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F91 Dudelange (French: [ef katR@ve.oz DydlaZ]; Luxembourgish F91 Diddeleng which is pronounced [ef 'e'ntan'nonts@ did@leNGF91 Diddeleng) is an Luxembourger professional football club located in Dudelange that is part of the Luxembourg National Division.

It was established in the year 1991, as a result of the result of a merger between three teams from the city: Alliance Dudelange, Stade Dudelange and US Dudelange. Domestically, it has been crowned its National Division on 15 occasions and the Luxembourg Cup eight times.

F91 Dudelange was selected to play in the 2019-19 UEFA Europa League, becoming the first team from Luxembourg to make it to the stage group of an European competition. Dudelange was also a part of it to the 2019-20 UEFA Europa League group stage which was the very first club from Luxembourg to be able to win a game during the group phase following an unexpected 4-3 win against APOEL from Cyprus.

1. History

The club was established in the year 1991 by the three club Alliance Dudelange, Stade Dudelange as well as US Dudelange. The three clubs had all been winners of their respective National Division or the Luxembourg Cup previously, but all had experienced a downturn and the merged club was believed to have more stability in both a financial and a sporting financial aspect.

Making the club a title-winning team took quite a while. Stade Dudelange and US Dudelange were both in Luxembourg's third division (the 1. Division) while Alliance Dudelange was struggling to remain in the second league (the Division of Honour). A new Club would join Alliance within the Division of Honour in the 1991-92 season.

F91 was promoted during the first season and quickly established itself as a top-flight squad that was capable of never finishing outside the top ten until 1996-97. At the end of the 90s Dudelange slowly improved and ended Jeunesse Esch's dominance with a rout to win the 1999-00 league title with eleven points.

In the 2004-05 season, Dudelange won the title and participated for the UEFA Champions League for the 2005-06 season. In the tournament, Dudelange was the first club in the history of Luxembourg to reach the second round of qualification following a stunning victory against NK Zrinjski (they lost 0-1 at home in the opening leg, and in the second match they scored a goal in the third minute of stoppage time to draw level in aggregate, and scored three goals in the extra time). But, Dudelange lost easily to Rapid Wien in the second qualifying round.

As of the season 2005/06, Dudelange finished the cup and league Double in the debut season since the merging. The team repeated the feat again in the 2006-07 season and took home a fourth straight National Division title in 2007-08.

As part of the 2012-13 UEFA Champions League, F91 Dudelange defeated Tre Penne 11-0 on aggregate which earned them a spot to play Austrian champion Red Bull Salzburg in the second round. They beat Salzburg by 1-0 in Luxemburg and then were defeated 3-4 in Salzburg and won the tie based on the rule of away goals. The first time ever in the history of the club, Dudelange qualified for the third round of the competition where they were defeated 5-1 by Maribor.

In 2013-14, Dudelange won the title by winning 3-1 win against Fola Esch on the final day of the season. The result earned the club an invitation to this year's UEFA Champions League.

In the year 2018, F91 Dudelange became the first Luxembourgish team to make it to in the first round of an important European competitionafter they defeated CFR Cluj 5-2 on aggregate in the UEFA Europa League play-off round. Due to Dudelange's perceived inevitability, the daily newspaper Gazeta Sporturilor described CFR's demise as "the greatest shambles ever in Romanian soccer". Dudelange had previously defeated Polish team Legia Warsaw in the third qualifying round. The team who hail from Dudelange in the Grand Duchy were drawn into the "Group of Death', containing European giants Milan, Olympiakos and Spanish side Real Betis. The Luxembourgers have, however, manage to score the coveted and hard-fought win on the final day of the match in which they were drew 1-1 against Real Betis at the Stade Josy Barthel.

In 2019 Dudelange was selected to Dudelange's place in Europa League group stages for the second time in succession after beating FC Ararat-Armenia the play-off round of the penalty shootout.

Dudelange did much better in Their 2nd European group stage game and were able to join an alliance with Europa League stalwarts Sevilla, Cypriot champions APOEL and Qarabag of Azerbaijan.

