Royal Belgian Football Association


The Royal Belgian Football Association is the governing body of football in Belgium. It was a founding member of FIFA in 1904 and UEFA in 1954 and was based in Brussels, not far from the King Baudouin Stadium. Since October 2021, the headquarters of the RBFA are located in Tubize, next to its technical centre. Its chairman is Robert Huygens.

Teams and competitions

The Association organizes the Belgium men's, women's, youth national teams, and national eSports team for FIFA. It also runs the Belgian football league system, which includes the following competitions:
Each year, the executive committee of the Belgian FA honours deserving people with awards.
These include :
  • Grand Order of the Baron de Laveleye, as of 2015 only given to five people
  • Gold Medal, for honorary members serving 10 years
  • Honorary Member, to certain international referees and chairmen
  • Emeritus Member, to certain referees and chairmen
  • Association Medal of Honour, to certain referees and chairmen
  • Medal of Recognition, mostly given to national football team players with 35 caps, but also to players with 20 caps whose career stopped after injury and people who have performed an exceptional service to the RBFA.

    Received awards

  • In 1992, the FIFA awarded the Belgian Football Association the FIFA Fair Play Award.

    Charity

In the summer of 1986, when the national men's A-selection reached the semifinals of the World Cup in Mexico, the football team started the project Casa Hogar under impulse of RBFA delegation responsible Michel D'Hooghe. This is a home for street children in the industrial Mexican city Toluca, to which the football players donated part of their tournament bonuses. During 25 years, the RBFA stayed committed with this project and helped 500 children to meals and education.

Current sponsorships

  • Adidas
  • BMW
  • Carrefour
  • Coca-Cola
  • ERGO
  • GLS
  • ING Group
  • Jupiler
  • Luminus
  • PricewaterhouseCoopers
  • Proximus
  • RTBF
  • Sporza