The 2005–06

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 ...

was the 92nd season of top level

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. The competition ran from 7 August 2005 to 28 May 2006. The league title was won by

F91 Dudelange F91 Dudelange (; , ) is a Luxembourgish professional Association football, 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 Dudelange, ...

, who also won the

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to complete the Double.

Teams

The 2005–06 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 we ...

(the reigning champions) *

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, ...

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 ...

Jeunesse Esch Jeunesse Esch (full name ''Association Sportive la Jeunesse d'Esch/Alzette'') is a professional football club based in Esch-sur-Alzette, in south-western Luxembourg. The side play in the National Division, the highest league in the country, and ...

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(promoted from the Division of Honour) *

CS Pétange Club Sportif Pétange is a former football club, based in Pétange, in south-western Luxembourg. In 2015 it folded and merged with FC Titus Lamadelaine to form Union Titus Pétange. History In the 2007–08 season, Pétange finished fourteenth ...

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 Sport ...

US Rumelange Union Sportive Rumelange, usually abbreviated to US Rumelange, is a football club, based in Rumelange, in south-western Luxembourg. History In the 2005–2006 season, Rumelange finished eleventh in the National Division. It was almost impos ...

(promoted from the Division of Honour) *

FC Swift Hesperange Football Club Swift Hesperange (, ) is a association football, football football club, club, based in Hesperange, in southern Luxembourg. History *1916: Club founded as ''FC Swift Hesperange'' *1940: Club renamed as ''FV Rot-Weiß Hesperingen'' ...

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 St ...

FC Wiltz 71 FC Wiltz 71 is a professional association football (soccer), association football football club, club based in the town of Wiltz, in north-western Luxembourg. The team competes in the Luxembourg National Division, the top tier of football in Luxem ...

Format

The twelve teams completed the round-robin by playing each other twice (once home and once away) by 2 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 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, F91 Dudelange, the top team in the title group, was declared the league champion. The fourth-placed team in each of the relegation groups (

and

in groups A and B respectively) played off against the third- and fourth-placed teams in Luxembourg's second division (

FC Mondercange Football Club Mondercange is a football club, based in Mondercange, in south-western Luxembourg. In the 2005–06 season, Mondercange finished third in the Division of Honour. This qualified Mondercange for a play-off with FC Avenir Beggen, wh ...

and

FC Mamer 32 FC Mamer 32 is a football club based in Mamer, Luxembourg. History FC Mamer was founded in 1932. The club plied its trade in the lower leagues of Luxembourgish football for most of its first sixty years, and only reached the third tier (the ' ...

), the Division of Honour. The winning team in each tie was awarded a place in the National Division in the 2006-07 season, whilst the losing team was confined to the second division. The matches were played on 28 May on neutral ground. Both National Division teams lost, thus were relegated. 2005-06 was the last season to use this format. From 2006 to 2007, a simple league round-robin will be used for the entire season.

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

. As league champions, F91 Dudelange qualified for the Champions League. Jeunesse Esch qualified for the UEFA Cup as runners-up. In addition, as F91 Dudelange and Jeunesse Esch contested the Luxembourg Cup final, the UEFA Cup 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

Relegation play-offs

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Top goalscorers

Team changes for 2006-07 season

After the 2005–06 season ended, the league was expanded from twelve teams to fourteen. The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour,

FC Differdange 03 Foussballclub Differdange 03 is a professional association football, football club based in Differdange, Luxembourg. The club currently competes in Luxembourg National Division, the highest division in Luxembourg. Founded in 2003, FDC03 played i ...

and

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, were promoted automatically. After losing their relegation play-offs,

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 we ...

and

were relegated and replaced by

and

References

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