2011–12 Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division
Season	2011–12
Champions	F91 Dudelange
Relegated	FC Swift Hesperange US Rumelange US Hostert
Champions League	F91 Dudelange
Europa League	Jeunesse Esch CS Grevenmacher FC Differdange 03
Matches played	182
Goals scored	592 (3.25 per match)
Top goalscorer	Omar Er Rafik (Differdange 03) (23)
Biggest home win	F91 10-0 Pétange
Biggest away win	Hostert 1-9 F91
Highest scoring	Hostert 1-9 F91 RM Hamm B. 8-2 Swift F91 10-0 Pétange
← 2010–11 2012–13 →

The 2011–12 Luxembourg National Division was the 98th season of top-tier football in Luxembourg. It began on 5 August 2011 and ended on 13 May 2012. F91 Dudelange were the defending champions having won their ninth league championship in the previous season.

Team changes from 2010-11

Etzella Ettelbruck and Jeunesse Canach were relegated to the Division of Honour after finishing 13th and 14th in the previous season. Jeunesse Canach were relegated after one year in the top flight while Etzella leave after an eight-year stay in the league. They were replaced by 2010–11 Division of Honour champions Union 05 Kayl-Tétange and runners-up Rumelange. Kayl-Tétange are taking part in this competition for the first time in their history, while Rumelange return to the league after a one-year absence.

Wiltz 71 as 12th-placed team had to compete in a single play-off match against 3rd-placed Division of Honour side Hostert. Hostert won the match after a penalty shootout, thus winning promotion to the league for the first time in their history. Meanwhile, Wiltz 71 were relegated after one year in the league.

Stadia and locations

Location of teams in 2011–12 Luxembourg National Division

Team	Venue	Capacity
Differdange !FC Differdange 03	Stade du Thillenberg	7,830
Dudelange !F91 Dudelange	Stade Jos Nosbaum	2,600
Fola Esch !CS Fola Esch	Stade Émile Mayrisch	3,900
Grevenmacher !CS Grevenmacher	Op Flohr Stadion	4,000
Hostert !US Hostert	Stade Jos Becker	1,500
Jeunesse Esch !Jeunesse Esch	Stade de la Frontière	5,400
Käerjeng !UN Käerjeng 97	Stade um Bëschel	1,000
Petange !CS Pétange	Stade Municipal (Pétange)	3,300
Progres Niederkorn !FC Progrès Niederkorn	Stade Jos Haupert	4,830
Racing FC !Racing FC Union Luxembourg	Stade Achille Hammerel	5,814
RM Hamm Benfica !FC RM Hamm Benfica	Luxembourg-Cents	2,800
Rumelange !US Rumelange	Stade Municipal (Rumelange)	2,950
Swift Hesperange !FC Swift Hesperange	Stade Alphonse Theis	3,058
Union 05 Kayl-Tétange !Union 05 Kayl-Tétange	Stade Victor Marchal	1,000

League table


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	F91 Dudelange !F91 Dudelange (C)	26	16	6	4	67	20	+47	54	2012–13 UEFA Champions League First qualifying round
2	Jeunesse Esch !Jeunesse Esch	26	15	6	5	56	37	+19	51	2012–13 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ¹
3	Grevenmacher !Grevenmacher	26	14	7	5	50	27	+23	49
4	Differdange 03 !Differdange 03	26	13	9	4	64	26	+38	48
5	UN Käerjeng 97 !UN Käerjeng 97	26	12	7	7	37	35	+2	43
6	Fola Esch !Fola Esch	26	10	8	8	41	30	+11	38
7	RM Hamm Benfica !RM Hamm Benfica	26	12	2	12	54	47	+7	38
8	Pétange !Pétange	26	10	6	10	29	37	−8	36
9	Progrès Niederkorn !Progrès Niederkorn	26	9	6	11	32	35	−3	33
10	Racing FC !Racing FC	26	7	11	8	40	41	−1	32
11	Union 05 Kayl-Tétange !Union 05 Kayl-Tétange	26	8	5	13	39	51	−12	29
12	Swift Hesperange !Swift Hesperange (R)	26	7	5	14	34	53	−19	26	Relegation play-offs
13	Rumelange !Rumelange (R)	26	5	4	17	27	71	−44	19	Relegation to 2012–13 Luxembourg Division of Honour
14	US Hostert !US Hostert (R)	26	2	2	22	22	82	−60	8	Relegation to 2012–13 Luxembourg Division of Honour

