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March 2025 A very good month. A comfortable 3-0 win over Marisca, which was fair due to the we only had four shots on target. A crunch match against Fola Esch, a game we dominated on all the metrics and took us clear of the chasing pack by five points. A late 88th-minute goal stole all three points at the Stade Am Deich, which maybe was a fair result as we created three clear-cut chances to their zero. Another 2-1 win over Mamer thanks to the Veselcic / Masombo combo scoring a goal apiece. Masombo was then on target twice more to take his season tally to 21 goals for the season but we failed to take all three points, conceding a 95th minute equaliser. Nine points clear is huge at this stage.

March 2025 Our second intake remains as an excellent intake but with fewer "elite talents" than last season. Claude Mendes - CM - so well rounded in my opinion, preferably a Mezzala which is a role I use. If we can pump his composure, decisions, off the ball and vision to double figures along with natural improvement physically we will have a good player on our hands. Scott Haagen - CB - I also like the look of this guy, some good starting attributes for a defensive player. Improve his anticipation and concentration and we have a potential starting CB. Ousmane Diallo - MC - the potential is there, just some way off being a starter or even on the bench for us. Tom Rodrigues - ML - in a position we don't use but he could probably be retrained to LWB. Emil Ibrahimovic - AMC - good mentally, needs work technically and pretty poor starting attributes physically. Disappointingly no Indian or Chinese players but we do get a couple of full Portuguese nationals and Diallo is half Burnikabe.

February 2025 We return from the winter break to two goal fests of games. We were 3-0 up against Yellow Boys only for them to draw level, two late goals sealed the three points. We then found ourselves 3-0 down to Alistontia, we got it back to 3-3 before conceding again and then equalising a couple of minutes later only to concede again in the 92nd minute. Alisontia managed to score all five of their on-target efforts amassing just 1.24 xG. Whereas we had 12 SOT and 2.5xG. Still top by two points with an equal goal difference with Fola Esch.

December 2024 November and December are reviewed here. A disappointing exit in the cup, a couple of rotational players brought but a damp squib of a game. We're at the stage again now where we're dominating teams but just not putting them away with real conviction. A win is a win over Lorentzweiler but with 11 SOT we should have had more goals. The defeat in the cup to Rosport was compounded when we welcomed them back two weeks later and beat them. We restricted them to just two shots of target of which they scored one, we had four SOT scoring twice. We ended November with another disappointing defeat, Berbourg offered very little but created one clear-cut chance which they took and then shut up shop. Just one game in December as we move into the winter break, we ended the calendar year on a high note, dispatching Rodange with a third 2-1 victory in four games. Again the opposition taking their one scoring opportunity whilst we amassed nearly 3.00 xG from our 20 shots on goal. Three points clear of the chasing pack with league favourites Fola Esch leading them. It's now 70 days until the next competitive action. We have just over £2.2k p/w left in the wage budget, we could strive to bring in better options in DM maybe another in AMC. We'll see what options are available through the winter window.

December 2024 Just give me more Indian players and some other obscure nations.

Surprised its taken this long considering the fair few upgrades you've had and quality of player through your intakes.

October 2024 A poor start to the month as we missed both AMC's dearly. We rescued a draw against Kaerjeng but probably on paper should have won, more SOT and xG. A second loss of the season, Wormeldange were clinical when we weren't. We had more possession, shots, SOT, xG, CCC's; a poor performance. We outplayed Grevenmacher across the board and we 2-0 up before they scored a consolation goal. We welcomed back both Veselcic and Cruz to the starting XI, as we were back to a full complement of players for the Hosert game. Belgian forward Masombo scored twice in a 4-1 win in a game where we only had four shots on target. To end the month we hosted Atert Bissen, in front of a pretty poor crowd in all honesty. A Veselcic double along with a fifth of the month for Masombo sealed the three points. We had slipped to 2nd place on goal difference after the Wormeldange defeat. We're now back at the top on GD.

