Erwin Vandenbergh

Erwin Vandenbergh
Personal information
Vandenbergh in 1980
Date of birth	(1959-01-26) 26 January 1959 (age 65)
Place of birth	Ramsel, Belgium
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1982	Lierse	178	(117)
1982–1986	Anderlecht	121	(87)
1986–1990	Lille	114	(38)
1990–1994	Gent	110	(47)
1994–1995	Molenbeek	21	(4)
Total		544	(293)
International career
1979–1991	Belgium	48	(20)
Managerial career
1995	Westerlo
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erwin Vandenbergh (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈɛrʋɪɱ vɑndəmˈbɛr(ə)x]; born 26 January 1959) is a Belgian retired professional footballer who played as a forward. Between 1979 and 1991, he finished six times topscorer of the Belgian First Division (a record as of 2020), with three clubs (the first three with Lierse, the following two with Anderlecht, and the last one with Gent). In 1980, he was European topscorer with 39 goals out of 34 games. As a Belgium national team regular, Vandenbergh scored a memorable victory goal against Argentina in the opening game of the 1982 World Cup in Spain.

Vandenbergh also played for the French club Lille with his Belgium national team partner Filip Desmet under the management of another fellow Belgian Georges Heylens. His son, Kevin Vandenbergh, has also become a professional football striker.

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Honours

Anderlecht^[1]

Belgian First Division: 1984–85, 1985–86
Belgian Super Cup: 1985
UEFA Cup: 1982–83; runners-up 1983–84
Jules Pappaert Cup: 1977, 1983, 1985^[2]
Bruges Matins: 1985^[3]

Belgium

UEFA European Championship: runners-up 1980^[4]
FIFA World Cup: fourth place 1986^[5]
Belgian Sports Merit Award: 1980^[6]

Individual

Belgian First Division top scorer: 1979–80 (39 goals), 1980–81 (24 goals), 1981–82 (25 goals), 1982–83 (20 goals), 1985–86 (27 goals), 1990–91 (23 goals)^[7]
European Golden Shoe: 1979–80 (39 goals)^[8]
Ballon d'Or nominations: 1980,^[9] 1983^[10]
Belgian Golden Shoe: 1981^[11]
UEFA Cup top scorer: 1982–83 (seven goals)^[12]
UEFA Euro 1984 qualifying: Group 1 top scorer (four goals)
Best AA Gent-Player of the Season: 1990–91^[13]

References

^ "RSC Anderlecht | Palmares".
^ "Jules Pappaert Cup".
^ "Winnaars Brugse Metten".
^ "UEFA Euro 1980".
^ "FIFA 1986 World Cup". Archived from the original on 5 June 2016.
^ "Nationale Trofee voor Sportverdienste".
^ "Topscorer Eerste Klasse".
^ "A History of European Golden Shoe Award + Winners List".
^ "Ballon d'Or 1980".
^ "Ballon d'Or 1983".
^ "Winnaars Gouden Schoen".
^ "Fairs/UEFA Cup Topscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 8 November 2020.
^ "Erelijst Trofee Jean-Claude Bouvy". Het Nieuwsblad (in Flemish). Retrieved 8 November 2020.

External links

Erwin Vandenbergh – FIFA competition record (archived)
Erwin Vandenbergh – UEFA competition record (archive)
Erwin Vandenbergh at the Royal Belgian Football Association
Erwin Vandenbergh at WorldFootball.net

Belgium squads

v t e Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1980 runners-up
1 Custers 2 Gerets 3 L. Millecamps 4 Meeuws 5 Renquin 6 Cools (c) 7 Vandereycken 8 Van Moer 9 Van der Elst 10 Vandenbergh 11 Ceulemans 12 Pfaff 13 M. Martens 14 Plessers 15 Verheyen 16 M. Millecamps 17 Mommens 18 Dardenne 19 Wellens 20 Preud'homme 21 Heyligen 22 R. Martens Coach: Thys

