FC Progrès Niederkorn

"Progrès" redirects here. For other uses, see Progres (disambiguation).

Football Club Progrès Niederkorn is a football club based in Niederkorn, in south-western Luxembourg.

Progrès Niederkorn

Full name	Football Club Progrès Niederkorn
Founded	1919; 104 years ago (1919)
Ground	Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Capacity	4,830
Chairman	Guillaume Letsch
Manager	Léon Greiveldinger
Coach	Didier Wäiss
League	National Division
2021–22	Nationaldivisioun, 5th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours

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 have not won any major silverware 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 (6): 1931–32, 1936–37, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2017–18

• 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.

Record by competition

As of match played 26 August 2020

Competition	Game	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
European Cup / UEFA Champions League	4	0	1	3	1	17
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	23	6	3	15	18	29
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	0	2	0	10
Overall	29	6	4	20	19	56

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	—	—

Current squad

As of 5 February, 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 5 MF   LUX Ben Vogel 6 MF   LUX Yannick Cervellera 7 DF   LUX Yannick Bastos 9 FW   LUX Ryan Klapp 10 MF   LUX Belmin Muratovic 11 FW   FRA Bilal Hend 12 MF   FRA Brian Amofa 13 FW   FRA Elias Filet (on loan from Sochaux) 14 DF   LUX Alexandre Sacras 16 GK   LUX Eldin Latik 17 FW   BEL Mayron De Almeida 18 DF   CMR Alex Guett Guett (on loan from Sochaux)

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 FW   FRA Antoine Mazure 21 FW   GUI Mamadou Cellou Bah 22 FW   LUX David Turpel (on loan from Swift Hesperange) 24 MF   BIH Emir Bijelic 27 DF   FRA Vincent Peugnet 38 DF   FRA Metin Karayer 68 MF   LUX Antonio Luisi 77 FW   GER Conrad Azong 98 GK   LUX Tom Boussong — MF   LUX Kevin Holtz — DF   LUX Jáder Soares — DF   FRA Hamadou Karamoko — DF   LUX Gérard Mersch (on loan from Racing Union)

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 — FW   FRA Laurent Pomponi (at Differdange 03)

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

1. "EFS Attendances". www.european-football-statistics.co.uk.
2. Ostlere, Lawrence (4 July 2017). "Rangers suffer humiliating loss to Luxembourg side in Europa League qualifying". The Guardian. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
3. "FC Progrès Niederkorn". UEFA. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

External links

• Official website – Progres Niederkorn