Belgium national football team results (2020–present)

In the 2020s, the Belgium national football team played at the UEFA Euro 2020, 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals, 2022 FIFA World Cup and UEFA Euro 2024.^[1]

Results

Legend for encounters
World Cup	FIFA World Cup
Euro	UEFA European Championship
Nations League	UEFA Nations League
Q	Qualification rounds
GS	Group stage
R16	Round of 16 (eighth-finals)
QF	Quarter-final
SF	Semi-final
3rd	Third place match
F	Final

55 official matches played (as of 1 July 2024^[update]):^[2]^[3]^[4]

2020

27 March 2020 Qatar Airways International Tournament	Belgium	Cancelled	Portugal	Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
		Report		Stadium: Education City Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

30 March 2020 Qatar Airways International Tournament	Switzerland	Cancelled	Belgium	Ar-Rayyan, Qatar
		Report		Stadium: Education City Stadium
Note: Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.^[5]

5 September 2020 2020–21 Nations League A	Denmark	0–2	Belgium	Copenhagen, Denmark
20:45		Report	Denayer 9' Mertens 77'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)

8 September 2020 2020–21 Nations League A	Belgium	5–1	Iceland	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Witsel 13' Batshuayi 17', 69' Mertens 50' Doku 80'	Report	Friðjónsson 11'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 1]} Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

8 October 2020 Friendly	Belgium	1–1	Ivory Coast	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Batshuayi 54'	Report	Kessié 87' (pen.)	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 7,000 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands)

11 October 2020 2020–21 Nations League A	England	2–1	Belgium	London, England
18:00	Rashford 39' (pen.) Mount 65'	Report	Lukaku 16' (pen.)	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 0^{[note 2]} Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

14 October 2020 2020–21 Nations League A	Iceland	1–2	Belgium	Reykjavík, Iceland
20:45	Sævarsson 17'	Report	Lukaku 9', 38' (pen.)	Stadium: Laugardalsvöllur Attendance: 60 Referee: Andris Treimanis (Latvia)

11 November 2020 Friendly	Belgium	2–1	Switzerland	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Batshuayi 49', 70'	Report	Mehmedi 12'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

15 November 2020 2020–21 Nations League A	Belgium	2–0	England	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Tielemans 10' Mertens 23'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands)

18 November 2020 2020–21 Nations League A	Belgium	4–2	Denmark	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Tielemans 3' Lukaku 57', 69' De Bruyne 87'	Report	Wind 17' Chadli 86' (o.g.)	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

2021

24 March 2021 2022 World Cup Q	Belgium	3–1	Wales	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	De Bruyne 22' T. Hazard 28' Lukaku 73' (pen.)	Report	Wilson 11'	Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Cüneyt Çakır (Turkey)

27 March 2021 2022 World Cup Q	Czech Republic	1–1	Belgium	Prague, Czech Republic
20:45	Provod 50'	Report	Lukaku 60'	Stadium: Eden Arena Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

30 March 2021 2022 World Cup Q	Belgium	8–0	Belarus	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Batshuayi 14' Vanaken 17', 89' Trossard 38', 75' Doku 42' Praet 49' Benteke 70'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Attendance: 0^{[note 3]} Referee: Donatas Rumšas (Lithuania)

3 June 2021 Friendly	Belgium	1–1	Greece	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	T. Hazard 20'	Report	Tzavellas 66'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Robert Hennessy (Republic of Ireland)

6 June 2021 Friendly	Belgium	1–0	Croatia	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Lukaku 38'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 50 Referee: Deniz Aytekin (Germany)

12 June 2021 Euro 2020 GS	Belgium	3–0	Russia	Saint Petersburg, Russia
22:00	Lukaku 10', 88' Meunier 34'	Report		Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 26,264 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

17 June 2021 Euro 2020 GS	Denmark	1–2	Belgium	Copenhagen, Denmark
18:00	Poulsen 2'	Report	T. Hazard 55' De Bruyne 70'	Stadium: Parken Stadium Attendance: 23,395 Referee: Björn Kuipers (Netherlands)

21 June 2021 Euro 2020 GS	Finland	0–2	Belgium	Saint Petersburg, Russia
21:00		Report	Hradecky 74' (o.g.) Lukaku 81'	Stadium: Krestovsky Stadium Attendance: 18,545 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

