Belgium national football team results (unofficial matches)

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This is a list of the Belgium national football team's results from 1901 to the present day that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official internationals.[1][2]

The nine games played between Belgium and England's amateur team are not considered as official by the opponents; this also applies to a game played between Belgium and England in 1946, which is classified by the English FA as an unofficial 'Victory International'.[2][3] While the Belgian Football Association does not take several Olympic Games matches of Belgium into account, according to the RSSSF there is no reason to doubt about the official character.[2]

1900s[]

The earliest four games played by a national selection of players active in Belgium, with the Netherlands as opponent between 1901 and 1904, were not yet considered as official because of the presence of English players in the "Belgian" squad.[1][4]

1901-04-28 International Friendly Belgium  8 – 0 Netherlands Netherlands B ("van Hasselt XI") Antwerp, Belgium
H. Potts Goal ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?', ?'
Goal ?'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 300
Referee:
1902-01-05 International Friendly Belgium  1 – 0  Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium
[5] Stadium: Olympic Stadium
1902-12-15 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 1  Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium
[6] Stadium: Olympic Stadium
1904-01-03 International Friendly Belgium  6 – 4  Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium
H. Potts Goal ?', ?', ?', ?'
Feye Goal ?', ?'		 [7] Becker Goal ?'
Kamperdijk Goal ?'
Van den Berg Goal ?'
Wollenberg Goal ?'		 Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Referee: H. J. Willing (Netherlands)
1906-01-06 International Friendly Corinthian England 12 – 0  Belgium Leyton, United Kingdom
[8]

1910s[]

Probably because of the war period (World War I), results of matches between 1915 and 1918 are not shown in official overviews. The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, however, listed three France–Belgium matches in this period together with the matches between 1905 and 1914, without noting a difference in status.[9] In the 1918 match Albert I, King of the Belgians, handed out a cup trophy for the winners.[10]

1911-11-01 International Friendly Belgium  5 – 2 England London Brussels, Belgium
[11]
1914-12-?? International Friendly France  0 – 1  Belgium Paris, France
[12]
1914 or 1915 International Friendly France  0 – 3  Belgium Paris, France
[9]
1916-03-?? International Friendly France  1 – 4  Belgium Paris, France
? Goal ?' [9] Wertz Goal ?', ?', ?'
? Goal ?'		 Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Scamoni (Italy)
1918-04-22 International Friendly France  2 – 5  Belgium Paris, France
[10] Stadium: Stade Bauer
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Haworth (England)

1920s[]

Apart from the official biannual Low Countries derbies, Belgium played against the Netherlands for diverse purposes in the 1920s; the 1925 and 1926 matches served as fundraiser for FIFA and charity, respectively, and in the 1929 match the Royal Dutch Football Association's 40th anniversary was celebrated.[13]

1921-02-08 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 0 Netherlands "Zwaluwen" Brussels, Belgium
14:37 UTC+1 Bragard Goal 23'
Thijs Goal 90'		 [14][15] Stadium: Park Duden
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Ch. Barette
1921-11-01 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 0 England London Brussels, Belgium
[16] Stadium: Park Duden
Referee: Mutters
1922-03-01 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 2 Netherlands "Zwaluwen" Brussels, Belgium
Larnoe Goal 56'
Hendrickx Goal 74'		 [17] Blinckhof Goal 23'
Petit Goal 45'		 Stadium: Park Duden
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Langenus
1923-02-13 International Friendly Belgium  5 – 3 Netherlands "Zwaluwen" Brussels, Belgium
14:32 UTC+1 Larnoe Goal 21'
Musch Goal 54'
Van der Velde Goal 55'
Wertz Goal 68'
Gillis Goal 75'		 [18] Van Linge Goal 19'
Buitenweg Goal ?'
Formenoy Goal ?'		 Stadium: Park Duden
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Christophe
1924-06-10 International Friendly Belgium  5 – 0  Sweden Brussels, Belgium
[19]
1925-09-06 International Friendly Belgium  1 – 1  Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium
1926-08-29 International Friendly Netherlands  1 – 5  Belgium Rotterdam, Netherlands
Van Gelder Goal 15' Goal 9'
Goal 37'
Goal 39', 49', 66'
1927-11-01 International Friendly Belgium  3 – 3 England London Amateurs
1927 or 1928 International Friendly Belgium  1 – 3 Netherlands Zwaluwen Belgium
[20]
1929-02-12 International Friendly Zwaluwen Netherlands 1 – 0  Belgium Amsterdam, Netherlands
1929-11-01 International Friendly Belgium  7 – 3 England London Amateurs
1929-12-08 International Friendly Netherlands  1 – 0  Belgium Amsterdam, Netherlands

