The Les Diables Rouges
Squad for the matches against Côte D’Ivoire, England & Iceland October 2020 |
|
Player |
Birthdate |
Age |
Pos |
Club |
App |
G |
Alderwiereld, Tobias Albertine Maurits |
2 March 1989 |
31 |
CD |
Tottenham Hotspur FC, England |
100 |
3 |
Batshuayi-Atunga, Michy |
2 October 1993 |
26 |
F |
Crystal Palace FC, England, on loan from Chelsea FC, England |
31 |
19 |
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 |
1 |
0 |
Bournauw withdrew from the squad after the
Côte D’Ivoire match to join the U21s |
Boyata, Anga Dedryck |
28 November 1990 |
27 |
RB |
Hertha, Berliner SC, Germany |
18 |
0 |
Carrasco, Yannick Ferreira |
4 September 1993 |
27 |
M |
Club Atlético de Madrid, Spain |
42 |
6 |
Castagne, Timothy |
5 December 1995 |
24 |
FB |
Leicester City FC, England |
9 |
2 |
Casteels, Koen |
25 June 1992 |
28 |
G |
VfL Wolfsburg, Germany |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
Casteels withdrew from the squad on 5
October match to return home. |
Chadli, Nacer |
2 August 1989 |
31 |
M |
İstanbul Başakşehir FK, Turkey |
59 |
8 |
Courtois, Thibaut Nicolas Mark |
11 May 1992 |
28 |
G |
Real Madrid CF, Spain |
79 |
57ᵍᵃ |
Courtois withdrew from the squad on 9 October because of a hip injury |
De Bruyne, Kevin |
28 June 1991 |
29 |
M |
Manchester City FC, England |
75 |
19 |
Denayer, Jason Grégory
Marianne |
28 June 1995 |
25 |
CD |
Olympique Lyonnais, France |
15 |
1 |
Dendoncker, Leander |
15 April 1995 |
25 |
M |
Wolverhampton Wanderers FC, England |
10 |
0 |
Doku, Jérémy Baffour |
27 May 2002 |
18 |
F |
RSC Anderlecht |
3 |
1 |
Hazard, Eden Michael |
7 January 1991 |
29 |
F |
Real Madrid CF, Spain |
106 |
32 |
Kaminski, Thomas |
23 October 1992 |
27 |
G |
Blackburn Rovers FC, England |
0 |
0ᵍᵃ |
Kaminski was drafted into the squad on 9 October as a replacement for
the three goalkeepers |
Kayembe-Ditu, Joris |
8 August 1994 |
26 |
M |
Royal Charleroi SC |
1 |
0 |
Lukaku Bolingoli, Romelu Menama |
13 May 1993 |
27 |
F |
FC Internazionale Milano, Italy
85 |
52 |
|
Lukebakio Ngandoli, Dodi |
24 September 1997 |
23 |
RF |
Hertha, Berliner SC, Germany |
0 |
0 |
also has one appearance with DR Congo (2016) |
Mechele, Brandon |
28 January 1993 |
27 |
CD |
Club Brugge KV |
2 |
0 |
Mertens, Dries |
6 May 1987 |
33 |
F |
SSC Napoli, Italy |
92 |
20 |
Mertens was unavailable for the first match due to quarantining in
Italy, ruled out on 10th |
Meunier, Thomas |
12 September 1991 |
29 |
RB |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany |
41 |
7 |
Mignolet, Simon Luc Hildebert |
6 March 1988 |
32 |
G |
Club Brugge KV |
26 |
28ᵍᵃ |
Origi, Divock Okoth |
18 April 1995 |
25 |
F |
Liverpool FC, England |
29 |
3 |
Praet, Dennis |
24 May 1994 |
26 |
AM |
Leicester City FC, England |
7 |
0 |
Roef, Davy |
6 February 1994 |
26 |
G |
KAA Gent |
0 |
0ᵍᵃ |
Roef was drafted into the squad on 5 October as a replacement for
Casteels |
Saelemaekers, Alexis Jesse |
27 June 1999 |
21 |
M |
AC Milan, Italy |
1 |
0 |
Saelemaekers withdrew from the squad after the
Côte D’Ivoire match to join the U21s |
Teunckens, Jens |
30 January 1998 |
22 |
G |
AEK Larnaca, Cyprus |
0 |
0ᵍᵃ |
Teunckens was drafted into the squad on 7 October as a temporary
measure, returning on 9th |
Tielemens, Youri Marion |
7 May 1997 |
23 |
M |
Leicester City FC, England |
