The Belgium national under-18 football team is a feeder team for the main Belgium national football team.
Nickname(s) | Little Red Devils | ||
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Association | Royal Belgian Football Association | ||
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Head coach | Wesley Sonck | ||
Captain | Frederik Spruyt | ||
Most caps | Jean-Francois Gillet (19) | ||
Top scorer | Émile Mpenza (6) | ||
FIFA code | BEL | ||
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FIFA ranking | |||
Current | 10 |
The team plays an annual friendly tournament. In addition, it only plays practice matches. The team mainly intends to prepare players from Belgium Under 17 for Belgium Under 19.
From 1948 to 2001, an annual European Under-18 Championship was played. In 1977, Belgium won the tournament. In 2002, the tournament was transformed into a European Under-19 football championship.[1]
Recent results
edit28 April 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup | Belgium | 0–2 | Norway | |
15:00 | Report (in Dutch) | Espejord 6' Skimmeland 37' |
29 April 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup | Russia | 3–0 | Belgium | |
15:00 | Mayrovich 29' Chernov 46' Makarov 50' |
Report (in Dutch) |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Belgium [U18]". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 June 2021.