2007–08 Luxembourg National Division

The 2007-08 season of the Luxembourg National Division ran from August 2007 to 31 May 2008. F91 Dudelange won their fourth consecutive title.

Teams

Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg.
Club Town 2006-07 Season
FC Avenir BeggenBeggenDivision of Honour, 2nd
FC Differdange 03Differdange 3rd
F91 DudelangeDudelange 1st
FC Etzella EttelbruckEttelbruck 2nd
CS GrevenmacherGrevenmacher 6th
Jeunesse EschEsch-sur-Alzette 9th
UN Käerjéng 97Bascharage 8th
CS PétangePétange 10th
FC Progrès NiedercornNiederkorn 7th
Racing FC Union LuxembourgLuxembourg City 4th
FC RM Hamm BenficaLuxembourg CityDivision of Honour, 1st
FC Swift HesperangeHesperange 5th
FC Victoria RosportRosport 12th
FC Wiltz 71Wiltz 11th

Format

As in 2006–07, the 2007-08 season involved involve only a round-robin amongst the fourteen teams. Thus, each team played 26 games over the course of the calendar.

The bottom two teams were relegated automatically; these teams were CS Pétange and FC Victoria Rosport. The third-bottom (twelfth-placed) team was required to take part in a play-off with the third-placed team from the Division of Honour for the place in the National Division the following season. In the event, FC Wiltz 71 finished third-bottom, and lost the play-off to Sporting Steinfort.

European qualification

Luxembourg was assigned one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, for the league champions, F91 Dudelange. It has also been assigned two spots in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, for the runners-up, Racing FC Union Luxembourg, and the Luxembourg Cup winners. If, as happened two seasons previously, the league champions and runners-up had both reach the cup final, the second UEFA Cup spot would have gone to the team placed third in the league. However, in the event, neither of the top two clubs reached the semi-finals, and the cup-winners spot went to CS Grevenmacher. Jeunesse Esch have not applied to play in the UEFA Intertoto Cup 2008, so Etzella Ettelbruck have qualified in Jeunesse's place.

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Final standings

Pos Team P W D L F A GD Pts
1F91 Dudelange2623217412+6271
2Racing FC Union Luxembourg2614845028+2250
3Jeunesse Esch2613675139+1245
4FC Etzella Ettelbruck2613585448+644
5FC Avenir Beggen26114114138+337
6CS Grevenmacher26106104536+936
7FC Differdange 0326112134343035
8FC RM Hamm Benfica2695123248-1632
9FC Swift Hesperange2687113644-831
10UN Käerjéng 972686123040-1030
11FC Progrès Niedercorn2677123146-1528
12FC Wiltz 712667133348-1525
13FC Victoria Rosport2666142956-2724
14CS Pétange2647152750-2319
UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round
UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round
UEFA Intertoto Cup First Round
Relegation play-off
Relegation

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Relegation play-off

National Division Score Division of Honour Date Venue
FC Wiltz 71 0-2 Sporting Steinfort 31 May 2008 Stade Achille Hammerel, Luxembourg City

As a result of their victory, Sporting Steinfort were promoted to the National Division for the 2008-09 season, and FC Wiltz 71 relegated to the Division of Honour.

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