Belgium national under-21 football team

Belgium U-21

Nickname(s)

Young Devils

Association

Belgian Football Association

Head coach

Enzo Scifo

Most caps

Jean-François Gillet (36)

Top scorer

Cédric Roussel (10 goals)

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

Appearances

2 (First in 2002)

Best result

Semi-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.

UEFA U-21 Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D	L	GS	GA
1978	Did not qualify
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	4
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Did not qualify
2007	Semi-finals	4	1	2	1	3	4
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017	To be decided (qualification stage)
Total	2/19	7	2	2	3	5	8

Results and fixtures

30 March 2015	Belgium	2 – 1	Moldova	Heverlee, Belgium
20:00 CET	Tielemans 14' Castagne 45'	Report	Spătaru 50'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 9,319 Referee: Paul McLaughlin (Republic of Ireland)

4 September 2015	Latvia	0 – 2	Belgium	Jelgava, Latvia
17:00 CET		Report	Kabasele 5' Praet 18'	Stadium: Zemgales Olympic Centre Referee: Andrew Dallas (Scotland)

9 October 2015	Belgium	2 – 0	Malta	Leuven, Belgium
18:45 CET	Tielemans 75' (pen.) De Sart 78'	Report	Zerafa 32', 73'	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Fran Jović (Croatia)

12 November 2015	Czech Republic	1 – 0	Belgium	Jablonec nad Nisou, Czech Republic
17:00 CET	Schick 11'	Report		Stadium: Chance Arena Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

23 March 2016	Moldova	0 – 2	Belgium	Chișinău, Moldova
17:00 CET	Svinarenco 49', 80'	Report	Heylen 72' Kayembe 90+4'	Stadium: Zimbru Stadium Referee: Erez Papir (Israel)

28 March 2016	Belgium	1 – 2	Montenegro	Heverlee, Belgium
17:00 CET	Bongonda 45'	Report	Lagator 6' Savićević 41'	Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

Belgium are currently competing for qualification to the 2017 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	Czech Republic	7	5	2	0	21	7	+14	17	Final tournament	—	3–3	1–0	4–1	2–1	7 Oct
2	Montenegro	7	3	3	1	10	8	+2	12	Possible Play-offs	1 Sep	—	7 Oct	0–0	3–3	1–0
3	Belgium	6	4	0	2	9	4	+5	12		6 Sep	1–2	—	2–0	11 Oct	2–1
4	Malta (X)	7	1	2	4	3	15	−12	5		0–7	0–1	2 Sep	—	7 Oct	11 Oct
5	Latvia (X)	6	1	2	3	9	10	−1	5		1–1	6 Sep	0–2	1–2	—	2 Sep
6	Moldova (E)	7	1	1	5	3	11	−8	4		1–3	1–0	0–2	0–0	0–3	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2016. Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated; (X) Cannot qualify directly as the top team, but may still qualify for the play-offs.

Current squad

Squad selected for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Moldova and Montenegro on 23 March 2016. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1994.^[1] Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Davy Roef	(1994-02-06) 6 February 1994	6	0	Anderlecht
12	1GK	Merveille Goblet	(1994-11-20) 20 November 1994	0	0	Waasland-Beveren

3	2DF	Michaël Heylen	(1994-01-03) 3 January 1994	12	1	Anderlecht
2	2DF	Thomas Foket	(1994-09-25) 25 September 1994	9	0	Gent
5	2DF	Joris Kayembe	(1994-08-08) 8 August 1994	8	3	Rio Ave
15	2DF	Timothy Castagne	(1995-12-05) 5 December 1995	4	1	Genk
4	2DF	Corentin Fiore	(1995-03-24) 24 March 1995	3	0	Standard Liège
16	2DF	Samy Mmaee	(1996-09-08) 8 September 1996	0	0	Standard Liège

10	3MF	Dennis Praet	(1994-05-14) 14 May 1994	13	1	Anderlecht
8	3MF	Youri Tielemans	(1997-05-07) 7 May 1997	12	4	Anderlecht
11	3MF	Charly Musonda	(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996	8	1	Real Betis
6	3MF	Julien De Sart	(1994-12-23) 23 December 1994	6	1	Middlesbrough
13	3MF	Samuel Bastien	(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996	1	0	Avellino

