2019–20 Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division

Season	2019–20
Dates	3 August 2019 – 8 March 2020 (Remaining matches cancelled)
Champions	not awarded
Relegated	no relegation
Champions League	Fola Esch
Europa League	Progrès Niederkorn Differdange 03 Union Titus Pétange
Matches played	119
Goals scored	403 (3.39 per match)
Top goalscorer	Danel Sinani (14 goals)
Biggest home win	Fola Esch 5–0 Rodange 91 (3 November 2019)
Biggest away win	Victoria Rosport 0–7 F91 Dudelange (29 September 2019)
Highest scoring	Hostert 3–5 Progrès Niederkorn (11 August 2019)
Longest winning run	6 matches Differdange 03
Longest unbeaten run	13 matches Fola Esch
Longest winless run	12 matches Mondorf-les-Bains
Longest losing run	5 matches Hostert
← 2018–19 2020–21 → All statistics correct as of 8 March 2020.

The 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division was the 106th season of top-tier association football in Luxembourg. The season began on 3 August 2019 and the last matches were played on 8 March 2020.[1]

F91 Dudelange were the defending champions of the league.[2]

On 28 April 2020, the league was abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic.[3] The title was not awarded, and no teams were relegated, with the league expanded to 16 teams next season for a transitional year.[4]

Teams

RM Hamm Benfica and Rumelange were relegated after the previous season.[2] Muhlenbach Blue Boys and Rodange 91 earned promotion from the Luxembourg Division of Honour and joined the league this season.[5]

Victoria Rosport

Esch

Esch teams:
Fola Esch
Jeunesse Esch

F91 Dudelange

Muhlenbach Blue Boys

UNA Strassen

Racing

Mondorf-les-Bains

Union Titus Pétange

Differdange 03

Hostert

Rodange 91

Progrès Niederkorn

Etzella Ettelbruck

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Locations of the 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Town	Venue	Capacity
FC Blue Boys Muhlenbach	Muhlenbach	Stade Mathias Mamer	1,100
Differdange 03	Differdange	Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange	3,000
Etzella Ettelbruck	Ettelbruck	Stade Am Deich	2,020
F91 Dudelange	Dudelange	Stade Jos Nosbaum	2,558
Fola Esch	Esch-sur-Alzette	Stade Émile Mayrisch	3,826
Hostert	Hostert	Stade Jos Becker	1,500
Jeunesse Esch	Esch-sur-Alzette	Stade de la Frontière	5,090
Mondorf-les-Bains	Mondorf-les-Bains	Stade John Grün	3,600
Progrès Niederkorn	Niederkorn	Stade Jos Haupert	2,800
Racing FC	Luxembourg City	Stade Achille Hammerel	5,814
Rodange	Rodange	Stade Joseph Philippart	3,400
UNA Strassen	Strassen	Complexe Sportif Jean Wirtz	2,000[6]
UT Pétange	Pétange	Stade Municipal	2,400
Victoria Rosport	Rosport	VictoriArena	1,000[7]

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fola Esch	17	12	3	2	41	17	+24	39	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Progrès Niederkorn	17	11	4	2	43	17	+26	37	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Differdange 03	17	11	2	4	36	25	+11	35
4	Union Titus Pétange	17	10	3	4	34	23	+11	33
5	F91 Dudelange	17	8	2	7	38	24	+14	26
6	UNA Strassen	17	7	5	5	30	26	+4	26
7	Racing FC	17	6	7	4	32	27	+5	25
8	Jeunesse Esch	17	5	4	8	24	34	−10	19
9	Victoria Rosport	17	5	3	9	23	35	−12	18
10	Etzella Ettelbruck	17	5	2	10	22	34	−12	17
11	Hostert	17	5	1	11	17	37	−20	16
12	Mondorf-les-Bains	17	3	6	8	22	28	−6	15
13	Rodange 91	17	4	3	10	21	37	−16	15
14	Muhlenbach Blue Boys	17	3	3	11	20	39	−19	12

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.[8]

Results

Before the season, each team was expected to play every other team in the league twice for a total of 26 matches each.[8]

Home \ Away	DIF	ETZ	DUD	FOL	HOS	JEU	MON	MUH	PRO	RAC	ROD	UNA	UTP	VIC
Differdange 03	—	2–1	0–3	—	3–1	—	1–1	—	1–5	—	2–1	4–1	2–3	—
Etzella Ettelbruck	0–3	—	1–4	0–1	0–1	—	1–3	—	0–4	—	5–2	3–2	1–2	—
F91 Dudelange	—	—	—	—	—	1–3	3–1	3–1	2–3	3–3	4–0	2–2	4–2	—
Fola Esch	1–2	3–1	2–1	—	—	—	—	4–2	2–0	—	5–0	2–1	2–0	—
Hostert	0–3	—	1–0	1–1	—	—	0–1	—	3–5	0–3	2–3	1–5	—	2–0
Jeunesse Esch	1–1	1–1	0–1	0–3	1–2	—	—	—	—	3–2	2–1	—	1–4	2–1
Mondorf-les-Bains	1–2	1–2	—	2–2	—	2–3	—	3–0	—	0–4	—	0–0	—	1–2
Muhlenbach Blue Boys	0–2	1–1	—	3–2	0–1	4–2	1–1	—	—	2–2	0–3	—	—	0–3
Progrès Niederkorn	—	—	2–0	—	4–0	4–0	2–2	5–2	—	1–2	1–0	0–0	—	2–1
Racing FC	3–2	0–3	1–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	—	—	1–1	—	—	—	2–3	2–2
Rodange 91	—	1–2	—	—	—	3–3	1–1	1–3	—	1–1	—	1–2	1–0	1–0
UNA Strassen	1–3	—	—	1–3	4–1	1–0	1–0	2–0	—	2–1	—	—	—	2–2
Union Titus Pétange	—	—	2–0	0–1	2–0	—	3–2	2–0	1–1	—	4–1	2–2	—	2–2
Victoria Rosport	2–3	3–0	0–7	0–4	—	2–1	—	2–1	0–3	—	—	—	1–2	—

Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

As of 8 March 2020[9]

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Danel Sinani	F91 Dudelange	14
2	Moussa Seydi	Fola Esch	13
3	Emmanuel Françoise	Progrès Niederkorn	11
	Yann Mabella	Racing FC
5	Artur Abreu	UT Pétange	10
6	Aleksandar Biedermann	Victoria Rosport	8
	Martin Boakye	Jeunesse Esch
	Andreas Buch	Differdange 03
	Ken Corral	Fola Esch
	Eddire Mokrani	UT Pétange
	Benjamin Runser	UNA Strassen
	Sebastian Szimayer	UNA Strassen

See also

• Luxembourg Cup
• Luxembourg Division of Honour

References

1. "BGL Ligue – programme détaillé 2019/2020". FLF. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
2. "National Division". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
3. "Informations aux clubs de la FLF – crise du CORONA COVID-19 Décisions du Conseil d'Administration". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football. 28 April 2020. Archived from the original on 28 April 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
4. "Four top clubs to play European football, no team to be crowned champion". RTL.lu. 29 April 2020.
5. "National Division". soccerway.com. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
6. "Complexe Sportif Jean Wirtz". soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
7. "FC Victoria Rosport". soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
8. "National Division". soccerway.com. Retrieved 31 January 2020.
9. "Top Scorers".

External links

• Official website