Luxembourg. Little worth mentioning.
Olympique Eischen and
Alliance Dudelange won promotions to first division.
One club was hopeless outsider in first division – US Rumelange. Last with 11 points. Half of the league fought for escaping relegation. Chiers Rodange was the looser, finishing 11th with 16 points. At the top of the table 4 teams were above the rest – Union Luxembourg finished 4th, 7 points ahead of the 5th placed. Progres Niedercorn got bronze medals with 30 points. Jeunesse Esch/Alzette and Red Boys Differdange fought the title and single point decided the winner. Red Boys finished 2nd.
Jeunesse won their 17th title – not a surprise at all, since the club was already the strongest club in the small country. As a whole, the top 4 were the usual better clubs at that tine.
Progres Niedercorn reached the Cup final and tried to win a trophy compensating for the lost title. But their opposition was also ambitious – Spora Luxembourg fought for survival this year and at the end finished 7th. However, Spora was one of the historically most successful clubs. The final ended without a winner. Spora prevailed in overtime 3-2.
A great ending of the season – Spora ensured another season in the first division and won the Cup. This was their 8th Cup and first trophy since 1965-66, when they won their 7th Cup. As for champions, Spora did not win the league since 1960-61. The club was declining – the best years were already in very distant past before the Second World War. Few trophies were added after the war, but may be a revival was beginning at last?
Standing from left: FIEDLER Jean, WÜNSCH Romain, HOSCHEID Pierre, BERCKES Louis, SAUBER Paul, PETRY Dirk, PLETSCH Gérard, BAUMERT Alain, ZENDER Raymond, LORANG Roger (Trainer).
First row: ZEUTZIUS Fernand, MOLITOR Marcel, MANNON Jean-Louis, MOUSEL José, URBING Gérard, ROB Pascal, MANNON Alain, FIEDLER Carlo.
Well done, but the names mean nothing outside Luxembourg.