Belgium national football team results – 2000s

In the 2000s, the Belgium national football team played at Euro 2000 (which Belgium co-hosted with The Netherlands) and at the 2002 World Cup. They did not qualify for any other major tournaments.

The overall match balance is positive with 39 wins versus 34 losses (and 25 draws).

Results

Legend for encounters
W.C.	FIFA World Cup
EURO	UEFA European Football Championship
Q	Qualification rounds
GS	Group Stage
1/8	Round of 16 (eighth-finals)

98 official matches were played.[1][2]

Belgium  v  Portugal

2000-02-23 Friendly	Belgium	1–1	Portugal	Charleroi
	Strupar  56'		Sá Pinto  81'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 24,000 Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Belgium  v  Netherlands

2000-03-29 Friendly	Belgium	2–2	Netherlands	Brussels
	Verheyen  13' Mpenza  25'		Kluivert  32', 81'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 46,400 Referee: Urs Meier (Italy)

Norway  v  Belgium

2000-04-26 Friendly	Norway	0–2	Belgium	Oslo
			Verheyen  55', 90'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 11,927 Referee: Mike McCurry (Scotland)

Denmark  v  Belgium

2000-06-03 Friendly	Denmark	2–2	Belgium	Copenhagen
	Tomasson  33' Schmeichel  61' (pen.)		Staelens  51' Wilmots  73'	Stadium: Telia Parken Attendance: 26,993 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Belgium  v  Sweden

2000-06-10 2000 EURO GS	Belgium	2–1	Sweden	Brussels
20:45 UTC+2	Goor  43' Mpenza  46'	Report	Mjällby  52' Andersson  52'  81'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 46,700 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Belgium  v  Italy

2000-06-14 2000 EURO GS	Belgium	0–2	Italy	Brussels
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Totti  6' Fiore  66'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 44,500 Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Belgium  v  Turkey

2000-06-19 2000 EURO GS	Belgium	0–2	Turkey	Brussels
20:45 UTC+2	De Wilde  84'	Report	Şükür  45+2', 70'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 43,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark) Günter Benkö (Austria)

Bulgaria  v  Belgium

2000-08-16 Friendly	Bulgaria	1–3	Belgium	Sofia
	Verheyen  16', 60' Mpenza  29'		Iliev  65'	Stadium: Georgi Asparuhov Stadium Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Belgium  v  Croatia

2000-09-02 2002 W.C. Q	Belgium	0–0	Croatia	Brussels
20:00 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,510 Referee: Nikolay Levnikov (Russia)

Latvia  v  Belgium

2000-10-07 2002 W.C. Q	Latvia	0–4	Belgium	Riga
20:15 UTC+3		Report	Wilmots  5' Peeters  13' Cavens  82' Verheyen  90'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 7,311 Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

Belgium  v  San Marino

2001-02-28 2002 W.C. Q	Belgium	10–1	San Marino	Brussels
20:15 UTC+1	Vanderhaeghe  10', 50' Mpenza  13' Goor  26', 60' Baseggio  64' Wilmots  72' Peeters  76', 84', 88'	Report	Selva  90'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 40,104 Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Scotland  v  Belgium

2001-03-24 2002 W.C. Q	Scotland	2–2	Belgium	Glasgow
20:15 UTC±0	Dodds  2', 27'	Report	Wilmots  58' Deflandre  27' Van Buyten  90'	Stadium: Hampden Park Attendance: 37,480 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Czech Republic  v  Belgium

2001-04-25 Friendly	Czech Republic	1–1	Belgium	Prague
	Baroš  82'		Mpenza  10'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 4,887 Referee: Darko Čeferin (Slovenia)

Belgium  v  Latvia

2001-06-02 2002 W.C. Q	Belgium	3–1	Latvia	Brussels
20:00 UTC+2	Wilmots  1', 50' Mpenza  21'	Report	Pahars  51'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ivan Dobrinov (Bulgaria)

San Marino  v  Belgium

2001-06-06 2002 W.C. Q	San Marino	1–4	Belgium	Serravalle
20:30 UTC+2	Selva  11'	Report	Wilmots  10', 90' Verheyen  61'	Stadium: San Marino Stadium Attendance: 1,538 Referee: Haim Jakov (Israel)

