Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division
Country	Luxembourg
Confederation	UEFA
Founded	1910
Number of teams	14
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Division of Honour
Domestic cup(s)	Luxembourg Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Europa League
Current champions	CS Fola Esch (7th title)
Most championships	Jeunesse Esch (28 titles)
2015–16 Luxembourg National Division

The National Division (Luxembourgish: Nationaldivisioun, French: Division Nationale, German: Nationaldivision) is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006–07 season, and it has maintained this number since. The current champions are CS Fola Esch.

The competition was first held in 1910, and has been held every year since, with the exceptions of 1913 and four seasons during the Second World War. The competition was called in Luxembourgish and French Lëtzebuerger Championnat / Championnat Luxembourgeois until 1913–14. From 1914–15 until 1931–32, the title was Éischt Divisioun / Première Division. It was called Éirendivisioun / Division d'Honneur from 1932–33 to 1956–57. Since the 1957–58 season, the competition has been called the Nationaldivisioun / Division Nationale.

Clubs competing in the 2015–16 season

RM Hamm Benfica, the 2014-15 Division of Honour champion, and UNA Strassen, which won the promotion play-off, were promoted to the top level for the first time in their history. Runner-up Racing FC rejoins the National Division just one year after their relegation.

Location of the 2015–16 Luxembourg National Division teams

Team	Venue	Capacity
Differdange 03 !Differdange 03	Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange	3,000
Differdange 03 !Differdange 03	Stade du Thillenberg	6,300
Etzella Ettelbruck !Etzella Ettelbruck	Stade Am Deich	2,102
F91 Dudelange !F91 Dudelange	Stade Jos Nosbaum	2,558
Fola Esch !Fola Esch	Stade Émile Mayrisch	3,826
Grevenmacher !Grevenmacher	Op Flohr Stadion	4,000
Jeunesse Esch !Jeunesse Esch	Stade de la Frontière	5,090
Mondorf-les-Bains !Mondorf-les-Bains	Stade John Grün	3,600
Progrès Niederkorn !Progrès Niederkorn	Stade Jos Haupert	2,800
Racing FC !Racing FC	Stade Achille Hammerel	5,814
	Stade Camille Polfer	2,740
	Hollerich Stadion	2,120
RM Hamm Benfica !RM Hamm Benfica	Luxembourg-Cents	2,800
Rumelange !Rumelange	Stade Municipal	2,950
UNA Strassen !UNA Strassen	Complexe Sportif Jean Wirtz	2,000^[1]
Victoria Rosport !Victoria Rosport	VictoriArena	1,000^[2]
Wiltz !Wiltz	Stade Géitz	2,000

Source: World Stadiums^[3]

Winners

Champions were (team names in French):^[4]

