Belgium national under-21 football team

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Belgium U-21
Nickname(s)Jonge duivels Jeunes diables Junge Teufels
AssociationRoyal Belgian Football Association
Head coachJacky Mathijssen
Most capsJean-François Gillet (36)
Top scorerKevin Vandenbergh (12)
First colours
Second colours
First international
France 1–1 Belgium
(Amiens, France; 3 September 1976)
Biggest win
Belgium 8–0 Luxembourg
(Mechelen, Belgium; 3 June 2007)
Biggest defeat
Czech Republic 7–0 Belgium
(Prague, Czech Republic; 24 April 2001)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances3 (first in 2002)
Best resultSemi-finals, 2007

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.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record[]

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
Europe 1978 Did Not Qualify
Europe 1980
Europe 1982
Europe 1984
Europe 1986
Europe 1988
Europe 1990
Europe 1992
France 1994
Spain 1996
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002 Group Stage 3 1 0 2 2 4
Germany 2004 Did Not Qualify
Portugal 2006
Netherlands 2007 Semi-Final 4 1 2 1 3 4
Sweden 2009 Did Not Qualify
Denmark 2011
Israel 2013
Czech Republic 2015
Poland 2017
Italy San Marino 2019 Group Stage 3 0 0 3 4 8
Hungary Slovenia 2021 Did Not Qualify
Total 3/22 10 2 2 6 9 16

Results and fixtures[]

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
1  Belgium 10 8 2 0 23 5 +18 26 Final tournament — 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
2  Sweden 10 6 2 2 19 8 +11 20 0–3 — 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–0
3  Turkey 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17 1–2 0–3 — 0–0 4–0 4–2
4  Hungary 10 3 2 5 12 14 −2 11 0–3 2–2 1–2 — 4–0 2–1
5  Cyprus 10 2 1 7 8 23 −15 7 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 — 2–1
6  Malta 10 1 1 8 8 24 −16 4 0–4 0–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 —
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: UEFA

Results[]

27 March 2017 Belgium  2–1  Malta Heverlee, Belgium
20:00 CET R. Mmaee 43'
Cools 54'		 Report 69' Grech Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland)
5 September 2017 Belgium  0–0  Turkey Heverlee, Belgium
20:00 CET Report Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Italy)
6 October 2017 Belgium  1–1  Sweden Heverlee, Belgium
19:00 CET Vanlerberghe 30' Report 61' Dagerstål Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro)
10 October 2017 Cyprus  0–2  Belgium Larnaca, Cyprus
16:00 CET Report 51' Lukebakio
90+3' Bastien		 Stadium: AEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis
Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia)
9 November 2017 Belgium  3–2  Cyprus Heverlee, Belgium
19:00 CET Mbenza 15'
Dimata 45+2'
Leya Iseka 90+2'		 Report 49' Papageorgiou
75' Fragkou		 Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania)
14 November 2017 Turkey  1–2  Belgium Istanbul, Turkey
15:00 CET Okutan 5' Report Merih Demiral 45+2' (o.g.)
Schrijvers 87'		 Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium
Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland)
26 March 2018 Belgium  3–0  Hungary Heverlee, Belgium
19:00 CET Schrijvers 19'
Lukebakio 64'
Dimata 72' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Den Dreef
Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)
7 September 2018 Malta  0–4  Belgium Ta'Qali, Malta
16:00 CET Report Dimata 11'
Schrijvers 18'
Lukebakio 59'
Leya Iseka 69'		 Stadium: National Stadium
Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia)
11 September 2018 Hungary  0–3  Belgium Budapest, Hungary
17:00 CET Report Dimata 20', 73' (pen.)
Schrijvers 86'		 Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion
Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal)
16 October 2018 Sweden  0–3  Belgium Kalmar, Sweden
17:00 CET Report Dimata 29', 40'
Lukebakio 65'		 Stadium: Fredriksskans
Referee: Frank Schneider (France)
15 November 2018 Romania  3–3  Belgium Cluj-Napoca, Romania
18:00 CET Drăguș 45' (pen.)
Olaru 90'
Ciobanu 90+1'		 Report Cools 35'
Leya 56'
Mbenza 58'		 Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Iulian Călin (Romania)
16 June 2019 Poland  3–2  Belgium Reggio Emilia, Italy
18:30 Żurkowski 26'
Bielik 52'
Szymański 79'		 Report Leya Iseka 16'
Cools 84'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 2,534
Referee: István Kovács (Romania)
19 June 2019 Spain  2–1  Belgium Reggio Emilia, Italy
18:30 Olmo 7'
Fornals 89'		 Report Bornauw 24' Stadium:
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
22 June 2019 Belgium  1–3  Italy Reggio Emilia, Italy
21:00 Verschaeren 79'
Mbenza Red card 90+3'		 Report Barella 44'
Cutrone 53'
Chiesa 89'		 Stadium:
Attendance: 20,075
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Current squad[]

