 Rambai muchinyora ndima ino - Kutanga nenzvimbo yechipiri paEuro 1980, makore e1980 uye kutanga kwema1990 anowanzoonekwa sezera regoridhe rokutanga reBelgium. Vanodzidziswa naGuy Thys, vakawana nzvimbo yavo mumakwikwi ekupedzisira e1980 nehuwandu husingakundiki muchikamu cheboka; mumakwikwi ekupedzisira, vakarasikirwa nemutambo kuWest Germany nechikamu 12. Kutanga neWorld Cup ya1982, uye ichipera neWorld Cup ya2002, chikwata chenyika chakakwanisa kumatanho matanhatu akateedzana eWorld Cup uye kazhinji chakapfuurira kuenda kunharaunda yechipiri. Munguva iyi, mamaneja Guy Thys, Paul Van Himst naRobert Waseige mumwe nomumwe akatungamira sarudzo yeBelgium kupfuura kutenderera kwekutanga. Mukuwedzera pakugamuchira zvipo zveFIFA, boka racho rakasvika kumagumo emutambo we 1986 World Cup. Mushure mekusvika kumagumo eEuro 1980, havana kubudirira pamakwikwi eEuropean akatevera, nekukurumidza kubuda kubva pakuonekwa kwavo muna 1984 na2000. Mukupera kwema1990, vakatamba makwikwi matatu ehushamwari kuMorocco, Cyprus neJapan, vachigovana Mukombe weKirin wa1999 nePeru mune yekupedzisira. Tarenda guru zvikuru rechikwata cheBelgium mukati meiyi nguva yegoridhe rakanga raenda pamudyandigere kubva munhabvu yenyika yose muna 2000. Pamberi peNdebe yeNyika muna 2002, Belgium yakakurira vakunda nyika neEurope France. Mukati meNdebe yeNyika iyoyo, Belgium yakakurira Russia uye yakabatanidza nevanogamuchira pamwe chete Japan neTunisia kuti vasvike kumativi e16. 