Year	Champions	Runners-up
1909–10	Racing Club Luxembourg	US Hollerich
1910–11	Sporting Club Luxembourg	Sporting Club Differdange
1911–12	US Hollerich	Sporting Club Luxembourg
1912–13	Not Held
1913–14	US Hollerich	Sporting Club Luxembourg
1914–15	US Hollerich	Jeunesse Esch
1915–16	US Hollerich	Sporting Club Luxembourg
1916–17	US Hollerich	Fola Esch
1917–18	Fola Esch	US Hollerich
1918–19	Sporting Club Luxembourg	Fola Esch
1919–20	Fola Esch	Stade Dudelange
1920–21	Jeunesse Esch	Fola Esch
1921–22	Fola Esch	Union Luxembourg
1922–23	Red Boys Differdange	Stade Dudelange
1923–24	Fola Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1924–25	Spora Luxembourg	Stade Dudelange
1925–26	Red Boys Differdange	Spora Luxembourg
1926–27	Union Luxembourg	Red Boys Differdange
1927–28	Spora Luxembourg	Stade Dudelange
1928–29	Spora Luxembourg	Fola Esch
1929–30	Fola Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1930–31	Red Boys Differdange	Spora Luxembourg
1931–32	Red Boys Differdange	Progrès Niederkorn
1932–33	Red Boys Differdange	Spora Luxembourg
1933–34	Spora Luxembourg	Red Boys Differdange
1934–35	Spora Luxembourg	Red Boys Differdange
1935–36	Spora Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1936–37	Jeunesse Esch	Progrès Niederkorn
1937–38	Spora Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1938–39	Stade Dudelange	US Dudelange
1939–40	Stade Dudelange	US Dudelange
1941–1944	Not Held due to World War II also the german government forced the Teams from Luxembourg to play in the german championship
1944–45	Stade Dudelange	Spora Luxembourg
1945–46	Stade Dudelange	US Dudelange
1946–47	Stade Dudelange	US Dudelange
1947–48	Stade Dudelange	Union Luxembourg
1948–49	Spora Luxembourg	Fola Esch
1949–50	Stade Dudelange	National Schifflange
1950–51	Jeunesse Esch	National Schifflange
1951–52	National Schifflange	Spora Luxembourg
1952–53	Progrès Niederkorn	Jeunesse Esch
1953–54	Jeunesse Esch	Fola Esch
1954–55	Stade Dudelange	Fola Esch
1955–56	Spora Luxembourg	Stade Dudelange
1956–57	Stade Dudelange	Jeunesse Esch
1957–58	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1958–59	Jeunesse Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1959-60	Jeunesse Esch	Stade Dudelange
1960–61	Spora Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1961–62	Union Luxembourg	Alliance Dudelange
1962–63	Jeunesse Esch	Union Luxembourg
1963–64	Aris Bonnevoie	Union Luxembourg
1964–65	Stade Dudelange	Union Luxembourg
1965–66	Aris Bonnevoie	Union Luxembourg
1966–67	Jeunesse Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1967–68	Jeunesse Esch	US Rumelange
1968–69	Avenir Beggen	Jeunesse Esch
1969–70	Jeunesse Esch	US Rumelange
1970–71	Union Luxembourg	Aris Bonnevoie
1971–72	Aris Bonnevoie	US Rumelange
1972–73	Jeunesse Esch	Union Luxembourg
1973–74	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1974–75	Jeunesse Esch	Avenir Beggen
1975–76	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1976–77	Jeunesse Esch	Progrès Niederkorn
1977–78	Progrès Niederkorn	Jeunesse Esch
1978–79	Red Boys Differdange	Progrès Niederkorn
1979–80	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1980–81	Progrès Niederkorn	Red Boys Differdange
1981–82	Avenir Beggen	Progrès Niederkorn
1982–83	Jeunesse Esch	Avenir Beggen
1983–84	Avenir Beggen	Red Boys Differdange
1984–85	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1985–86	Avenir Beggen	Jeunesse Esch
1986–87	Jeunesse Esch	Avenir Beggen
1987–88	Jeunesse Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1988–89	Spora Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1989–90	Union Luxembourg	Avenir Beggen
1990–91	Union Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1991–92	Union Luxembourg	Avenir Beggen
1992–93	Avenir Beggen	Union Luxembourg
1993–94	Avenir Beggen	CS Grevenmacher
1994–95	Jeunesse Esch	CS Grevenmacher
1995–96	Jeunesse Esch	CS Grevenmacher
1996–97	Jeunesse Esch	CS Grevenmacher
1997–98	Jeunesse Esch	Union Luxembourg
1998–99	Jeunesse Esch	F91 Dudelange
1999–2000	F91 Dudelange	CS Grevenmacher
2000–01	F91 Dudelange	CS Grevenmacher
2001–02	F91 Dudelange	CS Grevenmacher
2002–03	CS Grevenmacher	F91 Dudelange
2003–04	Jeunesse Esch	F91 Dudelange
2004–05	F91 Dudelange	FC Etzella Ettelbruck
2005–06	F91 Dudelange	Jeunesse Esch
2006–07	F91 Dudelange	FC Etzella Ettelbruck
2007–08	F91 Dudelange	Racing FC Union Luxembourg
2008–09	F91 Dudelange	FC Differdange 03
2009–10	Jeunesse Esch	F91 Dudelange
2010–11	F91 Dudelange	Fola Esch
2011–12	F91 Dudelange	Jeunesse Esch
2012–13	Fola Esch	F91 Dudelange
2013–14	F91 Dudelange	Fola Esch
2014–15	Fola Esch	FC Differdange 03

