Belgium national football team

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Illustration of a Netherlands–Belgium cup match at Rotterdam's Schuttersveld pitch in 1905

Belgium's main football rivals are its neighbors the Netherlands and France, with which it shares close cultural and political relations.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

NetherlandsEdit

The matchup between the Belgian and Dutch team is known as the Low Countries derby, Template:As of they have played each other in 126 official matches.<ref name="DerbyBelNed"/><ref name="FIFAcomp"/> Belgium won the first four—unofficial—matches against the Netherlands,Template:Sfn but lost their first FIFA-recognised contest.<ref name="results"/> The two national teams played each other biannually between 1905 and 1964, except during the World Wars.<ref name="results"/> They have met 18 times in major tournaments, and have played at least 35 friendly cup matches: in Belgium for the Coupe Vanden Abeele, and in the Netherlands for the Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad-Beker.<ref name="TrouwCVA"/><ref name="RN160505"/> The overall balance favours the Netherlands, with 55 wins against 41 Belgian victories.<ref name="FIFAcomp"/> The Low Countries' squads co-operated in fundraising initiatives between 1925 and 1941; they played five unofficial matches for charity, FIFA and the Belgian Olympic Committee.<ref name="DerbyBelNed">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="BelNed1941"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

FranceEdit

The clash between Belgium and France is nicknamed le Match Sympathique in French ("the Friendly Match");<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> they have contested 74 official matches Template:As of.<ref name="FIFAcomp">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The first match between Belgium and France, the Évence Coppée Trophy played in 1904, was the first official match for both teams and the first official football match between independent countries on the European continent.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Until 1967, the sides met almost annually.<ref name="results" /> As of September 2020, Belgium have the better record, with 30 wins to France's 25,<ref name="FIFAcomp"/> and France has played most often against Belgium in international football.Template:Needs update<ref name="FIFAcomp"/>

StadiumEdit

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Numerous former and current venues in 11 urban areas have hosted Belgium's home matches.<ref name="results"/> Most of these matches have been played in Brussels on the Heysel/Heizel Plateau, on the site of the present-day King Baudouin Stadium—a multipurpose facility with a seating capacity of 50,122.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Its field also hosts the team's final trainings before domestic matches. Since 2007, most physical preparation takes place at the National Football Centre in Tubize,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> or at Anderlecht's training ground in the Neerpede quarter.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Apart from Belgian home friendlies, at the international level Belgium's national stadium has also hosted six European Championship matches.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1930, for the country's centennial, the venue was inaugurated as the Jubilee Stadium with an unofficial match between Belgium and the Netherlands.<ref name="DerbyBelNed"/> At that time, the stadium had a capacity of 75,000.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1946, it was renamed Heysel Stadium after its city quarter. This new name became associated with the tragedy preceding the 1985 European Cup final between Juventus and Liverpool; 39 spectators died after riots in the then antiquated building.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>Template:Sfn Three years after the disaster, plans were unveiled for a renovation;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in 1995, after two years of work, the modernised stadium was named after the late King Baudouin.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In May 2013, the Brussels-Capital Region announced that the King Baudouin Stadium would be replaced by Eurostadium, elsewhere on the Heysel Plateau;<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in 2018, however, the plans for the new stadium were cancelled definitively.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Results and fixturesEdit

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Template:As of, the complete official match record of the Belgian national team comprises 850 matches: 375 wins, 178 draws and 297 losses.Template:Efn<ref name="results"/><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> During these matches, the team scored 1,520 times and conceded 1,319 goals. Belgium's highest winning margin is nine goals, which has been achieved on four occasions: against Zambia in 1994 (9–0), twice against San Marino in 2001 (10–1) and 2019 (9–0), and against Gibraltar in 2017 (9–0).<ref name="results">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their longest winning streak is 12 wins, and their highest unbeaten record is 23 consecutive official matches.Template:Efn<ref name="results"/>

The following is a list of match results in the last twelve months, as well as any future matches that have been scheduled.

