2020–21 Luxembourg National Division

The 2020–21 Luxembourg National Division season was the 107th of top-tier association football in Luxembourg. The season began on 22 August 2020 and ended on 30 May 2021.[1] The league winners qualified to participate in the 2021–22 UEFA Champions League.

Luxembourg National Division
Season2020–21
Dates23 August 2020 – 30 May 2021
ChampionsFola Esch
RelegatedNone
Champions LeagueFola Esch
Conference LeagueF91 Dudelange
Swift Hesperange
Racing FC
Matches played240
Goals scored739 (3.08 per match)

Teams

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No teams were relegated at the end of the previous season. As a result, the league expanded to 16 teams.[2] Swift Hesperange and Wiltz earned promotion from the Luxembourg Division of Honour and competed in the league this season.[3]

Locations of the 2020–21 Luxembourg National Division teams

Stadia and locations

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Team Town Venue Capacity
Differdange 03 Differdange Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange 3,000
Etzella Ettelbruck Ettelbruck Stade Am Deich 2,020
F91 Dudelange Dudelange Stade Jos Nosbaum 2,558
Fola Esch Esch-sur-Alzette Stade Émile Mayrisch 3,826
Hostert Hostert Stade Jos Becker 1,500
Jeunesse Esch Esch-sur-Alzette Stade de la Frontière 5,090
Mondorf-les-Bains Mondorf-les-Bains Stade John Grün 3,600
Progrès Niederkorn Niederkorn Stade Jos Haupert 2,800
Racing FC Luxembourg City Stade Achille Hammerel 5,814
RM Hamm Benfica Hamm, Luxembourg City Terrain de Football Cents 2,800
Rodange Rodange Stade Joseph Philippart 3,400
Swift Hesperange Hesperange Stade Alphonse Theis 3,058
UNA Strassen Strassen Complexe Sportif Jean Wirtz 2,000[4]
UT Pétange Pétange Stade Municipal 2,400
Victoria Rosport Rosport VictoriArena 1,000[5]
Wiltz Wiltz Stade Géitz 2,000

League table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Fola Esch (C) 30 21 5 4 89 35 +54 68 Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2 F91 Dudelange 30 20 6 4 70 29 +41 66 Qualification for the Europa Conference League second qualifying round
3 Swift Hesperange 30 19 8 3 72 30 +42 65 Qualification for the Europa Conference League first qualifying round
4 Racing FC 30 17 3 10 47 29 +18 54
5 Progrès Niederkorn 30 15 8 7 48 30 +18 53
6 Differdange 03 30 13 6 11 51 48 +3 45
7 Wiltz 30 13 5 12 45 42 +3 44
8 Jeunesse Esch 30 12 7 11 41 43 −2 43
9 Hostert 30 9 10 11 47 56 −9 37
10 UNA Strassen 30 9 8 13 44 65 −21 35
11 Mondorf-les-Bains 30 7 7 16 33 56 −23 28
12 Rodange 91 30 6 10 14 27 52 −25 28
13 Victoria Rosport 30 8 3 19 37 67 −30 27
14 RM Hamm Benfica 30 5 11 14 33 48 −15 26
15 Etzella Ettelbruck 30 5 9 16 32 57 −25 24
16 Union Titus Pétange 30 5 6 19 23 52 −29 21
Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Matches won; 4) Head-to-head points; 5) Head-to-head goal difference; 6) Head-to-head goals scored; 7) Play-off.
(C) Champions

Results

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Each team will play every other team in the league twice for a total of 30 matches each.

Home \ Away DIF ETZ DUD FOL HOS JEU MON PRO RAC RMH ROD SWI UNA UTP VIC WIL
Differdange 03 3–0 1–0 1–4 0–1 1–2 1–4 0–3 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–1 1–1 2–2 2–3 1–1
Etzella Ettelbruck 0–3 0–3 3–2 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–2 2–1 1–1 0–0 2–4 2–2 4–0 1–3
F91 Dudelange 3–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–1 4–3 5–1 2–3 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–3
Fola Esch 5–0 3–0 5–0 5–2 1–1 2–3 4–3 3–2 4–0 4–1 2–2 4–1 4–0 2–0 5–0
Hostert 4–5 3–0 2–1 3–3 1–1 4–4 0–3 0–5 0–3 3–3 0–3 2–4 2–0 3–1 1–2
Jeunesse Esch 1–4 1–1 1–5 0–3 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 3–0 4–0 1–0 1–1
Mondorf-les-Bains 1–3 2–3 0–3 1–2 1–1 2–3 0–1 3–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 0–1 2–2 0–3
Progrès Niederkorn 1–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 1–0 2–0 4–1 1–1 2–5 2–1 3–2 3–2 2–0
Racing FC 3–0 3–1 1–2 1–3 0–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 1–0 0–3 1–0
RM Hamm Benfica 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 1–2 1–1 5–0 1–1
Rodange 91 1–3 1–0 0–3 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–0 0–2 0–4 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–2 1–0
Swift Hesperange 3–1 5–2 1–2 2–2 2–0 5–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 4–0 7–0 1–0 1–0 4–2
UNA Strassen 1–1 1–1 2–6 1–4 3–2 0–5 3–0 0–4 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 4–1 1–3 2–0
Union Titus Pétange 0–2 0–2 0–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–5 0–0 0–1 0–1 2–0 2–0 5–1
Victoria Rosport 3–2 0–3 0–4 1–5 0–3 2–3 3–4 1–0 1–2 2–2 3–1 0–4 2–0 3–0 0–2
Wiltz 0–2 2–1 0–0 1–2 1–2 1–0 5–0 3–0 0–1 5–3 2–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–0
Source: Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "BGL Ligue". FLF. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  2. ^ "Four top clubs to play European football, no team to be crowned champion". RTL.lu. 26 July 2020.
  3. ^ "Promotion d'Honneur". soccerway.com. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Complexe Sportif Jean Wirtz". soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
  5. ^ "FC Victoria Rosport". soccerway. Retrieved 16 July 2015.
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