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1952–53 Luxembourg National Division

The 1952–53 Luxembourg National Division was the 39th season of top-level association football in Luxembourg. The competition was contested by 12 teams, with each team playing the others twice, once at home and once away, for a total of 22 matches per club. FC Progrès Niedercorn won the championship, securing the first league title in the club's history.

The season comprised 132 matches in total, with 474 goals scored, averaging 3.59 goals per match. The highest-scoring match of the season was Union Luxembourg 3–8 National Schifflange.

Final League Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 FC Progrès Niedercorn 22 13 6 3 52 32 +20 32
2 Jeunesse Esch 22 13 5 4 41 24 +17 31
3 Stade Dudelange 22 11 5 6 40 25 +15 27
4 FA Red Boys Differdange 22 10 2 10 37 39 −2 22
5 CS Fola Esch 22 10 2 10 25 31 −6 22
6 Union Luxembourg 22 9 3 10 44 49 −5 21
7 FC Red Star Merl-Belair 22 10 1 11 41 51 −10 21
8 National Schifflange 22 8 4 10 46 39 +7 20
9 CA Spora Luxembourg 22 9 0 13 44 42 +2 18
10 SC Tétange 22 7 3 12 33 41 −8 17
11 Alliance Dudelange 22 7 3 12 39 47 −8 17
12 Racing Rodange 22 5 6 11 32 54 −22 16

The defending champions, National Schifflange, finished in seventh place. The bottom-placed team was relegated directly, while the tenth- and eleventh-placed teams contested a relegation play-off to determine the second relegated side.

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