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2016–17 Luxembourg National Division
The 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division was the 103rd season of football in Luxembourg. The season started on 6 August 2016 and ended on 21 May 2017. Teams The following 3 clubs left the National Division before the season - * FC Wiltz 71 – relegated to Luxembourg Division of Honour * FC Etzella Ettelbruck – relegated to Luxembourg Division of Honour * CS Grevenmacher – relegated to Luxembourg Division of Honour The following 3 clubs joined the National Division before the season - * UN Käerjeng 97 – promoted from Luxembourg Division of Honour * Union Titus Pétange – promoted from Luxembourg Division of Honour * FC Jeunesse Canach – promoted from Luxembourg Division of Honour Source: Soccerway League table Results Each team plays every other team in the league twice, home-and-away, for a total of 26 matches played each. Relegation play-offs A play-off (on neutral ground) was played between the twelfth-placed team in the 2016–17 Luxembourg National Di ...
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Luxembourg National Division
The National Division (, , ), known as the BGL Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest association football, football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis (finance), Fortis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006–07 Luxembourg National Division, 2006–07 season. Following the abandonment of the previous season, the 2020–21 Luxembourg National Division, 2020–21 season saw the further expansion of the league to 16 teams. The current champions are Differdange 03. The competition was first held in 1909–10 Luxembourg National Division, 1909–10, and has been held every year since, with the exceptions of 1912–13 and four seasons during the Second World War. It was also abandoned after 17 games in the 2019–20 Luxembourg National Division, 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg, COVID-19 pa ...
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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 the Nazi occupation of the Second World War, the club was renamed '' 'FK Grevenmacher' '', as part of Gauleiter Gustav Simon's policy of Germanisation. The club's name reverted to '' 'CS Grevenmacher' '' upon liberation in 1944. 1949–50 was the first season in which Grevenmacher played in the top league, the National Division. In 1950–51, the team reached the final of the Luxembourg Cup, but lost to SC Tétange in a replay. In the 1990s, Grevenmacher established themselves as one of the perennial challengers for trophies. In 1993–94, CS Grevenmacher finished in second place in the National Division, qualifying for the UEFA Cup for the first time. The club's first piece of silverware came in the 1994–95 Luxembourg Cup; in Grev ...
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Stade De La Frontière
The Stade de la Frontière is a multi-purpose stadium in Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg. It is currently used mostly for football (soccer), football matches and is the home stadium of Jeunesse Esch. The stadium holds 8,200 people. History Stade de la Frontière was constructed in 1920 as one of the first purpose built football stadiums in Luxembourg. In 1937, the stadium was expanded to satisfy the demands of a more professional football system. The stadium continued to be used by Jeunesse Esch during the Nazi occupation of Luxembourg, where they were forced to play in the German regional leagues. In 1970, the Canton of Esch-sur-Alzette, as the owners, paid to renovate the stadium. This included rotating the pitch 90 degrees. This was done utilising extra land provided by the Aciéries Réunies de Burbach-Eich-Dudelange (ARBED) steel company. This expansion also brought local residences to form a part of the stadium's border walls. Jeunesse Esch installed advertising panels t ...
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Stade Rue De Lenningen
Stade Rue de Lenningen is a football (soccer), football stadium in Canach, in south-eastern Luxembourg. It is currently the home stadium of FC Jeunesse Canach.Terrain
- FC Canach The stadium has a capacity of 1,000.


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Stade Émile Mayrisch
Stade Émile Mayrisch is a football and athletics stadium, in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. The stadium has a capacity of 1,632. Original capacity before stadium became all-seater was 3,826. It is named after Luxembourgian industrialist and steel industry trail-blazer Émile Mayrisch. It is currently the home stadium of the football club CS Fola Esch Sporting Circle Fola Esch (), usually abbreviated to Fola Esch or simply Fola, is a professional football club based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. They play their home games at Stade Émile Mayrisch, in the south of the city ... and the athletics club CA Fola Esch. References External linksWorld Stadiums - LuxembourgStadiumDB page
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Stade Jos Nosbaum
The Stade Jos Nosbaum is a Association football, football stadium in Dudelange, in southern Luxembourg. It is currently the home stadium of F91 Dudelange. Until 1991, it was the home of US Dudelange. The stadium has a capacity of 2,558. References Picturesat europlan-online.deWorld Stadiums – Luxembourg
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Stade Municipal De La Ville De Differdange
The Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange or simply Stade Municipal is a stadium in the town of Differdange, Luxembourg. It is one of the home grounds of FC Differdange 03, along with Stade du Thillenberg, and holds 2,400 people with 1,922 seats. History The stadium was constructed between May 2011 and August 2012. It was initially a project to replace Stade Josy Barthel as Luxembourg's new national stadium. References

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FC Victoria Rosport
Football Club Victoria Rosport is a football club based in Rosport, eastern Luxembourg. In 2005, Rosport met IFK Göteborg in the first round of the Intertoto Cup. Because Rosport's stadium was not up to UEFA standards, the match was played at Stade Josy Barthel, the stadium of the Luxembourg national team, at the time. Current squad References External links Victoria Rosport official websitefootball-lineups Victoria Rosport Rosport Victoria Rosport Football Club Victoria Rosport is a football club based in Rosport, eastern Luxembourg. In 2005, Rosport met IFK Göteborg in the first round of the Intertoto Cup. Because Rosport's stadium was not up to UEFA standards, the match was played at St ... 1928 establishments in Luxembourg {{Luxembourg-footyclub-stub ...
