List of Belgium international footballers

The Belgium national football team represents the country of Belgium in international association football. It is fielded by the Royal Belgian Football Association, the governing body of football in Belgium, and competes as a member of the Union of European Football Associations (UEFA), which encompasses the countries of Europe. As over 600 players have featured in the team since it started officially registering its players in 1904,^[1] only players with more than 20 official caps are included.

Defender Jan Vertonghen is the men's overall record holder with 148 caps as of 20 June 2023.

Romelu Lukaku is the all-time top scorer, having scored 75 goals in 108 matches.

Despite the first Belgium international game taking place on 1 May 1904, the first player to reach 25 caps for his country was Armand Swartenbroeks, who played his 25th match against England on 1 November 1923.^[2]

All players with at least 35 caps are awarded a Medal of Recognition by the Belgian Football Association; also players whose careers are ended by an injury after 20 games receive this award.^[3]

Players

This list is about male Belgium national football team players with more than twenty appearances. For players with at least five caps, see List of Belgium international footballers (5–20 caps). For players with one to four caps, see List of Belgium international footballers (1–4 caps). For the current men's national team squad, see Belgium national football team#Current squad.

Key

	Named to the national team in the past year
Bold	Still playing competitive football
#x	Played in one or more friendlies which are not FIFA-recognised, either due to an excessive number of substitutions according to the Laws of the Game or because the request to have a match treated as official was sent too late to the FIFA. Three matches currently fall under this category, namely the friendlies against Romania on 14 November 2012, against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 and against Czech Republic on 5 June 2017. These three matches are recognised by the Belgian FA and therefore included in this list. The number besides the '#' symbol denotes the number of disputed matches for each player.
§x	Played one or more matches for Belgium at the 1920, 1924 or 1928 Summer Olympics, which are not counted as official matches by the Belgian FA and therefore not included in this list. Note that no caps were given for the 1920 Final as FIFA has not released the report of this game and on the official website it is stated that the game was abandoned, without any official result posted. The number besides the '§' symbol denotes the number of matches not counted for each player.

Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as UEFA Nations League matches and numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Statistics correct as of 17 November 2021.

Belgium national team football players with over 20 appearances^[4]

