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Belgium national under 21 football team

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Nickname(s)
  
Young Devils

Best result
  
Semi-finals, 2007

Location
  
Belgium

Appearances
  
2 (first in 2002)

Head coach
  
Johan Walem

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Most caps
  
Jean-François Gillet (36)

Top scorer
  
Cédric Roussel (10 goals)

Association
  
Royal Belgian Football Association

The Belgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. Their biggest successes were winning the 2007–09 International Challenge Trophy and reaching the European Championship semi-finals in 2007 in the Netherlands. Thanks to the latter achievement, Belgium qualified for the football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics.

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Belgium national under 21 football team


Results and fixtures

Belgium are currently competing for qualification to the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. The table below shows their current standing in the qualification group.

Current squad

Squad selected for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against Montenegro and Latvia on 7 and 11 October 2016. Players eligible must be born after 1 January 1994. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up and remain eligible.

Honours

  • International Challenge Trophy
  • Winners (1): 2007–09 Runners-up (1): 2005–06

    References

    Belgium national under-21 football team Wikipedia