The 2003–04 Luxembourg National Division was the 90th season of top level

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. The competition ran from 9 August 2003 to 16 May 2004 with Jeunesse Esch winning the title.

Teams

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

FC Avenir Beggen Football Club Avenir Beggen is a football club, based in Beggen, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The club were founded in 1915 as FC Daring Beggen but changed their name to FC Avenir Beggen a year later. In 1940, they were ...

* F91 Dudelange *

FC Etzella Ettelbruck Foussballclub Etzella Ettelbréck, abbreviated to either FC Etzella or Etzella Ettelbruck, is a football club, based in Ettelbruck, in north-eastern Luxembourg. History In the 2005–06 season, Etzella finished third in the National Division, ...

(promoted from the Division of Honour) *

CS Grevenmacher Club Sportif Grevenmacher is a football club, based in Grevenmacher, in eastern Luxembourg. History The club was founded in 1909 as '' 'Stade Mosellan' ''. The current name of the club, '' 'CS Grevenmacher' '', was adopted in 1919. During t ...

* Jeunesse Esch (the reigning champions) * FC Mondercange *

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* CA Spora Luxembourg (promoted from the Division of Honour) * FC Swift Hesperange * Union Luxembourg * FC Victoria Rosport *

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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,

, and

. 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

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 straightforward round-robin.

European qualification

Luxembourg was assigned one spot in the first qualifying round of the

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, for the league champions; it was also assigned two spots in the first qualifying round of the

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, for the runners-up and the winners of the

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. 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 (

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) 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.

First phase

Table

Results

Second phase

Championship stage

Table

Results

Relegation stage

Group A

= Table

= Results

Group B

= Table

= Results

Top goalscorers

Team changes for 2004-05 season

The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour,

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and

, were promoted automatically. FC Mondercange and

were relegated.

References

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