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Belgium national football team

National Football Team
NameBelgium
NicknameRode Duivels
Diables Rouges
Rote Teufel
(Red Devils)
AssociationBelgian Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachGeorges Leekens
Asst coachMarc Wilmots
CaptainThomas Vermaelen
Most capsJan Ceulemans (96)
Top scorerBernard Voorhoof (30)
Paul van Himst (30)
Home stadiumKing Baudouin Stadium
FIFA codeBEL
FIFA ranking37
Highest FIFA ranking16 (January 2003)
Lowest FIFA ranking71 (June 2007)
Elo ranking47
Highest Elo ranking2 (September 1920)
Lowest Elo ranking74 (September 2009)
World Cup Statistics
First internationalBE Belgium 3 � 3 France
(Brussels, Belgium; 1 May 1904)
Biggest winBE Belgium 9 � 0 Zambia
(Brussels, Belgium; 4 June 1994)
BE Belgium 10 � 1 San Marino
(Brussels, Belgium; 28 February 2001)
Biggest defeatGB England Amateurs 11 � 2 Belgium BE
(London, England; 17 April 1909)
Appearances11
First World Cup1930
Best resultFourth place, 1986
Regional cup statistics
European Championship
Appearances4
First apps.1972
Best resultRunners-Up, 1980

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The Belgium national football team ( ); ( ); ( ); represents Belgium in association football and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association, the governing body for football in Belgium. Belgium's home stadium is King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels their manager is Georges Leekens. They are nicknamed the Red Devils ( ); ( ); ( ).

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A double substitution helped Belgium come from a goal down as they beat England's Under-21s in Mons. Jens Naessens and Omar El Kaddouri netted crucial strikes to consign Stuart Pearce's Group 8 leaders to their first defeat of the season and keep alive their own hopes of reaching the Euro 2013 play-offs. The Three Lions still sit top of the group as they bring their 2011 fixture calendar to a close, but the win for Franck Dury's side sees them leapfrog Norway into second place and close the gap on England to four points. And it all started so well for the visitors when Liverpool's Martin Kelly, scorer of the second of five against Iceland on Thursday night, got the opener on 14 minutes, heading in off the post. Belgium's late show, though, keeps England in touch with the other teams in the table. England had dominated the possession early on but the first opportunity was for the home side when Brugge forward Thomas Meunier collected a pass in the right side of the Three Lions' box and, beating Craig Dawson, slid a ball across the six yard box. Ziguy Badibanga was looking to get on the end of it, but Adam Smith was on hand to turn away for a corner. Marvin Sordell's back header from Jordan Henderson's corner was as close as England came in the first ten minutes, but Koen Casteels always knew it would drop over the bar. However, he could do nothing about Kelly's header just before the quarter-hour mark. MK Dons defender Smith attacked on the right flank but was chopped down <b>...</b>
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Medal Record
Men’s Football
Bronze1900 ParisTeam
Gold1920 AntwerpTeam

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
Uruguay 1930 Round 1 2 0 0 2 0 4
Italy 1934 Round 1 1 0 0 1 2 5
France 1938 Round 1 1 0 0 1 1 3
Brazil 1950 Withdrew   -   -   -   -   - -
Switzerland 1954 Round 1 2 0 1 1 5 8
Sweden 1958 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
Chile 1962 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
England 1966 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
Mexico 1970 Round 1 3 1 0 2 4 5
West Germany 1974 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
Argentina 1978 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
Spain 1982 1/8 5 2 1 2 3 5
Mexico 1986 4th place 7 2 2 3 12 15
Italy 1990 1/8 4 2 0 2 6 4
United States 1994 1/8 4 2 0 2 4 4
France 1998 Round 1 3 0 3 0 3 3
South Korea Japan 2002 1/8 4 1 2 1 6 7
Germany 2006 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
South Africa 2010 Did not qualify   -   -   -   -   - -
Total 11/19 36 10 9 17 46 63

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1960 Did not enter
1964 and 1968 Did not qualify
Belgium 1972 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 3 3
Yugoslavia 1976 Did not qualify
Italy 1980 Runners-up 2nd 4 1 2 1 4 4
France 1984 Group Stage 6th 3 1 0 2 4 8
1988 to 1996 Did not qualify
Belgium Netherlands 2000 Group Stage 12th 3 1 0 2 2 5
2004 and 2008 Did not qualify
Total 4/13 12 4 2 6 13 20

