Belgium national football team results (2020–present)

In the 2020s, the Belgium national football team played at the UEFA Euro 2020 and also played at the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals.^[1]

Results edit

Legend for encounters
W.C.	FIFA World Cup
EURO	UEFA European Championship
N.L.	UEFA Nations League
Q	Qualification rounds
GS	Group Stage
R16	Round of 16 (eighth-finals)
QF	Quarter-final
SF	Semi-final
3rd	Third place match
F	Final

39 official matches played (as of 28 March 2023^[update]):^[2]^[3]^[4]

2020 edit

27 March 2020 Qatar Airways International Tournament	Belgium	Cancelled	Portugal	Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
		Report		Stadium: Education City Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

30 March 2020 Qatar Airways International Tournament	Switzerland	Cancelled	Belgium	Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
		Report		Stadium: Education City Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

5 September 2020 UEFA Nations League A	Denmark	0–2	Belgium	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45		Report	Denayer 9' Mertens 77'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

8 September 2020 UEFA Nations League A	Belgium	5–1	Iceland	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Witsel 13' Batshuayi 17', 69' Mertens 50' Doku 80'	Report	Friðjónsson 11'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

8 October 2020 Friendly	Belgium	1–1	Ivory Coast	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Batshuayi 54'	Report	Kessié 87' (pen.)	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

11 October 2020 UEFA Nations League A	England	2–1	Belgium	London, England
18:00	Rashford 39' (pen.) Mount 65'	Report	R. Lukaku 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

14 October 2020 UEFA Nations League A	Iceland	1–2	Belgium	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:45	Sævarsson 17'	Report	R. Lukaku 9', 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 60 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

11 November 2020 Friendly	Belgium	2–1	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Batshuayi 49', 70'	Report	Mehmedi 12'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

15 November 2020 UEFA Nations League A	Belgium	2–0	England	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Tielemans 10' Mertens 23'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

18 November 2020 UEFA Nations League A	Belgium	4–2	Denmark	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Tielemans 3' R. Lukaku 57', 69' De Bruyne 87'	Report	Wind 17' Chadli 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

2021 edit

24 March 2021 2022 World Cup Q. Group E	Belgium	3–1	Wales	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	De Bruyne 22' Hazard 28' R. Lukaku 73' (pen.)	Report	Wilson 11'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

27 March 2021 2022 World Cup Q. Group E	Czech Republic	1–1	Belgium	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45	Provod 50'	Report	R. Lukaku 60'	Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

30 March 2021 2022 World Cup Q. Group E	Belgium	8–0	Belarus	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Batshuayi 14' Vanaken 17', 89' Trossard 38', 75' Doku 42' Praet 49' Benteke 70'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

3 June 2021 Friendly	Belgium	1–1	Greece	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Hazard 20'	Report	Tzavellas 66'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

6 June 2021 Friendly	Belgium	1–0	Croatia	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	R. Lukaku 38'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

12 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group B	Belgium	3–0	Russia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:00	R. Lukaku 10', 88' Meunier 34'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 26,264 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

17 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group B	Denmark	1–2	Belgium	Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00	Poulsen 2'	Report	T. Hazard 55' De Bruyne 70'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 23,395 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

21 June 2021 Euro 2020 Group B	Finland	0–2	Belgium	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00		Report	Hrádecký 74' (o.g.) R. Lukaku 81'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,545 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

27 June 2021 Euro 2020 R16	Belgium	1–0	Portugal	Seville, Spain
21:00	T. Hazard 42'	Report		Stadium: La Cartuja Attendance: 11,504 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

2 July 2021 Euro 2020 QF	Belgium	1–2	Italy	Munich, Germany
21:00	R. Lukaku 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Barella 31' Insigne 44'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 12,984 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

2 September 2021 2022 World Cup Q. Group E	Estonia	2–5	Belgium	Tallinn, Estonia
20:45	Käit 2' Sorga 83'	Report	Vanaken 22' Lukaku 29', 52' Witsel 65' Foket 76'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 6,685 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

5 September 2021 2022 World Cup Q. Group E	Belgium	3–0	Czech Republic	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	R. Lukaku 8' E. Hazard 41' Saelemaekers 65'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 21,416 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

