This is a list of the Belgium national football team's results from 1890 to the present day that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official internationals. [1] [2]
The nine games played between Belgium and England's amateur team are not considered official by the opponents; this also applies to a game played between Belgium and England in 1946, which is classified by the English FA as an unofficial 'Victory International'. [2] [3] While the Belgian Football Association does not take several Olympic Games matches of Belgium into account, according to the RSSSF there is no reason to doubt about the official character. [2]
6 April 1890 International Friendly | Belgian XI ![]() | 1–8 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
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27 December 1898 International Friendly | Belgium XI ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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The first appearance of a Belgium national team came at the 1900 Summer Olympics, where a mixed team representing Belgium mostly made up of students from the Université de Bruxelles, played one match against France represented by Club Français, which ended in a 2–6 loss. [4]
23 September 1900 1900 Summer Olympics | Club Français ![]() | 6–2 | ![]() | Paris, France |
Peltier ![]() ? ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() | Report | Spanoghe ![]() van Heuckelum ![]() | Stadium: Vélodrome de Vincennes Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Jack Wood (Great Britain) |
The first four games played by a national selection of players active in Belgium and the Netherlands between 1901 and 1904, were not yet considered official because of the presence of English players in the "Belgian" squad. [1] [5] These four games were all contested in Antwerp, and the prize was a cup offered by Frédéric Vanden Abeele, the Coupe Vanden Abeele. [6] A few weeks earlier, the "Vanden Abeele squad" played a preparatory match against a team made up of officers of Hounslow's Royal Fusiliers. [7]
23 March 1901Warm-up match | "Vanden Abeele team" ![]() | v | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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28 April 1901 1901 Coupe Vanden Abeele | Belgium ![]() | 8 – 0 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
Report | Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground Attendance: 300 Referee: Charles Maggee |
29 April 1901 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 0 – 5 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
Report1 Report2 | Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground |
5 January 1902 1902 Coupe Vanden Abeele | Belgium ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
W. Potts | Report | Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground |
15 December 1902 1903 Coupe Vanden Abeele | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
Blanchard ![]() H. Potts ![]() | Report | Lotsy ![]() | Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground |
3 January 1904 1904 Coupe Vanden Abeele | Belgium ![]() | 6 – 4 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
H. Potts ![]() Feye ![]() | Report | Bekker ![]() Kamperdijk ![]() Van den Berg ![]() Wollenberg ![]() | Stadium: Beerschot A.C. ground Referee: Herbert Willing (Netherlands) | |
Note: Belgium had originally announced to field an exclusively Belgian squad, but eventually replaced Paul Chibert (injured) with Herbert Potts, who contributed decisively to Belgium's win, scoring four goals. |
6 January 1906 International Friendly | Corinthian ![]() | 12 – 0 | ![]() | Leyton, United Kingdom |
[8] |
6 May 1906 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 1–2 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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30 March 1907 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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31 March 1907 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 2–7 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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4 May 1907 International Friendly | Belgium XI ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Brugge, Belgium |
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5 January 1908 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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21 April 1908 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 0–2 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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4 May 1908 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 1–1 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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8 June 1908 International Friendly | Belgium XI ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | Verviers, Belgium |
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3 January 1909 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 1–3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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14 March 1909 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 2–3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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28 December 1909 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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1 January 1910 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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Between 1910 and 1913, "Select Belgium" played an annual match against a London League XI on All Saints' Day (1 November) in Brussels, losing two and winning two, the latter with an epic 5–4 win. [9]