September 2024 Another good month. A solitary goal was all that was needed to beat Fola Esch in their backyard, we should have scored more; 11 SOT and 2.72 xG. A first loss of the season followed to Etzella, a tight game which the away side edged, they made 2.52 xG compared to our 1.60, so they deserved the win. A week later we got back to winning ways, putting four past a poor Mamer side. Veselcic scoring twice along with a second goal of the season for Andrade from DM. A couple of changes and a win over lower league Kopstal in the cup, it came at a cost with both starting AMC's Veselcic and Cruz picking up injuries. Despite the loss, the gap increases to four points plus a healthy goal difference.

September 2024 The transfer window closed as we made big upgrades to some of the starting XI for the season ahead. We welcomed Andre Moreira back on a permanent basis after spending last season on loan with us, he was joined by Gilles Weber, another player who left Etzella Ettelbruck. We strengthened the midfield two by signing Andres Vaschetto, the Argentinian was released by top-flight Differdange. Noah Scheidweiler joins as first-team goalkeeper with Jaeden Fries signed later in the window as his understudy. Noah Schulte joins as a backup for centre-back whilst Nuno Freire will be first choice in the same position having previously played for Remich and Mamer. New striker Christivi Masombo was released by Kaerjeng in the summer, we've signed him on £220 p/w but hopefully, he will be worth the money. Denilson Andrade slots into defensive midfield, having been released by top-flight Jeunesse d'Esch-Alzette. Serkan de Wit is a young AMC for back-up whilst Yoann Cruz joins as more cover for AMC.

August 2024 I thought we'd struggle a little as we make the step up from the 3rd to 2nd tier but to score five goals in each of the three games in August in awesome. A save-record crowd of 465 witnessed Alisontia Steinsel put to the sword with four different scorers plus an own goal. A trip away to Yellow Boys next, a club predicted to finish a place below us in the table. Another five goals were scored as we dominated with 26 Shots, eight on target and an xG of 2.79. Two new signings scored their maiden goals for the club, central midfielder Andres Vaschetto and striker Christivi Masombo. Former top-tier side Marisca Mersch was up next and a 3rd successive five-goal haul. A slightly more even game, both having nine shots of target and the opposition having the only clear-cut chance of the game, we were more clinical in front of goal. Early signs are great, three from three with a three-point gap already. I don't think the good times will last, we play Fola Esch and Etzelle Ettelbruck next.

August 2024 Having been promoted we're predicted to finish in 11th place this season, which I will happily take right now. We've got some big boys in this league now, Grevenmacher are predicted to finish bottom, previously have won the National Division back in 2003 and finished 2nd on no less than seven occasions prior to that maiden title. Fola Esch were relegated last season, they won the top flight as recently as 2020 & 2021, winning it nine times in total and finishing second a further 11 times. Above is how the final positions will play out, the top two promoted whilst 3rd and 4th go into Promotion/Relegation play-offs with 13th and 14th from the National Division. Same for the bottom side, 15th/16th automatically relegated whilst 13th and 14th go into Relegation/Promotion play-offs with teams from the 3rd tier.

I'm more surprised about the two Indian players. I hope more come through in future intakes.

June 2024 Not good to see the top division is dropping down the rankings. Sandwiched between Northern Ireland and Malta.

June 2024 Nice feature, that doesn't work.

June 2024

2023/24 Season Review Luxembourg First Division South - Predicted 5th | Finished 1st Luxembourg Cup - Second Round A good season overall, promoted as Champions by a single point to Junglister in second place. Top Scorer - Oliver Veselcic (22) - needed to take up the goalscoring after Sery left in January, he outscored his xG by just two goals. He could have had more goals if he didn't get injured and missed four weeks. Most Assists - Andre Moreira (14) - the on-loan right-back made 14 assists in 30(1) games. Average Rating - Oliver Veselcic (7.80) - Oliver also contributed seven assists, scored five penalties from five taken and was POM on eight occasions. U19 POTS - Jonathan Braun - 1777 minutes across 21(1) appearances, scoring one goal and making four assists. After the takeover, the new owner injected £100k into the club to keep us going. As a result that meant we ended the season with a positive balance. We now have £2.7k p/w spare in the wage budget for next season.

