Luxembourg National Division

The National Division (Luxembourgish: Nationaldivisioun, French: Division Nationale, German: Nationaldivision), known as the BGL Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis^{[citation needed]}. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006–07 season. Following the abandonment of the previous season, the 2020–21 season saw the further expansion of the league to 16 teams. The current champions are Differdange 03.

Luxembourg National Division

Founded	1910
Country	Luxembourg
Confederation	UEFA
Number of teams	16
Level on pyramid	1
Relegation to	Division of Honour
Domestic cup(s)	Luxembourg Cup
International cup(s)	UEFA Champions League UEFA Conference League
Current champions	Differdange 03 (1st title) (2023–24)
Most championships	Jeunesse Esch (28 titles)
Current: 2024–25 Luxembourg National Division

The competition was first held in 1909–10, and has been held every year since, with the exceptions of 1912–13 and four seasons during the Second World War. It was also abandoned after 17 games in the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

The competition was called the Luxembourgish Championship (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger Championnat, French: Championnat Luxembourgeois) until 1913–14. From the 1914–15 season until 1931–32 it was called the Premier Division (Luxembourgish: Éischt Divisioun, French: Première Division). It was then called the Division of Honour (Luxembourgish: Éirendivisioun, French: Division d'Honneur) from 1932–33 to 1956–57. Since the 1957–58 season, the competition has been known as the National Division.

Winners

Champions were (team names in French):^[1]

Year	Champions	Runners-up
1909–10	Racing Club Luxembourg	US Hollerich
1910–11	Sporting Club Luxembourg	Sporting Club Differdange
1911–12	US Hollerich	Sporting Club Luxembourg
1912–13	Not held
1913–14	US Hollerich	Sporting Club Luxembourg
1914–15	US Hollerich	Jeunesse Esch
1915–16	US Hollerich	Sporting Club Luxembourg
1916–17	US Hollerich	Fola Esch
1917–18	Fola Esch	US Hollerich
1918–19	Sporting Club Luxembourg	Fola Esch
1919–20	Fola Esch	Stade Dudelange
1920–21	Jeunesse Esch	Fola Esch
1921–22	Fola Esch	Union Luxembourg
1922–23	Red Boys Differdange	Stade Dudelange
1923–24	Fola Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1924–25	Spora Luxembourg	Stade Dudelange
1925–26	Red Boys Differdange	Spora Luxembourg
1926–27	Union Luxembourg	Red Boys Differdange
1927–28	Spora Luxembourg	Stade Dudelange
1928–29	Spora Luxembourg	Fola Esch
1929–30	Fola Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1930–31	Red Boys Differdange	Spora Luxembourg
1931–32	Red Boys Differdange	Progrès Niederkorn
1932–33	Red Boys Differdange	Spora Luxembourg
1933–34	Spora Luxembourg	Red Boys Differdange
1934–35	Spora Luxembourg	Red Boys Differdange
1935–36	Spora Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1936–37	Jeunesse Esch	Progrès Niederkorn
1937–38	Spora Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1938–39	Stade Dudelange	US Dudelange
1939–40	Stade Dudelange	US Dudelange
1941–1944	Not held due to World War II. Also, the German government forced the teams from Luxembourg to play in the German championship.
1944–45	Stade Dudelange	Spora Luxembourg
1945–46	Stade Dudelange	US Dudelange
1946–47	Stade Dudelange	US Dudelange
1947–48	Stade Dudelange	Union Luxembourg
1948–49	Spora Luxembourg	Fola Esch
1949–50	Stade Dudelange	National Schifflange
1950–51	Jeunesse Esch	National Schifflange
1951–52	National Schifflange	Spora Luxembourg
1952–53	Progrès Niederkorn	Jeunesse Esch
1953–54	Jeunesse Esch	Fola Esch
1954–55	Stade Dudelange	Fola Esch
1955–56	Spora Luxembourg	Stade Dudelange
1956–57	Stade Dudelange	Jeunesse Esch
1957–58	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1958–59	Jeunesse Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1959–60	Jeunesse Esch	Stade Dudelange
1960–61	Spora Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1961–62	Union Luxembourg	Alliance Dudelange
1962–63	Jeunesse Esch	Union Luxembourg
1963–64	Aris Bonnevoie	Union Luxembourg
1964–65	Stade Dudelange	Union Luxembourg
1965–66	Aris Bonnevoie	Union Luxembourg
1966–67	Jeunesse Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1967–68	Jeunesse Esch	US Rumelange
1968–69	Avenir Beggen	Jeunesse Esch
1969–70	Jeunesse Esch	US Rumelange
1970–71	Union Luxembourg	Aris Bonnevoie
1971–72	Aris Bonnevoie	US Rumelange
1972–73	Jeunesse Esch	Union Luxembourg
1973–74	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1974–75	Jeunesse Esch	Avenir Beggen
1975–76	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1976–77	Jeunesse Esch	Progrès Niederkorn
1977–78	Progrès Niederkorn	Jeunesse Esch
1978–79	Red Boys Differdange	Progrès Niederkorn
1979–80	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1980–81	Progrès Niederkorn	Red Boys Differdange
1981–82	Avenir Beggen	Progrès Niederkorn
1982–83	Jeunesse Esch	Avenir Beggen
1983–84	Avenir Beggen	Red Boys Differdange
1984–85	Jeunesse Esch	Red Boys Differdange
1985–86	Avenir Beggen	Jeunesse Esch
1986–87	Jeunesse Esch	Avenir Beggen
1987–88	Jeunesse Esch	Spora Luxembourg
1988–89	Spora Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1989–90	Union Luxembourg	Avenir Beggen
1990–91	Union Luxembourg	Jeunesse Esch
1991–92	Union Luxembourg	Avenir Beggen
1992–93	Avenir Beggen	Union Luxembourg
1993–94	Avenir Beggen	CS Grevenmacher
1994–95	Jeunesse Esch	CS Grevenmacher
1995–96	Jeunesse Esch	CS Grevenmacher
1996–97	Jeunesse Esch	CS Grevenmacher
1997–98	Jeunesse Esch	Union Luxembourg
1998–99	Jeunesse Esch	F91 Dudelange
1999–2000	F91 Dudelange	CS Grevenmacher
2000–01	F91 Dudelange	CS Grevenmacher
2001–02	F91 Dudelange	CS Grevenmacher
2002–03	CS Grevenmacher	F91 Dudelange
2003–04	Jeunesse Esch	F91 Dudelange
2004–05	F91 Dudelange	FC Etzella Ettelbruck
2005–06	F91 Dudelange	Jeunesse Esch
2006–07	F91 Dudelange	FC Etzella Ettelbruck
2007–08	F91 Dudelange	Racing FC Union Luxembourg
2008–09	F91 Dudelange	FC Differdange 03
2009–10	Jeunesse Esch	F91 Dudelange
2010–11	F91 Dudelange	Fola Esch
2011–12	F91 Dudelange	Jeunesse Esch
2012–13	Fola Esch	F91 Dudelange
2013–14	F91 Dudelange	Fola Esch
2014–15	Fola Esch	FC Differdange 03
2015–16	F91 Dudelange	Fola Esch
2016–17	F91 Dudelange	FC Differdange 03
2017–18	F91 Dudelange	Progrès Niederkorn
2018–19	F91 Dudelange	Fola Esch
2019–20	Not awarded, abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic[2][3]
2020–21	Fola Esch	F91 Dudelange
2021–22	F91 Dudelange	FC Differdange 03
2022–23	Swift Hesperange	Progrès Niederkorn
2023–24	FC Differdange 03	Swift Hesperange

