Manager | Nat. | Tenure | Pld | W | D* | L | Win % | Pts/G[A] | Major tournaments** | ||||||||
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Selection committee (1) | — | 1904–1909 | 19 | 8 | 1 | 10 | 42.11 | 1.32 | SO 1908 | ||||||||
William Maxwell (1) | 1910–1913 | 23 | 11 | 3 | 9 | 47.83 | 1.57 | SO 1912 | |||||||||
Charles Bunyan | 1914 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | — | |||||||||
Selection committee (2) | — | 1914–1919 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.00 | 1.00 | — | ||||||||
William Maxwell (2) | 1920–1928 | 56 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 32.14 | 1.14 | SO 1920 – Winners[B] SO 1924 – Round 2 | |||||||||
Viktor Löwenfeld | 1928–1930 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 45.45 | 1.55 | SO 1928 – Quarter-finals | |||||||||
Hector Goetinck (1) | 1930–1934 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 19 | 22.58 | 0.84 | WC 1930 – Round 1 WC 1934 – Round 1 | |||||||||
Jules Turnauer | 1935 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0.00 | 0.33 | — | |||||||||
Jack Butler | 1935–1939 | 32 | 8 | 7 | 17 | 25.00 | 0.97 | WC 1938 – Round 1 SO 1936 | |||||||||
Hector Goetinck (2) | 1939–1940 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | |||||||||
Selection committee (3) | — | 1940–1943 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | ||||||||
François Demol | 1944–1946 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 25.00 | 1.00 | — | |||||||||
Bill Gormlie | 1947–1953 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 17 | 40.91 | 1.43 | WC 1950[C] | |||||||||
Doug Livingstone | 1953–1954 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 38.46 | 1.62 | WC 1954 – Group stage | |||||||||
André Vandeweyer | 1955–1957 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 23.53 | 0.82 | — | |||||||||
Louis Nicolayct | 1957 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 | 3.00 | — | |||||||||
Géza Toldi | 1957–1958 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16.67 | 0.83 | WC 1958 | |||||||||
Constant Vanden Stock[D] | 1958–1968 | 68 | 28 | 11 | 29 | 41.18 | 1.40 | EC 1960,[E] WC 1962, EC 1964, WC 1966, EC 1968 | |||||||||
Raymond Goethals | 1968–1976 | 44 | 25 | 8 | 11 | 56.82 | 1.89 | WC 1970 – Group stage EC 1972 – Third place WC 1974, EC 1976 | |||||||||
Guy Thys (1) | 1976–1989 | 101 | 45 | 24* | 32 | 44.55 | 1.57 | WC 1978 EC 1980 – Runners-up WC 1982 – Round 2 EC 1984 – Group stage WC 1986 – Fourth place EC 1988 | |||||||||
Walter Meeuws | 1989–1990 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 33.33 | 1.50 | — | |||||||||
Guy Thys (2) | 1990–1991 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 30.77 | 1.23 | WC 1990 – Round of 16 EC 1992 | |||||||||
Paul Van Himst | 1991–1996 | 36 | 19 | 5 | 12 | 52.78 | 1.72 | WC 1994 – Round of 16 EC 1996 | |||||||||
Wilfried Van Moer | 1996 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 40.00 | 1.60 | — | |||||||||
Georges Leekens (1) | 1997–1999 | 29 | 10 | 10* | 9 | 34.48 | 1.38 | WC 1998 – Group stage | |||||||||
Robert Waseige | 1999–2002 | 34 | 16 | 11[F] | 7 | 47.06 | 1.74 | EC 2000 – Group stage WC 2002 – Round of 16 | |||||||||
Aimé Anthuenis | 2002–2005 | 29 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 41.38 | 1.48 | EC 2004, WC 2006 | |||||||||
René Vandereycken | 2005–2009 | 30 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 33.33 | 1.23 | EC 2008, WC 2010 | |||||||||
Franky Vercauterenct | 2009 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0.00 | 0.20 | — | |||||||||
Dick Advocaat | 2009–2010 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 60.00 | 1.80 | — | |||||||||
Georges Leekens (2) | 2010–2012 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 42.10 | 1.63 | EC 2012 | |||||||||
Marc Wilmots[G] | 2012–2016 | 49[H] | 33 | 8 | 8 | 67.35 | 2.18 | WC 2014 – Quarter-finals EC 2016 – Quarter-finals | |||||||||
Roberto Martínez | 2016–2022 | 80 | 56 | 13 | 11 | 70.00 | 2.26 | WC 2018 – Third place NL Finals 2019 EC 2020 – Quarter-finals NL Finals 2021 – Fourth place WC 2022 – Group stage NL Finals 2023 | |||||||||
Domenico Tedesco | 2023– | 24 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 50.00 | 1.75 | EC 2024 – Round of 16 NL Finals 2025 | |||||||||
Totals | 846 | 373 | 178 | 295 | 44.09 | 1.53 | 25 out of 49 tournaments | ||||||||||
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- Last updated: Israel v. Belgium, 17 November 2024. Statistics include official FIFA-recognised matches only.
References
- ^ Hassanin Mubarak (7 Aug 2003). "Belgium National Team Coaches". RSSSF archive of coaches 1904–. RSSSF. Retrieved 14 Sep 2013.
- ^ Maarten Delvaux; Bart Lagae (15 May 2012). "Marc Wilmots voorlopig interim-bondscoach". De Standaard (in Dutch).
- ^ janm (6 Jun 2012). "Marc Wilmots is nieuwe bondscoach tot 2014". De Standaard (in Dutch).
- ^ Gunther De Vos (4 Jun 2012). "Rode Duivels willen verder met Wilmots". De Standaard (in Dutch).
- ^ "Rules & Governance - Law 3: The number of players". The Football Association. Retrieved 25 Oct 2014.
- ^ According to the "three points for a win" standard
- ^ Even though William Maxwell was the official manager then, in the tournament Raoul Daufresne coached the squad.
- ^ Belgium withdrew from the qualifiers.
- ^ Manager Vanden Stock only selected the players; under him, the Red Devils were consecutively trained by Viktor Havlicek (1958–60), Henri Dekens (1960–61), Arthur Ceuleers (1961–65) and Raymond Goethals (1966–68).
- ^ Belgium did not enter the qualifiers.
- ^ During a 2001 friendly draw against Czech Republic, assistants Vince Briganti and Jacky Munaron managed the team as Waseige recovered from cardiac bypass surgery.[1]
- ^ Wilmots was only a caretaker in his first two matches against Montenegro and England.[2] In June, first the player group and later also the Belgian Football Association chose him as permanent coach.[3][4]
- ^ Note that the friendlies against Romania on 14 November 2012 and against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 are not FIFA-recognised due to an excessive number of substitutions.[5]