F.C. Luxembourg City is a
football
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club
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* "Club", by Kelsea Ballerini from the album ''kelsea''
Brands and enterprises
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, based in
Hamm
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, a
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of
Luxembourg City
Luxembourg ( lb, Lëtzebuerg; french: Luxembourg; german: Luxemburg), also known as Luxembourg City ( lb, Stad Lëtzebuerg, link=no or ; french: Ville de Luxembourg, link=no; german: Stadt Luxemburg, link=no or ), is the capital city of the Lu ...
, in southern
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
.
History
The club was founded on 26 March 2004 after a fusion between ''FC Hamm 37'' and ''FC RM 86 Luxembourg''. They spent their first seasons in the
Second Division
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but clinched promotion to the
Luxembourg National Division
The National Division ( lb, Nationaldivisioun, french: Division Nationale, german: Nationaldivision) is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to sea ...
after the 2006–07 season.
FC RM (Rapid Mansfeldia) 86 Luxembourg was itself founded after ''FC Rapid Neudorf'' (founded in 1909) and ''FC Mansfeldia Clausen-Cents '' (founded in 1919) merged in 1986 after both clubs were relegated from their respective divisions. FC Hamm 37 was founded in 1937.
At around the end of the 2021-2022 season, the club changed its name to F.C. Luxembourg City.
Current squad
''As of 11 August 2021.''
Managers
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Michael Lofy
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(Dec 25, 2007–May 30, 2008)
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Fernando Gutiérrez (July 1, 2008 – June 30, 2010)
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Alvaro da Cruz (July 1, 2010–Feb 21, 2011)
*
Felipe Vila Verde
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(Feb 21, 2011–Dec 31, 2011)
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Carlo Weis
Carlo Weis (born 4 December 1958) is a Luxembourgish former professional footballer who played as a defender. He was Luxembourg's most capped player of all-time from November 1995 until Jeff Strasser overtook his tally in 2008.
Club career
A c ...
(Jan 1, 2012–Sept 10, 2013)
*
Rui Vieira
Rui Gabriel Pinheiro Vieira (born 13 November 1991 in Braga) is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper
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(Sept 10, 2013–Sept 30, 2013)
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Paulo Gomes (Oct 7, 2013–Jul 1, 2016)
* Daniel Santos (Jul 1, 2016–)
References
External links
Official Site
RM Hamm Benfica
Association football clubs established in 2004
2004 establishments in Luxembourg
RM
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