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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.
[edit] History
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 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.
[edit] World Cup record
[edit] European Championship record
- 1960 - Did not enter
- 1964 - Did not qualify (Quarter Final, Final Qualifying Round)
- 1968 - 2008 - Did not qualify
[edit] Managers
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[edit] 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 November 2008 he has made 88 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
This is the squad called up for the match against Latvia on 28 March 2009 and 1 April 2009.
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
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GK |
Jonathan Joubert |
September 12, 1979 (1979-09-12) (age 29) |
26 |
0 |
 F91 Dudelange |
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GK |
Marc Oberweis |
November 6, 1982 (1982-11-06) (age 26) |
5 |
0 |
Grevenmacher |
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GK |
Lex Menster |
October 13, 1991 (1991-10-13) (age 17) |
0 |
0 |
72 Erpeldange |
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DF |
Jeff Strasser |
October 5, 1974 (1974-10-05) (age 34) |
88 |
6 |
 Metz |
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DF |
Massimo Martino |
September 18, 1990 (1990-09-18) (age 18) |
2 |
0 |
Racing FC |
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DF |
Jacques Plein |
February 17, 1987 (1987-02-17) (age 22) |
0 |
0 |
Etzella Ettelbruck |
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MF |
René Peters |
June 15, 1981 (1981-06-15) (age 28) |
63 |
3 |
Jeunesse Esch |
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MF |
Eric Hoffmann |
June 21, 1984 (1984-06-21) (age 25) |
54 |
0 |
Etzella Ettelbruck |
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MF |
Fons Leweck |
December 16, 1981 (1981-12-16) (age 27) |
46 |
4 |
Etzella Ettelbruck |
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MF |
Mario Mutsch |
September 3, 1984 (1984-09-03) (age 24) |
31 |
1 |
 Aarau |
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MF |
Gilles Bettmer |
March 31, 1989 (1989-03-31) (age 20) |
23 |
0 |
 Freiburg II |
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MF |
Claudio Lombardelli |
October 4, 1987 (1987-10-04) (age 21) |
20 |
0 |
Jeunesse Esch |
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MF |
Ben Payal |
September 8, 1988 (1988-09-08) (age 20) |
21 |
0 |
F91 Dudelange |
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MF |
Carlos Ferreira |
August 24, 1980 (1980-08-24) (age 28) |
18 |
0 |
Etzella Ettelbruck |
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MF |
Lars Christian Krogh Gerson |
February 5, 1990 (1990-02-05) (age 19) |
5 |
0 |
 Kongsvinger |
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MF |
Gérard Geisbusch |
May 4, 1988 (1988-05-04) (age 21) |
2 |
0 |
Fola Esch |
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MF |
Anton Božić |
February 15, 1986 (1986-02-15) (age 23) |
0 |
0 |
Grevenmacher |
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MF |
Mathias Jänisch |
August 27, 1990 (1990-08-27) (age 18) |
0 |
0 |
Grevenmacher |
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FW |
Franck Rondeaurt |
November 12, 1987 (1987-11-12) (age 21) |
15 |
1 |
 Fola Esch |
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FW |
Stephano Bensi |
August 11, 1988 (1988-08-11) (age 20) |
2 |
0 |
Deinze |
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[edit] Recent call-ups
| No. |
Pos. |
Player |
DoB (Age) |
Caps |
Goals |
Club |
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DF |
Guy Blaise |
December 12, 1980 (1980-12-12) (age 28) |
0 |
0 |
Virton |
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DF |
Jérôme Bigard |
February 16, 1985 (1985-02-16) (age 24) |
8 |
0 |
F91 Dudelange |
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DF |
Kim Kintziger |
February 4, 1987 (1987-02-04) (age 22) |
26 |
0 |
Differdange 03 |
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DF |
Claude Reiter |
July 2, 1981 (1981-07-02) (age 28) |
37 |
1 |
Etzella Ettelbruck |
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DF |
Benoît Lang |
December 19, 1983 (1983-12-19) (age 25) |
9 |
0 |
Fola Esch |
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DF |
Dan Collette |
April 2, 1985 (1985-04-02) (age 24) |
19 |
0 |
Jeunesse Esch |
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MF |
Jonathan Proietti |
July 17, 1982 (1982-07-17) (age 26) |
1 |
0 |
Progrès Niedercorn |
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MF |
Clayton de Sousa Moreira |
February 24, 1988 (1988-02-24) (age 21) |
6 |
0 |
Jeunesse Esch |
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MF |
Paul Bossi |
July 22, 1991 (1991-07-22) (age 17) |
3 |
0 |
Fola Esch |
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FW |
Žarko Lukić |
May 22, 1983 (1983-05-22) (age 26) |
2 |
0 |
UN Käerjeng 97 |
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FW |
Aurélien Joachim |
August 18, 1986 (1986-08-18) (age 22) |
21 |
1 |
Differdange 03 |
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