Nickname(s) | Rout Léiwinnen (The Red Lionesses) | ||
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Association | Luxembourg Football Federation (Fédération Luxembourgeoise de Football) | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Dan Santos | ||
Most caps | Amy Thompson (45) | ||
Top scorer | Amy Thompson (28) | ||
FIFA code | LUX | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 115 1 (13 December 2024) [1] | ||
Highest | 70 (December 2006) | ||
Lowest | 122 (April – August 2021) | ||
First international | |||
Luxembourg 0–4 Slovakia (Junglinster, Luxembourg; 18 November 2006) | |||
Biggest win | |||
Luxembourg 11–0 Tahiti (Molsheim, France; 19 February 2022) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
Luxembourg 0–12 Poland (Koetschette, Luxembourg; 12 February 2014) |
The Luxembourg women's national football team represents Luxembourg in international women's football.
Luxembourg women's national football team was founded in 2003, and played its first international game in 2006. They have been managed by Dan Santos since 2020.
Luxembourg made their debut in the qualifying for the European Championships in 2009. Luxembourg were drawn in a group with Slovakia, Lithuania and Malta. Luxembourg finished in second place in the group. Luxembourg failed to qualify for the World Cup in Germany.
Win Draw Lose Fixture
5 April UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying | Luxembourg | 2–1 | Albania | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
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| Stadium: Stade Emile Mayrisch Referee: Marina Zechner (Austria) |
4 June UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying | Albania | 3–1 | Luxembourg | Elbasan, Albania |
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| Stadium: Elbasan Arena Referee: Melek Dakan (Turkey) |
12 July UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying | Luxembourg | 1–1 | Estonia | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
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| Stadium: Stade Emile Mayrisch Attendance: 587 Referee: Tjaša Misja (Slovenia) |
16 July UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying | Estonia | 1–1 | Luxembourg | Tartu, Estonia |
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| Report |
| Stadium: Tamme Stadium Attendance: 166 Referee: Teona Sturua (Georgia) |
25 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs | Luxembourg | 0–4 | Sweden | Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg |
19:30 | Report |
| Stadium: Stade Émile Mayrisch Attendance: 1,295 [2] Referee: Alexandra Collin (France) |
29 October UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs | Sweden | 8–0 | Luxembourg | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Report | Stadium: Gamla Ullevi Referee: Réka Molnar (Hungary) |
21 February 2025 UEFA Nations League group stage | Luxembourg | v | Kazakhstan | Luxembourg |
25 February 2025 UEFA Nations League group stage | Luxembourg | v | Liechtenstein | Luxembourg |
4 April 2025 UEFA Nations League group stage | Armenia | v | Luxembourg | Armenia |
8 April 2025 UEFA Nations League group stage | Liechtenstein | v | Luxembourg | Liechtenstein |
30 May 2025 UEFA Nations League group stage | Luxembourg | v | Armenia | Luxembourg |
3 June 2025 UEFA Nations League group stage | Kazakhstan | v | Luxembourg | Kazakhstan |
Role | Name |
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Head coach | Dan Santos |
Assistant coach | Cristina Correia |
Goalkeeping coach | Jean-Marie Noel |
Fitness coach | Kevin Rutare |
Physiotherapist | Pierre Loesel |
Physiotherapist | Mathieu Gottini |
Team delegate | Liz Thill |
The following players were named for the UEFA Women's Euro 2025 qualifying play-offs matches against Sweden on 25 and 29 October 2024. [4]
Caps and goals accurate as of match against Sweden on 29 October 2024.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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GK | Lucie Schlimé | 19 September 2003 | 31 | 0 | First Vienna | |
GK | Joy Jung | 17 March 2006 | 0 | 0 | Standard Liège | |
GK | Lisi Oberweis | 8 November 1998 | 0 | 0 | Union Mertert-Wasserbillig | |
DF | Kimberley Dos Santos | 26 February 1998 | 40 | 2 | Racing | |
DF | Emma Kremer | 28 July 2000 | 26 | 1 | Alemannia Aachen | |
DF | Isabel Albert | 10 May 1995 | 25 | 1 | WMG | |
DF | Andreia Machado | 1 April 1995 | 15 | 1 | Swift Hesperange | |
DF | Ana Barbosa Abreu | 13 May 2007 | 15 | 0 | Standard Liège | |
DF | Leila Schmit | 9 November 2006 | 14 | 0 | SV Elversberg | |
