LUXEMBOURG: one goal for!

The oldest football club in Luxembourg is CS Fola Esch, founded as the "Football and Lawn tennis Club" on 9 December 1906 by English language teacher Jean Roeder. Being the oldest club in the country, they are also part of the Club of Pioneers, a group set up by Sheffield FC to join together the oldest clubs in each country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Club_of_Pioneers. Below their present ground. Badge below.

Founded in 1906 by the English language teacher Jean Roeder, Fola was the first football club in Luxembourg. During its heyday, it was the best club in the country, winning four NationalDivision  championships and two Luxembourg Cups, between 1918 and 1924. Fola won another championship in 1930 and the Luxembourg Cup in 1955, but had since this time lost its place in Luxembourg's top flight.

Fola stubbornly rejected a merger with its larger neighbours, Jeunesse Esch, during the "wave of consolidation" in the 1990s. In 2004–05, Fola were relegated to the third tier of Luxembourg football, but were promoted the following season. In 2006–07 they finished third, qualifying for a promotion play-off.

In 2008, the club managed to secure second place in the championship, granting them promotion to the nation's Fortis League (National Division, the top league in the country, renamed BGL League in March 2009 due to the financial crisis).

In May 2013, CS Fola Esch won the championship in the BGL Ligue with a historic 5–1 win against their rivals, Jeunesse Esch in the 25th match of the season. The club had a gap of 83 years since their last championship.

Fola participated in the second qualifying round of the Champions League 2013–14, but lost to Dinamo Zagreb, 0–5 in the first leg (at home) and 0–1 in the second leg (away). In 2015, Fola won the championship again, after finishing second in 2014. In 2016 they again finished second with an equal number of points with the champions, F91 Dudelange.

In 2016 CS Fola Esch, celebrated their 110th birthday, and also became a member of the exclusive Club of Pioneers, as the oldest football club of Luxembourg.

19th October 1960 Andorra, Liechtenstein and San Marino are the countries who were/are the whipping-boys of European football but back in the 1960’s that honour belonged to Luxembourg alone. On this day in 1960 England visited Luxembourg for a World Cup 1962 qualifier and won 9-0, England’s highest score in the competition. Bobby Charlton and Jimmy Greaves each scored hat-tricks, Bobby Smith a couple of goals and Johnny Haynes one. The programme below:

The first match of the national team was played on 29 October 1911 (a defeat 1–4 v France ), while the first women's game was a 0–4 defeat to Slovakia on 18 November 2006.
Other fixtures against England:

21 May 1927	Luxembourg v England	W	2-5	International Friendly
19 Oct 1960	Luxembourg v England	W	0-9	FIFA World Cup
28 Sep 1961	England v Luxembourg	W	4-1	FIFA World Cup
30 Mar 1977	England v Luxembourg	W	5-0	FIFA World Cup
12 Oct 1977	Luxembourg v England	W	0-2	FIFA World Cup
15 Dec 1982	England v Luxembourg	W	9-0	UEFA European Championship
16 Nov 1983	Luxembourg v England	W	0-4	UEFA European Championship
14 Oct 1998	Luxembourg v England	W	0-3	UEFA European Championship
04 Sep 1999	England v Luxembourg	W	6-0	UEFA European Championship