Luxembourg national football team

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Luxembourg
Nickname(s) d'Roud Léiwen
Les Lions Rouges
Die Roten Löwen
(The Red Lions)
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
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 146 Decrease 4 (5 November 2015)
Highest 93 (April 1996)
Lowest 195 (August 2006)
First international
 Luxembourg 1–4 France 
(Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; October 29, 1911)
World Cup
Appearances none
European Championship
Appearances none

The Luxembourg national football team (nicknamed the Red Lions; Luxembourgish: Lëtzebuergesch Foussballnationalequipe, French: Équipe du Luxembourg de football, German: Luxemburgische Fußballnationalmannschaft) 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.

Luxembourg has participated in FIFA World Cup qualifiers since those for the 1934 World Cup and in UEFA European Championship qualifiers since those for Euro 1964. As of 2015, they never qualified for any of these major tournaments. The national side of Luxembourg did compete in six Olympic football events between 1920 and 1952.[1]

History

The Luxembourg national football team in 1920

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]

The national side of Luxembourg competed in six Olympic football events between 1920 and 1952, and survived the preliminary round twice (in 1948 and 1952).[1] In between, Luxembourg started participating at qualifiers for the FIFA World Cup, but as of 2014 they still never qualified.

Starting in 1921, the Luxembourg national A-selection would play 239 unofficial international matches until 1981, mostly against other country's B-teams like those of Belgium, France, Switzerland and West Germany, as well as a team representing South-Netherlands.[2]

After their last Olympic tournament in 1952, the national team also started playing in qualifying groups for UEFA European Championships, but could not reach the major European tournament end stages. The only time that the team was close to qualify was for a European or World Championship was for the Euro 1964. In the first qualification round they defeated the Netherlands with a score of 3–2 on aggregate after two matches. A Dutch newspaper commented this stunt after the second match with "David Luxembourg won with 2–1 [against Goliath Netherlands]".[3] In the round of eight, Luxembourg and Denmark fought for a spot in the final tournament. The winner was decided after three matches; Denmark was the winner with a total score of 6–5.

When the national team does 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.[4]

Uniform

Traditionally, the badge on Luxembourg's team outfit displays a shield very similar to Luxembourg's lesser coat of arms, a red lion on a white-blue striped background - hence the team's nickname Red Lions. In modern times, the team played home games in entirely red strips, in accordance with their nickname, and wore white as away colour.

Home stadium

Stade Josy Barthel

The Luxembourg national team normally plays its home matches at the Stade Josy Barthel in Luxembourg City, the national stadium of Luxembourg. At this location, the national team played 235 games by August 2015, including unofficial games.[5] It is also used for rugby union and athletics.

Originally called Stade Municipal after its construction in 1928–1931, it was entirely rebuilt in 1990. Since July 1993, it has carried the name of Josy Barthel, the 1500m gold medalist at the 1952 Olympics and Luxembourg's only Olympic gold medal winner.[6] The stadium is also home to the biggest athletics club in the country, CAL Spora Luxembourg. The spectator capacity is 8,000;[7] some seats are under cover, some in the open air.

Management

The following managers have been in charge of Luxembourg's national squad:

Luxembourg's 'Golden Player' Louis Pilot training in 1963. Later he coached the national team.
Name[8] Nationality Luxembourg
career
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
Nándor Lengyel  Hungary 1955–1959
Pierre Sinibaldi  France 1959–1960
Robert Heinz  West Germany 1960–1969
Ernst Melchior  Austria 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

Current staff

Current Luxembourg manager Luc Holtz

The crew that guides the Luxembourg national team includes following members:[9]

Position Name
Manager Luc Holtz
Goalkeeping coach Frank Thieltges
Physical coach Claude Origer
Technical director Reinhold Breu
Team doctors Marc Reuter
Robert Huberty
Physiotherapists Yannick Zenner
Ben Moes

Players

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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.[10]

Léon Mart holds the record for number of international goals for Luxembourg; he scored 16 goals in 24 matches between 1933 and 1946.[11]

In 2004, the Luxembourg Football Federation selected Louis Pilot as their Golden Player, Luxembourg's greatest player of the past 50 years.[12]

Current squad

The following squad was named for the friendly match against Portugal on 17 November 2015.[13]
Caps and goals as of 17 November 2015 after the match against Portugal.

