Equip with Belgium of football

|- | colspan=" 2" style=" text-align: center; padding: 0.5em; " bgcolor=" white" | |- | Nickname | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| the Red Devils / Grinds Duivels |- | Colors | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| red and black |- | Selector | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Rene Vandereycken |- | Classification FIFA
Le meilleur
Le less good | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| 60e (September 2007)
16th (January 2003)
71e (June 2007) |- | Record of selections | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Jan Ceulemans : 96 |- | Better striker | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Paul van Himst,
Bernard Voorhoof: 30 |- | First official match | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| />Belgic May 1st 1904
France |- | broader victory | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| />Belgic June 4th 1994
Zambia
/>Belgic February 28th 2001
broader defeat | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| April 17th 1909
England 11 - 2 Belgium |- | World cup | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Final stages : 11
Better result:
4e in 1986 |- | Championship of Europe | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Better result:
Finalist in 1980 |- | Olympic Games | bgcolor=#EEEEEE| Better result:
médaille of gold in 1920 |- |bgcolor=" white" | |bgcolor=" white" | |} The team of Belgium of football is consisted a selection of the best Belgian players under the aegis of the Belgian royal Union of the companies of football association.

History

Beginning of the year 70 at the end of the Nineties

Very little in sight on the international scene hitherto, the Belgian selection is qualified for the World cup 1970 then finishes third of the Euro 72, organized with domicile.
Mais the Belgians finally carry out their first blow of glare at the time of the Championnat of Europe of the Nations 1980 while arriving, instead of the Italy which however evolves/moves at it.
the Red Devils pulled by Guy Thys will finally incline accuracy against the FRG (2-1, doubled Horst Hrubesch).

Then, lasting more than one decade, the Belgium will always benefit under the crook from Guy Thys from a generation from exceptional players (of Jan Ceulemans with Enzo Scifo, while passing by Erwin Vandenbergh or Jean-Marie Pfaff) to qualify itself for all the great international appointments, except for the Euro 88.

The best performance of the Belgians in World cup is a semi-final with the Mexico in 1986. The Red Devils draw aside in particular the the USSR at the conclusion of a rocambolesque match (4-3 after prolongations) then the Spain (with the shootings with the goal) to reach the last square in particular thanks to their leader of play Enzo Scifo, 20 years only. They are inclined in semi-final vis-a-vis the Argentine of Diego Maradona (2-0), then in the match for the troisème place against the France (4-2).

Recent history (years 2000)

The fall in the hierarchy

In January 2003, after a world good 2002, Belgium is 16th with the classification FIFA, that is to say its best place since the creation of the classification. The decline then will start in 2004 to be definitively to confirm in 2006: for the first time for 28 years, the Belgium has not been present at the final stage of the World cup in Germany. Thereafter, the Belgians go down to the 71 E places classification FIFA (in June 2007). It is their worse result since the creation of this classification in 1993.

Belgium still fails in the eliminatory of the Euro 2008, while finishing in the fifth place of the Groupe has.

Polemics towards the players

For a few months several polemics have burst within the team:

  • the supporters of the Red Devils say that the players do not have any more the same motivation of before and that sees in Qualifications For the Euro 2008 Switzerland-Austria. They are 5th with 10 points and they have 7 and 9 points of delay on the two first ( to see the article devoted to with the group has eliminating heats 2006-2007 ).

  • the guard Stijn Stijnen creates a new polemic while declaring in an interview " It is necessary to break (to wound) Cristiano Ronaldo in less than 2 minutes " at 3 days of the Portugal-Belgium match. He will excuse himself some after having denied and will receive a fine of the FIFA of a little more than 2000 €.

  • A few days before the match opposing Belgium to Portugal, Stijn Stijnen refuses to be addressed to French-speaking newspapers.

  • the trainer Rene Vandereycken is seen offering a prolongation of contract until 2010 by the Belgian Union, and this in spite of catastrophic the qualification campaign in progress and this with the great dissatisfaction with the supporters of the national team (which were never also very few)

A possible changing

Despite everything the changing is announced because several young people and Néo-Belgians are selected like Steven Defour, Marouane Fellaini, Vincent Kompany, Sebastien Pocognoli, Faris Haroun, Kevin Mirallas, etc for the young people and Salou Ibrahim, Igor De Camargo for the Néo-Belgians (Salou Ibrahim is Belgian since the end of 2006, Igor De Camargo and Mohammed Tchité must still wait a few months).

Prize list

Course in World cup

  • 1930 : 1st turn

  • 1934: Eighth of finale
  • 1938: Eighth of finale
  • 1950: Preliminary round
  • 1954: 1st turn
  • 1958: Preliminary round
  • 1962: Preliminary round
  • 1966: Preliminary round
  • 1970: 1st turn
  • 1974: Preliminary round
  • 1978: Preliminary round
  • 1982: Eighth of finale
  • 1986: 4th
  • 1990: Eighth of finale
  • 1994: Eighth of finale
  • 1998: 1st turn
  • 2002: Eighth of finale
  • 2006: Preliminary round

Course in Championship of Europe

  • 1960 : Not registered
  • 1964: Preliminary round
  • 1968: Preliminary round
  • 1972: 3rd
  • 1976: Quarterfinal
  • 1980: Finale
  • 1984: 1st turn
  • 1988: Preliminary round
  • 1992: Preliminary round
  • 1996: Preliminary round
  • 2000: 1st turn
  • 2004: Preliminary round
  • 2008: Preliminary round

Olympic Games

Principal old international

Guards Defenders

Mediums Assailing

Selectors

Before 1910, a committee of the Belgian federation selected the players.

Current core of the Red Devils

Records

Records of Cape

(at November 16th, 2007)

Records of goals

(at November 16th, 2007)

External bonds

  • Site of the Belgian Royal Federation of Football: topicality of the team of Belgium

  • the team of Belgium on the site of the FIFA: infos and statistical

References

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