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Sporting Circle Fola Esch (French: Cercle sportif Fola Esch), usually abbreviated to Fola Esch or simply Fola, is a football club, based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. They play their home games at Stade Émile Mayrisch, in the south of the city, which they share with their sister athletics club CA Fola Esch.

Fola Esch

Full name	Cercle sportif Fola Esch
Founded	1906 (116 years ago)
Ground	Stade Émile Mayrisch
Capacity	7,826
Chairman	Gérard López
Manager	Sébastien Grandjean
League	Luxembourg National Division
2021–22	3rd of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

History

Founded in 1906 by the English language teacher Jean Roeder, Fola was the first football club in Luxembourg. During its heyday, it was the best club in the country, winning four National Division championships and two Luxembourg Cups between 1918 and 1924. Fola won another championship in 1930 and the Luxembourg Cup in 1955, but had since this time lost its place in Luxembourg's top flight.

Fola stubbornly rejected a merger with its larger neighbours, Jeunesse Esch, during the wave of consolidation in the 1990s. In 2004–05, Fola were relegated to the third tier of Luxembourgish football, but were promoted the following season. In 2006–07 they finished third, qualifying for a promotion play-off, which they lost to Victoria Rosport. In August 2007, Fola pulled off a transfer coup by signing former Morocco midfielder Mustapha Hadji.

In 2008, the club managed to secure second place in the championship, granting them promotion to the Fortis League (National Division, the top league in the country, renamed BGL League in March 2009 due to the financial crisis).[1]

In May 2013, CS Fola Esch won the championship in the BGL Ligue with a historic 5–1 win against their rivals, Jeunesse Esch in the 25th match of the season. The club had a gap of 83 years since their last championship. Stefano Bensi scored 20 goals during this season.

Fola participated in the second qualifying round of the Champions League 2013–14, but lost to Dinamo Zagreb 0–5 in the first leg (at home) and 0–1 in the second leg (away). In 2015, Fola won the championship again, after finishing second in 2014. In 2016 they again finished second with an equal number of points with the champions, F91 Dudelange.

In 2016 CS Fola Esch, celebrated their 110th birthday, and also became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Luxembourg.

History

• 1906: Club founded as Football and Lawn Tennis Club Esch
• 1907: Adopts current colours of red and white stripes
• 1910: Absorbs FC Nerva, becoming Cercle sportif Fola Esch
• 1918: Wins first championship title
• 1924: Wins the Double
• 1930: Wins last championship title for the next 83 years
• 1935: Moves to current stadium, Stade Émile Mayrisch
• 1955: Wins Luxembourg Cup, last title before a long lean period
• 1973: First participation in European competition (season 1973–74)
• 2013: Wins first championship since 83 years, followed by another champion title in 2015
• 2017: First qualification to the second round and to the third round in European competition

Honours

National Division

• Champions (8): 1917–18, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1929–30, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2020–21
• Runners-up (10): 1916–17, 1918–19, 1920–21, 1928–29, 1948–49, 1953–54, 1954–55, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2018–19

Luxembourg Cup

• Winners: 1922–23, 1923–24, 1954–55
• Runners-up: 1972–73, 2016-17

European competition

As of 11 July 2017[2]

Rank	Country	Team	Points
317		FK Mladost Podgorica	3.550
318		NK Široki Brijeg	3.550
319		FC Irtysh Pavlodar	3.550
320		CS Fola Esch	3.475
321		FC Differdange 03	3.475
322		PFC Slavia Sofia	3.425

As of match played 26 August 2021

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA Champions League	7	0	2	5	3	19
UEFA Europa League	19	3	5	11	17	34
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	2	0	0	2	1	11
UEFA Europa Conference League	7	4	0	3	9	11
Total	35	7	7	21	30	75

