The Belgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21
football
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team of
Belgium
Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. The country is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeast, France to th ...
and is controlled by the
Belgian Football Association
The Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA; ; ; ) is the governing body of football in Belgium. It was a founding member of FIFA in 1904 and UEFA in 1954 and was based in Brussels, not far from the King Baudouin Stadium. Since October 2021, ...
. The team competes in the
European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the compe ...
, held every two years. Their biggest successes were winning the
2007–09 International Challenge Trophy
The International Challenge Trophy, originally known as the European Challenge Trophy, is an international association football competition. It is open to national teams featuring semi-professional U-23 footballers who have not yet won senior inter ...
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
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. Their current home stadium is
Den Dreef
Den Dreef, also known as King Power at Den Dreef for sponsorship reasons, is a football stadium situated on Kardinaal Mercierlaan in the Heverlee suburb of Leuven in Belgium. It is home to Jupiler Pro League football team Oud-Heverlee Leuven and ...
in
Leuven
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.
UEFA U-21 Championship Record
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.
Results
Current squad
* The following players were called up for the international friendly matches against the
Netherlands
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and
France
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.
* Match dates: 23 & 26 September 2022
* Opposition: &
*Caps and goals correct as of: 26 September 2022, after the match against .
Recent call-ups
The following players have been called up and remain eligible.
Statistics
Most capped players
Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation
Top goalscorers
Last updated: 20 March 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation
Honours
*
International Challenge Trophy
The International Challenge Trophy, originally known as the European Challenge Trophy, is an international association football competition. It is open to national teams featuring semi-professional U-23 footballers who have not yet won senior inter ...
:Winners (1):
2007–09
:Runners-up (1):
2005–06
See also
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Belgium national football team
The Belgium national football teamfrench: Équipe nationale belge de footballgerman: Belgische Fußballnationalmannschaft officially represents Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. The squad is under the ...
*
Belgium national under-19 football team
The Belgium national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-19 Football Championship, held every year. Their bigges ...
*
Belgium national under-17 football team
The Belgium national under-17 football team is the national under-17 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-17 Championship and the FIFA U-17 World Cup. ...
*
European Under-21 Football Championship
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the compe ...
References
References and external links
UEFA Under-21 website complete results archive
full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships
{{National sports teams of Belgium
European national under-21 association football teams
Football
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