Luxembourg national football team

Luxembourg
Nickname(s) de Roude Léiw /
d'Roud Léiwen /
Les Lions Rouge
(The Red Lion(s))
Association Luxembourg Football Federation
(Fédération Luxembourgeoise
de Football)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Luc Holtz
Captain Mario Mutsch
Most caps Jeff Strasser (98)
Top scorer Léon Mart (16)
Home stadium Stade Josy Barthel
FIFA code LUX
FIFA ranking 136 Decrease 1 (9 April 2015)
Highest FIFA ranking 93 (April 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking 195 (August 2006)
Elo ranking 160
Highest Elo ranking 76 (28 July 1946)
Lowest Elo ranking 190 (October 2004 to January 2006, September 2007)
First colours
Second colours
Third colours
First international
 Luxembourg 1–4 France 
(Luxembourg City, Lux.; October 29, 1911)
Biggest win
 Luxembourg 6–0 Afghanistan 
(London, England; July 26, 1948)
Biggest defeat
 Luxembourg 0–9 England 
(Luxembourg City, Lux.; October 19, 1960)
 England 9–0 Luxembourg 
(London, England; December 15, 1982)
European Championship
Appearances none

The Luxembourg national football team (nicknamed the Red Lions) is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team plays most of its home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg City.

As of 2014, Luxembourg has never qualified for either the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship tournaments. The national side of Luxembourg did compete in six Olympic football events.[1]

History

Luxembourg played their first ever international match on 29 October 1911, in a friendly match against France; it resulted in a 1–4 defeat.[1] Their first victory came on 8 February 1914, also in a match against France, which they won 5–4.[1]

When they do win a competitive match, they are often celebrated by national media and fans, as was the case after a 2–1 win against Switzerland in 2008.[2]

Luxembourg has never qualified for either the FIFA World Cup or the UEFA European Championship tournaments. The national side of Luxembourg did compete in six Olympic football events between 1920 and 1952, and advanced twice to the next round.[1]

World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did not enter
Kingdom of Italy 1934
to Brazil 2014 		Did not qualify
Russia 2018 To be determined
Qatar 2022
Total 0/20

European Championship record

UEFA EURO RECORD
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
France 1960 Did not enter
1964 to 2012 Did not qualify
France 2016 To be determined
European Union 2020
Total 0/20

Summer Olympics Record

[1]

Summer Olympics Record of the Luxembourg national football team
Edition Round Pld W D L GF GA
Belgium Antwerp 1920Round 1100103
France Paris 1924Round 2100102
Netherlands Amsterdam 1928Round 1100135
Nazi Germany Berlin 1936Round 1100109
United Kingdom London 1948Round 1210176
Finland Helsinki 1952Round 1210165
Total 82061630

Minor Tournaments

[3]

Luxembourg Minor Tournaments Record
Year Round Pos Pld* W D L GF GA
Indonesia 1980 Marah Halim Cup Semi-Finals 4th7313811
*Two of these seven matches, played against the Indonesian clubs Pardedetex and NIAC Mitra (that ended in 1–0 and 2–1 wins for Luxembourg, respectively) are not regarded as full internationals by the Luxembourg Football Federation.


Recent and forthcoming fixtures

2014

Managers

[4]

Name Nation Years
Paul Feierstein Luxembourg1933–1948
Jean-Pierre Hoscheit
Jules Müller
Albert Reuter		 Luxembourg1948–1949
Adolf Patek Austria1949–1953
Béla Volentik Hungary1953–1955
Eduard Havlicek Austria1955
Nandor Lengyel Hungary1955–1959
Pierre Sinibaldi France1959–1960
Robert Heinz West Germany1960–1969
Ernst Melchior Austria1969–1972
Gilbert Legrand France1972–1977
Arthur Schoos Luxembourg1978
Louis Pilot Luxembourg1978–1984
Jozef Vliers Belgium1984
Josy Kirchens Luxembourg1985
Paul Philipp Luxembourg1985–2001
Allan Simonsen Denmark2001–2004
Guy Hellers Luxembourg2004–2010
Luc Holtz Luxembourg2010–present

Players

Jeff Strasser holds the record for number of international appearances for Luxembourg; he earned 98 caps between 1993 and 2010.[5]

Léon Mart holds the record for number of international goals for Luxembourg; he scored 16 goals in 24 matches between 1933 and 1946.[6]

In 2004, the Luxembourg Football Federation selected Louis Pilot as their Golden Player, Luxembourg's greatest player of the past 50 years.[7]

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying match against Slovakia on March 27, and the Friendly Match against Turkey on March 31, 2015.
Caps and goals as of March 31, 2015 after the match against Turkey.

# Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
GK Jonathan Joubert September 12, 1979 75 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
GK Anthony Moris April 29, 1990 2 0 Belgium Mechelen
DF Tom Schnell October 8, 1985 43 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
DF Tom Laterza May 9, 1992 32 0 Luxembourg Fola Esch
DF Chris Philipps March 8, 1994 22 0 France Metz
DF Maxime Chanot January 21, 1990 10 1 Belgium Kortrijk
DF Kevin Malget January 15, 1991 3 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
DF Ben Vogel December 22, 1994 0 0 Luxembourg Victoria Rosport
MF Mario Mutsch (Captain) September 3, 1984 78 3 Switzerland St. Gallen
MF Ben Payal September 8, 1988 63 0 Luxembourg Fola Esch
MF Lars Gerson February 5, 1990 43 3 Sweden GIF Sundsvall
MF Laurent Jans August 5, 1992 19 0 Luxembourg Fola Esch
MF Dwayn Holter June 15, 1995 7 0 Germany Greuther Fürth
FW Daniel da Mota September 11, 1988 61 4 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
FW Aurélien Joachim August 10, 1986 53 6 Bulgaria CSKA Sofia
FW Stefano Bensi August 11, 1988 27 4 Luxembourg Fola Esch
FW Maurice Deville July 31, 1992 17 3 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern II
FW Antonio Luisi October 7, 1994 6 0 Luxembourg Differdange 03
FW Florian Bohnert November 9, 1997 0 0 Germany 1. FC Saarbrücken II

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Luxembourg squad during last 12 months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Joé Frising November 13, 1994 0 0 Luxembourg Rodange 91 v.  Slovakia, March 27, 2015 PRE
GK Charly Schinker November 5, 1987 0 0 Luxembourg Rumelange v.  Macedonia, October 9, 2014
GK Marc Oberweis November 6, 1982 7 0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch v.  Belarus, September 8, 2014
DF Massimo Martino September 18, 1990 17 0 Luxembourg Grevenmacher v.  Slovakia, March 27, 2015 PRE
DF Eric Hoffmann June 21, 1984 88 0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch v.  Ukraine, November 15, 2014
DF Marvin da Graça February 17, 1995 1 0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch v.  Ukraine, November 15, 2014
DF Ricardo Delgado February 22, 1994 0 0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch v.  Belarus, September 8, 2014
MF Mathias Jänisch August 27, 1990 40 1 Luxembourg Differdange 03 v.  Slovakia, March 27, 2015 PRE
MF Christopher Martins February 19, 1997 4 0 France Lyon Reserves v.  Ukraine, November 15, 2014
MF Yannick Bastos May 30, 1993 5 0 Unattached v.  Belarus, September 8, 2014
FW David Turpel October 19, 1992 13 1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange v.  Slovakia, March 27, 2015 PRE

PRE Preliminary squad.

Most capped players

As of 15 November 2014.

# Player[8] Caps Period
1 Jeff Strasser 98 1993-2010
2 René Peters 93 2000-
3 Eric Hoffmann 89 2002-
4 Carlo Weis 87 1978-1998
5 François Konter 77 1955-1969
Mario Mutsch 77 2005-
7 Jonathan Joubert 74 2006-
8 Roby Langers 73 1980-1998
9 Manuel Cardoni 69 1993-2004
10 Ernest Brenner 67 1955-1965

Top goalscorers

# Player[8] Goals Period
1 Léon Mart 16 1939-1945
2 Gustave Kemp 15 1938-1945
3 Camille Libar 14 1938-1947
4 Nicolas Kettel 13 1946-1959
5 François Müller 12 1949-1954
6 Léon Letsch 11 1947-1963

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 "Luxembourg - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  2. ↑ "RTL Lëtzebuerg". De Journal. 7 September 2008.
  3. ↑ "Marah Halim Cup (Medan, Indonesia)". RSSSF. Retrieved 2 October 2013.
  4. ↑ "Les entraîneurs nationaux du Luxembourg" (in French). profootball.lu. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Jeff Strasser - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  6. ↑ "JLéon Mart - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 August 2012.
  7. ↑ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  8. ↑ 8.0 8.1 "Luxembourg - Record International Players". RSSSF. Retrieved 23 September 2013.

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