Rank	Player	Caps	Selections	Goals	Minutes played	Date of debut	Debut against	Date of last match	Last match against	Ref.
1	Jan Vertonghen #3	136	142	9	11,527	2 June 2007	Portugal	16 November 2021	Wales	[5]
2	Axel Witsel #2	120	127	11	10,023	26 March 2008	Morocco	16 November 2021	Wales	[6]
3	Toby Alderweireld #2	118	129	5	10,160	29 May 2009	Chile	10 October 2021	Italy	[7]
4	Eden Hazard #1	116	123	33	8,171	19 November 2008	Luxembourg	13 November 2021	Estonia	[8]
5	Dries Mertens #2	103	120	21	5,811	9 February 2011	Finland	13 November 2021	Estonia	[9]
6	Romelu Lukaku #3	101	116	68	6,503	3 March 2010	Croatia	7 October 2021	France	[10]
7	Jan Ceulemans	96	99	22	8,256	26 March 1977	Netherlands	27 February 1991	Luxembourg	[11]
8	Thibaut Courtois #1	94	108	0	8,450	10 August 2011	Slovenia	13 November 2021	Estonia	[12]
	Timmy Simons	94	114	6	7,634	25 April 2001	Czech Republic	13 November 2016	Estonia	[13]
10	Vincent Kompany	89	92	4	7,261	18 February 2004	France	11 June 2019	England	[14]
11	Kevin De Bruyne #3	88	95	23	7,006	19 May 2010	Bulgaria	16 November 2021	Wales	[15]
12	Marouane Fellaini #3	87	97	18	6,371	7 February 2007	Czech Republic	10 July 2018	France	[16]
13	Eric Gerets	86	94	3	7,460	27 September 1975	East Germany	27 March 1991	Wales	[17]
	Franky Van der Elst	86	93	1	7,388	19 December 1984	Greece	25 June 1998	South Korea	[18]
15	Daniel Van Buyten #2	85	98	10	6,983	28 February 2001	San Marino	5 July 2014	Argentina	[19]
	Thomas Vermaelen #2	85	103	2	6,398	1 March 2006	Luxembourg	2 July 2021	Italy	[20]
17	Enzo Scifo	84	87	18	6,974	6 June 1984	Hungary	25 June 1998	South Korea	[21]
18	Mousa Dembélé	82	106	5	4,779	20 May 2006	Slovakia	9 November 2018	Iceland	[22]
19	Paul Van Himst	81	83	30	7,038	2 October 1960	Netherlands	7 December 1974	East Germany	[23]
20	Bart Goor	78	80	13	6,207	3 February 1999	Cyprus	20 August 2008	Germany	[24]
21	Georges Grün	77	81	6	6,485	13 June 1984	Yugoslavia	15 November 1995	Cyprus	[25]
22	Lorenzo Staelens	70	82	8	5,778	26 May 1990	Romania	19 June 2000	Turkey	[26]
	Marc Wilmots	70	80	29	4,947	26 May 1990	Romania	17 June 2002	Brazil	[27]
24	Vic Mees	68	73	3	5,982	2 January 1949	Spain	2 October 1960	Netherlands	[28]
25	Georges Heylens	67	68	0	5,972	8 March 1961	West Germany	18 April 1973	East Germany	[29]
26	Nacer Chadli #2	66	83	8	3,554	9 February 2011	Finland	2 July 2021	Italy	[30]
27	Jef Jurion	64	68	9	5,745	25 December 1955	France	21 May 1967	Poland	[31]
	Jean-Marie Pfaff	64	84	0	5,761	22 May 1976	Netherlands	23 September 1987	Bulgaria	[32]
29	Marc Degryse	63	67	23	5,180	5 September 1984	Argentina	14 December 1996	Netherlands	[33]
	Frank Vercauteren	63	71	9	5,090	16 November 1977	Northern Ireland	12 October 1988	Brazil	[34]
31	Bernard Voorhoof	61	63	30	5,490	15 April 1928	France	21 April 1940	Netherlands	[35]
32	Kevin Mirallas #2	60	74	10	2,825	22 August 2007	Serbia	27 March 2018	Saudi Arabia	[36]
33	Michel Preud'homme	58	72	0	5,177	2 May 1979	Austria	17 December 1994	Spain	[37]
34	Éric Deflandre	57	67	0	3,910	14 December 1996	Netherlands	12 October 2005	Lithuania	[38]
	Émile Mpenza	57	59	19	3,890	11 February 1997	Northern Ireland	14 October 2009	Estonia	[39]
	Wilfried Van Moer	57	61	9	4,294	22 October 1966	Switzerland	1 July 1982	Soviet Union	[40]
37	Louis Carré	56	58	0	5,070	17 October 1948	France	2 March 1958	West Germany	[41]
	Jef Mermans	56	67	28	5,022	15 December 1945	France	11 November 1956	France	[42]
	Mbo Mpenza	56	66	3	2,648	29 March 1997	Wales	12 September 2007	Kazakhstan	[43]
	Luc Nilis	56	60	10	3,600	26 March 1988	Hungary	19 June 2000	Turkey	[44]
