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UEFA EURO 2016 QUALIFYING DRAW PRESS KIT Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice Sunday 23 February 2014 12.00CET Last updated 19/02/2014 19:03CET UEFA EURO 2016 OFFICIAL SPONSORS Team profiles: Pot 6 2 Legend 49 1 UEFA EURO 2016 - Qualifying draw Monday 24 February 2014 - 12.00CET (12.00 local time) Press kit Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice Team profiles: Pot 6 Luxembourg Kazakhstan Liechtenstein Faroe Islands Malta Andorra San Marino Gibraltar 2 UEFA EURO 2016 - Qualifying draw Monday 24 February 2014 - 12.00CET (12.00 local time) Press kit Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice Luxembourg Luxembourg - Team profile Best result: have never qualified Coach: Luc Holtz Leading scorers: all-time – Léon Mart (16); current – Aurélien Joachim (6) Most appearances: all-time – Jeff Strasser (98); current – Eric Hoffman (87) Association formed: 1908 Nickname: De Roude Léiw (The Red Lions) Where they play: Josy Barthel Stadium, Luxembourg City Luxembourg ended their 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifying campaign with a creditable haul of six points, four of them coming at the expense of Northern Ireland. They have claimed at least one win in each of their last four qualifying campaigns, the most spectacular at the expense of Switzerland (2-1) in Zurich in a 2010 FIFA World Cup tie. Their most memorable UEFA European Championship performance dates back 50 years to a remarkable 2-1 victory against the Netherlands in Rotterdam that put them into the quarter-finals, where they lost to Denmark – although only after a replay. EURO pedigree Matches played Overall: P99 W6 D9 L84 F38 A276 Final tournament: P0 W0 D0 L0 F0 A0 Qualifying: P99 W6 D9 L84 F38 A276 Luxembourg made an audacious start to the UEFA European Championship when, having sat out 1960 qualifying, they stunned the Dutch in their first ever tie in the competition in 1963. A side spearheaded by perhaps the country's finest ever player, Louis Pilot, came close to reaching the following year's final tournament, drawing home and away against Denmark before being edged out 1-0 in a replay. That is, by a distance, as close as Luxembourg have come. It was another 50 games before they next managed a qualifying victory, winning 1-0 in Malta in the EURO '96 preliminaries. They triumphed in the reverse fixture too, also securing a famous victory against eventual group winners the Czech Republic; Luxembourg finished with ten points, still only enough for fifth in the six-team section. They have ended bottom ever since. They performed creditably in UEFA EURO 2012 qualifying, though, restricting France to a pair of 2-0 wins, drawing with Belarus, and defeating Albania 2-1. Memorable EURO matches 13/10/2007: Belarus 0-1 Luxembourg, UEFA EURO 2008 qualifying Fons Leweck's 95th-minute strike gave Luxembourg a first competitive win in 12 years. 07/06/1995: Luxembourg 1-0 Czech Republic, EURO '96 qualifying A late Guy Hellers goal earned victory over a side that would finish runners-up at EURO '96. 30/10/1963: Luxembourg 2-1 Netherlands, 1964 UEFA European Championship qualifying Tied at 1-1 after the first leg, two Camille Dimmer goals took Luxembourg through to the last eight. Did you know? Luxembourg's first ever international was a 4-1 friendly defeat by France in October 1911. *Last updated 07/01/14 3 UEFA EURO 2016 - Qualifying draw Monday 24 February 2014 - 12.00CET (12.00 local time) Press kit Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice Luxembourg - Coach profile Luc Holtz Date of birth: 14 June 1969 Nationality: Luxembourger Playing career: Red Boys Differdange, FC Avenir Beggen, Etzella Ettelbruck Coaching career: Etzella Ettelbruck, Luxembourg Under-21s, Luxembourg • Holtz started his career with Red Boys Differdange, a club which today is part of successful outfit FC Differdange 03. • A creative playmaker with a keen eye for goal, Holtz moved to Avenir Beggen in 1992 where he went on to win the domestic double in 1993 and 1994. He was chosen as Luxembourg's footballer of the year in 1993. • Played until 2008 when, aged 38, he finished his career at Etzella having gone there from Beggen in 1999 to take over as player-coach. • Led Etzella to promotion to the top flight in 1999, his first season in charge. Lifted the cup two years later but was relegated in 2002, only to bounce back immediately. Proceeded to reach the cup final in 2003 and 2004, although both ended in defeat. • Having earned 55 caps for Luxembourg, he accepted an offer to coach the U21 national side in 2008. He was then handed the reins of the senior team following the resignation of Guy Hellers in August 2010. 