Belgium national under-21 football team

Belgium U-21

Nickname(s)	Young Devils
Association	Belgian Football Association
Head coach	Jean-François De Sart
Most caps	Maarten Martens (19)
Top scorer	Cédric Roussel (10 goals)
Home colours Away colours
First international
France 1-1 Belgium (Amiens, France; 3 September 1976)
Biggest win
Belgium 8-0 Luxembourg (Mechelen, Belgium; 3 June 2007)
Biggest defeat
Czech Republic 7-0 Belgium (Prague, Czech Republic; 24 April 2001)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2002)
Best result	Semi-finals, 2007

The Belgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years. Their biggest succes was reaching the semi-finals in 2007 in the Netherlands.

UEFA U-21 Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1978	Did not qualify
1980	Did not qualify
1982	Did not qualify
1984	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Did not qualify
1990	Did not qualify
1992	Did not qualify
1994	Did not qualify
1996	Did not qualify
1998	Did not qualify
2000	Did not qualify
2002	Group stage	3	1	0	2	2	4
2004	Did not qualify
2006	Did not qualify
2007	Semi-final	4	1	2	1	3	4
2009	Did not qualify
2011	Qualifying in progress
Total	2/17	7	2	2	3	5	8

• A * denotes draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
• Gold background color indicates first place finish. Silver background color indicates second place finish. Bronze background color indicates third place finish.
• Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

Current squad

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Jo Coppens December 21, 1990 (1990-12-21) (age 18) -- -- Cercle Brugge GK Simon Mignolet August 6, 1988 (1988-08-06) (age 21) -- -- Sint-Truidense DF Naïm Aarab February 7, 1988 (1988-02-07) (age 21) -- -- Larissa DF Ritchie De Laet November 28, 1988 (1988-11-28) (age 21) -- -- Manchester United DF David Hubert February 12, 1988 (1988-02-12) (age 21) -- -- Racing Genk DF Jérémy Huyghebaert January 7, 1989 (1989-01-07) (age 20) -- -- Roeselare DF Daan Van Gijseghem March 2, 1988 (1988-03-02) (age 21) -- -- Excelsior Mouscron MF Yoni Buyens March 10, 1988 (1988-03-10) (age 21) -- -- Mechelen MF Hervé Kage April 10, 1989 (1989-04-10) (age 20) -- -- Charleroi MF Vadis Odjidja-Ofoe February 2, 1989 (1989-02-02) (age 20) -- -- Club Brugge MF Axel Witsel January 12, 1989 (1989-01-12) (age 20) -- -- Standard Liège MF Ritchie Kitoko June 11, 1988 (1988-06-11) (age 21) -- -- Udinese MF Geoffrey Mujangi Bia August 12, 1989 (1989-08-12) (age 20) -- -- Charleroi MF Joachim Mununga June 30, 1988 (1988-06-30) (age 21) -- -- Mechelen MF Radja Nainggolan May 4, 1988 (1988-05-04) (age 21) -- -- Piacenza MF Mehdi Carcela González July 1, 1989 (1989-07-01) (age 20) 1 0 Standard Liège FW Brecht Capon April 22, 1988 (1988-04-22) (age 21) -- -- Kortrijk FW Romelu Lukaku May 13, 1993 (1993-05-13) (age 16) -- -- Anderlecht FW Jelle Vossen March 22, 1989 (1989-03-22) (age 20) -- -- Cercle Brugge

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See also

• Belgium national football team
• Belgium national under-19 football team
• Belgium national under-17 football team
• European Under-21 Football Championship

References and external links

• UEFA Under-21 website, complete results archive
• The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation, full record of U-21 and U-23 Championships