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Club Sportif Alliance Dudelange was a football club fromDudelange in southern Luxembourg.
It was founded in 1916 as a merger between Étoile Rouge Dudelange (1908) and Étoile Bleue Dudelange (1912). Under German occupation in World War II, its name was changed to FV Rot-Schwarz Düdelingen as part of theGermanisation program.[1]
The club was associated with the city's Italian community.Louis Rech, the first Luxembourgish mayor of Italian origin, was also its president.[2]
The team had its greatest decade in the 1960s. They won back-to-backLuxembourg Cups in 1961 and 1962 runners-up in theLuxembourg National Division in the latter year, reaching a third cup final in 1969.[3] On all these occasions, the other finalist or league champion wasUnion Luxembourg.[4]
During this time, they also qualified twice for theUEFA Cup Winners' Cup. In 1961–62 they were eliminated 9–2 on aggregate in the first round by East Germany'sSC Motor Jena, and a year later they fell at the same stage by the same score toB 1909 of Denmark.[5][6]
In 1991, the team merged withStade Dudelange andUS Dudelange into the currentF91 Dudelange.[7] The new club inherited Alliance's place in theLuxembourg Division of Honour (second tier) as the other two entities were in the1. Division (third).
