Luxembourg national football team
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| Nickname | 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-) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Carlo Weis (87) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Léon Mart (16) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Stade Josy Barthel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | LUX | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | 178 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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 European Championship finals, which only consisted of 4 sides. Having defeated the Netherlands 1-1 and 2-1 in the Round of 16, they drew with the Denmark 3-3 and 2-2 in the Quarterfinals, before losing 1-0 in the replay.
More recently, they had minor successes and pulled in the biggest upset 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.
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[edit] World Cup record
[edit] European Championship record
[edit] Head coaches
- Louis Pilot (1978 – 1984)
- Paul Philipp (1984 – 2001)
- Allan Simonsen (2001 – 2004)
- Guy Hellers (2004 – present day)
[edit] 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)
- Roby Langers (1980 – 1998: 73 caps, 8 goals)
- Léon Marts (1933 – 1946: 24 caps, 16 goals)
- Louis Pilot (1959 – 1971: 49 caps, 7 goals)
- Jeff Strasser (1993 – present day: 70 caps, 5 goals)
- Carlo Weis (1978 – 1998: 87 caps, 1 goal)
[edit] Current Squad
Goalkeepers'
- Stephane Gillet
- Jonathan Joubert
- Marc Oberweis
Defenders
- Tim Heinz
- Eric Hoffmann
- Jacques Plein
- Claude Reiter
- Kim Kintiger
- Mario Mutsch
Midfielders
- Jeff Strasser
- Ben Rayal
- Rene Peters
- Carlos Ferreira
- Clayton Moreira
- Gilles Bettmer
- Charles Leweck
- Sebastien Remy
- Claudio Lombardelli
Strikers
- Daniel Huss
- Dan Collette
- Aurelian Joachim
[edit] External links
- RSSSF archive of results 1911-
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- Luxembourg's football federation website
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