1930s[]

Outside the official biannual Low Countries derbies, Belgium faced the Netherlands for diverse reasons in the 1930s; the 1930 match served to inaugurate the new national stadium, the two matches in 1932 served as fundraiser for FIFA and charity, and the 1939 match was at the occasion of the Royal Dutch Football Association's 50th anniversary.[13]

1930-03-04 International Friendly Belgium  5 – 0 Netherlands "Zwaluwen" Brussels, Belgium
Vanderbauwhede Goal 37', 64'
Adams Goal 56' (pen.), 72', 85'		 [21] Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Charlier
1930-05-29 International Friendly "Zwaluwen" Netherlands 3 – 3  Belgium Rotterdam, Netherlands
Wendt Goal 12'
Lagendaal Goal ?'
Everdingen Goal 83'		 [22] Stynen Goal ?'
Van Beeck Goal 78'
Devidts Goal 86'		 Stadium: Sparta Stadion
Attendance: 20,000
1930-09-14 International Friendly Belgium  4 – 1  Netherlands Brussels, Belgium
14:17 UTC+1 Vanderbauwhede Goal ?', ?'
Moeschal Goal ?'
Voorhoof Goal ?'		 [23] Van Reenen Goal ?' Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Cejnar (Czechoslovakia)
1930-11-01 International Friendly Belgium  4 – 4 England London Brussels, Belgium
[24][25] Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien
1931-02-17 International Friendly Belgium  3 – 1 Netherlands "Zwaluwen" Belgium
Voorhoof Goal 30', ?'
Capelle Goal 35'		 [26] Volkers Goal ?' Referee: Hamus (Luxembourg)
1932-01-27 International Friendly Belgium  0 – 1 Austria Vienna Brussels, Belgium
[27] Zischek Goal 82' Attendance: 25,000
1932-02-14 International Friendly Netherlands  2 – 3  Belgium Amsterdam, Netherlands
Goal 36'
Goal 47'		 [28] Goal 31', 85'
Goal 87'		 Referee: Rous (England)
1932-10-16 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 3  Netherlands Brussels, Belgium
1932-11-23 International Friendly Belgium  4 – 1 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague Brussels, Belgium
Versyp Goal 6'
Fr. Vandeneynde Goal 36'
Capelle Goal ?', ?'		 [29] Silný Goal 43' Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
1932-12-28 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 1 Czechoslovakia Slavia Prague Brussels, Belgium
Voorhoof Goal 51', 66' [30] Joska Goal 4' Referee: Van Praag
1933-11-22 International Friendly Belgium  1 – 5 Czechoslovakia Sparta Prague Brussels, Belgium
[31] Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
1934-02-07 International Friendly Belgium  6 – 3 Netherlands "Zwaluwen" Brussels, Belgium
[32] Stadium: Heysel Stadion
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Turfkruyer
1934-05-10 International Friendly Belgium  4 – 1  Luxembourg Liège, Belgium
1935-01-01 International Friendly Belgium  5 – 6 Austria Austrian League selection Brussels, Belgium
1935-02-17 International Friendly Belgium  3 – 3 Czechoslovakia DFC Prag Antwerp, Belgium
[33]
1936-11-02 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 1 England London Combination Brussels, Belgium
Voorhoof Goal 2', 20' [34] Smite Goal 74' Stadium: Jubilee Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Finck (Germany)
1938-04-24 International Friendly Belgium  3 – 1 Wales Wales League XI
1939-01-04 International Friendly Belgium  5 – 4 England Crystal Palace Brussels, Belgium
Isemborghs Goal ?', ?', ?' [35] Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien
Attendance: 5,000
1939-02-21 International Friendly Belgium  4 – 3 England London Combination Brussels, Belgium
R. Braine Goal ?'
Voorhoof Goal ?'
Buyle Goal ?', 84'		 [36] Scott Goal 51'
Fisher Goal ?'
Vinall Goal ?'		 Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Pforrmann (Luxembourg)
1939-04-16 International Friendly "Zwaluwen" Netherlands 3 – 2  Belgium Rotterdam, Netherlands
Hazeweyer Goal 18'
de Bock Goal ?'
de Boer Goal ?'		 [37] R. Braine Goal 29'
Ceuleers Goal 44'		 Attendance: 12,000
1939-04-30 International Friendly Belgium  5 – 2 Germany "West-Germany" Brussels, Belgium
[38] Stadium: Heysel Stadion
Attendance: 8,000
1939-12-10 International Friendly Netherlands  5 – 2  Belgium Rotterdam, Netherlands

