Belgian women's national football team

Belgium
België
Belgique

Nickname (s)	Red Flames
Association	Royal Belgian Football Association
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Adidas
Head coach	Ives Serneels
Assistant coach	Tamara Cassimon
captain	Aline Zeler
Record scorer	Tessa Wullaert (42)
Record player	Aline Zeler (111)
Home stadium	King Power at Den Dreef Stadium (most recently mainly)
FIFA code	BEL
FIFA rank	17. (1819 points) (As of August 14, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
284 games 114 wins 53 draws 117 losses
statistics
First international match France 1-2 Belgium ( Reims , France ; May 30, 1976)
Biggest win Belgium 12-0 Moldova ( Leuven , Belgium ; September 19, 2017 )
Biggest defeats Spain 9: 1 Belgium ( Alginet , Spain ; February 29, 2004 ) Norway 8: 0 Belgium ( Oslo , Norway ; September 26, 1992)
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals	1 ( first : 2017 )
Best results	Preliminary round 2017
(As of March 10, 2020 )

The Belgian national football team represents Belgium in international women's football . The national team is subordinate to the Belgian Football Association and has been coached by Ives Serneels since 2011 . The Belgian selection was only able to qualify for a major tournament, the 2017 European Championship finals. The Belgians have not yet qualified for a World Cup finals. The best performance was reaching the playoffs of the best runners-up in qualifying for the 2019 World Cup , where the team failed due to the away goals rule against Switzerland.

Tournament balance sheet

World Championship

1991  : not qualified 1995  : not qualified 1999  : not qualified 2003  : not qualified

2007  : not qualified 2011  : not qualified 2015  : not qualified 2019  : not qualified (failed in the playoffs of the best runners-up)

European Championship

→ Main article : Belgian Women's National Football Team / European Championships

1984  : not qualified 1987  : not qualified 1989  : not qualified 1991  : not qualified 1993  : not qualified 1995  : not qualified

1997  : not qualified 2001  : not qualified 2005  : not qualified 2009  : not qualified 2013  : not qualified 2017  : preliminary round

Olympic games

1996  : not qualified 2000  : not qualified 2004  : not qualified 2008  : not qualified

2012  : not qualified 2016  : not qualified 2020  : not qualified

Cyprus Cup

• Cyprus Cup 2008 to 2014: not participated
• Cyprus Cup 2015 : 12th place (last)
• Cyprus Cup 2016 : not participated
• Cyprus Cup 2017 : 7th place
• Cyprus Cup 2018 : 5th place
• Cyprus Cup 2019 : 3rd place
• Cyprus Cup 2020 : not participated

Algarve Cup

• Algarve Cup 1994 to 2015: not participated
• Algarve Cup 2016 : 5th place
• Algarve Cup 2017 : not participated
• Algarve Cup 2018 : not participated
• Algarve Cup 2019 : not participated
• Algarve Cup 2020 : 6th place

Games against national teams from German-speaking countries

→ Main article : List of the Belgian women's national football team's international matches

All results from a Belgian point of view.

Germany

date	place	Result	occasion
March 5, 1983	Bergisch Gladbach	1: 1	European Championship qualification
October 22, 1983	Brussels	1: 1	European Championship qualification
23rd August 1984	Caorle	2-0	Tournament in Italy
October 19, 1991	Brussels	1: 2
October 28, 2007	Lübeck	0: 3	European Championship qualification
May 7, 2008	Eupen	0: 5	European Championship qualification

Switzerland

date	place	Result	occasion
May 1, 1977	Grenchen	2: 2
May 1, 1978	This	2-0
May 1, 1991	Suhr	2: 1
November 1, 1991	Geel	1-0	European Championship qualification
April 1, 1992	Pfaffikon	1-0	European Championship qualification
March 13, 1999	Bastogne	2: 1
March 11, 2000	Zuchwil	0: 1
October 14, 2000	Wolfertem	1: 1	European Championship qualification
November 18, 2000	Sierre	0-0	European Championship qualification
September 6, 2003	bouillon	3-0
April 9, 2004	Basel	0-0
April 11, 2004	Basel	0: 1
March 25, 2005	Arlon	2: 1
March 27, 2005	Ethe	0: 4
May 5, 2007	Cop	0: 1	European Championship qualification
April 27, 2008	Ath	3: 1	European Championship qualification
1st March 2017	Nicosia	2: 2 (1: 1)	Cyprus Cup 2017
5th October 2018	Lions	2: 2 (1: 0)	World Cup qualification 2019, playoff semi-finals
October 9, 2018	Biel / Bienne	1: 1 (0: 1)	World Cup qualification 2019, playoff semi-finals
22nd September 2020	CHE		European Championship qualification 2021
1st December 2020	Lions		European Championship qualification 2021

