2004–05 Luxembourg National Division

The 2004–05 Luxembourg National Division was the 91st season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from 7 August 2004 to 29 May 2005 with F91 Dudelange winning the title.

Luxembourg National Division
Season2004–05
ChampionsF91 Dudelange

Teams
Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg

The 2004–05 season saw the National Division's roster of twelve clubs include:

Format

The twelve teams completed the round-robin by playing each other twice (once home and once away) by 24 April. Then, the league divided into three. The top four teams were separated from the rest and formed the 'Title group' . The bottom eight teams were then subdivided into two groups of four, titled 'Relegation group A' and 'Relegation group B' . In the event, the top four were F91 Dudelange, FC Etzella Ettelbruck, Jeunesse Esch, and FC Victoria Rosport.

In each of the three mini-leagues, each team played each of the three other teams in the mini-league twice (once home and once away). To these results were added the 22 results of the first stage. The overall points totals (and goal difference, etc.) were used to determine each club's position in its respective mini-league.

After calculating the final results after 28 games, F91 Dudelange, the top team in the title group, was declared the league champion. The fourth-placed team in each of the relegation groups (Union Luxembourg and CA Spora Luxembourg in groups A and B respectively) was relegated to the Division of Honour.

This format is no longer used; the current season, 2006–07 uses a straightforward round-robin.

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 winners of the Luxembourg Cup. As league champions, F91 Dudelange qualified for the Champions League. Etzella Ettelbruck qualified for the UEFA Cup as runners-up. CS Pétange qualified for the UEFA Cup by the Luxembourg Cup.

Final standings

First stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F91 Dudelange 22 18 2 2 56 13 +43 56 Qualify for title play-off
2 FC Etzella Ettelbruck 22 17 1 4 57 23 +34 52
3 Jeunesse Esch 22 12 5 5 50 28 +22 41
4 FC Victoria Rosport 22 12 5 5 43 33 +10 41
5 CS Grevenmacher 22 9 5 8 40 27 +13 32
6 FC Swift Hesperange 22 8 5 9 28 34 −6 29
7 CS Alliance 01 22 8 4 10 31 47 −16 28
8 CS Pétange 22 8 3 11 38 34 +4 27
9 FC Wiltz 71 22 8 1 13 25 37 −12 25
10 CA Spora Luxembourg 22 5 3 14 24 54 −30 18
11 Union Luxembourg 22 3 5 14 14 44 −30 14
12 FC Avenir Beggen 22 2 5 15 20 52 −32 11
Source:

Second stage

Title play-off
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 F91 Dudelange 28 22 4 2 74 15 +59 70 Champions; qualify for the UEFA Champions League
2 FC Etzella Ettelbruck 28 20 4 4 68 29 +39 64 Qualify for the UEFA Cup
3 Jeunesse Esch 28 13 6 9 58 45 +13 45
4 FC Victoria Rosport 28 13 5 10 45 47 −2 44
Source:

Relegation Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 CS Alliance 01 28 12 5 11 45 54 −9 41
2 CS Grevenmacher 28 11 7 10 57 40 +17 40
3 FC Wiltz 71 28 8 2 18 30 56 −26 26
4 Union Luxembourg 28 6 7 15 26 53 −27 25 Relegated
Source:

Relegation Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 FC Swift Hesperange 28 11 6 11 39 46 −7 39
2 CS Pétange 28 10 5 13 50 45 +5 35
3 FC Avenir Beggen 28 6 6 16 37 60 −23 24
4 CA Spora Luxembourg 28 5 5 18 29 68 −39 20 Relegated
Source:

Top goalscorers
Pos Player Club Goals
1 Sergio Pupovac CS Alliance 01 24
2 Daniel Huss CS Grevenmacher 21
3 Stéphane Martine F91 Dudelange 20
4 Laurent Dutheil CS Pétange 19
5 Patrick Grettnich FC Etzella Ettelbruck 15
=6 Philippe Dürrer FC Swift Hesperange 13
=6 Ahmed El Aouad CS Grevenmacher 13
=6 Luc Mischo FC Etzella Ettelbruck 13
=6 Frank Wagner FC Victoria Rosport 13
=6 Stefan Wagner Jeunesse Esch 13
=6 Patrick Zöllner FC Victoria Rosport 13

Team changes for 2005–06 season

The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour, UN Käerjeng 97 and US Rumelange, were promoted automatically.

After the 2004–05 season ended, the two relegated clubs, Spora Luxembourg and Union Luxembourg, went ahead with the pre-arranged amalgamation with CS Alliance 01, another National Division club based in Luxembourg City. The new club, Racing FC Union Luxembourg, took Alliance 01's place in the National Division, leaving no teams to be relegated to the Division of Honour.

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