May 2024 We did our best to bottle it but fortunately, Junglister bottled it more. An injury-time goal for a point against Letzebuerg, an 86th-minute winner against Red Star, an injury-time equaliser against Remich and an 89th-minute equaliser against Mensdorf. Junglister go into the playoffs.

April 2024 It was good to get the month off to a good start, especially reversing the outcome of the last time we played The Belval Balvaux. Jonathan Braun became our youngest-ever goalscorer. We welcomed back Veselcic from injury as he scored the winning goal against Union 05 in a seven-goal thriller. The home loss to Sandweiler was disappointing, we'd opened a slight gap ahead of 2nd place only to close it up again. We had to beat bottom side Kopstal and we did, with Algerian journeyman Mokrani scoring twice to take his tally to 15 for the season. The gap is just one point. Squeaky bum time.

March 2024 To open against 15th-placed Kehlen with a defeat is really poor but again, we failed to take our chances. Kehlen scored twice from their only two shots on target as we had eight on target with double their xG. We were 4-1 up with 10 minutes remaining against Blo-Waiss, we made it a nervy game by conceding twice. We handed a debut to Indian national, Ashkay Barreto in a 2-1 win over second-placed Junglister. We also had a couple more of the players from the recent intake on the bench including Tom Teixeira who came on to become our youngest-ever player. We then faced Munsbach who had leapfrogged Junglister into 2nd place and secured another win, an injury-time winner from Mokrani assisted by Ashkay Barreto from left back. Unfortunately, a sour note from the game was that Olivar Veselcic got injured and is out for up to two months. We went into the game against Red Black full of confidence but it didn't show. We failed to defend again, conceding four goals from nine shots with eight of those on target. We had 28 shots on goal with nine on target, Veselcic's replacement scoring twice. The gap is just two points now with Munsbach just a further two points behind. Its a three-horse race with eight games remaining.

March 2024 The intake remains excellent with the added bonus of it being a potential "golden generation". Seven elite talents in the first intake. I love the fact one of them is Chinese and another is Indian. Ouyang Nan | Tom Teixeira | Tobiasz Bartkowiak | Rui Carlos | Akshay Barreto | Raphael Sabotic | Joshua Amodio Overall I'm pretty happy with this intake in terms of potential but disappointed with the personalities. Determination v Potential is quite poor so that needs work along with work rate.

February 2024 We returned from the winter break and mid-season pre-season in good form. With Sery gone to Dunkerque, Veselcic hopefully takes up the scoring mantel for us, he started with two goals against Schengen where we beat them 3-2 at None Stadium (actually list as unknown). A week later we beat Luna Oberkorn 5-3, Peixoto notching his first two goals since coming in to replace Sery. 16-year-old left-back Jonathan Braun assisted twice. We increase our lead to five points but Munsbach can close the gap with their game in hand.

The preview feels like it's been broken for many editions now. Time will tell with what the actual intake is like.

January 2024 We say goodbye to Sery, he joins relegation-threatened Dunkerque in Franch Ligue 2 and Bebe who returned from injury leaves for Bettembourg in the 2nd tier. We replaced Sery with Peixoto on loan.

January 2024

December 2023 Just two games in December as we stop for the winter break and what a poor month. We lost heavily to Remich despite dominating the stats again, they scored their four goals from six shots on target with a 1.82 xG when had more shots on target with 3.78 xG. We rescued a draw against relegation zone-threatened Syra Mensdorf. Again, nine shots on target to their five and 3.11xG v 1.61xG. Luckily we're still top by two points with Junglister and Munsbach close behind.