Luxembourg 1914/15

Due to the outbreak of the Great War (Germany occupied Luxembourg at the beginning of August 1914), the championship did not start until February 1915. To finish the season on time, and because long trips appeared inadvisable, it was decided to first play tournaments at district level, followed by a playoff for the national title between the district winners.
Originally, Sporting had been declared winners of the Luxembourg-Ville section, and they went on to claim the national title, but defending champions Union protested against Sporting having fielded Batty Meyer in their match on 21 March 1915, as Meyer was licensed in Switzerland (he studied in Zürich) and neither he nor Sporting had applied for the necessary permission to also play official matches in Luxembourg.
The board of the F.S.L.S.A. as well as its council of delegates rejected the protest, but at an extraordinary general meeting held on 20 June 1915 Union's protest was upheld, and Sporting's 3-2 win was changed into a forfeit loss. Thus, Union were declared champions of the capital, and the matches of Sporting in the national playoff were annulled, Union taking their place (and winning the championship instead).
Another noteworthy occurrence this season was the first ever entry in an official league competition by the country's oldest football club, Fola from Esch-sur-Alzette; previously, they had only entered the first edition of the Challenge Steinès, only to withdraw after losing a match.

Division 1
Division 2

Division 1

Participants (11):
District 1 (Luxembourg)
 "Racing-Club" Luxembourg                       
 "Sporting-Club" Luxembourg                     
 "Union Sportive" Luxembourg-Hollerich          [defending champions]
District 2 (Esch-sur-Alzette)
 C.S. "Fola" Esch/Alzette                       [first ever entry in league competition]
 F.C. "Jeunesse de la Frontière" Esch/Alzette   
District 3 (Dudelange)
 F.C. "Le Stade" Dudelange                      
 "Union Sportive" Dudelange                     [runners-up Division 2 1913/14]
District 4 (Differdange)
 "Club Sportif" Pétange                         
 "Sport-Club" Differdange                       
District 5 (Diekirch)
 "Cercle des Sports" Echternach                 [winners Division 2 1913/14]
 F.C. "Young Boys" Diekirch                     [winners Division 2 1911/12]

District Stage

District 1 (Luxembourg)

[Feb 21]
US Hollerich              5-5 Sporting-Club Luxembourg  
[Feb 28]
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  2-1 Racing-Club Luxembourg    
[Mar 7]
Racing-Club Luxembourg    1-3 US Hollerich              
[Mar 21]
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  3-2 US Hollerich              
[Mar 28]
Racing-Club Luxembourg    0-0 Sporting-Club Luxembourg  
[Apr 4]
US Hollerich              3-1 Racing-Club Luxembourg    

Final Table (Apr 5):

 1.Sporting-Club (Luxembourg)                    4   2  2  0  10- 8   6  Playoff
 2.Union Sportive (Luxembourg-Hollerich)         4   2  1  1  13-10   5
 3.Racing-Club (Luxembourg)                      4   0  1  3   3- 8   1

However, US Hollerich protested because Sporting had fielded Batty Meyer in
the match on Mar 21; Meyer had also played on Mar 28 against Racing; according
to [FLF 83] (pp. 25-26) all matches in which he had played were forfeited by
Sporting, resulting in the following new

Final Table:

 1.Union Sportive (Luxembourg-Hollerich)         4   3  1  0  13-10   7  Playoff
 2.Sporting-Club (Luxembourg)                    4   1  1  2  10- 8   3
 3.Racing-Club (Luxembourg)                      4   1  0  3   3- 8   2

Cross-Table:
                    Hol SCL RCL
US Hollerich        xxx 5-5 3-1
Sporting CL         3-2 xxx 2-1
Racing CL           1-3 0-0 xxx
NB: Sporting-Club-US Hollerich and Racing-Club-Sporting-Club were awarded
    forfeit losses against Sporting-Club without changing the goal records

District 2 (Esch-sur-Alzette)

[Feb 21]
Fola Esch/Alzette         2-2 Jeunesse de la Frontière  
[Mar 21]
Jeunesse de la Frontière  3-2 Fola Esch/Alzette         

Final Table:

 1.Jeunesse de la Frontière (Esch/Alzette)       2   1  1  0   5- 4   3  Playoff
 2.CS Fola (Esch/Alzette)                        2   0  1  1   4- 5   1

