Luxembourg national under-21 football team

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.

Luxembourg Under-21

Nickname(s)	De Roude Léiw (The Red Lions)
Association	Luxembourg Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Manuel Cardoni
First colours Second colours

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
1978	Qualifying stage	3rd	4	0	0	4	2	14	–12	0
1980	Qualifying stage	3rd	4	0	0	4	1	12	–11	0
1982	Qualifying stage	3rd	4	0	0	4	2	12	–10	0
1984	Qualifying stage	3rd	4	0	0	4	1	15	–14	0
1986	Qualifying stage	3rd	4	1	0	3	5	17	–12	2 [A]
1988	Qualifying stage	4th	6	0	0	6	2	13	–11	0
1990	Qualifying stage	4th	6	0	2	4	1	10	–9	2
1992	Qualifying stage	3rd	4	0	0	4	0	10	–10	0
1994	Qualifying stage	5th	8	0	1	7	2	26	–24	1
1996	Qualifying stage	6th	10	0	1	9	0	40	–40	1
1998	Qualifying stage	5th	8	0	0	8	3	36	–33	0
2000	Qualifying stage	5th	8	0	0	8	0	29	–29	0
2002	Qualifying stage	5th	8	0	0	8	1	38	–37	0
2004	Qualifying stage	5th	8	0	0	8	0	31	–31	0
2006	Qualifying stage	5th	10	0	2	8	4	25	–21	2
2007	Preliminary round	–	2	0	0	2	0	5	–5	–
2009	Qualifying stage	5th	8	0	0	8	1	32	–31	0
2011	Qualifying stage	5th	8	1	1	6	2	16	–14	4
2013	Qualifying Stage	5th	8	0	0	8	6	31	-25	0
2015	Qualifying Stage	5th	8	1	0	7	5	23	−18	3
2017	Qualifying Stage	4th	10	1	3	6	5	18	-13	6
2019	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

Main article: 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 1

Pos	Team v t e	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	Luxembourg	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. 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

• The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches.^[5]
• Match dates: 2, 6 and 10 June 2022
• Opposition: Sweden, Italy and Montenegro
• Caps and goals correct as of: 2 June 2022, after the match against Sweden.
• Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Hugo Do Rego	(2003-08-16) 16 August 2003 (age 22)	0	0	Metz
	1GK	Tim Kips	(2000-11-01) 1 November 2000 (age 24)	3	0	Erzgebirge Aue
16	1GK	Timothy Martin	(2001-03-27) 27 March 2001 (age 24)	3	0	Virton
	2DF	Fabio Cerqueira Martins	(2003-01-08) 8 January 2003 (age 22)	1	0	Titus Pétange
4	2DF	Eldin Dzogovic	(2003-06-08) 8 June 2003 (age 22)	7	0	1. FC Magdeburg
	2DF	Lucas Figueiredo	(2003-05-14) 14 May 2003 (age 22)	0	0	Etzella Ettelbruck
	2DF	Roni Klisurica	(2004-01-21) 21 January 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Fortuna Sittard
	2DF	Edin Osmanovic	(2001-08-30) 30 August 2001 (age 23)	7	0	Sereď
	2DF	Goncalo Rodrigues Fernandes	(2002-10-05) 5 October 2002 (age 22)	0	0	Victoria Rosport
	2DF	Alexandre Sacras	(2000-12-14) 14 December 2000 (age 24)	6	0	Hostert
	2DF	Léon Schmit	(2001-09-28) 28 September 2001 (age 23)	13	0	VfB Hallbergmoos
	2DF	Fränz Sinner	(2003-09-19) 19 September 2003 (age 21)	4	0	Eintracht Trier
19	3MF	Rayan Berberi	(2004-03-18) 18 March 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Standard Liège
	3MF	Lucas Correia	(2002-04-18) 18 April 2002 (age 23)	3	0	Fola Esch
	3MF	Kevin d'Anzico	(2000-08-14) 14 August 2000 (age 25)	10	0	Differdange 03
	3MF	Farid Ikene	(2000-12-15) 15 December 2000 (age 24)	0	0	RFCU
25	3MF	Irvin Latić	(2002-05-24) 24 May 2002 (age 23)	13	0	Progrès Niederkorn
	3MF	Diogo Monteiro de Oliveira	(2004-06-30) 30 June 2004 (age 21)	4	0	Monza
	3MF	Gianni Monteiro Lima	(2001-12-22) 22 December 2001 (age 23)	9	0	Differdange 03
	3MF	Noah Rossler	(2003-04-10) 10 April 2003 (age 22)	6	0	Victoria Rosport
10	3MF	Timothé Rupil	(2003-06-12) 12 June 2003 (age 22)	7	0	Mainz 05
9	4FW	Leon Elshan	(2004-09-22) 22 September 2004 (age 20)	1	0	Roda JC Kerkrade
	4FW	Magnus Hansen	(2001-03-26) 26 March 2001 (age 24)	4	0	F91 Dudelange
	4FW	Yannick Schaus	(2000-03-11) 11 March 2000 (age 25)	21	0	Titus Pétange

See also

• Luxembourg national football team