FC Wiltz 71

Wiltz 71
Full name	Football Club Wiltz 71
Founded	12 March 1971; 53 years ago
Ground	Stade Am Pëtz, Weidingen
Capacity	3,000
Chairman	Michael Schenk
Manager	David Vandenbroeck
League	BGL Ligue
2023-24	Luxembourg National Division, 11th of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours	Away colours

FC Wiltz 71 is a professional association football club based in the town of Wiltz, in north-western Luxembourg. The team competes in the Luxembourg National Division, the top tier of football in Luxembourg.

History

The club was founded on March 12, 1971^[1] by the merger of Union Sportive Niederwiltz and FC Gold a Roud and in 1976, the club also absorbed Arminia Weidingen. Together, all three clubs formed the new FC Wiltz 71 and the team began playing at the Stade Géitz located in Wiltz. Later, the club moved to the Stade Am Pëtz in nearby Weidingen which increased capacity by 1,000 to a total of 3,000 fans.

Within ten years of its formation, the club achieved promotion to the National Division. The club has been relegated from the top tier to the second tier of Luxembourg football, the Division of Honour, a total of seven times, most recently during the 2015-2016 season when they finished 12th.

In 2001, Wiltz reached their only cup final to date when they played in the Luxembourg Cup, against rivals Etzella Ettelbruck. Wiltz lost the match 3-5 in a closely contested affair.

The clubs highest finish in the league is 5th, which they have achieved twice, once during the 1996/97 season and again in the 2005/06 season and on both occasions narrowly missing out on qualification for European football.

Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, football in Luxembourg was suspended on March 12, 2020. At the time, the club was in second place in the Division of Honor after 15 matches, an automatic promotion spot. On April 22, 2020, the Luxembourg Football Federation announced that the season would be ended, meaning that Wiltz were promoted to the National Division by default.^[2]

Current squad

As of 20 July, 2024

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
2	MF	FRA	Enzo Raddas
3	DF	LUX	Hugo Costa
4	DF	LUX	Kevin Malget
5	DF	FRA	Yohan Mannone
6	MF	LUX	Christophe Schroeder
7	MF	LUX	Chris Philipps
8	MF	BEL	Alexandro Cavagnera
9	FW	GER	Victor Gorny
10	DF	LUX	Ben Biver
11	MF	LUX	Tiago Costa
12	GK	FRA	Anthyme Repan
17	DF	LUX	Andy Rodrigues
18	MF	GER	Noa Sunny Sanjug


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	SVN	Emir Burkic
21	GK	LUX	Ralph Schon
23	FW	BEL	Jack Mmaee
30	MF	BRA	Gustavo Hemkemeier
32	DF	FRA	Nelson Luzein
33	MF	FRA	Mathis Quiévreux
37	DF	COD	Moise Ngwisani
51	MF	ESP	Mamadou Sow
52	GK	LUX	Hugo Faway
53	GK	LUX	Marco Pompei
59	MF	FRA	Nawfel Saidi
77	FW	BIH	Mirza Jašarević
88	FW	BEL	Benjamin Romeyns