4 UEFA EURO 2016 - Qualifying draw Monday 24 February 2014 - 12.00CET (12.00 local time) Press kit Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice Luxembourg - Team facts EURO record Pld W D L GF GA Overall 99 6 9 84 38 276 Qualifying 99 6 9 84 38 276 Final tournament - - - - - - UEFA European Championship records: Luxembourg History 2012 – did not qualify 2008 – did not qualify 2004 – did not qualify 2000 – did not qualify 1996 – did not qualify 1992 – did not qualify 1988 – did not qualify 1984 – did not qualify 1980 – did not qualify 1976 – did not qualify 1972 – did not qualify 1968 – did not qualify 1964 – did not qualify 1960 – did not participate Qualifying win 2-1: Luxembourg v Albania, 06/09/11 2-1: Luxembourg v Netherlands, 30/10/63 1-0: four times, most recently Belarus v Luxembourg, 13/10/07 Qualifying loss 9-0: England v Luxembourg, 15/12/82 Overall appearances 35: Jeff Strasser 34: Carlo Weis 27: Robert Langers 26: Guy Hellers 25: Eric Hoffmann Overall goals 4: Gilbert Dussier 3: Nico Braun 2: Camille Dimmer 2: Henri Klein 2: Robert Langers 2: Paul Philipp 2: Jeannot Reiter UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup campaigns Season Competition Result Pld W D L GF GA 2014 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 6th in group 10 1 3 6 7 26 2012 EURO qualifying Qualifying round, 6th in group 10 1 1 8 3 21 2010 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 5th in group 10 1 2 7 4 25 2008 EURO qualifying Qualifying round, 7th in group 12 1 0 11 2 23 2006 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 7th in group 12 0 0 12 5 48 2004 EURO qualifying Qualifying round, 5th in group 8 0 0 8 0 21 2002 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 6th in group 10 0 0 10 4 28 5 UEFA EURO 2016 - Qualifying draw Monday 24 February 2014 - 12.00CET (12.00 local time) Press kit Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice UEFA EURO and FIFA World Cup campaigns 2000 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 5th in group 8 0 0 8 2 23 1998 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 5th in group 8 0 0 8 2 22 1996 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 5th in group 10 3 1 6 3 21 1994 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 5th in group 8 0 1 7 2 17 1992 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 4th in group 6 0 0 6 2 14 1990 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 5th in group 8 0 1 7 3 22 1988 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 5th in group 8 0 1 7 2 23 1986 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 5th in group 8 0 0 8 2 27 1984 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 5th in group 8 0 0 8 5 36 1982 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 5th in group 8 0 0 8 1 23 1980 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 4th in group 6 0 1 5 2 17 1978 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 7th in group 6 0 0 6 2 22 1976 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 4th in group 6 0 0 6 7 28 1974 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 4th in group 6 1 0 5 2 14 1972 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 4th in group 6 0 1 5 1 23 1970 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 4th in group 6 0 0 6 4 24 1968 EURO qualifying Preliminary round, 4th in group 6 0 1 5 1 18 1966 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 4th in group 6 0 0 6 6 20 1964 EURO qualifying Replay 5 1 3 1 8 8 1962 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 4 1 0 3 5 21 1958 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 4 0 0 4 3 19 1954 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 4 0 0 4 1 19 1950 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 2nd in group 2 0 0 2 4 8 1938 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 2 0 0 2 2 7 1934 World Cup qualifying Qualifying round, 3rd in group 2 0 0 2 2 15 6 UEFA EURO 2016 - Qualifying draw Monday 24 February 2014 - 12.00CET (12.00 local time) Press kit Palais des Congrès Acropolis, Nice Luxembourg - Head to head against teams in other pots Luxembourg v Albania Luxembourg v Armenia Luxembourg v Austria Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA EURO 4 1 0 3 2 7 EURO - - - - - - EURO 2 0 0 2 3 8 World Cup - - - - - - World Cup - - - - - - World Cup 2 0 0 2 0 10 Friendlies 1 0 1 0 0 0 Friendlies 1 0 1 0 1 1 Friendlies 1 0 0 1 1 4 Luxembourg v Azerbaijan Luxembourg v Belarus Luxembourg v Belgium Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA EURO - - - - - - EURO 6 1 2 3 2 6 EURO 6 0 0 6 0 22 World Cup 2 0 2 0 1 1 World Cup - - - - - - World Cup 3 0 1 2 3 9 Friendlies 1 0 0 1 1 2 Friendlies - - - - - - Friendlies 8 1 2 5 5 21 Luxembourg v Bosnia and Luxembourg v Bulgaria Luxembourg v Croatia Herzegovina Competition Pld W D L GF GA No previous meetings Competition Pld W D L GF GA EURO 6 0 0 6 1 16 EURO 4 0 0 4 0 11 World Cup 6 0 0 6 4 18 World Cup - - - - - - Friendlies - - - - - - Friendlies 1 0 0 1 1 2 Luxembourg v Cyprus Luxembourg v Czech Republic Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA EURO - - - - - - EURO 4 1 0 3 1 10 World Cup 2 0 0 2 1 5 World Cup 2 0 0 2 0 6 Friendlies 1 0 0 1 0 1 Friendlies 2 0 0 2 0 7 Luxembourg v Denmark Luxembourg v England Luxembourg v Estonia Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W D L GF GA Competition Pld W