This article lists respective team and individual football records in relation back to the belgian home football team ( The Red Devils ). [ A ] The page presently shows the records as of 7 October 2021 .

team records [edit ]

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Wins [edit ]

Largest win
  • 10–1 vs  San Marino
  • 9–0 vs Zambia on 4 June 1994
  • 9–0 vs  Gibraltar
  • 9–0 vs  San Marino
Largest away win
  • 6–0 vs  Luxembourg
  • 6–0 vs  Gibraltar
Largest win at the World Cup Finals

Draws [edit ]

It did n’t make feel at all, this match .

—Dutch international Frank De Boer, after the high Netherlands-Belgium scoring draw ( 5–5 ) in 1999 [ 6 ]

Highest scoring draw
5–5 vs  Netherlands
Highest scoring draw at the World Cup Finals
4–4 (a.e.t.) vs  England1954 World Cup
Highest scoring draw at the European Championship finals
1–1 vs  EnglandEuro 1980
Highest scoring draw at the Olympic Games finals
None

Defeats [edit ]

The English probably found a twelve adequate !

—Mockery Dutch newspaper comment after Belgium ‘s unofficial 12–0 passing to Corinthian, their biggest always defeat [ 7 ]

Largest defeat
2–11 vs England Amateurs on 17 April 1909
Including unofficial games: 0–12 vs Corinthian on 6 January 1906[8]
Largest defeat at home
1–9 vs  England
Largest defeat at the World Cup Finals
Largest defeat at the European Championship finals
0–5 vs  FranceEuro 1984

Belgium-Sweden 1–8, Sweden cracks Belgium .

—Dutch newspaper lead after Belgium suffered its largest frustration at a major tournament, at the 1924 Summer Olympics [ 9 ]

Largest defeat at the Olympic Games finals
1–8 vs  Sweden1924 Summer Olympics
Largest lead given away
2 goals, on several occasions

Goals [edit ]

Scored [edit ]

Most goals scored in a single game
10 vs  San Marino
Most goals scored in an away game
7 vs  Netherlands
Most goals scored during the first half
7 vs  Iceland
Most goals scored during the second half
7 vs  San Marino
Most goals scored during extra time
  • 2 vs  Soviet Union
  • 2 vs  United States
Most goals scored in a single game during the World Cup finals
5 vs  Tunisia2018 World Cup Cup
Most goals scored in a single game during the European Championship finals
4 vs  HungaryEuro 2016

Match phase of Belgium ‘s most productive Olympic bet on, against Luxembourg in 1928 ( 5–3 )

Conceded [edit ]

Most goals conceded in a single game
11 vs England Amateurs on 17 April 1909
Including unofficial games: 12 vs Corinthian on 6 January 1906[8]
Most goals conceded during a home game
9 vs  England
Most goals conceded during the first half
8 vs England Amateurs on 17 April 1909
Most goals conceded during the second half
  • 6 vs England Amateurs on 24 February 1914
  • 6 vs Nazi GermanyGermany on 22 October 1933
  • 6 vs  Netherlands
  • 6 vs  Austria
  • 6 vs  Netherlands
Most goals conceded during extra time
3 vs  Netherlands
Most goals conceded in a single game during the World Cup Finals
5 vs Nazi GermanyGermany on 27 May 1934, 1934 World Cup
Most goals conceded in a single game during the European Championship Finals
5 vs  FranceEuro 1984
Most goals conceded in a single game during the Olympic Games finals
8 vs  Sweden1924 Summer Olympics

Scored and conceded [edit ]

Highest total number of goals in a single game
  • 13: 2–11 defeat against England Amateurs on 17 April 1909

Thirteen times a hole in the air …

—Dutch newspaper head after the goal-rich 1951 Netherlands-Belgium meet ; both supporter sides together had 13 reasons to jump in the air [ 10 ]

  • 13: 7–6 victory against  Netherlands

Streaks [edit ]

Longest unbeaten run
23 games, from 2016 to 2018[B]
Longest run without victory
13, from 1933 to 1935
Most consecutive wins
12, from 2019 to 2020
Most consecutive draws
4, from 1948 to 1949, and in 1998
Most consecutive losses
7, from 1927 to 1928
Most consecutive games with at least one goal scored
38, from 2018 to 2021 (ongoing)
Most consecutive games without a goal scored
5, in 1999
Most consecutive games without a goal conceded
7, in 2019
Most consecutive games with at least one goal conceded
38, from 1928 to 1933

World rankings [edit ]

Source: FIFA.com [ 11 ]

Belgium go top, Chile and Austria soar

—FIFA News announcing Belgium ‘s highest ever FIFA World Ranking in November 2015 [ 12 ]