18	4FW	Benito Raman	(1994-11-07) 7 November 1994	5	1	Gent
14	4FW	Theo Bongonda	(1995-11-20) 20 November 1995	4	1	Celta de Vigo
7	4FW	Tuur Dierckx	(1995-05-09) 9 May 1995	4	0	Club Brugge
9	4FW	Baptiste Guillaume	(1995-06-16) 16 June 1995	2	0	Lille
17	4FW	Siebe Schrijvers	(1996-07-18) 18 July 1996	1	0	Waasland-Beveren
19	4FW	Leandro Trossard	(1994-12-04) 4 December 1994	1	0	OH Leuven

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	Guillaume Hubert	(1994-01-11) 11 January 1994	1	0	Standard Liège	v. Moldova, 23 March 2016
GK	Lucas Pirard	(1995-03-10) 10 March 1995	1	0	Lommel United	v. Latvia, 4 September 2015
GK	Bo Geens	(1995-08-10) 10 August 1995	0	0	Lokeren	v. Moldova, 30 March 2015
GK	Sven Dhoest	(1994-04-09) 9 April 1994	0	0	Club Brugge	v. Spain, 12 November 2014

DF	Jordan Lukaku	(1994-07-25) 25 July 1994	12	0	KV Oostende	v. Latvia, 4 September 2015
DF	Ahmed El Messaoudi	(1995-08-03) 3 August 1995	1	0	Standard Liège	v. Norway, 17 November 2014
DF	Jason Denayer	(1995-06-28) 28 June 1995	2	1	Galatasaray	v. Cyprus, 5 September 2014
DF	Björn Engels	(1994-09-15) 15 September 1994	0	0	Club Brugge	v. Serbia, 5 March 2014

MF	Rob Schoofs	(1994-03-23) 23 March 1994	0	0	Sint-Truiden	v. Czech Republic, 12 November 2015
MF	Beni Badibanga	(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996	1	0	Standard Liège	v. Czech Republic, 12 November 2015
MF	Leander Dendoncker	(1995-04-15) 15 April 1995	5	0	Anderlecht	v. Czech Republic, 12 November 2015
MF	Ibrahima Cissé	(1994-02-28) 28 February 1994	10	0	Mechelen	v. Czech Republic, 12 November 2015
MF	Glenn Claes	(1994-03-08) 8 March 1994	0	0	Mechelen	v. Latvia, 4 September 2015
MF	Pieter Gerkens	(1995-02-17) 17 February 1995	1	0	Genk	v. Moldova, 30 March 2015
MF	Charni Ekangamene	(1994-02-16) 16 February 1994	1	0	OH Leuven	v. Moldova, 30 March 2015

FW	Maecky Ngombo	(1995-03-31) 31 March 1995	1	0	Roda JC	v. Moldova, 23 March 2016
FW	Divock Origi	(1995-04-18) 18 April 1995	2	0	Liverpool	v. Czech Republic, 12 November 2015
FW	Zakaria Bakkali	(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996	6	1	Valencia	v. Czech Republic, 12 November 2015
FW	Nathan Kabasele	(1994-01-14) 14 January 1994	8	4	De Graafschap	v. Czech Republic, 12 November 2015
FW	Obbi Oularé	(1996-01-08) 8 January 1996	3	0	Watford	v. Malta, 9 October 2015
FW	Yannis Mbombo	(1994-04-08) 8 April 1994	2	0	Sint-Truiden	v. Latvia, 4 September 2015
FW	Andy Kawaya	(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996	1	0	Anderlecht	v. Moldova, 30 March 2015
FW	Cyriel Dessers	(1994-12-08) 8 December 1994	0	0	Lokeren	v. Moldova, 30 March 2015
FW	Nikola Storm	(1994-09-30) 30 September 1994	0	0	Zulte-Waregem	v. Moldova, 30 March 2015

Honours

International Challenge Trophy

Winners (1): 2007–09

Runners-up (1): 2005–06

References

↑ "Belgium squad". Belgian FA. Retrieved 2012-12-06.

