2002–03 Luxembourg National Division

Luxembourg National Division
Season	2002–03
Champions	Grevenmacher (1st title)
Relegated	Progrès Niederkorn; Sporting Mertzig
Champions League	Grevenmacher
UEFA Cup	F91 Dudelange
Intertoto Cup	Union Luxembourg
	← 2001–02 2003–04 →

The 2002–03 Luxembourg National Division was the 89th season of top level association football in Luxembourg.

Overview

It was performed in 12 teams, and Grevenmacher won the championship.

First phase

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	F91 Dudelange	22	14	3	5	60	27	+33	45	Qualification to championship stage
2	Grevenmacher	22	13	5	4	56	21	+35	44
3	Union Luxembourg	22	11	6	5	40	28	+12	39
4	Jeunesse Esch	22	10	8	4	42	23	+19	38
5	Swift Hesperange	22	10	7	5	53	32	+21	37	Qualification to relegation stage
6	Mondercange	22	11	2	9	51	44	+7	35
7	Rumelange	22	10	3	9	45	49	−4	33
8	Wiltz 71	22	7	4	11	30	42	−12	25
9	Victoria Rosport	22	6	7	9	32	50	−18	25
10	Avenir Beggen	22	7	3	12	44	56	−12	24
11	Progrès Niederkorn	22	5	0	17	22	68	−46	15
12	Sporting Mertzig	22	4	0	18	23	58	−35	12

Source: rsssf.com

Results

Home \ Away	AVE	DUD	GRE	JEU	MON	PRO	RUM	MER	SWI	UNI	VIC	WIL
Avenir Beggen		0–1	2–4	2–2	3–1	5–1	2–1	4–1	1–3	0–2	2–3	2–2
F91 Dudelange	4–2		2–0	0–3^[a]	3–1	4–0	6–0	4–0	1–1	4–0	5–0	5–3
Grevenmacher	4–0	3–0		1–1	0–1	4–0	5–0	0–3^[b]	2–2	1–1	4–1	0–1
Jeunesse Esch	3–1	1–1	2–3		2–1	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0
Mondercange	2–2	3–0^[a]	0–5	1–1		2–0	2–3	4–3	3–2	3–0	7–3	2–1
Progrès Niederkorn	5–1	0–6	2–4	1–4	0–4		0–1	2–0	0–6	0–2	2–1	2–3
Rumelange	5–1	3–0^[a]	2–6	1–2	2–1	4–2		6–1	4–3	0–2	1–1	0–1
Sporting Mertzig	0–2	1–2	0–3	0–5	4–2	1–2	1–2		0–1	1–5	4–1	1–3
Swift Hesperange	5–2	1–3	0–5	2–0	0–3	7–0	3–3	2–0		1–1	1–1	4–0
Union Luxembourg	1–4	3–0^[a]	0–0	1–0	5–3	0–1	1–3	4–0	3–3		1–0	3–2
Victoria Rosport	5–2	0–7	1–2	1–1	1–4	3–1	3–3	1–0	0–0	1–1		2–1
Wiltz 71	1–4	2–2	0–0	1–1	4–1	3–0	2–1	0–1	0–4	0–3	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.
Notes:

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d The matches Union Luxembourg – F91 Dudelange, Mondercange – F91 Düdelingen, Rumelange – F91 Dudelange and F91 Dudelange – Jeunesse Esch were each rated 3–0 for the opponent, as F91 Dudelange had too many foreigners on the field.
^ The match between Grevenmacher and Sporting Mertzig was originally ended 1–0, but was rated 0–3 for Mertzig, as Grevenmacher had an unauthorized player in their ranks.

Second phase

Championship stage

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Grevenmacher (C)	28	18	5	5	68	28	+40	59	Qualification to Champions League first qualifying round
2	F91 Dudelange	28	16	4	8	66	34	+32	52	Qualification to UEFA Cup qualifying round
3	Jeunesse Esch	28	13	9	6	54	30	+24	48
4	Union Luxembourg	28	12	6	10	43	40	+3	42	Qualification to Intertoto Cup first round

Source: rsssf.com
(C) Champions

Results

Home \ Away	DUD	GRE	JEU	UNI
F91 Dudelange		0–1	1–0	3–0
Grevenmacher	4–1		5–3	1–0
Jeunesse Esch	0–0	3–0		5–1
Union Luxembourg	2–1	0–1	0–1

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Relegation stage

Group A

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Swift Hesperange	28	14	9	5	66	37	+29	51
2	Victoria Rosport	28	10	8	10	44	55	−11	38
3	Rumelange	28	11	4	13	51	63	−12	37
4	Progrès Niederkorn (R)	28	6	0	22	29	82	−53	18	Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour

Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	PRO	RUM	SWI	VIC
Progrès Niederkorn		2–3	0–1	0–3
Rumelange	0–2		0–0	1–2
Swift Hesperange	5–2	4–2		1–1
Victoria Rosport	2–1	4–0	0–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Group B

Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Relegation
1	Mondercange	28	14	2	12	64	56	+8	44
2	Avenir Beggen	28	11	4	13	57	64	−7	37
3	Wiltz 71	28	9	5	14	40	53	−13	32
4	Sporting Mertzig (R)	28	6	0	22	36	76	−40	18	Relegation to Luxembourg Division of Honour

Source: rsssf.com
(R) Relegated

Results

Home \ Away	AVE	MON	MER	WIL
Avenir Beggen		4–1	4–2	3–2
Mondercange	1–2		3–5	3–0
Sporting Mertzig	2–0	1–3		1–5
Wiltz 71	0–0	0–2	3–2

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

References

Luxembourg – List of final tables (RSSSF)

[table_note_1_DUD_JEU0.71440558308475-1] The matches Union Luxembourg – F91 Dudelange, Mondercange – F91 Düdelingen, Rumelange – F91 Dudelange and F91 Dudelange – Jeunesse Esch were each rated 3–0 for the opponent, as F91 Dudelange had too many foreigners on the field.

[table_note_1_GRE_MER0.71440558308475-2] The match between Grevenmacher and Sporting Mertzig was originally ended 1–0, but was rated 0–3 for Mertzig, as Grevenmacher had an unauthorized player in their ranks.

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League cups	England Finland '02 '03 France Germany Iceland '02 '03 Israel Northern Ireland Scotland Wales
UEFA competitions	Champions League (Qualifying phase, Group stage, 2nd Group stage, knockout stage, Final) UEFA Cup (Qualifying round, First round, Second round, Final phase, Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup