Belgium national under-21 football team

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.

Belgium U-21
Nickname(s)Jonge duivels Jeunes diables Junge Teufels
AssociationBelgian 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

UEFA U-21 Championship Record
Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1978Did Not Qualify
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002Group Stage310224
2004Did Not Qualify
2006
2007Semi-Final412134
2009Did Not Qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019Group Stage300348
2021Did Not Qualify
Total3/2210226916

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: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore
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: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 2,738
Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)
22 June 2019 Belgium  1–3  Italy Reggio Emilia, Italy
21:00 Verschaeren  79'
Mbenza  90+3'		 Report Barella  44'
Cutrone  53'
Chiesa  89'		 Stadium: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 20,075
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Current squad

Squad selected for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Bosnia and Herzegovina on 17 November 2020. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1998.[1] Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.
Caps and goals updated as of 13 October 2020 after the match against  Moldova.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Arnaud Bodart (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 3 0 Standard Liège
12 1GK Jens Teunckens (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 2 0 AEK Larnaca
4 2DF Wout Faes (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 21 0 Reims
2 2DF Sebastiaan Bornauw (1999-03-22) 22 March 1999 8 1 Köln
5 2DF Thibault De Smet (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 8 1 Reims
17 2DF Jelle Bataille (1999-05-20) 20 May 1999 6 1 K.V. Oostende
18 2DF Ahmed Touba (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 3 0 RKC Waalwijk
3 2DF Marco Kana (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 1 0 Anderlecht
19 2DF Arthur Theate (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 0 0 KV Oostende
8 3MF Orel Mangala (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 14 0 Stuttgart
6 3MF Albert Sambi Lokonga (1999-10-22) 22 October 1999 6 2 Anderlecht
13 3MF Dante Vanzeir (1998-04-16) 16 April 1998 5 0 Union Saint-Gilloise
7 3MF Francesco Antonucci (1999-06-20) 20 June 1999 4 1 Volendam
14 3MF Charles De Ketelaere (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 4 1 Club Brugge
15 3MF Daouda Peeters (1999-01-26) 26 January 1999 4 0 Juventus
16 3MF Aster Vranckx (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 0 0 KV Mechelen
11 4FW Francis Amuzu (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 14 2 Anderlecht
9 4FW Loïs Openda (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 8 6 Vitesse
10 4FW Mike Trésor Ndayishimiye (1999-05-28) 28 May 1999 6 3 Willem II

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 Gaëtan Coucke (1998-11-03) 3 November 1998 0 0 KV Mechelen v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17 November 2020
GK Mile Svilar (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 5 0 Benfica v.  Germany, 8 September 2020
DF Hannes Delcroix (1999-02-28) 28 February 1999 2 0 Anderlecht v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17 November 2020
DF Zinho Vanheusden (1999-07-29) 29 July 1999 11 2 Standard Liège v.  Moldova, 13 October 2020
DF Maxime Busi (1999-10-14) 14 October 1999 3 0 Parma v.  Germany, 8 September 2020
DF Mardochee Nzita (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 0 0 AC Perugia v.  Germany, 8 September 2020
DF Rocky Bushiri (1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 7 0 KV Mechelen v.  Germany, 8 September 2020
DF Ewoud Pletinckx (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 0 0 Zulte Waregem v.  Germany, 17 November 2019
DF Daam Foulon (1999-03-23) 23 March 1999 0 0 Benevento v.  Germany, 17 November 2019
DF Killian Sardella (2002-05-02) 2 May 2002 1 0 Anderlecht v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 September 2019
MF Nicolas Raskin (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 0 0 Standard Liège v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 17 November 2020
MF Othman Boussaid (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 2 0 FC Utrecht v.  Moldova, 13 October 2020
MF Antoine Colassin (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 3 0 Anderlecht v.  Moldova, 13 October 2020
MF Alexis Saelemaekers (1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 12 0 A.C. Milan v.  Moldova, 13 October 2020
MF Sieben Dewaele (1999-02-05) 5 February 1999 1 0 Heerenveen v.  Germany, 17 November 2019
MF Louis Verstraete (1999-05-04) 4 May 1999 3 0 Gent v.  Germany, 17 November 2019
MF Matthias Verreth (1998-02-20) 20 February 1998 1 0 Waasland-Beveren v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 September 2019
MF Dante Rigo (1998-12-11) 11 December 1998 1 0 Sparta Rotterdam v.  Bosnia and Herzegovina, 10 September 2019
MF Yari Verschaeren (2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 2 1 Anderlecht 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
FW Josh Eppiah (1998-10-11) 11 October 1998 0 0 OH Leuven v.  Moldova, 13 October 2020
FW Cyril Ngonge (2000-05-26) 26 May 2000 0 0 Club Brugge v.  Germany, 17 November 2019
FW Jérémy Doku (2002-05-27) 27 May 2002 4 1 Rennes v.  Germany, 17 November 2019
FW Robbie D'Haese (1999-02-25) 25 February 1999 0 0 Oostende v.  Wales, 6 September 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 Kevin Vandenbergh 2003–2005 12 14 0.86
2 Cédric Roussel 1997–1999 10 12 0.83
3 Wesley Sonck 1997–1999 8 11 0.73
4 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
10 Benjamin De Ceulaer 2004–2005 6 17 0.35
Loïs Openda 2019–2020 6 8 0.75
Youri Tielemans 2013–2016 6 14 0.43
Marc Wilmots 1987–1989 6 9 0.67

Last updated: 20 March 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Honours
Winners (1): 2007–09
Runners-up (1): 2005–06

See also

References
  1. "Belgium squad". Belgian FA. Retrieved 6 December 2012.

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