Belgium national under-21 football team

Belgium U-21
Nickname(s) Young Devils
Association Belgian Football Association
Head coach Johan Walem
Most caps Jean-François Gillet (36)
Top scorer Cédric Roussel (10)
First colours
Second colours
First international
France France 1–1 Belgium Belgium
(Amiens, France; 3 September 1976)
Biggest win
Belgium Belgium 8–0 Luxembourg Luxembourg
(Mechelen, Belgium; 3 June 2007)
Biggest defeat
Czech Republic Czech Republic 7–0 Belgium Belgium
(Prague, Czech Republic; 24 April 2001)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances 2 (first in 2002)
Best result Semi-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.

UEFA U-21 Championship record

Year Round GP W D L GS GA
1978Did not qualify
1980
1982
1984
1986
1988
1990
1992
France 1994
Spain 1996
Romania 1998
Slovakia 2000
Switzerland 2002Group stage310224
Germany 2004Did not qualify
Portugal 2006
Netherlands 2007Semi-finals412134
Sweden 2009Did not qualify
Denmark 2011
Israel 2013
Czech Republic 2015
Poland 2017
Total2/20722358

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 (Q) 10 8 2 0 23 5 +18 26 Final tournament — 1–1 0–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
2  Sweden (Z) 10 6 2 2 19 8 +11 20 Play-offs if among four best runners-up 0–3 — 0–1 1–0 4–1 3–0
3  Turkey (E) 10 5 2 3 14 10 +4 17 1–2 0–3 — 0–0 4–0 4–2
4  Hungary (E) 10 3 2 5 12 14 −2 11 0–3 2–2 1–2 — 4–0 2–1
5  Cyprus (E) 10 2 1 7 8 23 −15 7 0–2 0–1 2–1 0–2 — 2–1
6  Malta (E) 10 1 1 8 8 24 −16 4 0–4 0–4 0–1 2–1 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
(E) Eliminated; (Q) Qualified to the phase indicated; (Z) Cannot qualify directly, but can still qualify via play-offs.

Results

Current squad

Squad selected for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Malta and Hungary on 7 September 2018 and 11 September 2018. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1996.[1] Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Nordin Jackers (1997-09-05) 5 September 1997 9 0 Belgium Genk
1GK Jens Teunckens (1998-01-30) 30 January 1998 1 0 Belgium Royal Antwerp
1GK Ortwin De Wolf (1997-04-23) 23 April 1997 0 0 Belgium Lokeren
2DF Dion Cools (1996-06-04) 4 June 1996 11 2 Belgium Club Brugge
2DF Wout Faes (1998-04-03) 3 April 1998 8 0 Belgium KV Oostende
2DF Zinho Vanheusden (1999-07-29) 29 July 1999 3 0 Belgium Standard Liège
2DF Jordi Vanlerberghe (1996-06-27) 27 June 1996 3 1 Belgium KV Oostende
2DF Mathias Bossaerts (1996-07-10) 10 July 1996 2 0 Belgium KV Oostende
2DF Casper de Norre (1997-02-07) 7 February 1997 2 0 Belgium Sint-Truiden
2DF Jur Schryvers (1997-03-11) 11 March 1997 2 0 Belgium Waasland-Beveren
2DF Rocky Bushiri (1999-11-30) 30 November 1999 0 0 Belgium KV Oostende
2DF Dries Wouters (1997-01-28) 28 January 1997 0 0 Belgium Genk
3MF Dodi Lukebakio (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 9 3 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
3MF Alexis De Sart (1996-11-12) 12 November 1996 7 1 Belgium Sint-Truiden
3MF Bryan Heynen (1997-02-06) 6 February 1997 5 0 Belgium Genk
3MF Stéphane Oméonga (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 3 0 Italy Genoa
4FW Siebe Schrijvers (1996-07-18) 18 July 1996 15 4 Belgium Club Brugge
4FW Landry Dimata (1997-09-01) 1 September 1997 10 5 Belgium Anderlecht
4FW Isaac Mbenza (1996-03-08) 8 March 1996 10 1 England Huddersfield Town
4FW Aaron Leya Iseka (1997-11-15) 15 November 1997 9 2 France Toulouse
4FW Julien Ngoy (1997-11-02) 2 November 1997 4 1 Switzerland Grasshopper
4FW Francis Amuzu (1999-08-23) 23 August 1999 0 0 Belgium Anderlecht

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 Arnaud Bodart (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 0 0 Belgium Standard Liège v.  Cyprus, 9 November 2017
GK Senne Vits (1996-08-31) 31 August 1996 0 0 Belgium Sporting Hasselt v.  Malta, 27 March 2017
DF Senna Miangue (1997-02-05) 5 February 1997 10 0 Belgium Standard Liège v.  Hungary, 11 September 2018
DF Elias Cobbaut (1997-11-24) 24 November 1997 5 0 Belgium Mechelen v.  Hungary, 26 March 2018
DF Samy Mmaee (1996-09-08) 8 September 1996 5 0 Belgium Standard Liège v.  Hungary, 26 March 2018
DF Maximiliano Caufriez (1997-02-16) 16 February 1997 1 0 Belgium Waasland-Beveren v.  Netherlands, 23 March 2018
DF Nathan de Medina (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 1 0 Belgium Royal Excel Mouscron v.  Turkey, 14 November 2017
DF Thibault De Smet (1998-06-05) 5 June 1998 0 0 Belgium Gent v.  Sweden, 6 October 2017
MF Alexis Saelemaekers (1999-06-27) 27 June 1999 2 0 Belgium Anderlecht v.  Hungary, 11 September 2018
MF Samuel Bastien (1996-09-26) 26 September 1996 8 1 Belgium Standard Liège v.  Hungary, 11 September 2018
MF Aristote Nkaka (1996-03-27) 27 March 1996 4 0 Belgium KV Oostende v.  Hungary, 26 March 2018
MF Orel Mangala (1998-03-18) 18 March 1998 2 0 Germany VfB Stuttgart v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2017
MF Andy Kawaya (1996-08-23) 23 August 1996 1 0 Belgium Mechelen v.  Turkey, 5 September 2017
MF Manuel Benson (1997-03-28) 28 March 1997 1 0 Belgium Genk v.  Malta, 27 March 2017
MF Charly Musonda (1996-10-15) 15 October 1996 12 1 England Chelsea v.  Latvia, 11 October 2016
MF Youri Tielemans (1997-05-07) 7 May 1997 14 6 France Monaco v.  Montenegro, 7 October 2016
MF Beni Badibanga (1996-02-19) 19 February 1996 1 0 Belgium Standard Liège v.  Czech Republic, 12 November 2015
FW Obbi Oularé (1996-01-08) 8 January 1996 6 1 Belgium Royal Antwerp v.  Hungary, 26 March 2018
FW Ryan Mmaee (1997-11-01) 1 November 1997 2 1 Belgium Waasland-Beveren v.  Cyprus, 10 October 2017
FW Zakaria Bakkali (1996-01-26) 26 January 1996 9 1 Spain Deportivo de La Coruña v.  Latvia, 11 October 2016

Honours

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

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Belgium squad". Belgian FA. Retrieved 2012-12-06.

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