29 |
2 |
Trossard, Leandro |
4 December 1995 |
24 |
F |
Brighton & Hove Albion FC, England |
2 |
0 |
Van Crombrugge, Hendrik |
30 April 1993 |
27 |
G |
RSC Anderlecht |
1 |
1ᵍᵃ |
Van Crombrugge withdrew from the squad before and after the
Côte D’Ivoire match to return home |
Vanaken, Hans |
14 August 1992 |
28 |
AM |
Club Brugge KV |
6 |
0 |
Vanheusden, Zinho |
29 July 1999 |
21 |
CD |
Royal Standard de Liége |
1 |
0 |
Vanheusden withdrew from the squad after the
Côte D’Ivoire match to join the U21s |
Verschaeren, Yari |
12 July 2001 |
19 |
AM |
RSC Anderlecht |
5 |
1 |
Vertonghen, Jan Bert Lieve |
24 April 1987 |
33 |
CD |
Sport Lisboa e Benfica, Portugal |
120 |
9 |
Witsel, Axel Laurent Angel Lambert |
12 January 1989 |
31 |
M |
Bsv Borussia 09 Dortmund, Germany |
107 |
10 |
Squad details correct up to
and including Belgium’s match against Iceland on 8 October 2020.
Tallies taken from Belgianfootball.be
Diary
Friday, 25
September 2020 - Belgium will play against Ivory Coast and not New
Zealand in a friendly match in Brussels on 8 October. New Zealand has had to
cancel due to the organisational problems related to the strict Covid-19
measures. "We are incredibly disappointed to be in this position, but from the
outset our first priority was our players", says Andrew Pragnell, CEO of the New
Zealand Football Association. "As it currently stands, we are unable to get
enough of our players to the game and back to their respective countries without
major disruptions to their domestic seasons." With Ivory Coast (60th in the
FIFA-ranking) , the Red Devils will compete against a stronger opponent than New
Zealand (121st). National team manager
Roberto MartÃnez
feels sorry for New Zealand being forced to cancel their trip, but is happy with
Ivory Coast as a replacement.
Wednesday, 30 September 2020 -
Roberto Martinez has named 33-man squad for
the trio of internationals coming up next week against
Côte D’Ivoire, England and Iceland.
Injury plagued Eden Hazard will in all likelihood miss out again for Belgium
when they play three internationals in October after his club Real Madrid said
he had suffered a new injury setback. Real dashed hopes of Hazard returning to
action in Wednesday’s La Liga game against Real Valladolid with a statement
saying he sustained a muscle injury, leaving his participation with Belgium next
week in doubt. Roberto Martinez said Hazard would need to have played "some game
time" for Real on Wednesday or in Sunday’s match at Levante in order to join up
with his country’s squad for the trio of internationals. But that was quickly
dashed when Hazard injured a muscle in his right leg on Wednesday. Real did not
say how long he would be out for, although Spanish newspaper Marca said he would
be unable to play for between three and four weeks.
Monday, 5 October 2020 - Koen Casteels
has left the squad to return home to be at the birth of his child, he was
replaced by Davy Roef.
Wednesday, 7 October 2020 - Nacer Chadli
has returned to his club as he was deemed unfit. Hendrik Van Crombrugge
has also left the squad, to return home after the birth of his child, with
Jens Teunckens coming in from the U21 set-up as his replacement. Van
Crombrugge eventually returned before the match started anden made his
debut, but then left permanently after that match.
