Belgium national football team records and statistics

Last updated March 06, 2024

This article lists various team and individual football records in relation to the Belgium national team (The Red Devils).^{[upper-alpha 1]} The page currently shows the records as of 19 November 2023.

Team records

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Wins

Largest win

10–1 vs San Marino on 28 February 2001
9–0 vs Zambia on 4 June 1994
9–0 vs Gibraltar on 31 August 2017
9–0 vs San Marino on 10 October 2019

Largest away win

6–0 vs Luxembourg on 14 October 1986
6–0 vs Gibraltar on 10 October 2016

Largest win at the World Cup Finals

3–0 vs El Salvador on 3 June 1970, 1970 World Cup
3–0 vs Panama on 18 June 2018, 2018 World Cup
5–2 vs Tunisia on 23 June 2018, 2018 World Cup

Largest win at the European Championship finals: 4–0 vs Hungary on 26 June 2016, Euro 2016
Largest win at the Olympic Games finals: 3–0 vs Netherlands on 31 August 1920, 1920 Summer Olympics
Largest goal deficit overcome in a single game (to either a win or a draw): 3 goals, vs Denmark on 6 May 1932 (4–3 victory after being 0–3 down)

Draws

It didn't make sense at all, this match.

—Dutch international Frank De Boer, after the high Netherlands-Belgium scoring draw (5–5) in 1999^[6]

Highest scoring draw: 5–5 vs Netherlands on 4 September 1999
Highest scoring draw at the World Cup Finals: 4–4 ( a.e.t. ) vs England on 17 June 1954, 1954 World Cup
Highest scoring draw at the European Championship finals: 1–1 vs England on 12 June 1980, Euro 1980
Highest scoring draw at the Olympic Games finals: None

Defeats

The English probably found a dozen enough!

—Mockery Dutch newspaper comment after Belgium's unofficial 12–0 loss to Corinthian, their biggest ever defeat^[7]

Largest defeat: 2–11 vs England Amateurs on 17 April 1909; Including unofficial games: 0–12 vs Corinthian on 6 January 1906^[8]
Largest defeat at home: 1–9 vs England on 11 May 1927
Largest defeat at the World Cup Finals

0–3 vs United States on 13 July 1930, 1930 World Cup
2–5 vs Germany on 27 May 1934, 1934 World Cup
1–4 vs Italy on 20 June 1954, 1954 World Cup
1–4 vs Soviet Union on 6 June 1970, 1970 World Cup
0–3 vs Poland on 28 June 1982, 1982 World Cup

Largest defeat at the European Championship finals: 0–5 vs France on 16 June 1984, Euro 1984

Belgium-Sweden 1–8, Sweden cracks Belgium.

—Dutch newspaper heading after Belgium suffered its largest defeat at a major tournament, at the 1924 Summer Olympics^[9]

Largest defeat at the Olympic Games finals: 1–8 vs Sweden on 29 May 1924, 1924 Summer Olympics
Largest lead given away: 2 goals, on several occasions

Goals

Scored

Most goals scored in a single game: 10 vs San Marino on 28 February 2001
Most goals scored in an away game: 7 vs Netherlands on 25 November 1951
Most goals scored during the first half: 7 vs Iceland on 5 June 1957
Most goals scored during the second half: 7 vs San Marino on 28 February 2001
Most goals scored during extra time

2 vs Soviet Union on 15 June 1986
2 vs United States on 1 July 2014

Most goals scored in a single game during the World Cup finals: 5 vs Tunisia on 23 June 2018, 2018 World Cup Cup
Most goals scored in a single game during the European Championship finals: 4 vs Hungary on 26 June 2016, Euro 2016

Most goals scored in a single game during the Olympic Games finals: 5 vs Luxembourg on 27 May 1928, 1928 Summer Olympics
Most different players scoring during a single game: 7 (+ 1 own goal) (Romelu Lukaku (2), Nacer Chadli, Toby Alderweireld, Youri Tielemans, Christian Benteke, Yari Verschaeren and Timothy Castagne) (+ own goal by Cristian Brolli), vs San Marino on 10 October 2019

