The 2006–07

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 93rd season of top level

association football Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 Football player, players who almost exclusively use their feet to propel a Ball (association football), ball around a rectangular f ...

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 ...

. The competition ran from 5 August 2006 to 30 May 2007.

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, ...

continued their domination of the National Division by winning their third league title in a row; Dudelange also won the

Luxembourg Cup The Luxembourg Cup () is the national Single-elimination tournament, knockout cup competition in Luxembourgian Association football, football. It was first held in 1922, and has been held annually since, with the exception of the four seasons du ...

to complete the Double.

Teams

The National Division was expanded from the 2005–06 season's complement of twelve teams to fourteen. Those fourteen clubs were:

Format

Unlike in previous seasons, when a more complicated system was used, the 2006–07 season involved only a round-robin among the fourteen teams. Thus, each team played 26 games over the course of the calendar.

European qualification

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

UEFA Champions League The UEFA Champions League (UCL) is an annual club association football competition organised by the UEFA, Union of European Football Associations (UEFA) that is contested by List of top-division football clubs in UEFA countries, top-divisio ...

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

UEFA Cup The asterisk ( ), from Late Latin , from Ancient Greek , , "little star", is a Typography, typographical symbol. It is so called because it resembles a conventional image of a star (heraldry), heraldic star. Computer scientists and Mathematici ...

, for the runners-up and the

winners. However, as

won both the National Division and the Luxembourg Cup (as they had in 2005–06), the UEFA Cup spot for the Luxembourg Cup winners went to the losing finalists,

UN Käerjeng 97 The United Nations (UN) is the Earth, global intergovernmental organization established by the signing of the Charter of the United Nations, UN Charter on 26 June 1945 with the stated purpose of maintaining international peace and internationa ...

Pre-season predictions

At the beginning of the season,

were widely predicted to successfully defend their title. Dudelange strengthened their first-team squad by signing Thierry Joly and Alexandre Lecomte, whilst also holding on to most of their existing players. By comparison,

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 ...

and Etzella Ettelbruck, Dudelange's closest challengers in 2005–06, have lost key players; Jeunesse captain Manuel Cardoni became

player-manager A player–coach (also playing coach, captain–coach, or player–manager) is a member of a sports team who simultaneously holds both playing and coaching duties. Player–coaches may be head coaches or assistant coaches, and they may make chang ...

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 ...

, whilst Etzella lost Patrick Grettnich to retirement, and both Luc Mischo and Marc Reuter to

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 ...

Final standings

Results

Relegation play-off

As a result of their victory,

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 ...

remained in the National Division for the 2007–08 season.

Top goalscorers

Footnotes

{{DEFAULTSORT:2006-07 Luxembourg National Division Luxembourg National Division seasons Luxembourg National Division, 2006-07 1