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As over 600 players have featured in the team since it started officially registering its players in 1904, [1] only players with more than 20 official caps are included. Despite the first Belgium international game taking place on 1 May 1904, the first player to reach 25 caps for his country was Armand Swartenbroeks , who played his 25th match ...
It includes Belgian footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category contains past and present players of the senior Belgium national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Olympic, Under-21 or other junior levels).
Ex-Red Devil Dimitri Mbuyu—the first black Belgium player (in 1987) [50] [122] —was engaged as godfather, and other foreign, current, and former footballers who played in the Belgian top division participated. [123] In 2018, four national team players spoke up against homophobic violence, in a video clip made by organisation Kick It Out. [124]
The Belgium national football team represents the country of Belgium in international association football. It is fielded by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the governing body of football in Belgium, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe.
Belgium soon embarks on its 2022 World Cup qualifiers, with a realistic goal of winning the tournament. For decades, the aim wasn't nearly as high.
As of 14 November 2024, 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 ratio.) Romelu Lukaku is the all-time top scorer for Belgium with 85 goals.
Players with name in bold currently play for the club. Years are the first and last calendar years in which the player appeared in competitive first-team football for the club. League appearances and goals comprise those in the Belgian First Division A and its predecessors of top-level league football in Belgium.
Belgian men's footballers (1 C, 2,181 P) + Belgian expatriate footballers (2 C) B. Belgian LGBTQ footballers (6 P) O. Olympic footballers for Belgium (65 P) W.