Conceded

Most goals conceded in a single game: 11 vs England Amateurs on 17 April 1909; Including unofficial games: 12 vs Corinthian on 6 January 1906^[8]
Most goals conceded during a home game: 9 vs England on 11 May 1927
Most goals conceded during the first half: 8 vs England Amateurs on 17 April 1909
Most goals conceded during the second half

6 vs England Amateurs on 24 February 1914
6 vs Germany on 22 October 1933
6 vs Netherlands on 27 February 1938
6 vs Austria on 14 October 1951
6 vs Netherlands on 13 April 1958

Most goals conceded during extra time: 3 vs Netherlands on 30 April 1905
Most goals conceded in a single game during the World Cup Finals: 5 vs Germany on 27 May 1934, 1934 World Cup
Most goals conceded in a single game during the European Championship Finals: 5 vs France on 16 June 1984, Euro 1984
Most goals conceded in a single game during the Olympic Games finals: 8 vs Sweden on 29 May 1924, 1924 Summer Olympics

Scored and conceded

Highest total number of goals in a single game

13: 2–11 defeat against England Amateurs on 17 April 1909

Thirteen times a hole in the air...

—Dutch newspaper heading after the goal-rich 1951 Netherlands-Belgium encounter; both supporter sides together had 13 reasons to jump in the air^[10]

13: 7–6 victory against Netherlands on 25 November 1951

Streaks

Longest unbeaten run: 23 games, from 2016 to 2018^{[upper-alpha 2]}
Longest run without victory: 13, from 1933 to 1935
Most consecutive wins: 12, from 2019 to 2020
Most consecutive draws: 4, from 1948 to 1949, and in 1998
Most consecutive losses: 7, from 1927 to 1928
Most consecutive games with at least one goal scored: 49, from 2018 to 2022
Most consecutive games without a goal scored: 5, in 1999
Most consecutive games without a goal conceded: 7, in 2019
Most consecutive games with at least one goal conceded: 38, from 1928 to 1933

World rankings

FIFA

Source: FIFA.com^[11]

Belgium go top, Chile and Austria soar

—FIFA News announcing Belgium's highest ever FIFA World Ranking in November 2015^[12]

Highest FIFA ranking: 1st (November 2015 – March 2016, September 2018 – February 2022)
Lowest FIFA ranking: 71st (June 2007)
Best Mover: +25 (April 2011)
Worst Mover: −14 (September 2010)

Elo

Source: Eloratings.net^[13]

Highest Elo rating: 2158 (following 1–0 vs Portugal on 27 June 2021)
Lowest Elo rating: 1497 (following 0–8 vs Netherlands on 29 March 1936)
Highest Elo ranking: 1st (16 November 2019 – 11 October 2020, 27 June 2021, 2 September 2021 – 8 September 2021)
Lowest Elo ranking: 74th (September 2009)

Achievements

Major titles

Belgium's 1920 Olympic champions, and one of the 154 gold medals awarded at these Games of the VII Olympiad

Olympic football tournament ^[14]: Gold Medal (1): 1920

Friendly trophies

Évence Coppée Trophy ^[15]

Shared (1): 1904

Challenge Frédéric Vanden Abeele ^[16]

Winners (3): 1906, 1922, 1925

Shared (3): 1913, 1921, 1924

Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad-beker ^[16]

Winners (5): 1906, 1907, 1913, 1922, 1926

Shared (5): 1923, 1924, 1928 (2x), 1930

Kirin Cup ^[17]

Shared (1): 1999

Awards

FIFA Team of the Year ^[18]

Winners (5): 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021

FIFA Fair Play Trophy ^[19]

Winners (1): 2002

Belgian National Sports Merit Award

Winners (1): 1980

Belgian Sportsteam of the Year ^[20]

Winners (2): 2013, 2014

Other achievements

FIFA World Cup

Third place (1): 2018

Fourth place (1): 1986

UEFA European Championship

Runners-up (1): 1980

Third place (1): 1972

UEFA Nations League

Fourth place (1): 2021

Individual

For individual recognitions at major tournaments, see FIFA World Cup awards and UEFA European Championship Teams of the Tournament.
All players with at least 35 caps are awarded a Medal of Recognition by the Royal Belgian Football Association; also players whose careers are ended by an injury after twenty games receive this award.^[21]

FIFA rankings history

Source:^[22]

Belgium's history in the FIFA World Rankings. The table shows the position that Belgium held in December of each year (and the current position as of 2023), as well as the highest and lowest positions annually.

