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
Differdange !FC Differdange 03	Stade du Thillenberg	7,830
Dudelange !F91 Dudelange	Stade Jos Nosbaum	2,600
Etzella Ettelbrück !FC Etzella Ettelbruck	Stade Am Deich	2,650
Fola Esch !CS Fola Esch	Stade Émile Mayrisch	3,900
Grevenmacher !CS Grevenmacher	Op Flohr Stadion	4,000
Jeunesse Canach !FC Jeunesse Canach	Stade Rue de Lenningen	1,000
Jeunesse Esch !Jeunesse Esch	Stade de la Frontière	5,400
Käerjeng !UN Käerjeng 97	Stade um Bëschel	1,000
Petange !CS Pétange	Stade Municipal (Pétange)	3,300
Progres Niederkorn !FC Progrès Niederkorn	Stade Jos Haupert	4,830
Racing FC !Racing FC Union Luxembourg	Stade Achille Hammerel	5,814
RM Hamm Benfica !FC RM Hamm Benfica	Luxembourg-Cents	2,800
Union 05 Kayl-Tétange !Union 05 Kayl-Tétange	Stade Victor Marchal	1,000
Wiltz 71 !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 !Fola Esch (C)	26	18	5	3	66	23	+43	59	2013–14 UEFA Champions League Second qualifying round
2	F91 Dudelange !F91 Dudelange	26	16	7	3	53	20	+33	55	2013–14 UEFA Europa League First qualifying round ¹
3	Jeunesse Esch !Jeunesse Esch	26	16	2	8	53	30	+23	50
4	Differdange 03 !Differdange 03	26	14	5	7	54	34	+20	47
5	RM Hamm Benfica !RM Hamm Benfica	26	13	7	6	53	38	+15	46
6	Grevenmacher !Grevenmacher	26	11	9	6	43	32	+11	42
7	Jeunesse Canach !Jeunesse Canach	26	10	7	9	40	35	+5	37
8	Racing FC !Racing FC	26	9	6	11	42	44	−2	33
9	UN Käerjeng 97 !UN Käerjeng 97	26	9	4	13	44	53	−9	31
10	Wiltz !Wiltz	26	9	3	14	42	66	−24	30
11	Etzella Ettelbruck !Etzella Ettelbruck	26	6	9	11	41	61	−20	27
12	Progrès Niederkorn !Progrès Niederkorn (O)	26	7	4	15	29	45	−16	25	Relegation play-offs
13	Pétange !Pétange (R)	26	3	5	18	21	56	−35	14	Relegation to 2013–14 Luxembourg Division of Honour
14	Union 05 Kayl-Tétange !Union 05 Kayl-Tétange (R)	26	3	3	20	29	73	−44	12	Relegation to 2013–14 Luxembourg Division of Honour

Source: Soccerway
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Jeunesse Esch qualified via 2012–13 Luxembourg Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

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.

FC Progrès Niederkorn v Strassen

30 May 2013
19:30

FC Progrès Niederkorn	1-0	Strassen
Rougeaux 118'

Käerjénger Dribbel, Bascharage
Attendance: 1.500

Results

Home ╲ Away	Differdange 03 !DIF	F91 Dudelange !DUD	Etzella Ettelbruck !ETZ	Fola Esch !FOL	Grevenmacher !GRE	Jeunesse Canach !JEC	Jeunesse Esch !JEU	UN Käerjeng 97 !KÄE	Pétange !PET	Progrès Niederkorn !PRO	Racing FC !RAC	RM Hamm Benfica !RMH	Union 05 Kayl-Tétange !UKT	Wiltz !WIL
Differdange 03 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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 !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
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

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	12
	Oséias	Jeunesse Canach	12
	Thierry Steinmetz	Dudelange	12
9	François Augusto	RM Hamm Benfica	11
	Yassine Benajiba	Jeunesse Esch	11
	Daniel Huss	Grevenmacher	11
	Zarko Lukić	Racing FC	11

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women:	Dames Ligue 1

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men:	Luxembourg Cup

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