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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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Luxembourg
Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembourg City, is one of the four institutional seats of the European Union and hosts several EU institutions, notably the Court of Justice of the European Union, the highest judicial authority in the EU. As part of the Low Countries, Luxembourg has close historic, political, and cultural ties to Belgium and the Netherlands. Luxembourg's culture, people, and languages are greatly influenced by France and Germany: Luxembourgish, a Germanic language, is the only recognized national language of the Luxembourgish people and of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg; French is the sole language for legislation; and both languages along with German are used for administrative matters. With an area of , Luxembourg is Europe's seventh-smallest count ...
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COVID-19 Pandemic In Luxembourg
The COVID-19 pandemic in Luxembourg is part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 () caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (). The virus was confirmed to have reached Luxembourg on 29 February 2020. As of , there are confirmed cases, with deaths in Luxembourg. __TOC__ Background On 12 January, the World Health Organization (WHO) confirmed that a novel coronavirus was the cause of a respiratory illness in a cluster of people in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, who had initially come to the attention of the WHO on 31 December 2019. Unlike SARS of 2003, the case fatality ratio for COVID-19 has been much lower, but the transmission has been significantly greater, with a significant total death toll. Timeline February 2020 On 29 February the Ministry of Health of Luxembourg confirmed the first case of the coronavirus in the country. The patient was a man in his forties who had returned from Italy via Charleroi, Belgium. He rep ...
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1917–18 Luxembourg National Division
The 1917–18 Luxembourg National Division was the 8th season of top level association football in Luxembourg. Overview It was contested by 6 teams, and 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 ... won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesLuxembourg - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1917-18 1917–18 in European association football leagues Nat {{Luxembourg-footy-competition-stub ...
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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, which they share with their sister athletics club CA Fola Esch. History Founded in 1906 by the English language teacher Jean Roeder, Fola was the first football club in Luxembourg. During its heyday, it was the best club in the country, winning four National Division championships and two Luxembourg Cups between 1918 and 1924. Fola won another championship in 1930 and the Luxembourg Cup in 1955, but had since this time lost its place in Luxembourg's top flight. Fola stubbornly rejected a merger with its larger neighbours, Jeunesse Esch, during the wave of consolidation in the 1990s. In 2004–05, Fola were relegated to the third tier of Luxembourgish football, but were promoted the following season. In 2006–07 they finished thir ...
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1916–17 Luxembourg National Division
The 1916–17 Luxembourg National Division was the 7th season of top level association football in Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour .... Overview It was contested by 6 teams, and US Hollerich Bonnevoie won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesLuxembourg - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1916-17 1916–17 in European association football leagues Nat {{Luxembourg-footy-competition-stub ...
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1915–16 Luxembourg National Division
The 1915–16 Luxembourg National Division was the 6th season of top level association football in Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour .... Overview It was contested by 6 teams, and US Hollerich Bonnevoie won the championship. League standings Results ReferencesLuxembourg - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1915-16 1915–16 in European association football leagues Nat {{Luxembourg-footy-competition-stub ...
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1914–15 Luxembourg National Division
The 1914–15 Luxembourg National Division was the fifth season of top level association football in Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour .... Overview It was contested by 11 teams, and Sporting Club Luxembourg won the championship. Group A Group B Group C Group D Group E Playoffs for the championship Final ReferencesLuxembourg - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1914-15 1914–15 in European association football leagues Nat {{Luxembourg-footy-competition-stub ...
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1913–14 Luxembourg National Division
The 1913–14 Luxembourg National Division was the fourth season of top level association football in Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour .... Overview It was performed by 6 teams, and US Hollerich won the championship. League standings ReferencesLuxembourg - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1913-14 1913–14 in European association football leagues Nat {{Luxembourg-footy-competition-stub ...
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1911–12 Luxembourg National Division
The 1911–12 Luxembourg National Division was the 3rd season of top level association football in Luxembourg Luxembourg, officially the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, is a landlocked country in Western Europe. It is bordered by Belgium to the west and north, Germany to the east, and France on the south. Its capital and most populous city, Luxembour .... Overview It was performed by 4 teams, and US Hollerich won the championship. League standings ReferencesLuxembourg - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1911-12 1911–12 in European association football leagues Nat {{Luxembourg-footy-competition-stub ...
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FA Red Boys Differdange
Football Association Red Boys Differdange was a football club, based in Differdange, in south-western Luxembourg. It is now a part of FC Differdange 03. History Red Boys was founded as ''SC Differdange'' in 1907, the year after Luxembourg's first club, Fola Esch, had been set up. Despite the clubs provenance, its first appearance in Luxembourg's league as Red Boys Differdange came only in 1919 (and, then, only in the second division). Soon, though, Red Boys would embark upon the greatest runs of success in Luxembourgish football. During the 1920s and 1930s, Red Boys competed with Spora Luxembourg for dominance of Luxembourgish football. Red Boys was the more successful of the two, and won thirteen trophies in as many years between 1923 and 1936. Despite the staunch competition (Spora won 8 trophies in the same period), this record has never been matched. Despite fading after the Second World War, Red Boys remained one of the largest and most successful teams in Luxembourgis ...
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Sporting Club Luxembourg
Sporting Club Luxembourg are a now defunct Luxembourgian football team which was merged with Racing Club Luxembourg to become CA Spora Luxembourg CA Spora Luxembourg was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is now a part of Racing FC Union Luxembourg. History Spora was founded in 1923 as an amalgam of Racing Club Luxembourg and Sporting Club Luxembour ... in 1923. The club was founded on 26 May 1908. References {{Authority control Defunct football clubs in Luxembourg Football clubs in Luxembourg City 1908 establishments in Luxembourg 1923 disestablishments in Luxembourg Association football clubs established in 1908 ...
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1910–11 Luxembourg National Division
The 1910–11 Luxembourg National Division was the second season of top level association football in Luxembourg. Overview It was performed by 4 teams, and Sporting Club Luxembourg Sporting Club Luxembourg are a now defunct Luxembourgian football team which was merged with Racing Club Luxembourg to become CA Spora Luxembourg CA Spora Luxembourg was a football club, based in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is ... won the championship. League standings Final ReferencesLuxembourg - List of final tables (RSSSF) 1910-11 1910–11 in European association football leagues Nat {{Luxembourg-footy-competition-stub ...
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