On the group stage's first matchday on 19 September 2019 Dudelange was the very first team of Luxembourg that won a match in the European group stage, after defeating APOEL with a 4-3 win in Nicosia. Dudelange with coach Emilio Ferrera had resigned only two days before and was able to come back from a 3-1 deficit to beat the Cypriots.

After losing their subsequent four group matches Dudelange played Qarabag on the final day of play in Baku which they were just two minutes away from registering another win that was renowned, but the Azeri team scored a draw in injury time, and the players from Luxembourg were unable to finish top of their group with an impressive 4 points.

2. Honours

As per detail below.

2.1. Domestic

F91 Dudelang.

2.1.1. League

Luxembourg National Division

  • Winners : 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
  • Runners-up : 1998–99, 2002–03, 2003–04, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2020–21

2.1.2. Cups

Luxembourg Cup

  • Winners : 2003–04, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2018–19
  • Runners-up : 1992–93, 1993–94, 2001–02, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2021–22

3. European record

As per detail below.

3.1. Overview

As of 25 August 2022

Competition Pld W D L GF GA

UEFA Champions League

42 10 7 25 49 78
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League 30 8 6 16 30 57
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 4 0 0 4 3 19
UEFA Europa Conference League 4 0 1 3 1 7
TOTAL 81 18 14 48 83 161

3.2. Matches

Season Competition Round Club Home Away Aggregate
1993–94 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Israel Maccabi Haifa 0–1 1–6 1–7
1994–95 UEFA Cup Winners' Cup QR Hungary Ferencváros 1–6 1–6 2–12
1999–00 UEFA Cup QR Croatia Hajduk Split 1–1 0–5 1–6
2000–01 UEFA Champions League 1Q Bulgaria Levski Sofia 0–4 0–2 0–6
2001–02 UEFA Champions League 1Q Latvia Skonto 1–6 1–0 2–6
2002–03 UEFA Champions League 1Q North Macedonia Vardar 1–1 0–3 1–4
2003–04 UEFA Cup QR Slovakia Artmedia Petrzalka 0–1 0–1 0–2
2004–05 UEFA Cup 1Q Lithuania FK Ekranas 1–2 0–1 1–3
2005–06 UEFA Champions League 1Q Bosnia and Herzegovina Zrinjski Mostar 0–1 4–0 4–1
2Q Austria Rapid Wien 1–6 2–3 3–9
2006–07 UEFA Champions League 1Q North Macedonia Rabotnički 0–1 0–0 0–1
2007–08 UEFA Champions League 1Q Slovakia MŠK Žilina 1–2 4–5 5–7
2008–09 UEFA Champions League 1Q Slovenia Domžale 0–1 0–2 0–3
2009–10 UEFA Champions League 2Q Latvia Ventspils 1–3 0–3 1–6
2010–11 UEFA Europa League 1Q Denmark Randers 2–1 1–6 3–7
2011–12 UEFA Champions League 1Q Andorra FC Santa Coloma 2–0 2–0 4–0
2Q Slovenia Maribor 1–3 0–2 1–5
2012–13 UEFA Champions League 1Q San Marino Tre Penne 7–0 4–0 11–0
2Q Austria Red Bull Salzburg 1–0 3–4 4–4
3Q Slovenia Maribor 0–1 1–4 1–5
UEFA Europa League PO Israel Hapoel Tel Aviv 1–3 0–4 1–7
2013–14 UEFA Europa League 1Q Moldova Milsami Orhei 0–0 0–1 0–1
2014–15 UEFA Champions League 2Q Bulgaria Ludogorets Razgrad 0–4 1–1 1–5
2015–16 UEFA Europa League 1Q Republic of Ireland University College Dublin 2–1 0–1 2–2
2016–17 UEFA Champions League 2Q Azerbaijan QarabaÄŸ 1–1 0–2 1–3
2017–18 UEFA Champions League 2Q Cyprus APOEL 0–1 0–1 0–2
2018–19 UEFA Champions League 1Q Hungary MOL Vidi 1–1 1–2 2–3
UEFA Europa League 2Q Kosovo Drita 2–1 1–1 3–2
3Q Poland Legia Warsaw 2–2 2–1 4–3
PO Romania CFR Cluj 2–0 3–2 5–2
Group F Greece Olympiacos 0–2 1–5 4th
Italy Milan 0–1 2–5
Spain Real Betis 0–0 0–3
2019–20 UEFA Champions League 1Q Malta Valletta 2–2 1−1 3–3
UEFA Europa League 2Q North Macedonia Shkëndija 1–1 2−1 3–2
3Q Estonia Nõmme Kalju 3−1 1−0 4–1
PO Armenia Ararat-Armenia 2–1 1−2 3–3
Group A Spain Sevilla 2–5 0−3 4th
Cyprus APOEL 0−2 4−3
Azerbaijan QarabaÄŸ 1−4 1–1
2021–22 UEFA Europa Conference League 2Q Republic of Ireland Bohemians 0–1 0–3 0–4
2022–23 UEFA Champions League 1Q Albania Tirana 1–0 2−1 3–1
2Q Armenia Pyunik 1−4 1–0 2–4
UEFA Europa League 3Q Sweden Malmö FF 2–2 0−3 2–5
UEFA Europa Conference League PO Poland Lech PoznaÅ„ 1–1 0–2 1–3
 