2024Edit

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2025Edit

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Coaching staffEdit

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Position	Name
Head coach	Template:Flagicon Rudi Garcia
Assistant coaches	Template:Flagicon Stéphane Jobard
Goalkeeper coach	Template:Flagicon Andy Fairman
Physical coaches	Template:Flagicon Bram Gielen
Team manager	Template:Flagicon Piet Erauw
Assistant technical director	Template:Flagicon Jelle Schelstraete
Nutritionist	Template:Flagicon Janne Geers
Performance analysts	Template:Flagicon Dylan Vanhaeren Template:Flagicon Maxim Wouters
Team doctors	Template:Flagicon Kristof Sas Template:Flagicon Geert Declercq
Physiotherapists	Template:Flagicon James Van Gemert Template:Flagicon Gertjan Jespers Template:Flagicon Sander Nuyens Template:Flagicon Thomas O'Malley

Coaching historyEdit

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Since 1904, the RBFA, 26 permanent managers and two caretaker managers have officially been in charge of the national team;Template:Efn<ref name="manrsssf"/><ref name="HN060612"/> this includes one national footballer selector.<ref name="manrsssf">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:As of, a crew of over 30 RBFA employees guides the player group, including French head coach Rudi Garcia, and assistant coaches Andreas Hinkel and Luke Benstead.<ref name="staff"/> Under Marc Wilmots, Belgium reached the top FIFA ranking spot in 2015, which earned him the title of Best Coach of the Year at the 2015 Globe Soccer Awards.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Guy Thys received World Soccer magazine's Manager of the Year in 1986 after results at the World Cup and Euros.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Under Spanish coach Roberto Martínez, the team reached a best-ever third place finish at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Rather than developing innovative team formations or styles of play, Belgium's managers applied conventional tactics. At the three World Cups in the 1930s, the Red Devils were aligned in a contemporary 2–3–5 "pyramid".<ref name="rsssf30">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="rsssf34"/><ref name="rsssf38">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1954, Doug Livingstone's squad played in a 3–2–5 "WM" arrangement during World Cup matches.<ref name="rsssf54">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Throughout most of their tournament matches in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s, the team played in a 4–4–2 formation.<ref name="rsssf70">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="rsssf82">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="rsssf94">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Since Raymond Goethals' stint in the 1970s, a key strength of the Belgian squad has been their systematic use of the offside trap,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> a defensive tactic that was already intensively applied in the 1960s by Anderlecht coach Pierre Sinibaldi.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> According to football journalist Wim De Bock, "master tactician" Goethals represented the "conservative, defensive football of the Belgian national team"; he added that in the 1970s, the contrast between the Belgian playing style and the Netherlands' Total Football "could not be bigger".Template:Sfn

At the 1998 World Cup, Georges Leekens chose a 4–3–3 arrangement for Belgium's second and third group matches.<ref name="rsssf98">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Robert Waseige said that "above all, [his] 4–4–2 system [was] holy", in the sense that he left good attackers on the bench to keep his favourite formation.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Wilmots opted for the 4–3–3 line-up again,<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> with the intention of showing dominant football against any country.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

PlayersEdit

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Current squadEdit

The following 26 players were named in the squad for the 2026 FIFA World Cup qualifying matches against North Macedonia and Wales on 3 and 6 June 2025, respectively.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Recent call-upsEdit

^PRE Preliminary squad / standby
^RET Retired from the national team
^INJ Player injuries
^ILL Player illness
^U21 Moved to U21 squad
^WD Player withdrew from squad due to non-injury issue

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NotableEdit

Paul Van Himst in 1964

In the team's first decade, striker Robert De Veen scored 26 goals in 23 international appearances.<ref name="RSSSF BelIntRec">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Richard Henshaw described Alphonse Six as "Belgium's greatest player in the prewar period ... [who] was often called the most skillful forward outside Great Britain".Template:Sfn The key player of the victorious 1920 Olympic squad was Robert Coppée, who scored a hat-trick against Spain's Ricardo Zamora,<ref name="FIFA1920">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and the penalty in the final.<ref name="1920finalFIFA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Other Belgian strikers in the interwar period were former top scorer Bernard Voorhoof and "Belgium's football grandmaster" Raymond Braine,<ref name="AllRedD"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> considered "one of the greatest players of the era".Template:Sfn