DF | Nathalie Ludwig | 11 December 1995 | 9 | 1 | Racing | |
DF | Leticia Mateus | 31 July 2004 | 8 | 0 | Jeunesse Junglinster | |
MF | Marta Estévez García | 5 June 1997 | 42 | 5 | PAOK | |
MF | Laura Miller (captain) | 7 December 2001 | 28 | 4 | Standard Liège | |
MF | Charlotte Schmit | 17 January 2006 | 21 | 1 | SC Freiburg | |
MF | Edina Kocan | 27 February 2002 | 15 | 0 | Racing | |
MF | Catarina Teixeira Lavinas | 28 September 2002 | 10 | 0 | VfR Warbeyen | |
MF | Anna Miny | 23 May 2007 | 2 | 0 | TuS Issel | |
MF | Olivia Konsbrück | 9 February 2007 | 1 | 0 | TuS Issel | |
MF | Barbara Serra | 17 April 2007 | 1 | 0 | Ell | |
FW | Amy Thompson | 28 July 1994 | 45 | 28 | Swift Hesperange | |
FW | Joana Lourenco Magalhães | 4 June 2004 | 28 | 9 | Young Boys Diekirch | |
FW | Caroline Jorge | 29 November 2005 | 21 | 2 | Standard Liège | |
FW | Rachel Kirps | 1 December 2005 | 5 | 0 | SV Elversberg | |
FW | Emma Thill | 29 March 1997 | 1 | 0 | WMG | |
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The following players have been called up to the squad in the past 12 months.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Emma Goetz | 6 January 2006 | 1 | 0 | SC Freiburg | v. Estonia, 16 July 2024 |
DF | Rita Leite | 14 July 1997 | 10 | 1 | Tirsense | v. Estonia, 16 July 2024 |
DF | Andreia Faria | 23 September 2003 | 1 | 0 | Swift Hesperange | v. Estonia, 16 July 2024 |
DF | Lena Goedert | 7 October 1996 | 2 | 0 | WMG | v. Albania, 4 June 2024 |
DF | Eva Fernandes | 23 June 2001 | 7 | 0 | Jeunesse Junglinster | v. Albania, 5 April 2024 |
DF | Ella Schmit | 16 May 2007 | 0 | 0 | Jeunesse Junglinster | v. Albania, 5 April 2024 |
MF | Marisa Soares Marques | 13 August 1993 | 30 | 0 | Differdange | v. Estonia, 16 July 2024 |
FW | Eva Marinelli | 1 September 2007 | 1 | 0 | Metz | v. Estonia, 16 July 2024 |
FW | Gwendy Merlevede | 12 October 2007 | 0 | 0 | Jeunesse Junglinster | v. Estonia, 16 July 2024 |
FW | Julie Marques Abreu | 6 August 2004 | 22 | 6 | Young Boys Diekirch | v. Albania, 4 June 2024 |
FW | Kylie Merlevede | 11 May 2004 | 3 | 0 | Jeunesse Junglinster | v. Albania, 5 April 2024 |
*Active players in bold, statistics correct as of 29 October 2024. [5]
Most capped players
| Top goalscorers
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Player | Date | Goals | Opponent | Location | Competition | Line-up |
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Joana Lourenco Magalhães | 19 February 2022 [6] | 5 | Tahiti [6] | Molsheim, France | International Friendly | Starting |
FIFA Women's World Cup record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | GP | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | |
1991 to 2007 | Did not exist | Did not exist | ||||||||||||||
2011 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||
2015 | Did not qualify | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | -7 | ||||||||
2019 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 21 | -18 | |||||||||
2023 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 45 | –36 | |||||||||
2027 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 74 | -61 |
UEFA Women's Championship record | Qualifying record | |||||||||||||||||
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Year | Result | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | GD | P/R | Rnk | |
1984 to 2005 | Did not exist | Did not exist | ||||||||||||||||
2009 | Did not qualify | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | -2 | – | |||||||||
2013 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -5 | |||||||||||
2017 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -4 | |||||||||||
2022 | Did not enter | Did not enter | ||||||||||||||||
2025 | Did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 18 | –13 | [a] | 38th | ||||||||
2029 | To be determined | To be determined | ||||||||||||||||
Total | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 42 | –24 | 38th |
UEFA Women's Nations League record | ||||||||||||
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Year | League | Group | Pos | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | P/R | Rnk | |
2023–24 | C | 2 | 3rd | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 43rd | ||
2025 | C | 3 | To be determined | |||||||||
Total | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 43rd |
Promoted at end of season | |
No movement at end of season | |
Relegated at end of season | |
* | Participated in promotion/relegation play-offs |
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