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| Full name | Association Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette | ||
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| Founded | 1907; 118 years ago (1907) | ||
| Ground | Stade de la Frontière | ||
| Capacity | 4,000[1] | ||
| President | Marc Theisen[2] | ||
| Manager | François Weiler | ||
| League | BGL Ligue | ||
| 2024–25 | National Division, 8th of 16 | ||
| Website | www | ||
Jeunesse Esch (full nameAssociation Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette) is a professionalfootball club based inEsch-sur-Alzette, in south-westernLuxembourg. The side play in theNational Division, the highest league in the country, and have won the league title on 28 occasions between 1921 and 2010, the most of any team in Luxembourg.[3]
The club was founded in 1907 asJeunesse la Frontière d'Esch in reference to the proximity of their stadium to the border with France. "La frontière" was dropped to give the club its current name in 1918, which it retained until World War II, where theNazi regime implemented the German nameSV Schwarz-Weiß 07 Esch and the club had to play in theGauliga Moselland, finishing runners-up in the 1943–44 season. After the liberation of Luxembourg, the name reverted to AS la Jeunesse d'Esch.
Historically, Jeunesse Esch has been the most successful side in Luxembourgish football. They have won theNational Division on 28 occasions: first in 1921, and most recently in 2010. This is a national record, unless Racing FC Union Luxembourg's many predecessor clubs are counted together (they won a total of 28, divided between six incarnations). Jeunesse has also won theLuxembourg Cup on twelve occasions, second behind the fourteen won byFA Red Boys Differdange (now a part ofFC Differdange 03). In total, they have completed the covetedDouble on eight occasions, tied withF91 Dudelange as having the most in Luxembourg.
They first entered theEuropean Cup in 1958, but like most of Luxembourg's clubs, failed to pass the preliminary rounds of the competition. Their most famous result came in the early stages of the 1973 competition when they held then-UEFA Cup holdersLiverpool to a 1–1 draw at home before losing the second leg 2–0 atAnfield.
Jeunesse have continued their success into recent times, being one of the top three Luxembourgish clubs, along with F91 Dudelange andFC Etzella Ettelbruck, of the past few years. However, the club had a disastrous2006–07 season, in which the club finished ninth, and only just avoided a relegation play-offs.
Jeunesse Esch has qualified forUEFA European competition thirty three times.
Jeunesse Esch is the only club from Luxembourg to have reached the second round of theEuropean Cup, and it has achieved that feat on two occasions, both under the leadership ofGeorge Berry in the early years of the competition:
Overall, Jeunesse's record in European competition reads:
| P | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AS la Jeunesse d'Esch | 71 | 9 | 8 | 54 | 56 | 224 | −168 |
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined underFIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Bill Berry (1 July 1958 – 30 June 1961)
Félix Déculot (1963 – 1964)
Louis Giussot (1967 – 1968)
Gilbert Legrand (1968 – 31 October 1969)
Ernst Melchior (1 November 1969 – 1972) Willi Macho (1972 – 1974) René Pascucci (1974 – 1975) René Pascucci (1 July 1976 – 31 December 1976) Jean Kremer (1980 – 1981)Alex Pecquer (1 July 1984 – 30 June 1986)Alex Pecquer (1 July 1987 – 30 June 1988)
Norbert Müller (1 July 1988 – 30 June 1990)Vinicio Monacelli (1 July 1991 – 30 June 1992)Alex Pecquer (1 July 1995 – 30 June 1998)Maurice Spitoni (1 July 1998 – 30 June 1999) Eric Brusco (1999 – 30 August 2000)Théo Scholten (2002 – 2003) Michel Leflochmoan (2003 – 2004)Roger Lutz (1 July 2004 – 15 Feb 2005) Romeo Codello (10 December 2005 – 2006)Harald Kohr (2006)Waldemar Korycki (2006 – 1 March 2007)Jacques Müller (1 July 2007 – Sept 23, 2010)
Fernando Gutiérrez (Sept 23, 2010 – 13 March 2011)Vinicio Monacelli(interim) (14 March 2011 – 17 March 2011)Sébastian Grandjean (17 March 2011 – 18 Oct 2012) Lionel Zanini (19 October 2012 – 16 April 2013)Dany Theis (16 April 2013 – 2015)Carlo Weis (2015 – 6 March 2017) Marc Thomé (7 March 2017 – 6 April 2019) Sébastien Grandjean (2019) Nicolas Huysman (6 July 2019 – 30 November 2019) Noël Tosi (2020)
Giorgos Petrakis (13 October 2020 – 30 June 2021)Jeff Strasser [2021-2022]Henri Bossi (June 2022 - October 2022)Jacques Müller (interim October–November 2022)
Pedro Resende ( November 2022-)
