Union Sportive Thionville Lusitanos is a football club based in Thionville, France. The club competes in Ligue 3, after winning promotion in the 2025–26 season.
History The football club was born in 1905 as Fußball-Club Diedenhofen. After the first world war it was renamed La Sportive Thionvilloise following the transfer of Thionville from Germany to France in accord with the Treaty of Versailles. During the second world war, between 1940 and 1945, with the Germans in charge of the area again, the club was renamed Turn-und-Sportgemeinschaft before reverting to its previous name.
In 1943, Fritz Walter played in the squad, who went on to win the World Cup in 1954 with West Germany.
In 1969 the club gained promotion to the national amateur division for the first time. They turned professional whilst in the second division for the two seasons 1979-1980 and 1980–1981. In the latter season they reached the quarter-finals of the French Cup, where they drew 2–2 at home, before losting 3–0 in the return leg against Martigues. They also reached the last 32 in the 1979–80, 1983–84 and 1997–98 seasons. In the second of the two second division seasons, the club declared bankruptcy and reformed in division 4 as Thionville Football Club
The club spent the rest of the 1980s and 1990s in either the fourth of fifth tier of the national pyramid, before relegation back to the regional level in 2000. They spend one further season at the national level in 2009–10.
On 2 May 2021, Thionville FC merged with Thionville AS Portugais Saint-François to create US Thionville Lusitanos. In 2023, the club achieved promotion back to the Championnat National 3.
In 2025–26, US Thionville Lusitanos secure promotion to Ligue 3 for the first time in their history from next season after finish top table at National 2 in Group B.
Current squad
Out on loan
Notable players Bobby Brown Rémi Himbert (youth) Fritz Walter
Club presidents Roger Hoffmann Jean-Marc Plez Christian Ragni Jean-Luc Bitard Pascal Dine Jean-François Geissler
Managers 1976-1979: Rolland Ehrhardt 1979-December 1980: Robert Szczepaniak January 1980 – 1981: Pierre Flamion 1983-January 1987: Paweł Chodakowski February 1987 – 1987: Branko Tucač 1992-2000: José Souto 2000-2001: Gabriel Dalvit 2001-2003: Pascal Raspollini 2003-2006: Patrick Libot 2006-2007: Gabriel Dalvit 2008-2010: Eric Brusco June 2010 – 2012: Christophe Borbiconi November 2013-June 2018: Manu Cuccu 2019: David Fanzel
Honours National Fourth Division Champion, Group East: 1984 Lorraine Champions: 1923, 1925, 1928, 1961, 1977, 2009 Honour Division Champions: 1927, 1932, 1938, 2016 Lorraine Cup: 1925, 1929, 1964, 1983, 1993, 2008
Naming history 1905–1919: Fußball-Club Diedenhofen 1919–1940: La Sportive Thionvilloise 1940–1945: Turn-und-Sportgemeinschaft 1945–1981: La Sportive Thionvilloise 1981–2021: Thionville Football Club 2021–present: Union Sportive Thionville Lusitanos
References
External links - Footeo profile - Official website