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FC Rodange 91 is a football club based in
Rodange Rodange (german: Rodingen) is a town in the commune of Pétange, in south-western Luxembourg. It lies next to the border with Belgium, across which is the town of Athus. The town is to the south-west of the town of Pétange and to the west o ...
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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 ...
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History

The club was founded in 1991 as a merger between Rodange sides ''FC Chiers'' (founded in 1907) and ''FC Racing'' (1931). Chiers had played fourteen seasons in 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 ...
between 1938 and 1980 and Racing seven between 1946 and 1956. Racing also reached the final of the Luxembourg Cup in 1949, where it lost 1–0 to Stade Dudelange.Luxembourg - List of Cup Finals
- RSSSF Merger club FC Rodange 91 reached the National Division for the first time in 1995, but was relegated back to the second tier- Luxembourg Division of Honour after the 1996/97 season. FC Rodange 91 then played two more seasons in the top tier, in 2000/01 and 2017/18 before returning to the highest level in 2019. At the end of the 2020/21 season, the club moved to play their home games at the Stade Municipal of Union Titus Pétange because its own Stade Jos Philippart was to be renovated. A new grandstand was also built.


Current squad


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External links

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FC Rodange 91 official website
Football clubs in Luxembourg Association football clubs established in 1991 FC Rodange 91 {{Luxembourg-footyclub-stub