Belgium national under-18 football team
The Belgium national under-18 football team are a feeder team for the main Belgium national football team.
| Nickname(s) | Little Red Devils | ||
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| Association | Royal Belgian Football Association | ||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
| Head coach | Wesley Sonck | ||
| Captain | Frederik Spruyt | ||
| Most caps | Jean-Francois Gillet (19) | ||
| Top scorer | Émile Mpenza (6) | ||
| FIFA code | BEL | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 10 | ||
The team plays an annual friendly tournament. In addition, it only plays practice matches. The team is mainly intended to prepare players from Belgium Under 17 for Belgium Under 19.
From 1948 to 2001, an annual European Under-18 Championship was played. In 1977, Belgium won the tournament. In 2002, the tournament was transformed into a European Under-19 football championship.[1]
Recent results
| 28 April 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup | Belgium .svg.png.webp){kind=small} | 0–2 |  Norway | |
| 15:00 | Report (in Dutch) | Espejord  6'Skimmeland 37' |
| 29 April 2014 2014 Slovakia Cup | Russia  | 3–0 | Belgium | |
| 15:00 | Mayrovich 29' Chernov 46'Makarov 50' |
Report (in Dutch) |
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Current squad
The following players were called up for the friendly against Austria on 14 September 2016.
| No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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| FW | Benjamin Bambi | 12 April 1999 | Heist | |||
| Jelle Bataille | 20 May 1999 | Oostende | ||||
| Andreas Burssens | 17 March 1999 | Gent | ||||
| Milan Corryn | 4 April 1999 | Anderlecht | ||||
| Jarno De Smet | 5 February 1999 | Club Brugge | ||||
| Hannes Delcroix | 28 February 1999 | Anderlecht | ||||
| Jerome Deom | 19 April 1999 | Standard Liège | ||||
| Robbie D'Haese | 25 February 1999 | Oostende | ||||
| MF | Xian Emmers | 20 July 1999 |  Inter | |||
| Daan Foulon | 23 March 1999 | Anderlecht | ||||
| Natanael Frenoy | 8 January 1999 | Standard Liège | ||||
| Soufiane Karkache | 2 July 1999 | Club Brugge | ||||
| Mike Trésor | 28 May 1999 | Anderlecht | ||||
| MF | Paolo Sabak | 10 February 1999 | Genk | |||
| GK | Mile Svilar | 27 August 1999 | Anderlecht | |||
| DF | Zinho Vanheusden | 29 July 1999 | Inter | |||
| Louis Verstraete | 4 May 1999 | Gent | ||||
| Marten Wilmots | 29 January 1999 | Standard Liège |
See also
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References
- "Belgium [U18]". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 16 June 2021.
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