2003–04 Luxembourg National Division

The 2003–04 Luxembourg National Division was the 90th season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from 9 August 2003 to 16 May 2004 with Jeunesse Esch winning the title.

Luxembourg National Division
Season2003–04
ChampionsJeunesse Esch

Teams
Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg

The 2003–04 season saw the National Division's roster of twelve clubs include:

Format

The twelve teams completed the round-robin by playing each other twice (once home and once away) by 4 April. Then, the league divided into three. The top four teams were separated from the rest and formed the 'Title group' . The bottom eight teams were then subdivided into two groups of four, titled 'Relegation group A' and 'Relegation group B' . In the event, the top four were Jeunesse Esch, F91 Dudelange, FC Etzella Ettelbruck, and CS Grevenmacher.

In each of the three mini-leagues, each team played each of the three other teams in the mini-league twice (once home and once away). To these results were added the 22 results of the first stage. The overall points totals (and goal difference, etc.) were used to determine each club's position in its respective mini-league.

After calculating the final results after 28 games, Jeunesse Esch, the top team in the title group, was declared the league champion. The fourth-placed team in each of the relegation groups (FC Mondercange and US Rumelange in groups A and B respectively) was relegated to the Division of Honour.

This format is no longer used; the current season, 2006–07 uses a straightforward round-robin.

European qualification

Luxembourg was assigned one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, for the league champions; it was also assigned two spots in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, for the runners-up and the winners of the Luxembourg Cup. As league champions, Jeunesse Esch qualified for the Champions League. F91 Dudelange qualified for the UEFA Cup as runners-up. In addition, as F91 Dudelange won the Luxembourg Cup and the other finalist (CS Pétange) was not a National Division team, the UEFA Cup spot assigned to the cup winners went to FC Etzella Ettelbruck, who finished third in the league.

Final standings

First phase
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jeunesse Esch 22 19 1 2 56 13 +43 58 Qualification to championship stage
2 F91 Dudelange 22 14 4 4 52 19 +33 46
3 FC Etzella Ettelbruck 22 12 8 2 56 29 +27 44
4 CS Grevenmacher 22 11 3 8 47 33 +14 36
5 CA Spora Luxembourg 22 12 0 10 49 48 +1 36 Qualification to relegation stage
6 Union Luxembourg 22 9 5 8 31 21 +10 32
7 FC Swift Hesperange 22 8 1 13 28 41 −13 25
8 FC Victoria Rosport 22 7 3 12 33 38 −5 24
9 FC Avenir Beggen 22 5 5 12 28 55 −27 20
10 US Rumelange 22 4 6 12 28 55 −27 18
11 FC Mondercange 22 5 3 14 24 52 −28 18
12 FC Wiltz 71 22 5 3 14 20 48 −28 18
Source: [1]

Championship stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 Jeunesse Esch (C) 28 22 2 4 70 23 +47 68 Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2 F91 Dudelange 28 18 5 5 62 26 +36 59 Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round
3 FC Etzella Ettelbruck 28 13 9 6 63 41 +22 48
4 CS Grevenmacher 28 13 4 11 56 44 +12 43 Qualification to Intertoto Cup First Round
Source: [1]
(C) Champion.
Group A
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 CA Spora Luxembourg 28 14 2 12 56 57 −1 44
2 FC Swift Hesperange 28 10 2 16 34 47 −13 32
3 FC Avenir Beggen 28 7 7 14 28 54 −26 28
4 FC Mondercange (R) 28 7 6 15 32 58 −26 27 Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour
Source: [1]
(R) Relegated.
Group B
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Relegation
1 Union Luxembourg 28 11 6 11 44 31 +13 39
2 FC Victoria Rosport 28 9 4 15 38 50 −12 31
3 FC Wiltz 71 28 7 7 14 31 54 −23 28
4 US Rumelange (R) 28 6 8 14 37 66 −29 26 Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour
Source: [1]
(R) Relegated.

Top goalscorers
Rank Player Club Goals
1 José Andrade Spora Luxembourg 24
2 Patrick Grettnich Etzella Ettelbruck 21
3 Daniel Huss CS Grevenmacher 17
4 Frédéric Cicchirillo F91 Dudelange 16
5 Philippe Dillmann US Rumelange 15
6 Luc Mischo Etzella Ettelbruck 14
7 Tomasz Gruszczyński CS Grevenmacher 13
Aldino Medina Avenir Beggen
Sascha Schneider Jeunesse Esch
Ahmed Zerrouki CS Grevenmacher

Team changes for 2004-05 season

The champions and runners-up of the Division of Honour, CS Alliance 01 and CS Pétange, were promoted automatically. FC Mondercange and US Rumelange were relegated.

References
  1. "Luxembourg 2003/04". rsssf.com.
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