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Belgium national under-21 football team

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National under-21 association football team representing Belgium

Belgium U-21

Nickname(s)

Jonge duivels (Young demons)
Jeunes diables (Little devils)
Junge Teufels (Young Devils)

Association

Royal Belgian Football Association

Head coach

Gill Swerts

Captain

Aster Vranckx

Mostcaps

Jean-François Gillet (36)

Top scorer

Loïs Openda (13)

Home stadium

Den Dreef

Firstcolours

Secondcolours

First international

France 1–1Belgium

(Amiens,France; 3 September 1976)

Biggest win

Belgium 8–0Luxembourg

(Mechelen,Belgium; 3 June 2007)

Biggest defeat

Czech Republic 7–0Belgium

(Prague,Czech Republic; 24 April 2001)

UEFA U-21 Championship

Appearances

4 (first in 2002)

Best result

Semi-finals (2007)

TheBelgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21football team ofBelgium and is controlled by theBelgian Football Association. The team competes in theUEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Their biggest successes were winning the2007–09 International Challenge Trophy and reaching the European Championship semi-finals in2007 in the Netherlands. Thanks to the latter achievement, Belgium qualified for the football tournament at the2008 Summer Olympics. Their current home stadium isDen Dreef inLeuven.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

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Year	Round	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1978	Did not qualify
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
1994
1996
1998
2000
2002	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	4
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Did not qualify
2007	Semi-finals	4	1	2	1	3	4
2009	Did not qualify
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019	Group stage	3	0	0	3	4	8
2021	Did not qualify
2023	Group stage	3	0	2	1	3	4
2025	Did not qualify

Current squad

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The following players were called up for the2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches againstAustria on 14 November 2025 respectively.^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2025, againstAustria. Names inbold denote players who have been capped for thesenior team.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Mike Penders	(2005-01-15)15 January 2005 (age 21)	3	0	Strasbourg
12	1GK	Martin Delavallée	(2004-03-18)18 March 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Charleroi
	1GK	Kjell Peersman	(2004-05-21)21 May 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Gent

2	2DF	Nolan Martens	(2004-07-07)7 July 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Excelsior
3	2DF	Jorne Spileers	(2005-01-21)21 January 2005 (age 21)	18	0	Club Brugge
4	2DF	Matte Smets	(2004-01-04)4 January 2004 (age 22)	6	1	Genk
5	2DF	Matteo Dams	(2004-03-09)9 March 2004 (age 21)	5	0	Al-Ahli
16	2DF	Denzel De Roeve	(2004-08-10)10 August 2004 (age 21)	1	0	Brann
17	2DF	Josue Kongolo	(2006-04-13)13 April 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Genk

6	3MF	Kamiel Van de Perre	(2004-02-12)12 February 2004 (age 22)	4	0	Union SG
8	3MF	Thomas Claes	(2004-03-26)26 March 2004 (age 21)	0	0	Genk
10	3MF	Mathis Servais	(2004-11-23)23 November 2004 (age 21)	5	0	Mechelen
11	3MF	Stanis Idumbo	(2005-06-29)29 June 2005 (age 20)	6	1	Monaco^[a]
13	3MF	Arthur Piedfort	(2005-02-01)1 February 2005 (age 21)	2	0	Westerlo
15	3MF	Rayane Bounida	(2006-03-03)3 March 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Ajax
18	3MF	Arthur Vermeeren	(2005-02-07)7 February 2005 (age 21)	9	0	Marseille

7	4FW	Noah Adedeji-Sternberg	(2005-06-19)19 June 2005 (age 20)	5	1	Genk
9	4FW	Lucas Stassin	(2004-11-29)29 November 2004 (age 21)	12	5	Saint-Étienne
14	4FW	Julien Duranville	(2006-05-05)5 May 2006 (age 19)	4	1	Borussia Dortmund
19	4FW	Norman Bassette	(2004-11-09)9 November 2004 (age 21)	8	5	Reims
20	4FW	Benjamin Pauwels	(2004-10-29)29 October 2004 (age 21)	2	1	Leganés

