FC Swift Hesperange

Swift Hesperange

Full name	Football Club Swift Hesperange
Founded	1916 (1916)
Ground	Stade Alphonse Theis
Capacity	3,058
Owner	Prince Sébastien
Chairman	Fernand Laroche
Manager	Emmanuel Da Costa
League	BGL Ligue
2024–25	National Division, 6th of 16
Website	www.swifthesper.lu
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Football Club Swift Hesperange (Luxembourgish: Football Club Swift Hesper, German: Football Club Swift Hesperingen) is a football club, based in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg.

• 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
• 1990: First participation in European competition (season 1990–91)

In the 2005–2006 season, Hesperange finished ninth in the National Division. The following year, they improved this position to fifth, level on points with fourth-placed Racing FC and sixth-placed CS Grevenmacher. During the 2013–2014 season, Hesperange finished 13th and has thus been relegated to the Éierepromotioun. They gained promotion back to the top division in the 2019–2020 season where they finished third in their first season back and qualified for play in Europe.

• Luxembourg National Division

Winners (1): 2022–23

• Luxembourg Cup

Winners (1): 1989–90

As of 17 August 2023

Overall, Swift's record in European competition reads:

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Agg.
1990–91	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Legia Warsaw	0–3	0–3	0–6
2021–22	UEFA Europa Conference League	1QR	Domžale	1–1	0–1	1–2
2023–24	UEFA Champions League	1QR	Slovan Bratislava	0–2	1–1	1–3
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2QR	The New Saints	3–2	1–1	4−3
		3QR	Struga	2–1	1–3	3–4

Notes

• QR: Qualifying round
• 1R: First round

As of 1 August, 2025

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  LUX Leandro De Oliveira 2 DF  LUX Eldin Cikotic 3 DF  FRA Issam El Foukhari 4 DF  CIV Aidara Serifou 5 MF  LUX Emre Erkus 6 MF  BEL Yanis Bouazzati 7 MF  FRA Madi Correa 8 MF  FRA Helias Belliard 12 MF  ANG Edgar Neves 13 DF  LUX Dylan Cardoso 14 FW  POR Francisco Ninte 15 MF  FRA Hereba Savane 16 MF  FRA Noah Bochu 17 DF  FRA Mael Zaim 18 FW  FRA Jessim Jallot

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  BEL Bertrand Hakizimana 21 MF  FRA Meldin Kocan 22 DF  FRA Sékou Dramé 23 DF  FRA Mahamadou Cissé 24 MF  FRA Grégoire Herbin 26 DF  GHA Jerry Prempeh 28 FW  FRA Mamadou Kaloga 36 DF  LUX Kenan Skenderovic 40 GK  FRA Geordan Dupire 44 GK  LUX Hugo Costa 48 GK  COD Carmel Kiambu 77 FW  FRA Elisé Okito 78 DF  FRA Gédéon Tshiabuiye 91 MF  FRA Kader Bourtal

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

• Théo Scholten (1 July 1999 – 30 June 2002)
• Marco Morgante (1 July 2002 – 30 June 2004)
• Carlo Weis (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2005)
• Benny Reiter (1 July 2005 – 3 April 2006)
• Luc Muller (3 April 2006 – 3 March 2008)
• Daniel Andreosso (4 March 2008 – 30 June 2008)
• Théo Scholten (1 July 2008 – 29 March 2010)
• Angelo Fiorucci (29 March 2010 – 14 March 2011)
• Nedžib Selimović (14 March 2011 – 8 March 2012)
• Dany Theis (9 March 2012 – 30 June 2012)
• Serge Wolf (1 July 2012 – 19 October 2015)
• Carlo Tutucci (19 October 2015 – 1 December 2015)
• Serge Wolf (1 January 2016 – 3 October 2018)
• Dany Theis (10 October 2018 – 30 June 2020)
• Jeff Strasser (1 July 2020 – 14 October 2020)
• Pascal Carzaniga (15 October 2020 – 30 June 2021)
• Vincent Hognon (1 July 2021 – 20 September 2021)
• Aniello Parisi (23 September 2021 – 24 May 2022)
• Pascal Carzaniga (24 May 2022 – 30 June 2023)
• Carlos Fangueiro (1 July 2023 – 14 November 2023)
• Roland Vrabec (21 November 2023 – 30 June 2024)
• Emmanuel Da Costa (1 July 2024 – )

• Official website