FC Progrès Niederkorn

"Progrès" redirects here. For other uses, see Progres (disambiguation).

Progrès Niederkorn

Full name	Football Club Progrès Niederkorn
Founded	1919; 106 years ago (1919)
Ground	Stade Jos Haupert, Niederkorn
Capacity	4,830
Chairman	Thomas Gilgemann
Manager	Léon Greiveldinger
Coach	Jeff Strasser
League	BGL Ligue
2024–25	National Division, 5th of 16
Website	www.fcprogresniederkorn.lu
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
		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	—	—
		2Q	Willem II	0–5	—	—
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Gjilani	2–2	2–0	4–2
		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 27 August, 2025^[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Sébastien Flauss 8 DF  LUX Denis Ahmetxhekaj 9 FW  FRA Hugo Chambon 11 MF  FRA Jonathan Schmid 14 DF  LUX Cedric Sacras 17 FW  LUX Mathias Camara 18 FW  GER Vincent Boesen 19 FW  FRA Yan Bouché 20 MF  LUX Omar Natami 23 DF  LUX Clayton Duarte 26 MF  FRA Bilal Hend

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 DF  FRA Vincent Peugnet 28 DF  CMR Alex Guett 29 DF  LUX Mylan Oger 31 DF  FRA Léo Jousselin 37 FW  LUX Thomas Souchard 50 GK  BEL Kenan Ndenge 72 GK  POR Salvador Pachecho 73 MF  LUX Adrian Ahmetxhekaj 76 FW  LUX Salvatore Nigro 77 FW  LUX Ken Corral 80 MF  LUX Kenan Avdusinovic

Out on loan

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. 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

1. "EFS Attendances". european-football-statistics.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2017-07-26.
2. 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.
3. "FC Progrès Niederkorn". UEFA. Archived from the original on 6 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.

External links

• Official website – Progres Niederkorn