The Red Devils reign Euro: Belgium's Euro history, stats & squad

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The Red Devils reign Euro - Here are Belgium's Euro history, stats & squad - all you need to know about Belgium's Euro journey.

Manager: Roberto Martinez

Fifa ranking: 1

Look out for: Youri Tielemans (Leicester) A revelation in England, capping the season with a wonder-goal in the FA Cup final.

UK connection: Nine players in the squad are "Anglos."

Did you know? Nine starters beaten 3-1 by Wales at Euro 2016 are in the squad.

Euros best Finalists: 1980.

Winning odds: 6-1.

Top Star: Kevin de Bruyne

Being the absolute mainstream player of Man City and Belgium, De Bruyne used his talent in finding the opponents' weakness to establish winning advantages for his team.

History and Records

Best result: Runner-up 1980

EURO appearances: 5

EURO hosts: 1972 & 2000 (held with the Netherlands)

Group Information

Saturday 12 June

Group B: Belgium vs Russia (21:00 CET, St Petersburg)

Thursday 17 June

Group B: Denmark vs Belgium (18:00 CET, Copenhagen)

Monday 21 June

Group B: Finland vs Belgium (21:00 CET, St Petersburg)

Facts about the team

The Belgian national football team officially represents Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. Most of Belgium's home matches are played at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.

Biggest win: 10-1 against San Marino, 2001, 9-0 against Zambia, 1994.

Biggest defeat: 11-2 against England Amateurs, 1909.

Unbeaten record (longest run without losing): 14 games, from 2012 till 2013.

The Squad List

Goalkeepers: 1-Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), 12-Simon Mignolet (Club Brugge), 13-Matz Sels (Strasbourg)

Defenders: 5-Jan Vertonghen (Benfica), 2-Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham Hotspur), 3-Thomas Vermaelen (Vissel Kobe), 15-Thomas Meunier (Borussia Dortmund), 4-Jason Denayer (Lyon), 25-Dedryck Boyata (Hertha BSC), 18-Leander Dendoncker (Wolverhampton Wanderers), 21-Timothy Castagne (Leicester City)

Midfielders: 6-Axel Witsel (Borussia Dortmund), 7-Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), 22-Nacer Chadli (Istanbul Basaksehir), 11-Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid), 8-Youri Tielemans (Leicester City), 16-Thorgan Hazard (Borussia Dortmund), 19-Dennis Praet (Leicester City), 17-Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge)

Forwards: 10-Eden Hazard (Real Madrid), 14-Dries Mertens (Napoli), 9-Romelu Lukaku (Internazionale), 20-Christian Benteke (Crystal Palace), 23-Michy Batshuayi (Crystal Palace), 26-Jeremy Doku (Stade Rennais), 24-Leandro Trossard (Brighton & Hove Albion)

Related: Belgium Tottenham Hotspur Manchester City Borussia Dortmund Internazionale Real Madrid Atletico Madrid Witsel Hazard Alderweireld De Bruyne Lukaku Carrasco
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