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FC UNA Strassen
FC UNA Strassen, founded in 1922 is a professional football club based in Strassen, Southern Luxembourg. They play at the top of Luxembourg’s football pyramid, in the Luxembourg National Division alongside 15 other clubs. History Early Years (1922 - 1999) The club was founded in 1922 as Union Athlétique Strassen. The team began to work their way up to the top flight in the late 1990s and gradually earned promotion to the National Division after the 2014-15 season. The 1998-99 2. Division (Division. 4) season was the take-off season for UNA Strassen. They topped Serie 2 of the Division (the second of four groups), and so earning themselves promotion from the 4th Division to the 3rd Division. Post-2000 Successes (2000 - ) The wait for another promotion was at last ended just over 10 years after their pre-millennium success. In the 2010-11 1. Division (Div. 3), UNA Strassen secured top spot of Serie 2 (the second of two groups), and in turn gaining promotion once ...
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FC RM Hamm Benfica
F.C. Luxembourg City is a football club, based in Hamm, a quarter of Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. History The club was founded on 26 March 2004 after a fusion between ''FC Hamm 37'' and ''FC RM 86 Luxembourg''. They spent their first seasons in the Second Division but clinched promotion to the Luxembourg National Division The National Division (, , ), known as the BGL Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest association football, football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to sea ... after the 2006–07 season. FC RM (Rapid Mansfeldia) 86 Luxembourg was itself founded after ''FC Rapid Neudorf'' (founded in 1909) and ''FC Mansfeldia Clausen-Cents '' (founded in 1919) merged in 1986 after both clubs were relegated from their respective divisions. FC Hamm 37 was founded in 1937. At around the end of the 2021-2022 season, the club changed its name to F.C. Luxembourg City with the ...
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Racing FC Union Luxembourg
Racing Fussball Club Union Luxembourg (), usually abbreviated to Racing-Union, is a professional football club based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. The etymology of the name originates from Racing Club Luxembourg and Union Sportive Luxembourg, two successful historic clubs of the many that merged to create it. Other clubs that were merged throughout history to form the current club include CA Spora Luxembourg, Sporting Club Luxembourg, CS Alliance 01, FC Aris Bonnevoie, US Hollerich Bonnevoie and Jeunesse Sportive Verlorenkost. History Glorious Early Days Racing Club Luxembourg was founded in 1907 and became the first official Champion of Luxembourg by winning the title in 1909–10. RC Luxembourg also won the first Cup in 1922. Along with Sporting Club Luxembourg and Union Sportive Hollerich, the three clubs of the capital dominated Luxembourgish football in its early days. The supremacy of the capital city's footballers was such that, for the first offici ...
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US Mondorf-les-Bains
US Mondorf-Les-Bains is a football club, based in Mondorf-les-Bains, in south-eastern Luxembourg. The club fields teams from age groups 5-21 along with a senior team, containing 431 total members, making US Mondorf-Les-Bains the largest sports club in the municipality. History US Mondorf-Les-Bains was founded in 1915, originating as a "youth club". The club has played in the BGL Ligue since the 2014-15 season Current squad ''As of 4 February 2025.'' Honours *Luxembourg Cup **''Runners-up (1):''2015-16 References External links * Football clubs in Luxembourg US Mondorf US Mondorf US Mondorf-Les-Bains is a football club, based in Mondorf-les-Bains, in south-eastern Luxembourg. The club fields teams from age groups 5-21 along with a senior team, containing 431 total members, making US Mondorf-Les-Bains the largest sports cl ...
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