Other players in the 1940s and 1950s included centre-back Louis Carré and attackers Jef Mermans, Pol Anoul and Rik Coppens;Template:Sfn at the 1954 World Cup, Anoul shone with three goals,<ref name="rsssf54"/> and newspaper L'Équipe named Coppens the event's best centre forward.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The 1960s and the early 1970s were the glory days of forward and four-time Belgian Golden Shoe Paul Van Himst,<ref name="GoScho">Template:Cite news</ref> later elected Belgian UEFA Golden Player of 1954–2003 and Belgium's Player of the Century by IFFHS.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web

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Eden Hazard, former team captain and second top scoring player for Belgium<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

At the 1965 Ballon d'Or, Van Himst ranked fourth, achieving Belgium's highest ever position at the European football election.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref> Decades after Coppens and Van Himst had retired from playing football, a journalist on a Flemish television show asked them "Who [from both of you] was the best, actually?". Coppens replied: "I will ask Paul that ... If Paul says it was me, then he's right".<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> In 1966, striker Raoul Lambert and defending midfielder Wilfried Van Moer joined the national team;<ref name="AllRedD" /> while the UEFA praised Lambert for his skills at Euro 1972,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Van Moer won three Golden Shoes and equalled Van Himst's fourth rank at the 1980 Ballon d'Or.<ref name="GoScho" /><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Belgium has seen two talented waves since 1980, from which several players in defensive positions gained international fame. In the 1980s and the early 1990s, goalkeepers Jean-Marie Pfaff and Michel Preud'homme were elected best custodians at the FIFA World Cup,<ref name="AllStar"/><ref name="FIFAWCAwards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> while FIFA recognised midfielders Jan Ceulemans and Enzo Scifo as the propelling forces of Belgium's 1986 World Cup squad.<ref name="AllStar">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 2002, after all players of this generation had retired,<ref name="AllRedD"/> Marc Wilmots became Belgium's top scorer at the World Cup with five goals.<ref name="rsssf2002" /><ref name="rsssf98"/>

During the 10 years from 2002 to 2012 in which Belgium failed to qualify for a major tournament, another golden generation emerged, many of whom gained both prime individual and team awards in top European clubs and competitions.Template:Efn These include defender Vincent Kompany,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref name="SoccerwayKompany">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> midfielder Kevin De Bruyne, one of the best attacking midfielders in the world and his generation;<ref name="SporzaDeBruyne">Template:Cite news</ref> and winger Eden Hazard, who has been praised as one of Chelsea's greatest-ever players<ref>Template:Cite news Template:Cbignore</ref> and one of his era's best footballers in the world.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Hazard is ranked second after Romelu Lukaku on Belgium's all-time scoring leaderboard.<ref name="PLEHazard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="SoccerwayEHazard">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Honourable mentions of this golden generation are Thibaut Courtois, Jan Vertonghen, Dries Mertens, and Toby Alderweireld.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> These players helped Belgium finish at the third place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup, the team's best result at the tournament, and reach No. 1 on FIFA's rankings twice, since 2015.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>

Individual statisticsEdit

Most capped playersEdit

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Jan Vertonghen is Belgium's most capped player with 157 appearances.

Template:As of, the RBFA lists 735 players who appeared on the men's senior national team.<ref name="AllRedD"/> With 157 caps according to the RBFA, Jan Vertonghen has the most appearances for Belgium.Template:Efn<ref name="RSSSF BelIntRec"/> Eden Hazard started the most matches as captain (59).<ref name="GamesPerD">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Hector Goetinck had the longest career as an international footballer, at 17 years, 6 months and 10 days.<ref name="AllRedD"/>

Template:Updated. The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF. Statistics include three matches that are unrecognised by FIFA.Template:Efn

Players in bold are still active with Belgium.

