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.
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| Nickname(s) | De Roude Léiw (The Red Lions) | ||
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| Association | Luxembourg Football Federation | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Mario Mutsch[1] | ||
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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.[2] 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.[3][citation needed]
Competition records
editUEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
edit| UEFA European Under-21 Championship record | UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification record | |||||||||||||||||
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| Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | |||
 1978 |
Did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 14 | |||||||||||
| 1980 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1982 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 1984 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 15 | ||||||||||||
| 1986 |
4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 17 | ||||||||||||
| 1988 |
6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13 | ||||||||||||
| 1990 |
6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 1992 |
4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 10 | ||||||||||||
 1994 |
8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||||
 1996 |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 40 | ||||||||||||
 1998 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 36 | ||||||||||||
 2000 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 29 | ||||||||||||
 2002 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 38 | ||||||||||||
 2004 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 31 | ||||||||||||
 2006 |
10 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 25 | ||||||||||||
 2007 |
2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
 2009 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 32 | ||||||||||||
 2011 |
8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 16 | ||||||||||||
 2013 |
8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 31 | ||||||||||||
 2015 |
8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 23 | ||||||||||||
 2017 |
10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 18 | ||||||||||||
 2019 |
10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | ||||||||||||
  2021 |
10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 3 | 29 | ||||||||||||
 2023 |
10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||||
| 2025 |
10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 23 | ||||||||||||
  2027 |
To be determined | Qualification ongoing | ||||||||||||||||
| Total | 180 | 9 | 14 | 157 | 61 | 552 | ||||||||||||
2027 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
edit| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |
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| 1 | France |
6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 21 | 4 | +17 | 16 | Final tournament | — | 6 Oct | 2–1 | 1–0 | 3 Oct | 6–1 | |
| 2 | Switzerland |
7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 14 | Final tournament or play-offs | 1–1 | — | 0–0 | 1–0 | 25 Sep | 2–1 | |
| 3 | Iceland |
7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 11 | 25 Sep | 29 Sep | — | 1–2 | 2–1 | 6–2 | ||
| 4 | Faroe Islands |
7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 13 | −7 | 9 | 0–6 | 1–3 | 6 Oct | — | 30 Sep | 2–1 | ||
| 5 | Luxembourg (Y) |
6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 14 | −7 | 4 | 1–5 | 2–1 | 1–3 | 0–1 | — | 6 Oct | ||
| 6 | Estonia (E) |
7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 21 | −13 | 2 | 29 Sep | 0–2 | 1–1 | 25 Sep | 2–2 | — |
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly; may still reach the play-offs
Current squad
editThe following players were called up for the matches against Iceland on 10 October and Switzerland on 14 October 2025.[4]
Caps and goals as of 10 November.[5]
See also
editReferences
edit- ↑ "U21 Léiwen" [U21 Red Lions]. FLF.lu (in French). Retrieved 5 January 2026.
- ↑ "Europe U-21 Championship 1986". RSSSF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ "European U-21 Championship 2011". RSSSF. 17 July 2012. Retrieved 17 July 2012.
- ↑ "La sélection des U21 Léiwen convoquée pour les matchs face à l'Islande et la Suisse" [The U21 Léiwen squad called up for matches against Iceland and Switzerland] (in French). Luxembourg Football Federation. 7 November 2025. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
- ↑ "Under 21 National Players". Fussball-lux.lu. Retrieved 10 November 2025.
External links
edit- Official site (in French)
- Team profile & squad at UEFA.com