Hattrick ! blog by Bobymoore

Season 5 : 25.05.2005 - 04.09.2005

Summary
Second Nationaldivisioun title for Spora finishin undefeated. First cup win for my Luxembourg Soccer Club. First World Cup points and victory for our national team, what a season for your Bobymoore

Nationaldivisioun
The whole league season was dominated by Spora, winning all its games except one during the last matches. Many thought the LSC would take the second place but the their cup run and the great second half of the season of Young Boys Munich 04 ended all those hopes. YBM04 finished second, 3 points ahead of the LSC 3rd and 13 points ahead of the 4th Rouden Leiw 04. The final relegation battle made the pressure rise in the last games and rumors of coalition between Diekirscher teams was blown away by the results on the field. which ended up with FC Bayella and jeunesse renerts playing the relagation game (only 1 pt short to the 4th place). The most defensive teams of the league, fc formatdepoche (despite a promising season) and FC Jeunesse Kanech being directly relegated.

D2
Very close run in II.1 between Jeunesse Champion and Belair Allstars, with the Belair winning their decisive last game of the season and securing the direct promotion. Ocean Dragons dominated the II.2 but refused promotion. Erster Im Ländchen took the title of II.3 one point ahead of Hacat Boys, but lost its promotion game to FC Bayella. Gainesvillerockcity finishes the season undefeated in II.4 and earned direct promotion after being 2 times II.4 champion.

D3
Division 3 was continuing to grow in quality, and long time division 3 team finally made a step to the division 2: Orania Veinen (ex FC Mettendorf), Ost-Ieselen, GALAKTITANS, Diekrecher Ieselen, F.C.Aigle Rouge. Other promoting teams included FA Red Boys 05, Grand-Duc FC, baby-dragon.

D4
Our country expanded that season and the 4th division was created and then started being populated.

Cup
It will be difficult for me to be too objective on the excitment of that season’s cup ! It all started as usual, with only few Nationaldivisioun teams really playing the cup. In round 4, only 4 top level where still there out of 16 teams. Erster im Ländchen met Spora in the first semi-final ending with a 5-3 victory of the national champion. In the second semi-final it was the LSC taking the edge 3-2 over Gainesvillerockcity. In the final, it was the first time that 2 Nationaldivisioun teams played against eachother in the cup! The game kept its promises with lead changes, a lot of emotions and many goals. The LSC finally took the game with an historical 5-3 victory over Spora.

NT
I have been elected an National coach ,this is a great privilege. In the World Cup, the team has no chance to qualify however, the objective was to gain points against the higher ranked United Arab Emirates and eventually against Hong Kong. Even if the first WC game started with a clear loss, the second game was successful, taking a 0-0 draw agaisnt the far better team of Hong Kong, gathering the first WC points of our country ! After a few additional losses against older countries, the team was full of hopes for the away game at the UAE. Unfortunately, despite a clear advantage on the field, the game ended up 0-0 certainly due to the lack of confidence following the series of losses. Fortunately, the return game in Luxembourg proved differently and it was time collect the first WC win ! The WC allowed our NT team to move from hat 6 to hat 5 for the draw, giving us better chances of future wins. After the end of the WC, the best U20 players were called to give them experience to prepare the U20 WC.

U20
Transition season for the U20, with oustanding results under the direction of DurdenTyler. Wins over Austria, France, Ireland, Holland and draws against Oceania, USA, Scotland, showed that we could be proud of the progress made by our youth squad, and let expectations grew in the heart of the community. Congratulations to DurdenTyler and the whole community for the work done over the last 2 seasons!

LSC
The season started badly with a 4-0 loss at Spora, the team being concentrated on its cup hopes. However the next games were all very promising until the renerts stopped the undefeated run at the half season. In parallel, in the Cup, the LSC was opposed to all previous cup winners, and after a win at Hacat Boys, the semi-fial against was very disputed ending up with a 3-2 LSC win. In the final game, LSC was opposed to Spora and both teams showed similar strength in the game that ended up with a 5-3 LSC win, the first ever national title of the LSC after 2 seasons without a trophy ! After the cup run, the rest of the season was more difficult, with an equal share of wins and losses helping the LSC securing an uncontested 3rd place. The last game of the league against Spora kept its promises with a very disputed game ending with a 2-1 Spora victory, taking their revenge for the cup final.

