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FC Avenir Beggen

FC Avenir Beggen

Association football club in Beggen, Luxembourg

Football Club Avenir Beggen is a football club, based in Beggen, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.

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The club were founded in 1915[1] as FC Daring Beggen but changed their name to FC Avenir Beggen a year later. In 1940, they were renamed SV 1915 Beggen, but in 1944, it was changed again to FC Avenir Beggen.

Avenir Beggen had played in the National Division in consecutive seasons since 1965–66, but were relegated in the 2005–06 season. Finishing second in their first season in the second-tier Division of Honour, Avenir returned to the National Division at the first time of asking. In 2008/09 the club finished 14th and were relegated back to the Luxembourg Division of Honour.

Honours

Winners (6): 1968–69, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1993–94
Runners-up (5): 1974–75, 1982–83, 1986–87, 1989–90, 1991–92
Winners (7): 1982–83, 1983–84, 1986–87, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 2001–02
Runners-up (4): 1973–74, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1997–98

European Competition

Avenir have qualified for UEFA European competition sixteen times.

Qualifying round (2): 1993–94, 1994–95
First round (4): 1969–70, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87
Qualifying round (1): 2002–03
First round (4): 1975–76, 1985–86, 1990–91, 1995–96
First round (4): 1983–84, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1992–93
Second round (1): 1974–75

They have won three ties in European competition (although two were only on technicalities):

  • In 1974–75, their Cup Winners' Cup first round opponents, Enosis Paralimni of Cyprus, withdrew due to ongoing crisis in that country.
  • In the same competition in 1992–93, Avenir beat the Faroe Islands' B36 Tórshavn 2–1 on aggregate in the qualifying round, before losing 5–1 on aggregate to Spartak Moscow in the first round proper.
  • In the 1995–96 UEFA Cup, Avenir lost on away goals to Örebro SK, but Avenir were awarded a 3–0 victory when it transpired that the Swedes had fielded an ineligible player.

Throughout its history the team has won three rounds in Europe, including Champions League, UEFA Cup and Cup Winners' Cup. In 1969, Avenir Beggen won their first league title in Luxembourg, with a historic victory followed by 10,000 spectators, of 3-1 against Jeunesse d'Esch. Moreover, thanks to this victory, the club qualified for the Champions League for the first time where they played against AC Milan (0-5 to Milan and 0-3 in Luxembourg city).

Another success for Avenir Beggen came on the 60th anniversary of the club, 1 September 1975, when Avenir Beggen played their first UEFA Cup tie (now Europa League) against FC Porto (0-7 in Porto and 0-3 in Luxembourg city).

In addition to those three ties, Avenir has won one game in a tie that they eventually lost (2–1 at home against Inter Bratislava in the 1990–91 UEFA Cup, before losing 5–0 in Bratislava).

Overall, Avenir's record in European competition reads:

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Current squad

2008–09 season[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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Former coaches

  • Luxembourg Marc Boreux (1966–72)
  • Luxembourg Henri Cirelli (1973–76)
  • Luxembourg Josy Kirchens (1976–77)
  • Austria Willi Macho (1979–80)
  • Luxembourg Albert Adams (1980–82)
  • Luxembourg Jean Bettinger (1982–83)
  • Luxembourg Paul Philipp (1983–85)
  • Luxembourg Michel Clement (1985–88)
  • Luxembourg Louis Pilot (1988–90)
  • Luxembourg Albert Adams (1990–95)
  • France Jacky Pérignon (1995–96)
  • Luxembourg Theo Scholten (1996)
  • Luxembourg Vinicio Monacelli (2000)
  • Luxembourg Jeannot Reiter (2000–02)
  • Luxembourg Gilbert Dresch (2002–03)
  • Luxembourg Jean Fiedler (2003)
  • France Jacky Pérignon (2003)
  • Luxembourg Michel Clement (2003–04)
  • Albania Florim Alijaj (2004–05)
  • Spain Fernando Gutiérrez (2004–05)
  • Albania Florim Alijaj (2005)
  • Spain Fernando Gutiérrez (2005–08)
  • France Manuel Peixoto (2008–09)
  • Luxembourg Jos Steffen (2009–11)
  • Luxembourg Dan Santos (2013–16)
  • Luxembourg Gilles Wagner (2016)
  • Portugal Paulo Gomes (2016–17)
  • Luxembourg Carlo Feipel (2017)
  • Luxembourg Jeannot Reiter (2017–18)
  • Luxembourg Almir Civic (2018–)

References

  1. [1]
    "FC Avenir Beggen". Soccerway. Retrieved 13 November 2015.
  2. [2]
    Eis Équipe fir d'Saison 2008/09 Archived 2011-07-19 at the Wayback Machine - Wichtelweb
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