| Federation
founded: 1895 |
| FIFA
member since: 1904 |
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WORLD
CUP HISTORY
|
| 1930 - First
round exit |
| 1934 - First
round exit |
| 1938 - First
round exit |
| 1950 - Did not participate |
| 1954 - First
round exit |
| 1958 - Did not qualify |
| 1962 - Did not qualify |
| 1966 - Did not qualify |
| 1970 - First
round exit |
| 1974 - Did not qualify |
| 1978 - Did not qualify |
| 1982 - Second
phase exit |
| 1986 - 4th
place |
| 1990 - Second
round exit |
| 1994 - Second
round exit |
| 1998 - First
round exit |
| 2002 - Second
round exit |
| 2006 - Did not qualify |
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STATISTICS
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| Played |
36
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| Won |
10
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| Drawn |
9
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| Lost |
17
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| Goals for |
46
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| Goals against |
63
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| Points |
39
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Belgium
are 18th on the all-time table.
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TEAM
RECORDS
|
Biggest
victory:
3-0 vs El
Salvador in 1970.
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Biggest
defeat:
2-5 vs Germany
in 1934.
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Overall
topscorer:
Marc Wilmots,
5 goals.
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Most
appearances:
Vincenzo Scifo,
17 matches.
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Hosted
the World Cup:
Never
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1930
No qualifying rounds held. Teams
were invited to take part and BELGIUM
chose to participate.
1934
(WCQ Group 7)
25.Feb 34 Irish FS 4-4 BELGIUM
29.Apr 34 BELGIUM 2-4 Netherlands
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 2 2 0 0 9-4 4
2.BELGIUM 2 0 1 1 6-8 1
3.Irish Free State 2 0 1 1 6-9 1
BELGIUM qualified for Italy 1934.
1938
(WCQ Group 9)
13.Mar 38 Luxembourg 2-3 BELGIUM
03.Apr 38 BELGIUM 1-1 Netherlands
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 2 1 1 0 5-1 3
2.BELGIUM 2 1 1 0 4-3 3
3.Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 2-7 0
BELGIUM qualified for France 1938.
1950
BELGIUM did not participate in
the qualifying rounds.
1954
(WCQ Group 2)
25.May 53 Finland 2-4 BELGIUM
28.May 53 Sweden 2-3 BELGIUM
23.Sep 53 BELGIUM 2-2 Finland
08.Oct 53 BELGIUM 2-0 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts
1.BELGIUM 4 3 1 0 11- 6 7
2.Sweden 4 1 1 2 9- 8 3
3.Finland 4 0 2 2 7-13 2
BELGIUM qualified for Switzerland 1954.
1958
(UEFA Group 2)
11.Nov 56 France 6-3 BELGIUM
05.Jun 57 BELGIUM 8-3 Iceland
04.Sep 57 Iceland 2-5 BELGIUM
27.Oct 57 BELGIUM 0-0 France
P W D L Gls Pts
1.France 4 3 1 0 19- 4 7
2.BELGIUM 4 2 1 1 16-11 5
3.Iceland 4 0 0 4 6-26 0
BELGIUM failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.
1962
(UEFA Group 1)
19.Oct 60 Sweden 2-0 BELGIUM
20.Nov 60 BELGIUM 2-4 Switzerland
20.May 61 Switzerland 2-1 BELGIUM
04.Oct 61 BELGIUM 0-2 Sweden
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Sweden 4 3 0 1 10- 3 6
Switzerland 4 3 0 1 9- 9 6
3.BELGIUM 4 0 0 4 3-10 0
BELGIUM failed to qualify for Chile 1962.
1966
(UEFA Group 1)
09.May 65 BELGIUM 1-0 Israel
26.Sep 65 Bulgaria 3-0 BELGIUM
27.Oct 65 BELGIUM 5-0 Bulgaria
10.Nov 65 Israel 0-5 BELGIUM
P W D L Gls Pts
1.BELGIUM 4 3 0 1 11- 3 6
Bulgaria 4 3 0 1 9- 6 6
3.Israel 4 0 0 4 1-12 0
Play-off [in Florence (ITA)]
29.Dec 65 Bulgaria 2-1 BELGIUM
BELGIUM failed to qualify for England 1966.
