Roberto Martinez' side breezed past the minnows to seal qualification for the European Championships with a perfect record of seven wins from seven.
Match Reports
With the game held in Brussels’ King Baudouin Stadium, the scoring was opened just before the half-hour mark by Romelu Lukaku, who notched his 50th senior international goal on his 83rd appearance.
Lukaku added a second before half-time, but not before Nacer Chadli and a Cristian Brolli own goal had made the result safe. A second own goal from Andrea Grandoni and a stoppage-time strike from Youri Tielemans left Belgium with a healthy 6-0 lead at the interval.
Christian Benteke added a seventh with ten minutes to play before Yari Verschaeren made it eight from the spot and Timothy Castagne scored in stoppage time.
With next summer’s tournament set to take place all around the continent, Belgium may well be targeting Euro 2020 as the best chance for their current golden generation to win a major international title.
Group Standings
Match Events
28' GOAL! Belgium 1-0 San Marino (Lukaku)
Lukaku right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Youri Tielemans.
31' GOAL! Belgium 2-0 San Marino (Chadli)
Nacer Chadli right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Romelu Lukaku.
35' OWN GOAL! Belgium 3-0 San Marino (Brolli)
An unfortunate own goal by Cristian Brolli makes the score 3-0.
41' GOAL! Belgium 4-0 San Marino (Lukaku)
Romelu Lukaku right footed shot from the left side of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
43' OWN GOAL! Belgium 5-0 San Marino (Grandoni)
It's now 5-0 in Brussels as Toby Alderweireld's shot deflected into the net.
46' GOAL! Belgium 6-0 San Marino (Tielemans)
Youri Tielemans (Belgium) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Eden Hazard.
51' CHANCE! Hazard's shot saved
79' GOAL! Belgium 7-0 San Marino (Benteke)
Christian Benteke right footed shot from outside the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Yannick Carrasco.
84' Penalty Goal! Belgium 8-0 San Marino (Verschaeren)
It's now 8-0 to Belgium as Yari Verschaeren scores from the spot.
91' GOAL! Belgium 9-0 San Marino (Castagne)
Timothy Castagne right footed shot from the centre of the box to the centre of the goal.
Line-ups
Belgium XI: T. Vermaelen, J. Vertonghen, E. Hazard, N. Chadli, D. Mertens, T. Alderweireld, T. Courtois, R. Lukaku, H. Vanaken, Y. Tielemans, T. Castagne
Subs: A. Witsel, Benteke, M. Sels, D. Boyata, T. Hazard, Y. Carrasco, M. Batshuayi, Origi, A. Januzaj, B. Mechele, J. Teunckens, Y. Verschaeren
San Marino XI: D. Simoncini, M. Palazzi, M. Giardi, E. Golinucci, C. Brolli, M. Battistini, A. Grandoni, S. Benedettini, M. Mularoni, F. Berardi, N. Nanni
Subs: A. Gasperoni, A. Simoncini, A. Valle, A. Hirsch, M. Bernardi, A. Golinucci, L. Censoni, L. Ceccaroli, F. Tomassini, M. Zavoli, A. D'Addario, L. Lunadei