Luxembourg 1915/16

In January 1915 (before the 1914/15 leagues had even started) new regulations were accepted according to which the first and second divisions were to be restricted to six clubs each, starting with the 1915/16 season, while the third level was to be divided into district sections if necessitated by the number of participating clubs; the clubs finishing sixth and last in each of the top two divisions were to be relegated automatically and replaced by the winners of divisions two and three.
The six participants in the 1915/16 first division were determined by the board of the federation and confirmed at a general meeting in July 1915. From among the eleven top level clubs in the 1914/15 season, the three clubs from the capital and the two fierce rivals from Esch-sur-Alzette were chosen without much discussion, but there was some debate about the sixth entrant, Stade Dudelange, at the annual congress held one month later in Diekirch, where some might have preferred the local Young Boys instead.
However, Stade themselves put an end to any remaining controversy by sensationally defeating reigning champions Union away from home in their first match; it was Union's first ever home defeat on the pitch in either the league or the by now defunct Challenge Steinès (however, they had had two home matches, against Differdange in 1910/11 and Sporting in 1911/12, awarded forfeit losses against them).
In spite of that upset, Union won the league for the fourth time in succession (mostly thanks to beating both their traditional local rivals, Racing and Sporting, home and away) while Stade finished last and went down – to be replaced by Young Boys Diekirch, who had been joined at the second level by the four remaining top level clubs from the 1914/15 season and second level champions US Esch (still referred to as SVg. Esch at the start of the season); only three of those six clubs finished the season, and the third level, formed by nine clubs in two sections, saw three teams dropping out as well, in spite of the fact that apart from the championship deciders in the second and third divisions, both played on the second day of 1916, the entire season was already finished before Christmas 1915.

Division 1
Division 2
Division 3

Division 1

Participants (6):
 C.S. "Fola" Esch/Alzette                       
 F.C. "Jeunesse de la Frontière" Esch/Alzette   
 F.C. "Le Stade" Dudelange                      
 "Racing-Club" Luxembourg                       
 "Sporting-Club" Luxembourg                     
 "Union Sportive" Luxembourg-Hollerich          [defending champions]

Final Table:

 1.Union Sportive (Luxembourg-Hollerich)        10   7  2  1  35-13  16  Champions
 2.Sporting-Club (Luxembourg)                   10   5  2  3  21-16  12
 3.CS Fola (Esch/Alzette)                       10   4  3  3  29-24  11
 4.Racing-Club (Luxembourg)                     10   4  1  5  23-18   9
 5.Jeunesse de la Frontière (Esch/Alzette)      10   3  1  6  16-35   7
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 6.Le Stade (Dudelange)                         10   2  1  7  14-32   5  Relegated

Round 1 [Sep 12]
Racing-Club Luxembourg    0-0 Sporting-Club Luxembourg  
US Hollerich              2-3 Stade Dudelange           
Fola Esch/Alzette         6-1 Jeunesse de la Frontière  

Round 2 [Sep 19]
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  1-4 US Hollerich              
Jeunesse de la Frontière  1-2 Racing-Club Luxembourg    
Stade Dudelange           0-3 Fola Esch/Alzette         

Round 3 [Sep 26]
Fola Esch/Alzette         1-5 Sporting-Club Luxembourg  
US Hollerich              2-1 Racing-Club Luxembourg    
Jeunesse de la Frontière  3-0 Stade Dudelange           

Round 4
[Oct 3]
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  4-3 Stade Dudelange           
Racing-Club Luxembourg    1-3 Fola Esch/Alzette         
US Hollerich              2-1 Jeunesse de la Frontière  [annulled]
[Dec 5]
US Hollerich             11-1 Jeunesse de la Frontière  [replay Oct 3; Jeunesse fielded only 8 players]  

Round 5 [Oct 10]
Jeunesse de la Frontière  2-6 Sporting-Club Luxembourg  
Stade Dudelange           3-2 Racing-Club Luxembourg    
Fola Esch/Alzette         4-4 US Hollerich              