8 September 2021 2022 World Cup Q. Group E	Belarus	0–1	Belgium	Kazan, Russia
20:45		Report	Praet 33'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

7 October 2021 UEFA Nations League SF	Belgium	2–3	France	Turin, Italy
20:45	Carrasco 37' R. Lukaku 40'	Report	Benzema 62' Mbappé 69' (pen.) T. Hernandez 90'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 12,409 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

10 October 2021 UEFA Nations League 3rd	Italy	2–1	Belgium	Turin, Italy
15:00	Barella 46' Berardi 65' (pen.)	Report	De Ketelaere 86'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 16,724 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

13 November 2021 2022 World Cup Q. Group E	Belgium	3–1	Estonia	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Benteke 11' Carrasco 53' T. Hazard 74'	Report	Sorga 70'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 29,865 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

16 November 2021 2022 World Cup Q. Group E	Wales	1–1	Belgium	Cardiff, Wales
20:45	Moore 32'	Report	De Bruyne 12'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

2022 edit

26 March 2022 Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Belgium	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
18:00	Ogbene 35' Browne 85'	Report	Batshuayi 12' Vanaken 58'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

29 March 2022 Friendly	Belgium	3–0	Burkina Faso	Anderlecht, Belgium
20:45	Vanaken 16' Trossard 45' Benteke 75'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

3 June 2022 UEFA Nations League A	Belgium	1–4	Netherlands	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Batshuayi 90+3'	Report	Bergwijn 40' Depay 51', 66' Dumfries 62'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 38,327 Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)

8 June 2022 UEFA Nations League A	Belgium	6–1	Poland	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Witsel 42' De Bruyne 59' Trossard 73', 80' Dendoncker 84' Openda 90+3'	Report	Lewandowski 28'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,409 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

11 June 2022 UEFA Nations League A	Wales	1–1	Belgium	Cardiff, Wales
20:45	Johnson 86'	Report	Tielemans 51'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 27,188 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

14 June 2022 UEFA Nations League A	Poland	0–1	Belgium	Warsaw, Poland
20:45		Report	Batshuayi 16'	Stadium: Stadion Narodowy Attendance: 56,803 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

22 September 2022 UEFA Nations League A	Belgium	2–1	Wales	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	De Bruyne 10' Batshuayi 37'	Report	Moore 50'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 28,463 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

25 September 2022 UEFA Nations League A	Netherlands	1–0	Belgium	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Van Dijk 73'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,314 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

18 November 2022 Friendly	Egypt	2–1	Belgium	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:00	M. Mohamed 33' Trézéguet 46'	Report	Openda 76'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

23 November 2022 2022 FIFA World Cup	Belgium	1–0	Canada	Al Rayyan, Qatar
22:00	Batshuayi 44'	Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 40,432 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

27 November 2022 2022 FIFA World Cup	Belgium	0–2	Morocco	Doha, Qatar
16:00		Report	Saïss 73' Aboukhlal 90+2'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 43,738 Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

1 December 2022 2022 FIFA World Cup	Croatia	0–0	Belgium	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00		Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 43,984 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

2023 edit

24 March 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 Q	Sweden	0–3	Belgium	Solna, Sweden
20:45		Report	Lukaku 35', 49', 83'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 49,296 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

28 March 2023 Friendly	Germany	2–3	Belgium	Cologne, Germany
20:45	Füllkrug 44' (pen.) Gnabry 87'	Report	Carrasco 6' Lukaku 9' De Bruyne 78'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 42,910 Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

17 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 Q	Belgium	1–1	Austria	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Lukaku 61'	Report	Gregoritsch 21'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 39,237 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

20 June 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 Q	Estonia	0–3	Belgium	Tallinn, Estonia
20:45		Report	Lukaku 37', 40' Bakayoko 90'	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 11,772 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

9 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 Q	Azerbaijan	0–1	Belgium	Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00		Report	Carrasco 38'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)

12 September 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 Q	Belgium	5–0	Estonia	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Vertonghen 4' Trossard 18' Lukaku 56', 58' De Ketelaere 88'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 24,127 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