41	Michel Renquin	55	62	0	4,595	22 May 1976	Netherlands	23 September 1987	Bulgaria	[45]
	Wesley Sonck	55	55	24	3,495	2 June 2001	Latvia	3 March 2010	Croatia	[46]
43	Yannick Carrasco #1	54	67	8	3,266	26 May 2014	Luxembourg	13 November 2021	Estonia	[47]
	Thomas Meunier	54	61	8	4,240	14 November 2013	Colombia	16 November 2021	Wales	[48]
45	Danny Boffin	53	70	1	3,234	23 August 1989	Denmark	26 May 2002	Costa Rica	[49]
46	Raymond Braine §3	52	52	23	4,590	15 March 1925	Netherlands	27 May 1939	Poland	[50]
	Steven Defour #2	52	84	2	3,477	11 May 2006	Saudi Arabia	14 November 2017	Japan	[51]
48	Armand Swartenbroeks §3	50	50	0	4,324	20 April 1913	Netherlands	11 March 1928	Netherlands	[2]
	René Vandereycken	50	60	3	4,232	15 November 1975	France	8 June 1986	Iraq	[52]
	Gert Verheyen	50	57	10	3,533	12 October 1994	Denmark	17 June 2002	Brazil	[53]
51	Wilfried Puis	49	50	9	4,270	13 May 1962	Italy	27 September 1975	East Germany	[54]
52	Pol Anoul	48	50	20	4,350	4 May 1947	Netherlands	26 September 1954	West Germany	[55]
	Pierre Hanon	48	58	3	4,259	14 October 1956	Netherlands	19 October 1969	Yugoslavia	[56]
	Erwin Vandenbergh	48	58	20	4,028	19 December 1979	Scotland	27 March 1991	Wales	[57]
	Yves Vanderhaeghe	48	49	2	3,738	30 May 1999	Peru	12 October 2005	Lithuania	[58]
56	Rik Coppens	47	50	21	4,260	13 March 1949	Netherlands	4 October 1959	Netherlands	[59]
	Youri Tielemans #1	47	64	4	3,137	9 November 2016	Netherlands	10 October 2021	Italy	[60]
58	Ludo Coeck	46	47	4	3,762	8 September 1974	Iceland	19 June 1984	Denmark	[61]
	Walter Meeuws	46	52	0	4,027	26 January 1977	Italy	29 February 1984	West Germany	[62]
60	Pierre Braine §3	44	44	4	3,858	15 January 1922	France	27 December 1930	France	[63]
	Swat Van der Elst	44	49	14	3,397	31 October 1973	Norway	9 November 1983	Switzerland	[64]
62	Christian Benteke #2	43	81	17	2,163	19 May 2010	Bulgaria	13 November 2021	Estonia	[65]
	Geert De Vlieger	43	55	0	3,497	5 February 1999	Greece	1 March 2006	Luxembourg	[66]
64	Michel De Wolf	42	66	1	3,453	15 October 1980	Republic of Ireland	7 September 1994	Armenia	[67]
	Torreke Lemberechts	42	43	14	3,780	13 May 1945	Luxembourg	19 January 1955	Italy	[68]
	Nico Van Kerckhoven	42	47	3	3,215	29 May 1996	Italy	17 June 2002	Brazil	[69]
67	Philippe Albert	41	53	5	3,376	19 April 1987	Republic of Ireland	6 September 1997	Netherlands	[70]
	Thorgan Hazard #1	41	57	9	2,467	29 May 2013	United States	16 November 2021	Wales	[71]
	Robert Paverick	41	41	0	3,690	31 March 1935	Netherlands	30 May 1946	Netherlands	[72]
70	Lei Clijsters	40	53	3	2,734	30 March 1983	East Germany	27 March 1991	Wales	[73]
	Christian Piot	40	41	1	3,600	19 October 1969	Yugoslavia	26 March 1977	Netherlands	[74]
72	Michy Batshuayi #1	39	76	22	1,805	28 March 2015	Cyprus	10 October 2021	Italy	[75]
	Nicolas Lombaerts #1	39	65	3	2,871	11 May 2006	Saudi Arabia	29 March 2016	Portugal	[76]
	Jean Nicolay	39	47	0	3,464	24 May 1959	Austria	8 October 1967	Poland	[77]
75	Philippe Clement	38	47	1	2,749	25 March 1998	Norway	6 June 2007	Finland	[78]
	Stéphane Demol	38	38	1	3,105	23 April 1986	Bulgaria	20 November 1991	Germany	[79]
	Alfons Van Brandt	38	43	0	3,380	1 November 1950	Netherlands	8 December 1957	Turkey	[80]
	Paul Van Den Berg	38	43	16	3,313	31 March 1957	Spain	8 October 1967	Poland	[81]
79	Marc Emmers	37	39	2	2,839	19 January 1988	Israel	7 September 1994	Armenia	[82]
	Florimond Van Halme §2	37	38	1	3,240	5 May 1921	Italy	25 May 1930	France	[83]
81	Nico Claesen	36	41	12	2,732	12 October 1983	Scotland	26 June 1990	England	[84]