1970
(UEFA Group 6)
19.Jun 68 Finland 1-2 BELGIUM
09.Oct 68 BELGIUM 6-1 Finland
16.Oct 68 BELGIUM 3-0 Yugoslavia
11.Dec 68 Spain 1-1 BELGIUM
23.Feb 69 BELGIUM 2-1 Spain
19.Oct 69 Yugoslavia 4-0 BELGIUM
P W D L Gls Pts
1.BELGIUM 6 4 1 1 14- 8 9
2.Yugoslavia 6 3 1 2 19- 7 7
3.Spain 6 2 2 2 10- 6 6
4.Finland 6 1 0 5 6-28 2
BELGIUM qualified for Mexico 1970.
1974
(UEFA Group 3)
18.May 72 BELGIUM 4-0 Iceland
22.May 72 Iceland 0-4 BELGIUM
04.Oct 72 Norway 0-2 BELGIUM
19.Nov 72 BELGIUM 0-0 Netherlands
31.Oct 73 BELGIUM 2-0 Norway
18.Nov 73 Netherlands 0-0 BELGIUM
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 6 4 2 0 24- 2 10
2.BELGIUM 6 4 2 0 12- 0 10
3.Norway 6 2 0 4 9-16 4
4.Iceland 6 0 0 6 2-29 0
BELGIUM failed to qualify for West Germany 1974.
1978
(UEFA Group 4)
05.Sep 76 Iceland 0-1 BELGIUM
10.Nov 76 BELGIUM 2-0 Northern Ireland
26.Mar 77 BELGIUM 0-2 Netherlands
03.Sep 77 BELGIUM 4-0 Iceland
26.Oct 77 Netherlands 1-0 BELGIUM
16.Nov 77 Northern Ireland 3-0 BELGIUM
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 6 5 1 0 11- 3 11
2.BELGIUM 6 3 0 3 7- 6 6
3.Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 7- 6 5
4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 2-12 2
BELGIUM failed to qualify for Argentina 1978.
1982
(UEFA Group 2)
15.Oct 80 Rep. of Ireland 1-1 BELGIUM
19.Nov 80 BELGIUM 1-0 Netherlands
21.Dec 80 Cyprus 0-2 BELGIUM
18.Feb 81 BELGIUM 3-2 Cyprus
25.Mar 81 BELGIUM 1-0 Rep. of Ireland
29.Apr 81 France 3-2 BELGIUM
09.Sep 81 BELGIUM 2-0 France
14.Oct 81 Netherlands 3-0 BELGIUM
P W D L Gls Pts
1.BELGIUM 8 5 1 2 12- 9 11
2.France 8 5 0 3 20- 8 10
3.Rep. of Ireland 8 4 2 2 17-11 10
4.Netherlands 8 4 1 3 11- 7 9
5.Cyprus 8 0 0 8 4-29 0
BELGIUM qualified for Spain 1982.
1986
(UEFA Group 1)
17.Oct 84 BELGIUM 3-1 Albania
19.Dec 84 Greece 0-0 BELGIUM
22.Dec 84 Albania 2-0 BELGIUM
27.Mar 85 BELGIUM 2-0 Greece
01.May 85 BELGIUM 2-0 Poland
11.Sep 85 Poland 0-0 BELGIUM
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Poland 6 3 2 1 10- 6 8
2.BELGIUM 6 3 2 1 7- 3 8
3.Albania 6 1 2 3 6- 9 4
4.Greece 6 1 2 3 5-10 4
BELGIUM to UEFA play-offs with
runner-up of group 5.
16.Oct 85 BELGIUM 1-0 Netherlands
20.Nov 85 Netherlands 2-1 BELGIUM
(BELGIUM won on away goals rule.)
BELGIUM qualified for Mexico 1986.
1990
(UEFA Group 7)
19.Oct 88 BELGIUM 1-0 Switzerland
16.Nov 88 Czechoslovakia 0-0 BELGIUM
15.Feb 89 Portugal 1-1 BELGIUM
29.Apr 89 BELGIUM 2-1 Czechoslovakia
01.Jun 89 Luxembourg 0-5 BELGIUM
06.Sep 89 BELGIUM 3-0 Portugal
11.Oct 89 Switzerland 2-2 BELGIUM
25.Oct 89 BELGIUM 1-1 Luxembourg
P W D L Gls Pts
1.BELGIUM 8 4 4 0 15- 5 12
2.Czechoslovakia 8 5 2 1 13- 3 12
3.Portugal 8 4 2 2 11- 8 10
4.Switzerland 8 2 1 5 10-14 5
5.Luxembourg 8 0 1 7 3-22 1
BELGIUM qualified for Italy 1990.
