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The Belgium team won the 2001 Fed Cup and finished runner-up in 2006. The current Fed Cup team for Belgium is composed of Kim Clijsters, Yanina Wickmayer, Kirsten Flipkens, Alison Van Uytvanck, and An-Sophie Mestach. Belgium hosted each year the Belgian Open from 1987 on, which was replaced by the Proximus Diamond Games in 2002.
Association football is the most popular sport in Belgium, which has been played since the end of the 19th century. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport. The first match of the Belgium national team was played on 1 May 1904, a 3–3 draw against France.
Sint-Eloois-Winkel Sport Dissolved as First team 1942 K.V.V. Thes Sport Tessenderlo: Belgian National Division 1 1943 Lierse Kempenzonen: Challenger Pro League created by the merger of FC Oosterzonen and Lierse in 2018 1945 Eupen: Challenger Pro League created by the merger of La Jeunesse d'Eupen and FC Eupen 1920 in 1945 1949 Royal Francs-Borains
The Belgian Pro League (Dutch: Eerste klasse; French: Championnat de Belgique de football; German: Pro League), officially the Jupiler Pro League (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈʑypilɛr ˈproː ˌlik]) due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler, is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023 ...
Romelu Lukaku is Belgium's top goalscorer with 85 goals. Romelu Lukaku is the highest-scoring Belgium player with 85 goals. [a] [191] Those who scored the most goals in one match are Robert De Veen, Bert De Cleyn and Josip Weber with five; [50] Lukaku holds the record for the most hat-tricks with four. [50]
Defender Jan Vertonghen is the men's overall record holder with 148 caps as of 20 June 2023. Romelu Lukaku is the all-time top scorer, having scored 75 goals in 108 matches. The Belgium national football team represents the country of Belgium in international association football. It is fielded by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the ...
RFC Malinois (1) R Beerschot AC. K Liersche SK. 1943–44. R Antwerp FC (3) Anderlechtois. R Beerschot AC. 1944–1945. League suspended due to the Second World War.
0–5 vs France on 16 June 1984, Euro 1984. Belgium-Sweden 1–8, Sweden cracks Belgium. —Dutch newspaper heading after Belgium suffered its largest defeat at a major tournament, at the 1924 Summer Olympics[9] Largest defeat at the Olympic Games finals. 1–8 vs Sweden on 29 May 1924, 1924 Summer Olympics.