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Luxembourg
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)De Roude Léiw
(The Red Lions)
AssociationLuxembourg Football Federation
(Fédération Luxembourgeoise
de Football)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachLuc Holtz
CaptainJeff Strasser
Most capsJeff Strasser (98)
Top scorerLéon Mart (16)
Home stadiumStade Josy Barthel
FIFA codeLUX
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current133
Highest93 (April 1996)
Lowest195 (August 2006)
First international
Luxembourg Luxembourg 1–4 France 
(Luxembourg City, Lux.; October 29, 1911)
Biggest win
Luxembourg Luxembourg 6–0 Afghanistan 
(London, England; July 26, 1948)
Biggest defeat
Luxembourg Luxembourg 0–9 England 
(Luxembourg City, Lux.; October 19, 1960)
 England 9–0 Luxembourg Luxembourg
(London, England; December 15, 1982)
European Championship
Appearancesnone
Best resultQuarter-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

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
1GK Jonathan Joubert (1979-09-12) September 12, 1979 (age 44) 51 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
1GK Marc Oberweis (1982-11-06) November 6, 1982 (age 41) 7 0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
2DF Guy Blaise (1980-12-12) December 12, 1980 (age 43) 23 0 Belgium Virton
2DF Eric Hoffmann (1984-06-21) June 21, 1984 (age 40) 77 0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
2DF Tom Schnell (1985-10-08) October 8, 1985 (age 38) 27 0 Luxembourg Fola Esch
2DF Tom Laterza (1992-05-09) May 9, 1992 (age 32) 15 0 France Sedan Ardennes B
2DF Mathias Jänisch (1990-08-27) August 27, 1990 (age 34) 18 0 Luxembourg Differdange 03
2DF Ante Bukvić (1987-11-14) November 14, 1987 (age 36) 4 0 Luxembourg Differdange 03
2DF Dan Collette (1985-04-02) April 2, 1985 (age 39) 30 0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
2DF Chris Philipps Error: Need valid birth date: year, month, day 1 0 France Metz U19
3MF Mario Mutsch (1984-09-03) September 3, 1984 (age 40) 55 1 Switzerland Sion
3MF René Peters (1981-06-15) June 15, 1981 (age 43) 86 3 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
3MF Gilles Bettmer (1989-03-31) March 31, 1989 (age 35) 48 1 Luxembourg Differdange 03
3MF Lars Gerson (1990-02-05) February 5, 1990 (age 34) 20 1 Sweden IFK Norrköping
3MF Charles Leweck (1983-07-19) July 19, 1983 (age 41) 33 0 Luxembourg Etzella Ettelbruck
3MF Joël Pedro (1992-04-10) April 10, 1992 (age 32) 8 0 France Sedan Ardennes B
4FW Daniel da Mota (1988-09-11) September 11, 1988 (age 35) 36 2 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
4FW Aurélien Joachim (1986-08-10) August 10, 1986 (age 38) 32 1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
4FW Stefano Bensi (1988-08-11) August 11, 1988 (age 36) 8 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
4FW Maurice Deville (1992-07-31) July 31, 1992 (age 32) 2 2 Germany 07 Elversberg

Recent call-ups

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
2DF Kim Kintziger (1987-04-02) April 2, 1987 (age 37) 40 1 Luxembourg Differdange 03
2DF Massimo Martino (1990-09-18) September 18, 1990 (age 33) 10 0 Luxembourg RM Hamm Benfica
3MF Ben Payal (1988-09-08) September 8, 1988 (age 36) 41 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
4FW Joël Kitenge (1987-11-12) November 12, 1987 (age 36) 29 2 Luxembourg Fola Esch

Top goalscorers

  1. Léon Mart 16 goals
  2. Gustave Kemp 15 goals
  3. Camille Libar 14 goals

References

  1. ^ "Carlo Weis – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  2. ^ "Appearances for Luxembourg National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  3. ^ "Léon Mart – Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
  4. ^ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Archived from the original on 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2008-05-24.
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