2018–19 Luxembourg National Division

The 2018–19 Luxembourg National Division was the 105th season of top-flight association football in Luxembourg. The season began on 5 August 2018 and ended on 19 May 2019.[1]

Luxembourg National Division
Season2018–19
Dates5 August 2018 – 19 May 2019
ChampionsF91 Dudelange
RelegatedRM Hamm Benfica
Rumelange
Champions LeagueF91 Dudelange
Europa LeagueFola Esch
Jeunesse Esch
Matches played182
Goals scored592 (3.25 per match)

F91 Dudelange were the defending champions from the previous season.[2]

Teams edit

Rodange 91 and Esch were relegated at the end of the previous season.[2] Etzella Ettelbruck and Rumelange joined the league this season after earning promotion from the Luxembourg Division of Honour.[3]

Stadia and locations edit

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Differdange 03 Differdange Stade Parc des Sports 2,400
F91 Dudelange Dudelange Stade Jos Nosbaum 2,558
Fola Esch Esch-sur-Alzette Stade Émile Mayrisch 3,826
FC Etzella Ettelbruck Ettelbruck Stade Am Deich 2,020
Hostert Hostert Stade Jos Becker 1,500
Jeunesse Esch Esch-sur-Alzette Stade de la Frontière 5,400
Mondorf-les-Bains Mondorf-les-Bains Stade Jeannot Mayrisch 3,600
Progrès Niederkorn Niederkorn Stade Jos Haupert 2,800
Racing FC Luxembourg City Stade Josy Barthel 9,000
US Rumelange Rumelange Stade Municipal 2,950
RM Hamm Benfica Hamm, Luxembourg City Terrain de Football Cents 2,800
UNA Strassen Strassen Stade Municipal de Strassen 2,000
Union Titus Pétange Pétange Stade Municipal de Pétange 2,400
Victoria Rosport Rosport VictoriArena 1,000

Source: Scoresway

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 F91 Dudelange (C) 26 18 5 3 72 33 +39 59 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Fola Esch 26 15 5 6 65 28 +37 50 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Jeunesse Esch 26 14 6 6 46 30 +16 48
4 Progrès Niederkorn 26 13 5 8 45 35 +10 44 Qualification for the Europa League preliminary round
5 Differdange 03 26 13 5 8 35 33 +2 44
6 Racing FC 26 11 6 9 42 31 +11 39
7 UNA Strassen 26 12 3 11 46 43 +3 39
8 Union Titus Pétange 26 11 4 11 38 43 −5 37
9 Mondorf-les-Bains 26 10 5 11 39 39 0 35
10 Etzella Ettelbruck 26 7 7 12 31 44 −13 28
11 Victoria Rosport 26 7 7 12 33 49 −16 28
12 Hostert (O) 26 7 4 15 37 58 −21 25 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 RM Hamm Benfica (R) 26 5 4 17 29 50 −21 19 Relegation to the Luxembourg Division of Honour
14 Rumelange (R) 26 4 4 18 34 76 −42 16
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off.[4]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated

Positions by round edit

The table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve chronological evolvements, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled, but added to the full round they were played immediately afterwards.

Team ╲ Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526
F91 Dudelange275811644432333211111111111
Fola Esch1113131391277654221123222222222
Jeunesse Esch31111111111112334343333333
Progrès Niederkorn9610107455766544442434554554
Differdange 0342422223343456788876445445
Racing FC810633332225665566657666666
UNA Strassen14354912121313121088877765777777
Union Titus Pétange63248566577777655588889998
Mondorf-les-Bains1381266101111101198910101010999998889
Etzella Ettelbruck71181258989889109999101111111111111110
Victoria Rosport101291113141098910111111111111111010101010101011
Hostert1414141414111313111011121212121312121212121212121212
RM Hamm Benfica12579127810121213131313131213131313131313131313
Rumelange5911710131414141414141414141414141414141414141414
Leader and Champions League first qualifying round
Europa League first qualifying round
Europa League preliminary round
Relegation play-offs
Relegation to the Luxembourg Division of Honour
Source: [citation needed]

Results edit

Each team played every other team in the league home-and-away for a total of 26 matches each.[5]

Home \ Away DIF ETZ DUD FOL HOS JEU MON PRO RAC RMH RUM UNA UTP VIC
Differdange 03 2–0 0–4 0–4 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–0 3–2 1–3 1–5 3–0
Etzella Ettelbruck 1–0 0–2 2–2 0–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0
F91 Dudelange 0–2 4–2 1–1 4–1 1–3 1–4 4–1 2–0 5–3 2–2 1–1 6–1 2–0
Fola Esch 3–0 6–0 1–2 4–1 2–5 5–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 7–0 1–1 3–0 1–1
Hostert 1–1 4–0 3–4 2–3 2–3 1–1 0–1 0–4 1–0 4–2 1–6 0–3 0–3
Jeunesse Esch 0–0 1–0 0–3 3–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–1
Mondorf-les-Bains 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–3 2–2 4–3 2–2 4–1 4–0
Progrès Niederkorn 2–0 4–3 0–2 1–1 1–1 5–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 3–3
Racing FC 3–3 0–3 1–1 2–1 2–0 0–1 3–0 5–0 1–0 2–2 4–1 4–1 2–2
RM Hamm Benfica 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–3
Rumelange 1–2 3–5 2–9 0–3 0–4 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–3 0–2 0–0 3–2
UNA Strassen 2–0 2–1 0–2 0–2 3–4 0–4 1–0 2–4 1–2 0–3 4–1 2–1 4–0
Union Titus Pétange 0–1 1–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 3–2 1–0 1–5 0–1 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–0
Victoria Rosport 0–1 0–3 2–2 1–4 2–0 1–2 0–4 2–1 1–1 3–1 4–2 2–1 0–1
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs edit

A play-off was played between the twelfth-placed team in the 2018–19 Luxembourg National Division and the third-placed team in the 2018–19 Luxembourg Division of Honour for one place in the 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division.

Hostert2–0Swift Hesperange
  • Peters   40'
  • Serwy   41'
Report
Attendance: 2,058
Referee: Ivo Torres Rocha

US Hostert remained in 2019–20 Luxenbourg National Division and FC Swift Hesperange remained in 2019–20 Luxenbourg Division d'Honneur

Top goalscorers edit

Rank Player Club Goals
1   Samir Hadji Fola Esch 23
2   Mickaël Jager UNA Strassen 14
  David Turpel F91 Dudelange
4   Marwane Benamra Mondorf-les-Bains 13
  Bertino Cabral RM Hamm Benfica
6   Alexandar Biedermann Victoria Rosport 12
7   Sanel Ibrahimović F91 Dudelange 11
  Aleksandre Karapetian Progrès Niederkorn
9   Stefano Bensi Fola Esch 10
  Kevin Holtz Etzella Ettelbruck
  Corenthyn Lavie US Hostert

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Programmes des matchs de la BGL Ligue et Promotion d'Honneur, Répartition Seniors I". FLF. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  2. ^ a b "National Division". soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  3. ^ "Promotion d'Honneur". soccerway. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  4. ^ "National Division: Season Rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 14 July 2018.
  5. ^ "National Division: Season Rules". Scoresway. Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 14 July 2018.

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