Nickname(s) | Belgian Red Flames |
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Association | Belgian Football Association (KBVB/URBSFA) |
Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
Head coach | Ives Serneels |
Captain | Aline Zeler |
Most caps | Femke Maes (84) |
Top scorer | Tessa Wullaert (28) |
Home stadium | Den Dreef |
FIFA code | BEL |
FIFA ranking | |
Current | 25 1 (23 December 2016) |
Highest | 25 (December 2016) |
Lowest | 35 (November 2010, March 2011) |
First international | |
France 1–2 Belgium (Reims, France; May 30, 1976) |
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Biggest win | |
Belgium 11–0 Azerbaijan (Tubize, Belgium; June 19, 2010) Belgium 11–0 Greece (Leuven, Belgium; September 13, 2014) |
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Biggest defeat | |
Spain 9–1 Belgium (Alginet, Spain; February 29, 2004) Norway 8–0 Belgium (Oslo, Norway; September 26, 1992) |
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UEFA Euro | |
Appearances | 1 (first in 2017) |
The Belgium women's national football team (nicknamed Belgian Red Flames) represents Belgium in international women's football. It is controlled by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the governing body for football in Belgium. Their home stadium is Den Dreef and their current coach Ives Serneels. During most of its history the team has had poor results, but has shown improvement in the Euro 2013 and 2015 World Cup Qualifiers, to qualify in 2016 for their first major tournament: the Euro 2017.
Belgium played its first match against France on May 30, 1976 at Stade Auguste Delaune in Reims, France. The game ended in a 2–1 victory. A year after this debut, the Belgian team played against Switzerland and France, tying both matches, 2–2 and 1–1 respectively. They played the same teams again the next year, this time beating both with 1–0 and 2–0. Another victory followed against Yugoslavia with 1–0. The team's first defeat however came at the hands of England: 3–0, which was followed by a 2–0 loss against France and a 2–2 tie against the Netherlands. In the following years, Belgium kept playing mostly against European teams.