Highest FIFA ranking
1st (November 2015 – March 2016, September 2018 – present)
Lowest FIFA ranking
71st (June 2007)
Best Mover
+25 (April 2011)
Worst Mover
−14 (September 2010)

Source: Eloratings.net [ 13 ]

Highest Elo rating
2158 (following 1–0 vs  Portugal
Lowest Elo rating
1497 (following 0–8 vs  Netherlands
Highest Elo ranking
1st (16 November 2019 – 11 October 2020, 27 June 2021, 2 September 2021 – present)
Lowest Elo ranking
74th (September 2009)

Achievements [edit ]

major titles [edit ]

friendly trophies [edit ]

The Coupe Vanden Abeele

Shared (1): 1904
Winners (3): 1906, 1922, 1925
Shared (3): 1913, 1921, 1924
Winners (5): 1906, 1907, 1913, 1922, 1926
Shared (5): 1923, 1924, 1928 (2x), 1930
Shared (1): 1999

Awards [edit ]

Winners (4): 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020
Winners (1): 2002
Winners (1): 1980
Winners (2): 2013, 2014

other achievements [edit ]

(pictured: Jan Vertonghen). In 2018, the belgian players won tan at the World Cup

Third place (1): 2018
Fourth place (1): 1986
Runners-up (1): 1980
Third place (1): 1972
Fourth place (1): 2021
Individual

Appearances [edit ]

General [edit ]

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Most appearances
Jan Vertonghen (2007–present), 134 caps[C]

Jan Vertonghen holds the record for most Belgium external appearances. The following are the top ten-spot most cap players ; players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone :
As of 10 October 2021. The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF.
Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.
Hector Goetinck was the player with the longest career cross, and the beginning national director with the belgian nationality .

Highest number of players born outside Belgium simultaneously on the field
3 (Luís Oliveira, Gordan Vidović & Mbo Mpenza) vs  France
Players also appearing for another senior national team
Players capped while active outside of Europe
Youngest player
Fernand Nisot, aged 16 years and 19 days, on 30 April 1911 vs  Netherlands

The succeed are all the players who debuted for the national football team of Belgium before the age of 18, their team at that time and their common position :
Fernand Nisot was Belgium ‘s youngest actor and the merely who scored before the age of 17 .

Oldest player
Timmy Simons, aged 39 years, 11 months and 2 days, vs  Estonia

The following are the circus tent ten-spot oldest players for the national football team of Belgium, their team at that time and their usual position :
Timmy Simons placid made an international appearance at age 39 .
Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

On major tournaments [edit ]

Goals [edit ]

General [edit ]

First goal
Georges Quéritet vs  France
Most goals
Romelu Lukaku (2010–present), 68[I]

As of 7 October 2021, the top ten players with the most goals for Belgium are : ( Goalscorers with an equal number of goals are ranked with the highest to lowest goals per game proportion. )
Romelu Lukaku is the all-time acme scorer for Belgium with 67 goals .
The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF.
Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Players with the highest goals per game ratio (greater than one)

As of 19 November 2019, the players with the highest goals per game ratio ( greater than one ) for belgium are : ( Players with an equal goals per game proportion are ranked by the most goals scored. )

Rank Player Belgium career Goals Caps Position Goals per game
1 Jules Van Craen 1940 4 2 FW 2
Georges Quéritet 1904 2 1 FW 2
3 Maurice Willems 1956–1957 4 3 FW 1.3333
4 Robert De Veen 1906–1913 26 23 FW 1.1304

The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF.
Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Most goals in competitive matches
Romelu Lukaku, 46

Jef Mermans scored in seven matches in a rowing .
christian Piot, the only goalkeeper always to score a goal for Belgium

Latest goal scored by a player
Alphonse Six vs  Netherlands
Latest goal conceded by a goalkeeper
in the 119th minute
Goals in three separate decades
  • Bernard Voorhoof; 1 in 1928, 28 in the 1930s and 1 in 1940
  • Erwin Vandenbergh; 1 in 1979, 18 in the 1980s and 1 in 1991
  • Axel Witsel; 2 in the 2000s, 7 in the 2010s and 2 in the 2020s
Most goals in a match
Four goals in a match/Most goals in an away game
Three goals in a match

Belgium ‘s ‘hat-trick hero ‘ Robert De Veen scored three hat-tricks .

Hat-tricks at major tournaments
Robert Coppée, vs Spain on 29 August 1920 (at the 1920 Olympics)

Penalties [edit ]

Fastest [edit ]

In 2016, Christian Benteke scored the quickest ever goal in a competitive international therefore far, 8.1 seconds after kick-off .

On major tournaments [edit ]

Most goals in a single World Cup tournament
Romelu Lukaku, 4 (2018)

Marc Wilmots (pictured) and Romelu Lukaku became Belgium’s all-time top scorers at the World Cup with five goals each. and Romelu Lukaku became Belgium ‘s all-time top scorers at the World Cup with five goals each .