Year	Position	Highest	Lowest
1992	17	17	17
1993	25	18	25
1994	24	19	34
1995	24	18	29
1996	42	25	43
1997	41	31	48
1998	35	28	41
1999	33	21	33
2000	27	23	33
2001	20	20	33
2002	17	17	23
2003	16	16	18
2004	45	16	45
2005	55	41	55
2006	53	47	57
2007	49	49	71
2008	54	42	55
2009	66	49	68
2010	57	48	68
2011	41	34	62
2012	21	20	54
2013	11	5	20
2014	4	4	12
2015	1	1	4
2016	5	1	5
2017	5	5	10
2018	1	1	5
2019	1	1	1
2020	1	1	1
2021	1	1	1
2022	4	1	4
2023	4	4	5

Appearances

General

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Most appearances: Jan Vertonghen (2007–present), 153 caps^{[upper-alpha 3]}

The following are the top ten most capped players; players with an equal number of caps are ranked in chronological order of reaching the milestone:

Rank	Player	Belgium career	Caps	Goals	Position
1	Jan Vertonghen	2007–	153^{[upper-alpha 3]}	10	DF
2	Axel Witsel	2008–2022	130^{[upper-alpha 4]}	12	MF
3	Toby Alderweireld	2009–2022	127^{[upper-alpha 4]}	5	DF
4	Eden Hazard	2008–2022	126^{[upper-alpha 5]}	33	MF/FW
5	Romelu Lukaku	2010–	113^{[upper-alpha 3]}	83^{[upper-alpha 6]}	FW
6	Dries Mertens	2011–	109^{[upper-alpha 5]}	21	FW
7	Thibaut Courtois	2011–	102^{[upper-alpha 5]}	0	GK
8	Kevin De Bruyne	2010–	99^{[upper-alpha 3]}	26	MF
9	Jan Ceulemans	1977–1991	96	22	MF/FW
10	Timmy Simons	2001–2016	94	6	DF/MF

As of 19 November 2023^[update]. The records are collected based on data from FIFA and RSSSF.
Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Most consecutive appearances: Louis Carré, 50 games, from 22 May 1949 (vs Wales ) until 11 March 1956 (vs Switzerland )
Most appearances as a substitute: Dries Mertens, 40 caps^{[upper-alpha 5]}
Most times substituted off: Eden Hazard, 58 caps^{[upper-alpha 5]}
Most games started on the bench: Simon Mignolet, 88 games^{[upper-alpha 7]}
Most selections (playing + non-playing): Jan Vertonghen, 161 selections^{[upper-alpha 8]}
Most selections as an unused substitute: Simon Mignolet, 94 selections^{[upper-alpha 7]}
Most selections as an unused substitute without ever earning a cap: Jacques Duquesne, 16 selections
Most selections needed to earn first cap: Koen Casteels, 37 selections^{[upper-alpha 9]}
Lowest caps to selections ratio (> 0): Jean Valet, 1/19
Most selections without ever being an unused substitute: Wesley Sonck, 55 selections
Most appearances as a substitute without ever starting a game: Tom Soetaers, 8 caps
Most appearances while never playing an entire game: Adnan Januzaj (still active), 15 caps^{[upper-alpha 5]} & Tom Soetaers, 8 caps
Most appearances in the starting eleven: Jan Vertonghen, 145 caps^{[upper-alpha 3]}
Most caps earned while not playing the entire game: Dries Mertens, 89 caps^{[upper-alpha 4]}
Most caps earned while only playing entire games: Bernard Voorhoof, 61 caps
Most caps earned while playing an entire game: Jan Vertonghen, 127 caps^{[upper-alpha 4]}
Most caps without ever being substituted off: Georges Heylens, 67 caps
Most caps without ever appearing as a substitute: Thibaut Courtois, 102 caps
Most caps needed to first play an entire game: Romelu Lukaku, 24 caps^{[upper-alpha 5]}
Most caps needed to first appear in the starting eleven: Mbo Mpenza, 9 caps

