European Women's Football Championship 2017 / Belgium

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This article covers the Belgian national team at the 2017 European Women's Football Championship in the Netherlands . Belgium was able to qualify for a final round for the first time, but was eliminated as third in the group with equal goal difference and was able to leave former European champions Norway behind.

qualification

Belgium was drawn for the qualification in group 7 and met England and for the first time Serbia , Bosnia-Herzegovina and Estonia . As fourth-best runners-up in the group, Belgium qualified for the finals for the first time. The best Belgian goal scorers in the qualification were Janice Cayman and Tessa Wullaert with 4 goals each.

table

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. EnglandEngland England  8th  7th  1  0 032: 100 +31 22nd
 2. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  8th  5  2  1 027: 500 +22 17th
 3. SerbiaSerbia Serbia  8th  3  1  4th 010:210 −11 10
 4th Bosnia and HerzegovinaBosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina  8th  3  0  5 008:170  −9 09
 5. EstoniaEstonia Estonia  8th  0  0  8th 000:330 −33 00
09/22/2015 Lions Belgium - Bosnia-H. 6: 0 (5: 0)
10/27/2015 Zenica Bosnia-H. - Belgium 0: 5 (0: 1)
11/30/2015 Lions Belgium - Serbia 1: 1 (1: 1)
04/08/2016 Rotherham England - Belgium 1: 1 (0: 1)
04/12/2016 Lions Belgium - Estonia 6: 0 (3: 0)
06/03/2016 Tartu Estonia - Belgium 0: 5 (0: 2)
09/15/2016 Stara Pazova Serbia - Belgium 1: 3 (1: 1)
09/20/2016 Oud-Heverlee Belgium - England 0: 2 (0: 0)

Squad

On May 31st, a provisional squad of 28 players was named, who moved into a training camp from June 6th, although some players only started on June 7th (marked with "*") or 11th June (marked with "**") have joined. The EM squad was named on June 25th. Jassina Blom , Charlotte Tison , Sofie Van Houtven , Jody Vangheluwe , Sarah Wijnants and Sara Yuceil were deleted from the provisional squad . There was also the 19-year-old Kassandra Missipo , who was ultimately replaced by Sara Yuceil for disciplinary reasons.

number Surname society Date of birth debut International matches Gates Last use Games Gates yellow cards Yellow-red cards Red cards
goal
21st Nicky Evrard NetherlandsNetherlands FC Twente 05/26/1995 2013 16 00 04/11/2017
12 Diede Lemey * RSC Anderlecht 07/10/1996 2017 04th 00 06/13/2017
01 Justien Odeurs GermanyGermany FF USV Jena 05/30/1997 2014 22nd 00 07/11/2017 3
Defense
19th Imke Courtois Standard Liege 03/14/1988 2006 21st 00 07/11/2017
04th Maud Coutereels * FranceFrance Lille OSC 05/21/1986 2004 69 09 07/11/2017 3
22nd Laura Deloose RSC Anderlecht 06/19/1993 2015 19th 02 06/13/2017 2 1
18th Laura De Neve RSC Anderlecht 10/09/1994 2013 12 00 07/11/2017
03 Heleen Jaques RSC Anderlecht 04/20/1988 2007 77 01 07/07/2017 3 1
16 Nicky Van Den Abeele RSC Anderlecht 02/21/1994 2013 29 00 07/11/2017
05 Lorca Van de Putte SwedenSweden Kristianstads DFF 04/03/1988 2008 55 02 07/11/2017
10 Aline Zeler (C)Captain of the crew RSC Anderlecht 06/02/1983 2005 94 28 07/11/2017 3 1
midfield
20th Julie Biesmans Standard Liege 05/04/1994 2011 47 02 07/11/2017 2
13 Sara Yuceil PSV Eindhoven 06/22/1988 2015 21st 02 04/11/2017
08th Lenie Onzia * RSC Anderlecht 05/30/1989 2006 34 04th 07/11/2017 3
23 Elien Van Wynendaele KAA Gent Ladies 02/19/1995 2015 19th 01 07/11/2017
attack
11 Janice Cayman * FranceFrance Montpellier HSC 10/12/1988 2007 69 20th 07/11/2017 3 1
17th Jana Coryn * FranceFrance Lille OSC 06/26/1992 2013 20th 01 07/11/2017 3
15th Yana Daniels EnglandEngland Bristol City 05/08/1992 2011 27 04th 07/11/2017 3
06th Tine De Caigny RSC Anderlecht 06/09/1997 2014 30th 07th 07/11/2017 3
02 Davina Philtjens ** NetherlandsNetherlands Ajax Amsterdam 02/26/1989 2008 57 07th 07/11/2017 3 1
07th Elke Van Gorp RSC Anderlecht 05/12/1995 2014 20th 06th 07/07/2017 3 1
14th Davinia Vanmechelen ** KRC Genk Ladies 08/30/1999 2016 11 03 07/11/2017 2
09 Tessa Wullaert ** GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg 03/19/1993 2011 59 32 07/11/2017 3 1
Coaching staff
Head coach Ives Serneels October 16, 1972 2011
Co-trainer Tamara Cassimon October 23, 1975 2011

