The Les Diables Rouges Squad for the matches against Switzerland, England and Denmark November 2020
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Player	Birthdate	Age	Pos	Club	App	G
Alderwiereld, Tobias Albertine Maurits	2 March 1989	31	CD	Tottenham Hotspur FC, England	102	5
Batshuayi-Atunga, Michy	2 October 1993	27	F	Crystal Palace FC, England, on loan from Chelsea FC, England	32	21
Benteke, Christian	3 December 1990	29	F	Crystal Palace FC, England	38	15
Bornauw, Sebastiaan	22 March 1999	21	D	1.FC Köln 01/07, Germany	2	0
Boyata, Anga Dedryck	28 November 1990	27	RB	Hertha, Berliner SC, Germany	20	0
Casteels, Koen	25 June 1992	28	G	VfL Wolfsburg, Germany	1	1ᵍᵃ
Chadli, Nacer	2 August 1989	31	M	İstanbul Başakşehir FK, Turkey	60	8
Coucke, Gaëten	3 November 1998	22	G	KV Mechelen	0	0ᵍᵃ
	Coucke was drafted into the squad on 11 November as a replacement for Kaminski
Courtois, Thibaut Nicolas Mark	11 May 1992	28	G	Real Madrid CF, Spain	79	57ᵍᵃ
De Bruyne, Kevin	28 June 1991	29	M	Manchester City FC, England	76	19
De Ketelaere, Charles Marc	10 March 2001	19	AM	Club Brugge KV	1	0
Delcroix, Hannes	28 February 1999 in Petite Rivière de l'Artibonite, Haiti	21	CD	RSC Anderlecht	1	0
	Delcroix drafted into the squad on 10 November for the Switzerland match only
Denayer, Jason Grégory Marianne	28 June 1995	25	CD	Olympique Lyonnais, France	18	1
Dendoncker, Leander	15 April 1995	25	M	Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England	11	0
Doku, Jérémy Baffour	27 May 2002	18	F	RSC Anderlecht	5	1
Foket, Thomas	25 September 1994	26	RB/RM	Stade de Reims, France	3	0
	Foket drafted into the squad on 9 November as a replacement for Saelemaekers
Hazard, Eden Michael	7 January 1991	29	F	Real Madrid CF, Spain	106	32
Hazard, Thorgan Ganael Francis	29 March 1993	27	AM	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	29	4
Kaminski, Thomas	23 October 1992	27	G	Blackburn Rovers FC, England	0	0ᵍᵃ
	Kaminski was drafted into the squad on 9 November as a replacement for Van Combrugge, he left a day later following a positive coVid test
Kayembe-Ditu, Joris	8 August 1994	26	M	Royal Charleroi SC	2	0
Lukaku Bolingoli, Romelu Menama	13 May 1993	27	F	FC Internazionale Milano, Italy	87	55
Lukebakio Ngandoli, Dodi	24 September 1997	23	RF	Hertha, Berliner SC, Germany	1	0
				also has one appearance with DR Congo (2016)
Mechele, Brandon	28 January 1993	27	CD	Club Brugge KV	3	0
Mertens, Dries	6 May 1987	33	F	SSC Napoli, Italy	92	20
Meunier, Thomas	12 September 1991	29	RB	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	43	7
Mignolet, Simon Luc Hildebert	6 March 1988	32	G	Club Brugge KV	29	31ᵍᵃ
Praet, Dennis	24 May 1994	26	AM	Leicester City FC, England	8	0
Saelemaekers, Alexis Jesse	27 June 1999	21	M	AC Milan, Italy	1	0
	Saelemaekers withdrew from the squad on 9 November
Tielemens, Youri Marion	7 May 1997	23	M	Leicester City FC, England	32	2
Trossard, Leandro	4 December 1995	24	F	Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England	3	0
	Trossard withdrew from the squad on 9 November
Van Crombrugge, Hendrik	30 April 1993	27	G	RSC Anderlecht	1	1ᵍᵃ
	Van Combrugge withdrew from the squad on 9 November
Vanaken, Hans	14 August 1992	28	AM	Club Brugge KV	8	0
Vermaelen, Thomas	14 November 1985	34	CD	Vissel Kobe, Japan	78	2
Verschaeren, Yari	12 July 2001	19	AM	RSC Anderlecht	6	1
Vertonghen, Jan Bert Lieve	24 April 1987	33	CD	Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal	121	9
Witsel, Axel Laurent Angel Lambert	12 January 1989	31	M	Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany	109	10

Squad details correct up to and including Belgium's match against Iceland on 14 October 2020.
Tallies taken from Belgianfootball.be

Diary

Friday, 30 October 2020 - Belgium's Football Association have announced that there next three home matches, all next month, have moved from the King Baudouin Stadium to the King Power at Den Dreef Stadium in Leuven. It comes 'as a consequence of the Covid-19 related curfew in Brussels, which starts at 10pm local time.  With a match kicking off at 8.45 this would be impossible to meet. Therefore the FA opted for Leuven which also hosts Belgium's U21 and women's internationals. In Flanders curfew starts at midnight to 5am.'

Friday, 6 November 2020 - Roberto Martinez announces his squad for Belgium's final matches of 2020. After a friendly match with Switzerland, Belgium will face England and Denmark in their final Nations League matches.

Monday, 9 November 2020 - As the the squad gathers together, three players are sent back to their clubs because of injuries. Alexis Saelemaekers, Leandro Trossard and Hendrik Van Combrugge. As with last month's squad, Blackburn Rovers goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski, has been drafted into the squad as cover. Reim's right-back Thomas Foket has also been drafted in the squad.

Tuesday, 10 November 2020 - Anderlecht's Hannes Delcroix has joined up with the squad. He will return to the under-21s following the match against Switzerland.
Later in the day, it was revealed that Thomas Kaminski had tested positive following a Covid-19 test. He left the squad and returned home to isolate.

Wednesday, 11 November 2020 - Mechelen's young uncapped goalkeeper Gatëan Coucke, has been drafted into the squad as a replacement for Thomas Kaminski. Coucke signed for Mechelen in the summer after failing to gain a new contract, and has yet to feature for his new club.
In the evening, Belgium come from behind to beat Switzerland 2-1 with two goals frrom Michy Batshuayi.

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