Belgium national under-21 football team
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Nickname(s) | Jonge duivels (Young demons) Jeunes diables (Little devils) Junge Teufels (Young Devils) | ||
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Association | Royal Belgian Football Association | ||
Head coach | Gill Swerts | ||
Captain | Aster Vranckx | ||
Most caps | Jean-François Gillet (36) | ||
Top scorer | Loïs Openda (13) | ||
Home stadium | Den Dreef | ||
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First international | |||
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Biggest win | |||
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Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (Prague, Czech Republic; 24 April 2001) | |||
UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 4 (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. Their current home stadium is Den Dreef in Leuven.
UEFA U-21 Championship Record
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![]() | Group stage | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
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![]() | Semi-finals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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![]() ![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 8 |
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![]() ![]() | Group stage | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
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 | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | ![]() | |
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1 | ![]() | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 1–1 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 3–2 | 2–1 | |
2 | ![]() | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | +11 | 20 | 0–3 | — | 0–1 | 1–0 | 4–1 | 3–0 | ||
3 | ![]() | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 10 | +4 | 17 | 1–2 | 0–3 | — | 0–0 | 4–0 | 4–2 | ||
4 | ![]() | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 | 11 | 0–3 | 2–2 | 1–2 | — | 4–0 | 2–1 | ||
5 | ![]() | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 23 | −15 | 7 | 0–2 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 0–2 | — | 2–1 | ||
6 | ![]() | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | −16 | 4 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–1 | — |
Results
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png)
27 March 2017 | Belgium ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Heverlee, Belgium |
20:00 CET | R. Mmaee ![]() Cools ![]() | Report | ![]() | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Rob Harvey (Republic of Ireland) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png)
5 September 2017 | Belgium ![]() | 0–0 | ![]() | Heverlee, Belgium |
20:00 CET | Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Fabio Verissimo (Italy) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png)
6 October 2017 | Belgium ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Heverlee, Belgium |
19:00 CET | Vanlerberghe ![]() | Report | ![]() | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Nikola Dabanović (Montenegro) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
10 October 2017 | Cyprus ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Larnaca, Cyprus |
16:00 CET | Report | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: AEK Arena - Georgios Karapatakis Referee: Kirill Levnikov (Russia) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Flag_of_Cyprus.svg/23px-Flag_of_Cyprus.svg.png)
9 November 2017 | Belgium ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Heverlee, Belgium |
19:00 CET | Mbenza ![]() Dimata ![]() Leya Iseka ![]() | Report | ![]() ![]() | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Enea Jorgji (Albania) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b4/Flag_of_Turkey.svg/23px-Flag_of_Turkey.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
14 November 2017 | Turkey ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Istanbul, Turkey |
15:00 CET | Okutan ![]() | Report | Merih Demiral ![]() Schrijvers ![]() | Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium Referee: Tomasz Musiał (Poland) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c1/Flag_of_Hungary.svg/23px-Flag_of_Hungary.svg.png)
26 March 2018 | Belgium ![]() | 3–0 | ![]() | Heverlee, Belgium |
19:00 CET | Schrijvers ![]() Lukebakio ![]() Dimata ![]() | Report | Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Erez Papir (Israel) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Flag_of_Malta.svg/23px-Flag_of_Malta.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
7 September 2018 | Malta ![]() | 0–4 | ![]() | Ta'Qali, Malta |
16:00 CET | Report | Dimata ![]() Schrijvers ![]() Lukebakio ![]() Leya Iseka ![]() | Stadium: National Stadium Referee: Roomer Tarajev (Estonia) |
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
11 September 2018 | Hungary ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Budapest, Hungary |
17:00 CET | Report | Dimata ![]() Schrijvers ![]() | Stadium: Szusza Ferenc Stadion Referee: Tiago Martins (Portugal) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4c/Flag_of_Sweden.svg/23px-Flag_of_Sweden.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
16 October 2018 | Sweden ![]() | 0–3 | ![]() | Kalmar, Sweden |
17:00 CET | Report | Dimata ![]() Lukebakio ![]() | Stadium: Fredriksskans Referee: Frank Schneider (France) |
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![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
15 November 2018 | Romania ![]() | 3–3 | ![]() | Cluj-Napoca, Romania |
18:00 CET | Drăguș ![]() Olaru ![]() Ciobanu ![]() | Report | Cools ![]() Leya ![]() Mbenza ![]() | Stadium: Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Iulian Călin (Romania) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/12/Flag_of_Poland.svg/23px-Flag_of_Poland.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
16 June 2019 | Poland ![]() | 3–2 | ![]() | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
18:30 | Żurkowski ![]() Bielik ![]() Szymański ![]() | Report | Leya Iseka ![]() Cools ![]() | Stadium: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore Attendance: 2,534 Referee: István Kovács (Romania) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/9a/Flag_of_Spain.svg/23px-Flag_of_Spain.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
19 June 2019 | Spain ![]() | 2–1 | ![]() | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
18:30 | Olmo ![]() Fornals ![]() | Report | Bornauw ![]() | Stadium: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore Attendance: 2,738 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia) |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg/23px-Flag_of_Belgium_%28civil%29.svg.png)
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/0/03/Flag_of_Italy.svg/23px-Flag_of_Italy.svg.png)
22 June 2019 | Belgium ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Reggio Emilia, Italy |
21:00 | Verschaeren ![]() Mbenza ![]() | Report | Barella ![]() Cutrone ![]() Chiesa ![]() | Stadium: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore Attendance: 20,075 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia) |
Current squad
- Players born in or after 2002 are eligible for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.
