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, based in

Grevenmacher Grevenmacher (; ) is a commune with town status in eastern Luxembourg, near the border with Germany. It gives its name to and is the capital of the canton of Grevenmacher, and, until its abolition in 2015, the district of Grevenmacher. The town ...

, in eastern

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History

The club was founded in 1909 as '' 'Stade Mosellan' ''. The current name of the club, '' 'CS Grevenmacher' '', was adopted in 1919. During the

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of the

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, the club was renamed '' 'FK Grevenmacher' '', as part of

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's policy of Germanisation. The club's name reverted to '' 'CS Grevenmacher' '' upon liberation in 1944. 1949–50 was the first season in which Grevenmacher played in the top league, the National Division. In 1950–51, the team reached the final of the

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, but lost to SC Tétange in a replay. In the 1990s, Grevenmacher established themselves as one of the perennial challengers for trophies. In 1993–94, CS Grevenmacher finished in second place in the National Division, qualifying for the

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for the first time. The club's first piece of silverware came in the 1994–95 Luxembourg Cup; in Grevenmacher's fifth cup final, the club beat

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1–1, 3–2. Between 1991 and 1992 and 2013–14, when they managed an 8th place finish out of 14, Grevenmacher never finished outside the top half of the table. In the 2002–03 season, the club won the National Division championship for the first time, and thus qualified for the

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. In the same year, Grevenmacher won the Luxembourg Cup, completing the Double. In the 2015–16 season, Grevenmacher finished bottom of the table and were relegated to the Luxembourg Division of Honor for the first time since 1984–85. Stade Op Flohr1

Honours

* National Division :''Winners (1):'' 2002–03 :''Runners-up (7):'' 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02 *

:''Winners (4):'' 1994–95, 1997-98, 2002–03, 2007–08 :''Runners-up (4):'' 1950–51, 1952–53, 1953–54, 1958–59

European competition

CS Grevenmacher have qualified for

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European competition twelve times. *

:''Qualifying round (1):'' 2003–04 *

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:''Qualifying round (2):'' 1995–96, 1998–99 *

:''Qualifying round (6):'' 1994–95, 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2002–03 *

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:''Qualifying round (3):'' 2009–10, 2010–11, 2012–13 The club has never won a tie in European competition. However, the club has come close on four occasions: *In the 1995–96

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, Grevenmacher beat

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3–2 in the first (home) leg, but lost 2–0 in

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, going out by the narrow margin of 4–3 on aggregate. *In 2000–01, Grevenmacher lost their

first leg against

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4–1. The club had to win the second leg 3–0 to progress (on

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). Despite a determined fight-back at home, Grevenmacher won by only 2–0, and were eliminated. *In the UEFA Cup in 2002–03, Grevenmacher played

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. Another heavy defeat away from home (3–0) saw Grevenmacher requiring a miracle in the second leg. Just as they had two years previously, the Luxembourgish team managed to win, but, again, by the insufficient margin of 2–0. *In the

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first qualifying round, Grevenmacher played

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from the

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. Grevenmacher drew the first leg at home 3–3, but were narrowly defeated 2–1 in the away leg, to lose 5–4 on aggregate. *In the

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first qualifying round, Grevenmacher faced KF Tirana. A 0–0 draw in the first leg at home put the Luxembourg side in a strong position going into the second leg in Albania. However, they lost 2–0. Grevenmacher has also drawn four games in Europe, against

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in 1996–97 and

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in the 2003–04 Champions League. The other two draws came in

home games against

in 2010–11 (3–3) and Albanian side KF Tirana in 2012–13 (0–0). Overall, Grevenmacher's record in European competition reads, as of 8 July 2012:

Managers

* Marc Thomé (June 30, 1994 – June 30, 1997) * Harald Kohr (1997–98) * Herbert Herres (July 1, 2001 – Dec 12, 2004) * Alvaro da Cruz (Nov 12, 2004 – March 20, 2008) * Claude Osweiler (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2010) * Marc Thomé (July 1, 2010–''2014'') * Jacques Muller (July 1, 2014–''2015'') * Roland Schaak (2015– 2016) * Marcus Weiss (2016-2017) * Manuel Peixoto (2017-2018) * Luc Muller (2018-2019) * Alvaro da Cruz (2018-2019) * Erwin Bradasch (2019–''Present'')

References

External links

* {{Official website, http://www.csg.lu/, CS Grevenmacher official website

CS Grevenmacher

1909 establishments in Luxembourg