2006–07 Luxembourg National Division


The 2006–07 Luxembourg National Division was the 93rd season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from 5 August 2006 to 30 May 2007. F91 Dudelange continued their domination of the National Division by winning their third league title in a row; Dudelange also won the Luxembourg Cup to complete the Double.

Teams

The National Division was expanded from the 2005–06 season's complement of twelve teams to fourteen. Those fourteen clubs were:
ClubTown2005–06 Season
FC Differdange 03DifferdangeDivision of Honour, 1st
F91 DudelangeDudelange1st
FC Etzella EttelbruckEttelbruck3rd
CS GrevenmacherGrevenmacher4th
Jeunesse EschEsch-sur-Alzette2nd
UN Käerjeng 97Bascharage6th
FC Mamer 32MamerDivision of Honour, 4th
FC MondercangeMondercangeDivision of Honour, 3rd
CS PétangePétange8th
FC Progrès NiedercornNiederkornDivision of Honour, 2nd
Racing FC Union LuxembourgLuxembourg City7th
FC Swift HesperangeHesperange9th
FC Victoria RosportRosport10th
FC Wiltz 71Wiltz5th

Format

Unlike in previous seasons, when a more complicated system was used, the 2006–07 season involved only a round-robin among the fourteen teams. Thus, each team played 26 games over the course of the calendar.

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 Luxembourg Cup winners. However, as F91 Dudelange won both the National Division and the Luxembourg Cup, the UEFA Cup spot for the Luxembourg Cup winners went to the losing finalists, UN Käerjeng 97.

Pre-season predictions

At the beginning of the season, F91 Dudelange were widely predicted to successfully defend their title. Dudelange strengthened their first-team squad by signing Thierry Joly and Alexandre Lecomte, whilst also holding on to most of their existing players. By comparison, Jeunesse Esch and Etzella Ettelbruck, Dudelange's closest challengers in 2005-06, have lost key players; Jeunesse captain Manuel Cardoni became player-manager of US Rumelange, whilst Etzella lost Patrick Grettnich to retirement, and both Luc Mischo and Marc Reuter to Racing FC Union Luxembourg.

Final standings

Relegation play-off

National DivisionScoreDivision of HonourDateVenue
FC Victoria Rosport2-0CS Fola Esch30 May 2007Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange

As a result of their victory, FC Victoria Rosport remained in the National Division for the 2007–08 season.

Top goalscorers

PosPlayerClubGoals
1Daniel Da MotaFC Etzella Ettelbruck24
2Pierre PiskorFC Differdange 0323
3Joris Di GregorioF91 Dudelange21
=4Yannick BianchiniRacing FC Union Luxembourg16
=4Didier ChaillouProgrès Niedercorn16
=4Soriba CamaraProgrès Niedercorn16
7Marcel ChristopheFC Differdange 0315
8Aldino MedinaFC Swift Hesperange14
9Sergio PupovacRacing FC Union Luxembourg13
=10Sully BilonProgrès Niedercorn12
=10Rudy MarchalJeunesse Esch12

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