Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Bayan wasan kwaikwayo na Belgium a gasar cin kofin duniya a Japan da Koriya ta Kudu, an sa ran yawa daga karamar al'umma a cikin matakan da suka dace na gasar cin kofin Turai ta UEFA Euro 2004 kuma an sanya kasar a cikin Pot A tsakanin mafi kyawun kungiyoyi a cikin kungiyar Turai. Van Buyten ya taka leda a dukkan wasanni takwas da suka cancanta don tawagar kasa amma Belgium ta kasa shiga gasar karshe
, ya rasa a matsayi na biyu a cikin rukuni zuwa Croatia a kan shugaban-to-kai mulki.