Belgium National Football Team

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Belgium Men's National Football Team:

Belgium National Football Team is a men's national football team which is administrated by the Royal Belgian Football association. At the carrer of the national forward player Paul Van Himst who is most praised Belgian football player of the 20th century, Belgium took third place at 1972 UEFA Euro.
Belgium National Football Team

Head Coach: Roberto Martinez

Captain: 

Eden hazard
Eden Hazard is the captain of Belgium national Football Team. He scored 32 goals in 106 matches for his nation and he is second most capped player and goalscorer for his team.

Nickname: Les Diables Rouges, De Rode Duivels

Team Anthem: The Brabanconne

First International Match:
                Belgium 3-3 France
       (1 May 1904, Uccle, Belgium)

Crest: 

Belgium football Team crest
The Belgium National Soccer Federation crest is a country's flag in a shield shape. The organisation official name of URBSFA KBVB is listed in the middle of the shield. At the bottom of the shield is a football association's founding year in 1895. On the top of the shield is a crown symbolized the royal designation distorted  on a federation by king Albert in 1920.

Home Stadium:  

King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium is the home stadium of Belgian National Football Team and most of the home matches are played at this stadium. At the time, the stadium has capacity of 75,000 audiences. The field size of the stadium is 106 m * 66 m.

Records:  
Belgium football team records

  • Jan Vertonghen is a most capped player(118) from Belgium team.
  • Romelu Lukaku Is a top goalscorer(52) from the team.
  • Robert De Been, Bert De Cleyn and Josip Weber have most hat-tricks (5 each) from the team.
  • Fernand Nisot is the youngest player to play for the team. (5862 days)

Achievements:  
Belgium Football team achievements

  • Belgium Football team achievements
  • Belgium Men's National Football Team is one time winner (1920) and one time third place holder (1900) in Summer Olympic Games.
  • The team is one time runners-up (1980) and one time third place holder (1972) in UEFA European Championship.
  • The team was also third place holder (2018) in FIFA World Cup.

Sponsors:
Adidas is a clothing manufacturer from 2014 who was also the supplier from 1974 to 1980 and 1982 to 1991. Before Adidas, Kit Manufacturer was Burrda (2010 to 2014).

2018 World Cup:

Belgium qualified in the 2018 World Cup by winning group of each European World Cup qualification. It has been placed in group G for the 2018 World Cup group stage.

Top ten greatest Men's Football Player:  

  1. Paul van Himst (1960-74, 30 goals, 81 caps)
  2. Jan Ceulemans (1977-91, 23 goals, 96 caps)
  3. Jean-Marie Pfaff (1976-87, no goals, 64 caps)
  4. Jef Mermans (1945-56, 27 goals, 56 caps)
  5. Wilfried van Moer (1966-82, 9 goals, 57 caps)
  6. Vincent Kompany (2004-present, 4 goals, 56 caps)
  7. Jef Jurion (1955-67, 9 goals, 64 caps)
  8. Michel Preud'homme (1979-94, no goals, 58 caps)
  9. Raymond Braine (1925-39, 26 goals, 54 caps)
  10. Eric Gerets (1975-91, 2 goals, 86 caps)

History:

Belgium football team history
In a summer of 1895, a group of representatives from some of the best clubs in Belgium gathered to form an executive committee to govern the sport of soccer in the country. As a result of this initiative, the Belgium union of athletics sports for UBSSA was officially founded on a 1 September 1895.
The organisation also include governing other sports beyond the soccer at that time. The UBSSA was a founding member of the FIFA in 1904.
By 1912, the organisation governing all other sports to become the Union Belge Des Societies De Football Association (UBSFA). Then in 1913, due to Belgium's multi linguine culture, the organisation adapted an additional offitial name 'Belgische Voetbalbond (BVB)'. Finally in 1920, for the organisation's 25th anniversary, King Albert awarded a royal title to the Football Association. So the officially, it became the Union Royale Belge Des Societes De Football Association (URBSFA).

Belgium Women's National Football Team:

Belgium Women's National Football Team is administered by the Royal Belgian Football association. The team has had mostly poor results from the beginning but showed improvement in the Euro 2013 and World Cup Qualifiers 2015. Belgium women's national football team.
Belgium womens national football team


Head Coach: Ives Serneels

Captain:

Tessa Wullaert is a captain of Belgium Women's Football Team. She is highest goal scorer (41) for the team. Home Stadium: Den Dreef Stadium in Leuven is the home stadium of the team.

First International Match:
France 1-2 Belgium (30 May 1976, Reims, France)

Records:

  • Tessa Wullaert is the highest goal scorer for the Belgium team - 41
  • Aline Zeler is most capped player from the team - 111
  • In July 2019, Belgium reached its highest FIFA ranking - 17
Belgium womens football team goals