27 June 2021 Euro 2020 R16	Belgium	1–0	Portugal	Seville, Spain
21:00	T. Hazard 42'	Report		Stadium: La Cartuja Attendance: 11,504 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

2 July 2021 Euro 2020 QF	Belgium	1–2	Italy	Munich, Germany
21:00	Lukaku 45+2' (pen.)	Report	Barella 31' Insigne 44'	Stadium: Allianz Arena Attendance: 12,984 Referee: Slavko Vinčić (Slovenia)

2 September 2021 2022 World Cup Q	Estonia	2–5	Belgium	Tallinn, Estonia
20:45	Käit 2' Sorga 83'	Report	Vanaken 22' Lukaku 29', 52' Witsel 65' Foket 76'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 6,685 Referee: Guillermo Cuadra Fernández (Spain)

5 September 2021 2022 World Cup Q	Belgium	3–0	Czech Republic	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Lukaku 8' E. Hazard 41' Saelemaekers 65'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 21,416 Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

8 September 2021 2022 World Cup Q	Belarus	0–1	Belgium	Kazan, Russia
20:45		Report	Praet 33'	Stadium: Central Stadium Attendance: 0 Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

7 October 2021 2021 Nations League SF	Belgium	2–3	France	Turin, Italy
20:45	Carrasco 37' Lukaku 40'	Report	Benzema 62' Mbappé 69' (pen.) T. Hernandez 90'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 12,409 Referee: Daniel Siebert (Germany)

10 October 2021 2021 Nations League 3rd	Italy	2–1	Belgium	Turin, Italy
15:00	Barella 46' Berardi 65' (pen.)	Report	De Ketelaere 86'	Stadium: Juventus Stadium Attendance: 16,724 Referee: Srđan Jovanović (Serbia)

13 November 2021 2022 World Cup Q	Belgium	3–1	Estonia	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Benteke 11' Carrasco 53' T. Hazard 74'	Report	Sorga 70'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 29,865 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

16 November 2021 2022 World Cup Q	Wales	1–1	Belgium	Cardiff, Wales
20:45	Moore 32'	Report	De Bruyne 12'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Referee: Artur Soares Dias (Portugal)

2022

26 March 2022 Friendly	Republic of Ireland	2–2	Belgium	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
18:00	Ogbene 35' Browne 85'	Report	Batshuayi 12' Vanaken 58'	Stadium: Aviva Stadium Referee: Nick Walsh (Scotland)

29 March 2022 Friendly	Belgium	3–0	Burkina Faso	Anderlecht, Belgium
20:45	Vanaken 16' Trossard 45' Benteke 75'	Report		Stadium: Constant Vanden Stock Stadium Referee: Dennis Higler (Netherlands)

3 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League A	Belgium	1–4	Netherlands	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Batshuayi 90+3'	Report	Bergwijn 40' Depay 51', 66' Dumfries 62'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 38,327 Referee: José María Sánchez (Spain)

8 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League A	Belgium	6–1	Poland	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Witsel 42' De Bruyne 59' Trossard 73', 80' Dendoncker 84' Openda 90+3'	Report	Lewandowski 28'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,409 Referee: Ivan Kružliak (Slovakia)

11 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League A	Wales	1–1	Belgium	Cardiff, Wales
20:45	Johnson 86'	Report	Tielemans 51'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 27,188 Referee: Benoît Bastien (France)

14 June 2022 2022–23 Nations League A	Poland	0–1	Belgium	Warsaw, Poland
20:45		Report	Batshuayi 16'	Stadium: Stadion Narodowy Attendance: 56,803 Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

22 September 2022 2022–23 Nations League A	Belgium	2–1	Wales	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	De Bruyne 10' Batshuayi 37'	Report	Moore 50'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 28,463 Referee: Ali Palabıyık (Turkey)

25 September 2022 2022–23 Nations League A	Netherlands	1–0	Belgium	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45	Van Dijk 73'	Report		Stadium: Johan Cruyff Arena Attendance: 52,314 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

18 November 2022 Friendly	Egypt	2–1	Belgium	Kuwait City, Kuwait
16:00	M. Mohamed 33' Trézéguet 46'	Report	Openda 76'	Stadium: Jaber Al-Ahmad International Stadium Referee: Ali Shaban (Kuwait)

23 November 2022 2022 World Cup GS	Belgium	1–0	Canada	Al Rayyan, Qatar
22:00	Batshuayi 44'	Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 40,432 Referee: Janny Sikazwe (Zambia)

