Belgium national under-21 football team


The Belgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. Their biggest successes were winning the 2007–09 International Challenge Trophy 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 2008 Summer Olympics. Their current home stadium is Den Dreef in Leuven.

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

Squad selected for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Germany on 17 November 2019. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1998. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.
Caps and goals updated as of 17 November 2019 after the match against.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up and remain eligible.

Statistics

Most capped players

#NameCareerCapsGoals
1Jean-François Gillet1996–2002360
2Thomas Chatelle1999–2003284
2Maarten Martens2003–2007287
4Faris Haroun2004–2008244
5Siebe Schrijvers2016–2019234
6Tom De Mul2004–2008214
6Gunter Van Handenhoven1997–1999211
8Jonathan Blondel2002–2007204
8Éric Deflandre1992–1995201
10Grégory Dufer2000–2003193
10Günther Vanaudenaerde2004–2006190
Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Top goalscorers

#PlayerCareerGoalsCapsAverage
1Kevin Vandenbergh2003–20051214
2Cédric Roussel1997–19991012
3Wesley Sonck1997–1999811
4Michy Batshuayi2012–2014713
4Landry Dimata2016–2018712
4Maarten Martens2003–2007728
4Ronny Martens1978–1984714
4Sven Vermant1993–199578
4Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo2005–2008717
10Benjamin De Ceulaer2004–2005617
10Youri Tielemans2013–2016614
10Marc Wilmots1987–198969
Last updated: 20 March 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Honours