Planning the Away Trip to Dudelange

F91 Diddeleng/F91 Dudelange

Planning the away trip
These small notes below may be a help to any UCD Fans hoping to travel to the Away game in Dudelange, Luxembourg. They are designed for Fans who are primarily using Dublin (DUB) airport, travelling out and back over a short of period of time, using one Outward and one Return flight and have a small budget.
Fans could also travel out to one airport and return from another, use Belfast (BFS), Cork (ORK) or any other Irish Airport as one of the legs of the trip. A fan could book two flights (e.g. thru a London airport) to land in a convenient airport.

Alternatively to give more options, use the football match as part of their wider Inter-Rail travel for a few weeks, travelling a few days before and/or staying on in Europe after the game. Finally UCD Fans living in Europe and elsewhere will be coming to the game too.
Remember as a search help to use the Airport three-letter code.

Match Details:
F91 Dudelange (LUX) v. UCD AFC, Thursday July 09th, Stade Jos Nosbaum, Dudelange, kick-off 18:00 (local time) Away Tickets available at Stadium for Uncovered Seats €15.00 U16 FREE with I.D.

CHANGE TUES 07th JULY: After promising Covered seating for UCD Fans, F91 have SOLD OUT those seat to Home Fans.  UCD Fans will only be accommodated in the Uncovered Stand.  Rain is forecast on Thursday 09th, UCD are advising Fans to pack rainwear.

UCD AFC take a one-nil (Ryan Swan) lead to Luxembourg from the 1st game in Dublin.

UCD AFC are requesting UCD Fans travelling to contact UCD Media Officer Conor McCarthy Email: conor.mc-carthy.1@ucdconnect.ie with numbers travelling in their group, to provide an accurate estimate of Away Fans for our hosts.

Dudelange is the French spelling of the town, Diddeleng (F91 Diddeleng) is the Lëtzebuergesch spelling of the town and football club. We’ll be using Dudelange for clarity.

Dublin Airport (DUB)
Destinations and Airlines

We can see that there are several Airports which will suit UCD Fans travelling. Be advised to check for transport directly from Airport to Luxembourg city or Dudelange. There may not be a need to go into the city that the airport services. The Airports below are not in any ranking order. (because of the positive result in Dublin the Supporters Club will be updating some airline prices over the next few days.  But none of the prices shown here is guaranteed to be the final payment.  A published high price may reduce  at a later date).

Airlines: Lux Air (LG), Aer Lingus (EI), Ryan Air (FR), German Wings (4U),  Transavia (HV) Dutch owned, CityJet (WX), Air France (AF) Alitalia (AZ) , Lufthansa (LH),

[Tues 30th June]  Feedback from Fans travelling are taking  different options.  One popular route is DUB – Charleroi with Ryanair and renting a car or travelling by bus to Luxembourg City.

(UCD SC doesn’t recommend this but the timing is there)  Day of game: DUB – LUX  with Luxair (LG) on Thurs 09th July: DUB 13:20 LUX 16:05.  €147.81 atm one way.  With no checked luggage and a taxi 30 km to ground for the 18:00 ko it’s a huge risk. Squeeky bum time for the entire journey.  Luxair have reduced their price on seats  for Wed 08th but Fri 10th is now prohibitive price

Road or Rail transports (last update Thurs 24th 09:45)

www.flibco.com Private Luxembourgeoise bus company, specialises in Airport Transfers To/From Luxembourg City. P&R Bouillon bus parking and Gare Central where connections to Dudelange.

Airports Flibco pick-up/drop-off : Brussels Charleroi (CRL), Frankfurt Main (FRA), Frankfurt Hahn (HHN),
It’s likely most fans will pass through Luxembourg City to change for Dudelange. But keep in mind there may be some direct land routes to Dudelange.

www.Delux-express.de Bus originates in Berlin, stops at several Train Stations after Frankfurt Airport

BRU – getting to/from Brussels Zaventem Airport

The Train Option from Paris is terrible for travel on one day. There is alot of changes, incld between rail stations in Paris.  Unless a UCD Fan over-nights in Paris which is less tiring with Paris to look around. Or takes a very fast TGV from Paris Est to Luxembourg which will cost approx. €200 return.

Rail Passes

www.cfl.lu/en Luxembourg railways, with info International Routes

www.belgianrail.be/en SNCB Belgian railways

www.b-europe.com/Travel SNCB Europe for International trains

www.bahn.de  German railways (DB) Europe wide information

Seat61.com A little tricky but “Trains between European Cities…” drop-down menu on Home page may be helpful

www.interrail.ie USIT’s Interrail page, Benelux (Bel, Ned, Lux) is one country for specific travel passes. Suits Students and U-26 best.

www.interrail.eu/benelux this site offers a cheaper rail pass for Benelux.

Luxembourg-Dudelange-Luxembourg

Most Trains from Luxembourg City to Dudelange need a change at Bettembourg.  There are two trains an hour to/from Luxembourg , with the last ones of the evening departing Dudelange after 23:00.

Dudelange has a number of small rail stations incld Dudelange- Centre and slightly closer to ground Dudelange-Usines are good points for UCD Fans to disembark for the ground Stade Jos Nosbaum

Stade Jos Nosbaum (Google Maps)

Stade Jos Nosbaum,

The border with France is 2.5km further south of the Stadium.

Accommodation:

Because of the good train links to Luxembourg City many Fans are booking Accommodation in the capital.  We’re creating an Accommodation and Social activities guide for Acc. lists and meet-ups.  We’ll want UCD Fans input into that article aswell.

Pass these guides onto any UCD Fans who may be interested in travelling to the Away game. Thanks for everybody’s support for UCD AFC. Come on You Boys in Blue!!!

(If you have seen any info that you think would help UCD Fans, you can let us know by contact UCD AFC Supporters Club. Email: ucdsupporters@gmail.com or messaging facebook.com/ucdafcsupporters or twitter @UCDFANS. Thanks)

[Thanks for the feedback we’ve received from UCD Fans in creating the article above  We’re not likely to add to it unless we receive some exceptional information.]