Most total goals at World Cup tournaments
Marc Wilmots (1998 and 2002) and Romelu Lukaku (2014 and 2018), 5 each
Most goals in a single World Cup qualifying campaign
Romelu Lukaku, 11 (2018)
Most goals in a single World Cup finals match

Captains [edit ]

First captain
Camille Van Hoorden
Most appearances as captain
Jan Ceulemans

Most captaincies [edit ]

The follow are the lead ten players assigned as captain the most times ( at the start of an external game ) :
Jef Jurion, the third-most suffice Belgium captain, became belgian ace nine times with Anderlecht. Correct as of 8 September 2021, after the match against Belarus .
Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

disciplinary [edit ]

red cards [edit ]

First player to get an expulsion
Pierre Braine, vs  Czechoslovakia
First substitute to get an expulsion
Mathieu Bollen, vs  Netherlands
First player to be expelled by receiving two yellow cards
Walter Meeuws, vs  Netherlands
First substitute to be expelled by receiving two yellow cards
None
Youngest player to get an expulsion
Mousa Dembélé, aged 19 years, 2 months and 25 days, vs  Azerbaijan
Oldest player to get an expulsion
Filip De Wilde, aged 35 years, 11 months and 14 days, vs  Turkey
Fastest expulsion by a starting player
27 minutes, Eric Deflandre vs  Scotland
Fastest expulsion by a substitute
3 minutes, Alexandre Czerniatynski, vs  Hungary
Fastest expulsion by receiving two yellow cards
29 minutes, Eric Deflandre, vs  Spain
Shortest time between two yellow cards
0 minutes, Eric Deflandre, vs  Spain

Devils Goor and Deflandre red from anger

—Word-play in a 2004 newspaper head. only in one meet of Belgium sol far, two players received a red tease. Both were identical displeased with their five- and three-day suspensions afterwards. [ 28 ]

Highest number of expulsions of Belgian players in a single game
2 expulsions: Eric Deflandre and Bart Goor, vs  Spain
Highest total number of expulsions in a single game
3 expulsions; Georges Heylens (Dobrivoje Trivić and Dragan Džajić ( Yugoslavia

chicken cards [edit ]

First player to get a yellow card
Odilon Polleunis, vs Spain on 23 February 1969
First player to get a yellow card as a substitute
François Van der Elst, vs  Netherlands
Youngest player to get a yellow card
Anthony Vanden Borre, 17 years, 11 months and 14 days, vs  Spain
Oldest player to get a yellow card
Franky Van der Elst, 36 years, 11 months and 23 days, vs  Romania
Highest total of yellow cards received
18, Vincent Kompany

assorted [edit ]

  • 8, vs  Algeria
  • 8, vs  Poland
Most simultaneous substitutions
  • 6, at half-time vs  Yugoslavia
  • 6, at half-time vs  Algeria
First game that went into extra time
On 30 April 1905, vs  Netherlands

Oranje team exhaust by playful ‘Anderlecht ‘

—Dutch 1964 newspaper heading. It pointed to the fact that at a certain moment in Belgium ‘s 1–0 win over the Netherlands all Belgians on the pitch came out for RSC Anderlecht [ 29 ]

Penalties [edit ]

blank sheets [edit ]

Thibaut Courtois holds the record for clean sheets .

  1. ^[1][2][3] the latter because the Belgian and Czech football federations were too late in requesting an official match.[4] When applicable, footnotes clarify the discrepancy. These records and statistics include caps and goals against Romania on 14 November 2012, against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 and against Czech Republic on 5 June 2017, which were counted by RBFA, but are not officially recognised by FIFA – the early two ascribable to an excessive total of substitutions according to the Laws of the Game, the latter because the belgian and Czech football federations were besides belated in requesting an official match.When applicable, footnotes clarify the discrepancy .
  2. ^ This does not include the FIFA unrecognized friendly against the Czech Republic on 5 June 2017
  3. a b c d e f g h i This includes three caps in FIFA unrecognized friendlies
  4. a b c d This includes two caps in FIFA unrecognized friendlies
  5. a b c d e f g h i j k This includes one cap in a FIFA unrecognized friendly
  6. a b This includes two selections for FIFA unrecognized friendlies
  7. ^ This includes three selections for FIFA unrecognized friendlies
  8. a b This includes one selection in a FIFA unrecognized friendly
  9. a b This includes three goals in FIFA unrecognized friendlies
  10. ^ This includes 1 hat-trick in a by the FIFA unrecognized friendly
  11. ^ Goals scored in penalty shoot-outs do not count on a player ‘s overall score count.
  1. ^ This includes three goals in FIFA unrecognized friendlies

References [edit ]