Luxembourg National Football Team

The team plays most of its home matches at the Stade de Luxembourg in Luxembourg City.

Luxembourg

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	Laurent Jans
Most caps	Mario Mutsch / Laurent Jans (102)
Top scorer	Gerson Rodrigues (21)
Home stadium	Stade de Luxembourg
FIFA code	LUX
First colours Second colours Third colours
FIFA ranking
Current	87 2 (4 April 2024)
Highest	82 (September 2018)
Lowest	195 (August 2006)
First international
Luxembourg 1–4 France  (Luxembourg, Luxembourg; 29 October 1911)
Biggest win
Luxembourg 6–0 Afghanistan  (Brighton, England; 26 July 1948)
Biggest defeat
Germany 9–0 Luxembourg  (Berlin, Germany; 4 August 1936)  Luxembourg 0–9 England  (Luxembourg, Luxembourg; 19 October 1960)  England 9–0 Luxembourg  (London, England; 15 December 1982)  Portugal 9–0 Luxembourg  (Almancil, Portugal; 11 September 2023)

Luxembourg has participated in every FIFA World Cup qualifiers since those for the 1934 World Cup and in UEFA European Championship 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.

 

 

The Luxembourg national football team in 1920 (above), and in 2015

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 2022 they have never qualified.

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, France, Switzerland and West Germany, 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 Championships, 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 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 [against Goliath Netherlands]". In the round of eight, Luxembourg and Denmark 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 in 2008.

On 3 September 2017, Luxembourg held France to a 0–0 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 pulled off an upset by defeating Hungary 2–1 in a friendly.

On 28 March 2021, Luxembourg beat the Republic of Ireland in a 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification 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 to Georgia. Rodrigues also became the top goal scorer in the history of the national team, surpassing the 16-goal tally by Léon Mart, by scoring 5 goals during the qualifying process, also a record for a Luxembourgish player.

Traditionally, the badge on Luxembourg's team outfit displays a shield very similar to Luxembourg's lesser coat of arms, a red lion on a white-blue striped background – hence the team's nickname Red Lions. In modern times, the team played home games in entirely red strips, in accordance with their nickname, and wore white as away colour.

Kit provider	Period
Adidas	1976–2005
Erreà	2005–2007
Jako	2008–2013
Adidas	2014–2018
Macron	2018–2022
Erreà	2022–present

As of 1 September 2021, the Luxembourg national team adopted Luxembourg City's, Stade de Luxembourg the country's national stadium, 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. It is also used for rugby union and athletics.

The following is a list of match results in the last 12 months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

  Win   Draw   Loss   Fixture

2023

Luxembourg   v   Malta

9 June 2023 Friendly	Luxembourg	0–1	Malta	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:15 UTC+2		Report	Nwoko   64'	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 4,028 Referee: Eldorjan Hamiti (Albania)

Luxembourg   v   Liechtenstein

17 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Luxembourg	2–0	Liechtenstein	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:00 UTC+2	Sinani   59' Rodrigues   89'	Report		Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 6,806 Referee: Oleksii Derevinskyi (Ukraine)

Bosnia and Herzegovina   v   Luxembourg

20 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0–2	Luxembourg	Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Borges Sanches   4' Sinani   74'	Stadium: Bilino Polje Attendance: 8,600 Referee: Gal Leibovitz (Israel)

Luxembourg   v   Iceland

8 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Luxembourg	3–1	Iceland	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:45 UTC+2	Chanot   9' (pen.) Sanches   70' Sinani   89'	Report	Haraldsson   88'	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 7,427 Referee: Goga Kikacheishvili (Georgia)

Portugal   v   Luxembourg

11 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Portugal	9–0	Luxembourg	Faro/Loulé, Portugal
19:45 UTC+1	Inácio   12', 45+4' Ramos   18', 34' Jota   57', 77' Horta   67' Fernandes   83' Félix   88'	Report		Stadium: Estádio Algarve Attendance: 18,932 Referee: John Brooks (England)

Iceland   v   Luxembourg

13 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Iceland	1–1	Luxembourg	Reykjavík, Iceland
18:45 UTC±0	Óskarsson   23'	Report	Rodrigues   46'	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 4,568 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Luxembourg   v   Slovakia

16 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Luxembourg	0–1	Slovakia	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Ďuriš   77'	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 9,386 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Luxembourg   v   Bosnia and Herzegovina

16 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Luxembourg	4–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:45 UTC+1	Olesen   6' Rodrigues   30' (pen.), 90+5' Mujakić   55' (o.g.)	Report	Gojković   90+3'	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 8,520 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

Liechtenstein   v   Luxembourg

19 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Liechtenstein	0–1	Luxembourg	Vaduz, Liechtenstein
20:45 UTC+1		Report	G. Rodrigues   69'	Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 2,241 Referee: Stéphanie Frappart (France)

