Luxembourg national football team
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Nickname(s) | De Roude Léiw (The Red Lions) | ||
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Association | Luxembourg Football Federation (Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Luc Holtz | ||
Captain | Jeff Strasser | ||
Most caps | Jeff Strasser (98) | ||
Top scorer | Léon Mart (16) | ||
Home stadium | Stade Josy Barthel | ||
FIFA code | LUX | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 133 | ||
Highest | 93 (April 1996) | ||
Lowest | 195 (August 2006) | ||
First international | |||
![]() ![]() (Luxembourg City, Lux.; October 29, 1911) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (London, England; July 26, 1948) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Luxembourg City, Lux.; October 19, 1960) ![]() ![]() (London, England; December 15, 1982) | |||
European Championship | |||
Appearances | none | ||
Best result | Quarter-Finals, 1964 (in qualifying) |
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.
History
Luxembourg was a strong national team in the 1960s, getting to second round of the qualifying campaign for the 1964 European Football Championship, which included eight best teams, however since then the level of the national team has dropped. Their most historic victories were against France in 1914 (5–4), Germany in 1939 (2–1), Mexico in April 1969 (2–0) , Turkey in 1979 (2–0), Belgium in 1945 (4–1), and Afghanistan (6–0) in 1948.
More recently, they had minor successes in the qualifying campaign for the 1996 European Football 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 UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying game, following it up on 10 September 2008 with a win away to Switzerland, their first World Cup qualifying win since 1972. On October 8, 2010 Luxembourg managed a 0–0 result against Belarus during the Euro 2012 qualifiers. On 9 February 2011 Luxembourg defeated Slovakia 2–1 in a friendly match, following it up with two more wins with the same exact result - against Albania on the 7 September and again versus Macedonia on February 29 2012.
World Cup record
European Championship record
Managers
- Ernst Melchior (1969–1972)
- Louis Pilot (1978–1984)
- Paul Philipp (1985–2001)
- Allan Simonsen (2001–2004)
- Guy Hellers (2004–2010)
- Luc Holtz (2010–)
Players
The most capped Luxembourg player until November 2008 was Carlo Weis, who made 87 appearances between 1978 and 1998. Two of these appearances were made against "B" teams of other nations, however, the Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football regards both of these matches as official internationals.[1] Jeff Strasser took over his record, as of April 2010 he has made 96 appearances in full internationals.[2]
Luxembourg's all-time leading goalscorer is Léon Mart, who scored 16 goals between 1933 and 1945, though most of his goals were scored against international "B" teams.[3]
In 2004, the Luxembourg Football Federation selected Louis Pilot as their Golden Player, Luxembourg's greatest player of the past 50 years.[4]
Jeff Strasser scored his 7th goal at the World Cup 2010 and is the current top scorer in competitive competitions.
Current squad
The following players are called up for the friendly match against Macedonia on 29 February 2012.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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GK | Jonathan Joubert | September 12, 1979 | 51 | 0 | ![]() | |||
GK | Marc Oberweis | November 6, 1982 | 7 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Guy Blaise | December 12, 1980 | 23 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Eric Hoffmann | June 21, 1984 | 77 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Tom Schnell | October 8, 1985 | 27 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Tom Laterza | May 9, 1992 | 15 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Mathias Jänisch | August 27, 1990 | 18 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Ante Bukvić | November 14, 1987 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Dan Collette | April 2, 1985 | 30 | 0 | ![]() | |||
DF | Chris Philipps | Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day | 1 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Mario Mutsch | September 3, 1984 | 55 | 1 | ![]() | |||
MF | René Peters | June 15, 1981 | 86 | 3 | ![]() | |||
MF | Gilles Bettmer | March 31, 1989 | 48 | 1 | ![]() | |||
MF | Lars Gerson | February 5, 1990 | 20 | 1 | ![]() | |||
MF | Charles Leweck | July 19, 1983 | 33 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Joël Pedro | April 10, 1992 | 8 | 0 | ![]() | |||
FW | Daniel da Mota | September 11, 1988 | 36 | 2 | ![]() | |||
FW | Aurélien Joachim | August 10, 1986 | 32 | 1 | ![]() | |||
FW | Stefano Bensi | August 11, 1988 | 8 | 0 | ![]() | |||
FW | Maurice Deville | July 31, 1992 | 2 | 2 | ![]() |
Recent call-ups
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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DF | Kim Kintziger | April 2, 1987 | 40 | 1 | ![]() | |||
DF | Massimo Martino | September 18, 1990 | 10 | 0 | ![]() | |||
MF | Ben Payal | September 8, 1988 | 41 | 0 | ![]() | |||
FW | Joël Kitenge | November 12, 1987 | 29 | 2 | ![]() |
Top goalscorers
- Léon Mart 16 goals
- Gustave Kemp 15 goals
- Camille Libar 14 goals
References
- ^ "Carlo Weis – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- ^ "Appearances for Luxembourg National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- ^ "Léon Mart – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
- ^ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
External links
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