Football World Cup 2014 / Belgium

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This article covers the Belgian national football team at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. Belgium took part in the finals for the twelfth time and in a finals in South America for the second time. At the first World Cup finals in South America in 1930, Belgium was one of the four European participants who accepted the invitation. After that, Belgium could no longer qualify for a World Cup in South America. It was the first World Cup participation since 2002 . With a size of 30,528 km², Belgium was the smallest participant in the finals.

qualification

Belgium played in European qualifying Group A . Opponents were Croatia , Serbia , Scotland , Macedonia and Wales . Belgium prevailed in their group with eight wins and two draws (against Croatia and Wales) and conceded only four goals. Qualification was already certain after the penultimate game.

Table and results

Pl. team Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  10  8th  2  0 018: 400 +14 26th
 2. CroatiaCroatia Croatia  10  5  2  3 012: 900  +3 17th
 3. SerbiaSerbia Serbia  10  4th  2  4th 018:110  +7 14th
 4th ScotlandScotland Scotland  10  3  2  5 008:120  −4 11
 5. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales  10  3  1  6th 009:200 −11 10
 6th North MacedoniaNorth Macedonia North Macedonia  10  2  1  7th 007:160  −9 07th

Game results

date place Home team - guest Result Goal scorers for Belgium
07.09.2012 Cardiff City Stadium ( Cardiff , Wales ) Wales - Belgium 0: 2 (0: 1) Kompany (42nd), Vertonghen (83rd)
09/11/2012 King Baudouin Stadium ( Brussels , Belgium) Belgium - Croatia 1: 1 (1: 1) Gillet (45.)
October 12, 2012 Rajko Mitić Stadium ( Belgrade , Serbia ) Serbia - Belgium 0: 3 (0: 1) Benteke (34.), De Bruyne (68.), Mirallas (90.)
10/16/2012 King Baudouin Stadium (Brussels, Belgium) Belgium - Scotland 2: 0 (0: 0) Benteke (68th), Kompany (71.)
03/22/2013 Filip II Arena ( Skopje , Macedonia) Macedonia - Belgium 0: 2 (0: 1) De Bruyne (26th), Hazard (63rd, penalty)
03/26/2013 King Baudouin Stadium (Brussels, Belgium) Belgium - Macedonia 1: 0 (0: 0) Hazard (63.)
06/07/2013 King Baudouin Stadium (Brussels, Belgium) Belgium - Serbia 2: 1 (1: 0) De Bruyne (13th), Fellaini (60th)
06.09.2013 Hampden Park ( Glasgow ) Scotland - Belgium 0: 2 (0: 1) Steven Defour (38th), Mirallas (89th)
10/11/2013 Maksimir Stadium ( Zagreb , Croatia ) Croatia - Belgium 1: 2 (0: 2) Lukaku (15th, 38th)
October 15, 2013 King Baudouin Stadium (Brussels, Belgium) Belgium - Wales 1: 1 (0: 0) De Bruyne (64th)

Marc Wilmots , who first became interim coach in May 2012 and head coach after two games, only used 23 players and like Germany the fewest players of all qualified teams. Goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois , Kevin De Bruyne , Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembélé were used in all ten games. Belgium scored at least one goal in every game with De Bruyne scoring most (4). Nine other players contributed the rest. With Zakaria Bakkali and Ilombe Mboyo , two players made their first A internationals in the qualifying matches.

preparation

Test matches:

Squad

A preliminary list of 30 players had to be submitted to FIFA by May 13, 2014. The final list of 23 players had to be received by FIFA by June 2, 2014 at the latest.

The preliminary roster for the World Cup was named on May 13th. Since Belgium had not taken part in a World Cup finals for 12 years, of the squad members, most of whom were still juniors in 2002, only Daniel Van Buyten had previously played World Cup games, in which he played together with current coach Marc Wilmots .

