- FC Avenir Beggen
Football club infobox
clubname = Avenir Beggen
fullname = Football Club Avenir Beggen
nickname = Wichtelcher ("Pixies")
founded =1 July 1915
ground =Stade rue Henri Dunant ,Beggen
capacity = 4,830
chairman =
manager =
league =Luxembourg National Division
season = 2007-08
position = National Division, 5th
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leftarm2=000000|body2=000000|rightarm2=000000|shorts2=000000|socks2=000000Football Club Avenir Beggen, usually abbreviated to Avenir Beggen, is a football club, based in
Beggen , a quarter ofLuxembourg City , in southernLuxembourg .Avenir Beggen had played in the National Division in consecutive seasons since 1965-66, but were relegated in the 2005-06 season. Finishing second in their first season in the second-tier Division of Honour, Avenir have returned to the National Division at the first time of asking.
Honours
* National Division:Winners (6): 1968-69, 1981-82, 1983-84, 1985-86, 1992-93, 1993-94:Runners-up (5): 1974-75, 1982-83, 1986-87, 1989-90, 1991-92
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Luxembourg Cup :Winners (7): 1982-83, 1983-84, 1986-87, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 2001-02:Runners-up (4): 1973-74, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1997-98Current squad
European Competition
Avenir have qualified for
UEFA European competition sixteen times.*
UEFA Champions League :Qualifying round (2): 1993-94, 1994-95:First round (4): 1969-70, 1982-83, 1984-85, 1986-87*
UEFA Cup :Qualifying round (1): 2002-03:First round (4): 1975-76, 1985-86, 1990-91, 1995-96*
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup :First round (4): 1983-84, 1987-88, 1988-89, 1992-93:Second round (1): 1974-75They have won three ties in European competition (although two were only on technicalities):
*In 1974-75, their Cup Winners' Cup first round opponents, Enosis Paralimni ofCyprus , withdrew due to ongoing crisis in that country.
*In the same competition in 1992-93, Avenir beat theFaroe Islands 'B36 Tórshavn 2-1 on aggregate in the qualifying round, before losing 5-1 on aggregate to Spartak Moscow in the first round proper.
*In the 1995-96 UEFA Cup, Avenir lost on away goals toÖrebro SK , but Avenir were awarded a 3-0 victory when it transpired that the Swedes had fielded an ineligible player.In addition to those three ties, Avenir have won one game in a tie that they eventually lost (2-1 at home against Inter Bratislava in the 1990-91 UEFA Cup, before losing 5-0 in
Bratislava ).Overall, Avenir's record in European competition reads:
External links
* [http://www.wichtelweb.net/ FC Avenir Beggen official website]
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