Belgium national under-18 football team

The Belgium national under-18 football team are a feeder team for the main Belgium national football team.

Belgium Under-18

Nickname(s)	Little Red Devils
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
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	10

The team plays an annual friendly tournament. In addition, it only plays practice matches. The team is mainly intended 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.

Recent results

Belgium v Norway

28 April 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup	Belgium	0–2	Norway
15:00		Report (in Dutch)	Espejord 6' Skimmeland 37'

Russia v Belgium

29 April 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup	Russia	3–0	Belgium
15:00	Mayrovich 29' Chernov 46' Makarov 50'	Report (in Dutch)

Belgium v Japan

1 May 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup	Belgium	1–0	Japan
11:00	De Waele 21' (pen.)	Report (in Dutch)

Belgium v Czech Republic

2 May 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup	Belgium	1–4	Czech Republic
11:00	Verviest 34'	Report (in Dutch)	Toml 18' Batka 39' Takács 51' Suchan 79'

Belgium v Switzerland

5 November 2014 Friendly	Belgium	1 – 2	Switzerland	Centre national de formation Tubize
19:00	Dimata 81'	[ Summary]	Babic 8' Oliveira 15' (pen.)	Attendance: 200

Current squad

The following players were called up for the friendly against Austria on 14 September 2016. [1]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	4FW	Benjamin Bambi	(1999-04-12) 12 April 1999			Heist
		Jelle Bataille	(1999-05-20) 20 May 1999			Oostende
		Andreas Burssens	(1999-03-17) 17 March 1999			Gent
		Milan Corryn	(1999-04-04) 4 April 1999			Anderlecht
		Jarno De Smet	(1999-02-05) 5 February 1999			Club Brugge
		Hannes Delcroix	(1999-02-28) 28 February 1999			Anderlecht
		Jerome Deom	(1999-04-19) 19 April 1999			Standard Liège
		Robbie D'Haese	(1999-02-25) 25 February 1999			Oostende
	3MF	Xian Emmers	(1999-07-20) 20 July 1999			Inter
		Daan Foulon	(1999-03-23) 23 March 1999			Anderlecht
		Natanael Frenoy	(1999-01-08) 8 January 1999			Standard Liège
		Soufiane Karkache	(1999-07-02) 2 July 1999			Club Brugge
		Mike Trésor	(1999-05-28) 28 May 1999			Anderlecht
	3MF	Paolo Sabak	(1999-02-10) 10 February 1999			Genk
	1GK	Mile Svilar	(1999-08-27) 27 August 1999			Anderlecht
	2DF	Zinho Vanheusden	(1999-07-29) 29 July 1999			Inter
		Louis Verstraete	(1999-05-04) 4 May 1999			Gent
		Marten Wilmots	(1999-01-29) 29 January 1999			Standard Liège