27 November 2022 2022 World Cup GS	Belgium	0–2	Morocco	Doha, Qatar
16:00		Report	Saïss 73' Aboukhlal 90+2'	Stadium: Al Thumama Stadium Attendance: 43,738 Referee: César Ramos (Mexico)

1 December 2022 2022 World Cup GS	Croatia	0–0	Belgium	Al Rayyan, Qatar
18:00		Report		Stadium: Ahmad bin Ali Stadium Attendance: 43,984 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

2023

24 March 2023 Euro 2024 Q	Sweden	0–3	Belgium	Solna, Sweden
20:45		Report	Lukaku 35', 49', 83'	Stadium: Friends Arena Attendance: 49,296 Referee: Orel Grinfeld (Israel)

28 March 2023 Friendly	Germany	2–3	Belgium	Cologne, Germany
20:45	Füllkrug 44' (pen.) Gnabry 87'	Report	Carrasco 6' Lukaku 9' De Bruyne 78'	Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 42,910 Referee: Willy Delajod (France)

17 June 2023 Euro 2024 Q	Belgium	1–1	Austria	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Lukaku 61'	Report	Gregoritsch 21'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 39,237 Referee: Jérôme Brisard (France)

20 June 2023 Euro 2024 Q	Estonia	0–3	Belgium	Tallinn, Estonia
20:45		Report	Lukaku 37', 40' Bakayoko 90'	Stadium: Lilleküla Stadium Attendance: 11,772 Referee: John Beaton (Scotland)

9 September 2023 Euro 2024 Q	Azerbaijan	0–1	Belgium	Baku, Azerbaijan
15:00		Report	Carrasco 38'	Stadium: Dalga Arena Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Nenad Minaković (Serbia)

12 September 2023 Euro 2024 Q	Belgium	5–0	Estonia	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Vertonghen 4' Trossard 18' Lukaku 56', 58' De Ketelaere 88'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 24,127 Referee: Bartosz Frankowski (Poland)

13 October 2023 Euro 2024 Q	Austria	2–3	Belgium	Vienna, Austria
20:45	Laimer 72' Sabitzer 84' (pen.)	Report	Lukebakio 12', 55' Lukaku 58'	Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion Attendance: 47,000 Referee: Jesús Gil Manzano (Spain)

16 October 2023 Euro 2024 Q	Belgium	1–1 (Abandoned but result validated by UEFA)	Sweden	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Lukaku 31' (pen.)	Report	Gyökeres 15'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Maurizio Mariani (Italy)
Note: The match was abandoned at half-time with the score 1–1 due to security reasons, after two Swedish supporters were killed in a terrorist shooting in Brussels.^[8] On 19 October 2023, UEFA decided that the half-time score would be considered final and the match would not be resumed.^[9]

15 November 2023 Friendly	Belgium	1–0	Serbia	Leuven, Belgium
20:45	Carrasco 2'	Report		Stadium: Den Dreef Referee: Marian Barbu (Romania)

19 November 2023 Euro 2024 Q	Belgium	5–0	Azerbaijan	Brussels, Belgium
18:00	Lukaku 17', 26', 30', 37' Trossard 90'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,276 Referee: Gergő Bogár (Hungary)

2024

23 March Friendly	Republic of Ireland	0–0	Belgium	Dublin, Ireland
19:45 GMT	Ferguson 28'	Report		Stadium: Aviva Stadium Attendance: 38,128 Referee: Rohit Saggi (Norway)

26 March Friendly	England	2–2	Belgium	London, England
19:45 GMT	Toney 17' (pen.) Bellingham 90+5'	Report	Tielemans 11', 36'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 80,733 Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

5 June Friendly	Belgium	2–0	Montenegro	Brussels, Belgium
20:45 CET	De Bruyne 44' Trossard 90+3' (pen.)	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Kristoffer Karlsson (Sweden)

8 June Friendly	Belgium	3–0	Luxembourg	Brussels, Belgium
20:00 CET	Lukaku 42' (pen.), 57' Trossard 81'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Paweł Raczkowski (Poland)

17 June Euro 2024 GS	Belgium	0–1	Slovakia	Frankfurt, Germany
18:00 CEST		Report	Schranz 7'	Stadium: Waldstadion Attendance: 45,181 Referee: Halil Umut Meler (Turkey)

