hello followers!
Today, i'm going to tell you something more about our Belgium national football team.
A few years ago, Belgium wasn't a very good football team, but nowadays they play very well and they will play in the World cup in Brazil in 2014.
Belgium played its first official game in 1904, they were attended by 1500 spectators. Only two years after its formal birth, the team was nicknamed 'the red devils'. A few years later, they won 2 important games against France and the Netherlands.
Belgium's most successful period started when they finished second in the UEFA 1980 under the lead of Guy Thys, who coached more than 100 official games. All that time, Belgium qualified for every FIFA World Cup. The team's rigorous organization was reinforced by several world-class players such as; Jean-Marie Pfaff, Michel Preud'homme, Eric Gerets, Jan Ceulemans, Enzo Scifo, Luc Nilis...
Without any doubt, the most beautiful moment for the Red Devils and their fans was in the summer of 1968, they became fourth at the World Cup in Mexico. The supporters of the Red Devils have not earned themselves a nickname yet. But, recently in 2012 the fans joined their forces by joining the local fan clubs into one large Belgian supporters' federation.
Nowadays, during the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil the bound with the supporters was further strengthened by means of great action, the so-called 'Devil Challenges. For their seventh and last challenge, about 1500 fans at the national airport tarmac wished the players good luck before their take-off towards the penultimate qualifier in Croatia.
In the qualifiers for the 2014 World Cup, Belgium was one of the six teams in UEFA Group A. They were first in their group, so they were qualified directly for the World Cup in Brazil.
A few well known players:
Vincent Kompany:
Kevin De Bruyne:
Romelu Lukaku:
I hope they will do well on the World Cup in Brazil !
Come one you reds !
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