2007–08 Luxembourg National Division
# 2007–08 Luxembourg National Division

The 2007–08 Luxembourg National Division was the 94th season of top level association football in Luxembourg. The competition ran from August 2007 to 31 May 2008. F91 Dudelange won their fourth consecutive title.

## Teams

| Club | Town | 2006–07 Season |
| - | - | - |
| FC Avenir Beggen | Beggen | Division of Honour, 2nd |
| FC Differdange 03 | Differdange | 3rd |
| F91 Dudelange | Dudelange | 1st |
| FC Etzella Ettelbruck | Ettelbruck | 2nd |
| CS Grevenmacher | Grevenmacher | 6th |
| Jeunesse Esch | Esch-sur-Alzette | 9th |
| UN Käerjéng 97 | Bascharage | 8th |
| CS Pétange | Pétange | 10th |
| FC Progrès Niedercorn | Niederkorn | 7th |
| Racing FC Union Luxembourg | Luxembourg City | 4th |
| FC RM Hamm Benfica | Luxembourg City | Division of Honour, 1st |
| FC Swift Hesperange | Hesperange | 5th |
| FC Victoria Rosport | Rosport | 12th |
| FC Wiltz 71 | Wiltz | 11th |

## Format

As in 2006–07, the 2007–08 season involved a round-robin among the fourteen teams. Thus, each team played 26 games over the course of the calendar.

The bottom two teams were relegated automatically; these teams were CS Pétange and FC Victoria Rosport. The third-bottom (twelfth-placed) team was required to take part in a play-off with the third-placed team from the Division of Honour for the place in the National Division the following season. In the event, FC Wiltz 71 finished third-bottom, and lost the play-off to Sporting Steinfort.

## European qualification

Luxembourg was assigned one spot in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Champions League, for the league champions, F91 Dudelange. It has also been assigned two spots in the first qualifying round of the UEFA Cup, for the runners-up, Racing FC Union Luxembourg, and the Luxembourg Cup winners. If, as happened two seasons previously, the league champions and runners-up had both reach the cup final, the second UEFA Cup spot would have gone to the team placed third in the league. However, in the event, neither of the top two clubs reached the semi-finals, and the cup-winners spot went to CS Grevenmacher. Jeunesse Esch have not applied to play in the 2008 UEFA Intertoto Cup, so Etzella Ettelbruck have qualified in Jeunesse's place.

## Final standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | F91 Dudelange (C) | 26 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 74 | 12 | +62 | 71 | Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round |
| 2 | Racing FC | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 50 | 28 | +22 | 50 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 3 | Jeunesse Esch | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 51 | 39 | +12 | 45 | |
| 4 | Etzella Ettelbruck | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 54 | 48 | +6 | 44 | Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round |
| 5 | Avenir Beggen | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 41 | 38 | +3 | 37 | |
| 6 | Grevenmacher | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 45 | 36 | +9 | 36 | Qualification to UEFA Cup first qualifying round |
| 7 | Differdange 03 | 26 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 43 | 43 | 0 | 35 | |
| 8 | RM Hamm Benfica | 26 | 9 | 5 | 12 | 32 | 48 | −16 | 32 | |
| 9 | Swift Hesperange | 26 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 36 | 44 | −8 | 31 | |
| 10 | UN Käerjéng 97 | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 30 | 40 | −10 | 30 | |
| 11 | Progrès Niederkorn | 26 | 7 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 46 | −15 | 28 | |
| 12 | Wiltz 71 (R) | 26 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 33 | 48 | −15 | 25 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | Victoria Rosport (R) | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 29 | 56 | −27 | 24 | Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour |
| 14 | Pétange (R) | 26 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 50 | −23 | 19 | Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour |

## Results

| Home \ Away | BEG | DIF | DUD | ETZ | GRE | JEU | KAE | PÉT | PRO | RAC | RMH | SWI | VIC | WIL |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Avenir Beggen | | 1–0 | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–2 | 1–2 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 1–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 4–1 | 1–2 |
| Differdange 03 | 2–3 | | 2–4 | 3–1 | 0–3 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 4–1 |
| F91 Dudelange | 1–0 | 2–0 | | 7–1 | 1–0 | 6–2 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 |
| Etzella Ettelbruck | 2–2 | 2–0 | 1–3 | | 1–5 | 5–4 | 0–3 | 3–1 | 4–2 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 2–1 | 1–2 | 3–1 |
| Grevenmacher | 2–0 | 3–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | | 4–2 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–2 | 6–0 | 2–2 |
| Jeunesse Esch | 3–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 2–3 | 4–1 | 0–0 | 2–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 |
| UN Käerjéng 97 | 3–3 | 2–2 | 0–4 | 0–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| Pétange | 1–2 | 0–1 | 0–4 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–2 | 0–0 | | 1–2 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 3–2 |
| Progrès Niederkorn | 2–1 | 1–0 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 1–3 | 3–2 | 1–3 | 0–0 | | 0–1 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 0–0 | 2–2 |
| Racing FC | 1–4 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 3–2 | 4–2 | 3–0 | 2–0 | 4–0 | 3–1 | | 3–0 | 1–1 | 4–1 | 3–1 |
| RM Hamm Benfica | 1–3 | 2–3 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–1 |
| Swift Hesperange | 2–1 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–2 | 1–0 | 1–4 | 2–0 | | 0–0 | 1–1 |
| Victoria Rosport | 1–3 | 3–2 | 0–7 | 2–3 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | | 2–2 |
| Wiltz 71 | 0–2 | 3–0 | 0–2 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 1–0 | 1–0 | 1–2 | 3–3 | 2–1 | 3–0 | |

## Relegation play-off

As a result of their victory, Sporting Steinfort were promoted to the National Division for the 2008–09 season, and FC Wiltz 71 relegated to the Division of Honour.

## Top goalscorers

| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | Emmanuel Coquelet | F91 Dudelange | 20 |
| 2 | Aoued Aouaïchia | RM Hamm Benfica | 18 |
| 2 | Daniel da Mota | Etzella Ettelbruck | 18 |
| 4 | Daniel Huss | CS Grevenmacher | 16 |
| 5 | Didier Chaillou | Progrès Niedercorn | 15 |
| 6 | Aderito Medina | Avenir Beggen | 14 |
| 7 | Sergio Pupovac | Racing FC | 12 |
| 7 | Tomas Gruszczynski | F91 Dudelange | 12 |
| 9 | Stephane Martine | Racing FC | 11 |
| 10 | Loïc Cantonnet | Jeunesse Esch | 10 |
| 10 | Soriba Camara | Racing FC | 10 |
| 10 | Pierre Piskor | FC Differdange 03 | 10 |