16 May 1910 International Friendly | Belgium XI ![]() | 1–7 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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1 November 1910 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 0–5 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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25 December 1910 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 1–6 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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1 November 1911 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[10] |
24 December 1911 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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1 November 1912 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 2–4 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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1 November 1913 International Friendly | Select Belgium ![]() | 5–4 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
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Probably because of the war period (World War I), the results of matches between 1915 and 1918 are not shown in official overviews. The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf , however, listed three France–Belgium matches in this period together with the matches between 1905 and 1914, without noting a difference in status. [11] In the 1918 match Albert I, King of the Belgians, handed out a cup trophy for the winners. [12] Also in this period, they faced Italy three times, two of which as a France-Belgium representative team. [13]
?? December 1914 International Friendly | France ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Paris, France |
[14] |
1 January 1915 International friendly | Italy ![]() | 6–2 | France-Belgium representative team | Milan, Italy |
Fresia ![]() Cevenini III ![]() Cevenini I ![]() | [13] | Vialmonteli ![]() van Hege ![]() | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Umberto Meazza (Italy) |
3 January 1915 International friendly | Italy ![]() | 2–3 | France-Belgium representative team | Turin, Italy |
De Vecchi ![]() Santamaria ![]() | [13] | Vialmonteli ![]() van Hege ![]() | Stadium: Piazza d'armi Referee: Edoardo Pasteur (Italy) |
?? March 1915 International Friendly | France ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Paris, France |
[11] |
12 March 1916 International Friendly | France ![]() | 1 – 4 | ![]() | Paris, France |
? ![]() | [11] | Wertz ![]() ? ![]() | Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Scamoni (Italy) |
3 June 1917 International friendly | Italy ![]() | 3–4 | ![]() | Milan, Italy |
Cevenini I ![]() Santamaria ![]() | [13] | ? ![]() ? ![]() Vancaut ![]() Ballyn ![]() | Stadium: San Siro Referee: Mauro (Italy) |
22 April 1918 International Friendly | France ![]() | 2 – 5 | ![]() | Paris, France |
? ![]() | [12] | ? ![]() | Stadium: Stade Bauer Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Haworth (England) |
On January 26 1916, Sporting, a French sports weekly magazine, decided to set up sports events across France at the end of April 1916. The goal of this initiative was to collect money and to send balls and boxing gloves to French soldiers. The biggest sports event was a football tournament in the Paris area with seven different teams representing four countries. Belgium won the tournament. [3]
22 April 1916 Journées du Poilu Sportif quarter-final | Belgium ![]() | 17–0 | ![]() | Paris, France |
Balyu ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ? ![]() | Report | Stadium: Stade Chevaleret Referee: Hjord (France) |
23 April 1916 Journées du Poilu Sportif semi-final | Belgium ![]() | 4–0 | ![]() | Boulogne, France |
Balyu ![]() ![]() Caremans ![]() ![]() | Report | Stadium: Pavillon des Princes Attendance: 2500 Referee: Atkins (England) |
24 April 1916 Journées du Poilu Sportif final | Belgium ![]() | 3–1 | ![]() | Saint-Ouen, France |
Balyu ![]() ![]() Caremans ![]() | Report | Vial ![]() | Stadium: Stade de Paris Attendance: 3000 |
In the summer of 1919, Belgium participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris, on the occasion of the celebration of the Allied victory in World War I. This Belgian team featured five players who would go on to win the gold medal in the 1920 Summer Games in the following year. They comfortably beat Canada and the United States, which was the first time, official or otherwise, that Belgium faced a non-European team. However, a 1–4 loss to eventual champions Czechoslovakia on the opening day cost them a place in the final, although Belgium got their revenge by beating them in the final of the 1920 Olympics. [15]
24 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | Czechoslovakia ![]() | 4–1 | ![]() | Paris, France |
Sedláček ![]() Vaník ![]() Janda ![]() | [15] | Flaminck ![]() | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
