Belgium national football B team

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Belgium B
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)The Red Devils
AssociationRoyal Belgian Football Association (KBVB/URBSFA/KBFV)[A]
Home stadiumN/A
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Belgium 2–1 Luxembourg 
(Arlon, Belgium; 4 May 1924)
Biggest win
 Belgium 8–0 Luxembourg 
(Charleroi, Belgium; 9 May 1954)
Biggest defeat
 Belgium 0–6 France 
(Charleroi, Belgium; 7 December 1930)

Belgium B was a secondary football team that occasionally served as support for the Belgium national football team. At times they have played against the full national team of Luxembourg;[1] they have also played matches against 'B' or U-23 teams from other football associations. Since the team's first use in 1924, there have been at minimum 104 games; most of them against Luxembourg, but also against English,[2] French,[3] Italian,[4] Norwegian,[5] Portuguese,[6] and Swiss teams.[7] The last recorded match dates from February 2000 (a 1–1 draw against France B).

This team is assumed to have been always different from the Belgian U-21 team. However, it is not well documented whether this is the same Belgian team that played qualifiers for the Summer Olympics until 1988; neither is it clear whether age restrictions (e.g. under-25) have ever been applied.

Match record[]

[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Note: this record may not be exhaustive.

Opponents Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Win % Points/game[B]
England England U23 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0.00 0.00
 France 15 4 6 5 18 22 -4 26.67 1.20
 Italy 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 0.00 1.00
 Luxembourg 75 57 11 7 244 106 +138 76.00 2.43
Norway Norway U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.00 1.00
 Portugal 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 50.00 1.50
  Switzerland 8 4 1 3 18 13 +5 50.00 1.63
Totals 104 66 22 16 287 147 +140 63.46 2.12

Notes[]

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ According to the "three points for a win" standard

References[]

  1. ^ a b Courtney, Barrie. "Luxembourg - List of Unofficial International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ^ a b Courtney, Barrie. "England - U-23 International Results- Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ a b Garin, Erik. "France - B/A'-Team - International Results 1922-2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ^ a b Testero, Giampaolo. "Italy B - International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ^ a b Aarhus, Lars. "U23 national team record (1998-2014)". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. ^ a b Teixeira, Jorge Miguel. "Selecção B - Lista de Jogos" (in Portuguese). RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  7. ^ a b Garin, Erik. "Switzerland - International Matches B-Team 1932-1993". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
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