2009–10 Luxembourg National Division

BGL Ligue
Season 2009–10
Champions Jeunesse Esch
28th Title
Relegated US Rumelange
Mondercange
Champions League Jeunesse Esch
Europa League TBD (via domestic cup)
F91 Dudelange
CS Grevenmacher
Goals scored 555
Average goals/game 3.05
Biggest home win FC Differdange 03 7-0 Racing FC
Biggest away win Mondercange 0-9 F91 Dudelange
Highest scoring Fola Esch 5-4 Etzella Ettelbruck
Mondercange 0-9 F91 Dudelange
RM Hamm Benfica 7-2 Pétange

The Luxembourg National Division 2009–10 (also known as BGL Ligue due to sponsorship reasons) was the 96th season of top-tier football in Luxembourg. It began on 2 August 2009 and ended on 29 May 2010. F91 Dudelange were the defending champions.

Team changes from 2008–09

SC Steinfort and FC Avenir Beggen were relegated to the Division of Honour after finishing 13th and 14th in 2008-09. They were replaced by Division of Honour 2008–09 champions CS Pétange and runners-up FC Mondercange.

US Rumelange as 12th-placed team had to compete in a single play-off match against 3rd-placed Division of Honour side FC Erpeldange 72. Rumelange won the match, 2–0, and thus retained their National Division status.

Stadia and locations

Team Venue Capacity
FC Differdange 03 Stade du Thillenberg 7,830
F91 Dudelange Stade Jos Nosbaum 2,600
FC Etzella Ettelbruck Stade Am Deich 2,650
CS Fola Esch Stade Émile Mayrisch 3,900
CS Grevenmacher Op Flohr Stadion 4,000
Jeunesse Esch Stade de la Frontière 5,400
UN Käerjeng 97 Stade um Bëschel 1,000
FC Mondercange Stade Communal 2,050
CS Pétange Stade Municipal (Pétange) 3,300
FC Progrès Niederkorn Stade Jos Haupert 4,830
Racing FC Union Luxembourg Stade Achille Hammerel 5,814
FC RM Hamm Benfica Luxembourg-Cents 2,800
US Rumelange Stade Municipal (Rumelange) 2,950
FC Swift Hesperange Stade Alphonse Theis 3,058

League table

Pos
Team
Pld
W
D
L
GF
GA
GD
Pts
Qualification or relegation
1 Jeunesse Esch (C) 26 17 6 3 45 20+25 57 2010–11 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2 F91 Dudelange 26 16 6 4 62 23+39 54 2010–11 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round
3 Grevenmacher 26 13 4 9 46 40+6 43
4 Differdange 03 26 12 6 8 41 30+11 42 2010–11 UEFA Europa League Second qualifying round 1
5 RM Hamm Benfica 26 11 8 7 50 29+21 41
6 Fola Esch 26 11 8 7 49 38+11 41
7 Racing FC 26 12 5 9 39 478 41
8 Etzella Ettelbruck 26 8 8 10 42 431 32
9 Pétange 26 9 5 12 36 426 32
10 Swift Hesperange 26 8 5 13 33 418 29
11 Progrès Niederkorn 26 6 10 10 39 445 28
12 UN Käerjeng 97 (O) 26 7 7 12 28 368 28 Relegation play-offs
13 Rumelange (R) 26 7 1 18 27 6336 22 Relegation to 2010-11 Luxembourg Division of Honour
14 Mondercange (R) 26 2 7 17 18 5840 13

Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
1The winners of 2009–10 Luxembourg Cup, Differdange, qualified for the second qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away DIF DUD ETZFOLGREJEUKÄEMONPETPRORACRMHRUMSWI
Differdange 03 01 20 05 20 52 21 10 41 11 70 10 40 11
F91 Dudelange 31 11 33 50 40 11 10 20 21 302 30 00 41
Etzella Ettelbruck 10 12 01 13 11 11 00 24 22 61 11 12 10
Fola Esch 11 13 54 32 01 00 11 21 41 12 11 42 41
Grevenmacher 20 10 31 20 25 52 01 03 21 11 32 41 21
Jeunesse Esch 21 11 12 10 20 20 20 00 21 51 10 40 31
UN Käerjeng 97 14 10 01 10 11 00 11 00 20 13 01 12 02
Mondercange 11 09 21 22 15 11 04 01 11 12 15 02 02
Pétange 00 01 11 13 20 03 31 52 11 41 01 13 13
Progrès Niederkorn 00 42 13 11 00 02 02 42 01 22 22 31 14
Racing FC 01 22 34 22 21 02 10 10 31 12 10 30 10
RM Hamm Benfica 30 42 31 30 22 01 30 20 72 33 11 03 00
Rumelange 12 05 13 24 02 01 23 20 10 03 03 06 12
Swift Hesperange 30 02 22 01 13 00 14 21 13 14 02 00 41

Source: soccerway.com
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
2The match was awarded to Dudelange with a score of 3–0 after it wasn't resumed after the half time due to the fight that escalated between two players.[1]
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

12th-placed UN Käerjeng 97 competed in a relegation play-offs match against the third-placed team from the Division of Honour, CS Oberkorn, for one spot in next season's competition. UN Käerjeng 97 retained their spot in the league, beating CS Obercorn 31.

See also

References

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