Luxembourg national football team
| 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 |
| FIFA ranking | |
| Current | 133  3 (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 93 (April 1996) |
| Lowest | 195 (August 2006) |
| Elo ranking | |
| Current | 152 (12 October 2016) |
| Highest | 76 (28 July 1946) |
| Lowest | 190 (October 2004 to January 2006, September 2007) |
| First international | |
 Luxembourg 1–4 France  (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; October 29, 1911) |
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| Biggest win | |
Luxembourg 6–0 Afghanistan  (London, United Kingdom; July 26, 1948) |
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| Biggest defeat | |
Luxembourg 0–9 England  (Luxembourg City, Luxembourg; October 19, 1960) England 9–0 Luxembourg (London, United Kingdom; December 15, 1982) |
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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 2016, 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.
Luxembourg played their first ever international match on 29 October 1911, in a friendly match against France; it resulted in a 1–4 defeat. Their first victory came on 8 February 1914, also in a match against France, which they won 5–4.
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). 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.
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