Recent call-ups

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The following players have been called up and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Matt Lendfers	(2006-03-10)10 March 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Sint-Truiden	v. Kazakhstan, 10 September 2024

DF	Kyriani Sabbe	(2005-01-26)26 January 2005 (age 21)	3	0	Club Brugge	v. Austria, 14 November 2025
DF	Lucas Noubi	(2005-01-15)15 January 2005 (age 21)	3	0	Deportivo La Coruña	v. Denmark, 14 October 2025
DF	Jorthy Mokio	(2008-02-29)29 February 2008 (age 17)	4	2	Ajax	v. Denmark, 14 October 2025
DF	Vincent Burlet	(2005-09-23)23 September 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Lille	v. Belarus, 4 September 2025
DF	Amando Lapage	(2004-11-08)8 November 2004 (age 21)	2	0	Westerlo	v. Andorra, 23 March 2025
DF	Bram Lagae	(2004-01-14)14 January 2004 (age 22)	2	0	Gent	v. Andorra, 23 March 2025
DF	Semm Renders	(2007-12-17)17 December 2007 (age 18)	2	0	Antwerp	v. Andorra, 23 March 2025
DF	Richie Sagrado	(2004-01-30)30 January 2004 (age 22)	1	0	Venezia	v. Czech Republic, 19 November 2024

MF	Mathias Delorge	(2004-07-31)31 July 2004 (age 21)	8	0	Gent	v. Austria, 14 November 2025
MF	Tristan Degreef	(2005-01-19)19 January 2005 (age 21)	1	0	Anderlecht	v. Denmark, 14 October 2025
MF	Diego Moreira	(2004-08-06)6 August 2004 (age 21)	2	1	Strasbourg	v. Denmark, 14 October 2025
MF	Joseph Nonge	(2005-05-15)15 May 2005 (age 20)	2	0	Kocaelispor	v. Belarus, 4 September 2025
MF	Chris Lokesa	(2004-11-07)7 November 2004 (age 21)	1	0	RKC Waalwijk	v. Kazakhstan, 10 September 2024
MF	Pierre Dwomoh	(2004-06-21)21 June 2004 (age 21)	1	1	Watford	v. Morocco, 4 June 2024
MF	Noah Mbamba	(2005-01-05)5 January 2005 (age 21)	1	0	Dender	v. Spain, 26 March 2024
MF	Roméo Lavia	(2004-01-06)6 January 2004 (age 22)	1	0	Chelsea	v. Czech Republic, 23 March 2023

FW	Romeo Vermant	(2004-01-24)24 January 2004 (age 22)	10	3	Club Brugge	v. Denmark, 14 October 2025
FW	Samuel Mbangula	(2004-01-16)16 January 2004 (age 22)	11	0	Werder Bremen	v. Denmark, 14 October 2025
FW	Kaye Furo	(2007-02-06)6 February 2007 (age 19)	1	0	Club Brugge	v. Belarus, 4 September 2025
FW	Mika Godts	(2005-06-07)7 June 2005 (age 20)	0	0	Ajax	v. Scotland, 11 October 2024
FW	Malick Fofana	(2005-03-31)31 March 2005 (age 20)	9	0	Lyon	v. Kazakhstan, 10 September 2024

Statistics

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Most capped players

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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
2	Maarten Martens	2003–2007	28	7
4	Faris Haroun	2004–2008	24	4
4	Hugo Siquet	2021–2024	24	0
6	Siebe Schrijvers	2016–2019	23	4
7	Tom De Mul	2004–2008	21	4
	Wout Faes	2017–2020	21	0
	Gunter Van Handenhoven	1997–1999	21	1
10	Jonathan Blondel	2002–2007	20	4
10	Éric Deflandre	1992–1995	20	1

Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Top goalscorers

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Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
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

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International Challenge Trophy

Winners (1):2007–09

Runners-up (1):2005–06

Notes

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^Monaco is a Monégasque club playing in theFrench football league system.

