Belgium national football team

The Belgian national football team is the football selection of Western European state of Belgium. The biggest success of the " Red Devils " Belgian team were called the Olympic gold medal in 1920 and the 4th place at the World Cup 1986.

History

The Belgian national team had its first heyday in the early 20 's of the 20th century, when it was Olympic champion in Antwerp and also one of the few European teams participated in the first World Cup in Uruguay. Only in the 1970s and 1980s, Belgium was able to return to these successes. At the time, the Belgian team reached under players like Jean -Marie Pfaff and Jan Ceulemans notable successes in World Cups and European Championships.

The name Red Devil comes from the year 1906 when a football reporter said that the Belgians would play like devils in red shirts.

The team failed last place in the qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup and Euro 2008. 's Qualification for Euro 2012 Belgium met in Group A Germany, Turkey, Austria, Kazakhstan and Azerbaijan, was third in the group and thus failed to qualify for this tournament. Thereafter, however, the Belgians showed a clear upward trend. In qualifying for the 2014 World Cup were played on large, distanced competition from Croatia, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia and Wales and qualified ahead of time for the 2014 World Cup. Benefits in the World Cup qualifiers also that Belgium in the FIFA led world Ranking reached in July 2013 for the first time a top 10 place and climbed in October 2013 to 5th place, which Belgium is set for the World Cup group draw in pot 1, and thus can not take on hosts Brazil and defending champion Spain in the group stages.

Participation of Belgium to the European Football Championship

Belgium took part in the finals four times the European Championship, it once. Hosted four members, for which Belgium also had to qualify, twice to the finals with eight participants, and once as automatically qualified hosts with 16 participants

Participation of Belgium in the Football World Championship ( 12 times)

Participation of Belgium in the accessible for senior national Olympic Games (three times)

Most games

(As of October 15, 2013 )

Coach

• William Maxwell Scotland - 1910-1914
• Charles Bunyan England - 1914
• William Maxwell Scotland - 1914-1928
• Viktor Lowenfeld Austria - 1928-1930
• Hector Goetinck - 1930-1934
• Jules Turn Hauer Hungary 1918 - 1934 to 1935
• Jack Butler England - 1935-1939
• Hector Goetinck - 1939-1940
• François Demol - 1940-1946
• Bill Gormlie England - 1945-1953
• Doug Livingstone Scotland - 1953-1954
• André Vandeweyer - 1954-1957
• Louis Nicolay - 1957
• Géza Toldi Hungary 1957 - 1957 to 1958
• Constant Vanden Stock ( sélectionneur ) - 1958-1968 Viktor Havlicek Austria - 1958-1960
• Henri Dekens - 1960-1961
• Arthur Ceuleers - 1961-1966
• Raymond Goethals - 1966-1968

• Raymond Goethals - 1968-1976
• Guy Thys - 1976-1989
• Walter Meeuws - 1989-1990
• Guy Thys - 1990-1991
• Paul Van Himst - 1991-1996
• Wilfried Van Moer - 1996-1997
• Georges Leekens - 1997-1999
• Robert Waseige - 1999-2002
• Aimé Anthuenis - 2002-2005
• René Vandereycken - 2006-2009
• Franky Vercauteren - 2009
• Dick Advocaat - 2009-2010
• Georges Leekens - 2010-2012
• Marc Wilmot - 2012 -

Extended squad

(Updated: December 11, 2013 Source: www.transfermarkt.de )