Belgium national under-21 football team

Belgium U-21
Nickname(s)Jonge duivels Jeunes diables Junge Teufels
AssociationRoyal Belgian Football Association
Head coachJacky Mathijssen
Most capsJean-François Gillet (36)
Top scorerLoïs Openda (13)
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
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 —
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
No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Maarten Vandevoordt (2002-02-26) 26 February 2002 5 0 Genk
12 1GK Senne Lammens (2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 2 0 Club Brugge
22 2DF Logan Ndenbe (2000-02-09) 9 February 2000 6 0 Sporting Kansas City
4 2DF Ewoud Pletinckx (2000-10-10) 10 October 2000 6 0 Zulte Waregem
2 2DF Hugo Siquet (2002-07-09) 9 July 2002 6 0 SC Freiburg
14 2DF Koni De Winter (2002-06-12) 12 June 2002 5 0 Juventus
5 2DF Ignace Van Der Brempt (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 5 1 Red Bull Salzburg
3 2DF Mandela Keita (2002-05-10) 10 May 2002 2 0 OH Leuven
16 3MF Marco Kana (2002-08-08) 8 August 2002 8 0 Anderlecht
6 3MF Amadou Onana (2001-08-16) 16 August 2001 7 1 Lille
15 3MF Anouar Ait El Hadj (2002-04-20) 20 April 2002 4 0 Anderlecht
19 3MF Othman Boussaid (2000-03-07) 7 March 2000 4 0 Utrecht
8 3MF Eliot Matazo (2002-02-15) 15 February 2002 4 0 Monaco
17 3MF Olivier Deman (2000-04-06) 6 April 2000 3 0 Cercle Brugge
20 3MF Aster Vranckx (2002-10-04) 4 October 2002 3 0 VfL Wolfsburg
13 3MF Matisse Samoise (2001-11-21) 21 November 2001 0 0 Gent
7 4FW Loïs Openda (2000-02-16) 16 February 2000 15 13 Vitesse
10 4FW Michel-Ange Balikwisha (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 5 1 Royal Antwerp
9 4FW Yorbe Vertessen (2001-01-08) 8 January 2001 5 2 PSV Eindhoven
11 4FW Anass Zaroury (2000-11-07) 7 November 2000 4 0 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 Maxime Delanghe (2001-05-23) 23 May 2001 0 0 PSV Eindhoven v.  Denmark, 29 March 2022
GK Nick Shinton (2001-05-10) 10 May 2001 0 0 Club Brugge v.  Turkey, 12 November 2021
GK Timothy Galjé (2001-06-05) 5 June 2001 0 0 RFC Seraing v.  Turkey, 3 September 2021
DF Ameen Al-Dakhil (2002-04-01) 1 April 2002 0 0 Sint-Truiden v.  Denmark, 29 March 2022
DF Killian Sardella (2002-05-02) 2 May 2002 5 1 Anderlecht v.  Denmark, 29 March 2022
DF Fedde Leysen (2003-07-09) 9 July 2003 0 0 PSV Eindhoven v.  Scotland, 16 November 2021
DF Arthur Theate (2000-05-25) 25 May 2000 3 0 Bologna v.  Denmark, 11 October 2021
DF Lucas Lissens (2001-07-25) 25 July 2001 2 0 Anderlecht v.  Denmark, 11 October 2021
DF Daan Dierckx (2003-02-24) 24 February 2003 0 0 Parma v.  Turkey, 3 September 2021
DF Mardochee Nzita (2000-02-24) 24 February 2000 0 0 Perugia v.  Germany, 8 September 2020
MF Nicolas Raskin (2001-02-23) 23 February 2001 5 1 Standard Liège v.  Denmark, 29 March 2022
MF Yari Verschaeren (2001-07-12) 12 July 2001 8 1 Anderlecht v.  Scotland, 16 November 2021
MF Tibo Persyn (2002-03-13) 13 March 2002 0 0 Club Brugge v.  Turkey, 3 September 2021
MF Charles De Ketelaere (2001-03-10) 10 March 2001 6 1 Club Brugge v.  Turkey, 3 September 2021
MF Antoine Colassin (2001-02-26) 26 February 2001 3 0 Anderlecht v.  Moldova, 13 October 2020
FW Mathieu De Smet (2000-04-27) 27 April 2000 0 0 Zulte Waregem v.  Kazakhstan, 4 June 2021
FW Largie Ramazani (2001-02-27) 27 February 2001 0 0 Almería v.  Kazakhstan, 4 June 2021
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

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 2019–2022 13 15 0.87
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
Winners (1): 2007–09
Runners-up (1): 2005–06

See also

References
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