22 June Euro 2024 GS	Belgium	2–0	Romania	Cologne, Germany
21:00 CET	Tielemans 2' De Bruyne 80'	Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 42,535 Referee: Szymon Marciniak (Poland)

26 June Euro 2024 GS	Ukraine	0–0	Belgium	Stuttgart, Germany
21:00 CET		Report		Stadium: MHPArena Attendance: 54,000 Referee: Anthony Taylor (England)

1 July Euro 2024 R16	France	1–0	Belgium	Düsseldorf, Germany
18:00 CET	Vertonghen 85' (o.g.)	Report		Stadium: Merkur Spiel-Arena Attendance: 46,810 Referee: Glenn Nyberg (Sweden)

6 September 2024–25 Nations League A	Belgium	3–1	Israel	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	De Bruyne 21', 52' (pen.) Tielemans 48'	Report	Castagne 36' (o.g.)	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Michael Oliver (England)

9 September 2024–25 Nations League A	France	2–0	Belgium	Lyon, France
20:45	Muani 29' Dembélé 57'	Report		Stadium: Parc Olympique Lyonnais Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)

10 October 2024–25 Nations League A	Italy	2–2	Belgium	Rome, Italy
20:45	Cambiaso 1' Retegui 24' Pellegrini 40'	Report	De Cuyper 42' Trossard 61'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Referee: Espen Eskås (Norway)

14 October 2024–25 Nations League A	Belgium	1–2	France	Brussels, Belgium
20:45	Tielemans 23' Openda 45+3'	Report	Muani 35' (pen.), 62' Tchouaméni 24' 76'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Referee: Irfan Peljto (Bosnia & Herzegovina)

14 November 2024–25 Nations League A	Belgium	0–1	Italy	Brussels, Belgium
20:45		Report	Tonali 11'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 41,367 Referee: Radu Petrescu (Romania)

17 November 2024–25 Nations League A	Israel	1–0	Belgium	Budapest, Hungary^{[note 4]}
20:45	Shua 86'	Report		Stadium: Bozsik Aréna Referee: Sebastian Gishamer (Austria)

Notes

^ ^a ^b Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[6]^[7]
^ Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, England played their home matches behind closed doors.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.
^ Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[10]

References

^ "UEFA EURO 2020: Poland and Russia join Italy, Belgium at finals". UEFA. Retrieved 14 October 2019.
^ "Belgium national team football match results". eu-football.info.
^ "Belgium (2017)". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.
^ "Programma Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Football Association. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.
^ ^a ^b "Rode Duivels trekken niet naar Qatar, vierlandentoernooi is geannuleerd" [Red Devils not going to Qatar, four-team tournament cancelled]. sporza.be (in Dutch). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.
^ "Belgium v Sweden: Euro 2024 qualifier abandoned after Brussels shooting". BBC Sport. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.
^ "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

[September_behind_closed_doors-8] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, all matches scheduled for September 2020 were played behind closed doors.^[6]^[7]

[England_behind_closed_doors-9] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom, England played their home matches behind closed doors.

[Behind_closed_doors-10] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe, the match was played behind closed doors.

[14] Due to the Israel–Hamas war, Israel are required to play their home matches at neutral venues until further notice.^[10]

[1] "UEFA EURO 2020: Poland and Russia join Italy, Belgium at finals". UEFA. Retrieved 14 October 2019.

[2] "Belgium national team football match results". eu-football.info.

[3] "Belgium (2017)". national-football-teams.com. National Football Teams.

[4] "Programma Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). Royal Belgian Football Association. 23 June 2018. Retrieved 23 June 2018.

[qtarcancelled-5] "Rode Duivels trekken niet naar Qatar, vierlandentoernooi is geannuleerd" [Red Devils not going to Qatar, four-team tournament cancelled]. sporza.be (in Dutch). 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[6] "UEFA meets general secretaries of member associations". UEFA. 19 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[7] "UEFA Super Cup to test partial return of spectators". UEFA. 25 August 2020. Retrieved 1 September 2020.

[BEL-SWE_BBC-11] "Belgium v Sweden: Euro 2024 qualifier abandoned after Brussels shooting". BBC Sport. 16 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[BEL-SWE_UEFA-12] "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 19 October 2023.

[13] "European Qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden declared abandoned with half-time result confirmed as final". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 October 2023. Retrieved 23 November 2023.

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