September 24, 2005 in Lux, Season Reviews
Season 2 : 23/06/2004 - 03/10/2004
Summary
First real season in the first division with 4 clubs and first title for Young Boys Munich 04 (YB04). Jamaican Penguins Bobslaigh Teams winning their second cup. This season was really the start of the construction of HT Letzebuerg with many young teams settling in and showing their potential.
Nationaldivisioun
This was the first active season for our first division which was still called “I.1″ as in its very first days. 4 user teams were then competiting against 4 bots. Etzella with its defensive style had difficulty against other users teams and only succeeded in collecting a few draws finishing 4th. Its last draw against YB04 could have change the title outcome. But Rouden Leiw 04 beat Ocean Dragons in the last game of the season for the beauty of the game, finishing 3rd with Ocean Dragons the runner-up. As a whole, it was a deserved title for the Young Boys enterring into the legend being the first ever user team to win the first league !
D2
In II.1, close run between Jeunese Champion and Luxembourg Soccer Club, who took the title in the final game (see below LSC). In II.2 FC Bayella dominated, finishing ahead of Belair Allstars and FC JeunesseKanech. In II.3, Hai-Wai was a surprise winner where everyone expected cup winner JPBT. In II.4 it was Spora who showed it strength finishing first and jeunesse renerts third.
D3
Division 3 was starting to be a real craddle for promising teams. In III.1, AS Ballopied completed a great season 10 points ahead of MichaelL’s FC Mettendorf. In III.2, the race was close with Gainesvillerockcity finishing ahead of Limpertsberg FC and Erster Im Laendchen. In III.3, it is fc formatdepoche who impressed winning all its games finishing ahaed of FC Stock.
Cup
At the time the cup had 2 rounds for the semi-finals and finals. After great cup run including wins over Ocean Dragons, FC Jeunesse Kanech and Belair Allstars, after a fantistic come back in the second game of the semi-finals, Future Gimis met cup holder Jamaican Penguins Bobslaigh Teams (JPBT aka Hacat Boys) in the finals. JPBT had a very impressive cup run conceiding no goals until the semi-finals second round against AS Ballopied. In the finals, Future Gimis were overpowered by JPBT who’s manager collected its second cup, back to back !
NT
The nightmare continued, no single friendly arranged by the A team coach MichaelL. A lot of experience and time lost for our country.
U20
Seiei re-elected choosed to prepare the team for the future enrolling young but promising talents in the U20 World Cup like Dan Wirth, Fons Haas, Mich Knepper, Jim Reimer, Joel Dumonceau, Axel Mestrallet, Ern Weny or Robi Kirsch. With those new players the tournament was difficult, but the team managed to beat Nigeria(2-0) once and an interesting 1-3 loss against Germany. The season ended with friendlies and a stunning draw against France 2-2.
LSC
First full season of the LSC still in the II.1, which started well with victories over title rivals Sick Club and Jeunesse Champion (3-0 away). The cup run was also satisfying, beating the Sick Club once again and future national champion YBM04 4-2 in an epic counter-attack game. The cup run was only stopped by the future cup winner JPBT. As the season went on, it appear that LSC was a clear title contender in a two-race with Jeunesse Champion. The last game of the season in the Didier Deschamps Stadium between the LSC and Jeunesse was decisive. The game started with 2 goals from the visitors, in a freezing atmosphere. Club legend Arm Bettendorf reduced the score after 27 minutes. It was then to veteran striker Ricardo Jerez to run the show, scoring 2 goals in the 60th and 72nd minutes, bringing the score to 3-2 and securing the victory for the LSC. For its first ever full season, the LSC was champion of the II.1, a huge achievement for the young team. Promotion game was then easily won against a bot team, and the LSC went up to the Nationaldivisioun as the clear underdog.