2010–11 Luxembourg National Division

The 2010–11 Luxembourg National Division (also known as BGL Ligue due to sponsorship reasons) was the 97th season of top-tier football in Luxembourg. It began on 7 August 2010 and ended on 20 May 2011. Jeunesse Esch went into the season as the defending champions having won their 28th Luxembourgian championship during the 2009–10 season.

BGL Ligue

Season	2010–11
Champions	F91 Dudelange 8th title
Relegated	Wiltz FC Etzella Ettelbruck FC Jeunesse Canach
Champions League	F91 Dudelange
Europa League	CS Fola Esch UN Käerjeng 97 FC Differdange 03
Matches played	182
Goals scored	611 (3.36 per match)
Biggest home win	Dudelange 15–0 Wiltz
Biggest away win	four matches with a differential of four goals each
Highest scoring	Dudelange 15–0 Wiltz
← 2009–10 2011–12 →

Team changes from 2009–10

Rumelange and Mondercange were relegated to the Division of Honour after finishing 13th and 14th in the previous season. They were replaced by 2009–10 Division of Honour champions Wiltz 71 and runners-up Jeunesse Canach.

Käerjéng 97 as 12th-placed team had to compete in a single play-off match against 3rd-placed Division of Honour side Oberkorn. Käerjéng 97 won the match 3–1 and thus retained their National Division status.

Stadia and locations

 

 

Differdange

 

Dudelange

 

Ettelbruck

 

Fola

 

Grevenmacher

 

Jeunesse Canach

 

Jeunesse Esch

 

Käerjeng

 

Niederkorn

 

Pétange

 

Racing FCU

 

RM Hamm B.

 

Hesperange

 

Wiltz 71

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Location of teams in 2010–11 Luxembourg National Division

Team	Venue	Capacity
FC Differdange 03	Stade du Thillenberg	7,830
F91 Dudelange	Stade Jos Nosbaum	2,600
FC Etzella Ettelbruck	Stade Am Deich	2,650
CS Fola Esch	Stade Émile Mayrisch	3,900
CS Grevenmacher	Op Flohr Stadion	4,000
FC Jeunesse Canach	Stade Rue de Lenningen	1,000
Jeunesse Esch	Stade de la Frontière	5,400
UN Käerjeng 97	Stade um Bëschel	1,000
CS Pétange	Stade Municipal (Pétange)	3,300
FC Progrès Niederkorn	Stade Jos Haupert	4,830
Racing FC Union Luxembourg	Stade Achille Hammerel	5,814
FC RM Hamm Benfica	Luxembourg-Cents	2,800
FC Swift Hesperange	Stade Alphonse Theis	3,058
FC Wiltz 71	Stade Géitz	2,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	F91 Dudelange (C)	26	19	2	5	76	23	+53	59	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	Fola Esch	26	14	5	7	48	28	+20	47	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round
3	UN Käerjeng 97	26	13	5	8	53	35	+18	44
4	Differdange 03	26	12	7	7	51	37	+14	43	Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round^[a]
5	Progrès Niederkorn	26	12	5	9	43	43	0	41
6	Grevenmacher	26	11	6	9	43	39	+4	39
7	Pétange	26	10	8	8	37	36	+1	38
8	Jeunesse Esch	26	10	7	9	40	37	+3	37
9	RM Hamm Benfica	26	11	3	12	47	46	+1	36
10	Swift Hesperange	26	9	4	13	38	49	−11	31
11	Racing FC	26	8	5	13	38	38	0	29
12	Wiltz (R)	26	8	2	16	38	78	−40	26	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13	Etzella Ettelbruck (R)	26	5	6	15	31	60	−29	21	Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour
14	Jeunesse Canach (R)	26	5	5	16	28	62	−34	20

Source: soccerway.com^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. As winners of the 2010–11 Luxembourg Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	DIF	DUD	ETZ	FOL	GRE	JEC	JEU	KÄE	PET	PRO	RAC	RMH	SWI	WIL
Differdange 03		0–1	1–2	0–3	2–2	4–0	3–0	2–1	1–1	1–2	0–2	3–1	3–0	4–4
F91 Dudelange	3–4		4–1	3–0	0–3	2–0	2–0	1–2	3–0	5–1	3–2	4–2	2–0	15–0
Etzella Ettelbruck	2–2	1–1		1–2	0–4	1–1	0–0	0–1	0–2	2–2	2–3	2–2	2–3	1–3
Fola Esch	1–2	0–3	5–0		1–1	1–2	3–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	3–0	1–1	4–2	4–0
Grevenmacher	0–2	0–3	1–2	1–2		1–1	2–2	0–0	1–0	1–2	1–0	1–2	1–3	4–1
Jeunesse Canach	1–3	2–2	1–2	0–3	0–1		1–1	2–4	1–3	1–0	3–2	2–4	2–1	1–5
Jeunesse Esch	1–2	1–0	0–1	1–1	1–3	2–0		4–0	2–1	2–2	0–1	2–1	4–1	0–2
UN Käerjeng 97	2–2	1–3	6–1	1–2	5–1	5–0	1–1		0–0	3–4	1–1	1–0	4–1	5–1
Pétange	1–4	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–2	2–3	1–1	1–0		1–0	2–2	2–5	1–3	5–1
Progrès Niederkorn	2–4	1–5	3–2	2–1	1–3	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–2		1–0	5–2	2–0	0–1
Racing FC	1–1	0–2	5–1	0–2	0–1	4–2	4–1	1–3	0–2	0–0		0–1	0–0	1–3
RM Hamm Benfica	2–0	0–1	1–0	1–2	3–2	4–1	1–3	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–4		2–0	4–0
Swift Hesperange	0–0	0–3	4–2	0–2	2–3	2–0	1–2	2–3	0–0	2–2	2–1	4–2		2–1
Wiltz	2–1	1–5	1–2	2–1	2–3	1–1	2–4	0–1	2–1	0–3	1–4	1–3	1–3

Source: soccerway.com
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed club in the National Division, FC Wiltz 71, competed in a relegation play-off match against the third-placed team from the Division of Honour, US Hostert, for one spot in the following season's competition. 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.

28 May 2011

17:00 CEST

US Hostert	1–1 (a.e.t.)	FC Wiltz 71
Penalties
	6–4

Stade rue Henri Dunant, Beggen

Top goalscorers

Including matches played on 21 May 2011; Source: Soccerway

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Sanel Ibrahimović	Wiltz	18
2	Daniel da Mota	F91 Dudelange	16
	Aurélien Joachim	FC Differdange 03
	Romain Zewe	UN Käerjéng 97
5	Tomasz Gruszczyński	F91 Dudelange	15
6	Nicolas Caldieri	Progrès Niederkorn	14
	Samir Louadj	CS Grevenmacher
8	Levy Rougeaux	Racing FC	12
	Sofian Benzouien	F91 Dudelange
10	Djilali Kehal	RM Hamm Benfica	11
	Johan Sampaio	Swift Hesperange
	Gustav Schulz	Swift Hesperange

See also

• 2010–11 Luxembourg Cup

References

1. "Luxembourg 2010/11". RSSSF.