2005–06 Luxembourg National Division

January 2021 noref (GreenC bot) June 2022 Luxembourg National Division 2005–06 F91 Dudelange (5th titles) Champions League F91 Dudelange UEFA Cup Jeunesse EschEtzella Ettelbruck Intertoto Cup Grevenmacher Avenir BeggenRumelange Fatih Sözen (23 goals) 2004–05 2006–07 The 2005–06 Luxembourg National Division was the 92nd season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from 7 August 2005 to 28 May 2006. The league title was won by F91 Dudelange, who also won the Luxembourg Cup to complete the Double. Teams thumb|right|175px|Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg The 2005–06 season saw the National Division's roster of twelve clubs include: FC Avenir Beggen F91 Dudelange (the reigning champions) FC Etzella Ettelbruck CS Grevenmacher Jeunesse Esch UN Käerjeng 97 (promoted from the Division of Honour) CS Pétange Racing FC Union Luxembourg US Rumelange (promoted from the Division of Honour) FC Swift Hesperange FC Victoria Rosport FC Wiltz 71 Format The twelve teams completed the round-robin by playing each other twice (once home and once away) by 2 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, Jeunesse Esch, FC Etzella Ettelbruck, and CS Grevenmacher. 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 (US Rumelange and FC Avenir Beggen in groups A and B respectively) played off against the third- and fourth-placed teams in Luxembourg's second division (FC Mondercange and FC Mamer 32), the Division of Honour. The winning team in each tie was awarded a place in the National Division in the 2006-07 season, whilst the losing team was confined to the second division. The matches were played on 28 May on neutral ground. Both National Division teams lost, thus were relegated. 2005-06 was the last season to use this format. From 2006 to 2007, a simple league round-robin will be used for the entire season. 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. Jeunesse Esch qualified for the UEFA Cup as runners-up. In addition, as F91 Dudelange and Jeunesse Esch contested the Luxembourg Cup final, the UEFA Cup assigned to the cup winners went to FC Etzella Ettelbruck, who finished third in the league. First phase Table main WDL Q DUD F91 Dudelange JEU Jeunesse Esch ETZ Etzella Ettelbruck GRE Grevenmacher WIL Wiltz 71 KÄE UN Käerjéng 97 RAC Racing FC PÉT Pétange SWI Swift Hesperange VIC Victoria Rosport RUM Rumelange AVE Avenir Beggen 16 3 3 63 15 14 2 6 49 19 13 1 8 48 36 12 2 8 51 27 9 7 6 36 27 10 4 8 36 33 10 4 8 31 30 10 2 10 29 33 6 8 8 31 37 6 5 11 24 42 3 3 16 20 58 0 5 17 10 71 green2 Qualification to championship stage QCS QCS QCS QCS red2 Qualification to relegation stage QRS QRS QRS QRS QRS QRS QRS QRS complete Luxembourg 2005/06 RSSSF https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lux06.html Results main FBR grey AVE DUD ETZ GRE JEU KAE PÉT RAC RUM SWI VIC WIL F91 Dudelange 2–0 3–1 1–2 2–0 4–0 5–0 5–1 3–1 3–0 6–1 4–1 Jeunesse Esch 0–3 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–0 4–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 5–0 8–0 Etzella Ettelbruck 1–0 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–3 1–3 5–0 2–1 4–2 4–1 5–0 Grevenmacher 1–1 0–2 4–1 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 0–1 4–0 2–0 Wiltz 71 1–1 1–3 4–3 0–0 3–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 4–0 UN Käerjéng 97 0–4 1–4 2–2 5–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 Racing FC 1–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–3 3–0 5–0 0–2 0–0 Pétange 0–1 1–2 1–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 2–0 4–2 2–0 Swift Hesperange 1–6 2–1 2–3 3–1 2–0 0–0 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 Victoria Rosport 2–4 1–0 1–2 1–4 2–2 1–1 1–3 1–0 4–3 1–0 3–0 Rumelange 0–4 1–4 0–2 0–6 1–3 3–5 1–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 4–1 Avenir Beggen 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–11 0–5 0–3 1–1 1–2 1–5 1–1 1–2 complete Second phase Championship stage Table main WDL Q DUD F91 Dudelange JEU Jeunesse Esch ETZ Etzella Ettelbruck GRE Grevenmacher 20 4 4 83 22 C 17 2 9 58 36 16 1 11 59 47 13 3 12 58 39 green1 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round CL blue1 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round UC UC lavender Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round IC complete Results main FBR grey DUD ETZ GRE JEU F91 Dudelange 9–0 3–2 0–0 Jeunesse Esch 1–4 3–1 1–0 Etzella Ettelbruck 1–4 3–1 1–0 Grevenmacher 4–1 1–4 2–4 complete Relegation stage Group A Table main WDL Q WIL Wiltz 71 RAC Racing FC SWI Swift Hesperange RUM Rumelange 13 8 7 49 36 12 5 11 40 39 9 9 10 41 44 4 4 20 25 70 R red2 Qualification to Relegation play-offs RP complete Results main FBR grey RAC RUM SWI WIL Wiltz 71 1–1 2–0 3–1 Racing FC 2–3 3–0 3–1 Swift Hesperange 5–1 2–0 2–0 Rumelange 0–3 2–0 1–1 complete Group B Table main WDL Q PÉT Pétange KÄE UN Käerjéng 97 VIC Victoria Rosport AVE Avenir Beggen 12 4 12 39 40 10 7 11 44 46 8 8 12 34 50 4 5 19 18 79 R red2 Qualification to Relegation play-offs RP complete Results main FBR grey AVE KAE PÉT VIC Pétange 3–0 1–1 2–0 UN Käerjéng 97 3–3 3–3 0–1 Victoria Rosport 2–1 0–0 0–2 Avenir Beggen 1–0 3–2 1–4 complete Relegation play-offs 28 May 2006 Avenir Beggen 2–3 yes FC Mondercange Stade rue de la Gare, Junglinster 28 May 2006 US Rumelange 0–0 yes FC Mamer 32 Stade Municipal, Schifflange 3–4 Top goalscorers RankPlayerClubGoals1Turkey Fatih SözenCS Grevenmacher232France Joris di GregorioF91 Dudelange22Belgium Fabrizio RosamiliaFC Wiltz 714Luxembourg Daniel HussCS Grevenmacher185France Rudy MarchalJeunesse Esch176Luxembourg Daniel da MotaEtzella Ettelbruck16France Stéphane MartineF91 Dudelange8Poland Tomasz GruszczyńskiF91 Dudelange159France Sergio PupovacRacing FC1410Luxembourg Carlo PaceUN Käerjeng 9713 Team changes for 2006-07 season After the 2005–06 season ended, the league was expanded from twelve teams to fourteen. The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour, FC Differdange 03 and FC Progrès Niedercorn, were promoted automatically. After losing their relegation play-offs, Avenir Beggen and US Rumelange were relegated and replaced by FC Mondercange and FC Mamer 32. References Category:Luxembourg National Division seasons Luxembourg National Division, 2005-06 1