FA Red Boys Differdange

Football club infobox
clubname = Red Boys Differdange


fullname = Football Association
Red Boys Differdange
nickname = "Red Boys"
founded = 1907
ground = Stade du Thillenberg,
Differdange
capacity = 7,150
chairman = -
manager = -
league = -
season = 2002-3
position = Promotion d'Honneur, 11th
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Football Association Red Boys Differdange was a football club, based in Differdange, in south-western Luxembourg. It is now a part of FC Differdange 03.

History

Red Boys was founded in 1907, the year after Luxembourg's first club, Fola Esch, had been set up. Despite the clubs provenance, its first appearance in Luxembourg's league came only in 1919 (and, then, only in the second division). Soon, though, Red Boys would embark upon the greatest runs of success in Luxembourgish football.

During the 1920s and 1930s, Red Boys competed with Spora Luxembourg for dominance of Luxembourgish football. Red Boys was the more successful of the two, and won thirteen trophies in as many years between 1923 and 1936. Despite the staunch competition (Spora won 8 trophies in the same period), this record has never been matched. Despite fading after the Second World War, Red Boys remained one of the largest and most successful teams in Luxembourgish football. Differdange's record was most impressive in the Luxembourg Cup, which the club won more times than any other team (15).

Honours

*National Division:Winners (6): 1922-23, 1925-26, 1930-31, 1931-32, 1932-33, 1978-79:Runners-up (10): 1926-27, 1933-34, 1934-35, 1957-58, 1973-74, 1975-76, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1983-84, 1984-85

*Luxembourg Cup:Winners (15): 1924-25, 1925-26, 1926-27, 1928-29, 1929-30, 1930-31, 1933-34, 1935-36, 1951-52, 1952-53, 1957-58, 1971-72, 1978-79, 1981-82, 1984-85:Runners-up (9): 1923-24, 1931-32, 1934-35, 1947-48, 1949-50, 1954-55, 1969-70, 1976-77, 1985-86

European Competition

Red Boys Differdange qualified for UEFA European competition ten times.

*UEFA Champions League:First round (1): 1979-80

*UEFA Cup Winners' Cup:First round (3): 1972-73, 1982-83, 1985-86

*UEFA Cup:First round (6): 1974-75, 1976-77, 1977-78, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1984-85

Red Boys never progressed past the first tie in any European competition. The club won one match in Europe, winning their 1979-80 European Cup first leg 2-1 against Omonia Nicosia before losing 6-1 in Cyprus. In the 1984-85 UEFA Cup, Red Boys managed a surprise goalless draw with the giants of Ajax Amsterdam, but was crushed 14-0 in the return (which remains a UEFA Cup record).

Overall, Differdange's record in European competition reads: