1954 FIFA World Cup qualification Group 4

{{Short description|Football tournament qualifying stage}}

{{main|1954 FIFA World Cup qualification}}

{{see_also|1954 FIFA World Cup}}

The three teams in this group played against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner France qualified for the fifth FIFA World Cup held in Switzerland.

Results

{{footballbox_collapsible

|date = 20 September 1953

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426172933/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Luxembourg/World_Cup/1954fwcLUX_v_FRA Report]

|score = 1 – 6

|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}

|goals1 = Kohn {{goal|6}}

|goals2 = Piantoni {{goal|5}}
Kopa {{goal|10}}
Cicci {{goal|41}}
Glovacki {{goal|44}}
Kargu {{goal|73}}
Flamion {{goal|88}}

|location = Luxembourg, Luxembourg

|stadium = Stade Municipal

|referee = Dörflinger (Switzerland)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{footballbox_collapsible

|date = 4 October 1953

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426175222/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Republic_of_Ireland/World_Cup/1954fwcIRL_v_FRA Report]

|score = 3 – 5

|team2 = {{fb|FRA}}

|goals1 = Ryan {{goal|58|pen.}}
Walsh {{goal|83}}
O'Farrell {{goal|88}}

|goals2 = Glovacki {{goal|23}}
Penverne {{goal|40}}
Ujlaki {{goal|50||69}}
Flamion {{goal|72}}

|location = Dublin, Republic of Ireland

|stadium = Dalymount Park

|referee = Franken (Belgium)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{footballbox_collapsible

|date = 28 October 1953

|team1 = {{fb-rt|IRL}}

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426174716/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Republic_of_Ireland/World_Cup/1954fwcIRL_v_LUX Report]

|score = 4 – 0

|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}

|goals1 = Fitzsimons {{goal|14}} {{goal|83}}
Ryan {{goal|48|pen.}}
Eglington {{goal|59}}

|location = Dublin, Republic of Ireland

|stadium = Dalymount Park

|referee = Bond (England)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{footballbox_collapsible

|date = 25 November 1953

|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173112/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/France/World_Cup/1954fwcFRA_v_IRL Report]

|score = 1 – 0

|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}

|goals1 = Piantoni {{goal|73}}

|location = Paris, France

|stadium = Parc des Princes

|referee = Van Nuffel (Belgium)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{footballbox_collapsible

|date = 17 December 1953

|team1 = {{fb-rt|FRA}}

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173210/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/France/World_Cup/1954fwcFRA_v_LUX Report]

|score = 8 – 0

|team2 = {{fb|LUX}}

|goals1 = Desgranges {{goal|2||88}}
Vincent {{goal|6||10}}
Fontaine {{goal|21||75||80}}
Foix {{goal|57}}

|location = Paris, France

|stadium = Parc des Princes

|referee = Roeykens (Belgium)

|nobars = 1

}}

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{{footballbox_collapsible

|date = 7 March 1954

|team1 = {{fb-rt|LUX}}

|report = [https://web.archive.org/web/20110426173245/http://scoreshelf.com/gjdb/en/Luxembourg/World_Cup/1954fwcLUX_v_IRL Report]

|score = 0 – 1

|team2 = {{fb|IRL}}

|goals2 = Cummins {{goal|67}}

|location = Luxembourg, Luxembourg

|stadium = Stade Municipal

|referee = Ausum (Netherlands)

|nobars = 1

}}

France qualified.

Final Table

class="wikitable"
colspan=10 align=center|Final table

|colspan=5|

|colspan=7 align=center bgcolor=yellow|Home

|colspan=7 align=center|Away

bgcolor="#efefef"|Rank

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="160"|Team

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GD

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts

!bgcolor="#efefef"|

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|FRA}}

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|IRL}}

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|{{flagicon|LUX}}

!bgcolor="#efefef"|

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pld

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|W

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|D

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|L

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GF

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|GA

!bgcolor="#efefef" width="20"|Pts

align=center bgcolor=#ccffcc

|1.

|align=left|{{fb|FRA}}

|4

400204+168X1:08:0220090422001144
align=center

|2.

|align=left|{{fb|IRL}}

|4

20286+243:5X4:021017522101112
align=center

|3.

|align=left|{{fb|LUX}}

|4

004119|
1801:60:1X200217020020120
align=center

Team stats

={{fb|FRA}} =

Head coach: none, selected by committee

border="0" width="100%" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
align="center" bgcolor="#AAD0FF"

!width=7%|Pos.