Finland  v  Belgium

2001-08-15 Friendly	Finland	4–1	Belgium	Helsinki
	Forssell  2' Kolkka  14' Litmanen  30' (pen.) Tihinen  2'		Goor  37'	Stadium: Finnair Stadium Attendance: 9,250 Referee: Hartmut Strampe (Germany)

Belgium  v  Scotland

2001-09-05 2002 W.C. Q	Belgium	2–0	Scotland	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2	Van Kerckhoven  28' Goor  90+3'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 48,500 Referee: Manuel Enrique Mejuto Gonzáles (Spain)

Croatia  v  Belgium

2001-10-06 2002 W.C. Q	Croatia	1–0	Belgium	Zagreb
18:00 UTC+2	Bokšić  75'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 36,077 Referee: Hellmut Krug (Germany)

Belgium  v  Czech Republic

2001-11-10 2002 W.C. Q	Belgium	1–0	Czech Republic	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2	Verheyen  28'	Report	Řepka  41'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 42,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Czech Republic  v  Belgium

2001-11-14 2002 W.C. Q	Czech Republic	0–1	Belgium	Prague
20:15 UTC+2	Nedvěd  10'  88' Baroš  44'  90'	Report	Verheyen  28'	Stadium: Generali Arena Attendance: 18,996 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Belgium  v  Norway

2002-02-13 Friendly	Belgium	1–0	Norway	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2	Tanghe  82'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 17,0000 Referee: Joaquim Paulo Paraty da Silva (Portugal)

Greece  v  Belgium

2002-03-27 Friendly	Greece	3–2	Belgium	Patras
19:15 UTC+2	Tsiartas  61' (pen.) Vryzas  80', 87'	Report	Goor  29' Sonck  55'	Stadium: Kostas Davourlis Stadium Attendance: 11,500 Referee: Costas Kapitanis (Cyprus)

Belgium  v  Slovakia

2002-04-17 Friendly	Belgium	1–1	Slovakia	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2	Goor  55'	Report	Janocko  83'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 18,000 Referee: Bruno Coué (France)

Belgium  v  Algeria

2002-05-14 Friendly	Belgium	0–0	Algeria	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: René Rogalla (Switzerland)

France  v  Belgium

2002-05-18 Friendly	France	1–2	Belgium	Saint-Denis
20:45 UTC+2	Leboeuf  39'	Report	De Boeck  20' Wilmots  90'	Stadium: Stade de France Attendance: 79,056 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Belgium  v  Costa Rica

2002-05-26 Friendly	Belgium	1–0	Costa Rica	Kumamoto
14:00 UTC+9	Goor  23'	Report		Stadium: Umakana Yokana Stadium Attendance: 20,769 Referee: Matsuzaki Yasuhiro (Japan)

Japan  v  Belgium

2002-06-04 2002 W.C. GS	Japan	2–2	Belgium	Saitama
18:00 UTC+9	Wilmots  57' Van der Heyden  75'	Report	Suzuki  59' Inamoto  67'	Stadium: Saitama Stadium 2002 Attendance: 55,256 Referee: William Mattus Costa Rica

Tunisia  v  Belgium

2002-06-10 2002 W.C. GS	Tunisia	1–1	Belgium	Ōita
18:00 UTC+9	Bouzaiene  17'	Report	Wilmots  13'	Stadium: Ōita Stadium Big Eye Attendance: 39,700 Referee: Mark Shield Australia

Belgium  v  Russia

2002-06-14 2002 W.C. GS	Belgium	3–2	Russia	Fukuroi
15:30 UTC+9	Walem  7' Sonck  78' Wilmots  82'	Report	Beschastnykh  52' Sychev  88'	Stadium: Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa Attendance: 46,640 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen Denmark

Brazil  v  Belgium

2002-06-17 2002 W.C. 1/8	Brazil	2–0	Belgium	Kobe
20:30 UTC+9	Rivaldo  67' Ronaldo  87'	Report		Stadium: Kobe Wing Stadium Attendance: 40,440 Referee: Peter Prendergast (Jamaica)

Poland  v  Belgium

2002-08-21 Friendly	Poland	1–1	Belgium	Szczecin
20:00 UTC+2	Żurawski  4'	Report	Sonck  41'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 19,000 Referee: Martin Ingvarsson (Sweden)

