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{{Infobox football club
| clubname = UNA Strassen
| image = FC UNA Strassen.png
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| fullname = FC Union Athlétique Strassen
| nickname = 
| founded = 1922
| ground = [[Complexe Sportif Jean Wirtz]]
| capacity = 1,500
| chairman = [[Luc Hilger]]
| manager = [[Arno Bonvini]]
| league = [[Luxembourg National Division|BGL Ligue]]
| season = [[2024–25 Luxembourg National Division|2024–25]]
| current = 
| position = National Division, 2nd
| website = https://www.fcuna-strassen.lu/
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'''FC UNA Strassen''', founded in 1922 is a professional [[football (soccer)|football]] club based in [[Strassen, Luxembourg|Strassen]], [[Luxembourg|Southern Luxembourg]]. They play at the top of [[Luxembourg football league system|Luxembourg’s football pyramid]], in the [[Luxembourg National Division]]  alongside 15 other clubs.

==History==

=== Early Years (1922 - 1999) ===
The club was founded in 1922 as '''Union Athlétique Strassen'''. The team began to work their way up to the top flight in the late 1990s and gradually earned promotion to the [[Luxembourg National Division|National Division]] after the 2014-15 season. 

The [[1998-99 Luxembourg 2. Division|1998-99 2. Division (Division. 4)]] season was the take-off season for UNA Strassen. They topped Serie 2 of the Division (the second of four groups), and so earning themselves promotion from the [[Luxembourg 2. Division|4th Division]] to the [[Luxembourg 1. Division|3rd Division]]. 

=== Post-2000 Successes (2000 - ) ===
The wait for another promotion was at last ended just over 10 years after their pre-millennium success. In the [[2010-11 Luxembourg 1. Division|2010-11 1. Division (Div. 3)]], UNA Strassen secured top spot of Serie 2 (the second of two groups), and in turn gaining promotion once more, this time to the [[Luxembourg Division of Honour|Division d’Honneur (Div. 2)]]. 

Their time in the 2nd Division was rather short-lived, the side taking only 4 years to reach the [[Luxembourg National Division|top flight]] from there. At the end of the [[2014-15 Division d’Honneur]], UNA Strassen took a huge step towards becoming a more prominent Luxembourgish team after their promotion from the [[Luxembourg Division of Honour|Luxembourg Division of Honour (Div. 2)]] to the [[2015-16 Luxembourg National Division]]. They finished in a very much memorable 3rd Place, just as they had 2 years previously, but the difference this year was that they won their play-off match.  

UNA Strassen had by now established themselves as one of the major teams in Luxembourg, enforcing this with 5 top-10 (out of 16) finishes in the previous 5 seasons. They had also been performing well in domestic competition, going out in the Semi-Final of the [[2023–24 Luxembourg Cup]] to [[FC Swift Hesperange]] 2-0. Qualification for European competition (as discussed below) that same season really established them as one of a handful of prominent sides in the Luxembourgish footballing world.  

After the conclusion of the [[2023-24 Luxembourg National Division]], UNA Strassen qualified for European Football for their first time, qualifying for the [[2024-25 UEFA Europa Conference League|2024-25 Conference League]] despite finishing 6th (outside of the qualifying spots which are 1st-3rd + the Luxembourg Cup winners). This was due to [[FC Swift Hesperange|Swift Hesperange]] and [[Jeunesse Esch]] (two other clubs who play in the National Division) being denied their UEFA Pro Licenses.

The end of the [[2024-25 Luxembourg National Division|2024-25 BGL Ligue]], saw UNA Strassen achieve their highest ever position in the Luxembourgish top-flight, finishing in 2nd place. This meant that the side qualified for European football for the second time ever, the first time being the previous season. This season however, they qualified for the [[2025–26 UEFA Conference League#Second qualifying round|2025-26 Conference League 2nd Qualifying Round]]., instead of the [[2024–25 UEFA Conference League#First qualifying round|1st Qualifying Round]] the previous season. Not only this but one of their forwards, [[Matheus Nogueira de Souza|Matheus (Nogueira de Souza)]], was top scorer in the league.

== European Competition ==
UNA Strassen have only played two games in European competition in their history, a two-legged match-up against Finnish side [[Kuopion Palloseura|Kuopion Palloseura (KuPS)]]. This was played in the [[2024-25 UEFA Conference League]] First Qualifying Round, which they lost 5-0 on aggregate. 

