In the 2000s, the Belgium national football team played at Euro 2000 (which Belgium co-hosted with The Netherlands) and at the 2002 World Cup. They did not qualify for any other major tournaments.
| Win Draw Loss |
The overall match balance is positive with 39 wins versus 34 losses (and 25 draws).
Results edit
| Legend for encounters | |
|---|---|
| W.C. | FIFA World Cup |
| EURO | UEFA European Football Championship |
| Q | Qualification rounds |
| GS | Group Stage |
| 1/8 | Round of 16 (eighth-finals) |
98 official matches were played.[1][2]
| 2000-02-23 Friendly | Belgium  | 1–1 |  Portugal | Charleroi |
Strupar  56' |
Sá Pinto 81' |
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark) |
| 2000-03-29 Friendly | Belgium | 2–2 |  Netherlands | Brussels |
| Verheyen 13' Mpenza 25' |
Kluivert 32', 81' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 46,400 Referee: Urs Meier (Italy) |
| 2000-04-26 Friendly | Norway  | 0–2 | Belgium | Oslo |
| Verheyen 55', 90' |
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,927 Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland) |
| 2000-06-03 Friendly | Denmark  | 2–2 | Belgium | Copenhagen |
| Tomasson 33' Schmeichel 61' (pen.) |
Staelens 51' Wilmots 73' |
Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 26,993 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
| 2000-06-10 2000 EURO GS | Belgium | 2–1 |  Sweden | Brussels |
| 20:45 UTC+2 | Goor 43' Mpenza 46' |
Report | Mjällby 52' Andersson  52'  81' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 46,700 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
| 2000-06-14 2000 EURO GS | Belgium | 0–2 |  Italy | Brussels |
| 20:45 UTC+2 | Report | Totti 6' Fiore 66' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 44,500 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain) |
| 2000-06-19 2000 EURO GS | Belgium | 0–2 |  Turkey | Brussels |
| 20:45 UTC+2 | De Wilde  84' |
Report | Şükür 45+2', 70' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Günter Benkö (Austria) |
| 2000-08-16 Friendly | Bulgaria  | 1–3 | Belgium | Sofia |
| Verheyen 16', 60' Mpenza 29' |
Iliev 65' |
Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece) |
| 2000-09-02 2002 W.C. Q | Belgium | 0–0 |  Croatia | Brussels |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,510 Referee: Nikolay Levnikov (Russia) |
| 2000-10-07 2002 W.C. Q | Latvia  | 0–4 | Belgium | Riga |
| 20:15 UTC+3 | Report | Wilmots 5' Peeters 13'Cavens 82'Verheyen 90' |
Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 7,311 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland) |
| 2001-02-28 2002 W.C. Q | Belgium | 10–1 |  San Marino | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+1 | Vanderhaeghe 10', 50' Mpenza 13'Goor 26', 60'Baseggio 64'Wilmots 72'Peeters 76', 84', 88' |
Report | Selva 90' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 40,104 Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia) |
| 2001-03-24 2002 W.C. Q | Scotland  | 2–2 | Belgium | Glasgow |
| 20:15 UTC±0 | Dodds 2', 27' |
Report | Wilmots 58' Deflandre 27'Van Buyten 90' |
Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 37,480 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
| 2001-04-25 Friendly | Czech Republic  | 1–1 | Belgium | Prague |
| Baroš 82' |
Mpenza 10' |
Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia) |
| 2001-06-02 2002 W.C. Q | Belgium | 3–1 | Latvia | Brussels |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Wilmots 1', 50' Mpenza 21' |
Report | Pahars 51' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria) |
| 2001-06-06 2002 W.C. Q | San Marino | 1–4 | Belgium | Serravalle |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Selva 11' |
Report | Wilmots 10', 90' Verheyen 61' |
Stadium: San Marino Stadium Attendance: 1,538 Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel) |
| 2001-08-15 Friendly | Finland  | 4–1 | Belgium | Helsinki |
| Forssell 2' Kolkka 14'Litmanen 30' (pen.)Tihinen 2' |
Goor 37' |