References

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^"De selectie van onze U21 voor de oefenwedstrijden tegen Andorra en Zweden" (in Dutch). Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond. 14 March 2025. Retrieved19 March 2025.

References and external links

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UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships

Belgium national football team

Venues

Home venues
King Baudouin Stadium(1930–)

Records and statistics

Results	Match results 1904–1909 1910–1919 1980–1989 1990–1999 2000–2009 2010–2019 2020–present Unofficial
Team	Statistics By opponent Per manager Achievements Records
Individual	Caps Hat-tricks Captaincies Awards Disciplinary Other
Goals	Romelu Lukaku

Players

Rivalries

World Cup Finals

European Finals

Other tournaments

Matches

Culture

Other RBFA teams

Men's	Belgium B (defunct) Youth U-21 U-19 U-18 U-17 U-16 U-15 Futsal Beach
Women's	Senior Youth U-21 U-19 U-17 U-16 U-15 Beach

Football in Belgium

National teams

League system

Level 1	Pro League
Level 2	Challenger Pro League
Level 3	Division 1 (2 divisions: 1 VV, 1 ACFF)
Level 4	Division 2 (3 divisions: 2 VV, 1 ACFF)
Level 5	Division 3 (4 divisions: 2 VV, 2 ACFF)
Levels 6–9	Provincial Leagues(10 groups:Antwerp, Flemish teams fromBrabant (unifiedBrussels Capital Region,Flemish Brabant andWalloon Brabant division), Francophone teams fromBrabant,East Flanders,Hainaut,Liège,Limburg,Luxembourg,Namur, andWest Flanders)
Defunct	Belgian Second Division,Belgian Third Division,Belgian Fourth Division

Women's League system

Level 1	Super League
Level 2	First Division
Level 3	Second Division
Level 4+	Provincial Leagues(10 groups:Antwerp, Flemish teams fromBrabant (unifiedBrussels Capital Region,Flemish Brabant andWalloon Brabant division), Francophone teams fromBrabant,East Flanders,Hainaut,Liège,Limburg,Luxembourg,Namur, andWest Flanders)
Defunct	BeNe League,Third Division

Domestic cups

Men	Belgian Cup Belgian Super Cup defunct:Belgian League Cup
Women	Belgian Women's Cup defunct:BeNe Super Cup

Awards

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Active	Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales
Defunct	Czechoslovakia East Germany Soviet Union Yugoslavia

National under-21 men'sfootball teams of Europe (UEFA)

Active

Defunct

UEFA European U-21 and U-23 Championship

Under-23

Without host	1970–1972 1972–1974 1974–1976

Under-21

Without host	1976–1978 1978–1980 1980–1982 1982–1984 1984–1986 1986–1988 1988–1990 1990–1992
With host	France 1994 Spain 1996 Romania 1998 Slovakia 2000 Switzerland 2002 Germany 2004 Portugal 2006 Netherlands 2007 Sweden 2009 Denmark 2011 Israel 2013 Czech Republic 2015 Poland 2017 Italy 2019 Hungary / Slovenia 2021 Romania / Georgia 2023 Slovakia 2025 Albania / Serbia 2027
Qualification	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025 2027
Finals	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025
Squads	1994 1996 1998 2000 2002 2004 2006 2007 2009 2011 2013 2015 2017 2019 2021 2023 2025

