Belgium national football B team

Belgium B
Nickname(s)	The Red Devils
Association	Royal Belgian Football Association (KBVB/URBSFA/KBFV)
Home stadium	N/A
First colours	Second colours
First international
	Belgium 2–1 Luxembourg ; (Arlon, Belgium; 4 May 1924)
Biggest win
	Belgium 8–0 Luxembourg ; (Charleroi, Belgium; 9 May 1954)
Biggest defeat
	Belgium 0–6 France ; (Charleroi, Belgium; 7 December 1930)

Belgium B was a secondary football team that occasionally served as support for the Belgium national football team. At times they have played against the full national team of Luxembourg;^[1] they have also played matches against 'B' or U-23 teams from other football associations. Since the team's first use in 1924, there have been at minimum 104 games; most of them against Luxembourg, but also against English,^[2] French,^[3] Italian,^[4] Norwegian,^[5] Portuguese,^[6] and Swiss teams.^[7] The last recorded match dates from February 2000 (a 1–1 draw against France B).

This team is assumed to have been always different from the Belgian U-21 team. However, it is not well documented whether this is the same Belgian team that played qualifiers for the Summer Olympics until 1988; neither is it clear whether age restrictions (e.g. under-25) have ever been applied.

Match record[edit]

1920s[edit]

23 March 1924 Friendly	France B	1 – 0	Belgium B	Strasbourg, France
		Report

4 May 1924 Friendly	Belgium B	2 – 1	Luxembourg	Arlon, Belgium
15:00	Vens Jooris	Report1 Report2	Elter 56'	Stadium: Stade du Jeunesse Attendance: 1,500 Referee: Robert Van Assche (Belgium)

11 May 1924 Friendly	Luxembourg	2 – 1	Belgium B	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:00	Langers 35', 61'	Report1 Report2	??	Stadium: CA Spora Luxembourg field Attendance: 2,500 Referee: Gaston Vallat (France)

5 October 1924 Friendly	Belgium B	4 – 1	Luxembourg	Mechelen, Belgium
14:30	Diddens De Spae Verhoeven	Report1 Report2	Lefèvre	Stadium: Achter de Kazerne Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium)

14 February 1926 Friendly	Luxembourg	1 – 1	Belgium B	Differdange, Luxembourg
14:30	Ries 89'	Report1 Report2	Diddens	Stadium: FA Red Boys Differdange field Attendance: 6,000 Referee: Nic Schmit (Luxembourg)

5 December 1926 Friendly	Belgium B	6 – 1	Luxembourg	Charleroi, Belgium
14:00		Report1 Report2	Lefèvre	Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi Attendance: 8,000 Referee: Charles Malevez (Belgium)

1 April 1928 Friendly	Luxembourg	2 – 3	Belgium B	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:30	Koetz 10' Berchem 34'	Report1 Report2	Bierna Voorhoof	Stadium: CA Spora Luxembourg field Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Nic Schmit (Luxembourg)

4 November 1928 Friendly	Belgium B	1 – 1	Luxembourg	Ghent, Belgium
14:30	??	Report1 Report2	Bommertz 36'	Stadium: Stade Emmanuel Hiel Attendance: 9,000 Referee: Roger Conrié (France)

1930s[edit]

9 February 1930 Friendly	Luxembourg	0 – 1	Belgium B	Differdange, Luxembourg
14:30		Report1 Report2	Claessens	Stadium: FA Red Boys Differdange field Attendance: 4,500 Referee: Georges Balvay (France)

1 June 1930 Friendly	Belgium B	7 – 4	Luxembourg	Brugge, Belgium
16:00	Versyp Vanderbauwhede Diddens	Report1 Report2	Waltener 8', 50' Theissen 29' Becker 44'	Stadium: Cercle Brugge K.S.V. field Referee: Roger Conrié (France)

7 December 1930 Friendly	France B	6 – 0	Belgium B	Charleroi, France
		Report

1 March 1931 Friendly	Luxembourg	2 – 3	Belgium B	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:00	Theissen 4' Logelin 76'	Report1 Report2	Capelle Secretin Noeth	Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg Attendance: 3,000 Referee: Louis Raguin (France)

14 February 1932 Friendly	Belgium B	6 – 3	Luxembourg	Charleroi, Belgium
14:30	Campenhout (pen.) Secretin Bourgeois	Report1 Report2	Speicher 14', 83' Kremer 33'	Stadium: Stade de la Neuville Referee: Joop van Moorsel (The Netherlands)

1960s[edit]

8 April 1964 Friendly	Italy B	1 – 1	Belgium B	Verona, Italy
		Report		Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi

16 March 1966 Friendly	Belgium B	3 – 3	Italy B	Charleroi, Belgium
		Report		Stadium: Stade de la Neuville

1 June 1966 Friendly	Portugal B	0 – 0	Belgium B	Lisboa, Portugal
		Report

22 March 1967 Friendly	Belgium B	2 – 0	Portugal B	Charleroi, Belgium
		Report

25 May 1969 Friendly	Belgium B	0 – 1	England U23	Oostende, Belgium
		Report1	Joe Royle	Stadium: Albertparkstadion

1990s[edit]

24 March 1998 Friendly	Belgium B	1 – 1	Norway U23	Mouscron, Belgium
		Report1

Note: this record may not be exhaustive.

Opponents	Played	Won	Drawn	Lost	GF	GA	GD	Win %	Points/game^[B]
England U23	1	0	0	1	0	1	-1	0.00	0.00
France	15	4	6	5	18	22	-4	26.67	1.20
Italy	2	0	2	0	4	4	0	0.00	1.00
Luxembourg	75	57	11	7	244	106	+138	76.00	2.43
Norway U23	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0.00	1.00
Portugal	2	1	1	0	2	0	+2	50.00	1.50
Switzerland	8	4	1	3	18	13	+5	50.00	1.63
Totals	104	66	22	16	287	147	+140	63.46	2.12

Notes[edit]

^ The acronyms KBVB, URBSFA and KBFV come from the organisation's respective Dutch, French and German names: Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond, Union royale belge des sociétés de football association and Königliche Belgische Fußballverband.
^ According to the "three points for a win" standard

References[edit]

^ Courtney, Barrie. "Luxembourg - List of Unofficial International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ Courtney, Barrie. "England - U-23 International Results- Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ Garin, Erik. "France - B/A'-Team - International Results 1922-2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ Testero, Giampaolo. "Italy B - International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ Aarhus, Lars. "U23 national team record (1998-2014)". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
^ Teixeira, Jorge Miguel. "Selecção B - Lista de Jogos" (in Portuguese). RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
^ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland - International Matches B-Team 1932-1993". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

[1] The acronyms KBVB, URBSFA and KBFV come from the organisation's respective Dutch, French and German names: Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond, Union royale belge des sociétés de football association and Königliche Belgische Fußballverband.

[9] According to the "three points for a win" standard

[Lux-2] Courtney, Barrie. "Luxembourg - List of Unofficial International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[EngU23-3] Courtney, Barrie. "England - U-23 International Results- Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[FraB-4] Garin, Erik. "France - B/A'-Team - International Results 1922-2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[ItaB-5] Testero, Giampaolo. "Italy B - International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[NorU23-6] Aarhus, Lars. "U23 national team record (1998-2014)". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.

[PorB-7] Teixeira, Jorge Miguel. "Selecção B - Lista de Jogos" (in Portuguese). RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

[SwiB-8] Garin, Erik. "Switzerland - International Matches B-Team 1932-1993". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 July 2014.

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