During most of their history the team has had poor results but showed improvement in the Euro 2013 and 2015 World Cup Qualifiers.

The campaign started off well with a 3–2 victory over the Netherlands, but continued with a 1–0 loss against Denmark and a 1–1 draw against West Germany.

Despite having a neutral goal difference at this point, the Belgian team ended up last in the group after a 5–0 defeat against the Netherlands and draws against their other two opponents, 2–2 against Denmark and 1–1 against West Germany.

This notable exception was the 2003 Women's World Cup qualifiers, where they won five games and suffered only one loss.

Serneels led the team to improved qualification campaigns for Euro 2013 and 2015 World Cup, both times ending third in the group (just short of qualifying).

[3] After a successful start in their qualifications group, the team was invited to play at the 2016 Algarve Cup in Portugal, one of the most prestigious women's international football events.

[5] In 2022, Belgium won the Pinatar Cup, a friendly tournament held in Spain, beating Russia on penalties.

[6] Euro 2022 was a success for Belgium, who managed to get out of the first round and reach the quarter-finals for the first time in their second appearance at the continental finals.

All this combined with the lack of a victory for the Icelandic women against the French, who were already assured a finish in first place of the group, in the other match (1–1).

This historic qualification was made possible in part by the performance of Belgian goalkeeper Nicky Evrard, who saved two penalties in each of the first two games (against Iceland and France).

Belgium faced Sweden in the quarter-finals, the winner of group C and silver medalist at the Olympic games in Tokyo.

[8] At the start of the qualifying campaign for the 2015 World Cup in Canada, the team earned their first and current nickname: the "Belgian Red Flames".

It replaces the one-off black home shirt which was released earlier in support of women's football in Belgium.

Belgium has not yet featured at the World Cup, but has reached the end stage of the Euro 2017 tournament.

In 2017 Belgium finished third in Group A with Switzerland, North Korea and Italy, and eventually reached seventh place out of 12 after winning the placement match against Austria.

They ended second in the group behind eventual winner Spain, and fifth overall (out of 12) after winning the placement match against South Africa.