Luxembourg National Division
{{Short description|Association football league in Luxembourg}}
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{{Infobox football league
| logo = BGL_Ligue_logo.jpg
| pixels = 200px
| country = {{flagicon|LUX}} Luxembourg
| confed = UEFA
| founded = 1910
| teams = 16
| relegation = Division of Honour
| levels = 1
| domest_cup = Luxembourg Cup
| confed_cup = UEFA Champions League
UEFA Conference League
| champions = Differdange 03 (2nd title)
| most successful club = Jeunesse Esch (28 titles)
| tv =
| season = 2024–25
| website =
| current = 2024–25 Luxembourg National Division
}}
The National Division ({{langx|lb|Nationaldivisioun}}, {{langx|fr|Division Nationale}}, {{langx|de|Nationaldivision}}), known as the BGL Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Until 2011, it was known as the BGL Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis{{Citation needed|reason=It appears it has only ever been known as the BGL Ligue during sponsored period?|date=November 2024}}. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006–07 season. Following the abandonment of the previous season, the 2020–21 season saw the further expansion of the league to 16 teams. The current champions are Differdange 03.
The competition was first held in 1909–10, and has been held every year since, with the exceptions of 1912–13 and four seasons during the Second World War. It was also abandoned after 17 games in the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The competition was called the Luxembourgish Championship ({{langx|lb|Lëtzebuerger Championnat}}, {{langx|fr|Championnat Luxembourgeois}}) until 1913–14. From the 1914–15 season until 1931–32 it was called the Premier Division ({{langx|lb|Éischt Divisioun}}, {{langx|fr|Première Division}}). It was then called the Division of Honour ({{langx|lb|Éirendivisioun}}, {{langx|fr|Division d'Honneur}}) from 1932–33 to 1956–57. Since the 1957–58 season, the competition has been known as the National Division.
Winners
Champions were (team names in French):{{cite web|title=Luxembourg - List of Champions|website=RSSSF|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/luxchamp.html|access-date=5 December 2013|archive-date=9 August 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220809221311/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesl/luxchamp.html|url-status=live}}
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Statistics
=Performance by club=
Teams in bold are still playing in the National Division. Teams in italics no longer exist.
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| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" |
| width=190|Club
!width=90 |Titles !width=90 |Runners-up !Years Won |
|---|
| Jeunesse Esch
| align=center|28 | align=center|13 | 1920–21, 1936–37, 1950–51, 1953_54, 1957–58, 1958–59, 1959–60, 1962–63, 1966–67, 1967–68, 1969–70, 1972–73, 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, 1979–80, 1982–83, 1984–85, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2003–04, 2009–10 |
| F91 Dudelange
| align=center|16 | align=center|6 | 1999–2000, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22 |
| CA Spora Luxembourg
| align=center|11 | align=center|10 | 1924–25, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1933–34, 1934–35, 1935–36, 1937–38, 1948–49, 1955–56, 1960–61, 1988–89 |
| Stade Dudelange
| align=center|10 | align=center|6 | 1938–39, 1939–40, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1954–55, 1956–57, 1964–65 |
| CS Fola Esch
| align=center|8 | align=center|11 | 1917–18, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1923–24, 1929–30, 2012–13, 2014–15, 2020–21 |
| FA Red Boys Differdange{{efn|name=merger|FA Red Boys Differdange and AS Differdange merged to form FC Differdange 03 in 2003. Together the three have won 7 championships and been runners-up 14 times.}}
| align=center|6 | align=center|10 |
| Union Luxembourg
| align=center|6 | align=center|9 |
| FC Avenir Beggen
| align=center|6 | align=center|5 |
| US Hollerich Bonnevoie
| align=center|5 | align=center|2 |
| FC Progrès Niederkorn
| align=center|3 | align=center|6 |
| FC Aris Bonnevoie
| align=center|3 | align=center|1 |
| Differdange 03
| align=center|2 | align=center|4 |
| Sporting Club Luxembourg
| align=center|2 | align=center|3 |
| CS Grevenmacher
| align=center|1 | align=center|7 | 2002–03 |
| National Schifflange
| align=center|1 | align=center|2 | 1951–52 |
| Swift Hesperange
| align=center|1 | align=center|1 | 2022–23 |
| Racing Club Luxembourg
| align=center|1 | align=center |
| 1909–10 |
| US Dudelange
| align=center |
| align=center|4
| |
| US Rumelange
| align=center |
| align=center|3
| |
| FC Etzella Ettelbruck
| align=center |
| align=center|2
| |
| Alliance Dudelange
| align=center |
| align=center|1
| |
| Sporting Club Differdange
| align=center |
| align=center|1
| |
| Racing FC Union Luxembourg
| align=center |
| align=center|1
| |
| UNA Strassen
| align=center |
| align=center|1
| |
Top scorers
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Notes
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References
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External links
- [https://www.flf.lu/tabellen-80253v4/leagues/10/seasons/216 Fixtures, results, and standings] at [https://www.flf.lu FLF.lu] {{in lang|fr}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20131217120026/http://www.fifa.com/world-match-centre/nationalleagues/nationalleague=luxembourg-league-2000000028/standings/index.html FIFA.com] (archived 17 December 2013)
- [https://www.uefa.com/nationalassociations/lux/domestic/league/1072/ UEFA.com]
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{{UEFA leagues}}
{{UEFA national champions}}