26 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | Belgium ![]() | 5–2 | ![]() | Paris, France |
? ![]() | [15] | ? ![]() | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage | Belgium ![]() | 7–0 | ![]() | Paris, France |
? ![]() | [15] | Stadium: Stade Pershing |
Apart from the official biannual Low Countries derbies, Belgium played against the Netherlands for diverse purposes in the 1920s; the 1925 and 1926 matches served as fundraiser for FIFA and charity, respectively, and in the 1929 match the Royal Dutch Football Association's 40th anniversary was celebrated. [16]
8 February 1921 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
14:37 UTC+1 | Bragard ![]() Thijs ![]() | [17] [18] | Stadium: Park Duden Attendance: 10,000 Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium) |
1 November 1921 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 0 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[19] | Stadium: Park Duden Referee: Job Mutters (Netherlands) |
1 March 1922 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 2 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
Larnoe ![]() Hendrickx ![]() | [20] | Blinckhof ![]() Petit ![]() | Stadium: Park Duden Attendance: 12,000 Referee: John Langenus |
13 February 1923 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 5 – 3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
14:32 UTC+1 | Larnoe ![]() Musch ![]() Vandevelde ![]() Wertz ![]() Gillis ![]() | [21] | van Linge ![]() Buitenweg ![]() Formenoij ![]() | Stadium: Park Duden Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Christophe |
17 February 1924 International Friendly | Belgium XI ![]() | 1–5 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
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10 June 1924 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[22] |
6 September 1925 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 1 – 1 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
29 August 1926 International Friendly | Netherlands ![]() | 1 – 5 | ![]() | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Van Gelder ![]() | Frenay ![]() Devos ![]() De Spae ![]() |
1 November 1927 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() |
1927 or 1928 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 1 – 3 | ![]() | Belgium |
[23] |
12 February 1929 International Friendly | Zwaluwen ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
1 November 1929 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 7 – 3 | ![]() |
8 December 1929 International Friendly | Netherlands ![]() | 1 – 0 | ![]() | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Outside the official biannual Low Countries derbies, Belgium faced the Netherlands for diverse reasons in the 1930s; the 1930 match served to inaugurate the new national stadium, the two matches in 1932 served as a fundraiser for FIFA and charity, and the 1939 match was at the occasion of the Royal Dutch Football Association's 50th anniversary. [16]
4 March 1930 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 5 – 0 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
Vanderbauwhede ![]() Adams ![]() | [24] | Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Charlier |
29 May 1930 International Friendly | "Zwaluwen" ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Wendt ![]() Lagendaal ![]() Everdingen ![]() | [25] | Stijnen ![]() Van Beeck ![]() Devidts ![]() | Stadium: Sparta Stadion Attendance: 20,000 |
14 September 1930 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
14:17 UTC+1 | Vanderbauwhede ![]() Moeschal ![]() Voorhoof ![]() | [26] | Van Reenen ![]() | Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Cejnar (Czechoslovakia) |
1 November 1930 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 4 – 4 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[27] [28] | Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien |
17 February 1931 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() | Belgium |
Voorhoof ![]() Capelle ![]() | [29] | Volkers ![]() | Referee: Hamus (Luxembourg) |
27 January 1932 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 0 – 1 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[30] | Zischek ![]() | Attendance: 25,000 |
14 February 1932 International Friendly | Netherlands ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Amsterdam, Netherlands |
Wels ![]() Van Nellen ![]() | [31] | Versijp ![]() Capelle ![]() | Referee: Rous (England) |
16 October 1932 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
23 November 1932 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
Versyp ![]() Vanden Eynde ![]() Capelle ![]() | [32] | Silný ![]() | Stadium: Jubilee Stadium |
28 December 1932 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
Voorhoof ![]() | [33] | Joska ![]() | Referee: Raphaël van Praag (Belgium) |
22 November 1933 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 1 – 5 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[34] | Stadium: Jubilee Stadium |
7 February 1934 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 6 – 3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[35] | Stadium: Heysel Stadion Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Turfkruyer |
10 May 1934 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 4 – 1 | ![]() | Liège, Belgium |
