how many black players play for the belbium soccer team?

There isn’t a reliable single number for “black players” on Belgium’s soccer team, because that label is subjective and can change depending on the squad and the criteria used. A more defensible way to answer is to count players with African heritage or African descent in a specific roster, and one recent source from Euro 2024 said Belgium had nine such players in its 24-man squad.

What that means

• If you mean the Euro 2024 squad , the number reported was 9 of 24 players of African descent.

• If you mean the current Belgium team , the exact count would depend on the latest roster and how you define “black,” which is not an official team statistic.

• Older reporting from 2018 said Belgium had eight players who were eligible to play for African countries, which is a different way of measuring the group.

Important note

Using race as a headcount can be imprecise, so a safer and more factual phrasing is: Belgium has had several players with African heritage in recent squads, including names like Romelu Lukaku, Jérémy Doku, Loïs Openda, Johan Bakayoko, Amadou Onana, Orel Mangala, Youri Tielemans, and Aster Vranckx.

If you want the exact number for Belgium’s latest squad , I can give it in a cleaner roster-based count.