FC Progrès Niederkorn

The club was founded on 14 August 1919 as Cercle Sportif Progrès Niederkorn.^[4] During the German occupation of Luxembourg, the club played in the Gauliga Moselland under the name of FK Niederkorn, where it finished runners-up in 1942–43 behind champions TuS Neuendorf. Once football returned to Luxembourg in 1944 the club renamed itself the current FC Progrès Niederkorn name.

Three times domestic league winners, the club's most successful years were at the end of the 1970s and beginning of the 1980s. They haven't won a major trophy since the 1981 league title.

In the 2005–06 season, Niederkorn finished second in Luxembourg's second division, the Division of Honour. As the top league, the National Division, expanded from twelve teams to fourteen, Niederkorn were promoted along with Differdange 03.

In the 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division, Progrès Niederkorn drew the league's highest attendance that year: 1,820. Their average home attendance was 710.^[5]

On 4 July 2017, Progrès beat Scottish side Rangers in the 1st qualifying round of the 2017–18 UEFA Europa League. They overcame a 1–0 defeat at Ibrox with a 2–0 win at the Stade Josy Barthel, having scored only once before in European competition. This victory was also the club's first ever win in European football.^[6] They enjoyed an even greater campaign in the 2018–19 UEFA Europa League, defeating FK Gabala and Budapest Honvéd FC to reach the third qualifying round against Russian side FC Ufa. The tie seemed destined for extra-time but a last-minute goal for Ufa sent Progres out, denying them a rematch against Rangers in the play-offs.

• National Division
  • Winners (3): 1952–53, 1977–78, 1980–81
  • Runners-up (7): 1931–32, 1936–37, 1976–77, 1978–79, 1981–82, 2017–18, 2022–23
• Luxembourg Cup
  • Winners (5): 1932–33, 1944–45, 1976–77, 1977–78, 2023–24
  • Runners-up (3): 1945–46, 1955–56, 1979–80

Their first European goal was against Glentoran in the 1981–82 European Cup, where they drew 1–1.

Matches

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Season	Competition	Round	Opponent	Home	Away	Aggregate
1977–78	European Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Vejle Boldklub	0–1	0–9	0–10
1978–79	European Cup	1R	Real Madrid	0–7	0–5	0–12
1979–80	UEFA Cup	1R	Grasshopper Club Zürich	0–2	0–4	0–6
1981–82	European Cup	1R	Glentoran	1–1	0–4	1–5
1982–83	UEFA Cup	1R	Servette	0–1	0–3	0–4
2015–16	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Shamrock Rovers	0–0	0–3	0–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Rangers	2–0	0–1	2–1
		2Q	AEL Limassol	0–1	1–2	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Gabala	0–1	2–0	2–1
		2Q	Honvéd	2–0	0–1	2–1
		3Q	Ufa	2–2	1–2	3–4
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	PR	Cardiff Metropolitan University	1–0	1–2	2–2 (a)
		1Q	Cork City	1–2	2–0	3–2
		2Q	Rangers	0–0	0–2	0–2
2020–21	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Zeta	3–0	—N/a	—N/a
		2Q	Willem II	0–5	—N/a	—N/a
2023–24	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Gjilani	2–2	2–0	4–2
		2Q	Midtjylland	2–1 (a.e.t.)	0–2	2–3
2024–25	UEFA Conference League	2Q	Djurgårdens IF	1–0	0–3	1−3

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As of 14 March, 2026^[7]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

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No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  FRA Sébastien Flauss 2 MF  LUX Marek Thill 8 DF  LUX Denis Ahmetxhekaj 9 FW  FRA Hugo Chambon 10 MF  LUX Omar Natami 11 DF  FRA Milan Gilgemann 13 DF  FRA Souleymane Cissé 14 DF  LUX Cédric Sacras 15 DF  FRA Thibaut Vion 17 FW  LUX Mathias Camara 19 FW  FRA Yan Bouché 20 MF  LUX Lucas Figueiredo 23 DF  LUX Clayton Duarte

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  FRA Bilal Hend 27 DF  FRA Vincent Peugnet 28 DF  CMR Alex Guett 29 DF  LUX Mylan Oger 31 GK  LUX João Margato 37 FW  LUX Thomas Souchard 50 GK  BEL Kenan Ndenge 71 FW  LUX Flavjo Hoxha 72 GK  POR Salvador Pachecho 73 MF  LUX Adrian Ahmetxhekaj 77 FW  LUX Ken Corral 80 MF  LUX Kenan Avdusinovic 99 FW  NIG Ibrahim Baradji

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The women's team plays in Luxembourg's highest league, the Dames Ligue 1. The team has won 15 championships and are therefore the national record champions. The last title was won in 2010–11, which qualified them for the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League.