Stadium: Finnair Stadium Attendance: 9,250 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany) |
| 2001-09-05 2002 W.C. Q | Belgium | 2–0 | Scotland | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Van Kerckhoven 28' Goor 90+3' |
Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzáles (Spain) |
| 2001-10-06 2002 W.C. Q | Croatia | 1–0 | Belgium | Zagreb |
| 18:00 UTC+2 | Bokšić 75' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 36,077 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany) |
| 2001-11-10 2002 W.C. Q | Belgium | 1–0 | Czech Republic | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Verheyen 28' |
Report | Řepka 41' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
| 2001-11-14 2002 W.C. Q | Czech Republic | 0–1 | Belgium | Prague |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Nedvěd 10' 88' Baroš 44' 90' |
Report | Verheyen 28' |
Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 18,996 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
| 2002-02-13 Friendly | Belgium | 1–0 | Norway | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Tanghe 82' |
Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 17,0000 Referee: Joaquim Paulo Paraty da Silva (Portugal) |
| 2002-03-27 Friendly | Greece  | 3–2 | Belgium | Patras |
| 19:15 UTC+2 | Tsiartas 61' (pen.) Vryzas 80', 87' |
Report | Goor 29' Sonck 55' |
Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus) |
| 2002-04-17 Friendly | Belgium | 1–1 |  Slovakia | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Goor 55' |
Report | Janocko 83' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Bruno Coué (France) |
| 2002-05-14 Friendly | Belgium | 0–0 |  Algeria | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland) |
| 2002-05-18 Friendly | France  | 1–2 | Belgium | Saint-Denis |
| 20:45 UTC+2 | Leboeuf 39' |
Report | De Boeck 20' Wilmots 90' |
Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 79,056 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia) |
| 2002-05-26 Friendly | Belgium | 1–0 |  Costa Rica | Kumamoto |
| 14:00 UTC+9 | Goor 23' |
Report | Stadium: Umakana Yokana Stadium Attendance: 20,769 Referee: Matsuzaki Yasuhiro (Japan) |
| 2002-06-04 2002 W.C. GS | Japan  | 2–2 | Belgium | Saitama |
| 18:00 UTC+9 | Wilmots 57' Van der Heyden 75' |
Report | Suzuki 59' Inamoto 67' |
Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 55,256 Referee: William Mattus Costa Rica |
| 2002-06-10 2002 W.C. GS | Tunisia  | 1–1 | Belgium | Ōita |
| 18:00 UTC+9 | Bouzaiene 17' |
Report | Wilmots 13' |
Stadium: Ōita Stadium Big Eye Attendance: 39,700 Referee: Mark Shield Australia |
| 2002-06-14 2002 W.C. GS | Belgium | 3–2 |  Russia | Fukuroi |
| 15:30 UTC+9 | Walem 7' Sonck 78'Wilmots 82' |
Report | Beschastnykh 52' Sychev 88' |
Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa Attendance: 46,640 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark |
| 2002-06-17 2002 W.C. 1/8 | Brazil  | 2–0 | Belgium | Kobe |
| 20:30 UTC+9 | Rivaldo 67' Ronaldo 87' |
Report | Stadium: Kobe Wing Stadium Attendance: 40,440 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica) |
| 2002-08-21 Friendly | Poland  | 1–1 | Belgium | Szczecin |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Żurawski 4' |
Report | Sonck 41' |
Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden) |
| 2002-09-07 2004 EURO Q | Belgium | 0–2 | Bulgaria | Brussels |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Report | Janković 16' Petrov 63' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Terje Hauge Norway |
| 2002-10-12 2004 EURO Q | Andorra  | 0–1 | Belgium | Andorra la Vella |
| 20:00 UTC+2 | Report | Sonck 61' |
Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Attendance: 700 Referee: Karen Nalbandyan Armenia |
| 2002-10-16 2004 EURO Q | Estonia  | 0–1 | Belgium | Tallinn |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Report | Sonck 2' |
Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Mike Riley England |
| 2003-02-12 Friendly | Algeria | 1–3 | Belgium | Annaba |
