1. They play in red, and have been given the not entirely original nickname of 'The Red Devils.'
2. Historically, Belgium haven't been a great team. Their best World Cup to date was coming fourth in 1986.
3. Otherwise, they've mostly been eliminated in the very early rounds, before failing to qualify for any major tournament since 2002.
4. But within a few years, a new generation of players has emerged, and Belgium has managed to build a very competitive team.
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The highlight of this recent period was a 4-2 win over the consistently strong Netherlands, where they demolished their geographic neighbours with brilliant attacking football.
5. The background to this turnaround is Global-Analytique-Global, a revolutionary youth system.
6. It meant Belgium developed a group of extremely talented young players, who were then sold around Europe into elite leagues.
7. Eden Hazard is probably their star player, because he can do things like this.
8. But there's tough competition in the form of Courtois, goalkeeper for La Liga champions Athletico Madrid.
9. And Vincent Kompany, central defender and captain of both Belgium, and Premiership champions Manchester City.
10. There's also Marouane Fellaini, Dries Mertens, Mousa Dembélé, Kevin De Bruyne, Romelu Lukaku, Adnan Januzaj, Kevin Mirallas, Thomas Vermaelen, Jan Vertonghen...
