Union Sportive Thionville Lusitanos is a

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club based in Thionville, France. As of the 2023–24 season, it competes in the

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, the fifth tier of the French football league system.

History

The football club was born in 1905 as ''Fußball-Club Diedenhofen''. After the first world war it was renamed ''La Sportive Thionvilloise'' following the transfer of Thionville from Germany to France in accord with the Treaty of Versaille. During the second world war, between 1940 and 1945, with the Germans in charge of the area again, the club was renamed ''Tum-und-Sportgemeinschaft'' before reverting to it's previous name. In 1943, Fritz Walter played in the squad, who went on to win the World Cup in 1954 with

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. In 1961 the club gained promotion to the national amateur division for the first time. They turned professionnel whilst in the

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for the two seasons 1979-1980 and 1980-1981. In the latter season they reached the quarter-finals of the French Cup, where they drew 2–2 at home, before losting 3–0 in the return leg against Martigues. They also reached the last 32 in the 1979–80, 1983–84 and 1997–98 seasons. In the second of the two second division seasons, the club declared bankruptcy and reformed in division 4 as ''Thionville Football Club'' The club spent the rest of the 1980s and 1990s in either the fourth of fifth tier of the national pyramid, before relegation back to the regional level in 2000. They spend one further season at the national level in 2009–10. On 2 May 2021, Thionville FC merged with ''Thionville AS Portugais Saint-François'' to create US Thionville Lusitanos. In 2023, the club achieved promotion back to the

Club presidents

*Roger Hoffmann *Jean-Marc Plez *Christian Ragni *Jean-Luc Bitard *Pascal Dine *Jean-François Geissler

Managers

*1976-1979: Rolland Ehrhardt *1979-December 1980:

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*January 1980-1981:

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*1983-January 1987: Paweł Chodakowski *February 1987-1987: Branko Tucač *1992-2000:

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*2000-2001: Gabriel Dalvit *2001-2003:

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*2003-2006: Patrick Libot *2006-2007: Gabriel Dalvit *2008-2010: Eric Brusco *June 2010-2012:

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*November 2013-June 2018: Manu Cuccu *2019:

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Honours

*National Fourth Division Champion, Group East: 1984 *Lorraine Champions: 1923, 1925, 1928, 1961, 1977, 2009 *Honour Division Champions: 1927, 1932, 1938, 2016 *Lorraine Cup: 1925, 1929, 1964, 1983, 1993, 2008

Naming history

*1905–1919: Fußball-Club Diedenhofen *1919–1940: La Sportive Thionvilloise *1940–1945: Tum-und-Sportgemeinschaft *1945–1981: La Sportive Thionvilloise *1981–2021: Thionville Football Club *2021–present: Union Sportive Thionville Lusitanos

References

External links

* - Footeo profile * - Official website {{Championnat National 3 Group I US Thionville Lusitanos Association football clubs established in 1905 1905 establishments in France Sport in Moselle (department) Football clubs in Grand Est Association football clubs established in 2021 2021 establishments in France