2003–04 Luxembourg National Division

The 2003-04 season of Luxembourg's National Division ran from 9 August 2003 to 16 May 2004. The league title was won by Jeunesse Esch.

Teams

Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg.

The 2003-04 season saw the National Division's roster of twelve clubs include:

Format

The twelve teams completed the round-robin by playing each other twice (once home and once away) by 4 April. Then, the league divided into three. The top four teams were separated from the rest and formed the 'Title group' . The bottom eight teams were then subdivided into two groups of four, titled 'Relegation group A' and 'Relegation group B' . In the event, the top four were Jeunesse Esch, F91 Dudelange, FC Etzella Ettelbruck, and CS Grevenmacher.

In each of the three mini-leagues, each team played each of the three other teams in the mini-league twice (once home and once away). To these results were added the 22 results of the first stage. The overall points totals (and goal difference, etc.) were used to determine each club's position in its respective mini-league.

After calculating the final results after 28 games, Jeunesse Esch, the top team in the title group, was declared the league champion. The fourth-placed team in each of the relegation groups (FC Mondercange and US Rumelange in groups A and B respectively) was relegated to the Division of Honour.

This format is no longer used; the current season, 2006-07 uses a straightforward round-robin.

European qualification

Luxembourg was assigned one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, for the league champions; it was also assigned two spots in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, for the runners-up and the winners of the Luxembourg Cup. As league champions, Jeunesse Esch qualified for the Champions League. F91 Dudelange qualified for the UEFA Cup as runners-up. In addition, as F91 Dudelange won the Luxembourg Cup and the other finalist (CS Pétange) was not a National Division team, the UEFA Cup spot assigned to the cup winners went to FC Etzella Ettelbruck, who finished third in the league.

Final standings

First stage

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1Jeunesse Esch2219125613+4358 Qualify for title play-off
2F91 Dudelange2214445219+3346 Qualify for title play-off
3FC Etzella Ettelbruck2212825629+2744 Qualify for title play-off
4CS Grevenmacher2211384733+1436 Qualify for title play-off
5CA Spora Luxembourg22120104948+136
6Union Luxembourg229583121+1032
7FC Swift Hesperange2281132841-1325
8FC Victoria Rosport2273123338-624
9FC Avenir Beggen2255122855-2718
10US Rumelange2246122855-2718
11FC Mondercange2253142452-2818
12FC Wiltz 712253142048-2818

Second stage

Title Play-off

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1Jeunesse Esch2822247023+4768 Champions; qualify for the UEFA Champions League
2F91 Dudelange2818556226+3659 Qualify for the UEFA Cup
3FC Etzella Ettelbruck2813966341+2248
4CS Grevenmacher28134115644+1243

Relegation Group A

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1CA Spora Luxembourg28142125657-144
2FC Swift Hesperange28102163447-1332
3FC Avenir Beggen2877142854-2628
4FC Mondercange2876153258-2627 Relegated

Relegation Group B

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1Union Luxembourg28116114431+1539
2FC Victoria Rosport2894153850-1231
3FC Wiltz 712877143154-2328
4US Rumelange2868143766-2926 Relegated

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 José Gomes CA Spora Luxembourg 24
2 Patrick Grettnich FC Etzella Ettelbruck 21
3 Daniel Huss CS Grevenmacher 17
4 Frédéric Cicchirillo F91 Dudelange 16
5 Philippe Dillmann US Rumelange 15
6 Luc Mischo FC Etzella Ettelbruck 14
=7 Tomasz Gruszczyński CS Grevenmacher 13
=7 Aldino Medina FC Avenir Beggen 13
=7 Sascha Schneider Jeunesse Esch 13
=7 Ahmed Zerrouki CS Grevenmacher 13

Team changes for 2004-05 season

The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour, CS Alliance 01 and CS Pétange, were promoted automatically. FC Mondercange and US Rumelange were relegated.

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