The Belgium national football team represents the country of Belgium in international association football. It is fielded by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the governing body of football in Belgium, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. As over 600 players have featured in the team since it started officially registering its players in 1904, only players with more than 20 official caps are included.
Despite the first Belgium international game taking place on 1 May 1904, the first player to reach 25 caps for his country was Armand Swartenbroeks, who played his 25th match against England on 1 November 1923.
All players with at least 35 caps are awarded a Medal of Recognition by the Belgian Football Association; also players whose careers are ended by an injury after 20 games receive this award.
Players This list is about male Belgium national football team players with more than twenty appearances. For players with at least five caps, see List of Belgium international footballers (5–20 caps). For players with one to four caps, see List of Belgium international footballers (1–4 caps). For the current men's national team squad, see Belgium national football team#Current squad.
+ KeyNamed to the national team in the past yearBoldStill playing competitive football#xPlayed in one or more friendlies which are not FIFA-recognised, either due to an excessive number of substitutions according to the Laws of the Game or because the request to have a match treated as official was sent too late to the FIFA. Three matches currently fall under this category, namely the friendlies against Romania on 14 November 2012, against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 and against Czech Republic on 5 June 2017. These three matches are recognised by the Belgian FA and therefore included in this list. The number besides the '#' symbol denotes the number of disputed matches for each player.§xPlayed one or more matches for Belgium at the 1920, 1924 or 1928 Summer Olympics, which are not counted as official matches by the Belgian FA and therefore not included in this list. Note that no caps were given for the 1920 Final as FIFA has not released the report of this game and on the official website it is stated that the game was abandoned, without any official result posted. The number besides the '§' symbol denotes the number of matches not counted for each player.
Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as UEFA Nations League matches and numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Statistics correct as of 25 September 2026.
+ Belgium national team football players with over 20 appearancesRankPlayerCapsSelectionsGoals Minutes played Date of debutDebut againstDate oflast matchLast matchagainst Ref.1 #31571421013,2062 #21401271211,1233 #3133116938,4614 #2127129510,9675 #1126123338,6986 #312596389,9227 #1115108010,3528 #2109120216,07899699228,256109411467,63411 #19165156,12112899247,26113 #38797186,37114869437,460869317,38816 #28598106,983 #28510326,398188487186,974198361105,801208210654,779218183307,038227880136,207 #17867114,69124778166,48525708285,7787080294,947703325,30028687335,98229676805,97230 #2668383,55431646895,745648405,761336367235,180637195,090356163305,49036 #26074102,82537587205,17738576703,9105759193,890576194,29457143,15742565805,0705667285,022566632,6485660103,60046556204,5955555243,495 #15576272,61349537013,23450 §35252234,590 #2528423,47752 §3505004,324506034,2325057103,53355495094,270564850204,350485834,2594858204,028484923,7384873,157614750214,260 475792,75563464743,762465204,02765 4581182,19366 §3444443,8584449143,39768435503,49769426613,4534243143,780424733,21572415353,376414103,6904182,27275405332,734404113,60077 #1396532,871394703,46479384712,749383813,105384303,3803843163,31383373922,839 §2373813,240853641122,732364612,409364722,6483691,6853612,75590353762,502353722,847354232,588353502,956354222,899355412,6133511803,08297343502,9333435193,005 §3343403,060343502,992345812,5133471,346103 §2333372,970 §5333302,970336802,668333402,9103338182,745333422,863334802,860333502,970333512,578335002,498 §1333572,9023312,1353331,3171163240132,694323612,836324132,548325931,148325911,996121314281,925314102,747313172,246313112,79031The official website of the Royal Belgian Football Association erroneously reports 32 caps for Van Damme as it adds a cap to the tally of Van Damme for the match between Scotland and Belgium on 6 September 2013, a match in which he did not leave the bench4001,811315202,203127 #1303961,978303102,604129295812,573 #1294811,778131 §1282902,520283042,3252831,0962802,218135273111,799136263711,769262952,370263701,588263621,847264112,009262692,2842611,8972641,698144252731,192145243111,972242821,008242492,190242442,192 §3242402,160244931,275151232391,980232332,086232402,0702323262,1302329151,999232302,026232472,070232602,070232802,0272301,205161223501,332222701,841 #1223511,311 §1222281,890222911,426222402,010 §2222231,9062229101,716222941,398170212801,890212101,820212221,800 §3212101,846212111,890 §3212131,890212651,823213211,572
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