Belgium | |
Nickname(s) | Red Devils |
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Association | Royal Belgian Football Association |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Roberto Martinez |
Asst coach | Shaun Maloney |
Captain | Eden Hazard |
Most caps | Jan Vertonghen (116) |
Top scorer | Romelu Lukaku (49) |
Home Stadium | King Baudouin Stadium |
FIFA code | BEL |
FIFA ranking | 1 (19 September 2019) |
Highest FIFA ranking | 1 (November 2015 - March 2016, September 2018 – present) |
Lowest FIFA ranking | 71 (June 2007) |
Elo ranking | 2 1 (9 September 2019) |
Highest Elo ranking | 2 (September 2019 – present) |
Lowest Elo ranking | 70 (Sep/Oct 2009, Sep 2010) |
First international | Belgium 3–3 France (Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904) |
Biggest win | Belgium 9–0 Zambia (Brussels, Belgium; 4 June 1994) Belgium 10–1 San Marino (Brussels, Belgium; 28 February 2001) Belgium 9–0 Gibraltar (Liège, Belgium; 31 August 2017) |
Biggest defeat | England Am. 11-2 Belgium (London, England; 17 April 1909) |
World Cup appearances | 13 (First in 1930) |
Best result | Third place (2018) |
UEFA European Championship appearances | 5 (First in 1972) |
Best result | Runners-Up (1980) |
File:Belgium 2018 Home.pngFile:Belgium 2018 Away.png |
The Belgian national football team has officially represented Belgium in association football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA—both of which were co-founded by the Belgian team's supervising body, the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA). Periods of regular Belgian representation at the highest international level, from 1920 to 1938, and 1970 to 2002, have alternated with mostly unsuccessful qualification rounds. Most of Belgium's home matches are played at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
Belgium's national team have participated in three, quadrennial major football competitions. They appeared in the end stages of twelve FIFA World Cups and four UEFA European Football Championships, and featured at three Olympic football tournaments, including the 1920 Olympic tournament which they won. Other notable performances are victories over four reigning world champions—West Germany, Brazil, Argentina and France—between 1954 and 2002. Belgium has longstanding football rivalries with its Dutch neighbours and its French counterparts, having played both teams nearly every year from 1905 to 1967. The squad has been known as the Red Devils since 1906; its supporters' group is named 1895.
During the national player career of forward Paul Van Himst, the most-praised Belgian footballer of the 20th century, Belgium took third place at Euro 1972. After that, the national squad experienced two golden ages with many gifted players. In the first period, which lasted from the 1980s to the early 1990s, the team finished as runners-up at Euro 1980 and fourth in the 1986 World Cup. In the second, under guidance of Marc Wilmots and later Roberto Martínez in the 2010s, Belgium topped the FIFA World Rankings for the first time in November 2015 and finished third at the 2018 World Cup. Belgium currently participates in League A of the first UEFA Nations League edition, and will participate in the same league for the next edition.
Results and fixtures
2018
2018–19 UEFA Nations League 12 October 2018 | Belgium | 2–1 | Switzerland | Brussels, Belgium | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
R. Lukaku 58', 84' | Report | Gavranović 76' | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 39,049 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain) |
Friendly 16 October 2018 | Belgium | 1–1 | Netherlands | Brussels, Belgium | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Mertens 5' | Report | Groeneveld 27' | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 34,747 Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal) |
2018–19 UEFA Nations League 15 November 2018 | Belgium | 2–0 | Iceland | Brussels, Belgium | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) |
Batshuayi 65', 81' | Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 28,891 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel) |
2018–19 UEFA Nations League 18 November 2018 | Switzerland | 5–2 | Belgium | Lucerne, Switzerland | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) |
Rodríguez 26' (pen.) Seferović 31', 44', 84' Elvedi 62' |
Report | T. Hazard 2', 17' | Stadium: Swissporarena Attendance: 15,000 Referee: Daniele Orsato (Italy) |
2019
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 21 March 2019 | Belgium | 3–1 | Russia | Brussels, Belgium | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) |
Tielemans 14' E. Hazard 45' (pen.), 88' |
