Extreme Football Tourism: LUXEMBOURG: FC Atert Bissen (2019-)

Sunday, 28 September 2025

LUXEMBOURG: FC Atert Bissen (2019-)

Stade Klengbousbierg, Bissen (FC Atert Bissen)

Luxembourg, canton: Mersch

28 IX 2025 / FC Atert Bissen - FC Una Strassen 3-1 / National Division (= LUX level 1)

Timeline

1945 / At the end of the German occupation of Luxembourg, a new football club is founded in Bissen, a village in the heart of the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg. The new FC Atert Bissen is in fact the fourth successive football club in the village, following FC Jeunesse Bissen (1917-1923), FC Red Star Bissen (1929-1934), and FC 42 (1942-1944). A first pitch is laid out for the new club on a pasture owned by Bitz Batty, situated at Am Brill.
1946 / A new ground is inaugurated for FC Atert Bissen at Am Brill, on a pasture owned by Ms Ecker.
± 1961 / Moving away from Terrain Gérard Bitz at Am Brill, FC Atert Bissen settles on a newly laid-out pitch, Terrain Paafend, situated on a pasture owned by a local smallholder, Jos Wietor.
1995 / Moving away from Terrain Paafend, FC Atert Bissen settles on a newly laid-out pitch, Terrain Am Bousbierg, situated at Rouschter Strooss. Terrain Paafend remains in use for lower team football and training sessions.
2013 / Bissen’s municipal authorities give the go-ahead sign for a projected new ground for the club at Klengbousbierg, a stone’s throw away from Terrain am Bousbierg.
2015 / Bissen’s municipal authorities approve of the design for a clubhouse at the projected Stade Klengbousbierg by architect’s office Holweck Bingen.
2017 / The second pitch of the projected Stade Klengbousbierg, equipped with a synthetic surface, is handed over to FC Atert Bissen, allowing part of the club’s activities to move to the new ground. All the remaining teams follow in the following months.
2018 / In January 2018, the clubhouse at Terrain Am Bousbierg is knocked down. As such, first team football moves to the 3G pitch at Stade Klengbousbierg after the 2017-18 winter break. Meanwhile, the old ground has to make way for a new-to-be-built senior home. On the pitch, FC Atert Bissen experiences success, finishing top of the table in Division 1 Group 1, 10 points ahead of closest followers FC Lorentzweiler. As such, the club accedes to Promotion d’Honneur, the second tier of Luxembourg's football pyramid.
2019 / Finishing in third-last place in Promotion d’Honneur, FC Atert Bissen goes on to suffer defeat in a promotion-relegation play-off against FC Young Boys Weiler-la-Tour (3-1 A.E.T.). As such, the club drops back into Division 1 along with FC 72 Erpeldange, FC Koeppchen Wormeldange, and bottom club US Sandweiler. Meanwhile, in March 2019, the new main pitch as well as the clubhouse at Stade Klengbousbierg are inaugurated with a gala match between Luxembourg’s national team and Belgian top flight club R Union Saint-Gilloise (2-1). The new ground has an estimated capacity of 2,000. Meanwhile, apart from the two pitches at the new facility, Terrain Paafend, the main pitch of FC Atert Bissen until 1995, still remains in use for training purposes.
2020 / In the 2019-20 season, cut short due to the first COVID lockdown in March 2020, FC Atert Bissen finds itself in second-place in Division 1 Group 1, 8 points behind FC Marisca Mersch. On that basis, the club is admitted to Promotion d’Honneur for the new season.
2022 / Finishing in thirteenth place in Promotion d’Honneur, FC Atert Bissen goes on to save its skin in a promotion-relegation play-off against FC Jeunesse Useldange (4-0).
2023 / Finishing in second-last place in Promotion d’Honneur, FC Atert Bissen drops back into Division 1 along with FC Jeunesse Junglinster, FC Luxembourg City, and bottom club FC Jeunesse Schieren.
2024 / Runaway champions in Division 1 Group 1, 14 points ahead of closest followers US Feulen, FC Atert Bissen wins promotion to Promotion d’Honneur – along with the aforementioned club.
2025 / Finishing in third place in Promotion d’Honneur, FC Atert Bissen qualifies for a promotion-relegation play-off against SC Bettembourg, going on to win that encounter, played at Stade Käerjenger Dribbel in Bascharage (1-0). As such, the club accedes to the National Division, the top flight of Luxembourg’s league pyramid, for the first time, along with champions FC Mamer 32 as well as UN Käerjéng 97 and FC Jeunesse Canach.

Note - Part of the information in the above has been derived from a booklet published on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of FC Atert Bissen in 2020: (anon.), "75 Joer FC Atert Bissen 1945-2020", FC Atert Bissen: Bissen 2020. Thanks to the club for putting a copy of this booklet at my disposal.