2006–07 Luxembourg National Division

The 2006-07 season of Luxembourg's National Division 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.

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:

Club Town 2005-06 Season
FC Differdange 03DifferdangeDivision of Honour, 1st
F91 DudelangeDudelange 1st
FC Etzella EttelbruckEttelbruck 3rd
CS GrevenmacherGrevenmacher 4th
Jeunesse EschEsch-sur-Alzette 2nd
UN Käerjeng 97Bascharage 6th
FC Mamer 32MamerDivision of Honour, 4th
FC MondercangeMondercangeDivision of Honour, 3rd
CS PétangePétange 8th
FC Progrès NiedercornNiederkornDivision of Honour, 2nd
Racing FC Union LuxembourgLuxembourg City 7th
FC Swift HesperangeHesperange 9th
FC Victoria RosportRosport 10th
FC Wiltz 71Wiltz 5th

Format

Unlike in previous seasons, when a more complicated system was used, the 2006-07 season involved only a round-robin amongst 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 P W D L F A GD Pts
1F91 Dudelange2621237120+5165
2FC Etzella Ettelbruck2616466030+3052
3FC Differdange 032614667141+3048
4Racing FC Union Luxembourg2611875235+1741
5FC Swift Hesperange2611874028+1241
6CS Grevenmacher2611874334+941
7FC Progrès Niedercorn26105115361-835
8UN Käerjeng 9726104123240-834
9Jeunesse Esch2695122934-532
10CS Pétange2688102938-932
11FC Wiltz 712694133138-731
12FC Victoria Rosport2676132847-1927
13FC Mondercange2646162359-3618
14FC Mamer 322616191971-529
UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round
UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round
UEFA Intertoto Cup First Round
Relegation play-off
Relegation

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Relegation play-off

National Division Score Division of Honour Date Venue
FC Victoria Rosport 2-0 CS Fola Esch 30 May 2007 Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange

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

Top goalscorers

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

Footnotes

  1. Berens, André (26 July 2006). "Dudelange still the team to beat". UEFA. Retrieved 2006-08-02.
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