Luxembourg national under-21 football team

Luxembourg Under-21
Nickname(s)De Roude Léiw
(The Red Lions)
AssociationLuxembourg Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachManuel Cardoni
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Second colours

The Luxembourg national under-21 football team is the national representative under-21 football team of Luxembourg. It is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation (FLF). The team is the feeder team to the Luxembourg's national team. The team competes in the biennial European Under-21 Championship. Since the establishment of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship in 1978 the team has always finished bottom of their qualification group.

The team is for Luxembourgish players aged under 21 at the start of the calendar year in which a two-year UEFA European Under-21 Championship campaign begins, so some players can remain with the squad until the age of 23. As long as they are eligible, players can play for Luxembourg at any level, making it possible to play for the U21s, senior side, and again for the U21s. This has been the case for several senior team players like Billy Bernard, Lars Gerson and Maurice Deville. In their history they have only ever won two qualification games. Their first win occurred in their 1986 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification campaign where they defeated Belgium 3–1.[1] Their second victory came in a 2011 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 3 away game against Bosnia and Herzegovina in a 1–0 win.[2][3]

Competition records

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Year Stage Pos. P W D L F A GD Points
Qualifying stage 3rd 4 0 0 4 2 14 –12 0
Qualifying stage 3rd 4 0 0 4 1 12 –11 0
Qualifying stage 3rd 4 0 0 4 2 12 –10 0
Qualifying stage 3rd 4 0 0 4 1 15 –14 0
Qualifying stage 3rd 4 1 0 3 5 17 –12 2 [A]
Qualifying stage 4th 6 0 0 6 2 13 –11 0
Qualifying stage 4th 6 0 2 4 1 10 –9 2
Qualifying stage 3rd 4 0 0 4 0 10 –10 0
Qualifying stage 5th 8 0 1 7 2 26 –24 1
Qualifying stage 6th 10 0 1 9 0 40 –40 1
Qualifying stage 5th 8 0 0 8 3 36 –33 0
Qualifying stage 5th 8 0 0 8 0 29 –29 0
Qualifying stage 5th 8 0 0 8 1 38 –37 0
Qualifying stage 5th 8 0 0 8 0 31 –31 0
Qualifying stage 5th 10 0 2 8 4 25 –21 2
Preliminary round 2 0 0 2 0 5 –5
Qualifying stage 5th 8 0 0 8 1 32 –31 0
Qualifying stage 5th 8 1 1 6 2 16 –14 4
Qualifying Stage 5th 8 0 0 8 6 31 -25 0
Qualifying Stage 5th 8 1 0 7 5 23 −18 3
Qualifying Stage 4th 10 1 3 6 5 18 -13 6
Qualifying Stage 6th 10 2 1 7 7 21 -14 7
A. ^A Wins were worth 2 points each until the 1990 tournament.

Last updated: 17 July 2012
Pos. = Position; Pl = Match played; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Lost; GS = Goal scored; GA = Goal against; P = Points

2021 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Italy 10 8 1 1 27 5 +22 25 Final tournament 3–0 2–0 4–1 6–0 5–0
2  Iceland 10 7 0 3 19 12 +7 21 1–2 1–0 1–0 6–1 3–0
3  Republic of Ireland 10 6 1 3 15 8 +7 19 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 3–0
4  Sweden 10 6 0 4 31 12 +19 18 3–0 5–0 1–3 10–0 4–0
5  Armenia 10 1 0 9 4 33 −29 3[a] 0–1 0–3[b] 0–1 0–3[c] 2–0
6   10 1 0 9 3 29 −26 3[a] 0–4 0–2 1–2 0–3 2–1
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Ranked on head-to-head goal difference: Armenia +1, Luxembourg −1.
  2. ^ The Armenia v Iceland match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Iceland after being cancelled as Armenia could not travel to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.[4]
  3. ^ The Armenia v Sweden match was awarded as a 3–0 win to Sweden after being cancelled as Armenia could not travel to the match due to positive SARS-CoV-2 tests in the team.[4]

Recent results and forthcoming fixtures

Current squad

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Hugo Do Rego (2003-08-16) 16 August 2003 0 0 Metz
1GK Tim Kips (2000-11-01) 1 November 2000 3 0 Erzgebirge Aue
16 1GK Timothy Martin (2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 3 0 Virton

2DF Fabio Cerqueira Martins (2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 1 0 Titus Pétange
4 2DF Eldin Dzogovic (2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 7 0 1. FC Magdeburg
2DF Lucas Figueiredo (2003-05-14) 14 May 2003 0 0 Etzella Ettelbruck
2DF Roni Klisurica (2004-01-21) 21 January 2004 0 0 Fortuna Sittard
2DF Edin Osmanovic (2001-08-30) 30 August 2001 7 0 Sereď
2DF Goncalo Rodrigues Fernandes (2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 0 0 Victoria Rosport
2DF Alexandre Sacras (2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 6 0 Hostert
2DF Léon Schmit (2001-09-28) 28 September 2001 13 0 VfB Hallbergmoos
2DF Fränz Sinner (2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 4 0 Eintracht Trier

19 3MF Rayan Berberi (2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 1 0 Standard Liège
3MF Lucas Correia (2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 3 0 Fola Esch
3MF Kevin d'Anzico (2000-08-14) 14 August 2000 10 0 Differdange 03
3MF Farid Ikene (2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 0 0 RFCU
25 3MF Irvin Latić (2002-05-24) 24 May 2002 13 0 Progrès Niederkorn
3MF Diogo Monteiro de Oliveira (2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 4 0 Monza
3MF Gianni Monteiro Lima (2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 9 0 Differdange 03
3MF Noah Rossler (2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 6 0 Victoria Rosport
10 3MF Timothé Rupil (2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 7 0 Mainz 05

9 4FW Leon Elshan (2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 1 0 Roda JC Kerkrade
4FW Magnus Hansen (2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 4 0 F91 Dudelange
4FW Yannick Schaus (2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 21 0 Titus Pétange

See also

References

  1. ^ "Europe U-21 Championship 1986". RSSSF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  2. ^ "European U-21 Championship 2011". RSSSF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  3. ^ "Euro U21 2011 (Qual.)". ZeroZero. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
  4. ^ a b "AB: Armenian under-21 national team". UEFA. 24 November 2020.
  5. ^ "De Kader vun der U21-Nationalequipe fir folgend Qualifikatiounsmatcher". Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football - Twitter. 31 May 2022. Retrieved 5 June 2022.