Football in Belgium Football in Belgium Football, a sport which has been played in Belgium since the end of the 19th century, is the country's most popular sport. The national association was founded in 1895 with the intention of bringing some order and organization to the sport. The first match of the Belgium national team was played on 1 May 1904, a 3–3 draw against France. Traditionally, the clubs Anderlecht, Club Brugge and Standard Liège are the three most dominant domestic teams, all of them also having played and/or won one or more European Cup final(s). Save for Standard Liège and Charleroi, most
SC Germania Hamburg champions and European Cup of Champions' winner of 1983. Hamburger SV carries the foundation date of Germania as its foundation date and uses the colours of Germania in its badge. Hans Nobiling, a player of Germania, emigrated in the late 19th century to Brazil where he was in 1899 instrumental in founding two of the four oldest football clubs of the country, SC Internacional (SP) which became in 1938 part of São Paulo FC, three times world cup winner, and "SC Germánia" of São Paolo, which today as EC Pinheiros is considered as one of the biggest general sports clubs