Belgium  v  Bulgaria

2002-09-07 2004 EURO Q	Belgium	0–2	Bulgaria	Brussels
20:00 UTC+2		Report	Janković  16' Petrov  63'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 25,000 Referee: Terje Hauge Norway

Andorra  v  Belgium

2002-10-12 2004 EURO Q	Andorra	0–1	Belgium	Andorra la Vella
20:00 UTC+2		Report	Sonck  61'	Stadium: Estadi Comunal d'Andorra la Vella Attendance: 700 Referee: Karen Nalbandyan Armenia

Estonia  v  Belgium

2002-10-16 2004 EURO Q	Estonia	0–1	Belgium	Tallinn
20:30 UTC+2		Report	Sonck  2'	Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 3,900 Referee: Mike Riley England

Algeria  v  Belgium

2003-02-12 Friendly	Algeria	1–3	Belgium	Annaba
18:30 UTC±0	Belmadi  89'	Report	Mpenza  2', 57' Sonck  7'	Stadium: Stade 19 Mai 1956 Attendance: 40,000 Referee: Jamel Baraket Tunisia

Croatia  v  Belgium

2003-03-29 2004 EURO Q	Croatia	4–0	Belgium	Zagreb
18:30 UTC+1	Srna  9' Pršo  53' Marić  68' Leko  76'	Report		Stadium: Stadion Maksimir Attendance: 18,117 Referee: Herbert Fandel Germany

Belgium  v  Poland

2003-04-30 Friendly	Belgium	3–1	Poland	Brussels
20:30 UTC+2	Sonck  28' Buffel  55' Soetaers  85'	Report	Krzynówek  80'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 27,000 Referee: Douglas McDonald Scotland

Bulgaria  v  Belgium

2003-06-07 2004 EURO Q	Bulgaria	2–2	Belgium	Sofia
19:15 UTC+1	Berbatov  52' Todorov  71' (pen.)	Report	Petrov  31' (o.g.) Clement  56'	Stadium: Vasil Levski National Stadium Attendance: 42,099 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Belgium  v  Andorra

2003-06-11 2004 EURO Q	Belgium	3–0	Andorra	Ghent
20:15 UTC+2	Goor  21', 69' Sonck  44'	Report		Stadium: Jules Ottenstadion Attendance: 12,500 Referee: Syarhey Shmolik (Belarus)

Belgium  v  Netherlands

2003-08-20 Friendly	Belgium	1–1	Netherlands	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2	Sonck  40' De Cock  90'	Report	Makaay  52' Cocu  28'  78'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 32,000 Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Belgium  v  Croatia

2003-09-10 2004 EURO Q	Belgium	2–1	Croatia	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2	Sonck  34', 42'	Report	Šimić  37' Šimunić  72'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Graham Poll (Poland)

Belgium  v  Estonia

2003-10-11 2004 EURO Q	Belgium	2–0	Estonia	Liège
20:15 UTC+2	Reinumäe  45' (o.g.) Buffel  60'	Report		Stadium: Stade Maurice Dufrasne Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Belgium  v  France

2004-02-18 Friendly	Belgium	0–2	France	Brussels
20:15 UTC+1		Report	Govou  45+1' Saha  76'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 43,160 Referee: Mark Halsey (England)

Germany  v  Belgium

2004-03-31 Friendly	Germany	3–0	Belgium	Cologne
20:30 UTC+2	Kurányi  45' Hamann  55' Ballack  81'	Report		Stadium: RheinEnergieStadion Attendance: 46,143 Referee: Jan Wegereef (Germany)

Belgium  v  Turkey

2004-04-28 Friendly	Belgium	2–3	Turkey	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2	Sonck  33' Dufer  85'	Report	Baştürk  43' Seyhan  68' Karadeniz  90'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Dick van Egmond (Netherlands)

Netherlands  v  Belgium

2004-05-29 Friendly	Netherlands	0–1	Belgium	Eindhoven
20:30 UTC+2		Report	Goor  78' (pen.)	Stadium: Philips Stadion Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

