Belgium

Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football-Association
Founded: 1895
Federation: UEFA
- Union Royale Belge des Sociétés de Football-Association was founded in 1895 and played its first game against France in Brussels on 1st May 1904, resulting in a 3-3 draw.
Belgium played England for the first time in 1921 and were regular opponents during the 20s, but to date have registered only one victory: a 3-2 win in Brussels on 9th May 1936.
The first four tournament matches all resulted in draws after 90 minutes. The first (4-4) was during the '54 world Cup in Switzerland - England's first experience of extra time. The second was in the group stages of the '80 European Championship in Italy. The third and most memorable was in the second round of the '90 World Cup when David Platt scored the winner in the 119th minute. Most recently, during the King Hassan II Tournament prior to the '98 World Cup, the match proceeded directly to penalty kicks where England naturally lost.
They met twice at the Word Cup 2018 where Belgium prevailed on both occasions, once in the group stage and then for the 3rd place playoff. Their recent meetings in the 2020/21 UNL resulted in one win apiece.
Head to head
- Type
- Played
- Won
- Drawn
- Lost
- For
- Against
- FriendlyFR
- 17
- 14
- 2
- 1
- 64
- 20
- World Cup FinalsWCF
- 4
- 1
- 1
- 2
- 5
- 7
- European Championship FinalsECF
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 1
- King Hassan II TournamentKHT
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 0
- 0
- 0
- UEFA Nations LeagueUNL
- 2
- 1
- 0
- 1
- 2
- 3
Match List
BEL, 15th Nov 2020, 0 - 2 (UNL)
BEL, 11th Oct 2020, 2 - 1 (UNL)
BEL, 14th Jul 2018, 0 - 2 (WCF)
BEL, 28th Jun 2018, 0 - 1 (WCF)
BEL, 2nd Jun 2012, 1 - 0 (FR)
BEL, 10th Oct 1999, 2 - 1 (FR)
BEL, 29th May 1998, 0 - 0 (KHT) *
BEL, 26th Jun 1990, 1 - 0 (WCF) *
BEL, 12th Jun 1980, 1 - 1 (ECF)
BEL, 25th Feb 1970, 3 - 1 (FR)
BEL, 21st Oct 1964, 2 - 2 (FR)
BEL, 17th Jun 1954, 4 - 4 (WCF) *
BEL, 26th Nov 1952, 5 - 0 (FR)
BEL, 18th May 1950, 4 - 1 (FR)
BEL, 21st Sep 1947, 5 - 2 (FR)
BEL, 9th May 1936, 2 - 3 (FR)
BEL, 16th May 1931, 4 - 1 (FR)
BEL, 11th May 1929, 5 - 1 (FR)
BEL, 19th May 1928, 3 - 1 (FR)
BEL, 11th May 1927, 9 - 1 (FR)
BEL, 24th May 1926, 5 - 3 (FR)
BEL, 8th Dec 1924, 4 - 0 (FR)
BEL, 1st Nov 1923, 2 - 2 (FR)
BEL, 19th Mar 1923, 6 - 1 (FR)
BEL, 21st May 1921, 2 - 0 (FR)
- * Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.