# 2008–09 Luxembourg National Division

The 2008–09 Luxembourg National Division (also known as BGL Ligue due to sponsorship reasons) was the 95th season of top-tier football in Luxembourg. It started on 2 August 2008 and ended on 24 May 2009.
F91 Dudelange successfully defended their title and qualified for the UEFA Champions League. Runners-up FC Differdange 03 and third-placed CS Grevenmacher, as well as domestic cup winners UN Käerjeng 97, will participate in the UEFA Europa League. SC Steinfort and Avenir Beggen were directly relegated while US Rumelange retained their National Division status via relegation play-off.

## Team changes from 2007–08

FC Victoria Rosport and CS Pétange were relegated to the Division of Honour after finishing 13th and 14th in 2007–08. They were replaced by Division of Honour 2007–08 champions US Rumelange and runners-up CS Fola Esch.
FC Wiltz 71 as 12th-placed team had to compete in a single play-off match against 3rd-placed Division of Honour sides SC Steinfort. Steinfort won the match, 2–0, and thus gained promotion to the National Division while Wiltz were relegated as well.

## Stadia and locations

| Team | Venue | Capacity |
| FC Avenir Beggen | Stade rue Henri Dunant | 4,830 |
| 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 |
| Jeunesse Esch | Stade de la Frontière | 5,400 |
| UN Käerjeng 97 | Stade um Bëschel | 1,000 |
| 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 |
| US Rumelange | Stade Municipal | 2,950 |
| SC Steinfort | Stade Demy Steichen | 1,500 |
| FC Swift Hesperange | Stade Alphonse Theis | 3,058 |

## League table

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | F91 Dudelange (C) | 26 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 70 | 18 | +52 | 62 | Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round |
| 2 | Differdange 03 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 51 | 37 | +14 | 51 | Qualification to Europa League second qualifying round |
| 3 | Grevenmacher | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 55 | 29 | +26 | 46 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 4 | Jeunesse Esch | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 45 | 27 | +18 | 46 | |
| 5 | Fola Esch | 26 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 43 | 42 | +1 | 39 | |
| 6 | RM Hamm Benfica | 26 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 29 | +9 | 37 | |
| 7 | Progrès Niederkorn | 26 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 53 | 44 | +9 | 36 | |
| 8 | Etzella Ettelbruck | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 43 | 48 | −5 | 32 | |
| 9 | UN Käerjeng 97 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 39 | 42 | −3 | 31 | Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round |
| 10 | Racing FC | 26 | 8 | 6 | 12 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 30 | |
| 11 | Swift Hesperange | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 29 | 41 | −12 | 29 | |
| 12 | Rumelange (O) | 26 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 34 | 48 | −14 | 27 | Qualification to Relegation play-offs |
| 13 | SC Steinfort (R) | 26 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 54 | −33 | 21 | Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour |
| 14 | Avenir Beggen (R) | 26 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 16 | 75 | −59 | 13 | Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour |
* 1 2 F91 Dudelange won the 2008–09 Luxembourg Cup competition. Because Dudelange are champions and qualified for 2009–10 UEFA Champions League, Käerjéng, the cup runners-up, will enter the first qualifying round of the UEFA Europa League and league second place Differdange receive the second qualifying round spot.

## Results

| Home \ Away | AVE | DIF | DUD | ETZ | FOL | GRE | JEU | KÄE | PRO | RAC | RMH | RUM | STF | SWI |
| Avenir Beggen | | 0–2 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 1–4 | 1–2 | 0–2 | 1–1 | 0–3 | 1–0 | 0–4 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 1–3 |
| Differdange 03 | 1–1 | | 1–4 | 2–1 | 2–3 | 2–2 | 2–1 | 1–4 | 4–0 | 2–2 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 |
| F91 Dudelange | 5–0 | 1–2 | | 2–0 | 4–3 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | 3–2 | 9–0 | 4–2 |
| Etzella Ettelbruck | 2–3 | 3–1 | 0–3 | | 3–0 | 3–0 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 4–4 | 3–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 2–0 |
| Fola Esch | 3–1 | 2–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | | 2–2 | 3–0 | 0–1 | 2–0 | 3–0 | 1–0 | 0–0 | 2–4 | 3–1 |
| Grevenmacher | 6–1 | 2–0 | 0–0 | 6–0 | 1–1 | | 1–1 | 3–3 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 1–0 | 1–3 | 4–0 | 0–1 |
| Jeunesse Esch | 1–1 | 1–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | | 4–0 | 2–3 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 |
| UN Käerjeng 97 | 2–0 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–3 | 0–1 | 0–2 | 1–4 | | 3–1 | 2–1 | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–2 | 0–0 |
| Progrès Niederkorn | 8–0 | 2–3 | 1–1 | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–4 | 2–2 | 2–1 | | 3–3 | 0–2 | 3–3 | 3–0 | 1–1 |
| Racing FC | 9–0 | 2–2 | 0–2 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 1–3 | 0–2 | 1–4 | 0–1 | | 3–0 | 3–4 | 3–1 | 1–0 |
| RM Hamm Benfica | 5–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 3–1 | 2–2 | 2–2 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–0 | 0–2 | | 4–2 | 2–1 | 1–3 |
| Rumelange | 3–0 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 4–1 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–5 | 1–5 | 1–2 | 0–0 | | 2–1 | 0–1 |
| SC Steinfort | 3–1 | 0–3 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 1–5 | 0–3 | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 3–0 | | 1–1 |
| Swift Hesperange | 1–3 | 1–3 | 0–1 | 3–2 | 0–1 | 1–3 | 0–3 | 2–0 | 0–4 | 3–1 | 1–3 | 1–1 | 2–0 | |
* ↑ The match between RFCU Luxembourg and RM Hamm Benfica originally finished 1–1, but was eventually registered with 3–0 due to unknown reasons.

## Relegation play-offs

12th placed US Rumelange competed in a relegation play-offs match against the third placed team of Luxembourg Division of Honour, FC Erpeldange 72.

## Top goalscorers

Source:
| Rank | Player | Club | Goals |
| 1 | Pierre Piskor | FC Differdange 03 | 30 |
| 2 | Daniel Huss | CS Grevenmacher | 20 |
| 3 | Didier Chaillou | Progrès Niederkorn | 19 |
| 4 | Tomasz Gruszczynski | F91 Dudelange | 16 |
| 5 | Tony Vairelles | F91 Dudelange | 13 |
| 5 | Romain Zéwé | Progrès Niederkorn | 13 |
| 7 | Nicolas Caldieri | Progrès Niederkorn | 12 |
| 7 | Fatih Sözen | Swift Hesperange | 12 |
| 9 | Stephano Bensi | US Rumelange | 11 |
| 9 | Jeremy Laroche | Jeunesse Esch | 11 |