Norway  v  Belgium

2004-08-18 Friendly	Norway	2–2	Belgium	Oslo
19:00 UTC+2	Buffel  25', 34'	Report	Johnsen  32' Riseth  59'	Stadium: Ullevaal Stadion Attendance: 16,669 Referee: Krzysztof Słupik (Poland)

Belgium  v  Lithuania

2004-09-04 2006 W.C. Q	Belgium	1–1	Lithuania	Charleroi
20:15 UTC+2	Sonck  61'	Report	Jankauskas  72'	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 19,218 Referee: Loizos Loizou (Cyprus)

Spain  v  Belgium

2004-10-09 2006 W.C. Q	Spain	2–0	Belgium	Santander
21:15 UTC+2	Luque  58' Raúl  81'	Report	Deflandre  28'  29' Goor  44'  68'	Stadium: Estadio El Sardinero Attendance: 17,000 Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Belgium  v  Serbia and Montenegro

2004-11-17 2006 W.C. Q	Belgium	0–2	Serbia and Montenegro	Brussels
20:15 UTC+1		Report	Vukić  10' Kežman  60'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 28,350 Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Egypt  v  Belgium

2005-02-09 Friendly	Egypt	4–0	Belgium	Cairo
20:00 UTC+1	Mutab  40', 51' Abdelmalek  53' Hosni  79'	Report		Stadium: Cairo Military Academy Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Reda El Beltagy (Egypt)

Belgium  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

2005-03-26 2006 W.C. Q	Belgium	4–1	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Brussels
20:15 UTC+1	Émile Mpenza  15', 54' Daerden  44' Buffel  76'	Report	Bolić  40'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 36,700 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

San Marino  v  Belgium

2005-03-30 2006 W.C. Q	San Marino	1–2	Belgium	Serravalle
20:30 UTC+2	Selva  41'	Report	Simons  18' (pen.) Van Buyten  63'	Stadium: Stadio Olimpico Attendance: 871 Referee: Giorgos Kasnaferis (Greece)

Serbia and Montenegro  v  Belgium

2005-06-04 2006 W.C. Q	Serbia and Montenegro	0–0	Belgium	Belgrade
20:15 UTC+2		Report		Stadium: Stadion Crvene Zvezde Attendance: 16,662 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Belgium  v  Greece

2005-08-17 Friendly	Belgium	2–0	Greece	Brussels
20:15 UTC+2	Émile Mpenza  19' Mbo Mpenza  63'	Report		Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Espen Berntsen (Norway)

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Belgium

2005-09-03 2006 W.C. Q	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1–0	Belgium	Zenica
20:15 UTC+2	Barbarez  19'	Report		Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee: Olegário Benquerença (Portugal)

Belgium  v  San Marino

2005-09-07 2006 W.C. Q	Belgium	8–0	San Marino	Antwerp
20:30 UTC+2	Simons  34' Daerden  39', 67' Buffel  44' Mbo Mpenza  52', 71' Vandenbergh  53' Van Buyten  83'	Report	Valentini  33'	Stadium: Olympisch Stadion Attendance: 8,207 Referee: Ian Stokes (Republic of Ireland)

Belgium  v  Spain

2005-10-08 2006 W.C. Q	Belgium	0–2	Spain	Brussels
20:45 UTC+2		Report	Torres  56', 59'	Stadium: King Baudouin Stadium Attendance: 40,300 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Lithuania  v  Belgium

2005-10-12 2006 W.C. Q	Lithuania	1–1	Belgium	Vilnius
21:30 UTC+3	Deschacht  82' (o.g.) Semberas  83'	Report	Geraerts  20'	Stadium: Vėtra Stadionas Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Luxembourg  v  Belgium