Season 5 Letzebuerg Awards - Results - 2005-09-18

Teams:

Team of the Season 5 : Spora (10 votes)
Nominated: Luxembourg Soccer Club (2)

New Comer Team of the Season 5 : FA Red Boys 05 (3 votes)
Nominated: Lux Allstars (1), FC Letzebuerg (1)

Offensive Team of the Season 5 : FC Bayella (4 votes)
Nominated: Spora (3), Gainesvillerockcity (2), Luxembourg Soccer Club (1), Erster im Landchen (1), Orania Veinen (1)

Defensive Team of the Season 5 : FC formatdepoche (6 votes)
Nominated: Rouden Leiw 04 (3), Spora (3)

Most Improved Team of the Season 5 : Jeunesse Champion (7 votes)
Nominated: Luxembourg Soccer Club (3), F.C. Koeppchen Wormer (1), Young Boys Munich 04 (1)

Managers:

Tactician of the Season 5 : Bobymoore (7 votes)
Nominated: zuzut (2), DurdenTyler (2), Thearns (1)

Trader of the Season 5 : DurdenTyler (5 votes)
Nominated: Bobymoore (3), ZZ-80 (1)

Rookie Manager of the Season 5 : Superjhemp (1 vote)*
* arbitrary decision by me
Nominated: topchris (1), DerBernd (1), MrHibou (1)

Following managers voted for the awards:
ZZ-80, formatdepoche, Superjhemp, Bobymoore, Jillefsky, Thearns, Mod-sevysak, waterwalker, DurdenTyler, zuzut, Luddinho, alfredbester

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.

Season 4 : 02.02.2005 - 18.05.2005

Summary
First national title for Spora continuing to rise. First cup for Gainesvillerockcity against Spora. But the real event of this season come from the national U20 team, who made all Luxembourg sit in front of HT Live for memorable moments.

Nationaldivisioun
Jeunesse renerts who joined the first league, had a tough season but not as tough as Belair Allstars and Ocean Dragons who finished relegated. Bayella made an incredible first half of the season relying on counter-attacks and a very efficient attack, but collapsed in the final weeks to finish 3rd place. Young Boys battled hard to finish 4th. My Luxembourg Soccer Club made a solid season finishing 2nd to the uncontested champion Spora who was undefeated after its long cup run. Spora relied on a team overpowered by its national midfield.

D2
In II.1 formatdepoche was a surprising but worthy winner, finishing undefeated with its defensive team, letting Jeunesse Champion to its unfulfilled cup dreams. In II.2, FC Jeunesse Kanech was an uncontested champion again with a very defensive team. In II.3 newcomer Erster Im Ländchen surprised everyone and finished champion with a very offensive team, managing well a cup run until the semi-finals. They finished with the same number of points but a far better goal difference as 2 times cup winner Hacat, who had some surprising downs in the season . In II. 4 it was Gainesvillerockcity time to shine, despite their cup run, they succeeded to easily win the division ahead of demoted HaiWai. This was also the last season for Etzella who quitted the game.

D3
FC Mettendorf missed the title to the opportunist F.C. Koeppchen Wormer in III.1. LIMPERSBERG FC presented a very nice team and won the III.2 title, to rising DurdenTyler’s Fight Club Football. Promoted teams included Edinburgh DUST, sandweiler ovals and rookie Yoonkers.

Cup
A bit more success for the Nationaldivisioun teams than the previous season but not that much. 3 of them in the quarterfinals but then only Spora making it to the next stages. Other teams that made it to the semi-finals were Erster Im Länchen, Gainsvillerockcityand Jeunesse Champion. Everything went fine for Spora until the end game that Gainesvillerockcity took with a surprising 2-1 win, so much for the double that season for Spora.

NT
Transition season for alfredbester’s team, who continued to renew the team including some promising youngsters.

U20
The World Cup qualifications started with a thundering win of DurdenTyler’s U20 team. With a 343 tactic at home against the 352 of the U20 WC holder’s Romania, our U20 team sealed late 2-1 victory. Ern Weny and Norbert Neu were the scorers that night writing our U20 team history. It became even better in the second game in Taiwan as the U20 team beat the local team by a large 4-0 margin. And it did not end there, thanks to Durdentyler’s offensive strategy, the Letzebuerg team won again against Taiwan but also 4-1 against the strong turkish team. Thanks to this brilliant generation and magnificient coaching, the U20 team was the proud of the nation. In the end they only felt 3pts short to qualifying, scoring 12 points in the group and finishing 3rd. A great accomplishment for our young and small HT country.

LSC
The era of defensive football is gone and the LSC has evolved towards a more offensive and creative approach to the ball game. This change was welcomed by the supporters and drastically improved LSC’s results at a national level. IT resulted in a solid season for the LSC with a quarter final in the cup and nice league results, including one win against Spora, finally finishing second to the top luxembourgish team.

