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François Konter
François "Bitzi" Konter (20 February 1934 – 29 August 2018) was a Luxembourgish professional football (soccer), footballer. Club career Konter started his career at local team Chiers Rodange but played much of his club football in Belgium, for R.S.C. Anderlecht, RSC Anderlecht and K.A.A. Gent, AA Gent. International career He played for Luxembourg national football team, Luxembourg's national team at the height of the country's footballing strength, making his debut in October 1955 against Switzerland national football team, Switzerland, and was an integral part of the team that almost reached the semi-finals of the 1964 UEFA European Football Championship, 1964 European Championship. During his international career, Konter played 77 games and scored four goals. He played in 16 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luxembourg National Football Team
The Luxembourg national football team (nicknamed the ''Red Lions''; , , ) is the national association football, football team of Luxembourg, and is controlled by the Luxembourg Football Federation. The team plays most of its home matches at the Stade de Luxembourg in Luxembourg City. Luxembourg has participated in every FIFA World Cup qualifiers since those for the 1934 World Cup and in UEFA European Championship qualifiers since those for Euro 1964. As of 2024, they have never qualified for any of these major tournaments. Luxembourg is the nation with the most qualifying campaigns in both of these competitions without ever making it to the finals. However, they did compete in six Football at the Summer Olympics, Olympic football events between 1920 and 1952. History Luxembourg played their first ever international match on 29 October 1911, in a friendly match against France national football team, France; it resulted in a 1–4 defeat. Their first victory came on 8 February 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