	Glen De Boeck	36	46	1	2,409	6 October 1993	Gabon	21 August 2002	Poland	[85]
	Johan Walem	36	47	2	2,648	20 November 1991	Germany	17 June 2002	Brazil	[86]
84	Thomas Buffel	35	37	6	2,502	12 October 2002	Andorra	6 February 2013	Slovakia	[87]
	Julien Cools	35	37	2	2,847	1 June 1974	Scotland	22 June 1980	West Germany	[88]
	Jean Dockx	35	42	3	2,588	22 November 1967	Luxembourg	15 November 1975	France	[89]
	Luc Millecamps	35	35	0	2,956	12 September 1979	Norway	9 November 1983	Switzerland	[90]
	Léon Semmeling	35	42	2	2,899	20 May 1961	Switzerland	18 November 1973	Netherlands	[91]
89	Arnold Badjou	34	35	0	2,933	13 April 1930	France	18 May 1939	France	[92]
	Jean Capelle	34	35	19	3,005	29 March 1931	Netherlands	18 May 1939	France	[93]
	Nicolaas Hoydonckx §3	34	34	0	3,060	12 February 1928	Irish Free State	26 November 1933	Denmark	[94]
	Jean Thissen	34	35	0	2,992	10 January 1968	Israel	26 October 1977	Netherlands	[95]
	Eric Van Meir	34	58	1	2,513	6 October 1993	Gabon	14 June 2002	Russia	[96]
94	Désiré Bastin §2	33	33	7	2,970	31 August 1920	Netherlands	17 April 1932	Netherlands	[97]
	Jan De Bie §5	33	33	0	2,970	31 August 1920	Netherlands	8 June 1930	Portugal	[98]
	Jason Denayer	33	54	1	2,476	31 March 2015	Israel	13 November 2021	Estonia	[99]
	Filip De Wilde	33	68	0	2,668	23 August 1989	Denmark	19 June 2000	Turkey	[100]
	Nico Dewalque	33	34	0	2,910	28 October 1967	France	27 September 1975	West Germany	[101]
	Raoul Lambert	33	38	18	2,745	20 April 1966	France	26 October 1977	Netherlands	[102]
	Martin Lippens	33	34	2	2,863	31 March 1957	Spain	25 December 1963	France	[103]
	Rie Meert	33	48	0	2,860	24 December 1944	France	31 March 1957	Spain	[104]
	Jean Plaskie	33	35	0	2,970	22 March 1964	Netherlands	26 May 1971	Denmark	[105]
	Rudi Smidts	33	35	1	2,578	2 September 1992	Czechoslovakia	11 October 1997	Wales	[106]
	Jan Verheyen	33	50	0	2,498	24 March 1965	Republic of Ireland	25 April 1976	Netherlands	[107]
	Louis Versyp §1	33	35	7	2,902	13 April 1930	France	8 March 1936	France	[108]
106	Jacques Stockman	32	40	13	2,694	13 April 1958	Netherlands	21 May 1967	Poland	[109]
	Erwin Vandendaele	32	36	1	2,836	15 November 1970	France	26 January 1977	Italy	[110]
	Patrick Vervoort	32	41	3	2,548	23 April 1986	Bulgaria	11 September 1991	Luxembourg	[111]
109	Alexandre Czerniatynski	31	42	8	1,925	9 September 1981	France	2 July 1994	Germany	[112]
	Marcel Dries	31	41	0	2,747	19 April 1953	Netherlands	14 June 1959	Austria	[113]
	Luis Oliveira Barroso	31	31	7	2,246	26 February 1992	Tunisia	30 March 1999	Egypt	[114]
	Emile Stijnen	31	31	1	2,790	1 May 1932	France	18 May 1939	France	[115]
	Jelle Van Damme	31[116]	40	0	1,811	29 March 2003	Croatia	14 August 2013	France	[117]
	Simon Mignolet #1	31	118	0	2,721	25 May 2011	Austria	3 June 2021	Greece	[118]
	Divock Origi #1	31	59	3	1,132	26 May 2014	Luxembourg	16 November 2021	Wales	[119]
116	Radja Nainggolan #1	30	39	6	1,978	26 May 2014	Luxembourg	27 March 2018	Saudi Arabia	[120]
	Stijn Stijnen	30	31	0	2,604	11 May 2006	Saudi Arabia	12 August 2009	Czech Republic	[121]
118	Henri Diricx	29	58	1	2,573	10 June 1952	Italy	22 May 1960	Bulgaria	[122]
	Anthony Vanden Borre #1	29	48	1	1,778	28 April 2004	Turkey	11 November 2014	Wales	[123]
120	Dedryck Boyata	28	52	0	1,920	12 October 2010	Austria	16 November 2021	Wales	[124]
	August Hellemans §1	28	29	0	2,520	5 June 1928	Netherlands	21 January 1934	France	[125]
	Bruno Versavel	28	30	4	2,325	12 October 1988	Brazil	7 June 1996	Macedonia	[126]
123	Walter Baseggio	27	31	1	1,799	27 March 1999	Bulgaria	9 February 2005	Egypt	[127]
