Belgium national football team

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The Belgium national football team is the country’s senior men’s side, known for its “Golden Generation” of talented players and strong performances in major international tournaments like the FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf men's national association football team
bestEuroResult runners-up
bestEuroResultYear 1980
bestWorldCupResult third place
bestWorldCupResultYear 2018
confederation UEFA
continentalConfederation UEFA
surface form: Union of European Football Associations
country Belgium
euroAppearances 6
fifaAffiliationYear 1904
fifaCode BEL
fifaMember FIFA
fifaRankingBestPosition 1
fifaRankingBestSpanEnd 2022
fifaRankingBestSpanStart 2015
fifaRankingWorstPosition 71
fifaRankingWorstYear 2007
fifaTrigramme BEL
firstEuroAppearanceYear 1972
firstInternationalLocation Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
firstInternationalOpponent France national football team
firstInternationalResult 3–3 draw
firstInternationalYear 1904
firstWorldCupAppearanceYear 1930
gender men
governingBody Royal Belgian Football Association
hasAbbreviation BEL
hasGenerationNickname Golden Generation
homeCity Brussels, Belgium
surface form: Brussels
homeStadium King Baudouin Stadium
kitColorAwayPrimary white
kitColorHomePrimary red
nickname Red Devils
notablePlayer Eden Hazard
Kevin De Bruyne
Romelu Lukaku
Thibaut Courtois
Vincent Kompany
notableTournamentEra 2014–2022 Golden Generation era
olympicAppearances 3
olympicGoldMedalHostCity Antwerp
olympicGoldMedalYear 1920
represents Belgium in men's international football
rival France national football team
Netherlands national football team
shortName Belgium
sport association football
subConfederation UEFA
uefaAffiliationYear 1954
worldCupAppearances 14

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Kevin De Bruyne nationalTeam Belgium national football team
Netherlands national football team rival Belgium national football team
France national football team firstInternationalOpponent Belgium national football team
1986 FIFA World Cup fourthPlace Belgium national football team
Group B team Belgium national football team
subject surface form: Group B (UEFA Euro 2020)
Group B winner Belgium national football team
subject surface form: Group B (UEFA Euro 2020)
Group B qualifiedForRoundOf16 Belgium national football team
subject surface form: Group B (UEFA Euro 2020)
1930 FIFA World Cup hasParticipatingTeam Belgium national football team
2018 FIFA World Cup thirdPlace Belgium national football team
2018 FIFA World Cup goldenGloveWinnerTeam Belgium national football team
Roberto Martínez managedNationalTeam Belgium national football team
Royal Belgian Football Association governs Belgium national football team
King Baudouin Stadium isHomeStadiumOf Belgium national football team
King Baudouin Stadium tenants Belgium national football team
Heysel Stadium associatedWithClub Belgium national football team
Michel Preud'homme memberOfSportsTeam Belgium national football team
Michel Preud'homme captained Belgium national football team
UEFA Euro 1980 runnerUp Belgium national football team
UEFA Euro 1980 qualifiedTeam Belgium national football team
Jean-Marie Pfaff memberOfSportsTeam Belgium national football team
Jean-Marie Pfaff partOf Belgium national football team
this entity surface form: Belgium national football team at the 1986 FIFA World Cup
Vincent Kompany playedFor Belgium national football team
Vincent Kompany captainOf Belgium national football team
Dries Mertens nationalTeam Belgium national football team
Romelu Lukaku nationalTeam Belgium national football team
Romelu Lukaku isAllTimeTopScorerFor Belgium national football team