v t e Belgian Sportsman of the Year
Men	1967Ferdinand Bracke 1968Serge Reding 1969–1974Eddy Merckx 1975Bruno Brokken 1976Ivo Van Damme 1977Michel Pollentier 1978Raymond Ceulemans 1979–1980Robert Van de Walle 1981Freddy Maertens 1982Jacky Ickx 1983Eddy Annys 1984Claude Criquielion 1985Gaston Rahier &Vincent Rousseau 1986William Van Dijck 1987Georges Jobé 1988Eric Geboers 1989Thierry Boutsen 1990Rudy Dhaenens 1991Jean-Michel Saive 1992Georges Jobé 1993Vincent Rousseau 1994Jean-Michel Saive 1995–1996Fred Deburghgraeve 1997Luc Van Lierde 1998Fred Deburghgraeve 1999Luc Van Lierde 2000Joël Smets 2001–2004Stefan Everts 2005Tom Boonen 2006Stefan Everts 2007Tom Boonen 2008Sven Nys 2009–2011Philippe Gilbert 2012Tom Boonen 2013Frederik Van Lierde 2014Thibaut Courtois 2015Kevin De Bruyne 2016Greg Van Avermaet 2017David Goffin 2018Eden Hazard 2019Remco Evenepoel 2020–2021Wout van Aert 2022–2025Remco Evenepoel
Women	1975Carine Verbauwen 1976–1977Anne-Marie Pira 1978–1979Carine Verbauwen 1980Ingrid Berghmans 1981Annie Lambrechts 1982–1986Ingrid Berghmans 1987Ingrid Lempereur 1988–1989Ingrid Berghmans 1990–1991Sabine Appelmans 1992Annelies Bredael 1993Gella Vandecaveye 1994–1995Brigitte Becue 1996Ulla Werbrouck 1997Gella Vandecaveye 1998Dominique Monami 1999–2002Kim Clijsters 2003–2004Justine Henin-Hardenne 2005Kim Clijsters 2006–2007Justine Henin-Hardenne 2008Tia Hellebaut 2009–2011Kim Clijsters 2012Evi Van Acker 2013Kirsten Flipkens 2014Nafissatou Thiam 2015Delfine Persoon 2016–2017Nafissatou Thiam 2018–2019Nina Derwael 2020Emma Meesseman 2021Nina Derwael 2022Nafissatou Thiam 2023Lotte Kopecky 2024Nafissatou Thiam 2025Emma Meesseman
Team	1997Noliko Maaseik 1998 Motocross team 1999Davis Cup team 2000Anderlecht 2001Fed Cup team 2002La Villette 2003 Motocross team 2004 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2005Men's under-21 football team 2006Fed Cup team 2007–2008 Women's 4×100 metres relay 2009–2011Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2012Men's field hockey team 2013–2014Men's football team 2015Davis Cup team 2016Men's field hockey team 2017Davis Cup team 2018–2019Men's field hockey team 2020Women's basketball team 2021Men's field hockey team 2022Belgian men's 4 × 400 metres relay team 2023Women's basketball team 2024Thierry Neuville andMartijn Wydaeghe 2025Women's basketball team
Talent	1998Kim Clijsters 1999Bart Wellens 2000Bart Aernouts 2001Jurgen Van den Broeck 2002Thomas Buffel 2003Kirsten Flipkens 2004Aagje Vanwalleghem 2005Niels Albert 2006Yoris Grandjean 2007Dominique Cornu 2008Elise Matthysen 2009Romelu Lukaku 2010Luca Brecel 2011Thomas Van der Plaetsen 2012Kimmer Coppejans 2013Nafissatou Thiam 2014Divock Origi 2015Tiesj Benoot 2016Louise Carton 2017Lotte Kopecky 2018Remco Evenepoel 2019Yari Verschaeren 2020Charles De Ketelaere 2021Thibau Nys 2022Cian Uijtdebroeks 2023Alec Segaert 2024Jarno Widar 2025Roos Vanotterdijk
Paralympic	2010Sven Decaesstecker 2011Wim Decleir 2012Marieke Vervoort 2013Joachim Gérard 2014Michèle George 2015Marieke Vervoort 2016Laurens Devos 2017–2018Peter Genyn 2019–2021Joachim Gérard 2022Michèle George 2023-2024Maxime Carabin 2025Léa Bayekula
Coach	2011–2012Jacques Borlée 2013–2014Marc Wilmots 2015Hein Vanhaezebrouck 2016–2017Roger Lespagnard 2018Roberto Martínez 2019Shane Mcleod 2020Philip Mestdagh 2021Shane Mcleod 2022Roger Lespagnard 2023Rachid Meziane 2024Sven Vanthourenhout 2025Vincent Kompany

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