Belgium start their World Cup campaign today, we take a look at how they have fared in their opening games in past World Cups.
World Cup 2002World Cup 1998World Cup 1994World Cup 1990World Cup 1986World Cup 1982World Cup 1970World Cup 1954World Cup 1938

Japan 2-2 Belgium

2002

Goal scorers:

0-1 Marc Wilmots (Belgium, assist – Eric Van Meir)

1-1 Takayuki Suzuki (assist – Shinji Ono)

2-1 Junichi Inamoto (assist – Atsusihi Yanagisawa)

2-2 Peter Van der Heijden (Belgium, assist – Eric Van Meir)

Netherlands 0-0 Belgium

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Belgium 1-0 Morocco

1992

Goal scorers:

1-0 Marc Degryse (assist – Luc Nilis)

Belgium 2-0 South Korea

1986

Goal scorers:

1-0 Marc Degryse (assist – Enzo Scifo)

2-0 Michel de Wolf

Belgium 1-2 Mexico

1986

Goal scorers:

0-1 Fernando Quirarte (assist – Tomas Boy)

0-2 Hugo Sanchez (assist – Carlos Muñoz)

1-2 Erwin Vandenbergh (Belgium, assist – Eric Gerets)

Belgium 1-0 Argentina

1982

Goal scorers:

1-0 Erwin Vandenbergh (assist – Frank Vercauteren)

Belgium 3-0 El Salvador

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Goal scorers:

1-0 Wilfred Van Moer (assist – Wilfried Puis)

2-0 Wilfred Van Moer (assist – Leon Semmeling)

3-0 Raoul Lambert (penalty)

England 4-4 Belgium

1958

Goal scorers:

0-1 Anoul (Belgium)

1-1 Broadis

2-1 Lofthouse

3-1 Broadis

3-2 Coppens (Belgium)

3-3 Anoul (Belgium)

4-3 Lofthouse

4-4 Dickinson (O.G)

France 3-1 Belgium

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Goal scorers:

1-0 Veinante

2-0 Nicolas

2-1 Isemborghs (Belgium)

3-1 Nicolas

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