Belgium Squad for Upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup Qualifiers Announced

On Monday, Belgium announced that squad for Belgium's contests in the upcoming round of the 2026 FIFA World Qualifiers.

Belgium's squad for the upcoming international break will include Diego Moreira after FIFA approved a switch of nationality for the 20-year-old.

Moreira was born in Belgium and played at under-15 level for it, but after that chose to compete for Portugal, featuring in March for its under-21 side in a 4-2 loss to England at The Hawthorns.

He requested to switch his allegiance by Belgium’s new coach Rudi Garcia.

Kevin De Bruyne will continue as captain despite his departure from Manchester City at the end of the season.

The full squad of the upcoming contsts is as follows:

Goalkeepers: Thibaut Courtois (Real Madrid), Senne Lammens (Antwerp), Matz Sels (Nottingham Forest), Maarten Vandevoort (RB Leipzig)

Defenders: Zeno Debast (Sporting Lisbon), Maxim De Cuyper (Club Brugge), Koni De Winter (Genoa), Wout Faes (Leicester City), Brandon Mechele (Club Brugge), Thomas Meunier (Lille), Diego Moreira (Strasbourg), Arthur Theate (Eintracht Frankfurt)

Midfielders: Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Jorthy Mokio (Ajax Amsterdam), Amadou Onana (Aston Villa), Nicolas Raskin (Rangers), Alexis Saelemaekers (AS Roma), Youri Tielemans (Aston Villa), Hans Vanaken (Club Brugge)

Forwards: Charles De Ketelaere (Atalanta), Jeremy Doku (Manchester City), Malick Fofana (Olympique Lyonnais), Romelu Lukaku (Napoli), Dodi Lukebakio (Sevilla), Lois Openda (RB Leipzig), Leandro Trossard (Arsenal).