1994
(UEFA Group 4)
22.Apr 92 BELGIUM 1-0 Cyprus
03.Jun 92 Faroe Islands 0-3 BELGIUM
02.Sep 92 Czechoslovakia 1-2 BELGIUM
14.Oct 92 BELGIUM 1-0 Romania
18.Nov 92 BELGIUM 2-0 Wales
13.Feb 93 Cyprus 0-3 BELGIUM
31.Mar 93 Wales 2-0 BELGIUM
22.May 93 BELGIUM 3-0 Faroe Islands
13.Oct 93 Romania 2-1 BELGIUM
17.Nov 93 BELGIUM 0-0 Czechoslovakia
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Romania 10 7 1 2 29-12 15
2.BELGIUM 10 7 1 2 16- 5 15
3.Czechoslovakia 10 4 5 1 21- 9 13
4.Wales 10 5 2 3 19-12 12
5.Cyprus 10 2 1 7 8-18 5
6.Faroe Islands 10 0 0 10 1-38 0
BELGIUM qualified for USA 1994.
1998
(UEFA Group 7)
31.Aug 96 BELGIUM 2-1 Turkey
09.Oct 96 San Marino 0-3 BELGIUM
14.Dec 96 BELGIUM 0-3 Netherlands
29.Mar 97 Wales 1-2 BELGIUM
30.Apr 97 Turkey 1-3 BELGIUM
07.Jun 97 BELGIUM 6-0 San Marino
06.Sep 97 Netherlands 3-1 BELGIUM
11.Oct 97 BELGIUM 3-2 Wales
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Netherlands 8 6 1 1 26- 4 19
2.BELGIUM 8 6 0 2 20-11 18
3.Turkey 8 4 2 2 21- 9 14
4.Wales 8 2 1 5 20-21 7
5.San Marino 8 0 0 8 0-42 0
BELGIUM advanced to UEFA play-offs.
29.Oct 97 Rep. of Ireland 1-1 BELGIUM
15.Nov 97 BELGIUM 2-1 Rep. of Ireland
BELGIUM qualified for France 1998.
2002
(UEFA Group 6)
02.Sep 00 BELGIUM 0-0 Croatia
07.Oct 00 Latvia 0-4 BELGIUM
28.Feb 01 BELGIUM 10-1 San Marino
24.Mar 01 Scotland 2-2 BELGIUM
02.Jun 01 BELGIUM 3-1 Latvia
06.Jun 01 San Marino 1-4 BELGIUM
05.Sep 01 BELGIUM 2-0 Scotland
06.Oct 01 Croatia 1-0 BELGIUM
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Croatia 8 5 3 0 15- 2 18
2.BELGIUM 8 5 2 1 25- 6 17
3.Scotland 8 4 3 1 12- 6 15
4.Latvia 8 1 1 6 5-16 4
5.San Marino 8 0 1 7 3-30 1
BELGIUM advanced to UEFA play-offs.
10.Nov 01 BELGIUM 1-0 Czech Republic
14.Nov 01 Czech Republic 0-1 BELGIUM
BELGIUM qualified for Korea/Japan 2002.
2006
(UEFA Group 7)
04.Sep 04 BELGIUM 1-1 Lithuania
09.Oct 04 Spain 2-0 BELGIUM
17.Nov 04 BELGIUM 0-2 Serbia/Mont.
26.Mar 05 BELGIUM 4-1 Bosnia/Herce.
30.Mar 05 San Marino 1-2 BELGIUM
04.Jun 05 Serbia/Mont. 0-0 BELGIUM
03.Sep 05 Bosnia/Herce. 1-0 BELGIUM
07.Sep 05 BELGIUM 8-0 San Marino
08.Oct 05 BELGIUM 0-2 Spain
12.Oct 05 Lithuania 1-1 BELGIUM
P W D L Gls Pts
1.Serbia/Montenegro 10 6 4 0 16- 1 22
2.Spain 10 5 5 0 19- 3 20
3.Bosnia/Herzegovina 10 4 4 2 12- 9 16
4.BELGIUM 10 3 3 4 16-11 12
5.Lithuania 10 2 4 4 8- 9 10
6.San Marino 10 0 0 10 2-40 0
BELGIUM failed to qualify for Germany 2006.
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