District 3 (Dudelange)

[Feb 21]
Stade Dudelange           6-1 US Dudelange              
[Mar 21]
US Dudelange              1-6 Stade Dudelange           

Final Table:

 1.Le Stade (Dudelange)                          2   2  0  0  12- 2   4  Playoff
 2.Union Sportive (Dudelange)                    2   0  0  2   2-12   0

District 4 (Differdange)

[Feb 21]
Sport-Club Differdange    2-3 CS Pétange                
[Mar 21]
CS Pétange                3-2 Sport-Club Differdange    

Final Table:

 1.Club Sportif (Pétange)                        2   2  0  0   6- 4   4  Playoff
 2.Sport-Club (Differdange)                      2   0  0  2   4- 6   0

District 5 (Diekirch)

[Mar 28]
Young Boys Diekirch       7-0 CdS Echternach            
[Apr 4]
CdS Echternach            0-3 Young Boys Diekirch       

Final Table:

 1.Young Boys (Diekirch)                         2   2  0  0  10- 0   4  Playoff
 2.Cercle des Sports (Echternach)                2   0  0  2   0-10   0

Playoff Stage

Preliminary Round [Apr 4, at Sporting-Club (Luxembourg)]
Stade Dudelange           1-4 Jeunesse de la Frontière  

Semifinals
[Apr 11, at US Hollerich (Luxembourg-Bonnevoie)]
Jeunesse de la Frontière  4-0 CS Pétange                
[May 16, at Racing-Club (Luxembourg)]
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  4-2 Young Boys Diekirch       [annulled]

Final [May 30, at Racing-Club (Luxembourg)]
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  2-1 Jeunesse de la Frontière  [half-time: 1-1; annulled]
  [Jeunesse scored the first goal after 47 seconds; Sporting scored in the 35th
   and 82nd minute; ref: Jakob Keulers (a Dutch member of CS Fola)]

NB: Sporting's playoff matches were annulled and US Hollerich entered instead

Semifinal [date?; not clear whether ever fixtured]
US Hollerich              w/o Young Boys Diekirch       [Young Boys forfeited]

Final [Jul 25, at Sport-Club (Differdange)]
US Hollerich              8-1 Jeunesse de la Frontière  [half-time: 3-1]
  [again Jeunesse scored the first goal; ref: Jakob Keulers]

Division 2

Participants (4):
District 1 (Luxembourg)
 "Cercle des Sports" Rollingergrund             
 "La Sentinelle" Kleinbettingen                 
District 2 (Esch-sur-Alzette)
 "Jeunesse Sportive" Kayl                       
 "Sports-Vereinigung" Esch/Alzette          [*] [excluded from Division 1 1913/14]

[*] according to a list of the 22 clubs affiliated to the F.S.L.S.A. published
    in April 1914 (so before the German occupation), this club was registered as
    Sports-Vereinigung; however, in later years, they were commonly referred to
    as Union Sportive (US Esch)

District Stage

District 1 (Luxembourg)

[Feb 28]
CdS Rollingergrund        2-3 Sentille Kleinbettingen     
[Mar 28]
Sentille Kleinbettingen   1-1 CdS Rollingergrund        

Final Table:

 1.La Sentinelle (Kleinbettingen)                2   1  1  0   4- 3   3  Final
 2.Cercle des Sports (Rollingergrund)            2   0  1  1   3- 4   1

District 2 (Esch-sur-Alzette)

[Feb 28]
SVg. Esch                 3-1 JS Kayl                   
[Mar 28]
JS Kayl                   2-4 SVg. Esch                 

Final Table:

 1.Sports-Vereinigung (Esch/Alzette)             2   2  0  0   7- 3   4  Final
 2.Jeunesse Sportive (Kayl)                      2   0  0  2   3- 7   0

Playoff Stage

Final [Apr 18, at US Hollerich (Luxembourg-Bonnevoie)]
SVg. Esch                 2-0 Sentille Kleinbettingen

1913/14.

1915/16.

list of champions.

list of 2nd level champions.

list of final tables.

list of 2nd level final tables.

list of cup finals.

overview challenge steinès.

list of topscorers.

About this document

Sources: [FLF 83], [iff] (No. 32), various contemporary Luxembourg newspapers available through eLuxemburgensia

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans (karel.rsssf@gmail.com)
Last updated: 11 Mar 2026