No. Surname society Date of birth
International matches
Länderspiel-
gates
Games Gates yellow cards Yellow-red cards Red cards World Cup participation World Cup games
(before 2014)
World Cup goals
(before 2014)
goal
13 Sammy Bossut SV Zulte-Waregem August 11, 1985 1 00 0 0 0 0 0
01 Thibaut Courtois SpainSpain Atlético Madrid M May 11, 1992 17th 00 5 0 0 0 0
12 Simon Mignolet EnglandEngland Liverpool FC August 6, 1988 14th 00 0 0 0 0 0
Defense
02 Toby Alderweireld SpainSpain Atlético Madrid M March 2, 1989 35 01 4th 0 2 0 0
23 Laurent Ciman Standard Liege 5th August 1985 08th 00 0 0 0 0 0
04th Vincent Kompany (C)Captain of the crew EnglandEngland Manchester City M April 10, 1986 60 04th 4th 0 1 0 0
18th Nicolas Lombaerts RussiaRussia Zenit St. Petersburg March 20, 1985 25th 02 1 0 0 0 0
15th Daniel Van Buyten GermanyGermany FC Bayern Munich M, P February 7, 1978 80 10 5 0 0 0 0 2002 4th 0
21st Anthony Vanden Borre RSC Anderlecht M October 24, 1987 26th 01 1 0 0 0 0
03 Thomas Vermaelen EnglandEngland Arsenal FC P November 14, 1985 47 01 1 0 0 0 0
05 Jan Vertonghen EnglandEngland Tottenham Hotspur April 24, 1987 57 04th 5 1 1 0 0
midfield
22nd Nacer Chadli EnglandEngland Tottenham Hotspur 2nd August 1989 21st 02 4th 0 0 0 0
07th Kevin De Bruyne GermanyGermany VfL Wolfsburg June 28, 1991 21st 04th 4th 1 0 0 0
16 Steven Defour PortugalPortugal FC Porto April 15, 1988 44 02 1 0 0 0 1
19th Mousa Dembélé EnglandEngland Tottenham Hotspur July 16, 1987 57 05 2 0 1 0 0
08th Marouane Fellaini EnglandEngland Manchester United November 22, 1987 51 08th 5 1 0 0 0
06th Axel Witsel RussiaRussia Zenit St. Petersburg January 12, 1989 49 05 4th 0 1 0 0
attack
20th Adnan Januzaj EnglandEngland Manchester United 5th February 1995 02 00 1 0 0 0 0
09 Romelu Lukaku EnglandEngland Everton FC May 13, 1993 30th 06th 4th 1 0 0 0
11 Kevin Mirallas EnglandEngland Everton FC 5th October 1987 45 09 4th 0 0 0 0
17th Divock orig FranceFrance Lille OSC April 18, 1995 03 00 5 1 0 0 0
10 Eden Hazard EnglandEngland Chelsea FC January 7, 1991 46 06th 5 0 1 0 0
14th Dries Mertens ItalyItaly SSC Naples P May 6, 1987 25th 03 5 1 0 0 0
Coaching staff
  Marc Wilmots Trainer 22nd February 1969 70 29 4th 1990, 1994, 1998, 2002 8th 5
  Vital Borkelmans Assistant coach June 1, 1963 22nd 3 1994, 1998 5 0
  Erwin Lemmens Goalkeeping coach May 12, 1976 02 0
  Mario Innaurato Fitness trainer
(*) only the games and goals that were played or scored before the start of the World Cup are given
  1. M = The club became champions of its country in the 2013/14 season, P = The club won the cup in the 2013/14 season.
  2. a b After the game against Tunisia on June 7, 2014 .
  3. a b c d e f g h i j k l As a player

Finals

Group stage

Preliminary round venues (red), round of 16 venue (green), quarter-final venue (yellow) and quarters (blue)

In the draw for the final round on December 6, 2013, Belgium, which was seeded as the group head for the third time since 1990 and 1994, was drawn into Group H with Algeria, Russia and South Korea. Before the start of the tournament, the Belgian national football team had not lost to any of these opponents. In 2002 in the preliminary round of the World Cup against Russia in the last decisive group match, a 3-2 win, which Belgium reached the round of 16. The other two games ended 2-0 and 0-0. However , there had been four defeats against the Soviet Union . There was also a 0-0 and 3-1 win against Algeria. The results against South Korea are also positive: 2 wins and one draw. Except in Rio de Janeiro (0-5 against Brazil in June 1965) Belgium had not yet played in any of the venues.

The team quarters and training location was the Paradise Golf & Lake Resort in Mogi das Cruzes .

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. BelgiumBelgium Belgium  3  3  0  0 004: 100  +3 09
 2. AlgeriaAlgeria Algeria  3  1  1  1 006: 500  +1 04th
 3. RussiaRussia Russia  3  0  2  1 002: 300  −1 02
 4th Korea SouthSouth Korea South Korea  3  0  1  2 003: 600  −3 01
Tue., June 17, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Belo Horizonte
Belgium - Algeria 2: 1 (0: 1)
Sun., June 22, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Rio de Janeiro
Belgium - Russia 1: 0 (0: 0)
Thursday, June 26, 2014, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) in São Paulo
South Korea - Belgium 0: 1 (0: 0)

Knockout round

Round of 16

Tuesday, July 1, 2014, 5:00 p.m. (10:00 p.m. CEST) in Salvador
Belgium - United StatesUnited States United States 2: 1 n.V. (0: 0, 0: 0)

There had previously been five games against the USA, only one of which was lost, the first in the preliminary round at the first World Cup in 1930. After that all games were won against the USA. With the victory, Belgium reached the quarter-finals for the first time since 1986.

Quarter finals

Sat., July 5, 2014, 1:00 p.m. (6:00 p.m. CEST) in Brasília
ArgentinaArgentina Argentina - Belgium 1: 0 (1: 0)

Although both met for the first time at the Olympic Games in 1928, there were only four games against Argentina with one win and three defeats. The opening game of the 1982 World Cup was won when Argentina was the defending champion. The last game between the two teams until then was the 1986 World Cup semi-finals, in which Diego Maradona scored two goals for the eventual world champion's 2-0 victory.

Sports impact

In the FIFA world rankings , Belgium climbed six places from 11th to 5th place, making it the third-best European team in the rankings behind their neighbors Germany and the Netherlands.

Resignations

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Regulations for the 2014 FIFA World Cup ™, para. 29 List of players, rest time, preparatory phase
  2. fifa.com: "Belgium's" Red Devils "with three Bundesliga professionals" ( Memento of the original from May 14, 2014 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 / de.fifa.com
  3. Release List of Players from May 16, 2014
  4. fifa.com: team quarters
  5. fifa.com: "Long-time Bayern professional van Buyten ends his career"