13 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 Q	Austria	2–3	Belgium	Vienna, Austria
20:45	Laimer 72' Sabitzer 84' (pen.)	Report	Lukebakio 12', 55' Lukaku 58'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

16 October 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 Q	Belgium	1–1 (Abandoned)	Sweden	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Lukaku 31' (pen.)	Report	Gyökeres 15'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Note: The match was abandoned at half-time with the score 1–1 due to security reasons, after two Swedish supporters were killed in a terrorist shooting in Brussels.^[8] On 19 October 2023, UEFA decided that the half-time score would be considered final and the match would not be resumed.^[9]

15 November 2023 Friendly	Belgium	1–0	Serbia	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Carrasco 2'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

19 November 2023 UEFA Euro 2024 Q	Belgium	5–0	Azerbaijan	Brussels, Belgium
18:00	Lukaku 17', 26', 30', 37' Trossard 90'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,276 Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)

2024 edit

23 March International Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Belgium	Dublin, Ireland
19:45 GMT Match 1,053	Ferguson 28'	Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 38,128 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

26 March International Friendly	England	2–2	Belgium	London, England
19:45 GMT Match 1,053	Toney 17' (pen.) Bellingham 90+5'	Report	Tielemans 11', 36'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 80,733 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Forthcoming fixtures edit

2024 edit

5 June International Friendly	Belgium	–	Montenegro	Brussels, Belgium
20:45 CET Match 1,053				Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium

8 June International Friendly	Belgium	–	Luxembourg	Brussels, Belgium
20:00 CET Match 1,053				Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium

17 June UEFA Euro 2024	Belgium	–	Slovakia	Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CET Match 1,053				Stadium: Waldstadion

22 June UEFA Euro 2024	Belgium	–	Romania	Cologne, Germany
21:00 CET Match 1,053				Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion

26 June UEFA Euro 2024	Ukraine	–	Belgium	Stuttgart, Germany
21:00 CET Match 1,053				Stadium: MHPArena

6 September 2024–25 Nations League	Belgium	v	Israel	Brussels, Belgium
20:45		Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium

9 September 2024–25 Nations League	France	v	Belgium	France
20:45		Report		Stadium: TBD

10 October 2024–25 Nations League	Italy	v	Belgium	Italy
20:45		Report		Stadium: TBD

14 October 2024–25 Nations League	Belgium	v	France	Belgium
20:45		Report		Stadium: TBD

14 November 2024–25 Nations League	Belgium	v	Italy	Belgium
20:45		Report		Stadium: TBD

17 November 2024–25 Nations League	Israel	v	Belgium	TBD^{[note 4]}
20:45		Report		Stadium: TBD

Notes edit

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[6]^[7]
^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, England played their home matches behind closed doors.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[10]

References edit

^ "UEFA EURO 2020: Poland and Russia join Italy, Belgium at finals". UEFA. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "Belgium national team football match results". eu-football.info. EU-Football.info.
^ "Belgium (2017)". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.
^ "Programma Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Football Association. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Rode Duivels trekken niet naar Qatar, vierlandentoernooi is geannuleerd" [Red Devils not going to Qatar, four-team tournament cancelled]. sporza.be (in Dutch). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Belgium v Sweden: Euro 2024 qualifier abandoned after Brussels shooting". BBC Sport. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[September_behind_closed_doors-8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[6]^[7]

[England_behind_closed_doors-9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, England played their home matches behind closed doors.

[Behind_closed_doors-10] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[14] Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[10]

[1] "UEFA EURO 2020: Poland and Russia join Italy, Belgium at finals". UEFA. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[2] "Belgium national team football match results". eu-football.info. EU-Football.info.

[3] "Belgium (2017)". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.

[4] "Programma Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Football Association. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[qtarcancelled-5] "Rode Duivels trekken niet naar Qatar, vierlandentoernooi is geannuleerd" [Red Devils not going to Qatar, four-team tournament cancelled]. sporza.be (in Dutch). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[6] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[7] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[BEL-SWE_BBC-11] "Belgium v Sweden: Euro 2024 qualifier abandoned after Brussels shooting". BBC Sport. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[BEL-SWE_UEFA-12] "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[13] "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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