Cs Fola Esch

They play their home games at Stade Émile Mayrisch, in the south of the city, which they share with their sister athletics club CA Fola Esch.

Fola Esch

Full name	Cercle sportif Fola Esch
Founded	1906 (118 years ago)
Ground	Stade Émile Mayrisch
Capacity	7,826
Chairman	Gérard López
Manager	Stefano Bensi
League	Luxembourg National Division
2021–22	3rd of 16
Website	Club website
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Founded in 1906 by the English language teacher Jean Roeder, Fola was the first football club in Luxembourg. During its heyday, it was the best club in the country, winning four National Division championships and two Luxembourg Cups between 1918 and 1924. Fola won another championship in 1930 and the Luxembourg Cup in 1955, but had since this time lost its place in Luxembourg's top flight.

Fola stubbornly rejected a merger with its larger neighbours, Jeunesse Esch, during the wave of consolidation in the 1990s. In 2004–05, Fola were relegated to the third tier of Luxembourgish football, but were promoted the following season. In 2006–07 they finished third, qualifying for a promotion play-off, which they lost to Victoria Rosport. In August 2007, Fola pulled off a transfer coup by signing former Morocco midfielder Mustapha Hadji.

In 2008, the club managed to secure second place in the championship, granting them promotion to the Fortis League (National Division, the top league in the country, renamed BGL League in March 2009 due to the financial crisis).

In May 2013, CS Fola Esch won the championship in the BGL Ligue with a historic 5–1 win against their rivals, Jeunesse Esch in the 25th match of the season. The club had a gap of 83 years since their last championship. Stefano Bensi scored 20 goals during this season.

Fola participated in the second qualifying round of the Champions League 2013–14, but lost to Dinamo Zagreb 0–5 in the first leg (at home) and 0–1 in the second leg (away). In 2015, Fola won the championship again, after finishing second in 2014. In 2016 they again finished second with an equal number of points with the champions, F91 Dudelange.

In 2016 CS Fola Esch, celebrated their 110th birthday, and also became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Luxembourg.

History

• 1906: Club founded as Football and Lawn Tennis Club Esch
• 1907: Adopts current colours of red and white stripes
• 1910: Absorbs FC Nerva, becoming Cercle sportif Fola Esch
• 1918: Wins first championship title
• 1924: Wins the Double
• 1930: Wins last championship title for the next 83 years
• 1935: Moves to current stadium, Stade Émile Mayrisch
• 1955: Wins Luxembourg Cup, last title before a long lean period
• 1973: First participation in European competition (season 1973–74)
• 2013: Wins first championship since 83 years, followed by another champion title in 2015
• 2017: First qualification to the second round and to the third round in European competition

National Division

• Champions (8): 1917–18, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1929–30, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2020–21
• Runners-up (10): 1916–17, 1918–19, 1920–21, 1928–29, 1948–49, 1953–54, 1954–55, 2010–11, 2013–14, 2018–19

Luxembourg Cup

• Winners: 1922–23, 1923–24, 1954–55
• Runners-up: 1972–73, 2016–17

As of 11 July 2017

Rank	Country	Team	Points
317		FK Mladost Podgorica	3.550
318		NK Široki Brijeg	3.550
319		FC Irtysh Pavlodar	3.550
320		CS Fola Esch	3.475
321		FC Differdange 03	3.475
322		PFC Slavia Sofia	3.425

As of match played 26 August 2021

Matches

Season	Competition	Round	Club	Home	Away	Aggregate
1973–74	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	1R	Beroe Stara Zagora	0–7	1–4	1–11
2011–12	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Elfsborg	1–1	0–4	1–5
2013–14	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Dinamo Zagreb	0–5	0–1	0–6
2014–15	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Göteborg	0–2	0–0	0–2
2015–16	UEFA Champions League	2Q	Dinamo Zagreb	0–3	1–1	1–4
2016–17	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Aberdeen	1–0	1–3	2–3
2017–18	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Milsami Orhei	2–1	1–1	3–2
		2Q	Inter Baku	4–1	0–1	4–2
		3Q	Östersund	1–2	0–1	1–3
2018–19	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Prishtina	0–0	0–0	0–0 (5–4p)
		2Q	Genk	1–4	0–5	1–9
2019–20	UEFA Europa League	1Q	Chikhura Sachkhere	1–2	1–2	2–4
2020–21	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Sheriff Tiraspol	—	0–2	—
	UEFA Europa League	2Q	Ararat-Armenia	—	3–4 (aet)	—
2021–22	UEFA Champions League	1Q	Lincoln Red Imps	2–2	0–5	2–7
	UEFA Europa Conference League	2Q	Shahktyor Soligorsk	1–0	2–1	3–1
		3Q	Linfield	2–1	2–1	4–2
		PO	Kairat	1–4	1–3	2–7
2022–23	UEFA Europa Conference League	1Q	Tre Fiori	0–1	1–3	1–4

As of 1 March 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 1 GK   LUX Emanuel Cabral 2 MF   LUX Yann Balance 3 MF   LUX Malik Pinheiro 5 DF   ENG Udoka Chima 6 DF   COD Mohamed Camara 7 MF   BEL Yuanis Temdieu 8 MF   LUX Fabio Martins 10 MF   LUX Issam El Alami 11 FW   FRA Jules Diallo 12 DF   LUX Vasco Silva Pinto 13 MF   POR Brandon Lima 14 MF   LUX Luca Labalestra 15 FW   LUX Rui Sousa 16 FW   LUX Idney Melo Có 17 FW   LUX Oskar Ekeberg 18 MF   FRA Ilyess Jeridi 19 MF   LUX Mattia Bartoletti 20 DF   FRA Jordan Tawaba

No. Pos. Nation Player 21 DF   LUX Gianluca Tortaro 22 GK   LUX Evan Da Costa 23 MF   LUX Daniel Silva 24 MF   LUX Fred Paulus 26 MF   LUX Tom Flick 27 DF   NED Joey Tshitoku 28 DF   FRA Julien Klein 30 GK   LUX Noah Kipper 31 DF   LUX Leonel Amou Taylan 33 GK   LUX Jordi Cabral 37 DF   FRA Hénoc Isamene 72 FW   LUX André Ferreira 78 MF   LUX Diego Colonato 79 MF   LUX Tiago Marques Coimbra 88 MF   ESP Ricky Bea Ecke 90 FW   LUX Lenny Liénafa 95 DF   BEL Wesley Orville 97 FW   FRA Kévin Quinol