v t e Belgium squad – 1982 FIFA World Cup
1 Pfaff 2 Gerets (c) 3 L. Millecamps 4 Meeuws 5 Renquin 6 Vercauteren 7 Daerden^∗ 8 Van Moer 9 Vandenbergh 10 Coeck 11 Ceulemans 12 Custers 13 Van der Elst 14 Baecke 15 De Schrijver 16 Plessers 17 Verheyen 18 Mommens 19 M. Millecamps 20 Vandersmissen 21 Czerniatynski 22 Munaron Coach: Thys
^∗ Jos Daerden stepped in because Rene Vandereycken ruled out through injury on the eve of the finals

v t e Belgium squad – UEFA Euro 1984
1 Pfaff 2 Grün 3 Lambrichts 4 Clijsters 5 De Wolf 6 Vercauteren 7 Vandereycken 8 Claesen 9 Vandenbergh 10 Coeck 11 Ceulemans (c) 12 Munaron 13 Baecke 14 De Greef 15 Verheyen 16 Scifo 17 Voordeckers 18 Czerniatynski 19 Mommens 20 De Coninck Coach: Thys

v t e Belgium squad – 1986 FIFA World Cup fourth place
1 Pfaff 2 Gerets 3 F. Van der Elst 4 De Wolf 5 Renquin 6 Vercauteren 7 Vandereycken 8 Scifo 9 Vandenbergh 10 Desmet 11 Ceulemans (c) 12 Munaron 13 Grün 14 Clijsters 15 L. Van der Elst 16 Claesen 17 Mommens 18 Veyt 19 Broos 20 Bodart 21 Demol 22 Vervoort Coach: Thys

K.V.C. Westerlo – managers

Leysen (1982–84)
Heyligen (1984–86)
Corens (1986–89)
Verbraken (1989)
Jaspers (1989–90)
Verbraken (1990–92)
Heyligen (1992–93)
Helsen (1993)
Verelst (1993)
Hulshoff (1993–95)
Vandenbergh (1995)
Dekenne (1995–96)
Heyligen (1996–99)
Ceulemans (1999–2005)
Helleputte (2005–07)
Ceulemans (2007–12)
Dauwen (2012–13)
Van Wijk (2013–15)
Van Veldhoven (2015)
Peeters (2015–16)
Mathijssen (2016–17)
Pelić (2017)
Peeters (2017–21)
De Roeck (2021–23)
Goor (a.i.) (2023)
De Mil (2023–24)
Goor (a.i.) (2024–)

v t e European Golden Shoe
L'Équipe award	1967–68: Eusébio 1968–69: Zhekov 1969–70: Müller 1970–71: Skoblar 1971–72: Müller 1972–73: Eusébio 1973–74: Yazalde 1974–75: Georgescu 1975–76: Kaiafas 1976–77: Georgescu 1977–78: Krankl 1978–79: Kist 1979–80: Vandenbergh 1980–81: Slavkov 1981–82: Kieft 1982–83: Gomes 1983–84: Rush 1984–85: Gomes 1985–86: Van Basten 1986–87: Cămătaru & Polster 1987–88: Çolak 1988–89: Mateuț 1989–90: Sánchez & Stoichkov 1990–91: Pančev
Unofficial	1991–92: McCoist 1992–93: McCoist 1993–94: Taylor 1994–95: Avetisyan 1995–96: Endeladze
ESM award	1996–97: Ronaldo 1997–98: Machlas 1998–99: Jardel 1999–2000: Phillips 2000–01: Larsson 2001–02: Jardel 2002–03: Makaay 2003–04: Henry 2004–05: Henry & Forlán 2005–06: Toni 2006–07: Totti 2007–08: C. Ronaldo 2008–09: Forlán 2009–10: Messi 2010–11: C. Ronaldo 2011–12: Messi 2012–13: Messi 2013–14: C. Ronaldo & Suárez 2014–15: C. Ronaldo 2015–16: Suárez 2016–17: Messi 2017–18: Messi 2018–19: Messi 2019–20: Immobile 2020–21: Lewandowski 2021–22: Lewandowski 2022–23: Haaland