Luxembourg National Division

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The National Division (Luxembourgish: Nationaldivisioun, French: Division Nationale, German: Nationaldivision), known as the BGL Ligue for sponsorship reasons, is the highest football league in Luxembourg. Between 2007 and 2009, it was known as the Fortis Ligue, after the Luxembourg Football Federation managed to seal a sponsorship deal with Fortis, however this was replaced by BGL after the financial crisis. Before 2006, it contained twelve teams, but it expanded to fourteen for the 2006–07 season. Following the abandonment of the previous season, the 2020–21 season saw the further expansion of the league to 16 teams. The current champions are FC Atert Bissen. The competition was first held in 1909–10, and has been held every year since, with the exceptions of 1912–13 and four seasons during the Second World War. It was also abandoned after 17 games in the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition was called the Luxembourgish Championship (Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuerger...

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