2006–07 Luxembourg National Division

The 2006-07 season of Luxembourg's National Division ran from 5 August 2006 to 30 May 2007. F91 Dudelange continued their domination of the National Division by winning their third league title in a row; Dudelange also won the Luxembourg Cup to complete the Double.

Teams

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Locations of participating teams across Luxembourg.

The National Division was expanded from the 2005-06 season's complement of twelve teams to fourteen. Those fourteen clubs were:

Club	Town	2005-06 Season
FC Differdange 03	Differdange	Division of Honour, 1st
F91 Dudelange	Dudelange	1st
FC Etzella Ettelbruck	Ettelbruck	3rd
CS Grevenmacher	Grevenmacher	4th
Jeunesse Esch	Esch-sur-Alzette	2nd
UN Käerjeng 97	Bascharage	6th
FC Mamer 32	Mamer	Division of Honour, 4th
FC Mondercange	Mondercange	Division of Honour, 3rd
CS Pétange	Pétange	8th
FC Progrès Niedercorn	Niederkorn	Division of Honour, 2nd
Racing FC Union Luxembourg	Luxembourg City	7th
FC Swift Hesperange	Hesperange	9th
FC Victoria Rosport	Rosport	10th
FC Wiltz 71	Wiltz	5th

Format

Unlike in previous seasons, when a more complicated system was used, the 2006-07 season involved only a round-robin amongst the fourteen teams. Thus, each team played 26 games over the course of the calendar.

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 Luxembourg Cup winners. However, as F91 Dudelange won both the National Division and the Luxembourg Cup (as they had in 2005-06), the UEFA Cup spot for the Luxembourg Cup winners went to the losing finalists, UN Käerjeng 97.

Pre-season predictions

At the beginning of the season, F91 Dudelange were widely predicted to successfully defend their title. Dudelange strengthened their first-team squad by signing Thierry Joly and Alexandre Lecomte, whilst also holding on to most of their existing players. By comparison, Jeunesse Esch and Etzella Ettelbruck, Dudelange's closest challengers in 2005-06, have lost key players; Jeunesse captain Manuel Cardoni became player-manager of US Rumelange, whilst Etzella lost Patrick Grettnich to retirement, and both Luc Mischo and Marc Reuter to Racing FC Union Luxembourg.

Final standings

Pos	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1	F91 Dudelange	26	21	2	3	71	20	+51	65
2	FC Etzella Ettelbruck	26	16	4	6	60	30	+30	52
3	FC Differdange 03	26	14	6	6	71	41	+30	48
4	Racing FC Union Luxembourg	26	11	8	7	52	35	+17	41
5	FC Swift Hesperange	26	11	8	7	40	28	+12	41
6	CS Grevenmacher	26	11	8	7	43	34	+9	41
7	FC Progrès Niedercorn	26	10	5	11	53	61	-8	35
8	UN Käerjeng 97	26	10	4	12	32	40	-8	34
9	Jeunesse Esch	26	9	5	12	29	34	-5	32
10	CS Pétange	26	8	8	10	29	38	-9	32
11	FC Wiltz 71	26	9	4	13	31	38	-7	31
12	FC Victoria Rosport	26	7	6	13	28	47	-19	27
13	FC Mondercange	26	4	6	16	23	59	-36	18
14	FC Mamer 32	26	1	6	19	19	71	-52	9

	UEFA Champions League First Qualifying Round
	UEFA Cup First Qualifying Round
	UEFA Intertoto Cup First Round
	Relegation play-off
	Relegation

P = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; GF = Goals for; GA = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Relegation play-off

National Division	Score	Division of Honour	Date	Venue
FC Victoria Rosport	2-0	CS Fola Esch	30 May 2007	Stade Alphonse Theis, Hesperange

As a result of their victory, FC Victoria Rosport remained in the National Division for the 2007-08 season.

Top goalscorers

Pos	Player		Club	Goals
1	Daniel Da Mota		FC Etzella Ettelbruck	24
2	Pierre Piskor		FC Differdange 03	23
3	Joris Di Gregorio		F91 Dudelange	21
=4	Yannick Bianchini		Racing FC Union Luxembourg	16
=4	Didier Chaillou		Progrès Niedercorn	16
=4	Soriba Camara		Progrès Niedercorn	16
7	Marcel Christophe		FC Differdange 03	15
8	Aldino Medina		FC Swift Hesperange	14
9	Sergio Pupovac		Racing FC Union Luxembourg	13
=10	Sully Bilon		Progrès Niedercorn	12
=10	Rudy Marchal		Jeunesse Esch	12