The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Malta and
Spain on 21 and 26 March 2024, respectively.
Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.
Caps and goals correct as of 26 March 2024.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | 1GK | Maarten Vandevoordt | (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 (age 22) | 18 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | 1GK | Senne Lammens | (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 22) | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
21 | 1GK | Tobe Leysen | (2002-03-09) 9 March 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | 2DF | Hugo Siquet | (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 (age 22) | 20 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | 2DF | Jorne Spileers | (2005-01-21) 21 January 2005 (age 19) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | 2DF | Zeno Van Den Bosch | (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | 2DF | Killian Sardella | (2002-05-02) 2 May 2002 (age 22) | 13 | 1 | ![]() |
13 | 2DF | Antef Tsoungui | (2002-12-30) 30 December 2002 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | 2DF | Matte Smets | (2004-01-04) 4 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
20 | 2DF | Bram Lagae | (2004-01-14) 14 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | 2DF | Tuur Rommens | (2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 21) | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | 3MF | Arne Engels | (2003-09-08) 8 September 2003 (age 20) | 10 | 2 | ![]() |
8 | 3MF | Mario Stroeykens | (2004-09-29) 29 September 2004 (age 19) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
10 | 3MF | Eliot Matazo | (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 (age 22) | 19 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | 3MF | Noah Mbamba | (2005-01-05) 5 January 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | 3MF | Cisse Sandra | (2003-12-16) 16 December 2003 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | 3MF | Jarne Steuckers | (2002-02-04) 4 February 2002 (age 22) | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
22 | 3MF | Mathias Delorge | (2004-07-31) 31 July 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | 4FW | Malick Fofana | (2005-03-31) 31 March 2005 (age 19) | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | 4FW | Romeo Vermant | (2004-01-24) 24 January 2004 (age 20) | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
11 | 4FW | Julien Duranville | (2006-05-05) 5 May 2006 (age 18) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | 4FW | Kazeem Olaigbe | (2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 21) | 7 | 4 | ![]() |
19 | 4FW | Youssuf Sylla | (2002-12-19) 19 December 2002 (age 21) | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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 |
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DF | Nathan Ngoy | (2003-06-10) 10 June 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Fedde Leysen | (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 (age 21) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Koni De Winter | (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 (age 22) | 18 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Ignace Van Der Brempt | (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 (age 22) | 15 | 1 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Richie Sagrado | (2004-01-30) 30 January 2004 (age 20) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
DF | Zeno Debast | (2003-10-24) 24 October 2003 (age 20) | 4 | 0 | ![]() | 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship |
DF | Ameen Al-Dakhil | (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | ![]() | 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship |
DF | Daan Dierckx | (2003-02-24) 24 February 2003 (age 21) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Marco Kana | (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 (age 22) | 12 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Luca Oyen | (2003-03-14) 14 March 2003 (age 21) | 4 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Aster Vranckx (captain) | (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 (age 21) | 12 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Mandela Keita | (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 (age 22) | 8 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Arthur Vermeeren | (2005-02-07) 7 February 2005 (age 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Christiaan Ravych | (2002-07-30) 30 July 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Roméo Lavia | (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 20) | 1 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Anouar Ait El Hadj | (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
MF | Tibo Persyn | (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 (age 22) | 0 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Samuel Mbangula | (2004-01-16) 16 January 2004 (age 20) | 2 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Lucas Stassin | (2004-11-29) 29 November 2004 (age 19) | 5 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Anthony Descotte | (2003-08-03) 3 August 2003 (age 21) | 4 | 0 | ![]() | 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship |
FW | Ken Nkuba | (2002-02-21) 21 February 2002 (age 22) | 4 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Johan Bakayoko | (2003-04-20) 20 April 2003 (age 21) | 3 | 0 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
FW | Jérémy Doku | (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 (age 22) | 6 | 1 | ![]() | v. ![]() |
Statistics
Most capped players
# | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
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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 | |
Hugo Siquet | 2021–2024 | 20 | 0 |
Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation
Top goalscorers
# | Player | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
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1 | Loïs Openda | 2019–2023 | 13 | 18 | 0.72 |
2 | 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
See also
- Belgium national football team
- Belgium national under-19 football team
- Belgium national under-17 football team
- European Under-21 Football Championship
References
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