Luxembourg National Division

Association football league in Luxembourg

This article is about association football. For handball, see Luxembourg National Division (men's handball) and Luxembourg National Division (women's handball). For other uses, see National Division.

Football league

Luxembourg National Division

Founded| 1910
Country|  Luxembourg
Confederation| UEFA
Number of clubs| 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 (2nd title)
(2024–25)
Most championships| Jeunesse Esch (28 titles)
Current: 2025–26 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.

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

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

Year  | Champions  | Runners-up

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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 |

Competition abandoned due to the 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
2024–25 | FC Differdange 03 | UNA Strassen

## Statistics

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### Performance by club

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

Club  | Titles  | Runners-up  | Years Won

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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
Differdange 03 | 2  | 4  | 2023–24, 2024–25
Sporting Club Luxembourg | 2  | 3  | 1910–11, 1918–19
CS Grevenmacher | 1  | 7  | 2002–03
National Schifflange | 1  | 2  | 1951–52
Swift Hesperange | 1  | 1  | 2022–23
Racing Club Luxembourg | 1  | \-  | 1909–10
US Dudelange | \-  | 4  |
US Rumelange | \-  | 3  |
FC Etzella Ettelbruck | \-  | 2  |
Alliance Dudelange | \-  | 1  |
Sporting Club Differdange | \-  | 1  |
Racing FC Union Luxembourg | \-  | 1  |
UNA Strassen | \-  | 1  |

## Top scorers

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Year | Player | Team | Goals

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1997–98 |  Mikhail Zaritskiy | Sporting Mertzig | 29
1998–99 |  Frédéric Cicchirillo | Sporting Mertzig | 25
1999–00 |  Marcel Christophe | Mondercange | 26
2000–01 |  Mikhail Zaritskiy | Sporting Mertzig | 23
2001–02 |  Frédéric Cicchirillo | Sporting Mertzig | 23
2002–03 |  Daniel Huss | Grevenmacher | 22
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 |  Jorginho  | Differdange 03 | 25
2024–25 |  Matheus | UNA Strassen |

## Player records

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### Appearances

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Rank[15] | Name  | Games  | Playing position  | First match  | Last match

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|
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1  |  Jonathan Joubert | 529 | Goalkeeper | 1999-00 | 2022–23
2  |  Daniel da Mota | 444 | Winger | 2001–02 | 2022–23
3  |  Denis Scuto | 424 | Midfielder | 1981–82 | 2001–02
4  |  René Peters | 422 | Midfielder | 2000–01 | 2018–19
5  |  Théo Scholten | 419 | Midfielder | 1983–84 | 1998–99

### Goals

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Rank  | Name  | Goals  | Games  | Goals per game  | Playing position  | First goal  | Last goal

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1  |  Armin Krings | 255 | 347 | 0.73 | Forward | 1981–82 | 1997–98
2  |  Daniel Huss | 228 | 364 | 0.63 | Forward | 1996–97 | 2013-14
3  |  Patrick Morocutti | 223 | 343 | 0.65 | Forward | 1986–87 | 2000–01

## Notes

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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

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