1996–97 Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division
Season	1996–97
Champions	Jeunesse Esch (24th titles)
Relegated	Aris Bonnevoie; Rodange 91
Champions League	Jeunesse Esch
UEFA Cup	Grevenmacher
Cup Winners' Cup	Union Luxembourg
Matches played	132
Goals scored	441 (3.34 per match)
Top goalscorer	Mikhail Zaritskiy (19 goals)
Biggest home win	Jeunesse Esch 7-0 Rumelange
Biggest away win	Sporting Mertzig 1-7 Jeunesse Esch; US Rumelange 0-6 Union Luxembourg
Highest scoring	Rumelange 3-7 Spora
Longest unbeaten run	Jeunesse Esch (22 Matches)
	← 1995–96 1997–98 →

Overview

It was performed in 12 teams, and Jeunesse Esch won the championship.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Jeunesse Esch (C)	22	17	5	0	56	11	+45	56	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Grevenmacher	22	15	5	2	56	20	+36	50	Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3	Union Luxembourg	22	10	8	4	44	23	+21	38	Qualification to Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
4	Avenir Beggen	22	11	5	6	45	27	+18	38
5	Wiltz 71	22	11	3	8	32	40	−8	36
6	Sporting Mertzig	22	8	8	6	45	39	+6	32
7	Hobscheid	22	7	5	10	23	42	−19	26
8	Spora Luxembourg	22	6	5	11	33	40	−7	23
9	F91 Dudelange	22	6	4	12	27	43	−16	22
10	Rumelange	22	5	3	14	33	59	−26	18
11	Rodange 91 (R)	22	4	4	14	25	42	−17	16	Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour
12	Aris Bonnevoie (R)	22	2	5	15	22	55	−33	11	Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Home \ Away	ARI	AVE	DUD	GRE	HOB	JEU	ROD	RUM	SPO	MER	UNI	WIL
Aris Bonnevoie		3–1	3–1	1–3	1–1	0–3	1–0	5–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	5–0
Avenir Beggen	0–4		4–0	2–6	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–1	0–3	2–2	1–2	0–0
F91 Dudelange	1–1	2–1		0–1	0–1	2–2	1–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–3
Grevenmacher	0–0	3–3	3–1		6–1	0–0	3–1	5–1	3–0	3–1	0–2	4–0
Hobscheid	0–5	2–1	1–4	0–4		0–2	4–2	1–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–1
Jeunesse Esch	2–1	1–0	4–0	0–0	3–1		2–0	7–0	4–1	2–0	1–1	3–1
Rodange 91	1–2	5–1	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–1		2–4	3–3	1–1	0–2	0–1
Rumelange	0–0	3–0	0–3	1–4	4–0	0–2	4–1		3–7	2–3	0–6	1–3
Spora Luxembourg	3–2	1–1	0–1	0–2	0–2	0–2	1–0	1–1		2–2	1–3	2–1
Sporting Mertzig	4–1	5–1	6–3	3–0	1–0	1–7	5–0	2–1	1–4		1–2	1–2
Union Luxembourg	4–1	5–0	1–1	1–2	2–2	3–3	2–0	2–2	1–1	1–1		1–2
Wiltz 71	0–5	4–2	3–1	1–3	1–0	0–4	2–2	2–1	2–1	1–1	2–0

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.