F91 Dudelange

History

It was formed in 1991 from the clubs Alliance Dudelange, Stade Dudelange, and US Dudelange. All three clubs had won the National Division or the Luxembourg Cup before, but each had fallen upon hard times, and the amalgamated club was expected to be more stable, in both a sporting and financial sense.

Turning the club into a title-challenging team took a while. Stade Dudelange and US Dudelange had been in Luxembourg's third tier (the National Division), whilst Alliance Dudelange was struggling to remain in the second league (the Division of Honour). The new club would take Alliance's place in the Division of Honour in the 1991–92 season.

F91 was promoted in its first season, and soon established itself as a competent top-flight team, not finishing outside the top half of the table until 1996–97. Towards the end of the 1990s, Dudelange gradually improved, and brought to an end Jeunesse Esch's era of dominance by storming to the 1999–00 league title by eleven points.

In 2004–05, Dudelange won the title and competed in the UEFA Champions League for the 2005–06 season. In the competition Dudelange became the first club in Luxembourg's history to reach the second qualifying round, after a remarkable victory over NK Zrinjski (they lost 0–1 at home in the first leg, in the second leg they scored a goal in the 3rd minute added by the referee to equalize on aggregate, and then scored 3 more goals in extra time). However, in the second qualifying round, Dudelange was easily beaten by Rapid Wien.

In the 2005–06 season, Dudelange completed the league and cup Double for the first time since the merger. They replicated this feat in the 2006–07 season, and won a fourth consecutive National Division title in 2007–08.

In the 2012–13 UEFA Champions League, F91 Dudelange defeated Tre Penne 11–0 on aggregate, earning them an appointment with Austrian champion Red Bull Salzburg in the second round. They defeated Salzburg 1–0 in Luxemburg, and lost 3-4 in Salzburg, to win the tie on the away goal rule. For the first time in club history, Dudelange qualified for the third round of the competition.

In 2013–14, Dudelange reclaimed the title with a 3–0 victory over Fola Esch on the final day of the season. This earned the club a spot in the 2014–15 UEFA Champions League.

Honours

National Division

Winners (12): 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16Runners-up (5): 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2012–13

Luxembourg Cup

Winners (6): 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2015–16Runners-up (6): 1992–93, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2012–13, 2013–14

As Alliance Dudelange

National Division

Runners-up (1): 1961–62

Luxembourg Cup

Winners (2): 1960–61, 1961–62Runners-up (1): 1968–69

As Stade Dudelange

National Division

Winners (10): 1938–39, 1939–40, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1964–65Runners-up (6): 1919–20, 1922–23, 1924–25, 1927–28, 1955–56, 1959–60

Luxembourg Cup

Winners (4): 1937–38, 1947–48, 1948–49, 1955–56Runners-up (8): 1927–28, 1935–36, 1938–39, 1939–40, 1946–47, 1956–57, 1957–58, 1959–60

Gauliga Moselland

Winners (1): 1941–42

As US Dudelange

National Division

Runners-up (4): 1938–39, 1939–40, 1945–46, 1946–47

Luxembourg Cup

Winners (1): 1938–39Runners-up (1): 1957–58

Overview

As of 23 July 2014

Notes

QR: Qualifying round

1Q: First qualifying round

2Q: Second qualifying round

3Q: Third qualifying round

PO: Play-off round

A ^ After extra time.

Current squad

As of 9 July 2016

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

Managers

Philippe Guérard (1 July 1994 – Sept 25, 1994)

Benny Reiter (1 July 1996 – 1 Dec 1997)

Angelo Fiorucci (1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000)

Carlo Weis (1 July 2000 – Sept 24, 2003)

Roger Lutz (25 Oct 2003 – 30 June 2004)

Michel Leflochmoan (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2009)

Marc Grosjean (1 July 2009 – 10 June 2011)

Claude Origer (caretaker) (15 Aug 2009 – 31 Dec 2009)

Dan Theis (13 June 2011 – 17 Oct 2011)

Ralph Pinatti Stange (caretaker) (18 Oct 2011 – 25 Nov 2011)

Didier Philippe (25 Oct 2011 – 13 Nov 2012)

Patrick Hesse (16 Nov 2012 – 30 May 2013)

Pascal Carzaniga (1 July 2013 – 28 May 2014)

Sébastien Grandjean (1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015)

Michel Leflochmoan (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016)