| 18:30 UTC±0 | Belmadi 89' |
Report | Mpenza 2', 57' Sonck 7' |
Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jamel Baraket Tunisia |
| 2003-03-29 2004 EURO Q | Croatia | 4–0 | Belgium | Zagreb |
| 18:30 UTC+1 | Srna 9' Pršo 53'Marić 68'Leko 76' |
Report | Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 18,117 Referee: Herbert Fandel Germany |
| 2003-04-30 Friendly | Belgium | 3–1 | Poland | Brussels |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Sonck 28' Buffel 55'Soetaers 85' |
Report | Krzynówek 80' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Douglas McDonald Scotland |
| 2003-06-07 2004 EURO Q | Bulgaria | 2–2 | Belgium | Sofia |
| 19:15 UTC+1 | Berbatov 52' Todorov 71' (pen.) |
Report | Petrov 31' (o.g.) Clement 56' |
Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 42,099 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
| 2003-06-11 2004 EURO Q | Belgium | 3–0 | Andorra | Ghent |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Goor 21', 69' Sonck 44' |
Report | Stadium: Jules Ottenstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Syarhey Shmolik (Belarus) |
| 2003-08-20 Friendly | Belgium | 1–1 | Netherlands | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Sonck 40' De Cock 90' |
Report | Makaay 52' Cocu 28' 78' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany) |
| 2003-09-10 2004 EURO Q | Belgium | 2–1 | Croatia | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Sonck 34', 42' |
Report | Šimić 37' Šimunić 72' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Graham Poll (Poland) |
| 2003-10-11 2004 EURO Q | Belgium | 2–0 | Estonia | Liège |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Reinumäe 45' (o.g.) Buffel 60' |
Report | Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland) |
| 2004-02-18 Friendly | Belgium | 0–2 | France | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+1 | Report | Govou 45+1' Saha 76' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 43,160 Referee: Mark Halsey (England) |
| 2004-03-31 Friendly | Germany  | 3–0 | Belgium | Cologne |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Kurányi 45' Hamann 55'Ballack 81' |
Report | Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 46,143 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Germany) |
| 2004-04-28 Friendly | Belgium | 2–3 | Turkey | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Sonck 33' Dufer 85' |
Report | Baştürk 43' Seyhan 68'Karadeniz 90' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands) |
| 2004-05-29 Friendly | Netherlands | 0–1 | Belgium | Eindhoven |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Report | Goor 78' (pen.) |
Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Claude Colombo (France) |
| 2004-08-18 Friendly | Norway | 2–2 | Belgium | Oslo |
| 19:00 UTC+2 | Buffel 25', 34' |
Report | Johnsen 32' Riseth 59' |
Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 16,669 Referee: Krzysztof Słupik (Poland) |
| 2004-09-04 2006 W.C. Q | Belgium | 1–1 |  Lithuania | Charleroi |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Sonck 61' |
Report | Jankauskas 72' |
Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 19,218 Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus) |
| 2004-10-09 2006 W.C. Q | Spain  | 2–0 | Belgium | Santander |
| 21:15 UTC+2 | Luque 58' Raúl 81' |
Report | Deflandre 28' 29' Goor 44' 68' |
Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) |
| 2004-11-17 2006 W.C. Q | Belgium | 0–2 |  Serbia and Montenegro | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+1 | Report | Vukić 10' Kežman 60' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 28,350 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden) |
| 2005-02-09 Friendly | Egypt  | 4–0 | Belgium | Cairo |
| 20:00 UTC+1 | Mutab 40', 51' Abdelmalek 53'Hosni 79' |
Report | Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reda El Beltagy (Egypt) |
| 2005-03-26 2006 W.C. Q | Belgium | 4–1 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+1 | Émile Mpenza 15', 54' Daerden 44'Buffel 76' |
