The National Division ( lb, Nationaldivisioun, french: Division Nationale, german: Nationaldivision) is the highest
football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...
league in
Luxembourg
Luxembourg ( ; lb, Lëtzebuerg ; french: link=no, Luxembourg; german: link=no, Luxemburg), officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, ; french: link=no, Grand-Duché de Luxembourg ; german: link=no, Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small lan ...
. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the
Luxembourg Football Federation
The Luxembourg Football Federation ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Foussballfederatioun; french: Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football, FLF; german: Luxemburger Fußballföderation) is the governing body of football in Luxembourg. It organises the Luxembou ...
managed to seal a sponsorship deal with
Fortis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the
2006–07 season. Following the abandonment of the previous season, the
2020–21 season saw the further expansion of the league to 16 teams. The current champions are
F91 Dudelange
F91 Dudelange (; lb, F91 Diddeleng, italic=no, ) is a Luxembourger professional football club based in Dudelange which plays in the Luxembourg National Division.
It was formed in 1991 as a merger between three teams in the town: Alliance Dud ...
.
The competition was first held in 1909–10, and has been held every year since, with the exceptions of 1912–13 and four seasons during the Second World War. The competition was called the Luxembourgish Championship ( lb, Lëtzebuerger Championnat, french: Championnat Luxembourgeois) until 1913–14. From the 1914–15 season until 1931–32 it was called the Premier Division ( lb, Éischt Divisioun, french: Première Division). It was then called the Division of Honour ( lb, Éirendivisioun, french: Division d'Honneur) from 1932–33 to 1956–57. Since the 1957–58 season, the competition has been known as the National Division.
Winners
Champions were (team names in French):
Statistics
Performance by club
Teams in ''italics'' no longer exist.
Top scorers
References
External links
Federation website(French)
at fifa.com
{{UEFA national champions
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Top level football leagues in Europe
Sports leagues established in 1909