Belgium national under-21 football team
The Belgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. Their biggest successes were winning the 2007–09 International Challenge Trophy and reaching the European Championship semi-finals in 2007 in the Netherlands. Thanks to the latter achievement, Belgium qualified for the football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Their current home stadium is Den Dreef in Leuven.
Nickname(s) | Jonge duivels (Young demons)
Jeunes diables (Little devils) Junge Teufels (Young Devils) | ||
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Association | Royal Belgian Football Association | ||
Head coach | Gill Swerts | ||
Captain | Aster Vranckx | ||
Most caps | Jean-François Gillet (36) | ||
Top scorer | Loïs Openda (13) | ||
Home stadium | Den Dreef | ||
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First international | |||
(Amiens, France; 3 September 1976) | |||
Biggest win | |||
(Mechelen, Belgium; 3 June 2007) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
(Prague, Czech Republic; 24 April 2001) | |||
UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 (first in 2002) | ||
Best result | Semi-finals (2007) |
UEFA U-21 Championship Record
editYear | Round | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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Did not qualify | |||||||
Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | |
Did not qualify | |||||||
Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | |
Did not qualify | |||||||
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |
Did not qualify | |||||||
Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Results and fixtures
editThis article needs to be updated.(June 2021) |
Belgium are currently competing for qualification to the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The table below shows their current standing in the qualification group.
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | |||||||
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1 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | ||
2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 20 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | |||
3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 17 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | |||
4 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 11 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | |||
5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | |||
6 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |
Results
edit27 March 2017 | Belgium | 2–1 | | Heverlee, Belgium |
20:00 CET | R. Mmaee Cools |
Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland) |
5 September 2017 | Belgium | 0–0 | | Heverlee, Belgium |
20:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Italy) |
6 October 2017 | Belgium | 1–1 | | Heverlee, Belgium |
19:00 CET | Vanlerberghe |
Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) |
10 October 2017 | Cyprus | 0–2 | | Larnaca, Cyprus |
16:00 CET | Report | Stadium: AEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia) |
9 November 2017 | Belgium | 3–2 | | Heverlee, Belgium |
19:00 CET | Mbenza Dimata Leya Iseka |
Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania) |
14 November 2017 | Turkey | 1–2 | | Istanbul, Turkey |
15:00 CET | Okutan |
Report | Merih Demiral Schrijvers |
Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland) |
26 March 2018 | Belgium | 3–0 | | Heverlee, Belgium |
19:00 CET | Schrijvers Lukebakio Dimata |
Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Erez Papir (Israel) |
7 September 2018 | Malta | 0–4 | | Ta'Qali, Malta |
16:00 CET | Report | Dimata Schrijvers Lukebakio Leya Iseka |
Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia) |
11 September 2018 | Hungary | 0–3 | | Budapest, Hungary |
17:00 CET | Report | Dimata Schrijvers |
Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) |
16 October 2018 | Sweden | 0–3 | | Kalmar, Sweden |
17:00 CET | Report | Dimata Lukebakio |
Stadium: Fredriksskans Referee: Frank Schneider (France) |
15 November 2018 | Romania | 3–3 | | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
18:00 CET | Drăguș Olaru Ciobanu |
Report | Cools Leya Mbenza |
Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Iulian Călin (Romania) |
16 June 2019 | Poland | 3–2 | | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
18:30 | Żurkowski Bielik Szymański |
Report | Leya Iseka Cools |
Stadium: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore Attendance: 2,534 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
19 June 2019 | Spain | 2–1 | | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
18:30 | Olmo Fornals |
Report | Bornauw |
Stadium: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) |
22 June 2019 | Belgium | 1–3 | | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
21:00 | Verschaeren Mbenza |
Report | Barella Cutrone Chiesa |
Stadium: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore Attendance: 20,075 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) |
Current squad
edit- Players born in or after 2002 are eligible for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Malta and
Spain on 21 and 26 March 2024, respectively.
Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.
Caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2024.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Maarten Vandevoordt | 26 February 2002 | 18 | 0 | |
12 | GK | Senne Lammens | 7 July 2002 | 5 | 0 | |
21 | GK | Tobe Leysen | 9 March 2002 | 0 | 0 | |
2 | DF | Hugo Siquet | 9 July 2002 | 20 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Jorne Spileers | 21 January 2005 | 6 | 0 | |
4 | DF | Zeno Van Den Bosch | 6 July 2003 | 2 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Killian Sardella | 2 May 2002 | 13 | 1 | |
13 | DF | Antef Tsoungui | 30 December 2002 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | DF | Matte Smets | 4 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
20 | DF | Bram Lagae | 14 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | DF | Tuur Rommens | 26 March 2003 | 4 | 0 | |
6 | MF | Arne Engels | 8 September 2003 | 10 | 2 | |
8 | MF | Mario Stroeykens | 29 September 2004 | 7 | 0 | |
10 | MF | Eliot Matazo | 15 February 2002 | 19 | 0 | |
14 | MF | Noah Mbamba | 5 January 2005 | 1 | 0 | |
15 | MF | Cisse Sandra | 16 December 2003 | 1 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Jarne Steuckers | 4 February 2002 | 2 | 1 | |
22 | MF | Mathias Delorge | 31 July 2004 | 1 | 0 | |
7 | FW | Malick Fofana | 31 March 2005 | 7 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Romeo Vermant | 24 January 2004 | 4 | 1 | |
11 | FW | Julien Duranville | 5 May 2006 | 1 | 0 | |
18 | FW | Kazeem Olaigbe | 2 January 2003 | 7 | 4 | |
19 | FW | Youssuf Sylla | 19 December 2002 | 6 | 0 |
Recent call-ups
editThe following players have been called up and remain eligible.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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DF | Nathan Ngoy | 10 June 2003 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Fedde Leysen | 9 July 2003 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Koni De Winter | 12 June 2002 | 18 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Ignace Van Der Brempt | 1 April 2002 | 15 | 1 | v. | |
DF | Richie Sagrado | 30 January 2004 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
DF | Zeno Debast | 24 October 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | |
DF | Ameen Al-Dakhil | 1 April 2002 | 4 | 0 | 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | |
DF | Daan Dierckx | 24 February 2003 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Marco Kana | 8 August 2002 | 12 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Luca Oyen | 14 March 2003 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Aster Vranckx (captain) | 4 October 2002 | 12 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Mandela Keita | 10 May 2002 | 8 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Arthur Vermeeren | 7 February 2005 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Christiaan Ravych | 30 July 2002 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Roméo Lavia | 6 January 2004 | 1 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Anouar Ait El Hadj | 20 April 2002 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
MF | Tibo Persyn | 13 March 2002 | 0 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Samuel Mbangula | 16 January 2004 | 2 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Lucas Stassin | 29 November 2004 | 5 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Anthony Descotte | 3 August 2003 | 4 | 0 | 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship | |
FW | Ken Nkuba | 21 February 2002 | 4 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Johan Bakayoko | 20 April 2003 | 3 | 0 | v. | |
FW | Jérémy Doku | 27 May 2002 | 6 | 1 | v. |
Statistics
editMost capped players
edit# | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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1 | Jean-François Gillet | 1996–2002 | 36 | 0 |
2 | Thomas Chatelle | 1999–2003 | 28 | 4 |
Maarten Martens | 2003–2007 | 28 | 7 | |
4 | Faris Haroun | 2004–2008 | 24 | 4 |
5 | Siebe Schrijvers | 2016–2019 | 23 | 4 |
6 | Tom De Mul | 2004–2008 | 21 | 4 |
Wout Faes | 2017–2020 | 21 | 0 | |
Gunter Van Handenhoven | 1997–1999 | 21 | 1 | |
9 | Jonathan Blondel | 2002–2007 | 20 | 4 |
Éric Deflandre | 1992–1995 | 20 | 1 | |
Hugo Siquet | 2021–2024 | 20 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation
Top goalscorers
edit# | Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
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1 | Loïs Openda | 2019–2023 | 13 | 18 | 0.72 |
2 | Kevin Vandenbergh | 2003–2005 | 12 | 14 | 0.86 |
3 | Cédric Roussel | 1997–1999 | 10 | 12 | 0.83 |
4 | Wesley Sonck | 1997–1999 | 8 | 11 | 0.73 |
5 | Michy Batshuayi | 2012–2014 | 7 | 13 | 0.54 |
Landry Dimata | 2016–2018 | 7 | 12 | 0.58 | |
Maarten Martens | 2003–2007 | 7 | 28 | 0.25 | |
Ronny Martens | 1978–1984 | 7 | 14 | 0.5 | |
Sven Vermant | 1993–1995 | 7 | 8 | 0.88 | |
Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo | 2005–2008 | 7 | 17 | 0.41 |
Last updated: 20 March 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation
Honours
editSee also
editReferences
editReferences and external links
edit- UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships