Throughout their history, theBelgium national team have played at 24 home locations in 12 urban areas,[1] most often in the country's Capital Region,Brussels. The nationalKing Baudouin Stadium, with a capacity of 50,024 people,[2] is the usual playing ground nowadays. At this location, the majority of the Red Devils' home matches took place. Other stadiums (with a smaller capacity) are normally assigned as home ground in case a rather small audience is to be expected or when the national stadium is in repair.
Belgium's first official match in 1904 was a home game, at theStade du Vivier d'Oie inUccle.[3] Before their first official match in the nationalJubilee Stadium in Brussels in 1931, the Red Devils made 67 home appearances in the current urban areas ofAntwerp, Brussels,Liège,Seraing andVerviers. In that era, Antwerp and its surroundings often hosted the Belgian home matches (32 times), mostly explained by the frequent confrontations againstthe national team of Antwerp's neighbouring country Netherlands, and the1920 Olympics football tournament held at theOlympisch Stadion (the "Kiel").
From 1931 on, the large majority of the home games have been played in the stadium on theHeysel/Heizel Plateau in Brussels. Inaugurated as "Jubilee Stadium" in 1930 with anunofficial match againstNetherlands,[4] and renamed "Heysel Stadium" in 1946, it underwent a drastical transformation in 1995. From then on, the stadium was named after the late KingBaudouin I. Also over the totality of home games since 1904, the location of the currentKing Baudouin Stadium accounts for the majority of home games played. In May 2013, it was announced that the King Baudouin Stadium would be demolished to create place for housing and that a new stadium would arise nearby at the Heysel.[5] In December of that year the involved parties agreed that this new stadium would no longer contain an athletic track as is currently the case.[6] However, the plans for the new stadium were shelved when no building permit for it was awarded.[7]
Some Belgian home stadiums have served as background for major tournaments when they hosted the 1920 Olympics (includingits football tournament) and the1972 and2000 European Championships. In September 2014Brussels was assigned as one of the 13 host cities for the2020 European Championship, with an upcoming new stadium ("Eurostadium") as venue for four tournament matches.[8] However, the UEFA later awarded the games to theWembley Stadium when delays were causing uncertainty whether the new stadium in Brussels would be completed in time.[9]
Some stadiums were given different names at different times; only the official name at the last time the national team played is mentioned below. Statistics include officialFIFA-recognised matches only;[A] unofficial games can be foundhere.
| Number of matches | Stadium | City area (town/quarter) | First international | Opponent | Last international | Opponent |
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| 219 | King Baudouin Stadium | Brussels* (City of Brussels) | 11 October 1931 |  Poland | 19 November 2023 |  Azerbaijan |
| 40 | Bosuilstadion | Antwerp (Deurne) | 1 November 1923 |  England | 12 October 1988 |  Brazil |
| 28 | Constant Vanden Stock Stadium | Brussels* (Anderlecht) | 27 October 1965 |  Bulgaria | 29 March 2022 |  Burkina Faso |
| 19 | Stade Maurice Dufrasne | Liège (Sclessin) | 2 January 1927 |  Czechoslovakia | 31 August 2017 |  Gibraltar |
| 15 | Olympisch Stadion | Antwerp (Kiel) | 29 August 1920 |  Spain | 7 September 2005 |  San Marino |
| 12 | Edmond Machtens Stadium | Brussels* (Sint-Jans-Molenbeek) | 21 May 1921 | England | 22 April 1995 |  United States |
| 10 | Beerschot Stadion | Antwerp (Kiel) | 30 April 1905 |  Netherlands | 15 March 1914 | Netherlands |
| 7 | Stade du Vivier d'Oie | Brussels* (Uccle) | 1 May 1904 |  France | 9 March 1919 | France |
| 6 | Den Dreef | Leuven (Heverlee) | 11 November 2020 |  Switzerland | 15 November 2023 |  Serbia |
| 5 | Longchamps | Brussels* (Uccle) | 18 April 1908 | England | 17 July 1920 | England |
| 5 | Albert Dyserynck Stadion | Bruges (Sint-Andries) | 22 October 1966 | Switzerland | 1 June 1974 |  Scotland |
| 4 | Parc Duden | Brussels* (Forest) | 6 March 1921 | France | 11 May 1929 | England |
| 4 | Stade Vélodrome de Rocourt | Liège (Rocourt) | 15 April 1922 |  Denmark | 14 May 1939 | Switzerland |
| 4 | Stade du Pays de Charleroi | Charleroi | 23 February 1946 |  Luxembourg | 4 September 2004 |  Lithuania |
| 4 | Jan Breydel Stadium | Bruges (Sint-Andries) | 23 August 1989 | Denmark | 14 November 2017 |  Japan |
| 3 | Jules Ottenstadion | Ghent (Gentbrugge) | 11 June 2003 |  Andorra | 9 February 2011 |  Finland |
| 3 | Cristal Arena | Genk (Waterschei) | 24 May 2006 |  Turkey | 28 March 2009 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina |
| 2 | Stadion aan de Broodstraat | Antwerp (Kiel) | 20 February 1912 | Switzerland | 23 November 1913 |  Germany |
| 2 | Stade du Panorama | Verviers | 2 November 1913 | Switzerland | 7 November 1971 | Luxembourg |
| 2 | Stade du Pont d'Ougrée | Seraing (Ougrée) | 13 December 1925 |  Austria | 25 May 1930 | France |
| 1 | Cointe | Liège (Cointe) | 23 April 1911 | Germany | 23 April 1911 | Germany |
| 1 | Rue du Forest | Brussels* (Forest) | 30 April 1911 | France | 30 April 1911 | France |
| 1 | Regenboogstadion | Waregem | 9 October 1968 | Finland | 9 October 1968 | Finland |
| 1 | Daknamstadion | Lokeren (Daknam) | 20 September 1978 |  Norway | 20 September 1978 | Norway |
| 385 | 24 locations | 12 urban regions | 1 May 1904 | France | 19 November 2023 | Azerbaijan |
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