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| Federation founded: 1895 |
| FIFA member since: 1904 |
| Confederation: UEFA |
| Colours: Red with yellow and black borders |
| Nickname: The Red Devils |
| World Cups qualified for: 13 (of 21) |
| Best results: 3rd place 2018 |
|
 WORLD CUP RANKING
|
| P 48
|
W 20
|
D 9
|
L 19
|
GF 68
|
GA 72
|
Pts 69
|
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Belgium
is 11th on the all-time table.
|
|
TEAM RECORDS
|
| Champions |
- |
| Finalists |
- |
| Semi-finalists (or top 4) |
1986, 2018 |
| Quarter-finalists (or top 8) |
2014 |
| Biggest win |
5-2 vs Tunisia 2018 |
| Biggest loss |
2-5 vs Germany 1934 |
| Most wins in a row |
5 |
| Most losses in a row |
4 |
| Longest unbeaten run |
6 |
| Longest run without win |
7 |
| Longest run qualifying |
6 (1982-02) |
| Longest run not qualifying |
3 (1958-66) |
| Penalty shoot-outs |
1 win, 0 loss |
| BEL vs Europe |
W6 - D4 - L11 |
| BEL vs South America |
W3 - D1 - L4 |
| BEL vs Asia |
W4 - D2 - L1 |
| BEL vs Africa |
W3 - D1 - L0 |
| BEL vs N/C America |
W4 - D1 - L3 |
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MOST WORLD CUP APPEARANCES
|
| Enzo Scifo |
17 |
1986-98 |
| Jan Ceulemans |
16 |
1982-90 |
| Franky van der Elst |
14 |
1986-98 |
| Thibaut Courtois |
12 |
2014-18 |
| Eric Gerets |
12 |
1982-90 |
| Stephane Demol |
11 |
1986-90 |
| Georges Grün |
11 |
1986-94 |
| Eden Hazard |
11 |
2014-18 |
| Dries Mertens |
11 |
2014-18 |
| Frank Vercauteren |
11 |
1982-86 |
| Jan Vertonghen |
11 |
2014-18 |
|
MOST WORLD CUP GOALS
|
| Romelu Lukaku |
5 |
2014-18 |
| Marc Wilmots |
5 |
1994-02 |
| Jan Ceulemans |
4 |
1982-90 |
| Leopold Anoul |
3 |
1954 |
| Nico Claesen |
3 |
1986-90 |
| Eden Hazard |
3 |
2014-18 |
| Enzo Scifo |
3 |
1986-98 |
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YEAR RD OPPONENTS RESULT
1930 1R United States L 0-3
1R Paraguay L 0-1
1934 1R Germany L 2-5
1938 1R France L 1-3
1954 1R England [aet] D 4-4
1R Italy L 1-4
1970 1R El Salvador W 3-0
1R Soviet Union L 1-4
1R Mexico L 0-1
1982 1R Argentina W 1-0
1R El Salvador W 1-0
1R Hungary D 1-1
2Ph Poland L 0-3
2Ph Soviet Union L 0-1
1986 1R Mexico L 1-2
1R Iraq W 2-1
1R Paraguay D 2-2
2R Soviet Union [aet] W 4-3
QF Spain [5-4 ap] D 1-1
SF Argentina L 0-2
3/4 France [aet] L 2-4
1990 1R South Korea W 2-0
1R Uruguay W 3-1
1R Spain L 1-2
2R England [aet] L 0-1
1994 1R Morocco W 1-0
1R Netherlands W 1-0
1R Saudi Arabia L 0-1
2R Germany L 2-3
1998 1R Netherlands D 0-0
1R Mexico D 2-2
1R South Korea D 1-1
2002 1R Japan D 2-2
1R Tunisia D 1-1
1R Russia W 3-2
2R Brazil L 0-2
2014 1R Algeria W 2-1
1R Russia W 1-0
1R South Korea W 1-0
2R United States [aet] W 2-1
QF Argentina L 0-1
2018 1R Panama W 3-0
1R Tunisia W 5-2
1R England W 1-0
2R Japan W 3-2
QF Brazil W 2-1
SF France L 1-0
3/4 England W 2-0
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