1 January 1935 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 5 – 6 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
17 February 1935 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() | Antwerp, Belgium |
[36] |
2 November 1936 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
Voorhoof ![]() | [37] | Smite ![]() | Stadium: Jubilee Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Finck (Germany) |
24 April 1938 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 3 – 1 | ![]() |
4 January 1939 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 5 – 4 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
Isemborghs ![]() | [38] | Stadium: Stade Joseph Marien Attendance: 5,000 |
21 February 1939 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 4 – 3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
R. Braine ![]() Voorhoof ![]() Buyle ![]() | [39] | Scott ![]() Fisher ![]() Vinall ![]() | Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Pforrmann (Luxembourg) |
16 April 1939 International Friendly | "Zwaluwen" ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
Hazeweyer ![]() de Bock ![]() de Boer ![]() | [40] | R. Braine ![]() Ceuleers ![]() | Attendance: 12,000 |
30 April 1939 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[41] | Stadium: Heysel Stadion Attendance: 8,000 |
10 December 1939 International Friendly | Netherlands ![]() | 5 – 2 | ![]() | Rotterdam, Netherlands |
During the occupation of Belgium in World War II, Belgium played multiple unofficial friendlies abroad against teams of allied nations. These included two selections of the English FA that contained some Scottish and Welsh players at both occasions. [42]
1 February 1941 International Friendly | Netherlands ![]() | 3 – 3 | ![]() | London, United Kingdom |
15:00 | Van der Gender ![]() | [43] | Schuermans ![]() Kennens ![]() |
11 October 1941 International Friendly | Netherlands ![]() | 4 – 5 | ![]() | London, United Kingdom |
Luttmer ![]() Van Elsacker ![]() Van der Gender ![]() | [44] | Schuermans ![]() De Busser ![]() Clerikx ![]() | Stadium: Wembley Stadium |
10 February 1942 International Friendly | England ![]() | 4 – 0 | ![]() | Aldershot, United Kingdom |
Lawton ![]() Compton ![]() | [42] | Stadium: The Recreation Ground |
12 December 1942 International Friendly | Netherlands ![]() | 0 – 0 | ![]() | Brentford, United Kingdom |
[45] | Stadium: Griffin Park |
11 April 1943 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 4 – 2 | ![]() | Leipzig, Germany |
[46] | Stadium: Bruno-Plache-Stadion Attendance: 10,000 |
8 May 1943 International Friendly | France ![]() | 0 – 7 | ![]() | London, United Kingdom |
[45] | Stadium: Shepherd's Bush |
?? January 1944 International Friendly | Netherlands ![]() | 3 – 2 | ![]() | London, United Kingdom |
[47] | Attendance: 5,000 |
1 October 1944 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 0 – 3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
[42] [48] | Barnes ![]() Smellinckx ![]() Drake ![]() | Stadium: Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles Attendance: 28,000 Referee: Franken (Belgium) |
6 January 1945 International Friendly [49] | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
Buyle ![]() Coppens ![]() | Report | Andy Black ![]() Fagan ![]() | Stadium: Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles Attendance: 25,000 | |
Note: The aircraft taking the Scotland party on Thursday 4 January 1945 was forced to turn back due to weather conditions when it was within 15 minutes' flying time of Brussels. The party arrived just a day before the match. |
25 March 1945 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 3 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
Van Den Audenaerde ![]() Nicolay ![]() | [42] [48] | Lawton ![]() | Stadium: Stade du Daring Club de Bruxelles Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Wiltshire (England) |
10 February 1948 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 - 1 | ![]() | Charleroi, Belgium |
15:00 | Van Den Audenaerde ![]() Van Den Bosch ![]() | Parsons ![]() | Stadium: Neuvillestadion Attendance: ? Referee: ? |
The matches against Romania on 14 November 2012 and against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 were scheduled as official friendlies but afterwards not recognized by FIFA because of Romania's 8 substitutions [50] and Belgium's 7 substitutions [51] respectively, while only 6 were allowed. [52] The Belgian and Czech football federations were too late in asking that the match against Czech Republic on 5 June 2017 would be official. [53]
14 November 2012 International Friendly | Romania ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Bucharest, Romania |
20:00 UTC+1 | Maxim ![]() Torje ![]() | Report | Benteke ![]() | Stadium: Arena Națională Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Mauro Bergonzi (Italy) |
26 May 2014 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 5 – 1 | ![]() | Genk, Belgium |
20:45 UTC+2 | Lukaku ![]() Chadli ![]() De Bruyne ![]() | Report | Joachim ![]() | Stadium: Cristal Arena Attendance: 23,000 Referee: Tom Harald Hagen (Norway) |
5 June 2017 International Friendly | Belgium ![]() | 2 – 1 | ![]() | Brussels, Belgium |
20:45 (UTC+2) | Batshuayi ![]() Fellaini ![]() | Report | Krmenčík ![]() | Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland) |
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