Belgium_national_under-21_football_team

Belgium national under-21 football team

Belgium national under-21 football team

National under-21 association football team representing Belgium

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.

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UEFA U-21 Championship Record

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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.

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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 Red card 90+3'		 Report Barella 44'
Cutrone 53'
Chiesa 89'		 Stadium: Mapei Stadium–Città del Tricolore
Attendance: 20,075
Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against  Scotland and  Spain on 17 and 21 November 2023, respectively.

Note: Names in italics denote players that have been called up to the senior team.

Caps and goals correct as of 21 November 2023.

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Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up and remain eligible.

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Statistics

Most capped players

  Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
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Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Top goalscorers

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Last updated: 20 March 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Honours

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

See also

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