  • The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match.
  • Match dates: 12 November 2021 & 16 November 2021
  • Opposition:  Turkey &  Scotland
  • Caps and goals correct as of: 16 November 2021, after the match against  Scotland.
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
12 1GK Senne Lammens (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Belgium Club Brugge
1 1GK Maxime Delanghe (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
22 2DF Logan Ndenbe (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 (age 21) 5 0 United States Sporting Kansas City
4 2DF Ewoud Pletinckx (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 (age 21) 5 0 Belgium Zulte Waregem
18 2DF Killian Sardella (2002-05-02) 2 May 2002 (age 19) 5 1 Belgium Anderlecht
2 2DF Hugo Siquet (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 19) 5 0 Belgium Standard Liège
14 2DF Koni De Winter (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 19) 4 0 Italy Juventus
15 2DF Ignace Van Der Brempt (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 (age 19) 4 1 Belgium Club Brugge
5 2DF Fedde Leysen (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
10 3MF Yari Verschaeren (2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 (age 20) 8 1 Belgium Anderlecht
16 3MF Marco Kana (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 19) 7 0 Belgium Anderlecht
6 3MF Amadou Onana (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 (age 20) 6 1 France Lille
23 3MF Nicolas Raskin (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 (age 20) 5 1 Belgium Standard Liège
8 3MF Anouar Ait El Hadj (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 19) 4 0 Belgium Anderlecht
19 3MF Othman Boussaid (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 (age 21) 4 0 Netherlands Utrecht
17 3MF Olivier Deman (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 (age 21) 2 0 Belgium Cercle Brugge
3 3MF Mandela Keita (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 19) 1 0 Belgium OH Leuven
13 3MF Matisse Samoise (2001-11-21) 21 November 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Belgium Gent
7 4FW Loïs Openda (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 (age 21) 14 12 Netherlands Vitesse
11 4FW Michel-Ange Balikwisha (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 (age 20) 4 1 Belgium Royal Antwerp
9 4FW Yorbe Vertessen (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 (age 21) 4 2 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
20 4FW Anass Zaroury (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 (age 21) 4 0 Belgium Charleroi

Recent call-ups[]

The following players have been called up and remain eligible.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Maarten Vandevoordt (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 19) 4 0 Belgium Genk v.  Turkey, 12 November 2021
GK Nick Shinton (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Belgium Club Brugge v.  Turkey, 12 November 2021
GK Timothy Galjé (2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Belgium RFC Seraing v.  Turkey, 3 September 2021
DF Arthur Theate (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 (age 21) 3 0 Italy Bologna v.  Denmark, 11 October 2021
DF Lucas Lissens (2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 (age 20) 2 0 Belgium Anderlecht v.  Denmark, 11 October 2021
DF Daan Dierckx (2003-02-24) 24 February 2003 (age 18) 0 0 Italy Parma v.  Turkey, 3 September 2021
DF Mardochee Nzita (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Italy Perugia v.  Germany, 8 September 2020
MF Aster Vranckx (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 19) 2 0 Germany VfL Wolfsburg v.  Turkey, 12 November 2021
MF Eliot Matazo (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 19) 3 0 France Monaco v.  Denmark, 11 October 2021
MF Tibo Persyn (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 (age 19) 0 0 Belgium Club Brugge v.  Turkey, 3 September 2021
MF Charles De Ketelaere (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 (age 20) 6 1 Belgium Club Brugge v.  Turkey, 3 September 2021
MF Antoine Colassin (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 (age 20) 3 0 Belgium Anderlecht v.  Moldova, 13 October 2020
FW Mathieu De Smet (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Belgium Zulte Waregem v.  Kazakhstan, 4 June 2021
FW Largie Ramazani (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 (age 20) 0 0 Spain Almería v.  Kazakhstan, 4 June 2021
FW Cyril Ngonge (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 (age 21) 0 0 Belgium Club Brugge v.  Germany, 17 November 2019
FW Jérémy Doku (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 19) 4 1 France Rennes v.  Germany, 17 November 2019

Statistics[]

Most capped players[]

  Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
# Name Career Caps Goals
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

Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Top goalscorers[]

  Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
# Player Career Goals Caps Average
1 Loïs Openda 2019–2021 12 14 0.86
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[]

  • International Challenge Trophy
Winners (1): 2007–09
Runners-up (1): 2005–06

See also[]

References[]

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