SC Bettembourg Féminine
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| Full name | Sporting Club Bettembourg | ||
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| Founded | 2012 | ||
| Ground | Terrain 1, Bettembourg | ||
| Capacity | 1000 | ||
| President | Patrick Hutmacher[1] | ||
| Manager | Olivier Gilson | ||
| League | Dames Ligue 1 | ||
| 2023–24 | 9th | ||
| Website | https://www.sc-bettembourg.com/ | ||
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SC Bettembourg is a Luxembourgish women's football club based in Bettembourg, Luxembourg. The club was founded in 1908 however the women's section has been in existence since 2012.[2] SC Bettembourg play in Dames Ligue 1, the top flight of domestic women's football in Luxembourg. A second ladies team was introduced in 2014 and they currently play in the second tier. The team's colours are blue and white.
SC Bettembourg plays its home matches at Terrain 1 Bettembourg, a 1,000-capacity stadium that is situated in Bettembourg.[3]
Current squad
SC Bettembourg has been running a men's team since 1908, but it wasn't until 2012 when the women's team was introduced. They began in Division 3 and quickly rose up the rankings. In their inaugural season, the women's team won promotion into the second division, then in the 2013–14 season SC Bettembourg won promotion into Division 1 as well as launching a second women's team.[4]
In their first season in the top flight in the 2014–15 season, SC Bettembourg finished in second place only by goal difference – tied on points with Jeunesse Junglinster.[5] SC Bettembourg's 15 year old attacker Karen Marin won player of the season.[6] The team also finished second in the 2015–16 season,[7] as well as finishing runners-up in the Women's Cup.[8] After successive second places, in the 2016–17 season finally bettered their adversaries Jeunesse Junglinster by winning their first league title by a comfortable 6 points and thus qualifying for their first ever Women's Champions League.[9]
SC Bettembourg did not fare well in the 2017–18 Women's Champions League qualifying round, losing their first match 0–8 to PAOK[10] and not scoring a goal in two further defeats.[11]
The team won their second league title out of just five top-flight seasons in the 2018–19 season[12] and once again qualified for the Women's Champions League. Despite another thrashing in their first game of the 2019–20 edition, losing 0–12 to FC Minsk,[13] SC Bettembourg scored their first Champions League goals in a 2–7 defeat to Split, with Kate Thill scoring both.[14]
- As of 15 August 2022
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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Honours
- Dames Ligue 1
- Luxembourg Women's Cup
- Runners-up: 2015–16[20]