2024

Georgia   v   Luxembourg

21 March 2024 UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying	Georgia	2–0	Luxembourg	Tbilisi, Georgia
18:00 UTC+1	Zivzivadze   40', 63'	Report		Stadium: Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena Attendance: 51,404 Referee: José María Sánchez Martínez (Spain)

Luxembourg   v   Kazakhstan

26 March 2024 Friendly	Luxembourg	2–1	Kazakhstan	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
20:45 UTC+1	Rodrigues   24' Sinani   45'	Report	Sadybekov   2'	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 8,720 Referee: Christian Dingert (Germany)

France   v   Luxembourg

5 June 2024 Friendly	France	v	Luxembourg	Metz, France
21:00 UTC+2				Stadium: Stade Saint-Symphorien

Belgium   v   Luxembourg

8 June 2024 Friendly	Belgium	v	Luxembourg	Brussels, Belgium
20:00 UTC+1				Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium

Northern Ireland   v   Luxembourg

5 September UEFA Nations League C	Northern Ireland	v	Luxembourg	Belfast, Northern Ireland
19:45				Stadium: Windsor Park

Luxembourg   v   Belarus

8 September UEFA Nations League C	Luxembourg	v	Belarus	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:00				Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg

Bulgaria   v   Luxembourg

12 October UEFA Nations League C	Bulgaria	v	Luxembourg	Bulgaria
19:00				Stadium: TBA

Belarus   v   Luxembourg

15 October UEFA Nations League C	Belarus	v	Luxembourg	TBD
				Stadium: TBD

Luxembourg   v   Bulgaria

15 November UEFA Nations League C	Luxembourg	v	Bulgaria	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
				Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg

Luxembourg   v   Northern Ireland

18 November UEFA Nations League C	Luxembourg	v	Northern Ireland	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
				Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg

 

The crew that guides the Luxembourg national team includes following members:

Position	Name
Technical Director	Manuel Cardoni
Head coach	Luc Holtz
Assistant coach	Mario Mutsch
Goalkeeping coach	Rui Forte
Fitness coach	Claude Origer
Doctor	Dr. Patrick Dang   Dr. Lara Heinz
Physiotherapists	Erwan Deshoux   Gilles Hoffmann   Alexander Kähler
Video analyst	Clément Gonin
Equipment manager	Léon Huss   Jos Koecher   Romain Sailer

Coaching history

The following managers have been in charge of Luxembourg's national squad:

Current squad

The following players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying play-offs match against Georgia on 21 March 2024 and the play-offs or friendly match on 26 March 2024.

Caps and goals as of 26 March 2024 after the match against Kazakhstan.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Anthony Moris	(1990-04-29) 29 April 1990 (age 33)	65	0	Union SG
12	1GK	Ralph Schon	(1990-01-20) 20 January 1990 (age 34)	18	0	Wiltz 71
23	1GK	Tiago Pereira Cardoso	(2006-04-07) 7 April 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Borussia Mönchengladbach U19
3	2DF	Enes Mahmutović	(1997-05-22) 22 May 1997 (age 26)	31	0	CSKA Sofia
13	2DF	Vahid Selimović	(1997-04-03) 3 April 1997 (age 27)	11	1	Željezničar
14	2DF	Seid Korać	(2001-10-20) 20 October 2001 (age 22)	6	0	Vojvodina
18	2DF	Laurent Jans (Captain)	(1992-08-05) 5 August 1992 (age 31)	102	1	Waldhof Mannheim
20	2DF	Eldin Džogović	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 20)	4	0	1. FC Magdeburg
22	2DF	Marvin Martins	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995 (age 29)	34	3	Austria Wien
	2DF	Maxime Chanot	(1989-11-21) 21 November 1989 (age 34)	69	4	Los Angeles FC
	2DF	Mica Pinto	(1993-06-04) 4 June 1993 (age 30)	32	1	Vitesse
4	3MF	Florian Bohnert	(1997-11-09) 9 November 1997 (age 26)	45	1	Bastia
7	3MF	Lars Gerson	(1990-02-05) 5 February 1990 (age 34)	97	4	Kongsvinger
8	3MF	Christopher Martins	(1997-02-19) 19 February 1997 (age 27)	66	1	Spartak Moscow
15	3MF	Olivier Thill	(1996-12-17) 17 December 1996 (age 27)	43	3	LNZ Cherkasy
16	3MF	Leandro Barreiro	(2000-01-03) 3 January 2000 (age 24)	56	2	Mainz 05
19	3MF	Mathias Olesen	(2001-03-21) 21 March 2001 (age 23)	20	1	Yverdon
21	3MF	Sébastien Thill	(1993-12-29) 29 December 1993 (age 30)	36	2	Stal Rzeszów
2	4FW	David Jonathans	(2004-01-26) 26 January 2004 (age 20)	2	0	Bayern Munich II
5	4FW	Alessio Curci	(2002-02-16) 16 February 2002 (age 22)	10	1	Francs Borains
6	4FW	Edvin Muratović	(1997-02-15) 15 February 1997 (age 27)	15	1	Resovia
9	4FW	Danel Sinani	(1997-04-05) 5 April 1997 (age 27)	62	13	FC St. Pauli
10	4FW	Gerson Rodrigues	(1995-06-20) 20 June 1995 (age 28)	61	21	Slovan Bratislava
11	4FW	Yvandro Borges Sanches	(2004-05-24) 24 May 2004 (age 19)	25	3	NEC
17	4FW	Aiman Dardari	(2005-03-21) 21 March 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Mainz 05 U19