Round 6 [Oct 31]
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  2-1 Racing-Club Luxembourg    
Stade Dudelange           0-0 US Hollerich              
Jeunesse de la Frontière  1-1 Fola Esch/Alzette         

Round 7 [Nov 7]
US Hollerich              3-0 Sporting-Club Luxembourg  
Racing-Club Luxembourg    3-1 Jeunesse de la Frontière  
Fola Esch/Alzette         8-3 Stade Dudelange           

Round 8 [Nov 14]
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  2-2 Fola Esch/Alzette         
Racing-Club Luxembourg    1-4 US Hollerich              
Stade Dudelange           1-4 Jeunesse de la Frontière  

Round 9 [Nov 21]
Stade Dudelange           0-1 Sporting-Club Luxembourg  
Fola Esch/Alzette         1-7 Racing-Club Luxembourg    
Jeunesse de la Frontière  2-5 US Hollerich              

Round 10 [Nov 28]  
Sporting-Club Luxembourg  awd Jeunesse de la Frontière  [awarded forfeit win (0-0 goals) to Jeunesse; originally 4-2]
  [Sporting fielded only two players from their normal first eleven; two
   players were taken from their third team which had just finished its
   own match; they nevertheless won but apparently had fielded ineligible
   players; the fact that the match was awarded to Jeunesse with 0-0 as
   goal record suggests Sporting actually forfeited the match before it
   started and the two instead played a friendly, but the match reports
   in the Escher Tageblatt and Luxemburger Zeitung did not mention this;
   the award of the match to the visitors saved them from having to play
   off with Stade against relegation]
Racing-Club Luxembourg    5-1 Stade Dudelange           
US Hollerich              w/o Fola Esch/Alzette         [awarded forfeit win (0-0 goals) to Hollerich; Fola dns]
  [Fola refused to play, claiming not to be able to field a "worthy" side;
   presumably they were miffed about their heavy home defeat against Racing
   one week earlier, which had robbed them of all championship hopes]

Final Table:

 1.Union Sportive (Luxembourg-Hollerich)        10   7  2  1  35-13  16  Champions
 2.Sporting-Club (Luxembourg)                   10   5  2  3  21-16  12
 3.CS Fola (Esch/Alzette)                       10   4  3  3  29-24  11
 4.Racing-Club (Luxembourg)                     10   4  1  5  23-18   9
 5.Jeunesse de la Frontière (Esch/Alzette)      10   3  1  6  16-35   7
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 6.Le Stade (Dudelange)                         10   2  1  7  14-32   5  Relegated

Cross-Table:
                    Hol SCL Fol RCL  Jeu StD
US Hollerich        xxx 3-0 w/o 2-1 11-1 2-3
Sporting CL         1-4 xxx 2-2 2-1  o/w 4-3
Fola                4-4 1-5 xxx 1-7  6-1 8-3
Racing CL           1-4 0-0 1-3 xxx  3-1 5-1
Jeunesse Frontiere  2-5 2-6 1-1 1-2  xxx 3-0
Stade Dudelange     0-0 0-1 0-3 3-2  1-4 xxx
o/w: walkover win away team (no goals awarded)
w/o: walkover win home team (no goals awarded)

NB: the cross-table as given by [iff] (No. 32, p. 18) reverts home and away
    teams for a number of matches (e.g. between Union and Stade and between
    Fola and Racing) and includes a number of clearly invented results to
    arrive at a more or less correct final table as compared to [FLF 83];
    only Union's goal record is given correctly, although several of their
    results are wrong

Division 2

Participants (6):
 "Club Sportif" Pétange                         
 "Sport-Club" Differdange                       
 F.C. "Young Boys" Diekirch                     
 "Union Sportive" Dudelange                     [withdrew during season]
 "Union Sportive" Esch/Alzette              [*] [withdrew during season]
 "Cercle des Sports" Echternach                 [declined to enter and resigned from federation]
[*] in earlier seasons this club was usually referred to as Sports-Vereinigung

