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CS Grevenmacher

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CS Grevenmacher
CS Grevenmacher logo
Full nameClub Sportif Grevenmacher
FoundedJanuary 8, 1909
GroundOp Flohr Stadion
Grevenmacher, Luxembourg
Capacity4,062 (562 Seated)[1]
ChairmanSteve Steffen
ManagerErwin Bradasch
League1. Division
2023-24Division of Honour, 15th (relegated)

Club Sportif Grevenmacher is a football club, based in Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg.

History

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The club was founded in 1909 as 'Stade Mosellan' . The current name of the club, 'CS Grevenmacher' , was adopted in 1919.

During the Nazi occupation of the Second World War, the club was renamed 'FK Grevenmacher' , as part of Gauleiter Gustav Simon's policy of Germanisation. The club's name reverted to 'CS Grevenmacher' upon liberation in 1944.

1949–50 was the first season in which Grevenmacher played in the top league, the National Division. In 1950–51, the team reached the final of the Luxembourg Cup, but lost to SC Tétange in a replay.

In the 1990s, Grevenmacher established themselves as one of the perennial challengers for trophies. In 1993–94, CS Grevenmacher finished in second place in the National Division, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time. The club's first piece of silverware came in the 1994–95 Luxembourg Cup; in Grevenmacher's fifth cup final, the club beat Jeunesse Esch 1–1, 3–2. Between 1991 and 1992 and 2013–14, when they managed an 8th-place finish out of 14, Grevenmacher never finished outside the top half of the table.[2]

In the 2002–03 season, the club won the National Division championship for the first time, and thus qualified for the UEFA Champions League. In the same year, Grevenmacher won the Luxembourg Cup, completing the Double.

In the 2015–16 season, Grevenmacher finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the Luxembourg Division of Honor for the first time since 1984–85.[3]

Stade Op Flohr

Honours

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Winners (1): 2002–03
Runners-up (7): 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02
Winners (4): 1994–95, 1997-98, 2002–03, 2007–08
Runners-up (4): 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1958–59

European competition

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CS Grevenmacher have qualified for UEFA European competition twelve times.

Qualifying round (1): 2003–04
Qualifying round (2): 1995–96, 1998–99
Qualifying round (6): 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03
Qualifying round (3): 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13

The club has never won a tie in European competition. However, the club has come close on four occasions:

  • In the 1995–96 Cup Winners' Cup, Grevenmacher beat KR Reykjavík 3–2 in the first (home) leg, but lost 2–0 in Iceland, going out by the narrow margin of 4–3 on aggregate.
  • In 2000–01, Grevenmacher lost their UEFA Cup first leg against HJK Helsinki 4–1. The club had to win the second leg 3–0 to progress (on away goals). Despite a determined fight-back at home, Grevenmacher won by only 2–0, and were eliminated.
  • In the UEFA Cup in 2002–03, Grevenmacher played Cyprus' Anorthosis Famagusta. Another heavy defeat away from home (3–0) saw Grevenmacher requiring a miracle in the second leg. Just as they had two years previously, the Luxembourgish team managed to win, but, again, by the insufficient margin of 2–0.
  • In the 2010–11 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, Grevenmacher played Dundalk from the Republic of Ireland. Grevenmacher drew the first leg at home 3–3, but were narrowly defeated 2–1 in the away leg, to lose 5–4 on aggregate.
  • In the 2012–13 UEFA Europa League first qualifying round, Grevenmacher faced KF Tirana. A 0–0 draw in the first leg at home put the Luxembourg side in a strong position going into the second leg in Albania. However, they lost 2–0.

Grevenmacher has also drawn four games in Europe, against Dinamo Tbilisi in 1996–97 and FK Leotar in the 2003–04 Champions League. The other two draws came in UEFA Europa League home games against Dundalk in 2010–11 (3–3) and Albanian side KF Tirana in 2012–13 (0–0).

Overall, Grevenmacher's record in European competition reads, as of 8 July 2012:

P W D L GF GA GD
CS Grevenmacher 22 3 4 15 18 56 −38

Current squad

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As of 1 March 2024[4]

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 Luxembourg LUX Marc Pleimling
2 DF Luxembourg LUX Alex Famini
3 DF Madagascar MAD Matis Rakotomahanina
4 DF Germany GER Henrik Schömann
5 DF Luxembourg LUX Sven Becker
7 MF Luxembourg LUX Amar Rastoder
8 MF France FRA Romain Contessa
9 DF Luxembourg LUX Pol Haas
10 MF Luxembourg LUX Bruno Miguel Martins Mina
11 FW Luxembourg LUX Marc-André Jücker
13 DF Portugal POR Marco Semedo
14 MF Luxembourg LUX Donat Ahmeti
No. Pos. Nation Player
17 FW Luxembourg LUX Yannick Lauer
18 MF Germany GER Khalid Lahyani
19 DF France FRA René Teitgen
20 DF Luxembourg LUX Brian Branquinho
21 GK Luxembourg LUX Eric Schoeben
22 MF Germany GER Daniel Kurz
23 MF Portugal POR Jugue Pandim
24 MF France FRA Hamza Mourchid
25 MF France FRA Youri Coutin
28 FW Luxembourg LUX Glenn Useldinger
30 DF Luxembourg LUX Nelson Mendonca Ribeiro (on loan from FC Victoria Rosport)
32 GK Bosnia and Herzegovina BIH Ivan Tiric

Managers

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  • Luxembourg Marc Thomé (June 30, 1994 – June 30, 1997)
  • Germany Harald Kohr (1997–98)
  • Germany Herbert Herres (July 1, 2001 – Dec 12, 2004)
  • Portugal Alvaro da Cruz (Nov 12, 2004 – March 20, 2008)
  • Luxembourg Claude Osweiler (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2010)
  • Luxembourg Marc Thomé (July 1, 2010–2014)
  • Luxembourg Jacques Muller (July 1, 2014–2015)
  • Luxembourg Roland Schaak (2015– 2016)
  • Germany Marcus Weiss (2016–2017)
  • France Manuel Peixoto (2017–2018)
  • Luxembourg Luc Muller (2018–2019)
  • Portugal Alvaro da Cruz (2018–2019)
  • Germany Erwin Bradasch (2019–Present)

References

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  1. ^ "Club Sportif Grevenmacher – Traditioun zënter 1909".
  2. ^ "Football Database".
  3. ^ "Football Database".
  4. ^ 1. Mannschaft, csg.lu, 1 March 2024
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