UN Käerjéng 97 is a football

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, based in

Bascharage Bascharage (; lb, Nidderkäerjeng ; german: Niederkerschen) is a town and a former commune in south-western Luxembourg. Since 2012, it is part of the commune of Käerjeng. History Bascharage with the other towns like Linger, Hautcharage, an ...

, in south-western

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History

A young club, it was only formed in 1997 as an amalgam of Union Sportive Bascharage and Jeunesse

Hautcharage Hautcharage (; , ) is a small town in the commune of Käerjeng, in south-western Luxembourg. Geography Neighbouring towns include Clemency, Fingig, Hivange, Schouweiler, Bascharage and Linger. The small river Mierbaach, which rises at the Bouff ...

. In the 2005–06 season, Käerjéng finished sixth in the National Division. They finished second in their relegation group, but were already guaranteed their safety before they played any games in it.

Honours

As Jeunesse Hautcharage

Luxembourg Cup The Luxembourg Cup () is the national knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons during the German occupation during Second World War ...

:''Winners (1):'' 1970–71

European competition

As Jeunesse Hautcharage

Jeunesse Hautcharage qualified for

UEFA Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...

European competition once. *

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:''First round (1):'' 1971–72 On their first tie in Europe, they suffered the largest ever aggregate defeat in UEFA competition: 21–0 against

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. Which to this date, is the largest ever aggregate score for an official UEFA football match (but is equal with Feyenoord Rotterdam, who achieved the very same result against

US Rumelange Union Sportive Rumelange, usually abbreviated to US Rumelange, is a football club, based in Rumelange, in south-western Luxembourg. History In the 2005–2006 season, Rumelange finished eleventh in the National Division. It was almost impos ...

winning first leg 9–0 and second 12–0 in 1972–73 UEFA Cup)

As UN Käerjéng 97

UEFA Cup A cup is an open-top used to hold hot or cold liquids for pouring or drinking; while mainly used for drinking, it also can be used to store solids for pouring (e.g., sugar, flour, grains, salt). Cups may be made of glass, metal, china, clay ...

:Second qualifying round, 2007–08 After losing the previous season's cup final against

F91 Dudelange F91 Dudelange (; lb, F91 Diddeleng, italic=no, ) is a Luxembourger professional football club based in Dudelange which plays in the Luxembourg National Division. It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dud ...

UN Käerjéng 97 qualified for the

for the second time in the club's history, drawing Norwegian side

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in the first qualifying round. Losing merely 2–1 away at

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in itself was a remarkable feat for the club, but after a very surprising 1–0 win at home, UN Käerjéng 97 was through to the second qualifying round on away goals after a 2–2 aggregate score

UN Käerjéng 97 lost 4–0 in the second qualifying round to

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. Thus, Käerjéng's overall European record is:

Former managers

* Angelo Fiorucci (July 1, 2000 – June 30, 2009) * Claude Heinz (July 1, 2009 – Dec 8, 2009) * Roland Schaack (Jan 1, 2010–)

Current squad

References

External links

UN Käerjéng 97 official website
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