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Belgian football has taken a long time to develop. With an association
formed in 1895 and the second-oldest league outside Great Britain, it was
natural for the Belgians to be a driving force behind the formation of FIFA and
one of only four European sides to go to Uruguay for the first World Cup in
1930. But the strictly amateur nature of the domestic game severely hindered
progress. Amateurism was discarded in 1972 and the national side immediately
improved. From 1972 to 1984, Belgium reached the last eight of four successive
European Championships, reaching the final in 1980 when they lost to West
Germany. The class of 1980 represented Belgium for almost a decade and
contained many of their most celebrated players, including goalkeeper
Jean-Marie Pfaff, full-back Eric Gerets and striker Jan Ceruleans. Their finest
hour came at the 1986 World Cup finals, where they reached the semi-finals.
Belgium made history as co-hosts of the 2000 European Championship but have
missed out on major events since reaching the second round of the 2002 World
Cup.
Over the next six decades, Belgium established itself as a strong
second-tier team, rarely in the running for winning a major tournament but
never easy to handle at home or abroad. A key strength of the team was its
systematic use of the offside trap, a defensive tactic developed in the 1960s at Anderlecht under French coach.
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Date: Saturday June 02, 2012(15:00)
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