Hector Goetinck was the player with the longest career span, and the first national manager with the Belgian nationality. HectorGoetinck.jpg — Hector Goetinck was the player with the longest career span, and the first national manager with the Belgian nationality.

First player to reach a century of caps: Jan Vertonghen, vs Portugal on 2 June 2018^{[upper-alpha 3]}
Shortest time needed to reach a century of caps: Eden Hazard, 10 years, 4 months and 5 days between his debut (vs Luxembourg on 19 November 2008) and his 100th cap^{[upper-alpha 5]} (vs Cyprus on 24 March 2019)
Longest Belgian career: Hector Goetinck, 6,402 days or 17 years, 6 months and 10 days between first (vs France on 22 April 1906) and last cap (vs England on 1 November 1923)
Shortest Belgian career: Joris Van Hout, 2 minutes (on 16 October 2002 vs Estonia )
Most consecutive calendar years of appearances: Jan Vertonghen (2007–2023), 17 years
Longest wait between appearances: Hector Goetinck, 3,476 days or 9 years, 6 months and 27 days, between his 16th (vs Netherlands on 26 April 1914) and his 17th and final cap (vs England on 1 November 1923)
Appearances in three separate decades

Georges Hebdin; 3 in the 1900s, 6 in the 1910s and 3 in 1920
Hector Goetinck; 6 in the 1900s, 10 in the 1910s and 1 in 1923
Bernard Voorhoof; 3 in 1928, 56 in the 1930s and 2 in 1940
Vic Mees; 6 in 1949, 57 in the 1950s and 5 in 1960
Wilfried Van Moer; 14 in the 1960s, 25 in the 1970s and 18 in the 1980s
Jan Ceulemans; 10 in the 1970s, 75 in the 1980s and 11 in the 1990s
Michel Preud'homme; 1 in 1979, 17 in the 1980s and 41 in the 1990s
Eric Gerets; 19 in the 1970s, 57 in the 1980s and 10 in the 1990s
Erwin Vandenbergh; 1 in 1979, 43 in the 1980s and 4 in the 1990s
Filip De Wilde; 1 in 1989, 26 in the 1990s and 6 in 2000
Danny Boffin; 2 in 1989, 39 in the 1990s and 14 in the 2000s
Luc Nilis; 9 in the 1980s, 42 in the 1990s and 5 in 2000
Jan Vertonghen; 20 in the 2000s, 98 in the 2010s and 35 in the 2020s
Axel Witsel; 10 in the 2000s, 95 in the 2010s and 25 in the 2020s
Toby Alderweireld; 4 in the 2000s, 94 in the 2010s and 29 in the 2020s
Thomas Vermaelen; 27 in the 2000s, 51 in the 2010s and 7 in the 2020s
Eden Hazard; 10 in the 2000s, 96 in the 2010s and 20 in the 2020s