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Jonathan Joubert (1979-09-12) 12 September 1979 (age 44) 82 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
12 1GK Anthony Moris (1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 33) 2 0 Belgium Mechelen
23 1GK Ralph Schon (1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 34) 0 0 Luxembourg Norden 02
2 2DF Maxime Chanot (1990-01-21) 21 January 1990 (age 34) 18 1 Belgium Kortrijk
4 2DF Cédric Sacras (1996-09-28) 28 September 1996 (age 27) 0 0 France Metz
5 2DF Tom Schnell (1985-10-08) 8 October 1985 (age 38) 47 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
6 2DF Chris Philipps (1994-03-08) 8 March 1994 (age 30) 29 0 Germany Preußen Münster
14 2DF Kevin Malget (1991-01-15) 15 January 1991 (age 33) 10 0 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
15 2DF Ricardo Delgado (1994-02-22) 22 February 1994 (age 30) 5 0 Luxembourg Jeunesse Esch
3 3MF Mathias Jänisch (1990-08-27) 27 August 1990 (age 33) 42 1 Luxembourg Differdange 03
7 3MF Lars Gerson (1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34) 51 4 Sweden GIF Sundsvall
8 3MF Christopher Martins (1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27) 10 0 France Lyon Reserves
10 3MF Ben Payal (1988-09-08) 8 September 1988 (age 35) 71 0 Luxembourg Fola Esch
16 3MF Sébastien Thill (1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30) 4 1 Luxembourg Progrès Niederkorn
17 3MF Mario Mutsch (1984-09-03) 3 September 1984 (age 39) 85 4 Switzerland St. Gallen
18 3MF Laurent Jans (1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 31) 28 0 Belgium Waasland-Beveren
19 3MF Dwayn Holter (1995-06-15) 15 June 1995 (age 28) 11 0 Germany VfR Aalen
9 4FW Daniel da Mota (1988-09-11) 11 September 1988 (age 35) 68 4 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
11 4FW Stefano Bensi (1988-08-11) 11 August 1988 (age 35) 34 4 Luxembourg Fola Esch
13 4FW Aurélien Joachim (Captain) (1986-08-10) 10 August 1986 (age 37) 59 8 England Burton Albion
20 4FW David Turpel (1992-10-19) 19 October 1992 (age 31) 19 1 Luxembourg F91 Dudelange
21 4FW Maurice Deville (1992-07-31) 31 July 1992 (age 31) 26 3 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern 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 (1994-11-13) 13 November 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Luxembourg Rodange 91 v.  Ukraine, 14 June 2015
GK Andrea Amodio (1997-07-13) 13 July 1997 (age 26) 0 0 Luxembourg Pétange v.  Slovakia, 12 October 2015
DF Massimo Martino (1990-09-18) 18 September 1990 (age 33) 17 0 Luxembourg Fola Esch v.  Slovakia, 12 October 2015
DF Ben Vogel (1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 29) 0 0 Luxembourg Victoria Rosport v.  Ukraine, 14 June 2015
DF Tom Laterza (1992-05-09) 9 May 1992 (age 31) 32 0 Luxembourg Fola Esch v.  Turkey, 31 March 2015
MF Ricardo Couto Pinto (1996-01-14) 14 January 1996 (age 28) 0 0 Germany FSV Salmrohr v.  Ukraine, 14 June 2015
MF Luca Duriatti (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 26) 1 0 Luxembourg Hesperange v.  Ukraine, 14 June 2015
FW Florian Bohnert (1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 26) 0 0 Germany 1. FC Saarbrücken II v.  Ukraine, 14 June 2015
FW Antonio Luisi (1994-10-07) 7 October 1994 (age 29) 6 0 Luxembourg Differdange 03 v.  Slovakia, 12 October 2015

|} PRE Preliminary squad.

Previous squads

Most capped players

As of November 17, 2015.