124	Bertrand Crasson	26	37	1	1,769	1 May 1991	Germany	15 August 2001	Finland	[128]
	Denis Houf	26	29	5	2,370	17 June 1954	England	20 May 1961	Switzerland	[129]
	Philippe Léonard	26	37	0	1,588	22 April 1995	United States	15 November 2006	Poland	[130]
	Maurice Martens	26	36	2	1,847	7 November 1971	Luxembourg	6 June 1980	Romania	[131]
	Dirk Medved	26	41	1	2,009	11 September 1991	Luxembourg	11 February 1997	Northern Ireland	[132]
	Stanley Vanden Eynde	26	26	9	2,284	3 May 1931	Netherlands	13 March 1938	Luxembourg	[133]
130	Gilles De Bilde	25	27	3	1,192	16 November 1994	Macedonia	16 August 2000	Bulgaria	[134]
131	Hugo Broos	24	31	1	1,972	13 March 1974	East Germany	22 June 1986	Spain	[135]
	Leander Dendoncker	24	59	0	1,347	7 June 2015	France	16 November 2021	Wales	[136]
	Luigi Pieroni	24	28	2	1,008	18 February 2004	France	26 March 2008	Morocco	[137]
	Louis Saeys	24	24	9	2,190	9 May 1907	Netherlands	15 March 1914	Netherlands	[138]
	Camille Van Hoorden	24	24	4	2,192	1 May 1904	France	28 April 1912	Netherlands	[139]
	Oscar Verbeeck §3	24	24	0	2,160	25 January 1914	France	5 October 1924	Denmark	[140]
	René Verheyen	24	49	3	1,275	22 May 1976	Netherlands	16 June 1984	France	[141]
138	Ferdinand Adams	23	23	9	1,980	5 October 1924	Denmark	20 July 1930	Paraguay	[142]
	Charles Cambier	23	23	3	2,086	1 May 1904	France	24 February 1914	England	[143]
	Pierre Dalem	23	24	0	2,070	31 March 1935	Netherlands	29 January 1939	Germany	[144]
	Robert De Veen	23	23	26	2,130	22 April 1906	France	1 May 1913	Italy	[145]
	Johan Devrindt	23	29	15	1,999	30 September 1964	Netherlands	27 September 1975	West Germany	[146]
	Théodore Nouwens	23	23	0	2,026	4 November 1928	Netherlands	9 April 1933	Netherlands	[147]
	André Piters	23	24	7	2,070	3 April 1955	Netherlands	4 October 1961	Sweden	[148]
	Jan Van Der Auwera	23	26	0	2,070	24 April 1949	Republic of Ireland	14 March 1954	Portugal	[149]
	Laurent Verbiest	23	28	0	2,027	2 October 1960	Netherlands	29 December 1965	Bulgaria	[150]
147	Vital Borkelmans	22	35	0	1,332	23 August 1989	Denmark	25 June 1998	South Korea	[151]
	Régis Genaux	22	27	0	1,841	26 February 1992	Tunisia	26 April 2000	Norway	[152]
	Guillaume Gillet #1	22	35	1	1,311	13 October 2007	Finland	29 March 2016	Portugal	[153]
	Maurice Gillis §1	22	22	8	1,890	7 May 1922	Netherlands	8 January 1928	Austria	[154]
	Carl Hoefkens	22	29	1	1,426	5 June 1999	South Korea	20 August 2008	Germany	[155]
	Constant Huysmans	22	24	0	2,010	19 April 1953	Netherlands	4 October 1959	Netherlands	[156]
	Joseph Musch §2	22	22	3	1,906	30 April 1911	France	23 March 1924	Netherlands	[157]
	Odilon Polleunis	22	29	10	1,716	7 April 1968	Netherlands	27 September 1975	Germany	[158]
	Eddy Voordeckers	22	29	4	1,398	20 September 1978	Norway	11 September 1985	Poland	[159]
156	Yves Baré	21	28	0	1,890	4 October 1961	Sweden	8 September 1967	Poland	[160]
	Timothy Castagne	21	32	2		7 September 2018	Scotland	16 November 2021	Wales	[161]
	Jean Claessens	21	21	0	1,820	17 April 1932	Netherlands	8 March 1936	France	[162]
	Jan Diddens	21	22	2	1,800	14 March 1926	Netherlands	20 July 1930	Paraguay	[163]
	André Fierens §3	21	21	0	1,846	31 August 1920	Netherlands	24 May 1925	Switzerland	[164]
	Gaston Hubin	21	21	1	1,890	26 October 1908	Sweden	26 April 1914	Netherlands	[165]
	Jacques Moeschal §3	21	21	3	1,890	11 March 1928	Netherlands	31 May 1931	Portugal	[166]
	Richard Orlans	21	26	5	1,823	5 June 1955	Czechoslovakia	24 December 1961	Bulgaria	[167]
	Peter Van Der Heyden	21	32	1	1,572	25 April 2001	Czech Republic	24 March 2007	Portugal	[168]