!width=24%|Player

!width=12%|DoB

!width=6%|Games
played

!width=6%|Goals

!width=4%|Minutes
played

!width=4%|Sub off

!width=4%|Sub on

!width=3%|{{flagicon|LUX}}

!width=3%|{{flagicon|IRL}}

!width=3% bgcolor=yellow|{{flagicon|IRL}}

!width=3% bgcolor=yellow|{{flagicon|LUX}}

!width=23%|Club

FWalign="left"| Abdesselem Ben MohammedJanuary 2, 1926109000--bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Girondins Bordeaux
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| GK

align="left"| Pierre BernardJune 27, 193200000---Balign="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Girondins Bordeaux
MFalign="left"| Guillaume BieganskiNovember 3, 1932109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lille O.S.C.
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Marius BruatJune 27, 1930109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} FC Sochaux
MFalign="left"| Raymond CicciAugust 11, 1929119000bgcolor=red| 90---align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Reims
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| Antoine CuissardJuly 19, 1924109000--bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} OGC Nice
GKalign="left"| Stéphane DakowskiJune 29, 192100000--B-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Nîmes Olympique
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Léon DeladerrièreJune 29, 1927109000--bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} FC Nancy
FWalign="left"| Jean DesgrangesApril 22, 1929129000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} RC Lens
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| FerrySeptember 2, 193000000B---align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} AS Saint-Étienne
FWalign="left"| Pierre FlamionDecember 13, 19242218000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Troyes AC
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Jacques FoixNovember 26, 1930119000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} AS Saint-Étienne
FWalign="left"| Just FontaineAugust 18, 1933139000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} OGC Nice
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Lazare GianessiNovember 9, 19253027000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} AS Monaco
MFalign="left"| Léon GlovackiFebruary 19, 19282218000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Reims
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Robert JonquetMay 3, 19252018000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Reims
FWalign="left"| Édouard KarguDecember 16, 1925119000bgcolor=red| 90B--align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Girondins Bordeaux
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Raymond KopaOctober 13, 19312118000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Reims
GKalign="left"| Jean-Pierre KressMarch 1, 1930109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} RC Strasbourg
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Robert LemaîtreMarch 7, 1929109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lille O.S.C.
DFalign="left"| André LerondDecember 6, 193000000---Balign="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Olympique Lyonnais
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| Abderrahman MahjoubApril 25, 1929109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} OGC Nice
MFalign="left"| Jean-Jacques MarcelJune 13, 19312018000-bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} FC Sochaux
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Roger MarcheMarch 5, 19243027000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Reims
DFalign="left"| Ahmed MihoubiJune 2, 1924119000--bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Toulouse FC
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Célestin OliverJuly 12, 1930109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} UA Sedan-Torcy
DFalign="left"| Antoine PazurJanuary 3, 1931109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lille O.S.C.
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Armand PenverneNovember 26, 19262118000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Stade Reims
MFalign="left"| Roger PiantoniDecember 26, 19313227000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} FC Nancy
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| René PleimeldingFebruary 13, 192500000BBB-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Toulouse FC
GKalign="left"| François RemetterAugust 8, 19282017201bgcolor=lightgreen| 82Bbgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} FC Metz
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| André StrappeFebruary 23, 1928109000--bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lille O.S.C.
MFalign="left"| Joseph UjlakiAugust 10, 19292218000-bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} OGC Nice
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| GK

align="left"| René VignalAugust 12, 1926209810bgcolor=blue| 8bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} RCF Paris
FWalign="left"| Jean VincentNovember 29, 1930129000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Lille O.S.C.
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Raymond WoznieskoJanuary 17, 193000000---Balign="left"| {{flagicon|FRA}} Girondins Bordeaux

={{fb|IRL}} =

Head coach: none, selected by committee, team manager: {{Flagicon|IRL}} Alex Stevenson

border="0" width="100%" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
align="center" bgcolor="#AAD0FF"

!width=7%|Pos.