# Player[14] Caps Period
1 Jeff Strasser 98 1993–2010
2 René Peters 91 2000–2013
3 Eric Hoffmann 89 2002–2014
4 Carlo Weis 87 1978–1998
5 Mario Mutsch 85 2005–
6 Jonathan Joubert 82 2006–
7 François Konter 77 1955–1969
8 Roby Langers 73 1980–1998
9 Ben Payal 71 2006–
10 Manuel Cardoni 69 1993-2004

Top goalscorers

# Player[14] 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

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup

The Luxembourg team in 1969, before a World Cup qualifier
FIFA World Cup record FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay 1930 Did Not Enter
Italy 1934 Did Not Qualify 2 0 0 2 2 15
France 1938 2 0 0 2 2 7
23x15px 1950 2 0 0 2 4 8
Switzerland 1954 4 0 0 4 1 19
Sweden 1958 4 0 0 4 3 19
Chile 1962 4 1 0 3 5 21
England 1966 6 0 0 6 6 20
Mexico 1970 6 0 0 6 4 24
West Germany 1974 6 1 0 5 2 14
Argentina 1978 6 0 0 6 2 22
Spain 1982 8 0 0 8 1 23
Mexico 1986 8 0 0 8 2 27
Italy 1990 8 0 1 7 3 22
United States 1994 8 0 1 7 2 17
France 1998 8 0 0 8 2 22
South KoreaJapan 2002 10 0 0 10 4 24
Germany 2006 12 0 0 12 5 48
South Africa 2010 10 1 2 7 4 25
Brazil 2014 10 1 3 6 7 26
Russia 2018 To be determined
Qatar 2022
Total 0/20 124 4 7 113 61 403

UEFA European Championship

Luxembourg UEFA European Championship record
Year Round Position Pld W D L GF GA
France 1960 Did not enter
23x15px 1964 To France 2016 Did not qualify
European Union 2020 To be determined
Total — 0/15 — — — — — —

Summer Olympics

Hectic phase during the goal-rich Olympic defeat against Belgium in 1928 (5–3)
Summer Olympics record of the Luxembourg national football team[1]
Edition Round Pld W D L GF GA
Belgium Antwerp 1920 Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 3
France Paris 1924 Round 2 1 0 0 1 0 2
Netherlands Amsterdam 1928 Round 1 1 0 0 1 3 5
Nazi Germany Berlin 1936 Round 1 1 0 0 1 0 9
United Kingdom London 1948 Round 1 2 1 0 1 7 6
Finland Helsinki 1952 Round 1 2 1 0 1 6 5
Total — 8 2 0 6 16 30

Minor tournaments

Luxembourg minor tournaments record[15]
Year Round Pos Pld* W D L GF GA
Indonesia 1980 Marah Halim Cup Semi-finals 4th 7 3 1 3 8 11
*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.

Results and forthcoming fixtures

As of August 2015, the Luxembourg national team played 353 official games which resulted in 25 wins, 41 draws and 287 losses, with 205 goals for and 1004 against.[1][upper-alpha 1]

Recent results and fixtures are as follows:

2014

2015

2016

2017

Current Euro 2016 campaign

Pos Team
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Slovakia Ukraine Belarus Luxembourg Republic of Macedonia
1  Spain 10 9 0 1 23 3 +20 27 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 1–0 3–0 4–0 5–1
2  Slovakia 10 7 1 2 17 8 +9 22 2–1 — 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1
3  Ukraine 10 6 1 3 14 4 +10 19 Advance to play-offs 0–1 0–1 — 3–1 3–0 1–0
4  Belarus 10 3 2 5 8 14 −6 11 0–1 1–3 0–2 — 2–0 0–0
5  Luxembourg 10 1 1 8 6 27 −21 4 0–4 2–4 0–3 1–1 — 1–0
6  Macedonia 10 1 1 8 6 18 −12 4 0–1 0–2 0–2 1–2 3–2 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Footnotes

  1. ↑ Note that the friendly against Belgium on 26 May 2014 is not FIFA-recognised due to an excessive number of Belgian substitutions.[16]

References

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