Report | Bolić 40' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 36,700 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia) |
| 2005-03-30 2006 W.C. Q | San Marino | 1–2 | Belgium | Serravalle |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Selva 41' |
Report | Simons 18' (pen.) Van Buyten 63' |
Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 871 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Greece) |
| 2005-06-04 2006 W.C. Q | Serbia and Montenegro | 0–0 | Belgium | Belgrade |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Report | Stadium: Stadion Crvene Zvezde Attendance: 16,662 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia) |
| 2005-08-17 Friendly | Belgium | 2–0 | Greece | Brussels |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Émile Mpenza 19' Mbo Mpenza 63' |
Report | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway) |
| 2005-09-03 2006 W.C. Q | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | Belgium | Zenica |
| 20:15 UTC+2 | Barbarez 19' |
Report | Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal) |
| 2005-09-07 2006 W.C. Q | Belgium | 8–0 | San Marino | Antwerp |
| 20:30 UTC+2 | Simons 34' Daerden 39', 67'Buffel 44'Mbo Mpenza 52', 71'Vandenbergh 53'Van Buyten 83' |
Report | Valentini 33' |
Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 8,207 Referee: Ian Stokes (Republic of Ireland) |
| 2005-10-08 2006 W.C. Q | Belgium | 0–2 | Spain | Brussels |
| 20:45 UTC+2 | Report | Torres 56', 59' |
Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 40,300 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
| 2005-10-12 2006 W.C. Q | Lithuania | 1–1 | Belgium | Vilnius |
| 21:30 UTC+3 | Deschacht 82' (o.g.) Semberas 83' |
Report | Geraerts 20' |
Stadium: Vėtra Stadionas Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mike Riley (England) |
| 2006-03-01 Friendly | Luxembourg  | 0–2 | Belgium | Luxembourg City |
| 2006-05-11 Friendly | Saudi Arabia  | 1–2 | Belgium | Sittard |
| 2006-08-16 2008 EURO Q | Belgium | 0–0 |  Kazakhstan | Anderlecht |
| 2006-09-06 2008 EURO Q | Armenia  | 0–1 | Belgium | Yerevan |
| 2006-10-07 2008 EURO Q | Serbia  | 1–0 | Belgium | Belgrade |
| 2006-10-11 2008 EURO Q | Belgium | 3–0 |  Azerbaijan | Anderlecht |
| 2006-11-15 2008 EURO Q | Belgium | 0–1 | Poland | Brussels |
| 2007-02-07 Friendly | Belgium | 0–2 | Czech Republic | Brussels |
| 2007-03-24 2008 EURO Q | Portugal | 4–0 | Belgium | Lisbon |
| 2007-06-02 2008 EURO Q | Belgium | 1–2 | Portugal | Brussels |
| 2007-06-06 2008 EURO Q | Finland | 2–0 | Belgium | Helsinki |
| 2007-08-22 2008 EURO Q | Belgium | 3–2 | Serbia | Brussels |
| 2007-09-12 2008 EURO Q | Kazakhstan | 2–2 | Belgium | Almaty |
| 2007-10-13 2008 EURO Q | Belgium | 0–0 | Finland | Brussels |
| 2007-10-17 2008 EURO Q | Belgium | 3–0 | Armenia | Brussels |
| 2007-11-17 2008 EURO Q | Poland | 2–0 | Belgium | Chorzów |
| 2007-11-21 2008 EURO Q | Azerbaijan | 0–1 | Belgium | Baku |
| 2008-09-06 2010 W.C. Q | Belgium | 3–2 | Estonia | Liège |
| 2008-09-10 2010 W.C. Q | Turkey | 1–1 | Belgium | Istanbul |
| 2008-10-11 2010 W.C. Q | Belgium | 2–0 | Armenia | Brussels |
| 2008-10-15 2010 W.C. Q | Belgium | 1–2 | Spain | Brussels |
| 2008-11-19 Friendly | Luxembourg | 1–1 | Belgium | Luxembourg City |
| 2009-03-28 2010 W.C. Q | Belgium | 2–4 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Genk |
| 2009-04-01 2010 W.C. Q | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2–1 | Belgium | Zenica |
| 2009-08-12 Friendly | Czech Republic | 3–1 | Belgium | Teplice |
| 2009-09-05 2010 W.C. Q | Spain | 5–0 | Belgium | A Coruña |
| 2009-09-09 2010 W.C. Q | Armenia | 2–1 | Belgium | Yerevan |
| 2009-10-10 2010 W.C. Q | Belgium | 2–0 | Turkey | Brussels |
| 2009-10-14 2010 W.C. Q | Estonia | 2–0 | Belgium | Tallinn |
Notes edit
- ^ a b 2009 Kirin Cup
References edit
- ^ "Belgium national team football match results". eu-football.info.
- ^ "Belgium - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01.