Most capped :
# Player Belgium career Caps
1 Jan Ceulemans 1977 � 1991 96
2 Eric Gerets 1975 � 1991 86
= Franky Van der Elst 1984 � 1998 86
4 Enzo Scifo 1984 � 1999 84
5 Timmy Simons* 2001 � 84
6 Paul Van Himst 1960 � 1974 81
7 Bart Goor 1999 � 2008 78
8 Georges Grün 1984 � 1995 77
9 Lorenzo Staelens 1990 � 2000 70
= Marc Wilmots 1990 � 2002 70

Top scorers :
# Player Belgium career Goals (Caps)
1 Bernard Voorhoof 1928 � 1940 30 (61)
= Paul van Himst 1960 � 1974 30 (81)
3 Marc Wilmots 1990 � 2002 28 (70)
4 Joseph Mermans 1945 � 1956 27 (56)
5 Robert de Veen 1906 � 1913 26 (23)
= Raymond Braine 1925 � 1939 26 (54)
7 Wesley Sonck* 2001 � 24 (54)
8 Marc Degryse 1984 � 1996 23 (63)
= Jan Ceulemans 1976 � 1991 23 (96)
10 Henri 'Rik' Coppens 1949 � 1959 21 (47)

Youngest players :
Rank Player (Team) Age
1 Fernand Nisot (Léopold Club) 16 years, 19 days
2 Anthony Vanden Borre (Anderlecht) 16 years, 187 days
3 Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht) 16 years, 296 days
4 Paul Van Himst (Anderlecht) 17 years, 17 days
5 Jean Capelle (Standard Liège) 17 years, 153 days
6 Joseph Musch (Saint-Gilloise) 17 years, 198 days
7 Vincent Kompany (Anderlecht) 17 years, 314 days
8 Eden Hazard (Lille) 17 years, 316 days
9 Raymond Braine (Beerschot) 17 years, 321 days
10 Bernard Voorhoof (Lierse) 17 years, 338 days

Youngest players :
Name Nat Period
William Maxwell SCO 1910 � 1913
Charles Bunyan, Sr. GB 1914
William Maxwell SCO 1920 � 1928
Victor Löwenfelt 1928 � 1930
Hector Goetinck BE 1930 � 1934
Jules Turnauer 1935
Jack Butler GB 1935 � 1940
François Demol 1944 � 1946
Bill Gormlie GB 1947 � 1953
Dougall Livingstone SCO 1953 � 1954
André Vandeweyer BE 1955 � 1957
Louie Nicoly 1957 (Caretaker)
Géza Toldi HU 1957 � 1958
Constant Vanden Stock BE 1958 � 1968
Raymond Goethals BE Jun. 19, 1968 � Apr. 26, 1976
Guy Thys BE May 22, 1976 � Jun. 9, 1989
Walter Meeuws BE Jul. 23, 1989 � Feb. 21, 1990
Guy Thys BE May 26, 1990 � May 1, 1991
Paul Van Himst BE Sep. 1, 1991 � Mar. 21, 1996
Wilfried Van Moer BE Oct. 8, 1996 � Dec. 27, 1996
Georges Leekens BE Feb. 11, 1997 � Aug. 8, 1999
Robert Waseige BE Aug. 20, 1999 � Jun. 30, 2002
Aimé Anthuenis BE Aug. 21, 2002 � Dec. 31, 2005
René Vandereycken BE Jan. 1, 2006 � Apr. 7, 2009
Franky Vercauteren BE May 5, 2009 � Sep. 9, 2009
Dick Advocaat NL Oct. 1, 2009 � Apr. 15, 2010
Georges Leekens BE May 4, 2010 � present

Belgium squad 1954 FIFA World Cup

Gernaey, Dries, Van Brandt, Huysmans, Carré, Mees, Vliers, Houf, Coppens, Anoul, Mermans, Geerts, Dirickx, Van Kerkhoven, H. Van Den Bosch, P. Van Den Bosch, Ausloos, Van Der Linden, Backaert, Maertens, Van Steen, Van Hoywegen
Coach : Livingstone

Belgium squad 1970 FIFA World Cup

Piot, Heylens, Thissen, Dewalque, Jeck, Dockx, Semmeling, Van Moer, Devrindt, Van Himst, Puis, Trappeniers, Beurlet, Martens, Vandendaele, Polleunis, Verheyen, Lambert, Carteus, Peeters, Janssens, Duquesne
Coach : Goethals