Final Table:

 1.Young Boys (Diekirch)                         4   3  1  0   7- 2   7  Promoted
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 2.Sport-Club (Differdange)                      4   2  0  2   9- 7   4
 3.Club Sportif (Pétange)                        4   0  1  3   2- 9   1
 -.Union Sportive (Esch/Alzette)                 withdrew; results annulled;
   record at withdrawal                          5   1  0  4   8-12   3
 -.Union Sportive (Dudelange)                    withdrew; result annulled;
   record at withdrawal                          1   0  0  1   0-12   0
 -.Cercle des Sports (Echternach)                withdrew before start

Round 1 [Sep 12]
US Esch                   6-1 CS Pétange                [annulled]
Young Boys Diekirch       4-1 Sport-Club Differdange    
US Dudelange              bye

Round 2
[Sep 19]
CS Pétange                2-1 Young Boys Diekirch       [annulled after protest]
Sport-Club Differdange   12-0 US Dudelange              [annulled]
[date?]
CS Pétange                o/w Young Boys Diekirch       [awarded forfeit win to Young Boys]
US Esch                   bye

NB: US Dudelange withdrew; their result was annulled

Round 3 [Sep 26]
US Dudelange              n/p CS Pétange                
US Esch                   1-3 Young Boys Diekirch       [annulled]
Sport-Club Differdange    bye

Round 4 [Oct 3]
CS Pétange                0-3 Sport-Club Differdange    
US Esch                   n/p US Dudelange              
Young Boys Diekirch       bye

Round 5 [Oct 10]
Sport-Club Differdange    5-1 US Esch                   [annulled]
US Dudelange              n/p Young Boys Diekirch       
CS Pétange                bye

Round 6
[Oct 31]
CS Pétange                3-0 US Esch                   [annulled]
Sport-Club Differdange    n/p Young Boys Diekirch       [Young Boys missed train connection in Esch]
[Jan 2]
Sport-Club Differdange    0-2 Young Boys Diekirch       [refixtured from Oct 31]
US Dudelange              bye

Round 7 [Nov 7]
Young Boys Diekirch       1-1 CS Pétange                
US Dudelange              n/p Sport-Club Differdange    
US Esch                   bye

Round 8 [Nov 14]
CS Pétange                n/p US Dudelange              
Young Boys Diekirch       w/o US Esch                   [US Esch dns; annulled]
Sport-Club Differdange    bye

NB: US Esch withdrew or were excluded; their results were annulled

Round 9 [Nov 21]
Sport-Club Differdange    5-1 CS Pétange                
US Dudelange              n/p US Esch                   
Young Boys Diekirch       bye

Round 10 [Nov 28]
US Esch                   n/p Sport-Club Differdange    
Young Boys Diekirch       n/p US Dudelange              
CS Pétange                bye

Final Table:

 1.Young Boys (Diekirch)                         4   3  1  0   7- 2   7  Promoted
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 2.Sport-Club (Differdange)                      4   2  0  2   9- 7   4
 3.Club Sportif (Pétange)                        4   0  1  3   2- 9   1
 -.Union Sportive (Esch/Alzette)                 withdrew; results annulled;
   record at withdrawal                          5   1  0  4   8-12   3
 -.Union Sportive (Dudelange)                    withdrew; result annulled;
   record at withdrawal                          1   0  0  1   0-12   0
 -.Cercle des Sports (Echternach)                withdrew before start

Cross-Table (without withdrawn clubs):

                    YBD SCD Pét
Young Boys Diekirch xxx 4-1 1-1
SC Differdange      0-2 xxx 5-1
CS Pétange          o/w 0-3 xxx
o/w: walkover win away team (no goals awarded)

