Racing FC Union Luxembourg

Racing FC

Full name	Racing Football Club Union Lëtzebuerg
Founded	12 May 2005
Ground	Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg City
Capacity	7,611
Chairman	Karine Reuter
Manager	Sami Smaily
League	Luxembourg National Division
2015–16	Luxembourg National Division, 8th
Home colours Away colours

Racing Football Club Union Luxembourg (Luxembourgish: Racing Football Club Union Lëtzebuerg), usually abbreviated to Racing FC, is a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg.

In the summer of 2012 the club signed a partnership with financial powerhouse Europe Sports Group with the aim of reaching the UEFA Champions League or Europa League in the near future. The agency will be tasked with identifying and securing top class players from around the world to reach this goal. The club has also arranged a partnership with the 1st flight club Nancy of France.

History

It was formed in 2005 as an amalgam of three clubs from Luxembourg City: Spora, Union Luxembourg, and CS Alliance 01. Its heritage is further complicated by the ancestry of those three clubs, all of which were themselves formed by mergers:

• CA Spora Luxembourg was formed by the merger in 1923 of Racing Club Luxembourg and Sporting Club Luxembourg.
• Union Luxembourg was formed by the merger in 1925 of US Hollerich Bonnevoie and Jeunesse Sportive Verlorenkost.
• CS Alliance 01 was formed by the merger in 2001 of Aris Bonnevoie and CS Hollerich.

In its first season as a united team, Racing finished seventh in the National Division, equal on points with fifth-place Wiltz. They have improved their placing steadily since then, becoming challengers for the league title. In 2006–07, they finished fourth, and in the 2007–08 season, they achieved their best ever ranking: finishing 2nd. In the 2013–14 season, the club finished in last place and was consequently relegated from the top level.

Honours

Racing FC

• National Division:

Runners-up (1): 2007–08

• Division of Honour:

Runners-up (1): 2014–15

As CA Spora Luxembourg

• National Division

Winners (11): 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1988–89

Runners-up (10): 1923–24, 1925–26, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1932–33, 1944–45, 1951–52, 1958–59, 1966–67, 1987–88

• Luxembourg Cup

Winners (8): 1927–28, 1931–32, 1939–40, 1949–50, 1956–57, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1979–80

Runners-up (8): 1924–25, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1930–31, 1933–34, 1944–45, 1962–63, 1986–87

As Racing Club Luxembourg

• National Division

Winners (1): 1909–10

• Luxembourg Cup

Winners (1): 1921–22

As Sporting Club Luxembourg

• National Division

Winners (2): 1910–11, 1918–19

Runners-up (3): 1911–12, 1913–14, 1915–16

As Union Luxembourg

• National Division

Winners (6): 1926–27, 1961–62, 1970–71, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92

Runners-up (9): 1921–22, 1947–48, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 1965–66, 1972–73, 1992–93, 1997–98

• Luxembourg Cup

Winners (10): 1946–47, 1958–59, 1962–63, 1963–64, 1968–69, 1969–70, 1985–86, 1988–89, 1990–91, 1995–96

Runners-up (10): 1922–23, 1925–26, 1932–33, 1936–37, 1960–61, 1961–62, 1966–67, 1977–78, 1982–83, 1996–97

As US Hollerich Bonnevoie

• National Division

Winners (5): 1911–12, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17

Runners-up (2): 1909–10, 1917–18

As FC Aris Bonnevoie

• National Division

Winners (3): 1963–64, 1965–66, 1971–72

Runners-up (1): 1970–71

• Luxembourg Cup

Winners (1): 1966–67

Runners-up (5): 1963–64, 1967–68, 1971–72, 1975–76, 1978–79

European Competition

Racing FC qualified for UEFA European competitions once.

• UEFA Cup

Qualifying round (1): 2008–09

In the 2008–09 season Racing played Kalmar FF and lost 1–10 on aggregate. They lost 0–3 at home and 1–7 away with Sully Billon scoring the only goal.

Overall, Racings's record in European competition reads:

	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
Racing FC Union	2	0	0	2	1	10	−9

Current squad

2016–17 season^[1]

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

No. Position Player 1 GK Jason Gonçalves 16 GK Romain Ruffier 2 DF Dylan Meireles 3 DF Yannick da Graça 4 DF Kevin Lacroix 5 DF Giuliano Jackson 6 DF Steve Guedes 14 DF Gauthier Bernardelli 21 DF Jonathan Hennetier DF Fernando Mendoza DF Mamadou Coulibaly DF Pierre Nocilla 8 MF Kamel Lahoussine

No. Position Player 9 MF Danel Sinani 10 MF Nicola Schreiner 12 MF Tarek Nouidra 13 MF Johan Bellini 15 MF Danel Sinani 18 MF Admir Skrijelj 25 MF Pape M'Boup 26 MF Florik Shala 7 FW Fine Bop 19 FW Julien Jahier 23 FW Lucas Pignatone 29 FW Ricardo Diomisio 30 FW Edis Osmanović 94 FW Yanis Bahloul

Managers

• Jacques Müller (July 1, 2005 – April 13, 2007)
• Alvaro da Cruz (July 1, 2007 – Sept 22, 2008)
• Yannick Bianchini (caretaker) (Sept 27, 2008 – Oct 21, 2008)
• Sébastien Allieri (Oct 22, 2008 – March 4, 2012)
• Claude Origer (March 5, 2012 – Feb 24, 2014)
• Alexandre Franceschi (Feb 25, 2014–)

External links

• (French) Racing FC Union Luxembourg official website

References

1. Equipe – RFC Union