Luxembourg national football team

Luxembourg

Nickname(s)	de Roude Léiw / d'Roud Léiwen (The Red Lion[s])
Association	Luxembourg Football Federation (Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Luc Holtz
Captain	René Peters
Most caps	Jeff Strasser (98)
Top scorer	Léon Mart (16)
Home stadium	Stade Josy Barthel
FIFA code	LUX
FIFA ranking	148
Highest FIFA ranking	93 (April 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	195 (August 2006)
Elo ranking	168
Highest Elo ranking	76 (28 July 1946)
Lowest Elo ranking	190 (October 2004 to January 2006, September 2007)
First colours Second 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 is the national football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team play most of their home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg City.

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. Their first victory came on 8 February 1914, also in a match against France, which they won 5-4.

Between 1992 and 2012, they won only 6 out of 96 Euro and World Cup qualfication matches. Luxembourg have never qualified for either tournaments. 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 Albania in 2011.

World Cup record

• 1930 – Did not enter
• 1934 to 2010 – Did not qualify

European Championship record

• 1960 – Did not enter
• 1964 – 2012 – Did not qualify

Managers

Name	Nation	Years
Paul Feierstein	Luxembourg	1933–1948
Jean-Pierre Hoscheit Jules Müller Albert Reuter	Luxembourg	1948–1949
Adolf Patek	Austria	1949–1953
Béla Volentik	Hungary	1953–1955
Eduard Havlicek	Austria	1955
Nandor Lengyel	Hungary	1955–1959
Pierre Sinibaldi	France	1959–1960
Robert Heinz	West Germany	1960–1969
Ernst Melchior	France	1969–1972
Gilbert Legrand	France	1972–1977
Arthur Schoos	Luxembourg	1978
Louis Pilot	Luxembourg	1978–1984
Jozef Vliers	Belgium	1984
Josy Kirchens	Luxembourg	1985
Paul Philipp	Luxembourg	1985–2001
Allan Simonsen	Denmark	2001–2004
Guy Hellers	Luxembourg	2004–2010
Luc Holtz	Luxembourg	2010–present

Players

Main article: List of Luxembourg international footballers

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

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

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

Current squad

The following 23 players are called up for the 2014 World Cup qualifying matches against Israel on October 12 and 16, 2012.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1 1GK Jonathan Joubert (1979-09-12) September 12, 1979 57 0 F91 Dudelange 12 1GK Marc Oberweis (1982-11-06) November 6, 1982 7 0 Jeunesse Esch 23 1GK Joé Flick (1979-07-16) July 16, 1979 37 0 Etzella Ettelbruck 2 2DF Kim Kintziger (1987-04-02) April 2, 1987 7 0 Differdange 03 3 2DF Guy Blaise (1980-12-12) December 12, 1980 27 0 Virton 4 2DF Eric Hoffmann (1984-06-21) June 21, 1984 82 0 Jeunesse Esch 5 2DF Tom Schnell (1985-10-08) October 8, 1985 32 0 Fola Esch 14 2DF Tom Laterza (1992-05-09) May 9, 1992 18 0 CS Fola Esch 15 2DF Ante Bukvić (1987-11-14) November 14, 1987 8 0 Differdange 03 16 2DF Chris Philipps (1994-03-08) March 8, 1994 5 0 Metz U19 18 2DF Mathias Jänisch (1990-08-27) August 27, 1990 23 0 Differdange 03 19 2DF Massimo Martino (1990-09-18) September 18, 1990 5 0 F91 Dudelange 6 3MF René Peters (1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 88 3 FC RM Hamm Benfica 7 3MF Charles Leweck (1983-07-19) July 19, 1983 37 0 Etzella Ettelbruck 8 3MF Gilles Bettmer (1989-03-31) March 31, 1989 54 1 Differdange 03 10 3MF Ben Payal (1988-09-08) September 8, 1988 51 0 F91 Dudelange 17 3MF Mario Mutsch (1984-09-03) September 3, 1984 61 1 St. Gallen 20 3MF Laurent Jans (1992-08-05) August 5, 1992 1 0 CS Fola Esch 22 3MF Lars Gerson (1990-02-05) February 5, 1990 25 2 IFK Norrköping 9 4FW Daniel da Mota (1988-09-11) September 11, 1988 42 4 F91 Dudelange 11 4FW Stefano Bensi (1988-08-11) August 11, 1988 10 0 CS Fola Esch 13 4FW Aurélien Joachim (1986-08-10) August 10, 1986 38 3 Willem II 21 4FW Maurice Deville (1992-07-31) July 31, 1992 9 2 07 Elversberg

Recent call-ups

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

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club 1GK Alija Bešić (1975-03-30) March 30, 1975 28 0 CS Fola Esch 2DF Tim Heinz (1984-02-05) February 5, 1984 6 0 CS Grevenmacher 2DF Sven Di Domenico (1982-03-15) March 15, 1982 15 0 CS Grevenmacher 3MF Joël Pedro (1992-04-10) April 10, 1992 8 0 F91 Dudelange 3MF Jonathan Proietti (1982-07-17) July 17, 1982 1 0 Progrès Niedercorn 4FW Dan Collette (1985-02-04) February 4, 1985 31 0 Jeunesse Esch 4FW Daniel Huss (1979-10-04) October 4, 1979 46 2 CS Grevenmacher 4FW Joël Kitenge (1987-11-12) November 12, 1987 15 2 F91 Dudelange

External links

• RSSSF archive of results 1911–
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• Luxembourg's football federation website
• Luxembourg at FIFA.com