Nickname(s) | Young Devils |
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Association | Belgian Football Association |
Head coach | Johan Walem |
Most caps | Jean-François Gillet (36) |
Top scorer | Cédric Roussel (10 goals) |
First international | |
France 1-1 Belgium (Amiens, France; 3 September 1976) |
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Biggest win | |
Belgium 8-0 Luxembourg (Mechelen, Belgium; 3 June 2007) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Czech Republic 7-0 Belgium (Prague, Czech Republic; 24 April 2001) |
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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.
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.
Squad selected for the 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Malta on 27 March 2017. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1996. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.
The following players have been called up and remain eligible.