor arena, LSK-Hallen...

 in the first qualifying round. Losing merely 2–1 away at Åråsen stadion

Åråsen Stadion

Åråsen Stadion is an all-seater football stadium located in Lillestrøm, a suburb of Oslo, in Skedsmo, Norway. With a capacity 12,250 spectators, the venue is the home of Norwegian Premier League side Lillestrøm SK . The venue has four stands, of which the western stand has luxury boxes and club...

 in itself was a remarkable feat for the club, but after a very surprising 1–0 win at home, UN Käerjéng 97 was through to the second qualifying round on away goals after a 2–2 aggregate score. http://www.uefa.com/competitions/uefacup/news/kind=1/newsid=566387.html UN Käerjéng 97 lost 4–0 in the second qualifying round to Standard Liège

Standard Liège

Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège (Dutch: Standard Luik [], German: Standard Lüttich , is a Belgian football club from the city of Liège....

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Thus, Käerjéng's overall European record is:

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
UN Käerjéng 97	8	1	1	6	4	19	−15

Current squad

2011/12 season

External links

• UN Käerjéng 97 official website