EUROPEAN QUALIFIERS - 2014/16 SEASON MATCH PRESS KITS Estadi Nacional - Andorra la Vella Saturday 10 October 2015 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Andorra Group B - Matchday -4 Belgium Last updated 12/07/2021 15:48CET Official Partners of UEFA EURO 2020 Previous meetings 2 Match background 3 Squad list 4 Head coach 6 Match officials 7 Competition facts 8 Match-by-match lineups 9 Team facts 11 Legend 13 1 Andorra - Belgium Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Previous meetings Head to Head 2016 UEFA European Championship Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached De Bruyne 31 (P), 34, 10/10/2014 QR (GS) Belgium - Andorra 6-0 Brussels Chadli 37, Origi 59, Mertens 65, 68 UEFA EURO 2004 Stage Date Match Result Venue Goalscorers reached Goor 21, 69, Sonck 11/06/2003 QR (GS) Belgium - Andorra 3-0 Ghent 45 12/10/2002 QR (GS) Andorra - Belgium 0-1 Andorra la Vella Sonck 61 Final Qualifying Total tournament Home Away Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L Pld W D L GF GA EURO Andorra 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 0 10 Belgium 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 10 0 FIFA* Andorra - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Belgium - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Friendlies Andorra - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Belgium - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Total Andorra 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 - - - - 3 0 0 3 0 10 Belgium 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 - - - - 3 3 0 0 10 0 * FIFA World Cup/FIFA Confederations Cup 2 Andorra - Belgium Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Match background An away game against Andorra gives Belgium the opportunity to confirm their place at UEFA EURO 2016 as one of the top sides in Group B. • Andorra are certain to finish bottom of the section. • Belgium are four points clear of Israel – the only side that can deny them a top-two finish. Previous meetings • Belgium beat Andorra 6-0 in the sides' opening Group B meeting, the result matching the margin of Belgium's biggest UEFA European Championship victory. • Belgium had won both of their previous matches against Andorra, but by relatively narrow margins: 1-0 away and 3-0 at home in UEFA EURO 2004 qualifying. Form guide • Andorra have yet to avoid defeat in 48 UEFA European Championship games. • They have lost 52 competitive matches in a row since drawing 0-0 with Finland in September 2005. They picked up five points in that 2006 World Cup qualifying tilt – five more than they have earned in any other qualifying campaign. • Belgium's four Group B away games to date have ended W2 D1 L1; they have scored no more than once in any of those matches. Disciplinary • Victor Rodríguez begins a two-game ban against Belgium, when Cristian Martínez and Josep Ayala are also suspended. Moisés San Nicolás, Marc Rebés, Márcio Vieira and Iván Lorenzo will all incur a suspension with their next bookings. • Vincent Kompany and Nicolas Lombaerts will incur a ban with their next bookings. Trivia and links • Andorra midfielder Vieira turns 31 on the day of the Belgium game. • Belgium have not played in a UEFA European Championship since they were co-hosts of UEFA EURO 2000 with the Netherlands. They last qualified for the final tournament in 1984. • The nations' only meeting in a UEFA age-group tournament ended in a 4-0 loss for Andorra's Under-19s in 2010. In the only UEFA meetings between the nations' clubs, K. Lierse SK beat FC Encamp 7-1 over two legs in the 2004 UEFA Intertoto Cup first round. 