The Belgium national team is in first place in the World Cup standings with 5 points, 1 win, 2 draws, and 0 losses in 3 games, with a recent form of LWWWD. Rudi Garcia, former Belgium national team coach, recently left his post after completing his mission of making the team's last legends leave. In an interview, Rudi Garcia explained that he had taken Belgium for the 2026 World Cup mission and that he wanted to make the last legends of this team leave: Romelu Lukaku, Kevin De Bruyne, Thibaut Courtois. He also mentioned that his departure was a comfort choice and that he did not want to stay in post. Rudi Garcia also spoke of the secondary mission he had to renew the Belgium national team's staff and cited notably Matias Fernandez-Pardo and Nathan Ngoy. He estimated that these players had been launched in the selection and that they had chosen Belgium. The Belgium national team has a recent form of 3 wins and 2 losses in 5 games, with a last loss against Spain. The next match of the Belgium national team is against Italy on September 25, 2026.