Belgium national football team
Belgium national football team is the national football team of Belgium.
| Nickname(s) | De Rode Duivels Les Diables Rouges Die Roten Teufel (The Red Devils) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Association | Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB/URBSFA/KBFV)[upper-alpha 1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Domenico Tedesco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Eden Hazard | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Jan Vertonghen (127)[upper-alpha 2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Romelu Lukaku (62)[upper-alpha 2] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium | Various | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| FIFA code | BEL | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| FIFA ranking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Highest | 1 (November 2015 – March 2016, September 2018 – present[5]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 71 (June 2007[5]) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First international | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Belgium 3–3 France [[File:{{{flag alias-1794}}}|22x20px|border |alt=|link=]](Uccle, 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 Amateurs 11–2 Belgium (London, England; 17 April 1909) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| World Cup | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 13 (first in 1930) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Third place (2018) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 5 (first in 1972) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up (1980) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Most appearances
| # | Name | Belgium career | Caps | Goals |
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| 1 | Jan Vertonghen | 2007– | 129 | 9 |
| 2 | Toby Alderweirld | 2009 - | 111 | 5 |
| Axel Witsel | 2008– | 111 | 10 | |
| 4 | Eden Hazard | 2008- | 109 | 32 |
| 5 | Dries Mertens | 2011– | 100 | 21 |
| 6 | Jan Ceulemans | 1976–
1991 |
96 | 22 |
| 7 | Romelu Lukaku | 2010– | 95 | 62 |
| Timmy Simons | 2001–2016 | 95 | 6 | |
| 8 | Daniel Van Buyten | 2001–2014 | 85 | 10 |
| 10 | Enzo Scifo | 1984–1998 | 84 | 18 |
Top scorers
| # | Name | Belgium career | Goals | Caps | Goals per game |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romelu Lukaku | 2010– | 40 | 75 | 0.5405 |
| 2 | Bernard Voorhoof | 1928–1940 | 30 | 61 | 0.4918 |
| Paul Van Himst | 1960–1974 | 30 | 81 | 0.3704 | |
| 4 | Joseph Mermans | 1945–1956 | 28 | 56 | 0.5000 |
| Marc Wilmots | 1990–2002 | 28 | 70 | 0.4000 | |
| 6 | Robert De Veen | 1906–1913 | 26 | 23 | 1.1304 |
| 7 | Eden Hazard | 2008– | 25 | 92 | 0.2637 |
| 8 | Wesley Sonck | 2001–2010 | 24 | 55 | 0.4364 |
| 9 | Ray Braine | 1925–1939 | 23 | 52 | 0.4423 |
| Marc Degryse | 1984–1996 | 23 | 63 | 0.3651 |
Belgium National Football Team Media
In the 1920 Olympic football final at the Olympisch Stadion in Antwerp, Robert Coppée scored a penalty kick for Belgium.
The Belgium squad at the start of a friendly game against the Netherlands, 1966
The Belgian national team before a training session in 1977
Diego Maradona and Argentina won 2–0 to knock Belgium out of the 1986 World Cup.
Traditional red home jersey during the 2018 World Cup where the team finished third.
Gust De Muynck's live coverage during Belgium–Netherlands in 1931
Illustration of Belgium's game against France in April 1918: some of such unofficial wartime matches served as charity fundraisers.
"Belgian Red Devils" airbus with trident logo, pictured in 2016.
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References
- ↑ "Football MATCH: 14.11.2012 (Romania v Belgium)". EU Football. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ↑ "Football MATCH: 26.05.2014 (Belgium v Luxembourg)". EU Football. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
- ↑ "Rules & Governance – Law 3: The number of players". The FA. Archived from the original on 25 October 2014. Retrieved 25 October 2014.
- ↑ "Welles-nietesspel rond oefenmatch tegen Tsjechië: Daarom was het geen officiële wedstrijd" [Yes or no game about friendly against Czech Republic: this is why it was no official match] (in Nederlands). Sporza. 6 June 2017. Archived from the original on 8 June 2017. Retrieved 6 June 2017.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Cite error: Invalid
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Notes
- ↑ The acronyms KBVB, URBSFA and KBFV come from the organisation's respective Dutch, French and German names: Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond, Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football-Association and Königliche Belgische Fußballverband.
The title of "Royal Union" was awarded on its 25th anniversary in 1920. - ↑ 2.0 2.1 Caps and goals against Romania on 14 November 2012, against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 and against Czech Republic on 5 June 2017 were counted by RBFA but are not officially recognised by FIFA – the former two due to an excessive number of substitutions according to the Laws of the Game,[1][2][3] the latter because the Belgian and Czech football federations were too late in requesting an official match.[4]
