Despite the first Belgium international game taking place on 1 May 1904, the first player to reach 25 caps for his country was Armand Swartenbroeks, who played his 25th match against England on 1 November 1923.[2]
All players with at least 35 caps are awarded a Medal of Recognition by the Belgian Football Association; also players whose careers are ended by an injury after 20 games receive this award.[3]
Played in one or more friendlies which are not FIFA-recognised, either due to an excessive number of substitutions according to the Laws of the Game or because the request to have a match treated as official was sent too late to the FIFA. Three matches currently fall under this category, namely the friendlies against Romania on 14 November 2012, against Luxembourg on 26 May 2014 and against Czech Republic on 5 June 2017. These three matches are recognised by the Belgian FA and therefore included in this list. The number besides the '#' symbol denotes the number of disputed matches for each player.
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Played one or more matches for Belgium at the 1920, 1924 or 1928 Summer Olympics, which are not counted as official matches by the Belgian FA and therefore not included in this list. Note that no caps were given for the 1920 Final as FIFA has not released the report of this game and on the official website it is stated that the game was abandoned, without any official result posted. The number besides the '§' symbol denotes the number of matches not counted for each player.
Appearances and goals are composed of FIFA World Cup and UEFA European Championship matches and each competition's required qualification matches, as well as UEFA Nations League matches and numerous international friendly tournaments and matches. Statistics correct as of 17 November 2021.
Belgium national team football players with over 20 appearances[4]
^"Émile Stijnen". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^The official website of the Royal Belgian Football Association erroneously reports 32 caps for Van Damme as it adds a cap to the tally of Van Damme for the match between Scotland and Belgium on 6 September 2013, a match in which he did not leave the bench
^"Jelle Van Damme". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 11 September 2013.
^"Simon Mignolet". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
^"Divock Origi". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
^"Radja Nainggolan". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
^"Stijn Stijnen". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 12 September 2013.
^"Henri Diricx". Royal Belgian Football Association. Retrieved 12 September 2013.