Belgium national football team results – unofficial matches

This is a list of the Belgium national football team's results from 1901 to the present day that, for various reasons, are not accorded the status of official internationals.[1][2]

The nine games played between Belgium and England's amateur team are not considered as official by the opponents; this also applies to a game played between Belgium and England in 1946, which is classified by the English FA as an unofficial 'Victory International'.[2][3] While the Belgian Football Association does not take several Olympic Games matches of Belgium into account, according to the RSSSF there is no reason to doubt about the official character.[2]

1900s

The earliest four games played by a national selection of players active in Belgium, with the Netherlands as opponent between 1901 and 1904, were not yet considered as official because of the presence of English players in the "Belgian" squad.[1][4]

1910s

Probably because of the war period (World War I), results of matches between 1915 and 1918 are not shown in official overviews. The Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf, however, listed the France-Belgium matches in this period together with the matches between 1905 and 1914, without noting a difference in status.[6] In the 1918 match Albert I, King of the Belgians, handed out a cup trophy for the winners.[7]

1920s

Apart from the official biannual Low Countries derbies, Belgium played against the Netherlands for diverse purposes in the 1920s; the 1925 and 1926 matches served as fundraiser for FIFA and charity, respectively, and in the 1929 match the Royal Dutch Football Association's 40th anniversary was celebrated.[9]

1930s

Outside the official biannual Low Countries derbies, Belgium faced the Netherlands for diverse reasons in the 1930s; the 1930 match served to inaugurate the new national stadium, the two matches in 1932 served as fundraiser for FIFA and charity, and the 1939 match was at the occasion of the Royal Dutch Football Association's 50th anniversary.[9]

1940s

During the occupation of Belgium in World War II, Belgium played multiple unofficial friendlies abroad against the Netherlands.

2000s

The 2006 match in and against Luxembourg was stopped after 65 minutes due to heavy snowfall.[18]

2010s

The matches against Romania on 14 November 2012 and against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 were scheduled as official friendlies but afterwards not recognized by FIFA because of Romania's 8 substitutions[19] and Belgium's 7 substitutions[20] respectively, while only 6 were allowed.[21]

References

  1. 1 2 Hubert, Christian (1980). Les diables rouges (in French). Brussels: Arts & voyages. pp. 12–13. ISBN 978-28-016-0046-7.
  2. 1 2 3 "Belgium - List of International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 14 May 2014.
  3. ↑ England Football Online (Feb 2008). "England's Unofficial Matches". Retrieved 26 February 2012.
  4. ↑ Fraiponts, Jean; Willocx, Dirk (2003). Kroniek van het Belgische voetbal / Pioniers en Rode Duivels - 1863-1906 (in Dutch) 1. Antwerp: Assoc. BE bvba. ISBN 978-90-77314-01-2.. Extract consulted online on 30 August 2010 on Beerschot Athletic Club
  5. ↑ Guldemont, Henry; Deps, Bob (1995). 100 ans de football en Belgique: 1895–1995, Union royale belge des sociétés de football association (in French). Brussels: Vif. p. 66. ISBN 90-5466-151-8.
  6. 1 2 3 "Frankrijk–België". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 21 Mar 1916. Retrieved 11 Jun 2015.
  7. 1 2 "Frankrijk–België.". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 1 May 1918. Retrieved 11 Jun 2015.
  8. ↑ "België-Londen". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 2 Nov 1916. Retrieved 11 Jun 2015.
  9. 1 2 Karel Stokkermans (6 Mar 2014). "The "Derby der Lage Landen"". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 May 2014.
  10. ↑ "GOAAAL! Fotomontage Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). RBFA. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  11. ↑ "GOAAAL! Fotomontage Rode Duivels" (in Dutch). RBFA. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
  12. ↑ "Ein schwer erkämpfter Sieg". (Wiener) Sport-Tagblatt (in German). 28 Jan 1932. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  13. ↑ "Roode Duivels–Chrystal Palace 5–4". Het Vaderland (in Dutch). 5 Jan 1939. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  14. ↑ "Rond den Wedstrijd Holland – België". Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 3 Feb 1941. Retrieved 11 Jun 2015.
  15. ↑ "Holland – België 4–5". Bataviaasch Nieuwsblad (in Dutch). 13 Oct 1941. Retrieved 11 Jun 2015.
  16. ↑ ""België-Holland"-sfeer in Leipzig.". De Telegraaf (in Dutch). 15 Apr 1943. Retrieved 11 Jun 2015.
  17. ↑ "Voetbal Nederland-België". Amigoe di Curaçao (in Dutch). 17 Jan 1944. Retrieved 11 Jun 2015.
  18. ↑ "Luxemburg/België bij 0-2 stopgezet door sneeuwval". Het Belang van Limburg (in Dutch). 1 Mar 2006. Retrieved 25 August 2015.
  19. ↑ "Romania football team defeated Belgium 2:1, 14 November 2012". eu-football.info. Retrieved 18 June 2014.
  20. ↑ "Debuut Bossut en Januzaj, én hattrick Lukaku zijn ongeldig" (in Dutch). Het Laatste Nieuws. 4 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  21. ↑ "Rules & Governance - Law 3: The number of players". The Football Association. Retrieved 25 Oct 2014.
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