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.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Timothy Martin	(2000-02-06) 6 February 2000 (age 24)	0	0	Virton	v.   Malta, 9 June 2023
DF	Dirk Carlson	(1998-04-01) 1 April 1998 (age 26)	53	0	St. Pölten	v.   Liechtenstein, 19 November 2023
DF	Sofiane Ikene	(2005-02-27) 27 February 2005 (age 19)	1	0	1. FC Nürnberg	v.   Portugal, 11 September 2023
DF	Tim Hall	(1997-04-15) 15 April 1997 (age 27)	4	0	Hanoi	v.   Malta, 9 June 2023
DF	Fabio Lohei	(2005-04-12) 12 April 2005 (age 19)	2	0	Metz	v.   Malta, 9 June 2023
DF	Miguel Gonçalves	(2004-08-18) 18 August 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Gil Vicente	v.   Malta, 9 June 2023
MF	Vincent Thill	(2000-02-04) 4 February 2000 (age 24)	53	3	Sabah	v.   Liechtenstein, 19 November 2023
MF	Timothé Rupil	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 20)	10	0	Mainz 05 II	v.   Liechtenstein, 19 November 2023
MF	Rayan Berberi	(2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 (age 20)	0	0	Standard Liège	v.   Malta, 9 June 2023
FW	James Alves Rodrigues	(2004-05-06) 6 May 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Venezia	v.   Liechtenstein, 19 November 2023
FW	Leon Elshan	(2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 (age 19)	0	0	Fortuna Sittard	v.   Portugal, 11 September 2023
FW	Jayson Videira	(2005-02-17) 17 February 2005 (age 19)	0	0	Hannover 96	v.   Iceland, 8 September 2023INJ
FW	Dejvid Sinani	(1993-04-02) 2 April 1993 (age 31)	3	0	F91 Dudelange	v.   Bosnia and Herzegovina, 20 June 2023

^RET Player retired from the national team.

As of 26 March 2024.
Players in bold are still active with Luxembourg.

Most capped players

Top goalscorers

FIFA World Cup

FIFA World Cup record										Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did not enter									Declined invitation
1934	Did not qualify									2	0	0	2	2	15
1938										2	0	0	2	2	7
1950										2	0	0	2	4	8
1954										4	0	0	4	1	19
1958										4	0	0	4	3	19
1962										4	1	0	3	5	21
1966										6	0	0	6	6	20
1970										6	0	0	6	4	24
1974										6	1	0	5	2	14
1978										6	0	0	6	2	22
1982										8	0	0	8	1	23
1986										8	0	0	8	2	27
1990										8	0	1	7	3	22
1994										8	0	1	7	2	17
1998										8	0	0	8	2	22
2002										10	0	0	10	4	28
2006										12	0	0	12	5	48
2010										10	1	2	7	4	25
2014										10	1	3	6	7	26
2018										10	1	3	6	8	26
2022										8	3	0	5	8	18
2026	To be determined									To be determined
2030
2034
Total	—	0/22	—	—	—	—	—	—		142	8	10	124	77	451

UEFA European Championship

UEFA European Championship record										Qualifying record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1960	Did not enter									Declined participation
1964	Did not qualify									5	1	3	1	8	8
1968										6	0	1	5	1	18
1972										6	0	1	5	1	23
1976										6	0	0	6	7	28
1980										6	0	1	5	2	17
1984										8	0	0	8	5	36
1988										8	0	1	7	2	23
1992										6	0	0	6	2	14
1996										10	3	1	6	3	21
2000										8	0	0	8	2	23
2004										8	0	0	8	0	21
2008										12	1	0	11	2	23
2012										10	1	1	8	3	21
2016										10	1	1	8	6	27
2020										8	1	1	6	7	16
2024										11	5	2	4	13	21
2028	To be determined									To be determined
2032
Total	—	0/17	—	—	—	—	—	—		128	13	13	102	64	340