Rank	Player	Caps	Goals	Position	Belgium career
1	Jan Vertonghen	157	10	DF	2007–2024
2	Axel Witsel	132	12	MF	2008–present
3	Toby Alderweireld	127	5	DF	2009–2022
4	Eden Hazard	126	33	MF/FW	2008–2022
5	Romelu Lukaku	122	88	FW	2010–present
6	Kevin De Bruyne	109	30	MF	2010–present
6	Dries Mertens	109	21	FW	2011–2022
8	Thibaut Courtois	103	0	GK	2011–present
9	Jan Ceulemans	96	23	MF/FW	Template:Nowrap
10	Timmy Simons	94	6	DF/MF	2001–2016

Top goalscorersEdit

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Romelu Lukaku is Belgium's top goalscorer with 88 goals.

Romelu Lukaku is the highest-scoring Belgium player with 88 goals.Template:Efn<ref name="RSSSF BelIntRec"/> Those who scored the most goals in one match are Robert De Veen, Bert De Cleyn and Josip Weber with five;<ref name="AllRedD"/> Lukaku holds the record for the most hat-tricks with four.<ref name="AllRedD"/> Belgium's fastest goal after the initial kick-off was scored by Christian Benteke, 8.1 seconds into a match against Gibraltar on 10 October 2016.<ref name="GamesPerD"/><ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

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Players in bold are still active with Belgium.

Rank	Player	Goals	Caps	Ratio	Belgium career
1	Romelu Lukaku (list)	88	122	{{#expr:88/122 round 2}}	2010–present
2	Eden Hazard	33	126	{{#expr:33/126 round 2}}	2008–2022
3	Bernard Voorhoof	30	61	{{#expr:30/61 round 2}}	Template:Nowrap
	Paul Van Himst	30	81	{{#expr:30/81 round 2}}	1960–1974
	Kevin De Bruyne	30	109	{{#expr:30/109 round 2}}	2010–present
6	Marc Wilmots	28	70	{{#expr:28/70 round 2}}	1990–2002
7	Michy Batshuayi	27	55	{{#expr:27/55 round 2}}	2015–present
7	Joseph Mermans	27	56	{{#expr:27/56 round 2}}	1945–1956
9	Robert De Veen	26	23	{{#expr:26/23 round 2}}	1906–1913
9	Raymond Braine	26	55	{{#expr:26/55 round 2}}	1925–1939

Competitive recordEdit

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FIFA World CupEdit

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Belgium failed to progress past the first round in their first five World Cup participations. After two scoreless defeats at the inaugural World Cup in 1930,<ref name="rsssf30"/> the team scored in their first round knockout matches in the 1934 and 1938 editions.<ref name="rsssf34">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="rsssf38"/> In 1954, they drew with England 4–4 after extra time,<ref name="rsssf54"/> and in 1970, they won their first World Cup match, against El Salvador (3–0).<ref name="rsssf70"/>

From 1982 until 2002, Belgium qualified for six successive World Cups, advancing past the first round five times.<ref name="BBC230514"/> In the 1982 FIFA World Cup opener, Belgium beat defending champions Argentina 1–0. Their tournament ended in the second group stage, after a Polish hat-trick by Zbigniew Boniek and a 0–1 loss against the Soviet Union.<ref name="rsssf82"/>

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United States–Belgium in 1930 was the joint first ever World Cup match.

