The national football team of Belgium is controlled by the Belgian Football Association. Belgium played its first official game on May 1, 1904 in a 3-3 draw against France. Belgium took part in the inaugural World Cup tournament in Uruguay in 1930 and have qualified for the World Cup Finals on twelve occasions, with the latest being the 2014 edition in Brazil. In terms of European Championships, their previous crop of star players came third on home turf in 1972 before bettering that and finishing second in the 1980 edition.
