2005–06 Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division
Season2005–06
ChampionsF91 Dudelange (5th titles)
RelegatedAvenir Beggen
Rumelange
Champions LeagueF91 Dudelange
UEFA CupJeunesse Esch
Etzella Ettelbruck
Intertoto CupGrevenmacher
Top goalscorerFatih Sözen (23 goals)

The 2005–06 Luxembourg National Division was the 92nd season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from 7 August 2005 to 28 May 2006. The league title was won by F91 Dudelange, who also won the Luxembourg Cup to complete the Double.

Teams

Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg

The 2005–06 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 2 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, Jeunesse Esch, FC Etzella Ettelbruck, and CS Grevenmacher.

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 (US Rumelange and FC Avenir Beggen in groups A and B respectively) played off against the third- and fourth-placed teams in Luxembourg's second division (FC Mondercange and FC Mamer 32), the Division of Honour. The winning team in each tie was awarded a place in the National Division in the 2006-07 season, whilst the losing team was confined to the second division. The matches were played on 28 May on neutral ground. Both National Division teams lost, thus were relegated.

2005-06 was the last season to use this format. From 2006 to 2007, a simple league round-robin will be used for the entire season.

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. Jeunesse Esch qualified for the UEFA Cup as runners-up. In addition, as F91 Dudelange and Jeunesse Esch contested the Luxembourg Cup final, the UEFA Cup assigned to the cup winners went to FC Etzella Ettelbruck, who finished third in the league.

First phase

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F91 Dudelange 22 16 3 3 63 15 +48 51 Qualification to championship stage
2 Jeunesse Esch 22 14 2 6 49 19 +30 44
3 Etzella Ettelbruck 22 13 1 8 48 36 +12 40
4 Grevenmacher 22 12 2 8 51 27 +24 38
5 Wiltz 71 22 9 7 6 36 27 +9 34 Qualification to relegation stage
6 UN Käerjéng 97 22 10 4 8 36 33 +3 34
7 Racing FC 22 10 4 8 31 30 +1 34
8 Pétange 22 10 2 10 29 33 −4 32
9 Swift Hesperange 22 6 8 8 31 37 −6 26
10 Victoria Rosport 22 6 5 11 24 42 −18 23
11 Rumelange 22 3 3 16 20 58 −38 12
12 Avenir Beggen 22 0 5 17 10 71 −61 5
Source: [1]

Results

Home \ Away AVE DUD ETZ GRE JEU KAE PÉT RAC RUM SWI VIC WIL
Avenir Beggen 1–1 1–3 0–11 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 0–5
F91 Dudelange 4–1 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 5–1 5–0 6–1 3–1 3–0 2–0
Etzella Ettelbruck 5–0 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–3 5–0 1–3 4–1 2–1 4–2 1–2
Grevenmacher 2–0 1–1 4–1 0–2 2–1 2–1 0–2 4–0 3–0 0–1 3–1
Jeunesse Esch 8–0 0–3 3–0 4–2 2–0 0–1 4–0 5–0 1–1 2–0 1–1
UN Käerjéng 97 3–0 0–4 2–2 5–1 1–4 3–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 2–0
Pétange 2–0 0–1 1–3 1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2 4–2 1–0 2–0 1–1
Racing FC 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–3 0–2 3–0 5–0 2–2
Rumelange 4–1 0–4 0–2 0–6 1–4 3–5 1–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3
Swift Hesperange 1–1 1–6 2–3 3–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 3–2 1–0 2–2 2–0
Victoria Rosport 3–0 2–4 1–2 1–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–3 1–0 4–3 2–2
Wiltz 71 4–0 1–1 4–3 0–0 1–3 3–1 1–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second phase

Championship stage

Table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F91 Dudelange (C) 28 20 4 4 83 22 +61 64 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Jeunesse Esch 28 17 2 9 58 36 +22 53 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Etzella Ettelbruck 28 16 1 11 59 47 +12 49
4 Grevenmacher 28 13 3 12 58 39 +19 42 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
Source: [1]
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away DUD ETZ GRE JEU
F91 Dudelange 3–2 0–0 9–0
Etzella Ettelbruck 1–4 1–0 3–1
Grevenmacher 4–1 2–4 1–4
Jeunesse Esch 1–4 3–1 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation stage

Group A

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Wiltz 71 28 13 8 7 49 36 +13 47
2 Racing FC 28 12 5 11 40 39 +1 41
3 Swift Hesperange 28 9 9 10 41 44 −3 36
4 Rumelange (R) 28 4 4 20 25 70 −45 16 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
Source: [1]
(R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away RAC RUM SWI WIL
Racing FC 3–1 3–0 2–3
Rumelange 2–0 1–1 0–3
Swift Hesperange 2–0 2–0 5–1
Wiltz 71 1–1 3–1 2–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Pétange 28 12 4 12 39 40 −1 40
2 UN Käerjéng 97 28 10 7 11 44 46 −2 37
3 Victoria Rosport 28 8 8 12 34 50 −16 32
4 Avenir Beggen (R) 28 4 5 19 18 79 −61 17 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
Source: [1]
(R) Relegated
Results
Home \ Away AVE KAE PÉT VIC
Avenir Beggen 3–2 1–0 1–4
UN Käerjéng 97 0–1 3–3 3–3
Pétange 2–0 3–0 1–1
Victoria Rosport 0–2 0–0 2–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

Avenir Beggen2–3 (a.e.t.)FC Mondercange
US Rumelange0–0 (a.e.t.)FC Mamer 32
Penalties
3–4

Top goalscorers

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Turkey Fatih Sözen CS Grevenmacher 23
2 France Joris di Gregorio F91 Dudelange 22
Belgium Fabrizio Rosamilia FC Wiltz 71
4 Luxembourg Daniel Huss CS Grevenmacher 18
5 France Rudy Marchal Jeunesse Esch 17
6 Luxembourg Daniel da Mota Etzella Ettelbruck 16
France Stéphane Martine F91 Dudelange
8 Poland Tomasz Gruszczyński F91 Dudelange 15
9 France Sergio Pupovac Racing FC 14
10 Luxembourg Carlo Pace UN Käerjeng 97 13

Team changes for 2006-07 season

After the 2005–06 season ended, the league was expanded from twelve teams to fourteen. The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour, FC Differdange 03 and FC Progrès Niedercorn, were promoted automatically. After losing their relegation play-offs, Avenir Beggen and US Rumelange were relegated and replaced by FC Mondercange and FC Mamer 32.

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Luxembourg 2005/06". RSSSF.