References and external links

UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships

Belgium national football team

Venues

Records and statistics

Team	Match results Official Unofficial Statistics By opponent Per manager Achievements Records

Individual	Caps Goals Hat-tricks Captaincies Awards Disciplinary Other

Players

World Finals

European Finals

Other tournaments

Culture

Other RBFA teams

Men's	Belgium B (defunct) Youth U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 Futsal Beach

Women's	Senior Youth U-21 U-19 U-17 U-16 U-15 Beach

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Football in Belgium

Royal Belgian Football Association

National teams

League system

Level 1	Belgian First Division A

Level 2	Belgian First Division B

Level 3	Belgian First Amateur Division

Level 4	Belgian Second Amateur Division (3 groups)

Level 5	Belgian Third Amateur Division (4 groups)

Levels 6–9	Belgian Provincial leagues (9 groups: Antwerp, Brabant, East Flanders, Hainaut, Liège, Limburg, Luxembourg, Namur and West Flanders)

Defunct	Belgian Second Division, Belgian Third Division, Belgian Fourth Division

Women's League system

Super League Vrouwenvoetbal
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
BeNe League (2012–2015, with the Netherlands)

Domestic cups

Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup defunct: Belgian League Cup

Women	Belgian Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (2011–2012, with the Netherlands)

Awards

National under-21 football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany USSR Yugoslavia

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23 Championship

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21 Championship

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992

With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 TBA 2019

Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017

Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015

Belgian Sportsperson of the Year

Men	1967 Ferdinand Bracke 1968 Serge Reding 1969–1974 Eddy Merckx 1975 Bruno Brokken 1976 Ivo Van Damme 1977 Michel Pollentier 1978 Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980 Robert Van de Walle 1981 Freddy Maertens 1982 Jacky Ickx 1983 Eddy Annys 1984 Claude Criquielion 1985 Gaston Rahier & Vincent Rousseau 1986 William Van Dijck 1987 Georges Jobé 1988 Eric Geboers 1989 Thierry Boutsen 1990 Rudy Dhaenens 1991 Jean-Michel Saive 1992 Georges Jobé 1993 Vincent Rousseau 1994 Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996 Fred Deburghgraeve 1997 Luc Van Lierde 1998 Fred Deburghgraeve 1999 Luc Van Lierde 2000 Joël Smets 2001–2004 Stefan Everts 2005 Tom Boonen 2006 Stefan Everts 2007 Tom Boonen 2008 Sven Nys 2009–2011 Philippe Gilbert 2012 Tom Boonen 2013 Frederik Van Lierde 2014 Thibaut Courtois 2015 Kevin De Bruyne

Women	1975 Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977 Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979 Carine Verbauwen 1980 Ingrid Berghmans 1981 Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986 Ingrid Berghmans 1987 Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989 Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991 Sabine Appelmans 1992 Annelies Bredael 1993 Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995 Brigitte Becue 1996 Ulla Werbrouck 1997 Gella Vandecaveye 1998 Dominique Monami 1999–2002 Kim Clijsters 2003–2004 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005 Kim Clijsters 2006–2007 Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008 Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011 Kim Clijsters 2012 Evi Van Acker 2013 Kirsten Flipkens 2014 Nafissatou Thiam 2015 Delfine Persoon

Team	1997 Noliko Maaseik 1998 Belgian Motorcross team 1999 Davis Cup team 2000 Anderlecht 2001 Fed Cup team 2002 La Villette 2003 Belgian Motorcross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005 Under-21 football team 2006 Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011 Men's 4×400 metres relay 2012 Field hockey team 2013–2014 Football team 2015 Davis Cup team

Talent	1998 Kim Clijsters 1999 Bart Wellens 2000 Bart Aernouts 2001 Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002 Thomas Buffel 2003 Kirsten Flipkens 2004 Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005 Niels Albert 2006 Yoris Grandjean 2007 Dominique Cornu 2008 Elise Matthysen 2009 Romelu Lukaku 2010 Luca Brecel 2011 Thomas van der Plaetsen 2012 Kimmer Coppejans 2013 Nafissatou Thiam 2014 Divock Origi 2015 Tiesj Benoot

Paralympic	2010 Sven Decaesstecker 2011 Wim Decleir 2012 Marieke Vervoort 2013 Joachim Gérard 2014 Michèle George 2015 Marieke Vervoort

Coach	2011–2012 Jacques Borlée 2013–2014 Marc Wilmots 2015 Hein Vanhaezebrouck

National sports teams of Belgium

Bandy Baseball Basketball F M Beach soccer Bobsleigh Cricket F M Cyclo-cross Field hockey F M Football F M M-U15 M-U16 M-U17 M-U18 M-U19 M-U20 M-U21 M-U22 M-U23 Futsal Gymnastics Handball F M Ice hockey F M F-U18 M-U20 Korfball Pitch and putt F M Racquetball Road bicycle racing Rugby league Rugby union F M F7's M7's Softball F M Squash M F Tennis F M Volleyball F M Water polo F M

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