Austria

date	place	Result	occasion
October 16, 1999	Mechelen	3: 1	European Championship qualification
April 15, 2000	Klagenfurt	3-0	European Championship qualification
October 28, 2001	Wavre	3: 1	World Cup qualification
April 6, 2002	Fußach	4: 2	World Cup qualification
February 13, 2013	Ghent	2-0
August 14, 2013	Stegersbach	1: 2
March 8, 2017	Larnaka	1: 1 (0: 0), 3: 2 i. E.	Cyprus Cup 2017 game for 7th place
5th March 2018	Larnaka	2-0	Cyprus Cup 2018
1st March 2019	Larnaka	0-0	Cyprus Cup 2019
March 6, 2019	Larnaka	0: 0; 3: 2 i. E.	Cyprus Cup 2019 game for 3rd place

Squad

The following players are in the current squad:

number	Surname	society	Date of birth	debut	International matches	Gates	Last use
goal
21st	Nicky Evrard	KAA Gent Ladies	05/26/1995	2013	037	00	03/10/2020
12	Diede Lemey	US Sassuolo Calcio	07/10/1996	2017	004th	00	06/13/2017
	Lisa Lichtfus	Standard Liege	12/28/1999		000	00
01	Justien Odeurs	RSC Anderlecht	05/30/1997	2014	036	00	07.03.2020
Defense
17th	Maud Coutereels	Standard Liege	05/21/1986	2004	090	09	07.03.2020
22nd	Laura Deloose	RSC Anderlecht	06/19/1993	2015	048	04th	03/10/2020
18th	Laura De Neve	RSC Anderlecht	10/09/1994	2013	038	02	03/10/2020
04th	Heleen Jaques	US Sassuolo Calcio	04/20/1988	2007	095	03	03/10/2020
02	Davina Philtjens	AC Florence	02/26/1989	2008	089	10	03/10/2020
05	Shari Van Belle	KAA Gent Ladies	12/22/1999	2019	011	00	03/10/2020
	Jody Vangheluwe	Club Bruges	07/15/1997	2019	002	00	03/06/2019
08th	Sarah Wijnants	RSC Anderlecht	10/13/1999	2017	011	00	07.03.2020
midfield
20th	Julie Biesmans	PSV Eindhoven	05/04/1994	2011	071	03	03/10/2020
06th	Tine De Caigny	RSC Anderlecht	06/09/1997	2014	054	20th	03/10/2020
03	Isabelle Iliano	KAA Gent Ladies	03/02/1997	2014	001	00	11/22/2014
16	Marie Minnaert	KAA Gent Ladies	05/05/1999	2019	008th	00	03/10/2020
23	Kassandra Ndoutou Missipo	KAA Gent Ladies	02/03/1998	2016	028	00	03/10/2020
07th	Alexandra Soree	University of Central Florida	08/01/1998	2017	004th	00	03/10/2020
15th	Charlotte Tison	RSC Anderlecht	04/21/1998	2017	007th	00	March 4th, 2020
10	Justine Vanhaevermaet	LSK Kvinner	04/29/1992	2013	019th	00	03/10/2020
attack
11	Janice Cayman	Olympique Lyon	10/12/1988	2007	103	38	03/10/2020
13	Elena Dhont	KAA Gent Ladies	03/27/1998	2018	016	02	03/10/2020
25th	Lisa Petry	Standard Liege	02/12/2001	2020	001	00	07.03.2020
19th	Chloé Vande Velde	KAA Gent Ladies	06/06/1997	2017	015th	02	03/10/2020
0	Ella Van Kerkhoven	Inter Milan	11/20/1993	2018	013	07th	08/10/2019
14th	Davinia Vanmechelen	FC Twente	08/30/1999	2016	033	07th	March 4th, 2020
26th	Lola Wajnblum	Standard Liege	01/22/1996	2015	007th	00	03/10/2020
09	Tessa Wullaert	Manchester City FC	03/19/1993	2011	089	42	03/10/2020