preparation

After the successful qualification, the Belgians played twice on home soil against the Russians, who also qualified for the finals, and turned the previously balanced record into a positive one with two wins. In November they then lost 3-1 to final opponents Denmark . In March 2017, the Belgians took part in further preparation in the Cyprus Cup 2017 , where they competed in the group matches on the European Championship participants Italy (4: 1) and Switzerland (2: 2), as well as North Korea (1: 4) and in Game for 7th place on Austria (1: 1, 3: 2 i. E.) met. On April 11th, the Red Flames won 5-0 against European Championship participants Scotland and on June 13th they played against runner-up world champions Japan and achieved a 1-1 draw, both in Oud-Heverlee . On June 30, they lost 7-0 against Spain in San Pedro del Pinatar . On July 7, they lost 2-0 to neighboring France in Montpellier . The preparation was concluded on July 11th in Denderleeuw with a 2-0 win over Russia. The Van der Valk Hotel Gilze in Tilburg will be based in the Netherlands .

European Championship finals

Venues

At the draw on November 8, 2016, Belgium was assigned to Pot 4. Belgium meets Denmark in the first game in group A , then Norway and the hosts and neighboring Netherlands . Against Denmark there have been eight defeats in ten games so far and one draw and one victory each, this at the Algarve Cup 2016 . The balance against the other two opponents is also negative: against the Netherlands there were only three wins in four draws and 20 defeats in 27 games and against Norway in eleven games only one win and one draw with nine defeats. The last victory against the neighbors was on August 23, 2000. The only victory against Norway, on the other hand, came at the last encounter so far on May 23, 2015, when the Norwegians were preparing for the 2015 World Cup. Even before the draw, Belgium had agreed to play friendly matches against the Netherlands and Denmark on November 24 and 28, 2016, the first being won 3: 2 and the second being lost 1: 3.


Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  3  0  0 004: 100  +3 09
 2. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  2  0  1 002: 100  +1 06th
 3. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  3  1  0  2 003: 300  ± 0 03
 4th NorwayNorway Norway  3  0  0  3 000: 400  −4 00
Sunday, July 16, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Doetinchem
Denmark - Belgium 1: 0 (1: 0) Goal after 6 minutes 6 ′ S. Nielsen
Thursday, July 20, 2017, 6 p.m. in Breda
Norway - Belgium 0: 2 (0: 0) Goal after 59 minutes 59 ′ Van Gorp , 67 ′ CaymanGoal after 67 minutes 
Monday, July 24, 2017, 8:45 p.m. in Tilburg
Belgium - Netherlands 1: 2 (0: 1) Goal after 27 minutes 27 ′ Spitse ( FE ), 59 ′ Wullaert , 74 ′ MartensGoal after 59 minutes  Goal after 74 minutes 

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ belgianfootball.be: "Belgian Red Flames hernemen dinsdag EK-voorbereiding"
  2. ↑ belgianfootball.be: "23 Belgian Red Flames in EK-selectie"
  3. ↑ Belgian Red Flames vanavond tegen Frankrijk!
  4. ↑ Numbers at the final round ( Belgium squad ). The positions correspond to the information provided by the Belgian association; UEFA sometimes names others.
  5. ↑ a b Status: After the game against Russia on July 11, 2017
  6. ↑ Belgian Red Flames op Cyprus Women's Cup 2017
  7. ^ Belgian Red Flames Program
  8. ↑ uefa.com: "Where do the teams live at the women's EURO?"
  9. ↑ uefa.com: "Women's EURO: Seeding list for the final draw"
  10. ↑ onsoranje.nl: "Oranjevrouwen onderuit in België" ( Memento of the original from November 27, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.onsoranje.nl