2015–16 Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division
Season 2015–16
Champions F91 Dudelange
Relegated Grevenmacher
Etzella Ettelbruck
Wiltz
Champions League F91 Dudelange
Europa League Fola Esch
Differdange 03
Matches played 182
Goals scored 607 (3.34 per match)

The 2015–16 Luxembourg National Division was the 102nd season of top-tier football in Luxembourg. The league season started on 2 August 2015 and ended on 22 May 2016, with a promotion/relegation playoff following on 27 May.[1]

F91 Dudelange claimed the title on goal difference over defending champions Fola Esch.

Teams

RM Hamm Benfica, the 2014-15 Division of Honour champion, and UNA Strassen, which won the promotion play-off, were promoted to the top level for the first time in their history. Runner-up Racing FC rejoins the National Division just one year after their relegation.

Team Venue Capacity
Differdange 03 Stade Municipal de la Ville de Differdange 3,000
Stade du Thillenberg 6,300
Etzella Ettelbruck Stade Am Deich 2,102
F91 Dudelange Stade Jos Nosbaum 2,558
Fola Esch Stade Émile Mayrisch 3,826
Grevenmacher Op Flohr Stadion 4,000
Jeunesse Esch Stade de la Frontière 5,090
Mondorf-les-Bains Stade John Grün 3,600
Progrès Niederkorn Stade Jos Haupert 2,800
Racing FC Stade Achille Hammerel 5,814
Stade Camille Polfer 2,740
Hollerich Stadion 2,120
RM Hamm Benfica Luxembourg-Cents 2,800
Rumelange Stade Municipal 2,950
UNA Strassen Complexe Sportif Jean Wirtz 2,000[2]
Victoria Rosport VictoriArena 1,000[3]
Wiltz Stade Géitz 2,000

Source: World Stadiums[4]

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 F91 Dudelange (C) 26 19 5 2 65 21 +44 62 Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round[lower-alpha 1]
2 Fola Esch 26 19 5 2 61 23 +38 62 Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3 Differdange 03 26 17 4 5 63 32 +31 55
4 Jeunesse Esch 26 13 7 6 48 30 +18 46
5 UNA Strassen 26 11 5 10 50 50 0 38
6 Progrès Niederkorn 26 10 6 10 41 30 +11 36
7 Mondorf-les-Bains 26 10 6 10 36 34 +2 36
8 Racing FC 26 10 5 11 45 54 9 35
9 RM Hamm Benfica 26 9 7 10 52 49 +3 34
10 Rumelange 26 8 4 14 38 52 14 28
11 Victoria Rosport 26 7 5 14 46 49 3 26
12 Wiltz (R) 26 5 6 15 22 60 38 21 Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13 Etzella Ettelbruck (R) 26 4 5 17 25 70 45 17 Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour
14 Grevenmacher (R) 26 3 4 19 15 53 38 13
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.[5]
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. F91 Dudelange qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning the 2015–16 Luxembourg Cup. However, since they already qualified for European competition based on their league position, the spot awarded to the cup winners was passed down the league.

Results

Home ╲ Away DIF ETZ DUDFOLGREJEUMONPRORACRMHRUMUNAVICWIL
Differdange 03 21 22 03 40 30 10 10 60 41 30 20 21 50
Etzella Ettelbruck 23 05 04 22 01 21 02 24 04 10 26 15 11
F91 Dudelange 01 60 20 20 10 30 21 42 21 43 10 71 11
Fola Esch 42 31 31 30 41 21 11 10 31 31 31 20 50
Grevenmacher 05 02 01 02 02 00 00 03 01 11 30 02 02
Jeunesse Esch 11 60 12 11 10 02 00 50 64 10 43 11 20
Mondorf-les-Bains 22 11 00 00 51 12 21 13 21 03 11 32 42
Progrès Niederkorn 01 40 03 01 12 02 01 21 20 20 42 21 41
Racing FC 11 21 02 22 21 00 21 22 14 23 12 04 40
RM Hamm Benfica 42 22 00 23 30 22 31 22 33 14 40 23 00
Rumelange 41 10 24 13 21 11 02 04 24 25 12 11 11
UNA Strassen 14 20 22 42 41 21 21 11 12 00 53 43 31
Victoria Rosport 23 12 12 11 01 12 03 14 42 51 01 22 00
Wiltz 32 22 06 02 32 15 01 32 02 01 01 10 04

Source: Soccerway
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

A match was played between Wiltz, the twelfth-placed team in the 2015–16 Luxembourg National Division and Jeunesse Canach, the third-placed team in the 2015–16 Luxembourg Division of Honour.[6] The winners, Jeunesse Canach, earned a place in the 2016–17 Luxembourg National Division.[7]

27 May 2016 (2016-05-27)
19:30 CEST
Wiltz 0–1 (a.e.t.) Jeunesse Canach
Report Maurer  120'

Top goalscorers

As of 15 April 2016
Rank Player Club Goals[8]
1 Julien Jahier R. Union Luxembourg 18
2 Omar Er Rafik Differdange 17
David Turpel F91 Dudelange 17

See also

References

External links

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