2017–18 Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division
Season	2017–18
Dates	4 August 2017 – 19 May 2018
Champions	F91 Dudelange
Relegated	Rodange 91; Esch
Champions League	F91 Dudelange
Europa League	Progrès Niederkorn; Fola Esch; Racing FC
Matches played	182
Goals scored	633 (3.48 per match)
Top goalscorer	David Turpel (33 goals)
Biggest home win	Fola Esch 9–0 US Esch; (30 March 2018)
Biggest away win	Differdange 03 0–6 F91 Dudelange; (13 May 2018); UNA Strassen 0–6 Progrès Niederkorn; (19 August 2017)
Highest scoring	Fola Esch 9–0 US Esch; (30 March 2018); Fola Esch 6–3 Differdange 03; (15 October 2017)
	← 2016–17 2018–19 → All statistics correct as of 19 May 2018.

The 2017–18 Luxembourg National Division was the 104th season of top-flight football in Luxembourg. The season began on 4 August 2017 and concluded on 19 May 2018. F91 Dudelange were the defending champions from the previous season.^[1]

Teams

The bottom two teams from the previous season, Rumelange and UN Käerjéng 97, were relegated to the 2017–18 Luxembourg Division of Honour. They were replaced by Esch and Rodange 91, champions and runners-up respectively of the 2016–17 Luxembourg Division of Honour.

In addition, the third-placed team from the previous season's Division of Honour, Hostert, defeated the third-from-bottom top-flight team, Jeunesse Canach, in a play-off to seal their top-flight spot for 2017–18.

Esch

Esch teams:
Esch
Fola Esch
Jeunesse Esch

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Locations of the 2017–18 Luxembourg National Division teams

Stadia and locations

Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Differdange 03	Differdange	Stade Parc des Sports	2,400
Esch	Esch-sur-Alzette	Stade Walter Malget	1,500
F91 Dudelange	Dudelange	Stade Jos Nosbaum	2,558
Fola Esch	Esch-sur-Alzette	Stade Émile Mayrisch	3,826
Hostert	Hostert	Stade Jos Becker	1,500
Jeunesse Esch	Esch-sur-Alzette	Stade de la Frontière	5,400
Mondorf-les-Bains	Mondorf-les-Bains	Stade Jeannot Mayrisch	3,600
Progrès Niederkorn	Niederkorn	Stade Jos Haupert	2,800
Racing FC	Luxembourg City	Stade Josy Barthel	9,000
RM Hamm Benfica	Hamm, Luxembourg City	Terrain de Football Cents	2,800
Rodange 91	Hesperange	Stade Jeffrey Strauss	900
UNA Strassen	Strassen	Stade Municipal de Strassen	2,000
Union Titus Pétange	Pétange	Stade Municipal de Pétange	2,400
Victoria Rosport	Rosport	VictoriArena	1,000

Source: Scoresway

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	F91 Dudelange (C)	26	22	2	2	81	26	+55	68	Qualification for the Champions League first qualifying round
2	Progrès Niederkorn	26	20	3	3	72	28	+44	63	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
3	Fola Esch	26	14	5	7	72	41	+31	47	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round
4	Jeunesse Esch	26	13	5	8	52	35	+17	44
5	Differdange 03	26	11	5	10	48	38	+10	38
6	Mondorf-les-Bains	26	10	8	8	40	36	+4	38
7	Racing FC	26	9	8	9	41	40	+1	35	Qualification for the Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
8	Hostert	26	9	7	10	37	46	−9	34
9	Union Titus Pétange	26	9	4	13	43	51	−8	31
10	RM Hamm Benfica	26	8	6	12	30	45	−15	30
11	UNA Strassen	26	8	5	13	38	60	−22	29
12	Victoria Rosport (O)	26	7	5	14	37	59	−22	26	Qualification for the relegation play-offs
13	Rodange 91 (R)	26	4	10	12	27	55	−28	22	Relegation to the Luxembourg Division of Honour
14	Esch (R)	26	1	1	24	15	73	−58	4	Relegation to the Luxembourg Division of Honour

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.^[2]
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Racing FC qualified for the Europa League first qualifying round by winning 2017–18 Luxembourg Cup.

Results

Each team played every other team in the league home-and-away for a total of 26 matches played each.

Home \ Away	DIF	USE	DUD	FOL	HOS	JEU	MON	PRO	RAC	RMH	ROD	UNA	UTP	VIC
Differdange 03	—	4–1	0–6	0–2	2–2	2–0	4–0	1–2	2–1	0–0	5–1	5–0	0–2	6–1
Esch	0–3	—	1–6	0–1	1–2	0–4	0–3	0–1	1–1	2–3	0–2	0–1	0–3	0–2
F91 Dudelange	0–0	4–0	—	4–3	3–2	2–0	4–2	3–2	2–0	4–0	7–0	3–2	2–1	4–0
Fola Esch	6–3	9–0	2–3	—	4–1	1–1	1–1	2–4	3–3	2–1	7–1	3–1	3–2	1–1
Hostert	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	—	1–2	1–3	1–6	2–1	3–1	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–3
Jeunesse Esch	3–1	2–1	3–1	3–3	4–2	—	4–2	0–3	1–2	3–0	1–1	4–0	3–3	4–1
Mondorf-les-Bains	2–0	3–0	0–2	0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–0	4–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–3	3–2
Progrès Niederkorn	1–0	3–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–0	3–2	—	4–2	1–3	1–0	1–1	7–1	5–0
Racing FC	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–0	1–2	2–0	2–3	—	1–0	3–2	1–1	2–3	2–2
RM Hamm Benfica	0–1	3–1	1–3	2–5	2–0	2–1	0–0	1–2	1–1	—	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–2
Rodange 91	2–1	1–0	1–2	0–3	0–0	1–3	0–1	0–4	2–2	2–2	—	2–3	2–1	1–1
UNA Strassen	2–2	2–1	1–4	0–4	3–0	0–3	2–1	0–6	0–1	6–0	2–2	—	4–2	1–4
Union Titus Pétange	0–2	4–1	1–3	2–3	1–2	1–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	0–1	1–1	2–1	—	2–1
Victoria Rosport	1–2	1–2	0–4	2–1	1–3	3–1	1–3	2–5	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	0–2	—

Source: UEFA, Soccerway
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation play-offs

A play-off (on neutral ground) will be played between the twelfth-placed team in the 2017–18 Luxembourg National Division and the third-placed team in the 2017–18 Luxembourg Division of Honour for one place in the 2018–19 Luxembourg National Division.

25 May 2018

19:30

Victoria Rosport	2–0	UN Käerjéng 97
Lascak 84' Heinz 89'

Stade Achille Hammerel, Verlorenkost

Top goalscorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	David Turpel	F91 Dudelange	33
2	Aleksandre Karapetian	Progrès Niederkorn	28
3	Samir Hadji	Fola Esch	22
4	Nicolas Perez	Differdange 03	17
5	Momar N'Diaye	Jeunesse Esch	15
6	Simon Banza	UT Pétange	13
7	Julien Jahier	Racing FC	11
	Ryan Klapp	Fola Esch
	Eddire Mokrani	RM Hamm Benfica
10	Edis Agović	UNA Strassen	10