played their first UEFA Cup tie (now Europa League) against FC Porto (0-7 in Porto and 0-3 in Luxembourg city). In addition to those three ties, Avenir has won one game in a tie that they eventually lost (2–1 at home against Inter Bratislava in the 1990–91 UEFA Cup, before losing 5–0 in Bratislava). Overall, Avenir's record in European competition reads: Current squad 2008–09 season Former coaches Marc Boreux (1966–72) Henri Cirelli (1973–76) Josy Kirchens (1976–77) Willi Macho (1979–80) Albert Adams (1980–82) Jean Bettinger (1982–83) Paul Philipp (1983–85) Michel Clement (1985–88) Louis Pilot (1988–90) Albert Adams (1990–95) Jacky Pérignon (1995–96) Theo Scholten (1996) Vinicio Monacelli (2000) Jeannot Reiter (2000–02) Gilbert Dresch (2002–03) Jean Fiedler (2003) Jacky Pérignon (2003) Michel Clement (2003–04) Florim Alijaj (2004–05) Fernando Gutiérrez (2004–05) Florim Alijaj (2005) Fernando Gutiérrez (2005–08) Manuel Peixoto (2008–09) Jos Steffen (2009–11) Dan Santos (2013–16) Gilles Wagner (2016) Paulo Gomes (2016–17) Carlo Feipel (2017) Jeannot Reiter (2017–18) Almir Civic (2018–) References External links FC Avenir Beggen official website Football clubs in Luxembourg City Association football clubs established in 1915 1915 establishments in Luxembourg