Belgium national football B team

Belgium B

Nickname(s)	The Red Devils
Association	Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB/URBSFA/KBFV)[upper-alpha 1]
Home stadium	N/A
First colours Second colours
First international
Belgium B 2–1  Luxembourg (Arlon, Belgium; 4 May 1924)
Biggest win
Belgium B 8–0  Luxembourg (Charleroi, Belgium; 9 May 1954)
Biggest defeat
Belgium B 0–6 France B (Charleroi, Belgium; 7 December 1930)

Belgium B was a secondary football team that occasionally served as support for the Belgium national football team. At times they have played against the full national team of Luxembourg;^[1] they have also played matches against 'B' or U-23 teams from other football associations. Since the team's first use in 1924, there have been at minimum 104 games; most of them against Luxembourg, but also against English,^[2] French,^[3] Italian,^[4] Norwegian,^[5] Portuguese,^[6] and Swiss teams.^[7] The last recorded match dates from February 2000 (a 1–1 draw against France B).

This team is assumed to have been always different from the Belgian U-21 team. However, it is not well documented whether this is the same Belgian team that played qualifiers for the Summer Olympics until 1988; neither is it clear whether age restrictions (e.g. under-25) have ever been applied.

Match record

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Note: this record may not be exhaustive.

Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Points/game[upper-alpha 2]
England U-23	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00	0.00
France B	15	4	6	5	18	22	-4	26.67	1.20
Italy B	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	0.00	1.00
Luxembourg	75	57	11	7	244	106	+138	76.00	2.43
Norway U-23	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00	1.00
Portugal B	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00	1.50
Switzerland B	8	4	1	3	18	13	+5	50.00	1.63
Totals	104	66	22	16	287	147	+140	63.46	2.12

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