Belgium ended their qualifying campaign for the Football World Cup 2002 at the second place in Group 6. It qualified for the World Cup after the playoff games and lost in the round of 16.
Date
|
Venue
|
Opponents
|
Score*
|
Comp
|
Belgium scorers
|
Match Report
|
15 August 2001
|
Helsinki Olympic Stadium, Helsinki (A)
|
Finland
|
1-4
|
F
|
Bart Goor
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
5 September 2001
|
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)
|
Scotland
|
2–0
|
WCQ
|
Nico Van Kerckhoven, Bart Goor
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
6 October 2001
|
Maksimir stadium, Zagreb (A)
|
Croatia
|
0–1
|
WCQ
|
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
10 November 2001
|
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)
|
Czech Republic
|
1–0
|
WCP
|
Gert Verheyen
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
14 November 2001
|
Toyota Arena, Prague (A)
|
Czech Republic
|
1-0
|
WCP
|
Marc Wilmots
|
www.footbel.be
|
13 February 2002
|
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)
|
Norway
|
1-0
|
F
|
Stefaan Tanghe
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
27 March 2002
|
Patras (A)
|
Greece
|
2-3
|
F
|
Bart Goor, Wesley Sonck
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
17 April 2002
|
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)
|
Slovakia
|
1-1
|
F
|
Bart Goor
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
14 May 2002
|
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels (H)
|
Algeria
|
0–0
|
F
|
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
18 May 2002
|
Stade de France, Paris (A)
|
France
|
2–1
|
F
|
Glen De Boeck, Marc Wilmots
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
26 May 2002
|
Kumamoto (N)
|
Costa Rica
|
1–0
|
F
|
Bart Goor
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
4 June 2002
|
Saitama Stadium, Saitama (N)
|
Japan
|
2-2
|
WCFR
|
Marc Wilmots, Peter Van Der Heyden
|
www.footbel.be
|
10 June 2002
|
Stadium Big Eye, Ōita (N)
|
Tunisia
|
1-1
|
WCFR
|
Marc Wilmots
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
14 June 2002
|
Ecopa Stadium, Shizuoka (N)
|
Russia
|
3-2
|
WCFR
|
Johan Walem, Wesley Sonck, Marc Wilmots
|
www.footbel.be
|
17 June 2002
|
Wing Stadium, Kobe (N)
|
Brazil
|
0–2
|
WCSR
|
|
www.footbel.be[permanent dead link]
|
* Belgium score given first
Key
- H = Home match
- A = Away match
- N = Neutral field
- F = Friendly
- WCQ = FIFA World Cup 2002 Qualifying, Group 6
- WCP = FIFA World Cup 2002 Playoff
- WCFR = FIFA World Cup 2002 First Round
- WCSR = FIFA World Cup 2002 Second Round