Division 3

Participants (9):
District 1
 "Cercle des Sports" Rollingergrund             
 "Cercle Sportif" Hollerich                     
 "Jeunesse de la Frontière" Steinfort           
 "Club Sportif" Mondorf-les-Bains               [withdrew during season]
 "La Sentinelle" Kleinbettingen                 [withdrew during season]
District 2
 F.C. "Etoile Rouge" Dudelange                  
 C.S. "Jeunesse" Bettembourg                    
 F.C. "The National" Schifflange                
 "Jeunesse Sportive" Kayl                       [withdrew during season]

District Stage

District 1

Available results and fixtures:

Round 2 [Sep 19]
Cercle Sportif Hollerich  6-1 CS Mondorf                [annulled]

Round 3 [Sep 26]
CS Mondorf                 -  CdS Rollingergrund        
Jeunesse Steinfort        1-2 Cercle Sportif Hollerich  
Sentille Kleinbettingen   bye

Final Table:

 1.Cercle Sportif (Hollerich)                    4   2  1  1  14- 9   5  Playoff
   Jeunesse de la Frontière (Steinfort)          4   2  1  1   6- 6   5  Playoff
 3.Cercle des Sports (Rollingergrund)            4   1  0  3   8-13   2
 -.Club Sportif (Mondorf-les-Bains)              withdrew; results annulled
 -.La Sentinelle (Kleinbettingen)                withdrew; results (if any) annulled

Playoff [Dec 19, at US Hollerich]
Cercle Sportif Hollerich  5-0 Jeunesse Steinfort        

NB: Cercle Sportif Hollerich qualified for championship final

District 2

Round 1 [Sep 12]
Etoile Rouge Dudelange    1-4 Jeunesse Bettembourg      
The National Schifflange  4-2 JS Kayl                   [annulled]

Round 2 [Sep 19]
The National Schifflange  2-1 Etoile Rouge Dudelange    
Jeunesse Bettembourg      8-0 JS Kayl                   [annulled]

Round 3 [Sep 26]
Jeunesse Bettembourg      8-3 The National Schifflange  
Etoile Rouge Dudelange    bt  JS Kayl                   [possibly by walkover; venue not known; annulled]

NB: Jeunesse Sportive Kayl withdrew; their results were annulled

Round 4 {Oct 31?]
Jeunesse Bettembourg      w/o Etoile Rouge Dudelange    [awarded forfeit win to Bettembourg]
JS Kayl                   n/p The National Schifflange  

Round 5 [Nov 7]
Etoile Rouge Dudelange    0-1 The National Schifflange  
JS Kayl                   n/p Jeunesse Bettembourg      

Round 6 [Nov 14]
The National Schifflange  6-3 Jeunesse Bettembourg      
JS Kayl                   n/p Etoile Rouge Dudelange    

Final Table:

 1.Jeunesse (Bettembourg)                        4   3  0  1  15-10   6  Playoff
   The National (Schifflange)                    4   3  0  1  12-12   6  Playoff
 3.Etoile Rouge (Dudelange)                      4   0  0  4   2- 7   0
 -.Jeunesse Sportive (Kayl)                      withdrew; results annulled;
   record at withdrawal                          3   0  0  3          0

Cross-Table (without withdrawn club):

                    JBb Nat EtR
Jeun. Bettembourg   xxx 8-3 w/o
The National        6-3 xxx 2-1
Etoile Rouge        1-4 0-1 xxx
w/o: walkover win home team (no goals awarded)

Playoff [Dec 19, at Fola Esch]
Jeunesse Bettembourg      4-0 The National Schifflange  

NB: Jeunesse Bettembourg qualified for championship final

Playoff Stage

Final [Jan 2, at Sporting-Club Luxembourg]
Cercle Sportif Hollerich  3-1 Jeunesse Bettembourg      

NB: both finalists admitted to the second level 1916/17

1914/15.

1993/94.

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