=== Record by competition ===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Competition
! Games
! Won
! Drawn
! Lost
! GF
! GA
|-
| style="text-align:left;" | [[UEFA Conference League]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=UEFA.com |title=UNA Strassen {{!}} History |url=https://www.uefa.com/uefaconferenceleague/history/clubs/2603092--una-strassen/ |access-date=2025-02-17 |website=[[UEFA]] |language=en}}</ref>
| 2 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 5
|-
| '''Overall'''
| '''2''' || '''0''' || '''1''' || '''1''' || '''0''' || '''5'''
|}

===Matches===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
|-
! Season
! Competition
! Round
! Opponent
! Home
! Away
! Aggregate
|-
| [[2024–25 UEFA Conference League|2024–25]]
| [[UEFA Conference League]]
| [[2024–25 UEFA Conference League#First qualifying round|1st Q.]]
| {{flagicon|FIN}} [[Kuopion Palloseura|KuPS]]
| {{center|0−0}}
| {{center|0−5}}
| {{center|'''0−5'''}}
|-
| [[2025–26 UEFA Conference League|2025–26]]
| [[UEFA Conference League]]
| [[2025–26 UEFA Conference League#Second qualifying round|2nd Q.]]
| {{flagicon|SCO}} [[Dundee United F.C.|Dundee United]]
|
|
|
|}

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== Best Performances ==
UNA Strassen has played in several different competitions, both on a national and international scale.
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!National Competitions
!Continental Competitions
|-
|[[Luxembourg National Division]]:
Runner-Up ([[2024–25 Luxembourg National Division|2024–25]])
|[[UEFA Conference League]]:
2nd Qualifying Round ([[2025–26 UEFA Europa Conference League|2025–26]])
|-
|[[Luxembourg Cup]]:
Semi-Finals ([[2023–24 Luxembourg Cup|2023–24]])
|
|}

==Current Squad==
''As of 2 February, 2025''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcuna-strassen.lu/kader-267632v4/groups/357/seasons/216|title=Kader|website=FC UNA Strassen|access-date=9 October 2024}}</ref>

{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=3 |nat=LUX|name=[[Diogo Pimentel]]|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=4 |nat=LUX|name=Paddy Bock|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=5 |nat=GER|name=Denis Schütte|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=6 |nat=CPV|name=Vova|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=8 |nat=LUX|name=Jimmy Goncalves|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=9 |nat=ALG|name=Amine Zenadji|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=10|nat=LUX|name=Edis Agovic|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=11|nat=GER|name=Conrad Azong|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=14|nat=LUX|name=Alexandre Sacras|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=17|nat=CAN|name=Logan Revés|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=20|nat=LUX|name=Cédric Baiverlin|pos=MF}}
{{Fs player|no=21|nat=MNE|name=Eldin Rastoder|pos=MF}}
{{Fs mid}}
{{Fs player|no=22|nat=POR|name=Diogo Garrido|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=25|nat=SVN|name=Lukas Sever|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=27|nat=FRA|name=[[Zachary Hadji]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=30|nat=LUX|name=Denis Agovic|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=33|nat=BRA|name=Matheus|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=42|nat=BEL|name=Jason Kaluanga|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=57|nat=FRA|name=Gauthier Bernardelli|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=67|nat=FRA|name=Koray Ozcan|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=87|nat=FRA|name=Doddy Bopaka|pos=DF}}
{{Fs player|no=88|nat=CPV|name=Hélio Lopes|pos=GK}}
{{Fs player|no=90|nat=FRA|name=[[Nicolas Perez]]|pos=FW}}
{{Fs player|no=94|nat=FRA|name=Daryl Myre|pos=DF}}
{{Fs end}}

===Out on loan===
{{Fs start}}
{{Fs player|no=7 |nat=GNB|name=Bruno Mendes|pos=MF|other=at [[FC Rodange 91]] until 30 June 2025}}
{{Fs end}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{official website|http://www.fcuna-strassen.lu/}} {{in lang|fr}}

{{Luxembourg National Division clubs}}

[[Category:Football clubs in Luxembourg|UNA Strassen]]
[[Category:Association football clubs established in 1922|UNA Strassen]]
[[Category:1922 establishments in Luxembourg]]


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