2008–09 Luxembourg National Division

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The 2008–09 Luxembourg National Division (also known as BGL Ligue due to sponsorship reasons) was the 95th season of top-tier football in Luxembourg. It started on 2 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.

UN Käerjeng 97, will participate in the UEFA Europa League. SC Steinfort and Avenir Beggen were directly relegated while US Rumelange
retained their National Division status via relegation play-off.

Team changes from 2007–08

FC Victoria Rosport and CS Pétange were relegated to the Division of Honour after finishing 13th and 14th in 2007–08. They were replaced by Division of Honour 2007–08 champions US Rumelange and runners-up CS Fola Esch.

FC Wiltz 71 as 12th-placed team had to compete in a single play-off match against 3rd-placed Division of Honour sides SC Steinfort. Steinfort won the match, 2–0, and thus gained promotion to the National Division while Wiltz were relegated as well.

Stadia and locations

RM Hamm B.
Rumelange
Steinfort
Hesperange
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Location of teams in National Division 2008–09
Team Venue Capacity
FC Avenir Beggen Stade rue Henri Dunant 4,830
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 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 2,950
SC Steinfort
Stade Demy Steichen
 1,500
FC Swift Hesperange Stade Alphonse Theis 3,058

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 F91 Dudelange (C) 26 19 5 2 70 18 +52 62 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2 Differdange 03 26 15 6 5 51 37 +14 51 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round[a]
3 Grevenmacher 26 12 10 4 55 29 +26 46 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
4 Jeunesse Esch 26 12 10 4 45 27 +18 46
5 Fola Esch 26 11 6 9 43 42 +1 39
6
RM Hamm Benfica
 26 10 7 9 38 29 +9 37
7 Progrès Niederkorn 26 9 9 8 53 44 +9 36
8 Etzella Ettelbruck 26 8 8 10 43 48 −5 32
9
UN Käerjeng 97
 26 9 4 13 39 42 −3 31 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round[a]
10 Racing FC 26 8 6 12 45 48 −3 30
11 Swift Hesperange 26 8 5 13 29 41 −12 29
12 Rumelange (O) 26 7 6 13 34 48 −14 27 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13 SC Steinfort (R) 26 5 6 15 21 54 −33 21 Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour
14 Avenir Beggen (R) 26 3 4 19 16 75 −59 13
Source: soccerway.com[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ a b F91 Dudelange won the 2008–09 Luxembourg Cup competition. Because Dudelange are champions and qualified for 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Käerjéng, the cup runners-up, will enter the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and league second place Differdange receive the second qualifying round spot.

Results

Home \ Away AVE DIF DUD ETZ FOL GRE JEU
KÄE
 PRO RAC
RMH
 RUM STF SWI
Avenir Beggen 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–3
Differdange 03 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–4 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1
F91 Dudelange 5–0 1–2 2–0 4–3 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 6–0 1–1 3–2 9–0 4–2
Etzella Ettelbruck 2–3 3–1 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–4 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0
Fola Esch 3–1 2–3 0–2 1–4 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–4 3–1
Grevenmacher 6–1 2–0 0–0 6–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 4–0 0–1
Jeunesse Esch 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0
UN Käerjeng 97
 2–0 1–3 0–3 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–4 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0
Progrès Niederkorn 8–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 3–3 0–2 3–3 3–0 1–1
Racing FC 9–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–2 1–4 0–1 3–0[a] 3–4 3–1 1–0
RM Hamm Benfica
 5–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–3
Rumelange 3–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–5 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1
SC Steinfort 3–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1
Swift Hesperange 1–3 1–3 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–3 2–0 0–4 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–0
Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. RM Hamm Benfica
    originally finished 1–1, but was eventually registered with 3–0 due to unknown reasons.

Relegation play-offs

12th placed US Rumelange competed in a relegation play-offs match against the third placed team of Luxembourg Division of Honour, FC Erpeldange 72.

US Rumelange2–0FC Erpeldange 72

Top goalscorers

Source:

Rank Player Club Goals
1 France Pierre Piskor FC Differdange 03 30
2 Luxembourg Daniel Huss CS Grevenmacher 20
3 France Didier Chaillou Progrès Niederkorn 19
4
Tomasz Gruszczynski
 F91 Dudelange 16
5 France Tony Vairelles F91 Dudelange 13
France Romain Zéwé Progrès Niederkorn
7 France Nicolas Caldieri Progrès Niederkorn 12
Turkey Fatih Sözen Swift Hesperange
9
Stephano Bensi
 US Rumelange 11
Germany Jeremy Laroche Jeunesse Esch

References

  1. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    .