Wilmots has named his final squad for the 2016 European tournament.
The team in full.
Goalkeepers
: Thibaut Courtois (Chelsea), Simon Mignolet (Liverpool), Jean-Francois Gillet (Mechelen).
Defenders
: Toby Alderweireld (Tottenham), Jan Vertonghen (Tottenham), Thomas Vermaelen (Barcelona), Jason Denayer (Galatasaray), Jordan Lukaku (Oostende), Thomas Meunier (Club Brugges), Laurent Ciman (Montreal Impact), Christian Kabasele (Genk).
Midfielders
: Moussa Dembele (Tottenham), Radja Nainggolan (Roma), Marouane Fellaini (Manchester United), Axel Witsel (Zenit St Petersburg), Eden Hazard (Chelsea), Kevin De Bruyne (Manchester City), Dries Mertens (Napoli), Yannick Carrasco (Atletico Madrid).
Forwards
: Mitchy Batshuayi (Marseille), Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Christian Benteke (Liverpool), Divock Origi (Liverpool).: Mitchy Batshuayi (Marseille), Romelu Lukaku (Everton), Christian Benteke (Liverpool), Divock Origi (Liverpool).
Chelsea's Eden Hazard - who has endured a frustrating season with his club - was named captain in the absence of Manchester City's Vincent Kompany who remains side-lined by injury.
Meanwhile, injured defender Nicolas Lombaerts was released from the squad with Christian Kabasele called up by coach Marc Wilmots to bolster the weakened defence.
Kevin De Bruyne will add to a strong attacking side for a national team that has not won a major football tournament since the 1920 Olympics.
Belgium were never seriously troubled in Group B, their only points being dropped against Wales – twice – and Bosnia-Herzegovina. It was the Welsh who inflicted their only defeat, having already held them to a goalless draw in Brussels, with Gareth Bale scoring the winner in the return. A 4-1 win in Andorra, coupled with Wales’ defeat in Bosnia, guaranteed them top spot on the penultimate matchday of a campaign in which they scored 24 goals, De Bruyne and Hazard jointly top-scoring with five apiece.
There are some who wonder whether another coach might make more of Belgium’s vast talent pool than Wilmots, but the 47-year-old has done a good job of steadily improving the team’s performance since stepping up from his previous role of assistant in 2012. As a player, he was a national team stalwart for 12 years, earning 70 caps, and featured in Belgium’s last European Championship campaign back in 2000 – when they co-hosted the tournament. Wilmots had a brief political career as a senator for the Reformist Movement after his playing career ended.
This obviously seem to be the Golding generation.
With these array of stars paraded any thing short of the semi finals will be a bad outing
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