!width=24%|Player

!width=12%|DoB

!width=6%|Games
played

!width=6%|Goals

!width=4%|Minutes
played

!width=4%|Sub off

!width=4%|Sub on

!width=3% bgcolor=yellow|{{flagicon|FRA}}

!width=3% bgcolor=yellow|{{flagicon|LUX}}

!width=3%|{{flagicon|FRA}}

!width=3%|{{flagicon|LUX}}

!width=23%|Club

DFalign="left"| Tom AherneJanuary 26, 1919109000bgcolor=red| 90---align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2The number indicates the league the team played in that year. Luton Town
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| Noel CantwellFebruary 28, 1932109000-bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 West Ham United
DFalign="left"| Tommy ClintonApril 13, 19262018000--bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 Everton F.C.
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| George CumminsMarch 12, 19312118000-bgcolor=red| 90-bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 Luton Town
DFalign="left"| Seamus DunneApril 13, 19302018000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 Luton Town
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Tommy EglingtonJanuary 15, 19233127000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 Everton F.C.
DF/MFalign="left"| Peter FarrellAugust 16, 19222018000bgcolor=red| 90-bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 Everton F.C.
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Arthur FitzsimonsDecember 16, 19293227000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Middlesbrough F.C.
DFalign="left"| Mick Gallagher109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|SCO}} Hibernian F.C.
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Eddie GannonJanuary 3, 19212018000-bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield Wednesday
FWalign="left"| Johnny GavinApril 20, 19281018000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/3 Norwich City
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Shay GibbonsMay 19, 1929109000-bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|IRL}} St Patrick's Athletic
FWalign="left"| Jimmy HartnettMarch 21, 1927109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Middlesbrough F.C.
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Freddie KearnsNovember 8, 1927109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 West Ham United
MFalign="left"| Noel KellyDecember 28, 1921109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 Nottingham Forest
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Robin LawlerAugust 28, 19252018000-bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 Fulham F.C.
MFalign="left"| Con MartinMarch 20, 19233027000bgcolor=red| 90-bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Tommy MoroneyNovember 10, 1923109000bgcolor=red| 90---align="left"| {{flagicon|IRL}} Evergreen United
FWalign="left"| Liam MunroeNovember 15, 1930109000-bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|IRL}} Shamrock Rovers
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| Frank O'FarrellOctober 9, 1927109000bgcolor=red| 90---align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 West Ham United
GKalign="left"| Jimmy O'NeillOctober 13, 19313027000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/2 Everton F.C.
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Alf RingsteadOctober 14, 1927109000--bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Sheffield United
MFalign="left"| Reg RyanFebruary 13, 19253227000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} West Bromwich Albion
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| Pat SawardAugust 17, 1928109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/3 Millwall F.C.
GKalign="left"| Tom ScannellJune 3, 1925109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/3 Southend United
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Tommy TraynorJuly 22, 1933109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}}/3 Southampton F.C.
FWalign="left"| Davy WalshApril 28, 19232018000bgcolor=red| 90-bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|ENG}} Aston Villa

={{fb|LUX}} =

Head coach: {{Flagicon|HUN}} Béla Volentik

border="0" width="100%" style="border: 1px solid #999; background-color:#FFFFFF; text-align:center"
align="center" bgcolor="#AAD0FF"

!width=7%|Pos.

!width=22%|Player

!width=12%|DoB

!width=6%|Games
played

!width=6%|Goals

!width=4%|Minutes
played

!width=4%|Sub off

!width=4%|Sub on

!width=3% bgcolor=yellow|{{flagicon|FRA}}

!width=3%|{{flagicon|IRL}}

!width=3%|{{flagicon|FRA}}

!width=3% bgcolor=yellow|{{flagicon|IRL}}

!width=25%|Club

DFalign="left"| Secondo CaldarelliAugust 13, 1923109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Progrès Niederkorn
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Henri FickingerJuly 25, 19303027000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Progrès Niederkorn
MFalign="left"| Fernand GuthMay 3, 192600000B---align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Union Luxembourg
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Jos HansenJune 8, 1932109000bgcolor=red| 90-B-align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} The National Schifflange
FWalign="left"| Lucien KarierJuly 7, 1923109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} The Belval Belvaux
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Paul KempSeptember 27, 19303027000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Union Luxembourg
GKalign="left"| Théo KempSeptember 25, 193100000--BBalign="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Red Boys Differdange
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| FW

align="left"| Antoine KohnNovember 1, 19334136000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch
GKalign="left"| Ferdy LahureMarch 28, 1929109000bgcolor=red| 90B--align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Progrès Niederkorn
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Roger LorangNovember 22, 1930109000-bgcolor=red| 90--align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Union Luxembourg
DFalign="left"| Nicolas MaySeptember 30, 19273027000-bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Red Boys Differdange
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Jean-Pierre MertlApril 23, 1930109000bgcolor=red| 90--Balign="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Union Luxembourg
MFalign="left"| Jules MeurisseMay 3, 19313027000-bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Robert MondDecember 13, 192700000--B-align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch
DFalign="left"| Josy MosarSeptember 16, 1927109000---bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Red Star Merl
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| Armand MüllerJuly 26, 192800000---Balign="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} AS Differdange
MFalign="left"| François MüllerFebruary 23, 1927109000bgcolor=red| 90---align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Red Star Merl
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| Guillaume PeifferMay 2, 1928109000-BBbgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Fola Esch
DFalign="left"| Michel ReuterNovember 24, 19293027000bgcolor=red| 90Bbgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} SC Tetingen
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| MF

align="left"| Jos RollerAugust 21, 192900000BB--align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Progrès Niederkorn
DFalign="left"| Léon SpartzApril 17, 19273027000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Red Boys Differdange
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Jacques SpeckNovember 5, 19312018000Bbgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90-align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} The National Schifflange
GKalign="left"| Paul SteffenJanuary 17, 19303027000Bbgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Jeunesse Esch
bgcolor="#EFEFEF"

| DF

align="left"| Camille WagnerApril 13, 19254036000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} FC Etzella Ettelbruck
FWalign="left"| Roger WeydertFebruary 18, 19274036000bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90bgcolor=red| 90align="left"| {{flagicon|LUX}} Union Luxembourg