Updated to games played on 29 April 2012.
Source: soccerway.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Since 2011–12 Luxembourg Cup winners and runners-up (F91 Dudelange and Jeunesse Esch) finished first and second respectively, the 2nd, 3rd and 4th-placed teams will enter the first qualifying round of UEFA Europa League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Home ╲ Away	Differdange 03 !DIF	F91 Dudelange !DUD	Fola Esch !FOL	Grevenmacher !GRE	US Hostert !HOS	Jeunesse Esch !JEU	UN Käerjeng 97 !KÄE	Pétange !PET	Progrès Niederkorn !PRO	Racing FC !RAC	RM Hamm Benfica !RMH	Rumelange !RUM	Swift Hesperange !SWI	Union 05 Kayl-Tétange !UKT
Differdange 03 !Differdange 03		3–1	2–2	0–0	3–0	0–3	5–0	2–1	2–3	2–2	2–2	6–1	6–1	4–1
F91 Dudelange !F91 Dudelange	1–1		1–0	1–1	3–0	3–3	4–1	10–0	5–0	0–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	2–0
Fola Esch !Fola Esch	1–1	1–1		1–2	3–1	1–3	4–0	0–1	1–1	0–0	2–0	0–0	4–1	4–1
Grevenmacher !Grevenmacher	2–1	0–2	2–1		4–0	1–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	2–1	2–2	2–1	2–0	0–2
US Hostert !US Hostert	0–2	1–9	1–3	0–6		1–6	0–2	0–1	2–5	2–2	1–2	1–0	1–2	0–3
Jeunesse Esch !Jeunesse Esch	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–2	3–2		0–0	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–3	1–0	2–1	4–3
UN Käerjeng 97 !UN Käerjeng 97	1–1	0–0	2–3	2–1	3–0	3–0		3–2	0–0	3–2	3–0	2–1	1–0	1–2
Pétange !Pétange	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–0	0–2		0–1	1–1	2–0	0–0	0–3	2–0
Progrès Niederkorn !Progrès Niederkorn	1–0	1–2	0–1	0–1	0–2	1–1	0–0	1–2		1–2	0–2	4–2	1–0	2–0
Racing FC !Racing FC	1–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	3–3	1–3	1–2	0–0	3–3		3–0	3–1	1–3	3–3
RM Hamm Benfica !RM Hamm Benfica	1–2	1–4	2–0	1–3	3–1	2–4	2–3	0–4	2–0	4–0		9–1	8–2	1–0
Rumelange !Rumelange	0–7	0–6	1–1	0–5	3–2	1–5	2–0	3–0	2–1	0–3	1–3		3–3	4–1
Swift Hesperange !Swift Hesperange	0–3	0–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	3–3	3–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	3–0		1–1
Union 05 Kayl-Tétange !Union 05 Kayl-Tétange	2–6	1–3	0–3	3–3	5–0	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–1	2–0	3–2	1–0	2–0

Updated to games played on 29 April 2012.
Source: soccerway.com
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed club in the National Division, Swift Hesperange, competed in a relegation play-off match against the third-placed team from the Division of Honour, Wiltz, for one spot in the following season's competition. Wiltz won the match by 6 goals to 2, and they returned to the top division after a one-year absence. Swift Hesperange were relegated to the Division of Honour after an eleven-year stay in the top division.

Swift Hesperange v Wiltz

17 May 2012
19:00 CEST

Swift Hesperange	2 – 6	Wiltz

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Omar Er Rafik	Differdange 03	23
2	Daniel Huss	CS Grevenmacher	20
2	Sanel Ibrahimovic	FC RM Hamm Benfica	20
4	Aurélien Joachim	F91 Dudelange	19
5	Stefano Bensi	F91 Dudelange	16

References

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Football in Luxembourg

League competitions

men:	National Division Division of Honour 1. Division 2. Division 3. Division

women:	Dames Ligue 1

Other titles

men:	Luxembourg Cup

women:	Luxembourg Women's Cup

National Federation

International players
- Men
- Women

2011–12 in European football (UEFA)

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Domestic leagues	Albania Andorra Armenia '11 '12–'13 Austria Azerbaijan Belarus '11 '12 Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia '11 '12 Faroe Islands '11 '12 Finland '11 '12 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '11 '12 Latvia '11 '12 Lithuania '11 '12 Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '11 '12 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '11 '12 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Domestic cups	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands '11 '12 Finland '11 '12 France Georgia Germany Greece Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Italy Kazakhstan '11 '12 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway '11 '12 Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden '11 Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

League cups	England Finland '11 '12 France Hungary Iceland '11 '12 Israel Northern Ireland Portugal Republic of Ireland '11 '12 Scotland Turkey Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Europa League qualifying phase and play-off round group stage knockout phase Final Super Cup

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