2006–07 Luxembourg National Division

The 2006–07 Luxembourg National Division was the 93rd season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from 5 August 2006 to 30 May 2007. F91 Dudelange continued their domination of the National Division by winning their third league title in a row; Dudelange also won the Luxembourg Cup to complete the Double.

Luxembourg National Division
Season2006–07

Teams
Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg

The National Division was expanded from the 2005–06 season's complement of twelve teams to fourteen. Those fourteen clubs were:

ClubTown2005–06 Season
FC Differdange 03DifferdangeDivision of Honour, 1st
F91 DudelangeDudelange1st
FC Etzella EttelbruckEttelbruck3rd
CS GrevenmacherGrevenmacher4th
Jeunesse EschEsch-sur-Alzette2nd
UN Käerjeng 97Bascharage6th
FC Mamer 32MamerDivision of Honour, 4th
FC MondercangeMondercangeDivision of Honour, 3rd
CS PétangePétange8th
FC Progrès NiedercornNiederkornDivision of Honour, 2nd
Racing FC Union LuxembourgLuxembourg City7th
FC Swift HesperangeHesperange9th
FC Victoria RosportRosport10th
FC Wiltz 71Wiltz5th

Format

Unlike in previous seasons, when a more complicated system was used, the 2006–07 season involved only a round-robin among the fourteen teams. Thus, each team played 26 games over the course of the calendar.

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 Luxembourg Cup winners. However, as F91 Dudelange won both the National Division and the Luxembourg Cup (as they had in 2005–06), the UEFA Cup spot for the Luxembourg Cup winners went to the losing finalists, UN Käerjeng 97.

Pre-season predictions

At the beginning of the season, F91 Dudelange were widely predicted to successfully defend their title.[1] Dudelange strengthened their first-team squad by signing Thierry Joly and Alexandre Lecomte, whilst also holding on to most of their existing players. By comparison, Jeunesse Esch and Etzella Ettelbruck, Dudelange's closest challengers in 2005–06, have lost key players; Jeunesse captain Manuel Cardoni became player-manager of US Rumelange, whilst Etzella lost Patrick Grettnich to retirement, and both Luc Mischo and Marc Reuter to Racing FC Union Luxembourg.

Final standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 F91 Dudelange (C) 26 21 2 3 71 20 +51 65 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 Etzella Ettelbruck 26 16 4 6 60 30 +30 52 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 Differdange 03 26 14 6 6 71 41 +30 48 Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round
4 Racing FC 26 11 8 7 52 35 +17 41
5 Swift Hesperange 26 11 8 7 40 28 +12 41
6 Grevenmacher 26 11 8 7 43 34 +9 41
7 Progrès Niederkorn 26 10 5 11 53 61 −8 35
8 UN Käerjeng 97 26 10 4 12 32 40 −8 34
9 Jeunesse Esch 26 9 5 12 29 34 −5 32
10 Pétange 26 8 8 10 29 38 −9 32
11 Wiltz 71 26 9 4 13 31 38 −7 31
12 Victoria Rosport (O) 26 7 6 13 28 47 −19 27 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13 Mondercange (R) 26 4 6 16 23 59 −36 18 Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour
14 Mamer 32 (R) 26 1 6 19 19 71 −52 9
Source: [2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Results
Home \ Away DIF DUD ETZ GRE JEU KAE MAM MON PÉT PRO RAC SWI VIC WIL
Differdange 03 1–2 2–2 2–2 4–1 7–1 5–1 4–0 0–1 4–3 1–1 2–1 3–0 3–0
F91 Dudelange 3–0 4–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 5–1 3–0 4–1 7–2 2–2 2–0 5–0 7–1
Etzella Ettelbruck 5–1 2–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 2–1 6–0 2–0 1–0 3–0 3–1
Grevenmacher 2–0 0–0 0–3 2–1 0–2 4–1 0–0 1–0 2–4 4–0 1–1 0–3 0–2
Jeunesse Esch 1–2 0–2 3–3 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 0–1 2–0 0–2
UN Käerjeng 97 3–4 2–5 3–1 2–2 2–4 4–0 1–0 0–0 0–2 3–2 3–2 0–0 1–0
Mamer 32 0–8 0–2 0–4 0–2 0–1 0–3 1–1 2–2 2–2 0–3 2–3 1–1 0–0
Mondercange 2–2 1–3 1–3 0–4 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–4 0–3 2–0 1–5
Pétange 2–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–2 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–5 2–2 2–1 2–1
Progrès Niederkorn 5–4 1–3 2–4 4–8 0–1 4–0 5–1 2–0 0–0 2–2 2–2 3–2 0–2
Racing FC 1–1 1–0 2–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–0 7–2 3–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 3–0
Swift Hesperange 1–1 0–2 1–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–2 3–0 0–1 0–1 4–1 2–0 2–0
Victoria Rosport 0–4 3–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–3 2–3 2–0 2–2 1–6 0–2 1–0
Wiltz 71 1–3 0–2 3–2 0–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–1 1–1
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:
  1. The F91 Dudelange was forfeited for using an unauthorized player, the original score was three to zero for the latter.

Relegation play-off
Victoria Rosport2–0Fola Esch

As a result of their victory, FC Victoria Rosport remained in the National Division for the 2007–08 season.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Luxembourg Daniel da Mota Etzella Ettelbruck 24
2 France Pierre Piskor FC Differdange 03 23
3 France Joris di Gregorio F91 Dudelange 21
4 Luxembourg Yannick Bianchini Racing FC 16
France Didier Chaillou Progrès Niedercorn
Guinea Soriba Camara Progrès Niedercorn
7 Luxembourg Marcel Christophe FC Differdange 03 15
8 Cape Verde Aldino Medina Swift Hesperange 14
9 France Sergio Pupovac Racing FC 13
10 Luxembourg Sully Bilon Progrès Niedercorn 12
France Rudy Marchal Jeunesse Esch

Footnotes
  1. Berens, André (26 July 2006). "Dudelange still the team to beat". UEFA. Retrieved 2 August 2006.
  2. "Luxembourg 2006/07". RSSSF.
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