Statistics

Performance by club

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years Won
Jeunesse Esch	28	13	1920–21, 1936–37, 1950–51, 1953_54, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2009–10
CA Spora Luxembourg	11	10	1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1988–89
F91 Dudelange	11	5	1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14
Stade Dudelange	10	6	1938–39, 1939–40, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1964–65
CS Fola Esch	7	9	1917–18, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1929–30, 2012–13, 2014–15
FA Red Boys Differdange	6	10	1922–23, 1925–26, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1978–79
Union Luxembourg	6	9	1926–27, 1961–62, 1970–71, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
FC Avenir Beggen	6	5	1968–69, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1993–94
US Hollerich Bonnevoie	5	2	1911–12, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17
FC Progrès Niedercorn	3	5	1952–53, 1977–78, 1980–81
FC Aris Bonnevoie	3	1	1963–64, 1965–66, 1971–72
Sporting Club Luxembourg	2	3	1910–11, 1918–19
CS Grevenmacher	1	7	2002–03
National Schifflange	1	2	1951–52
Racing Club Luxembourg	1	-	1909–10
US Dudelange	-	4
US Rumelange	-	3
FC Etzella Ettelbruck	-	2
FC Differdange 03	-	2
Alliance Dudelange	-	1
Sporting Club Differdange	-	1
Racing FC Union Luxembourg	-	1

Performance by town

Town	Titles	Runners-up
Esch-sur-Alzette	35	20
Luxembourg City	34	31
Dudelange	21	17
Differdange	6	12
Niederkorn	3	5
Grevenmacher	1	7
Schifflange	1	2
Rumelange	-	3
Ettelbruck	-	2

Performance by canton

Canton	Titles	Runners-up
Esch-sur-Alzette	63	58
Luxembourg	35	31
Grevenmacher	1	7
Diekirch	-	2

Topscorers

Year	Best scorers	Team	Goals
2003–04	José Gomes	CA Spora Luxembourg	24
2004–05	Sergio Pupovac	CS Alliance 01	24
2005–06	Fatih Sözen	CS Grevenmacher	23
2006–07	Daniel da Mota	FC Etzella Ettelbruck	24
2007–08	Emmanuel Coquelet	F91 Dudelange	20
2008–09	Pierre Piskor	FC Differdange 03	30
2009–10	Daniel Huss	CS Grevenmacher	22
2010–11	Sanel Ibrahimović	Wiltz	18
2011–12	Omar Er Rafik	FC Differdange 03	23
2012–13	Edis Osmanović	Wiltz	21
2013–14	Sanel Ibrahimović	Jeunesse Esch	22
2014–15	Sanel Ibrahimović	Jeunesse Esch	21

References

↑ "Complexe Sportif Jean Wirtz". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
↑ "FC Victoria Rosport". Scoresway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
↑ "Worldstadiums Luxembourg". worldstadiums.com. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
↑ "Luxembourg - List of Champions". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 December 2013.

External links

Federation website (French)
League at fifa.com

Luxembourg National Division seasons

1909–10
1910–11
1911–12
1912–13
1913–14
1914–15
1915–16
1916–17
1917–18
1918–19
1919–20
1920–21
1921–22
1922–23
1923–24
1924–25
1925–26
1926–27
1927–28
1928–29
1929–30
1930–31
1931–32
1932–33
1933–34
1934–35
1935–36
1936–37
1937–38
1938–39
1939–40
1940–41
1941–42
1942–43
1943–44
1944–45
1945–46
1946–47
1947–48
1948–49
1949–50
1950–51
1951–52
1952–53
1953–54
1954–55
1955–56
1956–57
1957–58
1958–59
1959–60
1960–61
1961–62
1962–63
1963–64
1964–65
1965–66
1966–67
1967–68
1968–69
1969–70
1970–71
1971–72
1972–73
1973–74
1974–75
1975–76
1976–77
1977–78
1978–79
1979–80
1980–81
1981–82
1982–83
1983–84
1984–85
1985–86
1986–87
1987–88
1988–89
1989–90
1990–91
1991–92
1992–93
1993–94
1994–95
1995–96
1996–97
1997–98
1998–99
1999–2000
2000–01
2001–02
2002–03
2003–04
2004–05
2005–06
2006–07
2007–08
2008–09
2009–10
2010–11
2011–12
2012–13
2013–14
2014–15
2015–16

Football in Luxembourg

League competitions

men:	National Division Division of Honour 1. Division 2. Division 3. Division

women:	Dames Ligue 1

Other titles

men:	Luxembourg Cup

women:	Luxembourg Women's Cup

National Federation

Top-level football leagues in Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Non-recognized	Crimea Isle of Man Kosovo Northern Cyprus

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Serbia and Montenegro Soviet Union Yugoslavia

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Monday, April 25, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.