Smallest number of caps needed to appear in three separate decades: Georges Hebdin, 10 caps (total number of caps obtained: 12)
First player to debut as a substitute: Louis Van Hege, vs France on 9 March 1919
Most times completed a game of 120 minutes: Jan Ceulemans & Stéphane Demol, 4 games, both at the 1986 and 1990 World Cups
First appearance by a player who was playing abroad: Raymond Braine (Sparta Prague, Czechoslovakia), vs France on 14 April 1935
First appearance by a player who had never played for the senior team of a Belgian club: Thomas Buffel, vs Andorra on 12 October 2002
First appearance by a player born outside Belgium: Eric Thornton (born in England), vs Netherlands on 30 April 1905
First appearance by a player born outside of Europe: Luís Oliveira (born in Brazil), vs Tunisia on 26 February 1992
Last appearance by a player from a Belgian club outside the top division: Jan Verheyen (Union Saint-Gilloise), Belgian Third Division, vs Netherlands on 25 April 1976
Last appearance by a player from outside the top division of any country: Wout Faes (Leicester City), English Championship, vs Azerbaijan on 19 November 2023
Players who have never played for the first team of a Belgian club: Thomas Vermaelen, Eden Hazard, Divock Origi, Adnan Januzaj, Yannick Carrasco, Jason Denayer, Koen Casteels, Orel Mangala, Amadou Onana, Johan Bakayoko and Roméo Lavia
Most appearances without ever playing for the first team of a Belgian club: Eden Hazard, 126 caps^{[upper-alpha 5]}
Most appearances while active with a non-Belgian club: Jan Vertonghen (Ajax, Tottenham Hotspur & Benfica), 139 caps^{[upper-alpha 3]}
Players appearing against the country of their birth

Stanley Vanden Eynde vs Netherlands on 3 May 1931, 9 April 1933, 7 May 1933, 2 May 1937, and 27 February 1938
Erwin Vandendaele vs France on 15 November 1970, 12 October 1974 and 15 November 1975
Branko Strupar vs Croatia on 2 September 2000

Highest number of players born outside Belgium simultaneously on the field: 3 (Luís Oliveira, Gordan Vidović & Mbo Mpenza) vs France on 27 May 1998
Players also appearing for another senior national team

Josip Weber, played three friendlies for Croatia in 1992, but switched to the Belgium national team in 1994
Mehdi Carcela played two friendlies for Belgium in 2009–2010, before opting for Morocco in 2011
Nacer Chadli, played one friendly for Morocco in 2010, before opting for Belgium in 2011
Ilombe Mboyo, played one friendly for DR Congo in 2011, before opting for Belgium in 2012
Denis Odoi played one friendly for Belgium in 2012, before opting for Ghana in 2022
Dodi Lukebakio, played one friendly for DR Congo in 2016, before opting for Belgium in 2020

Players capped while active outside of Europe

Émile Mpenza: Al Rayyan ( Qatar), 3 caps
Laurent Ciman: Montreal Impact ( Canada), 10 caps & Los Angeles FC ( United States), 1 cap
Axel Witsel: Tianjin Quanjian ( China), 16 caps
Yannick Carrasco: Dalian Yifang ( China), 20 caps & Al-Shabab ( Saudi Arabia), 6 caps
Thomas Vermaelen: Vissel Kobe ( Japan), 11 caps
Toby Alderweireld: Al-Duhail ( Qatar), 8 caps

Youngest player: Fernand Nisot, aged 16 years and 19 days, on 30 April 1911 vs Netherlands

The following are all the players who debuted for the national football team of Belgium before the age of 18, their team at that time and their usual position:

Fernand Nisot was Belgium's youngest player and the only who scored before the age of 17. FernandNisot.png — Fernand Nisot was Belgium's youngest player and the only who scored before the age of 17.

Rank	Player (club)	Age	Position
1	Fernand Nisot (Léopold Club)	16 years, 19 days	FW
2	Anthony Vanden Borre (Anderlecht)	16 years, 187 days	DF/MF
3	Romelu Lukaku (Anderlecht)	16 years, 294 days	FW
4	Paul Van Himst (Anderlecht)	17 years, 17 days	FW
5	Jean Capelle (Standard Liège)	17 years, 154 days	FW
6	Joseph Musch (Union Saint-Gilloise)	17 years, 200 days	DF
7	Zakaria Bakkali (PSV Eindhoven)	17 years, 262 days	MF
8	Vincent Kompany (Anderlecht)	17 years, 314 days	DF
9	Eden Hazard (Lille)	17 years, 317 days	MF/FW
10	Raymond Braine (Beerschot)	17 years, 321 days	FW
11	Bernard Voorhoof (Lierse)	17 years, 341 days	FW

Oldest player: Timmy Simons, aged 39 years, 11 months and 2 days, vs Estonia on 13 November 2016

