Guy Thys was a Belgian football manager, mostly known for being the most successful manager in the history of the Belgium national football team as he managed to lead the national side to their only UEFA European Championship final in 1980 and a fourth–place finish at the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Royal Standard de Liège, commonly referred to as Standard Liège or simply Standard in Belgium, is a Belgian professional football club based in the city of Liège.
Marc Robert Wilmots is a Belgian professional football manager and former player who is the sporting director of Schalke 04.
Michel Georges Jean Ghislain Preud'homme is a Belgian retired footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. Currently, he is vice-president and sports director at Standard Liège.
Eric Maria Gerets is a Belgian football manager and former player who played as a right back.
László Bölöni is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Ligue 1 club Metz.
Roger Claessen was a Belgian footballer who played as a forward. He finished as the top scorer of the Belgian League with 20 goals in 1968 while playing for Standard Liège. He played 17 times with the Belgium national team between 1961 and 1968, scoring seven goals. Claessen made his international debut on 20 May 1961 in a 2–1 defeat to Switzerland, and he scored.
Salim Tuama is an Arab-Israeli footballer who plays as a midfielder for Maccabi Sha'arayim. His former clubs include Hapoel Tel Aviv, Standard Liège, Maccabi Petah Tikva, Kayserispor, Larissa, Hapoel Bnei Lod and the youth club Gadna Tel Aviv Yehuda.
Moubarak "Mbark" Boussoufa is a former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or winger. He won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2006 and 2010. Born in the Netherlands, he played for the Morocco national team from 2006 to 2019 making 70 appearances and scoring eight goals.
Vedran Runje is a Croatian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A product of Hajduk Split academy, Runje spent the majority of his career abroad with Standard Liège in Belgium, Marseille and Lens in France and Beşiktaş in Turkey. With Standard, he won three Belgian League Goalkeeper of the Year awards.
Marouane Fellaini-Bakkioui is a Belgian professional footballer who most recently played for Chinese Super League club Shandong Taishan.
Stéphane Auguste Ernest Demol was a Belgian professional football player and manager who played as a central defender.
Dieudonné "Dieumerci" Mbokani Bezua is a Congolese professional footballer who plays as a striker for Noah. He is captain of the DR Congo national football team.
Sinan Bolat is a Turkish professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Belgian club Westerlo. He has played for Turkey both at youth level and senior level.
Landry Mulemo is a Congolese professional footballer.
Axel Laurent Angel Lambert Witsel is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder or centre-back for La Liga club Atlético Madrid. Witsel broke into Belgium's first team as a right-winger, and can also play attacking midfielder, though his natural position is as a central midfielder.
Walter Meeuws is a Belgian former footballer and manager.
Mehdi François Carcela-González is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder.
Samy Mmaee A Nwambeben is a professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for panathinaikos. Born in Belgium, he represents Morocco at international level.
Selim Amallah is a professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for La Liga club Valencia CF, on loan from Segunda División club Real Valladolid. Born in Belgium, he plays for the Morocco national team.