In 2018 and 2019, the following players were also nominated:

Surname	society	Date of birth	debut	International matches	Gates	Last use
goal
Mariam Abdulai Toloba	KAA Gent Ladies	09/20/1999		000	00
Lowiese Seynhaeve	KAA Gent Ladies	29.12.1999		000	00
Defense
Silke Vanwynsberghe	KAA Gent Ladies	04/25/1997	2018	004th	00	03/06/2019
Aline Zeler	PSV Eindhoven	06/02/1983	2005	111	29	06/01/2019
midfield
Lenie Onzia	KAA Gent Ladies	05/30/1989	2006	050	04th	06/01/2019
attack
Jassina Blom	FC Twente	09/03/1994	2014	009	02	07.03.2018
Jana Coryn	Lille OSC	06/26/1992	2013	029	02	04/10/2018
Yana Daniëls	Bristol City	05/08/1992	2011	044	07th	06/01/2019
Elke Van Gorp	RSC Anderlecht	05/12/1995	2014	030th	07th	08/29/2019
Celien Guns	KRC Genk	06/18/1998	2018	003	00	07.03.2018

Record players

Most games

Games	Surname	Period	Record player
111	Aline Zeler	2005-2019	since November 28, 2016
103	Janice Cayman	2007–
095	Heleen Jaques	2007–
090	Maud Coutereels	2004–
089	Davina Philtjens	2008–
089	Tessa Wullaert	2011–
084	Femke Maes	1996-2009	August 31, 2005 to November 28, 2016
071	Julie Biesmans	2011–
061	Nadia Dermul	1990-2007
060	Dorine Delombaerde	1983-1996	September 7, 1996 to August 31, 2005
059	Wendy Migom	1995-2005	March 27 to August 31, 2005
058	Ann Noë	1979-1994	October 6, 1993 to September 7, 1996
057	Annelies Timmermans	1993-2010
056	Niki De Cock	2002-2015
055	Lorca Van de Putte	2008-2017
054	Tine De Caigny	2014–
051	Kristel Vautmans	1992-2003
051	Marina Verdonck	1977-1990	until October 6, 1993

As of March 10, 2020

Most goals

The Red Flames' first goalscorer was Rita Bultinck , who scored the 1-1 equalizer in the first game against France, which is not counted by the KBVB. The second goal for Belgium was an own goal by the French Ghislaine Royer-Souef .

Gates	Surname	Period	Record scorer
42	Tessa Wullaert	2011–	since March 9, 2016
38	Janice Cayman	2007–
29	Aline Zeler	2005-2018	September 22, 2015 to March 9, 2016
25th	Femke Maes	1996-2009	November 5, 2005 to September 22, 2015
20th	Tine De Caigny	2014–
18th	Kristel Verelst	1998-2009
16	Myriam Vanslembrouck	1992-1996	November 18, 1995 to November 5, 2005
13	Christine Saelens	1993-2003
12	Cecile Carnol	1996-2003
....
09	Marina Verdonck	1977-1990	October 1, 1986 to November 18, 1995
....
05	Carla Martens	1982-1990	until October 1, 1986

Source: belgianfootball.be

See also

• Belgian national football team
• Soccer in Belgium

Web links

• KBVB website
• Belgium on the FIFA website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Women's world rankings. In: fifa.com. FIFA , August 14, 2020, accessed on August 14, 2020 (teams without a place and points are provisional because no more than five games have been played or the teams have been inactive for more than 18 months). 
2. ↑ The original date of April 14, 2020 was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic .
3. ↑ belgianfootball.be: Selctie
4. ↑ Numbers at the Algarve Cup 2020
5. ↑ ^{a b} Status: After the game against Denmark on March 10, 2020
6. ^ "All Belgian Red Flames" (Dutch)
7. ↑ End of career
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e f g} The KBVB considers the game on November 4, 2006 against Portugal double.
9. ↑ ^{a b c} The KBVB counts two more games, but once the relegation game in the 1998 World Cup qualification against Yugoslavia on September 12, 1998 twice (additionally as a game against Serbia on September 13, 1998). The game statistics given for both games are identical ( Joegoslavië 3 - 0 België , Servië 3 - 0 België ).
10. ↑ France Belgique 1-2 (1-1)
11. ↑ All Belgian Red Flames ( Flemish ) Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond. Retrieved March 8, 2019.