Season 4 Letzebuerg Awards - Results - 2005-05-18

Teams:

Team of the Season 4 : Spora (10 votes)
Nominated: Gainesvillerockcity (2)

New Comer Team of the Season 4 : Yoonkers (10 votes)
Nominated: -

Offensive Team of the Season 4 : Erster im Ländchen (5 votes)
Nominated: FC Bayella (4), Luxembourg Soccer Club (2), Belair Allstars (1)

Defensive Team of the Season 4 : FC formatdepoche (4 votes)
Nominated: Rouden Leiw 04 (3), Hacat Boys (2), FC Jeuness Kanech (1), Gainesvillerockcity(1), Young Boys Munich 04 (1)

Most Improved Team of the Season 4 : Luxembourg Soccer Club (7 votes)
Nominated: Spora (3), Gainesvillerockcity (1), Erster im Ländchen (1)

Managers:

Tactician of the Season 4 : Andrew_mc_hagis (7 votes)
Nominated: mac99 (1), zuzut (1), DurdenTyler (1), ZZ-80 (1)

Trader of the Season 4 : DurdenTyler (6 votes)
Nominated: potto (2), bobymoore (2), richclaude (1)

Rookie Manager of the Season 4 : mtklsugo (9 votes)
Nominated: richclaude (1)

Following managers voted for the awards:
Andrew_mc_hagis, chaotictom, ANLUX, Superjhemp, waterwalker, DaChamp, DurdenTyler, zuzut, sevysak, ZZ-80, formatdepoche, bobymoore.

Season 3 : 10/13/2004 - 1/25/2005

Summary
Second national title for Young Boys 04. First cup for Spora and 2nd place in the Nationaldivisioun in its first season up there.

Nationaldivisioun
First season that it is called Nationaldivisioun, after a quick petition on the fed conf it is done. The 4 first teams in the top league (Young Boys Munich, Ocean Dragons, Rouden Léiw 04, Etzella) are joined by 4 new comers (Spora, FC Bayella, Hai-Wai and the LSC). Fight is fierce for the title, but with a 4-0 win over Spora, whose cup win cost the title, and a decisive Bayella win over Spora, Young Boys Munich 04 becomes back to back champions.

D2
Jeunesse Champion, Belair Allstars, AS Ballopied and jeunesse renerts become champions in their respective divisions. Competition is especially tough in II.4 with a decisive game between the renerts and Gainesville (2-1).

D3
III.2 seems to have been the division with the most talented managers that year with Erster Im Ländchen (ZZ-80), LIMPERSBERG FC (ANLUX) and FightClub Football (DurdenTyler) taking the top 3 spots.

Cup
Except Spora, all first division teams are out in the 4th round. Excellent cup run from Jeunesse Champion who eliminates defending cup winner Hacat in the semi-finals and is finalist. Only 17 minutes of suspense in the final, and Spora secures its first major title with an easy 5-1 win.

NT
Season of qualifications for the World cup and a tough task for alfredbester who was elected after a 3 heads campaign with Asphalot and KITster. He receives a team that as not played any friendly game since the elimination of the previous WC qualifications. He decides to renew the team nearly completely, and selecting younger players among them Grethen, Staudt, Hens, Haas, Biver, Mousel, Neu. The WC qualifications are very tough for this young team who encounter only older teams but ends up with a promising 1-0 loss in Island.

U20
Last season for Seiei who did a great job starting our youngsters team and now decided to bring up younger players to prepare for the future once again. He closes his adventure with a prestige 3-2 win against Belgium, and the assurance that most of the U20 team he build will be tomorrow’s National Team.

LSC
First and very difficult season in the Nationaldivisioun for the LSC still a very defensive team obviously training some promising defenders. With HaiWai being not yet ready for the top league, the fight is fierce with Etzella, but with 3 wins in the final 4 games and points taken against Spora, YB04 and RL04 in the season, the LSC reaches the 6th spot. A tough qualification game is then played and won against Jeunesse Champion. Club legend and NT capped Arm Bettendorf leaves the club at the end of the season

Letzebuerg Awards results:

Team of the Season 3 : Spora (6 votes)
Nominated: Young Boys Munich (3), Jeunesse renerts (1)

New Comer Team of the Season 3 : Fight Club Football (6 votes)
Nominated: Sandweiler (1), Dynamo Weimershof (1)

Offensive Team of the Season 3 : FC Bayella (4 votes)
Nominated: Spora (2), Erster im Ländchen (2), Rouden Leiw 04 (1), Gainsvillerockcity (1)

Defensive Team of the Season 3 : Etzella (8 votes)
Nominated: Luxembourg Soccer Club (1), AS Ballopied (1)

Most Improved Team of the Season 3 : Jeunesse renerts / Luxembourg Soccer Club (3 votes)
Nominated: Gainsvillerockcity (1), Fight Club Football (1), Young Boys Munich (1), Hai-Wai (1)

Tactician of the Season 3 : waterwalker (7 votes)
Nominated: bobymoore (2), zuzut (1)

Trader of the Season 3 : DurdenTyler (8 votes)
Nominated: -

Rookie Manager of the Season 3 : DurdenTyler (9 votes)
Nominated: chaoticom (1)

Game of the Season 3: tied (3 votes)
Young Boys vs Spora 4:0
Rouden Léiw 04 vs FC Bayella 4:4
Gainsvillerockcity vs Spora 1:2
Nominated:
Ocean Dragons vs Young Boys Munich 04 2:2 (1)
Sandweiler vs FC Mettendorf 1:1 (1)
FC Bayella vs Spora 2:1 (1)