3.3. Notes

  • QR: Qualifying round
  • 1Q: First qualifying round
  • 2Q: Second qualifying round
  • 3Q: Third qualifying round
  • PO: Play-off round
  • A ^ After extra time

4. Current squad

As of 9 August, 2022

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Luxembourg LUX Lucas Fox
3 DF Morocco MAR Manuel da Costa
4 DF Luxembourg LUX Aldin Skenderovic
5 DF France FRA Jules Diouf
6 MF Cape Verde CPV Vova
7 MF Luxembourg LUX Eliot Gashi
8 MF Croatia CRO Filip Bojić
9 FW Brazil BRA João Magno
10 MF Luxembourg LUX Edis Agovic
12 MF Portugal POR Bruno Freire
14 FW Portugal POR Francisco Ninte
16 MF Belgium BEL Charles Morren
17 DF Portugal POR Joscelino
18 FW Luxembourg LUX Magnus Hansen
21 MF Luxembourg LUX Dejvid Sinani
23 FW Morocco MAR Samir Hadji
24 DF France FRA Mehdi Kirch
25 GK Luxembourg LUX Jonathan Joubert
27 DF Madagascar MAD Sylvio Ouassiero
28 MF Luxembourg LUX Ian Santos
31 GK Luxembourg LUX Joao Margat
33 DF Luxembourg LUX Chris Stumpf
67 DF France FRA Vincent Decker

5. Managers

  • Belgium Philippe Guérard (1 July 1994 – Sept 25, 1994)
  • France Benny Reiter (1 July 1996 – 1 Dec 1997)
  • Italy Angelo Fiorucci (1 July 1998 – 30 June 2000)
  • Luxembourg Carlo Weis (1 July 2000 – Sept 24, 2003)
  • Germany Roger Lutz (25 Oct 2003 – 30 June 2004)
  • France Michel Leflochmoan (1 July 2004 – 30 June 2009)
  • Belgium Marc Grosjean (1 July 2009 – 10 June 2011)
  • Luxembourg Claude Origer (caretaker) (15 Aug 2009 – 31 Dec 2009)
  • Luxembourg Dan Theis (13 June 2011 – 17 Oct 2011)
  • Germany Ralph Pinatti Stange (caretaker) (18 Oct 2011 – 25 Nov 2011)
  • France Didier Philippe (25 Oct 2011 – 13 Nov 2012)
  • France Patrick Hesse (16 Nov 2012 – 30 May 2013)
  • France Pascal Carzaniga (1 July 2013 – 28 May 2014)
  • Belgium Sébastien Grandjean (1 July 2014 – 30 June 2015)
  • France Michel Leflochmoan (1 July 2015 – 30 June 2016)
  • Germany Dino Toppmöller (1 July 2016 – 30 June 2019)
  • Belgium Emilio Ferrera (1 July 2019 – 17 September 2019 )
  • Belgium Bertrand Crasson (17 September 2019 – 7 May 2020 )
  • Portugal Carlos Fangueiro (1 July 2020 –)

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