Belgium squad 1982 FIFA World Cup

Pfaff, Gerets, L. Millecamps, Meeuws, Renquin, Vercauteren, Vandereycken, Van Moer, Vandenbergh, Coeck, Ceulemans, Custers, Van der Elst, Baecke, De Schrijver, Plessers, Verheyen, Mommens, M. Millecamps, Vandersmissen, Czerniatynski, Munaron
Coach : Thys

Belgium squad 1986 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place

Pfaff, Gerets, F. Van der Elst, De Wolf, Renquin, Vercauteren, Vandereycken, Scifo, Vandenbergh, Desmet, Ceulemans, Munaron, Grün, Clijsters, L. Van der Elst, Claesen, Mommens, Veyt, Broos, Bodart, Demol, Vervoort
Coach : Thys

Belgium squad 1990 FIFA World Cup

Preud'homme, Gerets, Albert, Clijsters, Versavel, Emmers, Demol, Van der Elst, Degryse, Scifo, Ceulemans, Bodart, Grün, Claesen, De Sart, De Wolf, Plovie, Staelens, Van Der Linden, De Wilde, Wilmots, Vervoort
Coach : Thys

Belgium squad 1994 FIFA World Cup

Preud'homme, Medved, Borkelmans, Albert, Smidts, Staelens, Van der Elst, Nilis, Degryse, Scifo, Czerniatynski, De Wilde, Grün, De Wolf, Emmers, Boffin, Weber, Wilmots, Van Meir, Verlinden, Van Der Heyden, Renier
Coach : Van Himst

Belgium squad 1998 FIFA World Cup

De Wilde, Crasson, Staelens, Vidović, Borkelmans, Van der Elst, Wilmots, Oliveira, M. Mpenza, Nilis, Van Kerckhoven, Vande Walle, Verlinden, Scifo, Clement, De Boeck, Verstraeten, Verheyen, Van Meir, E. Mpenza, Boffin, Deflandre
Coach : Leekens

Belgium squad 2002 FIFA World Cup

De Vlieger, Deflandre, De Boeck, Van Meir, Van Kerckhoven, Simons, Wilmots, Goor, Sonck, Walem, Verheyen, Van Der Heyden, Vandendriessche, Vermant, Peeters, Van Buyten, Englebert, Vanderhaeghe, Thijs, Strupar, Boffin, Mpenza, Herpoel
Coach : Waseige

Belgium squad UEFA Euro 1980 Runners-up

Custers, Gerets, L. Millecamps, Meeuws, Renquin, Cools, Vandereycken, Van Moer, Van der Elst, Vandenbergh, Ceulemans, Pfaff, M. Martens, Plessers, Verheyen, M. Millecamps, Mommens, Dardenne, Wellens, Preud'homme, Heyligen, R. Martens
Coach : Thys

Belgium squad UEFA Euro 1984

Pfaff, Grün, Lambrichts, Clijsters, De Wolf, Vercauteren, Vandereycken, Claesen, Vandenbergh, Coeck, Ceulemans, Munaron, Baecke, De Greef, Verheyen, Scifo, Voordeckers, Czerniatynski, Mommens, De Coninck
Coach : Thys

Belgium squad UEFA Euro 2000

De Wilde, Deflandre, Valgaeren, Staelens, Clement, Vanderhaeghe, Wilmots, Goor, E. Mpenza, Strupar, Verheyen, De Vlieger, Herpoel, Walem, Peeters, Nilis, Léonard, Van Kerckhoven, Van Meir, De Bilde, M. Mpenza, Hendrikx
Coach : Waseige


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Football in Belgium

OverviewFootball Association, League system, Clubs, Venues, Referees
InternationalNational team, U-21, Youth, Women
League competitionsmen: First Division, Second division, Third division (A, B), Promotion (A, B, C, D), women: Eerste Klasse
Cup competitionsmen: Belgian Cup, Belgian Supercup , women: Belgian Women's Cup
AwardsGolden Shoe, Professional football awards

International association football

AsiaAFCAsian Cup
AfricaCAFAfrica Cup of Nations
North, Central America and CaribbeanCONCACAFGold Cup
South AmericaCONMEBOL � Copa América
OceaniaOFCNations Cup
EuropeUEFAEuropean Championship
Non-FIFAN.F.-BoardViva World Cup

National association football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Israel, Italy, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malta, Moldova, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Republic of Ireland, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, Wales



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