On 11 October 1900, Beerschot AC honorary president Jorge Díaz announced that Antwerp would host a series of challenge matches between Europe's best football teams. The first Belgium A-squad in 1901 featured four Englishmen. To date, Belgium is the only national team in the world to top the FIFA ranking without having won a World Cup or a continental trophy (Spain had topped the ranking in late 2008 without winning the World Cup, but had won the European title in 19). In the second, under guidance of Marc Wilmots and later Roberto Martínez in the 2010s, Belgium topped the FIFA World Rankings for the first time in November 2015 and finished third at the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
In the first period, which lasted from the 1980s to the early 1990s, the team finished as runners-up at UEFA Euro 1980 and fourth in the 1986 FIFA World Cup. After that, they experienced two golden ages with many gifted players. The squad has been known as the Red Devils since 1906 its fan club is named "1895".ĭuring the national player career of forward Paul Van Himst, the most-praised Belgian footballer of the 20th century, Belgium finished in third place as hosts at UEFA Euro 1972. Belgium has long-standing football rivalries with its Dutch and French counterparts, having played both teams nearly every year from 1905 to 1967. Other notable performances are victories over four reigning world champions-West Germany, Brazil, Argentina and France-between 19. It appeared in the end stages of thirteen FIFA World Cups and five UEFA European Championships, and featured at three Olympic football tournaments, including the 1920 Olympic tournament which they won. Most of Belgium's home matches are played at the King Baudouin Stadium in Brussels.īelgium's national team have participated in three quadrennial major football competitions. Periods of regular Belgian representation at the highest international level, from 1920 to 1938, from 1982 to 2002 and again from 2014 onwards, have alternated with mostly unsuccessful qualification rounds. The squad is under the global jurisdiction of FIFA and is governed in Europe by UEFA-both of which were co-founded by the Belgian team's supervising body, the Royal Belgian Football Association. Open the game and enjoy Football Manager 2021 with real names.The Belgium national football team officially represents Belgium in men's international football since their maiden match in 1904. Open it and then enter the 'permanent' sub-folder.ĩ) Go back to the 'edt' folder, this time to find the 'dbc' folder.ġ0) Then enter the 'permanent' sub-folder and delete the following files: Program Files/Epic Games/FootballManager2021/data/database/db/2111/Ĥ) Open the 'lnc' folder and then enter the 'all' sub-folder.ĥ) Delete all the files in the 'all' folder.Ħ) Move 'FM21 Fix by FMScout.lnc' and 'FM21 Club Names by FMScout.lnc' inside the 'all'ħ) Go back and find the 'edt' folder.
Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Football Manager 2021/data/database/db/2111/
The Real Names License Fix for Football Manager 2021 will fix the following fake or incorrect names: