Belgium national under-18 football team

Belgium Under-18
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Little Red Devils
AssociationRoyal Belgian Football Association
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachWesley Sonck
CaptainFrederik Spruyt
Most capsJean-Francois Gillet (19)
Top scorerÉmile Mpenza (6)
FIFA codeBEL
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current10

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

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

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28 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)
1 May 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup Belgium  1–0  Japan
11:00 De Waele 21' (pen.) Report (in Dutch)
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'
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

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Belgium [U18]". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 June 2021.