1940s[]

During the occupation of Belgium in World War II, Belgium played multiple unofficial friendlies abroad against teams of allied nations. These included two selections of the English FA that contained some Scottish and Welsh players at both occasions.[39]

1941-02-01 International Friendly Netherlands  3 – 3  Belgium London, United Kingdom
15:00 Van der Gender Goal ?', ?', ?' [40] Schuermans Goal ?', ?'
Kennens Goal ?'
1941-10-11 International Friendly Netherlands  4 – 5  Belgium London, United Kingdom
Luttmer Goal 10'
Van Elsacker Goal 23'
Van der Gender Goal 53', ?'		 [41] Schuermans Goal 32', 40', 50'
De Busser Goal 35'
Clerikx Goal ?'		 Stadium: Wembley Stadium
1942-02-10 International Friendly England  4 – 0  Belgium Aldershot, United Kingdom
Lawton Goal ?', ?', ?'
Compton Goal ?'		 [39] Stadium: The Recreation Ground
1942-12-12 International Friendly Netherlands  0 – 0  Belgium Brentford, United Kingdom
[42] Stadium: Griffin Park
1943-04-11 International Friendly Belgium  4 – 2  Netherlands Leipzig, Germany
[43] Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
1943-05-08 International Friendly France  0 – 7  Belgium London, United Kingdom
[44] Stadium: Shepherd's Bush
1944-01-?? International Friendly Netherlands  3 – 2  Belgium London, United Kingdom
[45] Attendance: 5,000
1944-10-01 International Friendly Belgium  0 – 3 United Kingdom FA Services XI Brussels, Belgium
[39][46] Barnes Goal ?'
Smellinckx Goal ?' (o.g.)
Drake Goal ?' (pen.)		 Stadium: Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles
Attendance: 28,000
Referee: Franken (Belgium)
1945-03-25 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 3 United Kingdom FA Services XI Brussels, Belgium
Goal ?'
Goal ?'		 [39][46] Lawton Goal ?', ?', ?' (pen) Stadium: Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Wiltshire (England)
1948-02-10 International Friendly Belgium  2 - 1 England London Combination Charleroi, Belgium
15:00 Goal 40'
Goal 90'		 Parsons Goal 44' Stadium:
Attendance: ?
Referee: ?

2010s[]

The matches against Romania on 14 November 2012 and against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 were scheduled as official friendlies but afterwards not recognized by FIFA because of Romania's 8 substitutions[47] and Belgium's 7 substitutions[48] respectively, while only 6 were allowed.[49] The Belgian and Czech football federations were too late in asking that the match against Czech Republic on 5 June 2017 would be official.[50]

2012-11-14 International Friendly Romania  2 – 1  Belgium Bucharest, Romania
20:00 UTC+1 Maxim Goal 32'
Torje Goal 66'		 Report Benteke Goal 23' Stadium: Arena Națională
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: (Italy)
2014-05-26 International Friendly Belgium  5 – 1  Luxembourg Genk, Belgium
20:45 UTC+2 Lukaku Goal 3', 23', 53'
Chadli Goal 71'
De Bruyne Goal 90+1' (pen.)		 Report Joachim Goal 13' Stadium: Cristal Arena
Attendance: 23,000
Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway)
2017-06-05 International Friendly Belgium  2 – 1  Czech Republic Brussels, Belgium
20:45
(UTC+2)
Report Krmenčík Goal 29' Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

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