Luxembourg National Division 2003-04

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The 2003-04 season of Luxembourg's National Division ran from 9 August 2003 to 16 May 2004. The league title was won by Jeunesse Esch.

1 Teams
2 Format
3 European qualification
4 Final standings
- 4.1 First stage
- 4.2 Second stage
5 Top goalscorers
6 Team changes for 2004-05 season

[edit] Teams

Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg.

The 2003-04 season saw the National Division's roster of twelve clubs include:

FC Avenir Beggen
F91 Dudelange
FC Etzella Ettelbruck (promoted from the Division of Honour)
CS Grevenmacher
Jeunesse Esch (the reigning champions)
FC Mondercange
US Rumelange
CA Spora Luxembourg (promoted from the Division of Honour)
FC Swift Hesperange
Union Luxembourg
FC Victoria Rosport
FC Wiltz 71

[edit] Format

The twelve teams completed the round-robin by playing each other twice (once home and once away) by 4 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 Jeunesse Esch, F91 Dudelange, 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, Jeunesse Esch, the top team in the title group, was declared the league champion. The fourth-placed team in each of the relegation groups (FC Mondercange and US Rumelange 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 straight-forward round-robin.

[edit] 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, Jeunesse Esch qualified for the Champions League. F91 Dudelange qualified for the UEFA Cup as runners-up. In addition, as F91 Dudelange won the Luxembourg Cup and the other finalist (CS Pétange) was not a National Division team, the UEFA Cup spot assigned to the cup winners went to FC Etzella Ettelbruck, who finished third in the league.

[edit] Final standings

[edit] First stage

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Jeunesse Esch	22	19	1	2	56	13	+43	58	Qualify for title play-off
2	F91 Dudelange	22	14	4	4	52	19	+33	46	Qualify for title play-off
3	FC Etzella Ettelbruck	22	12	8	2	56	29	+27	44	Qualify for title play-off
4	CS Grevenmacher	22	11	3	8	47	33	+14	36	Qualify for title play-off
5	CA Spora Luxembourg	22	12	0	10	49	48	+1	36
6	Union Luxembourg	22	9	5	8	31	21	+10	32
7	FC Swift Hesperange	22	8	1	13	28	41	-13	25
8	FC Victoria Rosport	22	7	3	12	33	38	-6	24
9	FC Avenir Beggen	22	5	5	12	28	55	-27	18
10	US Rumelange	22	4	6	12	28	55	-27	18
11	FC Mondercange	22	5	3	14	24	52	-28	18
12	FC Wiltz 71	22	5	3	14	20	48	-28	18

[edit] Second stage

[edit] Title Play-off

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Jeunesse Esch	28	22	2	4	70	23	+47	68	Champions; qualify for the UEFA Champions League
2	F91 Dudelange	28	18	5	5	62	26	+36	59	Qualify for the UEFA Cup
3	FC Etzella Ettelbruck	28	13	9	6	63	41	+22	48
4	CS Grevenmacher	28	13	4	111	56	44	+12	43

[edit] Relegation Group A

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	CA Spora Luxembourg	28	14	2	12	56	57	-1	44
2	FC Swift Hesperange	28	10	2	16	34	47	-13	32
3	FC Avenir Beggen	28	7	7	14	28	54	-26	28
4	FC Mondercange	28	7	6	15	32	58	-26	27	Relegated

[edit] Relegation Group B

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Union Luxembourg	28	11	6	11	44	31	+15	39
2	FC Victoria Rosport	28	9	4	15	38	50	-12	31
3	FC Wiltz 71	28	7	7	14	31	54	-23	28
4	US Rumelange	28	6	8	14	37	66	-29	26	Relegated

[edit] Top goalscorers

Pos	Player	Club	Goals
1	José Gomes	CA Spora Luxembourg	24
2	Patrick Grettnich	FC Etzella Ettelbruck	21
3	Daniel Huss	CS Grevenmacher	17
4	Frédéric Cicchirillo	F91 Dudelange	16
5	Philippe Dillmann	US Rumelange	15
6	Luc Mischo	FC Etzella Ettelbruck	14
=7	Tomasz Gruszczyński	CS Grevenmacher	13
=7	Aldino Medina	FC Avenir Beggen	13
=7	Sascha Schneider	Jeunesse Esch	13
=7	Ahmed Zerrouki	CS Grevenmacher	13

[edit] Team changes for 2004-05 season

The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour, CS Alliance 01 and CS Pétange, were promoted automatically. FC Mondercange and US Rumelange were relegated.

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