Vincenzo "Enzo" Daniele Scifo is a retired Belgian football midfielder. He has also managed the Belgium national under-21 football team and several Belgian club sides. He played for clubs in Belgium, France and Italy, where he won several domestic titles. At international level, he was a member of the Belgium national team, for which he appeared in four FIFA World Cups, being one of three Belgian players ever to do so.
The Belgian Pro League, officially the Jupiler Pro League, due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler, is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 16 clubs from the 2023–24 season onwards, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with the Challenger Pro League.
Association football is the most popular sport in Belgium, which has been played since the end of the 19th century. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport. The first match of the Belgium national team was played on 1 May 1904, a 3–3 draw against France.
François Vercauteren, nicknamed "The Little Prince", is a Belgian former footballer who played as a left winger. He is currently the sports director of the Royal Belgian Football Association.
Bart Goor is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a left winger.
Mbo Jérôme Mpenza is a Belgian former professional football player and coach, who played as a striker. He was capped by Belgium at international level, scoring three goals in 56 appearances. His younger brother, Émile, is also a former footballer who represented Belgium.
Aimé Anthuenis is a Belgian former professional football player and manager. He managed the Belgium national football team between 2002 and 2005.
Timmy Simons is a Belgian professional football coach and a former defensive midfielder who is the manager of Dender EH. He was known for his tireless work ethic and penalty-taking ability, having scored 48 competitive goals through penalties, missing only 5. In 2012, at age 36, Simons was both the outfield player with the most minutes and the most kilometres in the Bundesliga. Simons' former clubs include Lommel, Club Brugge, PSV Eindhoven and 1. FC Nürnberg. He captained both Club Brugge and PSV Eindhoven, and won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 2002 while playing for Club Brugge.
Jacques "Jacky" Munaron is a Belgian former football goalkeeper and the goalkeeper coach of FP Halle-Gooik since 2017.
Jacques ("Jacky") Stockman was a Belgian football player who played as a striker. He played most of his career for R.S.C. Anderlecht and was selected 32 times for Belgium.
Hugo Henri Broos is a Belgian football manager and former player. He is the manager of South Africa national soccer team
Erwin Vandendaele is a Belgian former professional footballer who won the Belgian Golden Shoe in 1971 while at Club Brugge. He played 32 times for the Belgium national team between 1970 and 1977, starting in a 2–1 friendly defeat to France on 15 November 1970. In the summer of 1974 Vandendaele moved to the rival Anderlecht. In 1976, he won the UEFA Super Cup with Anderlecht after a legendary 4–1 win in the second leg over Bayern Munich. After his football career Vandendaele founded a tennis club in his hometown Asper. Since 2005, he has been working as a talent scout for Gent.
Lior Refaelov is an Israeli professional footballer who plays as an attacking midfielder or as a winger for Israeli club Maccabi Haifa.
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.
Guillaume Gillet is a Belgian professional football coach and former player.
Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht or RSCA, is a Belgian professional football club based in Anderlecht, Brussels Capital-Region. Anderlecht plays in the Belgian First Division A and is the most successful Belgian football team in European competitions, with five trophies, as well as in the Belgian domestic league, with 34 championship wins. They have also won nine Belgian Cups and hold the record for most consecutive Belgian championship titles, winning five between the 1963–64 and 1967–68 seasons.
Pierre-Joseph Destrebecq was a Belgian international football player. He played as striker in Union Saint-Gilloise, Racing Club de Bruxelles and Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht. With the national side, he also played the first official match of the Belgium national team against France on 1 May 1904. The encounter resulted in a 3–3 draw and Destrebecq scored once in this match. He scored 30 goals in 81 first division games.
Henri "Rie" Dekens was a former Belgian football player and trainer. He started his career as player with RSC Anderlecht and afterwards he coached among others Club Brugge, Thor Waterschei and the Belgium national football team.
Martinus "Martin" Lippens was a Belgian international football player and trainer who only played for one club, Sporting Anderlecht, as a midfielder.
Zeno Koen Debast is a Belgian professional footballer who plays as a centre-back for Belgian Pro League club Anderlecht and the Belgium national team.
