Belgium national under-21 football team

















Belgium U-21
Nickname(s)Young Devils
AssociationBelgian Football Association
Head coachJohan Walem
Most caps

Jean-François Gillet (36)
Top scorer
Cédric Roussel (10)
















First colours














Second colours


First international

France France 1–1 Belgium Belgium
(Amiens, France; 3 September 1976)
Biggest win

Belgium Belgium 8–0 Luxembourg Luxembourg
(Mechelen, Belgium; 3 June 2007)
Biggest defeat

Czech Republic Czech Republic 7–0 Belgium Belgium
(Prague, Czech Republic; 24 April 2001)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances2 (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.




Contents





  • 1 UEFA U-21 Championship record


  • 2 Results and fixtures

    • 2.1 Results



  • 3 Current squad

    • 3.1 Recent call-ups



  • 4 Honours


  • 5 See also


  • 6 References


  • 7 References and external links




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 stage310224

Germany 2004

Did not qualify

Portugal 2006

Netherlands 2007
Semi-finals41213
4

Sweden 2009

Did not qualify

Denmark 2011

Israel 2013

Czech Republic 2015

Poland 2017

ItalySan Marino 2019

Qualified
Total2/2172235
8


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

Source: UEFA


Results



Belgium  v  Malta












Belgium  v  Turkey












Belgium  v  Sweden












Cyprus  v  Belgium












Belgium  v  Cyprus












Turkey  v  Belgium












Belgium  v  Hungary












Malta  v  Belgium












Hungary  v  Belgium












Sweden  v  Belgium












Romania  v  Belgium












Current squad


Squad selected for the friendly match against Romania on 15 November 2018. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1996.[1] Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.


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No.

Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club


1GK

Ortwin De Wolf

(1996-04-23) 23 April 1996 (age 22)
2
0

Belgium Lokeren


1GK

Jens Teunckens

(1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 (age 21)
2
0

Belgium Royal Antwerp



2DF

Dion Cools

(1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 (age 22)
14
3

Belgium Club Brugge


2DF

Wout Faes

(1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 (age 20)
11
0

Belgium KV Oostende


2DF

Zinho Vanheusden

(1999-07-29) 29 July 1999 (age 19)
6
0

Belgium Standard Liège


2DF

Jordi Vanlerberghe

(1996-06-27) 27 June 1996 (age 22)
6
1

Belgium KV Oostende


2DF

Casper de Norre

(1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 (age 22)
5
0

Belgium Sint-Truiden


2DF

Jur Schryvers

(1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 (age 21)
4
0

Belgium Waasland-Beveren


2DF

Mathias Bossaerts

(1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 (age 22)
3
0

Belgium KV Oostende


2DF

Rocky Bushiri

(1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 (age 19)
2
0

Belgium AS Eupen


2DF

Dries Wouters

(1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 (age 22)
2
0

Belgium Genk



3MF

Dodi Lukebakio

(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 21)
12
4

Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf


3MF

Alexis De Sart

(1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 (age 22)
10
1

Belgium Sint-Truiden


3MF

Samuel Bastien

(1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 (age 22)
9
1

Belgium Standard Liège


3MF

Bryan Heynen

(1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 (age 22)
8
0

Belgium Genk


3MF

Orel Mangala

(1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 (age 20)
5
0

Germany Hamburger SV


3MF

Stéphane Oméonga

(1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 22)
5
0

Italy Genoa


3MF

Alexis Saelemaekers

(1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 (age 19)
3
0

Belgium Anderlecht



4FW

Siebe Schrijvers

(1996-07-18) 18 July 1996 (age 22)
18
4

Belgium Club Brugge


4FW

Aaron Leya Iseka

(1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 (age 21)
12
3

France Toulouse


4FW

Isaac Mbenza

(1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 (age 22)
12
2

England Huddersfield Town


4FW

Francis Amuzu

(1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 (age 19)
2
1

Belgium Anderlecht


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

Nordin Jackers

(1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 (age 21)
9
0

Belgium Genk
v.  Italy, 11 October 2018

GK

Arnaud Bodart

(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 20)
0
0

Belgium Standard Liège
v.  Cyprus, 9 November 2017

GK

Senne Vits

(1996-08-31) 31 August 1996 (age 22)
0
0

Belgium Sporting Hasselt
v.  Malta, 27 March 2017


DF

Sebastiaan Bornauw

(1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 (age 19)
0
0

Belgium Anderlecht
v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018

DF

Senna Miangue

(1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 (age 22)
10
0

Belgium Standard Liège
v.  Hungary, 11 September 2018

DF

Elias Cobbaut

(1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 (age 21)
5
0

Belgium Mechelen
v.  Hungary, 26 March 2018

DF

Samy Mmaee

(1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 (age 22)
5
0

Belgium Standard Liège
v.  Hungary, 26 March 2018

DF

Maximiliano Caufriez

(1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 (age 22)
1
0

Belgium Waasland-Beveren
v.  Netherlands, 23 March 2018

DF

Nathan de Medina

(1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 21)
1
0

Belgium Royal Excel Mouscron
v.  Turkey, 14 November 2017

DF

Thibault De Smet

(1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 (age 20)
0
0

Belgium Gent
v.  Sweden, 6 October 2017


MF

Aristote Nkaka

(1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 (age 22)
4
0

Belgium KV Oostende
v.  Hungary, 26 March 2018

MF

Andy Kawaya

(1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 (age 22)
1
0

Belgium Mechelen
v.  Turkey, 5 September 2017

MF

Manuel Benson

(1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 (age 21)
1
0

Belgium Genk
v.  Malta, 27 March 2017

MF

Charly Musonda

(1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 (age 22)
12
1

England Chelsea
v.  Latvia, 11 October 2016

MF

Youri Tielemans

(1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 (age 21)
14
6

France Monaco
v.  Montenegro, 7 October 2016

MF

Beni Badibanga

(1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 (age 23)
1
0

Belgium Standard Liège
v.  Czech Republic, 12 November 2015


FW

Landry Dimata

(1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 (age 21)
12
7

Belgium Anderlecht
v.  Sweden, 16 October 2018

FW

Julien Ngoy

(1997-11-02) 2 November 1997 (age 21)
5
1

Switzerland Grasshopper
v.  Italy, 11 October 2018

FW

Obbi Oularé

(1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 (age 23)
6
1

Belgium Standard Liège
v.  Hungary, 26 March 2018

FW

Ryan Mmaee

(1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 (age 21)
2
1

Belgium Waasland-Beveren
v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2017

FW

Zakaria Bakkali

(1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 (age 23)
9
1

Spain Deportivo de La Coruña
v.  Latvia, 11 October 2016


Honours


  • International Challenge Trophy

Winners (1): 2007–09

Runners-up (1): 2005–06


See also



  • Belgium national football team

  • Belgium national under-19 football team

  • Belgium national under-17 football team

  • European Under-21 Football Championship


References



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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













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