At Mexico 1986, the Belgian team achieved their then best-ever World Cup run at the time. In the knockout phase as underdogs they beat the Soviet Union after extra time 4–3;<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> the unnoticed offside position of Jan Ceulemans, during the initial ninety minutes, allowed him to equalise the match at 2–2 and enter extra time.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> They also beat Spain, in a penalty shoot-out after a 1–1 draw, but lost to eventual champions Argentina in the semi-finals 2–0, and France in the third-place match 4–2.<ref name="rsssf86">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1990, Belgium dominated periods of their round of 16 match against England;Template:Sfn Enzo Scifo and Jan Ceulemans hit the woodwork.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> David Platt's volley in the final minute of extra time, described as "nearly blind" by Richard Witzig,Template:Sfn avoided an apparently goalless draw and led to the sudden elimination of the Belgians.<ref name="rsssf90">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1994, a 3–2 defeat to defending champions Germany saw Belgium go out in the second round again.<ref name="rsssf94"/> Afterwards, the entire Belgian delegation criticised referee Kurt Röthlisberger for not awarding a penalty for a foul on Belgian Josip Weber.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Three draws in the group stage of the 1998 World Cup were insufficient for Belgium to reach the knockout stage.<ref name="rsssf98" /> With two draws, the 2002 tournament started poorly for Belgium, but they won the decisive group match against Russia 3–2. In the second round, they faced eventual champions Brazil; Belgium lost 2–0 after Marc Wilmots' headed opening goal was disallowed due to a "phantom foul" on Roque Júnior, as Witzig named it.<ref name="rsssf2002">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>Template:Sfn

In 2014, Belgium beat all their group opponents by only one goal,<ref name="rsssf2014">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and played an entertaining round of 16 match against the United States,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> in which American goalkeeper Tim Howard made 15 saves.Template:Efn However, they defeated the U.S. 2–1 in extra time.<ref name="rsssf2014" /> In a balanced quarter-finals, Argentina eliminated Belgium, after a 1–0 victory.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At the 2018 World Cup, Belgium started with five consecutive victories (including group wins over Panama, Tunisia and England). In the round of 16 match against Japan, Belgium were down 2–0,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> eventually turning the tide and eventually winning 3–2 with goals from Jan Vertonghen and late substitutes Marouane Fellaini and Nacer Chadli. Belgium then defeated World Cup favourites Brazil 2–1 on the back of an early Fernandinho own goal and a goal by Kevin De Bruyne,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref><ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and reached the semi-finals.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Belgium lost to France 0–1 in the semi-finals, but rebounded to win 2–0 in their second victory over England in the tournament to secure third place and the best ever World Cup result for the Belgian national team.

UEFA European ChampionshipEdit

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Line-ups of the Euro 1980 final: Belgium (red) against West Germany

Belgium have qualified for the UEFA European Championship seven times, and has hosted or co-hosted the event twice; they were chosen to accommodate 1972 Template:Efn and 2000, co-hosting the latter with the Netherlands.<ref name="rsssf2000">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At Euro 1972, Belgium finished third after losing 1–2 against West Germany and beating Hungary 2–1.<ref name="rsssf72">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The team's best continental result is runners-up at Euro 1980 in Italy, losing to West Germany. West Germany's Horst Hrubesch scored first, but René Vandereycken equalised courtesy of a penalty. Two minutes before the regular playing time ended, Hrubesch scored again denying Belgium a first European title.<ref name="rsssf80">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

At Euro 1984, in their last and decisive group match against Denmark, the Belgian team took a 0–2 lead, but the Danes won the match 3–2.<ref name="rsssf84det">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Sixteen years later, Belgium reappeared at the Euros as co-hosts, qualifying automatically, but the Belgians were eliminated in the group stage.<ref name="rsssf2000"/>

Belgium exited in the quarter-finals of UEFA Euro 2016, losing to Wales.<ref name="EC2016Wal">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Template:Belgium UEFA European Championship record

UEFA Nations LeagueEdit

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2018–19

A

2

2nd

4

3

0

1

9

6

5th

2019

Did not qualify

2020–21

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2

1st

6

5

0

1

16

6

2nd

2021

4th

2

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5

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2022–23

A

4

2nd

6

3

1

2

11

8

7th

2023

Did not qualify

2024–25

A

2

3rd

8

2

1

5

10

12

12th

2025