Luxembourg national football team

Luxembourg
Nickname(s)	D'Roud Léiwen (The Red Lions)
Association	Luxembourg Football Federation; (Fédération Luxembourgeoise; de Football)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Guy Hellers (2004-)
Captain	Jeff Strasser
Most caps	Carlo Weis (87)
Top scorer	Léon Mart (16)
Home stadium	Stade Josy Barthel
FIFA code	LUX
FIFA ranking	127
Highest FIFA ranking	93 (April 1996)
Lowest FIFA ranking	195 (August 2006)
Elo ranking	184
	Home colours
	Away colours
First international
	Luxembourg 1 - 4 France ; (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; October 29, 1911)
Biggest win
	Luxembourg 6 - 0 Afghanistan ; (London, United Kingdom; July 26, 1948)
Biggest defeat
	Luxembourg 0 - 9 England ; (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; October 19, 1960); England 9 - 0 Luxembourg ; (London, England; December 15, 1982)

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

Luxembourg has historically been one of the weakest members of UEFA. However recent games have shown a steady improvement and younger players give grounds for hope for the future of Luxembourg's football. In 1964 Luxembourg narrowly failed to qualify for the 1964 European Football Championship Semi-Finals. Having defeated the Netherlands 1-1 and 2-1 in the Round of 16, they drew with Denmark 3-3 and 2-2 in the quarter finals, before losing 1-0 in the replay.

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 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.

[edit] World Cup record

1930 - Did not enter
1934 to 2006 - Did not qualify

[edit] European Championship record

1960 - Did not enter
1964 - Did not qualify (Quarter Final, Final Qualifying Round)
1968 - 2008 - Did not qualify

[edit] Head coaches

Louis Pilot (1978 – 1984)
Paul Philipp (1985 – 2001)
Allan Simonsen (2001 – 2004)
Guy Hellers (2004 – present day)

[edit] Players

The most capped Luxembourg player is 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 is second, as of October 2008 he has made 86 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, a UEFA commissioned award named Louis Pilot as Luxembourg's greatest player of the past 50 years.^[4]

[edit] Current squad

The following players were called for the friendly match against Wales on March 26, 2008.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Jonathan Joubert	12 September 1979			F91 Dudelange
GK	Marc Oberweis	6 November 1982			CS Grevenmacher
DF	Jérôme Bigard	16 February 1985			F91 Dudelange
DF	Eric Hoffmann	21 June 1984			FC Etzella Ettelbruck
DF	Jeff Strasser	5 October 1974	85	6	FC Metz
DF	Kim Kintziger	2 April 1987			FC Differdange 03
DF	Benoit Lang	19 December 1983			CS Fola Esch
DF	Christophe Scholer	12 September 1989	0	0	UN Käerjeng 97
DF	Jean Wagner	3 December 1969	5	0	FC Differdange 03
MF	Carlos Ferreira	24 August 1980			FC Etzella Ettelbruck
MF	Joël Kitenge	12 November 1987			CS Fola Esch
MF	Alphonse Leweck	16 December 1981			FC Etzella Ettelbruck
MF	Lars Gerson	5 February 1990	1	0	Kongsvinger IL
MF	Mario Mutsch	3 September 1984	14	0	FC Aarau
MF	Zarko Lukic	22 May 1983	2	0	UN Käerjéng 97
MF	René Peters	15 June 1981			FC Swift Hesperange
MF	Sébastien Rémy	16 April 1974			F91 Dudelange
FW	Dan Collette	2 April 1985	34	3	Jeunesse Esch
FW	Daniel Da Mota	9 November 1985			FC Etzella Ettelbruck
FW	Aurélian Joachim	10 August 1986			FC Differdange 03

[edit] Recent Call Ups

The following players have also been called up to the Luxembourg squad in 2008.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Stéphane Gillet	August 20, 1977			Jeunesse Esch
DF	Marc Binsfeld	30 April 1987			FC Etzella Ettelbruck
DF	Tim Heinz	5 February 1984	0	0	CS Grevenmacher
DF	Clayton De Sousa Moreira	24 February 1988	0	0	Jeunesse Esch
DF	Jacques Plein	17 February 1987	0	0	FC Etzella Ettelbruck
DF	Ante Bukvic	November 14, 1987	0	0	FC Differdange 03
DF	Michel Kettenmeyer	September 30, 1984	0	0	FC Differdange 03
MF	Gilles Bettmer	31 March 1989	12	0	SC Freiburg
MF	Jonathan Proietti	July 17, 1982	1	0	FC Progrès Niedercorn
MF	Gérard Geisbusch	May 4, 1988	1	0	CS Fola Esch
MF	Claudio Lombardelli	October 14, 1987			Jeunesse Esch
FW	Daniel Huss	4 October 1979	5	0	CS Grevenmacher
FW	Naby Twimumu	August 24, 1990	1	0	Swift Hesperange

[edit] References

^ "Carlo Weis - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
^ "Appearances for Luxembourg National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
^ "Léon Mart - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.
^ "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

[edit] External links

[0] "Carlo Weis - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

[1] "Appearances for Luxembourg National Team". RSSSF. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

[2] "Léon Mart - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

[3] "Golden Players take centre stage". UEFA. Retrieved on 2008-05-24.

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