Statistics

Performance by club

Teams in bold are still playing in the National Division. Teams in italics no longer exist.

Club	Titles	Runners-up	Years Won
Jeunesse Esch	28	13	1920–21, 1936–37, 1950–51, 1953_54, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2009–10
F91 Dudelange	16	6	1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22
CA Spora Luxembourg	11	10	1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1988–89
Stade Dudelange	10	6	1938–39, 1939–40, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1964–65
CS Fola Esch	8	11	1917–18, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1929–30, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2020–21
FA Red Boys Differdange[a]	6	10	1922–23, 1925–26, 1930–31, 1931–32, 1932–33, 1978–79
Union Luxembourg	6	9	1926–27, 1961–62, 1970–71, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92
FC Avenir Beggen	6	5	1968–69, 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86, 1992–93, 1993–94
US Hollerich Bonnevoie	5	2	1911–12, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1915–16, 1916–17
FC Progrès Niederkorn	3	6	1952–53, 1977–78, 1980–81
FC Aris Bonnevoie	3	1	1963–64, 1965–66, 1971–72
Sporting Club Luxembourg	2	3	1910–11, 1918–19
CS Grevenmacher	1	7	2002–03
FC Differdange 03[a]	1	4	2023–24
National Schifflange	1	2	1951–52
Racing Club Luxembourg	1	-	1909–10
Swift Hesperange	1	-	2022–23
US Dudelange	-	4
US Rumelange	-	3
FC Etzella Ettelbruck	-	2
Alliance Dudelange	-	1
Sporting Club Differdange	-	1
Racing FC Union Luxembourg	-	1

Top scorers

Year	Player	Team	Goals
2003–04	José Andrade	Spora Luxembourg	24
2004–05	Sergio Pupovac	Alliance 01	24
2005–06	Fatih Sözen	Grevenmacher	23
2006–07	Daniel da Mota	Etzella Ettelbruck	24
2007–08	Emmanuel Coquelet	F91 Dudelange	20
2008–09	Pierre Piskor[4]	Differdange 03	30
2009–10	Daniel Huss[5]	Grevenmacher	22
2010–11	Sanel Ibrahimović[6]	Wiltz 71	18
2011–12	Omar Er Rafik[7]	Differdange 03	23
2012–13	Edis Osmanović[8]	Wiltz 71	21
2013–14	Sanel Ibrahimović[9]	Jeunesse Esch	22
2014–15	Sanel Ibrahimović[10]	Jeunesse Esch	21
2015–16	Julien Jahier[11]	Racing	25
2016–17	Omar Er Rafik[12]	Differdange 03	26
2017–18	David Turpel[13]	F91 Dudelange	33
2018–19	Samir Hadji[14]	Fola Esch	23
2019–20	Not awarded, abandoned due to COVID-19 pandemic
2020–21	Zachary Hadji	Fola Esch	33
2021–22	Dominik Stolz	Swift Hesperange	19
2022–23	Rayan Philippe	Swift Hesperange	29
2023–24	Jorge Gabriel Costa Monteiro	Differdange 03	25

Notes

1. FA Red Boys Differdange and AS Differdange merged to form FC Differdange 03 in 2003. Together the three have won 7 championships and been runners-up 14 times.

References

1. "Luxembourg - List of Champions". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 9 August 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
2. "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.
3. "Four top clubs to play European football, no team to be crowned champion". RTL.lu. 29 April 2020.
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8. "2012-13 National Division". Soccerway. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
9. "2013-14 National Division". Soccerway. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2018.
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External links

• Official website (in French)
• FIFA.com (archived 17 December 2013)
• UEFA.com