Report | Cheryshev 16' | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 34,245 Referee: Ovidiu Haţegan (Romania) |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 24 March 2019 | Cyprus | 0–2 | Belgium | Nicosia, Cyprus | |
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2) |
Report | E. Hazard 10' Batshuayi 18' |
Stadium: GSP Stadium Attendance: 8,728 Referee: François Letexier (France) |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 8 June 2019 | Belgium | 3–0 | Kazakhstan | Brussels, Belgium | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Mertens 11' Castagne 14' R. Lukaku 50' |
Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 37,155 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina) |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 11 June 2019 | Belgium | 3–0 | Scotland | Brussels, Belgium | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
R. Lukaku 45+1', 57' De Bruyne 90+2' |
Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 32,482 Referee: Petr Ardeleanu (Czech Republic) |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 6 September 2019 | San Marino | 0–4 | Belgium | Serravalle, San Marino | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Report | Batshuayi 43' (pen.), 90+2' Mertens 57' Chadli 64' |
Stadium: San Marino Stadium Referee: Horațiu Feșnic (Romania) |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 9 September 2019 | Scotland | 0–4 | Belgium | Glasgow, Scotland | |
20:45 (19:45 UTC+1) |
Report | R. Lukaku 9' Vermaelen 24' Alderweireld 32' De Bruyne 82' |
Stadium: Hampden Park Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 10 October 2019 | Belgium | v | San Marino | Brussels, Belgium | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2) |
Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 13 October 2019 | Kazakhstan | v | Belgium | Astana/Nursultan, Kazakhstan | |
15:00 (19:00 UTC+6) |
Report | Stadium: Astana Arena |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 16 November 2019 | Russia | v | Belgium | Russia | |
18:00 (20:00 UTC+3) |
Report |
UEFA Euro 2020 Q 19 November 2019 | Belgium | v | Cyprus | Brussels, Belgium | |
20:45 (20:45 UTC+1) |
Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium |
Players
Current squad
The following 28 players were called up for the UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying matches against San Marino and Kazakhstan on 10 and 13 October 2019, respectively.
Caps, goals and player numbers are correct as of 9 September 2019 after the game against Scotland, including FIFA-unrecognised matches.
# | Pos | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | ||
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GK | Thibaut Courtois | 11 May 1992 | 76 | 0 | Real Madrid | |||
GK | Simon Mignolet | 6 March 1988 | 22 | 0 | Club Brugge | |||
GK | Matz Sels | 26 February 1992 | 0 | 0 | Strasbourg | |||
GK | Hendrik Van Crombrugge | 30 April 1993 | 0 | 0 | Anderlecht | |||
DF | Toby Alderweireld | 2 March 1989 | 94 | 4 | Tottenham Hotspur | |||
DF | Dedryck Boyata | 28 November 1990 | 16 | 0 | Hertha BSC | |||
DF | Timothy Castagne | 5 December 1995 | 5 | 1 | Atalanta | |||
DF | Brandon Mechele | 28 January 1993 | 0 | 0 | Club Brugge | |||
DF | Thomas Meunier | 12 September 1991 | 39 | 6 | Paris Saint-Germain | |||
DF | Thomas Vermaelen | 14 November 1985 | 75 | 2 | Vissel Kobe | |||
DF | Jan Vertonghen | 24 April 1987 | 116 | 9 | Tottenham Hotspur | |||
MF | Yannick Carrasco | 4 September 1993 | 38 | 5 | Dalian Yifang | |||
MF | Nacer Chadli | 2 August 1989 | 58 | 7 | Anderlecht | |||
MF | Leander Dendoncker | 15 April 1995 | 9 | 0 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | |||
MF | Adnan Januzaj | 5 February 1995 | 12 | 1 | Real Sociedad | |||
MF | Dennis Praet | 14 May 1994 | 4 | 0 | Leicester City | |||
MF | Youri Tielemans | 7 May 1997 | 25 | 1 | Leicester City | |||
MF | Hans Vanaken | 14 August 1992 | 2 | 0 | Club Brugge | |||
MF | Yari Verschaeren | 12 July 2001 | 1 | 0 | Anderlecht | |||
MF | Axel Witsel | 12 January 1989 | 103 | 9 | Borussia Dortmund | |||
FW | Michy Batshuayi | 2 October 1993 | 27 | 15 | Chelsea | |||
FW | Christian Benteke | 3 December 1990 | 34 | 12 | Crystal Palace | |||
FW | Eden Hazard (Captain) | 7 January 1991 | 102 | 30 | Real Madrid | |||
FW | Thorgan Hazard | 29 March 1993 | 23 | 3 | Borussia Dortmund | |||
FW | Romelu Lukaku | 13 May 1993 | 82 | 49 | Internazionale | |||
FW | Dries Mertens | 6 May 1987 | 87 | 18 | Napoli | |||
FW | Divock Origi | 18 April 1995 | 27 | 3 | Liverpool |
Recent call-ups
The following footballers were part of a national selection in the past 12 months, but are not part of the current squad.
INJ = Withdrew from this squad due to injury AlumniFormer players
Managers
Honours
External links
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