2008–09 Luxembourg National Division

March 2023 BGL Ligue 2008–09 F91 Dudelange7th championship SC Steinfort Avenir Beggen Champions League F91 Dudelange Europa League FC Differdange 03 CS Grevenmacher UN Käerjeng 97 (via domestic cup) RFCU 9–0 Avenir F91 9–0 Steinfort Rumelange 0–5 Käerjeng RFCU 9–0 Avenir F91 9–0 Steinfort 182 582 2007–08 2009–10 The 2008–09 Luxembourg National Division (also known as BGL Ligue due to sponsorship reasons) was the 95th season of top-tier football in Luxembourg. It started on 2 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009. F91 Dudelange successfully defended their title and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Runners-up FC Differdange 03 and third-placed CS Grevenmacher, as well as domestic cup winners UN Käerjeng 97, will participate in the UEFA Europa League. SC Steinfort and Avenir Beggen were directly relegated while US Rumelange retained their National Division status via relegation play-off. Team changes from 2007–08 FC Victoria Rosport and CS Pétange were relegated to the Division of Honour after finishing 13th and 14th in 2007–08. They were replaced by Division of Honour 2007–08 champions US Rumelange and runners-up CS Fola Esch. FC Wiltz 71 as 12th-placed team had to compete in a single play-off match against 3rd-placed Division of Honour sides SC Steinfort. Steinfort won the match, 2–0, and thus gained promotion to the National Division while Wiltz were relegated as well. Stadia and locations Luxembourg 275 right Location of teams in National Division 2008–09 Luxembourg 49.646389 6.135278 Beggen Luxembourg 49.522158 5.875475 Differdange Luxembourg 49.472222 6.084722 Dudelange Luxembourg 49.846111 6.098611 Ettelbruck Luxembourg 49.492222 5.989722 Fola Esch Luxembourg 49.686814 6.448609 Grevenmacher left Luxembourg 49.485833 5.976944 Jeunesse Esch left Luxembourg 49.574153 5.916821 Käerjeng Luxembourg 49.54611 5.90337 Niederkorn Luxembourg 49.604722 6.140278 Racing FCU left Luxembourg 49.615 6.154722 RM Hamm B. Luxembourg 49.456822 6.033003 Rumelange bottom Luxembourg 49.664601 5.917045 Steinfort Luxembourg 49.575393 6.158111 Hesperange TeamVenueCapacityAvenir Beggen FC Avenir BeggenStade rue Henri Dunant4,830Differdange FC Differdange 03Stade du Thillenberg7,830Dudelange F91 DudelangeStade Jos Nosbaum2,600Etzella Ettelbrück FC Etzella EttelbruckStade Am Deich2,650Fola Esch CS Fola EschStade Émile Mayrisch3,900Grevenmacher CS GrevenmacherOp Flohr Stadion4,000Jeunesse Esch Jeunesse EschStade de la Frontière5,400Käerjeng UN Käerjeng 97Stade um Bëschel1,000Progrès Niederkorn FC Progrès NiederkornStade Jos Haupert4,830Racing FC Racing FC Union LuxembourgStade Achille Hammerel5,814RM Hamm Benfica FC RM Hamm BenficaLuxembourg-Cents2,800Rumelange US RumelangeStade Municipal2,950Steinfort SC SteinfortStade Demy Steichen1,500Swift Hesperange FC Swift HesperangeStade Alphonse Theis3,058 League table main WDL QR F91 F91 Dudelange DIF Differdange 03 GRE Grevenmacher JEU Jeunesse Esch FOL Fola Esch RMH RM Hamm Benfica PRO Progrès Niederkorn ETZ Etzella Ettelbruck KÄE UN Käerjeng 97 RAC Racing FC SWI Swift Hesperange RUM Rumelange STF SC Steinfort AVE Avenir Beggen 19 5 2 70 18 C 15 6 5 51 37 12 10 4 55 29 12 10 4 45 27 11 6 9 43 42 10 7 9 38 29 9 9 8 53 44 8 8 10 43 48 9 4 13 39 42 8 6 12 45 48 8 5 13 29 41 7 6 13 34 48 O 5 6 15 21 54 R 3 4 19 16 75 R green1 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round CL2 blue1 Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round EL1b EL2 blue2 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round EL1 blue2 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round F91 Dudelange won the 2008–09 Luxembourg Cup competition. Because Dudelange are champions and qualified for 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Käerjéng, the cup runners-up, will enter the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and league second place Differdange receive the second qualifying round spot. EL1b red2 Qualification to Relegation play-offs RP red1 Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour R R 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored. complete soccerway.comLuxembourg 2008/09 Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/lux09.html Results main FBR grey AVE DIF DUD ETZ FOL GRE JEU KÄE PRO RAC RMH RUM STF SWI Avenir Beggen 0–2 0–2 0–1 1–4 1–2 0–2 1–1 0–3 1–0 0–4 0–2 0–0 1–3 Differdange 03 1–1 1–4 2–1 2–3 2–2 2–1 1–4 4–0 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 F91 Dudelange 5–0 1–2 2–0 4–3 1–3 4–0 3–1 3–0 6–0 1–1 3–2 9–0 4–2 Etzella Ettelbruck 2–3 3–1 0–3 3–0 3–0 2–2 1–1 4–4 3–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–0 Fola Esch 3–1 2–3 0–2 1–4 2–2 3–0 0–1 2–0 3–0 1–0 0–0 2–4 3–1 Grevenmacher 6–1 2–0 0–0 6–0 1–1 1–1 3–3 0–0 0–0 1–0 1–3 4–0 0–1 Jeunesse Esch 1–1 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–3 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–0 0–0 UN Käerjeng 97 2–0 1–3 0–3 2–3 0–1 0–2 1–4 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 1–2 0–0 Progrès Niederkorn 8–0 2–3 1–1 2–2 4–0 1–4 2–2 2–1 3–3 0–2 3–3 3–0 1–1 Racing FC 9–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 2–2 1–3 0–2 1–4 0–1 3–0 3–4 3–1 1–0 RM Hamm Benfica 5–0 0–1 1–1 3–1 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 0–2 4–2 2–1 1–3 Rumelange 3–0 1–3 0–1 0–0 4–1 1–1 0–2 0–5 1–5 1–2 0–0 2–1 0–1 SC Steinfort 3–1 0–3 0–3 1–1 0–2 1–5 0–3 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 1–1 Swift Hesperange 1–3 1–3 0–1 3–2 0–1 1–3 0–3 2–0 0–4 3–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 The match between RFCU Luxembourg and RM Hamm Benfica originally finished 1–1, but was eventually registered with 3–0 due to unknown reasons. complete soccerway.com Relegation play-offs 12th placed US Rumelange competed in a relegation play-offs match against the third placed team of Luxembourg Division of Honour, FC Erpeldange 72. 1 June 2009 19:00 US Rumelange 2–0 FC Erpeldange 72 Stade rue Henri Dunant, Beggen, Luxembourg City Top goalscorers Source: RankPlayerClubGoals1France Pierre PiskorFC Differdange 03302Luxembourg Daniel HussCS Grevenmacher203France Didier ChaillouProgrès Niederkorn194Poland Tomasz Gruszczynski F91 Dudelange165France Tony VairellesF91 Dudelange13France Romain ZéwéProgrès Niederkorn7France Nicolas CaldieriProgrès Niederkorn12Turkey Fatih SözenSwift Hesperange9Luxembourg Stephano BensiUS Rumelange11Germany Jeremy LarocheJeunesse Esch References Category:Luxembourg National Division seasons Lux 1