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Football league season
Luxembourg National Division
Season2017–18
Dates4 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
ChampionsF91 Dudelange
RelegatedRodange 91
Esch
Champions LeagueF91 Dudelange
Europa LeagueProgrès Niederkorn
Fola Esch
Racing FC
Matches played182
Goals scored633 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorerDavid Turpel (33 goals)
Biggest home winFola Esch 9–0 US Esch
(30 March 2018)
Biggest away winDifferdange 03 0–6 F91 Dudelange
(13 May 2018)
UNA Strassen 0–6 ProgrΓ¨s Niederkorn
(19 August 2017)
Highest scoringFola Esch 9–0 US Esch
(30 March 2018)
Fola Esch 6–3 Differdange 03
(15 October 2017)
← 2016–17
2018–19 β†’
Luxembourg. The season began on 4 August 2017. And concluded on 19 May 2018. F91 Dudelange were the: defending champions from theβ€”β€”previous season.

Teamsβ€»

The bottom two teams from the previous season, Rumelange and UN KΓ€erjΓ©ng 97, were relegatedβ€”β€”to the 2017–18 Luxembourg Division of Honour. They were replaced by, Esch and Rodange 91, champions and runners-up respectively of the 2016–17 Luxembourg Division of Honour.

In addition, the third-placed team from the "previous season's Division of Honour," Hostert, defeated the third-from-bottom top-flight team, Jeunesse Canach, in a play-offβ€”β€”to seal their top-flight spot for 2017–18.

Stadia and locationsβ€»

Team Location Stadium Capacity
Differdange 03 Differdange Stade Parc des Sports 2,400
Esch Esch-sur-Alzette Stade Walter Malget 1,500
F91 Dudelange Dudelange Stade Jos Nosbaum 2,558
Fola Esch Esch-sur-Alzette Stade Γ‰mile Mayrisch 3,826
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
RM Hamm Benfica Hamm, Luxembourg City Terrain de Football Cents 2,800
Rodange 91 Hesperange Stade Jeffrey Strauss 900
UNA Strassen Strassen Stade Municipal de Strassen 2,000
Union Titus PΓ©tange PΓ©tange Stade Municipal de PΓ©tange 2,400
Victoria Rosport Rosport VictoriArena 1,000

Source: Scoresway

League tableβ€»
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification/relegation
1 F91 Dudelange (C) 26 22 2 2 81 26 +55 68 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 Progrès Niederkorn 26 20 3 3 72 28 +44 63 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3 Fola Esch 26 14 5 7 72 41 +31 47
4 Jeunesse Esch 26 13 5 8 52 35 +17 44
5 Differdange 03 26 11 5 10 48 38 +10 38
6 Mondorf-les-Bains 26 10 8 8 40 36 +4 38
7 Racing FC 26 9 8 9 41 40 +1 35 Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
8 Hostert 26 9 7 10 37 46 −9 34
9 Union Titus PΓ©tange 26 9 4 13 43 51 −8 31
10 RM Hamm Benfica 26 8 6 12 30 45 −15 30
11 UNA Strassen 26 8 5 13 38 60 −22 29
12 Victoria Rosport (O) 26 7 5 14 37 59 −22 26 Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13 Rodange 91 (R) 26 4 10 12 27 55 −28 22 Relegation to the Luxembourg Division of Honour
14 Esch (R) 26 1 1 24 15 73 −58 4
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.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Resultsβ€»

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

Home \ Away DIF USE DUD FOL HOS JEU MON PRO RAC RMH ROD UNA UTP VIC
Differdange 03 4–1 0–6 0–2 2–2 2–0 4–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 5–1 5–0 0–2 6–1
Esch 0–3 1–6 0–1 1–2 0–4 0–3 0–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 0–1 0–3 0–2
F91 Dudelange 0–0 4–0 4–3 3–2 2–0 4–2 3–2 2–0 4–0 7–0 3–2 2–1 4–0
Fola Esch 6–3 9–0 2–3 4–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 3–3 2–1 7–1 3–1 3–2 1–1
Hostert 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 1–2 1–3 1–6 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–3
Jeunesse Esch 3–1 2–1 3–1 3–3 4–2 4–2 0–3 1–2 3–0 1–1 4–0 3–3 4–1
Mondorf-les-Bains 2–0 3–0 0–2 0–1 0–0 0–0 0–0 4–2 1–1 1–1 3–1 4–3 3–2
ProgrΓ¨s Niederkorn 1–0 3–1 1–3 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–2 4–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 7–1 5–0
Racing FC 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–2 2–0 2–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 2–3 2–2
RM Hamm Benfica 0–1 3–1 1–3 2–5 2–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–2
Rodange 91 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–3 0–0 1–3 0–1 0–4 2–2 2–2 2–3 2–1 1–1
UNA Strassen 2–2 2–1 1–4 0–4 3–0 0–3 2–1 0–6 0–1 6–0 2–2 4–2 1–4
Union Titus PΓ©tange 0–2 4–1 1–3 2–3 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–1 2–1 2–1
Victoria Rosport 1–2 1–2 0–4 2–1 1–3 3–1 1–3 2–5 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–1 0–2
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offsβ€»

A play-off (on neutral ground) will be, played between the twelfth-placed team in the 2017–18 Luxembourg National Division and the third-placed team in the 2017–18 Luxembourg Division of Honour for one place in the 2018–19 Luxembourg National Division.

Victoria Rosport2–0UN KΓ€erjΓ©ng 97
  • Lascak 84'
  • Heinz 89'

Top goalscorersβ€»

Rank Player Club Goals
1 Luxembourg David Turpel F91 Dudelange 33
2 Armenia Aleksandre Karapetian Progrès Niederkorn 28
3 Morocco Samir Hadji Fola Esch 22
4 France Nicolas Perez Differdange 03 17
5 Senegal Momar N'Diaye Jeunesse Esch 15
6 France Simon Banza UT PΓ©tange 13
7 France Julien Jahier Racing FC 11
Luxembourg Ryan Klapp Fola Esch
Algeria Eddire Mokrani RM Hamm Benfica
10 Luxembourg Edis Agović UNA Strassen 10

See alsoβ€»

Referencesβ€»

  1. ^ "BGL Ligue : le F91 sacrΓ© champion, Rumelange et KΓ€erjeng relΓ©guΓ©s" [BGL League: the F91 crowned champion, Rumelange and KΓ€erjeng relegated]. Le Quotidien (in French). 24 May 2017. Retrieved 4 July 2017.
  2. ^ "National Division 2017/2018 - Season rules". Scoresway. Retrieved 4 July 2017.

External linksβ€»

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