Thursday, 8 October 2020 - A late equaliser
from the penalty spot earned
Côte D’Ivoire a 1-1 draw with
a second-string Belgium side, ending a run of 12 successive victories for the
top team in the world rankings. Michy Batshuayi converted from close range to
give Belgium a 53rd-minute lead but Franck Kessie equalised for the visitors
from the spot with four minutes remaining. The Belgians rested almost all their
regulars ahead of Sunday's Nations League clash against England but went ahead
when Batshuayi converted from point-blank range at the second attempt after
being set up by Alexis Saelemakers, one of five debutants used by coach Roberto
Martinez. Substitute goalkeeper Hendrick Van Crombrugge, who rejoined the squad
hours before kick-off after the birth of his child this week and replace Simon
Mignolet to earn his first cap, made a reflex stop to deny Nicolas Pepe an
equaliser after Wilfried Zaha had cleverly set him up. Zaha continued to trouble
the home defence, however, and was fouled by debutant Sebastiaan Bornauw in the
box, leading to
Côte D’Ivoire's late penalty.
It was a first international in 11 months for the African side who next play
Japan in Utrecht on Tuesday. Youngsters Sebastiaan Bornauw, Alexis
Saelemaekers and Zinho Vanheusden left after the match to join the U21
squad. Hendrick Van Crombrugge has also returned home.
Friday, 9 October 2020
- Thibaut Courtois has been ruled out Belgium's clash with England.
It was confirmed that Courtois had left the Belgian camp before
yesterday's friendly, with a hip injury. Martinez had already lost
Hendrik Van Crombrugge of Anderlecht and Wolfsburg's Koen Casteels.
Following the return to the under-21 set-up for Jens Teunckens, Blackburn
Rovers' goalkeeper Thomas Kaminski has been called up to the squad for
their Nations League double header. The 27 year old has been a revelation
since his move from AA Gent last month. He has kept three clean sheets in
his four league games, which has been enough to impress Roberto Martinez.
The uncapped Kaminski was last called up by the national team six years
ago.
Saturday, 10 October 2020 -
Napoli star Dries Mertens will not be part of the Belgium squad for
tomorrow’s Nations League match against England. The forward had to remain
in quarantine with the rest of his club teammates following a travel order
ban from the local health authority last week. Although only Piotr
Zielinski and Eljif Elmas tested positive for CoVid19, none of the other
players in the Napoli squad have since contracted Coronavirus. According to
Nieuwsblad, Mertens won’t be released from quarantine in time to meet up
with the Belgium squad in London. Inter have had five positive cases in
their squad, but Romelu Lukaku is available to play for the Red Devils.
Belgium
Form: last six
games |
W W
W W W
D
f 20:a 4
success: 91.7% |
782 |
13 October 2019 - Kazakhstan 0 Belgium 2 [0-1]
Астана Арена,
Нұр-Сұлтан |
Batshuayi, Meunier |
ECP |
AW |
783 |
16 November 2019 - Russia 1 Belgium
4 [0-3]
Krestovsky Stadium, Saint Petersburg |
Dzhikiya T.Hazard, E.Hazard
(2), R.Lukaku |
AW |
784 |
19 November 2019 - Belgium
6 Cyprus 1 [4-1] Stade Roi Baudouin,
Bruxelles |
Benteke (2), De Bruyne (2),
Carrasco, Christoforou
OG Ioannou |
HW |
785 |
5 September 2020 - Denmark 0 Belgium 2 [0-1]
Parken Stadion,
København |
Denayer, Mertens |
NLP |
AW |
786 |
8 September 2020 - Belgium 5 Iceland 1 [2-1] Stade Roi Baudouin,
Bruxelles |
Witsel, Batshuayi (2), Mertens, Doku Friðjónsson |
HW |
787 |
8 October 2020 - Belgium
1
Côte D’Ivoire 1
[0-0] Stade Roi Baudouin, Bruxelles |
Batshuayi Kessie (pen) |
Fr |
HD |
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