Belgium national under-21 football team

The Belgium national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Belgium and is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Their biggest successes were winning the 2007–09 International Challenge Trophy and reaching the European Championship semi-finals in 2007 in the Netherlands. Thanks to the latter achievement, Belgium qualified for the football tournament at the 2008 Summer Olympics. Their current home stadium is Den Dreef in Leuven.

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2027 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification matches against [Austria national under-21 Football (soccer)|football team|Austria] on 14 November 2025 respectively.
Caps and goals correct as of 14 November 2025, against Austria. Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the senior team.

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up and remain eligible.

Statistics

Most capped players

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Jean-François Gillet	1996–2002	36	0
2	Thomas Chatelle	1999–2003	28	4
2	Maarten Martens	2003–2007	28	7
4	Faris Haroun	2004–2008	24	4
4	Hugo Siquet	2021–2024	24	0
6	Siebe Schrijvers	2016–2019	23	4
7	Tom De Mul	2004–2008	21	4
7	Wout Faes	2017–2020	21	0
7	Gunter Van Handenhoven	1997–1999	21	1
10	Jonathan Blondel	2002–2007	20	4
10	Éric Deflandre	1992–1995	20	1

Last updated: 22 June 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Top goalscorers

#	Player	Career	Goals	Caps	Average
1	Loïs Openda	2019–2023	13	18
2	Kevin Vandenbergh	2003–2005	12	14
3	Cédric Roussel	1997–1999	10	12
4	Wesley Sonck	1997–1999	8	11
5	Michy Batshuayi	2012–2014	7	13
5	Landry Dimata	2016–2018	7	12
5	Maarten Martens	2003–2007	7	28
5	Ronny Martens	1978–1984	7	14
5	Sven Vermant	1993–1995	7	8
5	Jeanvion Yulu-Matondo	2005–2008	7	17

Last updated: 20 March 2019
Source: Belgian Football Federation

Honours

'''International Challenge Trophy'''