Belgium national football team officially is the official representative of Belgium in international football for males since their first match on 1904. The team is subject to the international supervision that is governed by FIFA and is overseen by FIFA in Europe by UEFA. Both were founded through the Belgian team's supervisory body which is that of the Royal Belgian Football Association. The periods of regular Belgian representation at the most prestigious international level, starting in 1920 until 1938, then from 1982 until 2002, and then after 2014 were alternated by generally unsuccessful qualifying rounds. The majority of Belgian domestic matches take place at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.
Belgium's national team has played in three quadrennial major soccer tournaments. It was present at the closing stages of 14 FIFA World Cups and six UEFA European Championships, and was a part of three Olympics football tournaments which included one called Football at the 1920 Summer Olympics that they were able to win. Some notable achievements include wins over four current world champions - West Germany, Brazil, Argentina and France--between 1954 between 1954 and 2002. Belgium has long-running battles against their Dutch as well as French counterparts, and has played the two teams almost every year between 1905 and 1967. The team has been referred to by the name of Red Devils since 1906; the name of its fan club is "1895".
The national team life of the forward Paul Van Himst, the most praised Belgian footballer of the 20th century. Belgium was third as hosts of UEFA Euro 1972. Following that, they enjoyed two golden eras with numerous talented players. In the first era that ran through the 1980s until the mid 1990s, Belgium finished in second place at UEFA Euro 1980 and fourth in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. In the secondperiod, under the direction by Marc Wilmots and later Roberto Martinez in the decade of 2010, Belgium topped the FIFA World Rankings for the first time in November of 2015 and came in third place at the 2018 FIFA World Cup. As of now, Belgium is the only national team that has topped this FIFA ranking without having ever won the World Cup or a continental trophy (Spain was ranked first in the final quarter of 2008 but did not win this World Cup, but had been awarded an European title in both 1964 and the title in 2008).
