Belgium B was a secondary football team that occasionally served as support for the Belgium national football team. At times they have played against the full national team of Luxembourg;[1] they have also played matches against 'B' or U-23 teams from other football associations. Since the team's first use in 1924, there have been at minimum 104 games; most of them against Luxembourg, but also against English,[2] French,[3] Italian,[4] Norwegian,[5] Portuguese,[6] and Swiss teams.[7] The last recorded match dates from February 2000 (a 1–1 draw against France B).

This team is assumed to have been always different from the Belgian U-21 team. However, it is not well documented whether this is the same Belgian team that played qualifiers for the Summer Olympics until 1988; neither is it clear whether age restrictions (e.g. under-25) have ever been applied.

Match record

1920s

23 March 1924 Friendly France B France 1 – 0 Belgium Belgium B Strasbourg, France
Report
4 May 1924 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 2 – 1  Luxembourg Arlon, Belgium
15:00 Vens
Jooris 		Report1
Report2		 Elter 56' Stadium: Stade du Jeunesse
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Robert Van Assche (Belgium)
11 May 1924 Friendly Luxembourg  2 – 1 Belgium Belgium B Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:00 Langers 35', 61' Report1
Report2		 ?? Stadium: CA Spora Luxembourg field
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Gaston Vallat (France)
5 October 1924 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 4 – 1  Luxembourg Mechelen, Belgium
14:30 Diddens
De Spae
Verhoeven 		Report1
Report2		 Lefèvre Stadium: Achter de Kazerne
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium)
14 February 1926 Friendly Luxembourg  1 – 1 Belgium Belgium B Differdange, Luxembourg
14:30 Ries 89' Report1
Report2		 Diddens Stadium: FA Red Boys Differdange field
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Nic Schmit (Luxembourg)
5 December 1926 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 6 – 1  Luxembourg Charleroi, Belgium
14:00 Report1
Report2		 Lefèvre Stadium: Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Charles Malevez (Belgium)
1 April 1928 Friendly Luxembourg  2 – 3 Belgium Belgium B Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:30 Koetz 10'
Berchem 34'		 Report1
Report2		 Bierna
Voorhoof 		Stadium: CA Spora Luxembourg field
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Nic Schmit (Luxembourg)
4 November 1928 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 1 – 1  Luxembourg Ghent, Belgium
14:30 ?? Report1
Report2		 Bommertz 36' Stadium: Stade Emmanuel Hiel
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Roger Conrié (France)

1930s

9 February 1930 Friendly Luxembourg  0 – 1 Belgium Belgium B Differdange, Luxembourg
14:30 Report1
Report2		 Claessens Stadium: FA Red Boys Differdange field
Attendance: 4,500
Referee: Georges Balvay (France)
1 June 1930 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 7 – 4  Luxembourg Brugge, Belgium
16:00 Versyp
Vanderbauwhede
Diddens 		Report1
Report2		 Waltener 8', 50'
Theissen 29'
Becker 44'		 Stadium: Cercle Brugge K.S.V. field
Referee: Roger Conrié (France)
7 December 1930 Friendly France B France 6 – 0 Belgium Belgium B Charleroi, France
Report
1 March 1931 Friendly Luxembourg  2 – 3 Belgium Belgium B Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
15:00 Theissen 4'
Logelin 76'		 Report1
Report2		 Capelle
Secretin
Noeth 		Stadium: Stade de Luxembourg
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Louis Raguin (France)
14 February 1932 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 6 – 3  Luxembourg Charleroi, Belgium
14:30 Campenhout (pen.)
Secretin
Bourgeois 		Report1
Report2		 Speicher 14', 83'
Kremer 33'		 Stadium: Stade de la Neuville
Referee: Joop van Moorsel (The Netherlands)

1960s

8 April 1964 Friendly Italy B Italy 1 – 1 Belgium Belgium B Verona, Italy
Report Stadium: Stadio Marcantonio Bentegodi
16 March 1966 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 3 – 3 Italy Italy B Charleroi, Belgium
Report Stadium: Stade de la Neuville
1 June 1966 Friendly Portugal B Portugal 0 – 0 Belgium Belgium B Lisboa, Portugal
Report
22 March 1967 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 2 – 0 Portugal Portugal B Charleroi, Belgium
Report
25 May 1969 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 0 – 1 England England U23 Oostende, Belgium
Report1 Joe Royle Stadium: Albertparkstadion

1990s

24 March 1998 Friendly Belgium B Belgium 1 – 1 Norway Norway U23 Mouscron, Belgium
Report1

Note: this record may not be exhaustive.

Opponents Played Won Drawn Lost GF GA GD Win % Points/game[B]
England England U23 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1 0.00 0.00
 France 15 4 6 5 18 22 -4 26.67 1.20
 Italy 2 0 2 0 4 4 0 0.00 1.00
 Luxembourg 75 57 11 7 244 106 +138 76.00 2.43
Norway Norway U23 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 0.00 1.00
 Portugal 2 1 1 0 2 0 +2 50.00 1.50
  Switzerland 8 4 1 3 18 13 +5 50.00 1.63
Totals 104 66 22 16 287 147 +140 63.46 2.12

Notes

  1. ^ The acronyms KBVB, URBSFA and KBFV come from the organisation's respective Dutch, French and German names: Koninklijke Belgische Voetbalbond, Union royale belge des sociétés de football association and Königliche Belgische Fußballverband.
  2. ^ According to the "three points for a win" standard

References

  1. ^ Courtney, Barrie. "Luxembourg - List of Unofficial International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. ^ Courtney, Barrie. "England - U-23 International Results- Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  3. ^ Garin, Erik. "France - B/A'-Team - International Results 1922-2001". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  4. ^ Testero, Giampaolo. "Italy B - International Results". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  5. ^ Aarhus, Lars. "U23 national team record (1998-2014)". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  6. ^ Teixeira, Jorge Miguel. "Selecção B - Lista de Jogos" (in Portuguese). RSSSF. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  7. ^ Garin, Erik. "Switzerland - International Matches B-Team 1932-1993". RSSSF. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belgium_national_football_B_team
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