FC Progrès Niederkorn

Progrès Niederkorn
Full name	Football Club Progrès Niederkorn
Founded	1919; 105 years ago
Ground	Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Capacity	4,830
Chairman	Thomas Gilgemann
Manager	Léon Greiveldinger
Coach	Jeff Strasser
League	BGL Ligue
2023–24	National Division, 4th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

Football Club Progrès Niederkorn is a professional football club based in Niederkorn, Luxembourg.

History

During the German occupation of Luxembourg, the club played in the Gauliga Moselland under the name of FK Niederkorn, where it finished runners-up in 1942–43, behind champions TuS Neuendorf.

Three times domestic league winners, the club's most successful years were at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. They haven't won a major trophy since the 1981 league title.

In the 2005–06 season, Niederkorn finished second in Luxembourg's second division, the Division of Honour. As the top league, the National Division, expanded from twelve teams to fourteen, Niederkorn were promoted along with Differdange 03.

In the 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division, Progrès Niederkorn drew the league's highest attendance that year: 1,820. Their average home attendance was 710.^[1]

On 4 July 2017, Progrès beat Scottish side Rangers in the 1st qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. They overcame a 1–0 defeat at Ibrox with a 2–0 win at the Stade Josy Barthel, having scored only once before in European competition. This victory was also the club's first ever win in European football.^[2] They enjoyed an even greater campaign in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, defeating FK Gabala and Budapest Honvéd FC to reach the third qualifying round against Russian side FC Ufa. The tie seemed destined for extra-time but a last-minute goal for Ufa sent Progres out, denying them a rematch against Rangers in the play-offs.

Honours

National Division
- Winners (3): 1952–53, 1977–78, 1980–81
- Runners-up (7): 1931–32, 1936–37, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2017–18, 2022–23
Luxembourg Cup
- Winners (5): 1932–33, 1944–45, 1976–77, 1977–78, 2023–24
- Runners-up (3): 1945–46, 1955–56, 1979–80

European competition

Their first European goal was against Glentoran in the 1981–82 European Cup, where they drew 1–1.

Record by competition

Up to date as of match played 25 July 2024

Competition	Game	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA
European Cup / UEFA Champions League	4	0	1	3	1	17
UEFA Cup / UEFA Europa League	24	6	3	16	18	34
UEFA Europa Conference League	6	3	1	2	7	8
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup / European Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	0	2	0	10
Overall	34	8	5	22	25	66

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Vejle Boldklub	0–1	0–9	0–10
1978–79	European Cup	1R	Real Madrid	0–7	0–5	0–12
1979–80	UEFA Cup	1R	Grasshopper Club Zürich	0–2	0–4	0–6
1981–82	European Cup	1R	Glentoran	1–1	0–4	1–5
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1R	Servette	0–1	0–3	0–4
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	0–3	0–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Rangers	2–0	0–1	2–1
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	2Q	AEL Limassol	0–1	1–2	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Gabala	0–1	2–0	2–1
		2Q	Honvéd	2–0	0–1	2–1
		3Q	Ufa	2–2	1–2	3–4
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	PR	Cardiff Metropolitan University	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		1Q	Cork City	1–2	2–0	3–2
		2Q	Rangers	0–0	0–2	0–2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Zeta	3–0	—	—
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Willem II	0–5	—	—
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Gjilani	2–2	2–0	4–2
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Midtjylland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	0–2	2–3
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Djurgårdens IF	1–0	0–3	1−3

Current squad

As of 2 September, 2024^[3]

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	FRA	Sébastien Flauss
4	DF	FRA	Hamadou Karamoko
6	MF	NIG	Chris Lybohy
8	MF	LUX	Gilson Delgado
9	FW	FRA	Junior Burban
10	MF	ALG	Sofiane Daham
11	MF	FRA	Jonathan Schmid
12	MF	FRA	Brian Amofa
14	DF	LUX	Cedric Sacras
16	GK	LUX	Eldin Latik
17	FW	LUX	Issa Bah
19	FW	FRA	Antoine Mazure
20	MF	LUX	Omar Natami


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
23	DF	LUX	Clayton Duarte
25	FW	GLP	Kenny Mixtur
27	DF	FRA	Vincent Peugnet
28	DF	LUX	Alen Agovic
31	DF	FRA	Léo Jousselin
38	DF	FRA	Metin Karayer
45	MF	LUX	Diego Ribeiro
50	GK	BEL	Kenan Ndenge
57	GK	FRA	Thomas Plumereau
66	DF	LUX	Ervin Latik
70	FW	COM	Soiyir Sanali
73	MF	LUX	Adrian Ahmetxhekaj
77	FW	LUX	Ken Corral

Out on loan

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player

Women's team

The women's team plays in Luxembourg's highest league, the Dames Ligue 1. The team has won 15 championships and are therefore the national record champions. The last title was won in 2010–11, which qualified them for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.

References

^ "EFS Attendances". european-football-statistics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
^ Ostlere, Lawrence (4 July 2017). "Rangers suffer humiliating loss to Luxembourg side in Europa League qualifying". The Guardian. Archived from the original on 6 July 2017. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
^ "FC Progrès Niederkorn". UEFA. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.