Team created by a collaborative effort of 27DONI72, Milos, StuartBannigan and gurkenjoe93












Honours:

• FIFA World Cup

Third place (1): 2018
Fourth place (1): 1986

• UEFA European Championship

Runner-Up (1): 1980
Third place (1): 1972

• UEFA Nations League

Fourth place (1): 2021


COACH: Guy THYS




The best ever Belgian players 23 man squad



GOALKEEPERS:

● Jean-Marie PFAFF
● Michel PREUD'HOMME

DEFENDERS:

● Armand SWARTENBROEKS
● Laurent VERBIEST
● Georges HEYLENS
● Eric GERETS
● Michel RENQUIN
● Walter MEEUWS
● Jan VERTONGHEN

MIDFIELDERS:

● Joseph JURION
● Wilfried VAN MOER
● Jan CEULEMANS
● Enzo SCIFO
● Franky VAN DER ELST
● Eden HAZARD
● Kevin DE BRUYNE

FORWARDS:

● Raymond BRAINE
● Bernard VOORHOOF
● Joseph MERMANS
● Victor LEMBERECHTS
● Rik COPPENS
● Paul VAN HIMST
● Romelu LUKAKU




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RESERVES:


GOALKEEPERS:

● Jean DE BIE
● Christian PIOT
● Thibaut COURTOIS

DEFENDERS:

● Robert PAVERICK
● Fons VAN BRANDT
● Leo CLIJSTERS
● Georges GRÜN
● Stephane DEMOL
● Philippe ALBERT
● Daniel VAN BUYTEN
● Vincent KOMPANY
● Thomas VERMAELEN
● Toby ALDERWEIRELD

MIDFIELDERS:

● Pierre BRAINE
● Vic MEES
● François VAN DER ELST
● Ludo COECK
● René VANDEREYCKEN
● Franky VERCAUTEREN
● Lorenzo STAELENS
● Marc WILMOTS
● Marouane FELLAINI
● Axel WITSEL

FORWARDS:

● Robert DE VEEN
● Robert COPPÉE
● Désiré BASTIN
● Jean CAPELLE
● Leopold ANOUL
● Wilfried PUIS
● Raoul LAMBERT
● Erwin VANDENBERGH
● Marc DEGRYSE
● Dries MERTENS

What have done Lukaku to deserve to be here? Couple of goals against Tunisia and Panama? Is it enough?

Agree for Hazard, de Bruyne and Kompany.

Like been the top scorer of his nation already with 25 years?

And to which amateurs fossils did the others scored against? Pretty sure they weren't in anyway better than the current Tunisia, Panama, USA or even Ireland.

Goals against Panama and Tunisia at the World Cup are 100x more important than goals in friendlies, no matter who the opposition are. Mermans for example didn’t score a single goal in a competitive game for Belgium, literally all 27 were in friendlies, so I don’t see how you can use Lukaku’s goals as being less “important” as an argument...

So what?
Almost all national have as a top scorer a contemporary player because there are more matches, more weak nationals, etc.
Lukaku is the most overrated n.9 in the world imho, I really don't know what you guys see in him to deserve a spot here: one foot, he is like a big bull watching the ground and run, he miss hundreds easy goal, he can't even stop a ball.

Hazard and KdB are a must in this team.

Are you not being sarcastic? Really? Weaker nowadays nationals teams than in 1940's-1950's? You seems so.

There wasn't Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Malta, San Marino, etc. to score 3-4 goals against each.

I’m not saying that Lukaku should be in the team because he’s Belgium’s top scorer, because as you say anyone can score loads of goals against teams like San Marino and Gibraltar, guys like Rooney and Van Persie shouldn’t be in first team because they constantly underperformed in international tournaments. Lukaku should be in first team because he has turned up for Belgium in big moments and was a huge part of their best ever finish in the World Cup...

Having someone that didn’t score a single competitive goal in the first team is a joke honestly. I have absolutely no doubt that if it was Lukaku that hadn’t scored a competitive goal, you’d use that against him instead of making excuses. Coppens and Voorhoof scored in the World Cup, Braine scored in the Olympics, what’s Mermans’s excuse? And just because you’re biased against Lukaku doesn’t mean he’s a bad player, he’s an excellent striker: phenomenally athletic, a great finisher with his feet and great hold up play. He’s even a really good crosser. And look at the winner against Japan, he basically created the whole goal without even touching the ball. Why should someone that only scored in games that don’t matter be in the first team instead of someone that played excellently in a team that made Belgian history?

I would like to see Paul Van Himst stats.

If anyone can help me I appreciate it very much!

So players like Lukaku, De Bruyne, Hazard, and this last generation should wait?

No, this team is going to be updated very soon.

Updated this team.

How about Louis Van Hege on reserves? He is a gold medal winner for the NT and has scored almost 100 goals at AC Milan, which put him in the top 10 foreign players with most goals for the club.