Belgium 1980s squad

Name: Belgium 1980s squad
Creator: Flawless
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Every player who appeared for Belgium in the 1980s — 76 in all, with their career international caps and goals.

Eric Gerets racked up the most caps of anyone here — 86 in all. Marc Degryse leads the scoring with 23. The sharpest strike rate belongs to Erwin Vandenbergh: 20 goals in 48 caps. The squad breaks down as 6 goalkeepers, 27 defenders, 26 midfielders and 17 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.

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Player	Pos	Caps	Goals	Legend
Enzo Scifo	MF	84	18	90
Eric Gerets	DF	86	2	89
Marc Degryse	FW	63	23	88
Georges Grün	DF	77	6	87
Franky Vercauteren	MF	63	9	87
Wilfried Van Moer	MF	57	9	86
Franky Van der Elst	MF	86	1	86
Erwin Vandenbergh	FW	48	20	86
Jean-Marie Pfaff	GK	64	—	85
François Van der Elst	MF	44	14	84
Michel Preud'homme	GK	58	—	84
Michel Renquin	DF	55	0	84
René Vandereycken	MF	50	3	82
Nico Claesen	FW	36	12	82
Danny Boffin	MF	53	1	82
Ludo Coeck	MF	46	4	82
Luc Nilis	FW	56	10	81
Walter Meeuws	DF	46	0	81
Michel De Wolf	DF	42	1	80
Philippe Albert	DF	41	5	80
Lei Clijsters	DF	40	3	79
Stéphane Demol	DF	38	1	78
Alexandre Czerniatynski	FW	31	7	78
Marc Emmers	MF	37	2	78
Luc Millecamps	DF	35	0	77
Julien Cools	MF	35	2	77
Filip De Wilde	GK	33	—	77
Marc Van Der Linden	FW	19	9	77
Bruno Versavel	MF	28	4	77
Patrick Vervoort	DF	32	3	76
Maurice Martens	MF	26	2	74
René Verheyen	MF	24	3	74
Eddy Voordeckers	FW	22	4	73
Hugo Broos	DF	24	0	72
Vital Borkelmans	DF/MF	22	0	70
Raymond Mommens	FW	18	0	67
Gilbert Bodart	GK	12	—	67
Philippe Desmet	MF	14	1	67
Marc Baecke	DF	15	0	66
Daniel Veyt	FW	12	1	66
Theo Custers	GK	10	—	66
Gerard Plessers	DF	13	1	64
Leo Van der Elst	MF	13	0	64
Jacky Munaron	GK	8	—	63
Guy Dardenne	MF	11	0	63
Francis Severeyns	FW	7	1	62
Willy Wellens	MF	7	0	59
Marc Millecamps	MF	6	0	58
Jos Daerden	DF	5	0	56
Paul Lambrichts	DF	5	0	56
Walter De Greef	DF	5	0	56
Peter Creve	MF/FW	3	1	56
Maurits De Schrijver	DF	4	0	55
Jean-François De Sart	DF	3	0	53
Nico Broeckaert	DF	2	0	51
Jos Heyligen	MF	2	0	51
Paul Theunis	MF	2	0	51
Dimitri Mbuyu	FW	1	0	49
Michel Wintacq	DF	1	0	48
Eddy Snelders	DF	1	0	48
Jan Ceulemans	FW	—	—	46
Hans Christiaens	FW	—	—	46
Luc Beyens	FW	—	—	46
Willy Geurts	FW	—	—	46
Pier Janssen	FW	—	—	46
Yvan Hoste	FW	—	—	46
Paul De Mesmaeker	MF	—	—	46
Guy Vandersmissen	MF	—	—	46
Albert Cluytens	MF	—	—	46
Franky Dekenne	MF	—	—	46
Koen Sanders	MF	—	—	46
Michel De Groote	DF	—	—	45
Jean-Marie Houben	DF	—	—	45
Eddy Jaspers	DF	—	—	45
Geert Emmerechts	DF	—	—	45
Jos Volders	DF	—	—	45

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