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The staff of the Luxembourg national team includes the following members:
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Results (1911–present)
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The Luxembourg national football team (nicknamed the ''Red Lions''; , , ) is the national
in 2008.
On 3 September 2017, Luxembourg faced France in a goalless draw at Stadium Municipal in Toulouse, France. It was the first time France had failed to win against Luxembourg since 1914, when Luxembourg won, 5–4. On 10 November 2017, Luxembourg defeated Hungary national football team, Hungary 2–1 in a friendly victory.
On 28 March 2021, Luxembourg beat the Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland in a football
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team of Luxembourg
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, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation
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. The team plays most of its home matches at the Stade de Luxembourg in Luxembourg City
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Luxembourg has participated in every FIFA World Cup
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qualifiers since those for the 1934 World Cup and in UEFA European Championship
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qualifiers since those for Euro 1964. As of 2024, they have never qualified for any of these major tournaments. Luxembourg is the nation with the most qualifying campaigns in both of these competitions without ever making it to the finals. However, they did compete in six Olympic football events between 1920 and 1952.
History
Luxembourg played their first ever international match on 29 October 1911, in a friendly match againstFrance
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; 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
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, but has never qualified as of 2022.
Starting in 1921, the Luxembourg national A-selection would play 239 unofficial international matches until 1981, mostly against other countries' B-teams like those of Belgium
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, France
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, Switzerland and West Germany
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, as well as a team representing South-Netherlands.
After their last Olympic tournament in 1952, the national team also started playing in qualifying groups for UEFA European Championship
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s, 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
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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 gainst Goliath.html" ;"title="gainst Goliath">gainst Goliath Netherlands. In the round of eight, Luxembourg and Denmark national football team">Denmark
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fought for a spot in the final tournament. The winner was decided after three matches; Denmark was the winner with a total aggregate 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 national football team">Switzerland
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match with a goal from Gerson Rodrigues in the 85th minute. In 2023, Luxembourg achieved some of their best results in European Championship qualifying, finishing third in their group (of six teams) and qualifying for a play-off for a finals berth, but they lost 2–0 against Georgia
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. Rodrigues also became the top goalscorer in the history of the national team, surpassing the 16-goal tally by Léon Mart, by scoring five goals during the qualifying process, a record for a Luxembourgian footballer.
On 22 March 2025, Luxembourg showed improvement with a convincing victory against Sweden
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in a friendly match.
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Home stadium
As of 1 September 2021, the Luxembourg national team adopted Luxembourg City's Stade de Luxembourg, the country'snational stadium
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, as its home venue. Formerly, the team played at the Stade Josy Barthel, where, at counting in August 2015, it had played 235 games, including unofficial matches.
Results and fixtures
The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.2024
2025
2026
Staff
The staff of the Luxembourg national team includes the following members:
Coaching history
The following managers have been in charge of Luxembourg's national squad: * Paul Feierstein (1933–1948) * Jean-Pierre Hoscheid, Jules Müller, & Albert Reuter (1948–1949) * Adolf Patek (1949–1953) * Béla Volentik (1953–1955) * Eduard Havlicek (1955) * Nándor Lengyel (1955–1959) * Pierre Sinibaldi (1959–1960) * Robert Heinz (1960–1969) * Ernst Melchior (1969–1972) * Gilbert Legrand (1972–1977) * Arthur Schoos (1978) * Louis Pilot (1978–1984) * Jozef Vliers (1984) * Josy Kirchens (1985) * Paul Philipp (1985–2001) * Allan Simonsen (2001–2004) * Guy Hellers (2004–2010) * Luc Holtz (2010–present)Players
Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly matches againstSlovenia
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on 6 June and Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland on 10 June 2025.
''Caps and goals as of 10 June 2025 after the match against Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland.''
Recent call-ups
The following players have also been called up to the Luxembourg squad during last 12 months and are still eligible for selection. RET Withdrew PRE PRE PRE INJ PRE RET Player retired from the national team. INJ Player is injured. PRE Preliminary squad.Player records
:''Players in bold are still active with Luxembourg.''Most capped players
Top goalscorers
Competitive record
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship
UEFA Nations League
Olympic Games
Head to head record
As of 10 June 2025 after the match against Republic of Ireland national football team, Republic of Ireland, the Luxembourg national team playing record is as follows:Footnotes
See also
* Luxembourg men's national under-21 football team * Luxembourg men's national under-19 football team * Luxembourg men's national under-17 football team * Luxembourg women's national football teamReferences
External links
Official website
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FIFA
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UEFA
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Results (1911–present)
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