2004–05 Luxembourg National Division

The 2004–05 season of Luxembourg's National Division ran from 7 August 2004 to 29 May 2005. The league title was won by F91 Dudelange.

Teams

Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg.

The 2004–05 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 24 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 F91 Dudelange, FC Etzella Ettelbruck, Jeunesse Esch, and FC Victoria Rosport.

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, F91 Dudelange, the top team in the title group, was declared the league champion. The fourth-placed team in each of the relegation groups (Union Luxembourg and CA Spora Luxembourg 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, F91 Dudelange qualified for the Champions League. Etzella Ettelbruck qualified for the UEFA Cup as runners-up. CS Pétange qualified for the UEFA Cup by the Luxembourg Cup.

Final standings

First stage

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1F91 Dudelange2218225613+4356 Qualify for title play-off
2FC Etzella Ettelbruck2217145723+3452 Qualify for title play-off
3Jeunesse Esch2212555028+2241 Qualify for title play-off
4FC Victoria Rosport2212554333+1041 Qualify for title play-off
5CS Grevenmacher229584027+1332
6FC Swift Hesperange228592834-629
7CS Alliance 012284103147-1628
8CS Pétange2283113834+427
9FC Wiltz 712281132537-1225
10CA Spora Luxembourg2253142454-3018
11Union Luxembourg2235141444-3014
12FC Avenir Beggen2225152052-3211

Second stage

Title Play-off

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1F91 Dudelange2822427415+5970 Champions; qualify for the UEFA Champions League
2FC Etzella Ettelbruck2820446829+3964 Qualify for the UEFA Cup
3Jeunesse Esch2813695845+1345
4FC Victoria Rosport28135104547-244

Relegation Group A

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1CS Alliance 0128125114554-941
2CS Grevenmacher28117105740+1740
3FC Wiltz 712882183056-2626
4Union Luxembourg2867152653-2725 Relegated

Relegation Group B

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts Notes
1FC Swift Hesperange28116113946-739
2CS Pétange28105135045+535
3FC Avenir Beggen2866163760-2324
4CA Spora Luxembourg2855182968-4120 Relegated

Top goalscorers

Pos Player Club Goals
1 Sergio Pupovac CS Alliance 01 24
2 Daniel Huss CS Grevenmacher 21
3 Stéphane Martine F91 Dudelange 20
4 Laurent Dutheil CS Pétange 19
5 Patrick Grettnich FC Etzella Ettelbruck 15
=6 Philippe Dürrer FC Swift Hesperange 13
=6 Ahmed El Aouad CS Grevenmacher 13
=6 Luc Mischo FC Etzella Ettelbruck 13
=6 Frank Wagner FC Victoria Rosport 13
=6 Stefan Wagner Jeunesse Esch 13
=6 Patrick Zöllner FC Victoria Rosport 13

Team changes for 2005-06 season

The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour, UN Käerjeng 97 and US Rumelange, were promoted automatically.

After the 2004-05 season ended, the two relegated clubs, Spora Luxembourg and Union Luxembourg, went ahead with the pre-arranged amalgamation with CS Alliance 01, another National Division club based in Luxembourg City. The new club, Racing FC Union Luxembourg, took Alliance 01's place in the National Division, leaving no teams to be relegated to the Division of Honour.

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