The following are the top ten oldest players for the national football team of Belgium, their team at that time and their usual position:

Rank	Player (club)	Age	Position
1	Timmy Simons (Club Brugge)	39 years, 338 days	DF/MF
2	Jean De Bie (Racing Brussels)	38 years, 30 days	GK
3	Philippe Vande Walle (Club Brugge)	37 years, 256 days	GK
4	Hector Goetinck (Club Brugge)	37 years, 241 days	MF
5	Wilfried Van Moer (Beveren)	37 years, 119 days	MF
6	Franky Van der Elst (Club Brugge)	37 years, 56 days	MF
7	Danny Boffin (Sint-Truiden)	36 years, 320 days	MF
8	Eric Gerets (PSV Eindhoven)	36 years, 313 days	DF
9	Michel De Wolf (Marseille)	36 years, 231 days	DF
10	Henri Meert (Anderlecht)	36 years, 216 days	GK

Highlighted names denote a player still playing or available for selection.

Youngest goalkeeper: Robert Hustin, aged 18 years, 6 months and 24 days, vs France on 9 May 1905
Youngest player to reach a century of caps: Eden Hazard, aged 28 years, 2 months and 17 days, vs Cyprus on 24 March 2019^{[upper-alpha 5]}
Oldest debutant: Dany Verlinden, aged 34 years, 10 months and 7 days, vs Norway on 25 March 1998
Oldest outfield debutant: Jozef Van Looy, aged 34 years, 2 months and 16 days, vs England on 18 May 1950
Oldest player to feature at the World Cup finals: Wilfried Van Moer, aged 37 years, 3 months and 27 days, 1982 World Cup, vs Poland on 28 June 1982
Youngest player to feature at the World Cup finals: Divock Origi, aged 19 years, 1 month and 30 days, 2014 World Cup, vs Algeria on 17 June 2014
Oldest player to feature at the European Championship finals: Lorenzo Staelens, aged 36 years, 1 months and 20 days, Euro 2000, vs Turkey on 19 June 2000
Youngest player to feature at the European Championship finals: Enzo Scifo, aged 18 years, 3 months and 25 days, Euro 1984, vs Yugoslavia on 13 June 1984

On major tournaments

Most inclusions in a World Cup/European Championship finals squad: Jan Ceulemans (Euro 1980, 1982 World Cup, Euro 1984, 1986 World Cup and 1990 World Cup), Enzo Scifo (Euro 1984, 1986 World Cup, 1990 World Cup, 1994 World Cup and 1998 World Cup), Marc Wilmots (1990 World Cup, 1994 World Cup, 1998 World Cup, Euro 2000 and 2002 World Cup), Toby Alderweireld, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens, Simon Mignolet, Jan Vertonghen and Axel Witsel (2014 World Cup, Euro 2016, 2018 World Cup, Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup), 5 tournaments
Most tournaments appeared in: Jan Ceulemans (Euro 1980, 1982 World Cup, Euro 1984, 1986 World Cup, 1990 World Cup), Enzo Scifo (Euro 1984, 1986 World Cup, 1990 World Cup, 1994 World Cup and 1998 World Cup), Toby Alderweireld, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens, Jan Vertonghen and Axel Witsel (2014 World Cup, Euro 2016, 2018 World Cup, Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup), 5 tournaments
Most tournaments appeared in consecutively: Toby Alderweireld, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Dries Mertens, Jan Vertonghen and Axel Witsel (all played at 2014 World Cup, Euro 2016, 2018 World Cup, Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup), 5 tournaments
Most total appearances at the World Cup and European Championship finals: Thibaut Courtois, 25 caps
Most total non-playing selections for the World Cup and European Championship finals: Simon Mignolet, 24 selections
Most total non-playing selections for the World Cup and European Championship finals without ever playing in a tournament: Simon Mignolet, 24 selections (still active) & Gilbert Bodart, 11 selections
Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals or the European Championship finals: Jef Jurion, 64 caps
Fewest appearances while still playing at both the World Cup finals and European Championship finals: Jacky Peeters & Branko Strupar, 17 caps
Most appearances without ever being in a World Cup or European Championship finals squad: Jef Jurion, 64 caps
Most inclusions in a World Cup/European Championship finals squad without playing in the tournament: Simon Mignolet (2014 World Cup, Euro 2016, 2018 World Cup, Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup), 5 tournaments
Most inclusions in a World Cup/European Championship finals squad without ever playing in a tournament: Simon Mignolet (2014 World Cup, Euro 2016, 2018 World Cup, Euro 2020 and 2022 World Cup), 5 tournaments
Most appearances at the Olympic Games finals: Jean de Bie, 6 caps (3 in 1920, 1 in 1924 and 2 in 1928)
First player to make tournament appearances in three separate decades: None