2006-03-01 Friendly

Luxembourg

0–2

Belgium

Luxembourg City

Saudi Arabia  v  Belgium

2006-05-11 Friendly

Saudi Arabia

1–2

Belgium

Sittard

Slovakia  v  Belgium

2006-05-20 Friendly

Slovakia

1–1

Belgium

Trnava

Belgium  v  Turkey

2006-05-24 Friendly

Belgium

3–3

Turkey

Genk

Belgium  v  Kazakhstan

2006-08-16 2008 EURO Q

Belgium

0–0

Kazakhstan

Anderlecht

Armenia  v  Belgium

2006-09-06 2008 EURO Q

Armenia

0–1

Belgium

Yerevan

Serbia  v  Belgium

2006-10-07 2008 EURO Q

Serbia

1–0

Belgium

Belgrade

Belgium  v  Azerbaijan

2006-10-11 2008 EURO Q

Belgium

3–0

Azerbaijan

Anderlecht

Belgium  v  Poland

2006-11-15 2008 EURO Q

Belgium

0–1

Poland

Brussels

Belgium  v  Czech Republic

2007-02-07 Friendly

Belgium

0–2

Czech Republic

Brussels

Portugal  v  Belgium

2007-03-24 2008 EURO Q

Portugal

4–0

Belgium

Lisbon

Belgium  v  Portugal

2007-06-02 2008 EURO Q

Belgium

1–2

Portugal

Brussels

Finland  v  Belgium

2007-06-06 2008 EURO Q

Finland

2–0

Belgium

Helsinki

Belgium  v  Serbia

2007-08-22 2008 EURO Q

Belgium

3–2

Serbia

Brussels

Kazakhstan  v  Belgium

2007-09-12 2008 EURO Q

Kazakhstan

2–2

Belgium

Almaty

Belgium  v  Finland

2007-10-13 2008 EURO Q

Belgium

0–0

Finland

Brussels

Belgium  v  Armenia

2007-10-17 2008 EURO Q

Belgium

3–0

Armenia

Brussels

Poland  v  Belgium

2007-11-17 2008 EURO Q

Poland

2–0

Belgium

Chorzów

Azerbaijan  v  Belgium

2007-11-21 2008 EURO Q

Azerbaijan

0–1

Belgium

Baku

Belgium  v  Morocco

2008-03-26 Friendly

Belgium

1–4

Morocco

Brussels

Italy  v  Belgium

2008-05-30 Friendly

Italy

3–1

Belgium

Florence

Germany  v  Belgium

2008-08-20 Friendly

Germany

2–0

Belgium

Nuremberg

Belgium  v  Estonia

2008-09-06 2010 W.C. Q

Belgium

3–2

Estonia

Liège

Turkey  v  Belgium

2008-09-10 2010 W.C. Q

Turkey

1–1

Belgium

Istanbul

Belgium  v  Armenia

2008-10-11 2010 W.C. Q

Belgium

2–0

Armenia

Brussels

Belgium  v  Spain

2008-10-15 2010 W.C. Q

Belgium

1–2

Spain

Brussels

Luxembourg  v  Belgium

2008-11-19 Friendly

Luxembourg

1–1

Belgium

Luxembourg City

Belgium  v  Slovenia

2009-02-11 Friendly

Belgium

2–0

Slovenia

Genk

Belgium  v  Bosnia and Herzegovina

2009-03-28 2010 W.C. Q

Belgium

2–4

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Genk

Bosnia and Herzegovina  v  Belgium

2009-04-01 2010 W.C. Q

Bosnia and Herzegovina

2–1

Belgium

Zenica

Chile  v  Belgium

2009-05-29 Friendly [upper-alpha 1]

Chile

1–1

Belgium

Chiba

Japan  v  Belgium

2009-05-31 Friendly [upper-alpha 1]

Japan

4–0

Belgium

Tokyo

Czech Republic  v  Belgium

2009-08-12 Friendly

Czech Republic

3–1

Belgium

Teplice

Spain  v  Belgium

2009-09-05 2010 W.C. Q

Spain

5–0

Belgium

A Coruña

Armenia  v  Belgium

2009-09-09 2010 W.C. Q

Armenia

2–1

Belgium

Yerevan

Belgium  v  Turkey

2009-10-10 2010 W.C. Q

Belgium

2–0

Turkey

Brussels

Estonia  v  Belgium

2009-10-14 2010 W.C. Q

Estonia

2–0

Belgium

Tallinn

Belgium  v  Hungary

2009-11-14 Friendly

Belgium

3–0

Hungary

Ghent

Qatar  v  Belgium

2009-11-17 Friendly

Qatar

0–2

Belgium

Sedan

Notes

1. 2009 Kirin Cup

References

1. "Belgium national team football match results". eu-football.info.
2. "Belgium - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Archived from the original on 2016-07-01.

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