Luxembourg national football team
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| Nickname(s) | D'Roud Léiwen (The Red Lions) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Association | Luxembourg Football Federation (Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football) |
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| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Guy Hellers (2004-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Jeff Strasser | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Carlo Weis (87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Léon Mart (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Stade Josy Barthel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | LUX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 176 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Highest FIFA ranking | 93 (April 1996) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 195 (August 2006) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | 187 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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First international Luxembourg 1 - 4
France  (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; October 29, 1911) |
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Biggest win Luxembourg 6 - 0
Afghanistan  (London, United Kingdom; July 26, 1948) |
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Biggest defeat Luxembourg 0 - 9
England  (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; October 19, 1960)  England 9 - 0 Luxembourg  (London, England; December 15, 1982) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | none (First in {{{World cup first}}}) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Qualifiers | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 0 (First in 1964) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Quarter-Final (Final Qualifying Round), 1964 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
The Luxembourg national football team is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. It plays most of its home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel, in Luxembourg City.
Luxembourg has historically been one of the weakest members of UEFA. However recent games have shown a steady improvement and younger players give grounds for hope for the future of Luxembourg's football. In 1964 Luxembourg narrowly failed to qualify for the 1964 European Football Championship Semi-Finals. Having defeated the Netherlands 1-1 and 2-1 in the Round of 16, they drew with Denmark 3-3 and 2-2 in the quarter finals, before losing 1-0 in the replay.
More recently, they had minor successes in the qualifying campaign for the 1996 European Championship as they managed three 1-0 victories, beating Malta twice and upset eventual runners-up Czech Republic at home. However, from 1995 until 2007, Luxembourg failed to win a game, falling down the FIFA World Rankings to a low of 195th in the process. The team scored its first victory in almost twelve years in February 2007, beating Gambia 2-1 in a friendly match. In October of the same year Luxembourg recorded its first competitive win in 12 years, beating Belarus 1-0 in a EURO 2008 qualifying game.
World Cup record
European Championship record
Head coaches
- Louis Pilot (1978 – 1984)
- Paul Philipp (1985 – 2001)
- Allan Simonsen (2001 – 2004)
- Guy Hellers (2004 – present day)
Notable players
- Manuel Cardoni (1993 – 2004: 69 caps, 5 goals)
- François Konter (1955 – 1969: 77 caps, 4 goals)
- Guy Hellers (1982 – 1997: 55 caps, 2 goals)
- Robby Langers (1980 – 1998: 73 caps, 8 goals)
- Léon Mart (1933 – 1946: 24 caps, 16 goals)
- Louis Pilot (1959 – 1971: 49 caps, 7 goals)
- Jeff Strasser (1993 – present day: 79 caps, 5 goals)
- Carlo Weis (1978 – 1998: 87 caps, 1 goal)
Current Squad
Goalkeepers
| Name | Date of Birth | Club |
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| Stéphane Gillet | August 20 1977 | Racing FC Union Luxembourg |
| Jonathan Joubert | September 12 1979 | F91 Dudelange |
| Marc Oberweis | November 6 1982 | CS Grevenmacher |
Defenders
| Name | Date of Birth | Club |
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| Jérôme Bigard | February 16 1985 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck |
| Marc Binsfeld | April 30 1987 | F91 Dudelange |
| Gérard Geisbusch | May 4 1988 |  FC
Metz |
| Tim Heinz | February 5 1984 | CS Grevenmacher |
| Eric Hoffmann | June 21 1984 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck |
| Kim Kintziger | April 2 1987 | FC Differdange 03 |
| Clayton De Sousa Moreira | February 24 1988 | Jeunesse Esch |
| Mario Mutsch | September 3 1984 |  FC Aarau |
| Jacques Plein | February 17 1987 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck |
Midfielders
| Name | Date of Birth | Club |
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| Gilles Bettmer | March 31 1989 |  SC
Freiburg |
| Alphonse Leweck | December 16 1981 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck |
| Claudio Lombardelli | October 14 1987 | Jeunesse Esch |
| René Peters | June 15 1981 | FC Swift Hesperange |
| Sébastien Rémy | April 16 1974 | F91 Dudelange |
| Jeff Strasser (Cpt) | October 5 1974 | FC
Metz |
Strikers
| Name | Date of Birth | Club |
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| Daniel Da Mota | November 9 1985 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck |
| Dan Collette | April 2 1985 | Jeunesse Esch |
| Carlos Ferreira | August 24 1980 | FC Etzella Ettelbruck |
| Daniel Huss | October 4 1979 | CS Grevenmacher |
| Aurélian Joachim | August 10 1986 | Alemannia Aachen |
| Joël Kitenge | November 12 1987 | FC
Emmendingen 03 |
External links
- RSSSF archive of results 1911-
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- Luxembourg's football federation website
- Luxemb. football
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