2012–13 Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division
Season	2012–13
Champions	Fola Esch
Relegated	Pétange; Union 05 Kayl-Tétange
Champions League	Fola Esch
Europa League	F91 Dudelange; Jeunesse Esch; FC Differdange 03
Matches played	182
Goals scored	611 (3.36 per match)
Top goalscorer	Stefano Bensi; Edis Osmanović; (20 goals)
Biggest home win	F91 Dudelange 7–1 Wiltz
Biggest away win	Wiltz 0–9 Racing FC
Highest scoring	Wiltz 0–9 Racing FC
	← 2011–12 2013–14 →

The 2012–13 Luxembourg National Division was the 99th season of top-tier football in Luxembourg. It began on 5 August 2012 and ended on 25 May 2013. F91 Dudelange were the defending champions having won their tenth league championship in the previous season.

Team changes from 2011–12

US Rumelange and US Hostert were relegated to the Division of Honour after finishing 13th and 14th in the previous season. Both clubs were relegated after one year in the top flight. They were replaced by 2011–12 Division of Honour champions Jeunesse Canach and runners-up Etzella Ettelbruck. Both clubs return to the top flight after a one-year absence.

Hesperange as 12th-placed team had to compete in a single play-off match against third-placed Division of Honour side Wiltz. Wiltz won the match by 6–2, and they returned to the top division after a one-year absence. Swift Hesperange were relegated to the Division of Honour after an eleven-year stay in the top division.

Stadia and locations

Location of the 2012–13 Luxembourg National Division teams

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
Union 05 Kayl-Tétange	Stade Victor Marchal	1,000
FC Wiltz 71	Stade Géitz	2,000

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Fola Esch (C)	26	18	5	3	66	23	+43	59	Qualification to Champions League second qualifying round
2	F91 Dudelange	26	16	7	3	53	20	+33	55	Qualification to Europa League first qualifying round^[a]
3	Jeunesse Esch	26	16	2	8	53	30	+23	50
4	Differdange 03	26	14	5	7	54	34	+20	47
5	RM Hamm Benfica	26	13	7	6	53	38	+15	46
6	Grevenmacher	26	11	9	6	43	32	+11	42
7	Jeunesse Canach	26	10	7	9	40	35	+5	37
8	Racing FC	26	9	6	11	42	44	−2	33
9	UN Käerjeng 97	26	9	4	13	44	53	−9	31
10	Wiltz	26	9	3	14	42	66	−24	30
11	Etzella Ettelbruck	26	6	9	11	41	61	−20	27
12	Progrès Niederkorn (O)	26	7	4	15	29	45	−16	25	Qualification to Relegation play-offs
13	Pétange (R)	26	3	5	18	21	56	−35	14	Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour
14	Union 05 Kayl-Tétange (R)	26	3	3	20	29	73	−44	12	Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ Jeunesse Esch qualified via 2012–13 Luxembourg Cup.

Results

Home \ Away	DIF	DUD	ETZ	FOL	GRE	JEC	JEU	KÄE	PET	PRO	RAC	RMH	UKT	WIL
Differdange 03		2–1	0–0	1–0	2–3	3–1	0–3	0–0	3–0	2–1	6–2	4–2	3–1	0–1
F91 Dudelange	3–0		4–3	0–0	1–1	0–1	0–1	2–1	2–1	3–0	2–1	1–0	3–0	7–1
Etzella Ettelbruck	0–4	0–1		0–5	1–0	1–1	0–4	3–1	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–3	3–2
Fola Esch	2–1	1–2	5–1		1–1	3–1	0–2	4–1	3–0	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–2	1–0
Grevenmacher	3–2	0–0	4–1	3–3		0–0	0–2	1–0	3–1	3–2	3–3	1–2	2–1	4–1
Jeunesse Canach	1–3	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2		3–0	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	6–2
Jeunesse Esch	2–4	0–3	3–2	1–4	0–0	5–1		5–1	3–0	0–0	3–4	0–1	4–1	0–2
UN Käerjeng 97	2–2	1–3	5–3	1–4	2–0	1–1	2–3		3–0	2–0	2–0	2–4	3–2	4–3
Pétange	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–2	0–2	1–4		0–2	1–0	0–3	1–1	0–1
Progrès Niederkorn	1–2	1–1	5–1	0–3	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–2	1–0		0–1	1–0	1–3	2–3
Racing FC	1–3	1–1	1–3	0–1	2–1	1–0	0–2	3–0	2–1	3–1		1–1	0–2	0–3
RM Hamm Benfica	2–1	1–1	3–2	2–3	1–1	0–4	1–0	2–1	5–2	2–2	4–1		3–1	2–0
Union 05 Kayl-Tétange	1–0	1–5	1–4	1–6	1–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	1–5		1–5
Wiltz	0–4	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–4	1–2	1–2	3–2	4–2	2–1	0–9	2–2	4–2

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

Relegation play-offs

The 12th-placed club in the National Division will compete in a relegation play-off match against the third-placed team from the Division of Honour for one spot in the following season's competition. This will take place once both seasons have finished, usually around the middle of May.

30 May 2013

19:30

Progrès Niederkorn	1–0	Strassen
Rougeaux 118'

Käerjénger Dribbel, Bascharage

Attendance: 1.500

Season statistics

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Stefano Bensi	Fola Esch	20
1	Edis Osmanović	Wiltz	20
3	Omar Er Rafik	Differdange 03	13
3	David Turpel	Etzella Ettelbruck	13
5	Sanel Ibrahimović	Jeunesse Esch	12
	Tony Lopes	Union 05 Kayl-Tétange
	Oséias	Jeunesse Canach
	Thierry Steinmetz	Dudelange
9	François Augusto	RM Hamm Benfica	11
	Yassine Benajiba	Jeunesse Esch
	Daniel Huss	Grevenmacher
	Žarko Lukić	Racing FC

External links

Official website

[table_note_res_EL1Q0.49502283450916-1] Jeunesse Esch qualified via 2012–13 Luxembourg Cup.

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