The Belgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21

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team of

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and is controlled by the

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. The team competes in the

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, held every two years. Their biggest successes were winning the 2007–09

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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

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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 ...

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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

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and

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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

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

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

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