{"id":29626,"date":"2026-07-20T19:43:10","date_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:43:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/29626\/"},"modified":"2026-07-20T19:43:10","modified_gmt":"2026-07-20T19:43:10","slug":"rudi-garcia-leaves-belgium-after-world-cup-run","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/29626\/","title":{"rendered":"Rudi Garcia Leaves Belgium After World Cup Run"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Casablanca \u2013 Belgium head <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.lequipe.fr\/Football\/Actualites\/Rudi-garcia-va-quitter-son-poste-de-selectionneur-de-la-belgique\/1705914\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">coach<\/a> Rudi Garcia will not renew his contract after the Belgian Football Federation confirmed his deal will expire on July 31, ending an 18-month spell in charge of the Red Devils following the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Aged 62, the former coach of Lille, AS Roma, Marseille and Lyon took over the Red Devils in February 2025, succeeding Domenico Tedesco.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe sincerely thank Rudi Garcia and his staff for their dedication, professionalism and commitment over the past 18 months, and wish them every success in the future.\u201d the federation said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRudi Garcia has undoubtedly contributed to the rehabilitation of the Red Devils. He was appointed coach in a difficult sporting and financial context,\u201d noted the federation\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbA8kJdHN_P\/?igsh=cGs5dDY4bHJqaDZ1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">statement<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Under Garcia\u2019s leadership, Belgium reached the quarter-finals of the World Cup, where they lost 2-1 to Spain, who were crowned champions on Sunday against Argentina.<\/p>\n<p>The Belgians held their own for a long time against the Spanish, before being crucified by a goal from Mikel Merino at the end of the match.<\/p>\n<p>This was the only goal Spain conceded in eight World Cup matches.<\/p>\n<p>Garcia achieved his main objectives by taking over a team in crisis: keeping them in Division A of the Nations League in March 2025 against Ukraine (3-0 in the return leg after a 3-1 defeat in the first leg), and qualifying for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Casablanca \u2013 Belgium head coach Rudi Garcia will not renew his contract after the Belgian Football Federation confirmed&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":29627,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[4],"tags":[4736,7,2063,5407],"class_list":["post-29626","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-belgium","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-belgium","tag-red-devils","tag-rudi-garcia"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@be\/116954019081316765","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29626","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29626"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29626\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/29627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29626"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29626"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/be\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29626"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}