Luxembourg national under-21 football team
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The Luxembourg national under-21 football team is the national
National football team
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 representative under-21
National under-21 football team
A National under-21 football team represents the second-highest stage in European international football competition. Only Europe uses an under-21 age limit - all of FIFA's other Confederations - and FIFA itself - run competitions for under-20 age groups. European countries compete for the UEFA...

 football
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 team of Luxembourg
Luxembourg
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. Controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation
Luxembourg Football Federation
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 (FLF), the team feeds into Luxembourg's full national team
Luxembourg national football team
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The team competes in the biennial European Under-21 Championship
UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The European Under-21 Football Championship is a football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. It is held every two years. The competition has existed in its current form since 1978. It was preceded by the Under 23 Challenge Cup which ran from 1967 to 1970...

. In the history of the country's participation, Luxembourg has failed to qualify on each occasion, winning only two games in qualifying and finishing bottom of its group every time.

European Under-21 Championship record

Year Stage Position P W D L F A GD Points
1978
1978 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1978, which spanned two years had 24 entrants. Yugoslavia U-21s won the competition.The 24 national teams were divided into eight groups. The group winners played off against each other on a two-legged home-and-away basis until the winner was decided...

 
Qualifying group 3rd (of 3) 4 0 0 4 2 14 -12 0
1980
1980 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1980, which spanned two years had 25 entrants. Cyprus and the Netherlands competed in the competition for the first time. 1978 entrants Austria did not enter. Due to 'irregularities', Turkey's first two matches were awarded to their opponents...

 
Qualifying group 3rd (of 3) 4 0 0 4 1 12 -11 0
1982
1982 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1982, which spanned two years , had 26 entrants. West Germany competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition....

 
Qualifying group 3rd (of 3) 4 0 0 4 2 12 -10 0
1984
1984 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1984, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. Albania, Iceland and Wales competed in the competition for the first time. England U-21s won the competition for the second time running....

 
Qualifying group 3rd (of 3) 4 0 0 4 1 15 -14 0
1986
1986 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1986, which spanned two years , had 29 entrants. Spain U-21s won the competition after a penalty shootout, the first in the U-21 competition's history....

 
Qualifying group 3rd (of 3) 4 1 0 3 5 17 -12 2
1988
1988 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1988, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. The Republic of Ireland competed for the first time. France U-21s won the competition....

 
Qualifying group 4th (of 4) 6 0 0 6 2 13 -11 0
1990
1990 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1990, which spanned two years , had 30 entrants. San Marino competed for the first time. USSR U-21s won the competition....

 
Qualifying group 4th (of 4) 6 0 2 4 1 10 -9 2
1992
1992 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1992, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants.Malta and Israel competed for the first time. This was also the first appearance of the unified Germany team.Italy U-21s won the competition....

 
Qualifying group 3rd (of 3) 4 0 0 4 0 10 -10 0
1994
1994 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1994, which spanned two years , had 32 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, France were chosen as the first hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....

 
Qualifying group 5th (of 5) 8 0 1 7 2 26 -24 1
1996
1996 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1996, which spanned two years , had 44 entrants. After the quarter-finals stage, Spain were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....

 
Qualifying group 6th (of 6) 10 0 1 9 0 40 -40 1
1998
1998 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 1998, which spanned two years , had 46 entrants. Before the quarter-finals stage, Romania were chosen as the hosts of the final stages, consisting of four matches in total....

 
Qualifying group 5th (of 5) 8 0 0 8 3 36 -33 0
2000
2000 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 2000, which spanned two years , had 47 entrants. Northern Ireland competed for the first time. For the first time a finals tournament with two groups of four teams was held, with one of those teams, Slovakia, having been chosen as the hosts.Italy U-21s won the...

 
Qualifying group 5th (of 5) 8 0 0 8 0 29 -29 0
2002
2002 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA U-21 Championship 2002 was the 13th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Switzerland between 16 and 28 May 2002.Czech Republic U-21s won the competition for the first time.-Qualification:...

 
Qualifying group 5th (of 5) 8 0 0 8 1 38 -37 0
2004
2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
UEFA U-21 Championship 2004 was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.Italy U-21s won the competition for the fifth time...

 
Qualifying group 5th (of 5) 8 0 0 8 0 31 -31 0
2006
2006 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
-Group B:---------------------Knockout stage:-Semi-finals:-----Final:-Goalscorers:4 goals Klaas Jan Huntelaar3 goals Thomas Kahlenberg Nicky Hofs2 goals Bryan Bergougnoux Ruslan Fomin Artem Milevskiy...

 
Qualifying group 5th (of 5) 10 0 2 8 4 25 -21 2
2007
2007 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA U-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 June 2007 to 23 June 2007. It is the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Football Championship....

 
Preliminary round 2 0 0 2 0 5 -5

Current squad

COACH: Luc Holtz
Luc Holtz
Luc Holtz is a former Luxembourgian football player.He was the manager of the Luxembourg national under-21 football team.He is currently the manager of the Luxembourg national football team, succeeding Guy Hellers. -Club career:...



Footnotes

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