{{Short description|Association football club in Luxembourg}} {{Football club infobox | clubname = FC Marisca Mersch | image = | fullname = FC Marisca Mersch | founded = {{Start date and age|1908}} | stadium = Terrain Schintgespesch | capacity = {{nts|1000}} | league = Division of Honour | season = 2024-25 | position = Division of Honour, 6th of 16 | website = {{Official URL}} | chairman = Frédéric Wiseler | manager = Mikhail Zaritskiy }}
FC '''Marisca Mersch''' is an association football club based in Mersch, in central Luxembourg. They currently compete in the Luxembourg Division of Honour, the second tier of Luxembourgish football.
== History == The club was founded in 1908 under its current name. In 1940 as part of Germanisation of Luxembourg, FC Marisca Mersch was renamed Fussballklub (FK) Mersch. Following the liberation of Luxembourg, the original name FC Marisca Mersch was restored.<ref name=":0" />
In 1947, as runners up in Division 2 Serie 1, Marisca Mersch were promoted for the first time to the third level of the Luxembourg league pyramid for the first time, where they remained for 10 seasons. In 1963 they reached the Luxembourg Division of Honour, the second division in Luxembourg's football pyramid for the first time.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Saison1963-1964.html |url=https://www.fussball-lux.lu/Saison1963-1964.html |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=www.fussball-lux.lu}}</ref>
In 2012 Marisca Mersch reached the final of the Coupe FLF, a cup competition for teams in the third to fifth divisions of the Luxembourg football league system. They lost in the final 6–0 to Jeunesse Junglinster.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Marisca Mersch|url=https://www.fussball-lux.lu/marisca_mersch.html?fbclid=IwAR1J7EdZfKTEbVAi5O4oAI_OdwKCO83fQVu2UVbVQtlq3nmJbenP3j3ACvY |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=www.fussball-lux.lu}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Trotta |first=Laurent |date=14 June 2011 |title=La belle annee de Junglinster |pages=35 |work=Le Quotidien |url=https://fcjj.lu/docs/quotidien_coupeflf.pdf }}</ref>
In 2023 Marisca Mersch were promoted to the Luxembourg National Division for the first time, after finishing runners up in the 2022/23 Luxembourg Division of Honour season.<ref>{{Cite web |title=PROMOTION D'HONNEUR |url=https://us.soccerway.com/national/luxembourg/promotion-dhonneur/20222023/regular-season/r70071/ |website=Soccerway}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Finale gegen Differdingen: das größte Spiel der Merscher Geschichte! |url=https://www.fupa.net/news/finale-gegen-differdingen-das-groesste-spiel-der-merscher-geschichte-2950633 |access-date=2023-12-22 |website=FuPa |language=de}}</ref> 2023 also saw the club reach the final of the Luxembourg Cup for the first time, where they were beaten 4–2 by Differdange 03.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LE FC DIFFERDANGE 03 S'IMPOSE 4-2 CONTRE LE FC MARISCA MERSCH |url=https://www.flf.lu/archiv-80249v4/news/41787 |website=Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=As it happened: Luxembourg Cup Final: FC Differdange 03 4 - 2 Marisca Mersch |url=https://today.rtl.lu/sport/local/a/2067044.html |access-date=2023-11-29 |website=today.rtl.lu |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kampfsportarten |first=Christelle DiederichNach drei Jahren Romanistik an der Uni Lëtzebuerg und der Sorbonne-Paris IV schloss die ehemalige Judoka ihr Masterstudium in grenzüberschreitender Kommunikation an der Université Paul Verlaine in Metz ab Seit Februar 2011 Teil der Sportredaktion des "Tageblatt" Schwerpunkte: nationaler Fußball und |title=Coupe de Luxembourg / Am Tag vor dem Finale: Mersch steht kopf |url=https://www.tageblatt.lu/sport/fussball/am-tag-vor-dem-finale-mersch-steht-kopf/ |access-date=2023-11-30 |website=www.tageblatt.lu |language=de}}</ref>
The club has played at Terrain Schintgespesch since 1989.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fc Marisca Mersch |url=https://www.fcmarisca.lu/ |website=Fc Marisca Mersch}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=nuit-du-sport-plan-des-sites-2023 |url=https://www.mersch.lu/media/e6887224-a08a-445b-bf2c-77d1f9ab4253/nuit-du-sport-plan-des-sites-2023-pdf.pdf}}</ref>
==Current squad== {{Updated|8 April, 2026}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fcmarisca.lu/seniors-1-84982v4/groups/14741/seasons/214|title=First team squad|website=FC Marisca.Lu}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rtl.lu/sport/futtball/resultater/teams?t=2287&c=234|website=RTL.LU |title=RTL }}</ref> {{Fs start}} {{Fs player|no= 1|nat=LUX|pos=GK|name=Ben Kohnen}} {{Fs player|no= 3|nat=FRA|pos=DF|name=Jérémy Mayele}} {{Fs player|no= 5|nat=LUX|pos=DF|name=Dennis Besch}} {{Fs player|no= 6|nat=SLO|pos=DF|name=Emir Burkic}} {{Fs player|no= 7|nat=LUX|pos=MF|name=Jedilson Varela}} {{Fs player|no= 8|nat=LUX|pos=MF|name=Michel Jacobs}} {{Fs player|no= 9|nat=LUX|pos=FW|name=Leonel Gomes}} {{Fs player|no=10|nat=LUX|pos=MF|name=Chris Schmit}} {{Fs player|no=11|nat=LUX|pos=FW|name=Ken Schmitz}} {{Fs player|no=13|nat=LUX|pos=DF|name=Patrick Esteves}} {{Fs player|no=15|nat=LUX|pos=DF|name=Kevin Pires}} {{Fs player|no=17|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=Cleidir Neves}} {{Fs player|no=18|nat=LUX|pos=FW|name=Ronaldo Machado}} {{Fs player|no=19|nat=LUX|pos=MF|name=Resul Musolli}} {{Fs player|no=20|nat=LUX|pos=MF|name=Elvir Sabotic}} {{Fs mid}} {{Fs player|no=21|nat=FRA|pos=GK|name=Thierry Groff}} {{Fs player|no=24|nat=LUX|pos=DF|name=Dylan Meireles}} {{Fs player|no=25|nat=LUX|pos=MF|name=Rayan Natami}} {{Fs player|no=27|nat=LUX|pos=FW|name=Jo Masselter}} {{Fs player|no=31|nat=GER|pos=GK|name=Jannis Kniepen}} {{Fs player|no=43|nat=LUX|pos=MF|name=Tun Held}} {{Fs player|no=47|nat=SWE|pos=GK|name=Eddi Atic}} {{Fs player|no=60|nat=LUX|pos=FW|name=Paulo Mendes}} {{Fs player|no=66|nat=LUX|pos=DF|name=Ervin Latik}} {{Fs player|no=77|nat=POR|pos=MF|name=Gerson Pinho}} {{Fs player|no=88|nat=LUX|pos=GK|name=Youn Czekanowicz}} {{Fs player|no=90|nat=SEN|pos=FW|name=Serigne Ndiaye}} {{Fs player|no=97|nat=LUX|pos=DF|name=Giuseppe Ferretti}} {{Fs player|no=99|nat=LUX|pos=GK|name=Yann Duarte}} {{Fs end}}
== References == {{reflist}}
== External links == * {{Official website}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marisca Mersch}} Category:Football clubs in Luxembourg Category:Association football clubs established in 1908 Category:1908 establishments in Luxembourg Category:Mersch
{{Luxembourg Division of Honour clubs}}