FIFA World Cup

Most inclusions in the squad for the World Cup finals: Franky Van der Elst, Enzo Scifo (both in 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998) & Marc Wilmots (1990, 1994, 1998 and 2002), 4 World Cups
Most appearances in different World Cup finals: Franky Van der Elst & Enzo Scifo (both in 1986, 1990, 1994 and 1998), 4 World Cups
Most appearances at the World Cup finals: Enzo Scifo, 17 caps
Most appearances without ever playing at the World Cup finals: Jef Jurion, 64 caps
Most non-playing selections for the World Cup finals: Simon Mignolet, 15 selections
Most selections for the World Cup finals without ever playing in the tournament: Simon Mignolet, 15 selections
Fewest appearances while still playing at the World Cup finals: Gérard Delbeke, 1 cap
Players to debut at the World Cup finals

Henri De Deken, 1930 World Cup, vs Paraguay on 20 July 1930
Gérard Delbeke, 1930 World Cup, vs Paraguay on 20 July 1930
François De Vries, 1934 World Cup, vs Germany on 27 May 1934
Denis Houf, 1954 World Cup, vs England on 17 June 1954
Pieter van den Bosch, 1954 World Cup, vs England on 17 June 1954
Guy Vandersmissen, 1982 World Cup, vs Argentina on 13 June 1982
Jacky Munaron, 1982 World Cup, vs Soviet Union on 1 July 1982

UEFA European Championship

Most inclusions in the squad for the European Championship finals: Maurice Martens (1972 & 1980), Jan Ceulemans, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Erwin Vandenbergh, René Vandereycken (1980 & 1984), Toby Alderweireld, Michy Batshuayi, Christian Benteke, Yannick Carrasco, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Jason Denayer, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Thomas Meunier, Dries Mertens, Simon Mignolet, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen & Axel Witsel (2016 & 2020), 2 final tournaments
Most appearances at the European Championship finals: Thibaut Courtois & Romelu Lukaku, 10 caps
Most consecutive appearances at the European Championship finals: Jan Ceulemans, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Erwin Vandenbergh, René Vandereycken (1980 & 1984), Toby Alderweireld, Michy Batshuayi, Christian Benteke, Yannick Carrasco, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Jason Denayer, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Thomas Meunier, Dries Mertens, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen & Axel Witsel (2016 & 2020), 2 final tournaments
Fewest appearances while still playing at the European Championship finals: Walter De Greef & Paul Lambrichts, 5 caps
Most appearances without ever playing at the European Championship finals: Timmy Simons, 94 caps
Appearances at most European Championship finals: Jan Ceulemans, Jean-Marie Pfaff, Erwin Vandenbergh, René Vandereycken (1980 & 1984), Toby Alderweireld, Michy Batshuayi, Christian Benteke, Yannick Carrasco, Thibaut Courtois, Kevin De Bruyne, Jason Denayer, Eden Hazard, Romelu Lukaku, Thomas Meunier, Dries Mertens, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen & Axel Witsel (2016 & 2020), 2 final tournaments
Most non-playing selections for the European Championship finals: Simon Mignolet, 9 selections
Most non-playing selections for the European Championship finals without ever playing in the tournament: Simon Mignolet, 9 selections
Players to debut at the European Championship finals: Georges Grün, Euro 1984, vs Yugoslavia on 13 June 1984