UEFA Nations League

UEFA Nations League record
Season	Division	Group	Pos	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	P/R	RK
2018–19	D	2	2nd	6	3	1	2	11	4		44th
2020–21	C	1	2nd	6	3	1	2	7	5		39th
2022–23	C	1	2nd	6	3	2	1	9	7		37th
2024–25	C	3	To be determined
Total				18	9	4	5	27	16	37th

Olympic Games

 

Olympic Games record
Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Squad
1920	Round 1	1	0	0	1	0	3	Squad
1924	Round 2	1	0	0	1	0	2	Squad
1928	Round 1	1	0	0	1	3	5	Squad
1936		1	0	0	1	0	9	Squad
1948		2	1	0	1	7	6	Squad
1952		2	1	0	1	6	5	Squad
Total		8	2	0	6	16	30	—

As of 26 March 2024 after the match against Kazakhstan, the Luxembourg national team playing record is as follows:

Luxembourg's all-time international record, 1908–2024
Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn*	Lost	GF	GA	GD	% Won
Albania	7	2	1	4	4	10	-6	29%
Algeria	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Armenia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Austria	11	0	0	11	10	46	−36	0%
Azerbaijan	7	3	3	1	8	6	+2	43%
Belarus	12	2	4	6	5	13	-8	17%
Belgium	93	8	14	71	-	-	-	9%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	9	2	0	7	7	18	-11	22%
Bulgaria	15	0	2	13	9	35	−26	0%
Cameroon	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0%
Canada	2	0	0	2	0	3	-3	0%
Cape Verde	4	0	3	1	1	3	-2	0%
Cyprus	5	1	0	4	4	8	-4	20%
Czechoslovakia	10	0	2	8	7	36	−29	0%
Czech Republic	2	1	0	1	1	3	−2	50%
Denmark	11	0	2	9	8	33	−25	0%
Egypt	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0%
England	13	2	0	11	12	55	−43	15%
Estonia	3	0	1	2	1	7	-6	0%
Faroe Islands	6	1	2	3	5	9	-4	17%
Finland	5	1	0	4	4	12	-8	20%
France	63	8	9	46	-	-	−	13%
Gambia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Georgia	5	1	1	3	2	7	-5	20%
Germany	22	3	1	18	-	-	−	14%
Greece	9	1	0	8	3	17	−14	11%
Hungary	11	1	1	9	12	43	−31	9%
Iceland	9	1	4	4	7	11	-4	11%
Israel	9	0	0	9	3	34	-31	0%
Italy	19	1	1	17	8	71	−63	5%
Japan	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0%
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Latvia	7	0	1	6	4	20	−16	0%
Liechtenstein	6	2	1	3	7	12	-5	33%
Lithuania	6	4	1	1	8	4	+4	66%
Madagascar	1	0	1	0	3	3	0	0%
Malta	7	3	2	2	5	5	0	43%
Mexico	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%
Moldova	6	1	4	1	6	3	+3	17%
Montenegro	3	1	0	2	2	6	-4	33%
Morocco	3	0	0	3	1	6	-5	0%
Netherlands	24	2	2	22	-	-	−	8%
Nigeria	1	0	0	1	1	3	-2	0%
North Macedonia	4	2	0	2	6	8	-2	50%
Northern Ireland	5	1	1	3	6	10	-4	20%
Norway	13	3	1	9	10	26	-16	23%
Poland	7	0	1	6	5	26	−21	0%
Portugal	22	1	1	20	-	-	−	5%
Qatar	2	0	1	1	1	2	-1	0%
Republic of Ireland	7	1	0	6	3	17	-14	14%
Romania	6	0	0	6	1	21	-20	0%
Russia	11	0	0	11	4	38	−34	0%
San Marino	2	2	0	0	6	0	+6	100%
Saudi Arabia	1	0	0	1	1	2	-1	0%
Scotland	5	0	1	4	1	12	−11	0%
Senegal	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Serbia	4	0	0	4	5	11	−6	0%
Slovakia	7	1	1	5	5	16	-11	14%
Slovenia	4	0	0	4	1	9	-8	0%
South Korea	2	1	0	1	3	3	0	50%
Spain	10	0	1	9	2	27	−25	0%
Sweden	6	0	1	5	1	16	−15	0%
Switzerland	35	5	8	22	-	-	−	14%
Togo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%
Turkey	9	1	1	7	9	18	-9	11%
United States	1	0	0	1	0	2	-2	0%
Ukraine	5	0	0	5	1	13	−12	0%
Uruguay	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	0%
Wales	6	0	0	6	2	17	−15	0%
Yugoslavia	10	0	1	9	5	30	−25	0%