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1973–74	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Beroe Stara Zagora	0–7	1–4	1–11
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Elfsborg	1–1	0–4	1–5
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Dinamo Zagreb	0–5	0–1	0–6
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Göteborg	0–2	0–0	0–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Dinamo Zagreb	0–3	1–1	1–4
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Aberdeen	1–0	1–3	2–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Milsami Orhei	2–1	1–1	3–2
		2Q	Inter Baku	4–1	0–1	4–2
		3Q	Östersund	1–2	0–1	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Prishtina	0–0	0–0	0–0 (5–4p)
		2Q	Genk	1–4	0–5	1–9
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Chikhura Sachkhere	1–2	1–2	2–4
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Sheriff Tiraspol	—	0–2	—
	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Ararat-Armenia	—	3–4 (aet)	—
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Lincoln Red Imps	2–2	0–5	2–7
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Shahktyor Soligorsk	1–0	2–1	3–1
		3Q	Linfield	2–1	2–1	4–2
		PO	Kairat	1–4	1–3	2–7
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Tre Fiori	0–1	1–3	1–4

Current squad

As of 9 July, 2022[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  LUX Emanuel Cabral 2 DF  LUX Hugo Domingos 3 MF  LUX Diogo Pimentel 6 DF  FRA Mohamed Fulake Camara 7 MF  CPV Gilson Delgado 8 MF  BIH Veldin Muharemović 9 FW  FRA Benjamin Runser 10 FW  LUX Stefano Bensi 11 FW  FRA Jules Diallo 12 DF  POR Vasco Silva 13 MF  POR Brandon Lima 16 MF  LUX Dipak Khatri 17 FW  LUX Oskar Flint Ekeberg 18 FW  LUX Michael Omosanya

No. Pos. Nation Player 19 MF  LUX Nenad Dragovic 20 MF  LUX Lucas Correia 21 FW  LUX Mattia Bartoletti 22 GK  LUX Evan Da Costa 24 MF  LUX Bob Simon 25 DF  LUX Lenny Correia 27 FW  POR Adulai Embalo 28 DF  FRA Julien Klein 29 FW  LUX Issam El Alami 30 DF  FRA Keanan Augoyat 33 GK  UKR Artem Sheiko 44 GK  LUX Daniel Matos 46 DF  LUX Simao Duraes 72 FW  LUX André Ferreira 77 FW  GNB Bruno Correia 78 DF  SUI Steve Schmidhäusler 91 MF  LUX Denis Ahmetxhekaj

Former coaches

Manager	Appointed	Dimsissed
Henri Bossi	1 July 1988	30 June 1989
Henri Bossi	23 September 1993	30 June 1994
Pascal Welter	19 February 2000	5 November 2002
Philippe Guérard	10 November 2005	25 March 2006
Michael Lofy	1 July 2008	23 March 2009
Pascal Welter	13 April 2009	16 October 2009
Philippe Guérard	26 October 2009	31 October 2010
Jeff Strasser	2 November 2010	22 December 2010
Cyril Serredszum	22 December 2010	30 January 2012
Jeff Strasser	1 July 2012	26 September 2017
Cyril Serredszum	27 September 2017	4 February 2018
Thomas Klasen	5 February 2018	16 August 2018
Jeff Strasser	16 August 2018[4]	18 May 2020[5]
Sébastien Grandjean	18 May 2020[6]	present

References

External links

• CS Fola homepage
• football-lineups

На других языках

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[de] CS Fola Esch

Der Cercle Sportif Fola Esch (deutsch Sportkreis Fola Esch) ist ein luxemburgischer Fußballverein. Gegründet wurde der Verein aus der Stadt Esch an der Alzette am 9. Dezember 1906 von dem Englischlehrer Jean Roeder,[1] als Fola Esch und ist damit der älteste Verein Luxemburgs. Die Abkürzung Fola bedeutet FOotball and LAwn Tennis (Fußball und Rasentennis). Die Vereinsfarben sind Rot und Weiß.

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- [en] CS Fola Esch

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[es] Cercle Sportif Fola Esch

El Cercle Sportif FOotball and LAwn Esch, usualmente conocido como Fola Esch, (en español: Círculo Deportivo de Fútbol y Césped de Esch) es un club de fútbol de Luxemburgo que juega en la Division Nationale, la primera liga de fútbol en el país.

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[ru] Фола (футбольный клуб)

«Фола» (фр. Cercle Sportif Fola Esch) — футбольный клуб из города Эш, в настоящий момент выступает в Национальном дивизионе (высшей лиге Люксембурга). Клуб основан в 1906 году, домашние матчи проводит на стадионе «Эмиль Майриш[en]» вместимостью 7 900 зрителей. Шестикратный чемпион Люксембурга и трёхкратный обладатель национального кубка.

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