3 Andorra - Belgium Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Squad list Andorra Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Ferran Pol 28/02/1983 32 FC Andorra - 8 0 0 0 19 - - Josep Gomes 03/12/1985 29 Illescas - 0 0 0 0 33 - UE Santa - Iván Perianes 25/01/1982 33 - 0 0 0 0 - - Coloma Defenders - Óscar Sonejee 26/03/1976 39 Sant Julià - 5 0 0 0 103 4 FC Santa - Ildefons Lima 10/12/1979 35 - 8 2 0 0 94 9 Coloma - Marc Garcia 21/03/1988 27 Rubí - 6 0 0 0 26 - - Adrià Rodrigues 14/08/1988 27 Villarrobledo - 2 0 0 0 12 - UE Santa - Jordi Rubio 01/11/1987 27 - 7 0 0 0 27 - Coloma - Moisés San Nicolás 17/09/1993 22 Lusitans * 4 0 0 0 14 - - Max Llovera 08/01/1997 18 Lleida - 1 0 0 0 1 - Midfielders FC Santa - Marc Pujol 21/08/1982 33 - 2 0 0 0 65 2 Coloma - Juli Sánchez 20/06/1978 37 FC Andorra - 1 0 0 0 65 1 - Ivan Lorenzo 15/04/1986 29 Mollerussa * 5 0 0 0 25 - FC Santa - Gabriel Riera 05/06/1985 30 - 6 0 0 0 31 1 Coloma - Sergio Moreno 25/11/1987 27 Yeclano - 3 0 0 0 54 - - Marcio Vieira 10/10/1984 30 Monzón * 7 0 0 0 61 - - Victor Moreira 05/10/1982 33 FC Andorra - 0 0 0 0 12 - - Edu Peppe 28/01/1983 32 Sant Julià - 4 0 0 0 20 - FC Santa - Marc Rebés 03/07/1994 21 * 3 0 0 0 4 - Coloma Forwards - Ludovic Clemente 09/05/1986 29 FC Andorra - 1 0 0 0 11 - - Leonel Alves 28/09/1993 22 FC Andorra - 1 0 0 0 3 - - Sebastiàn Gómez 01/11/1983 31 FC Andorra - 1 0 0 0 26 - - Aaron Sánchez 05/06/1996 19 Lleida - 3 0 0 0 4 - Coach - Koldo Alvarez 04/09/1970 45 - 8 0 0 0 40 - 4 Andorra - Belgium Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Belgium Current season Overall Qual. FT Team No. Player DoB Age Club D Pld Gls Pld Gls Pld Gls Goalkeepers - Jean-François Gillet 31/05/1979 36 Mechelen - 0 0 0 0 9 - - Simon Mignolet 06/08/1988 27 Liverpool - 0 0 0 0 14 - - Matz Sels 26/02/1992 23 Gent - 0 0 0 0 - - Defenders - Nicolas Lombaerts 20/03/1985 30 Zenit * 6 0 0 0 35 3 - Toby Alderweireld 02/03/1989 26 Tottenham - 8 0 0 0 49 1 - Jan Vertonghen 24/04/1987 28 Tottenham - 8 0 0 0 72 5 - Dedryck Boyata 28/11/1990 24 Celtic - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Luis Cavanda 02/01/1991 24 Trabzonspor - 0 0 0 0 - - - Thomas Meunier 12/09/1991 24 Club Brugge - 0 0 0 0 3 - - Jordan Lukaku 25/07/1994 21 Oostende - 0 0 0 0 - - - Jason Denayer 28/06/1995 20 Galatasaray - 2 0 0 0 3 - Midfielders - Axel Witsel 12/01/1989 26 Zenit - 6 0 0 0 61 6 - Marouane Fellaini 22/11/1987 27 Man. United - 7 4 0 0 65 15 - Sven Kums 26/02/1988 27 Gent - 0 0 0 0 - - - Eden Hazard 07/01/1991 24 Chelsea - 7 3 0 0 59 10 - Radja Nainggolan 04/05/1988 27 Roma - 7 1 0 0 14 3 - Kevin De Bruyne 28/06/1991 24 Man. City - 8 3 0 0 35 9 - Dries Mertens 06/05/1987 28 Napoli - 7 2 0 0 40 7 - Nacer Chadli 02/08/1989 26 Tottenham - 3 1 0 0 31 4 Forwards - Romelu Lukaku 13/05/1993 22 Everton - 4 0 0 0 39 11 - Divock Origi 18/04/1995 20 Liverpool - 6 1 0 0 16 3 - Zakaria Bakkali 26/01/1996 19 Valencia - 0 0 0 0 1 - - Laurent Depoitre 07/12/1988 26 Gent - 0 0 0 0 - - Coach - Marc Wilmots 22/02/1969 46 - 8 0 0 0 39 - 5 Andorra - Belgium Saturday 10 October 2015 - 20.45CET (20.45 local time) Match press kit Estadi Nacional, Andorra la Vella Head coach Koldo Alvarez Date of birth: 4 September 1970 Nationality: Andorran Playing career: Club Atlético de Madrid, CD Toledo, UD Salamanca, FC Andorra (twice), CF Balaguer Coaching career: Andorra • A reserve goalkeeper at Atlético, Koldo came through the club's youth ranks and lifted the Copa del Rey with the Spanish side in 1991/92. • Leaving the capital in search of first-team football, Koldo played for Toledo before winning promotion to the Spanish second division with Salamanca in 1993/94. • Signed for FC Andorra in the summer of 1994, dividing his time between playing for the club's first team and acting as a youth coach with the national Under-17, U19 and U21 sides. • Capped 79 times by Andorra before his retirement following a 6-0 loss to England at Wembley in June 2009. Named his country's best player of the last 50 years by the Andorran Football Federation (FAF). • Took over as coach of the national team in February 2010 after the departure of David Rodrigo, though his side finished bottom of their qualifying groups for UEFA EURO 2012 and the 2014 FIFA World Cup. Marc Wilmots Date of birth: 22 February 1969 Nationality: Belgian Playing career: K. Sint-Truidense VV, KV Mechelen, R. Standard de Liège, FC Schalke 04, FC Girondins de Bordeaux Coaching career: FC Schalke 04, K. Sint-Truidense VV, Belgium • Started out at Sint-Truiden in 1985 and joined Mechelen in 1988, appearing as a substitute in the first leg of that year's UEFA Super Cup as the Belgian side defeated PSV Eindhoven.