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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.
[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] Head coaches
[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 March 2008 he has made 83 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.
[edit] Recent Call Ups
The following players have also been called up to the Luxembourg squad in 2008.
- Goalkeepers
- Defenders
- Midfielders
- Strikers
[edit] References
[edit] External links
Guy Hellers (2004-)
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