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Netherlands

Nickname(s)	Oranje Holland Clockwork Orange The Flying Dutchmen
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Danny Blind
Captain	Arjen Robben
Most caps	Edwin van der Sar (130)
Top scorer	Robin van Persie (50)
Home stadium	Amsterdam Arena (53,502)
FIFA code	NED
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current	17 (5 May 2016)
Highest	1 (August–September 2011)
Lowest	25 (May 1998)
First international
Belgium 1–4 (aet) Netherlands  (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905)
Biggest win
Netherlands 11–0 San Marino  (Eindhoven, Netherlands; 2 September 2011)
Biggest defeat
England Amateurs 12–2 Netherlands  (Darlington, England; 21 December 1907)
World Cup
Appearances	10 (first in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up, 1974, 1978, 2010
European Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1976)
Best result	Champions, 1988
Medal record Olympic medal record Men's Football 1908 London Team 1912 Stockholm Team 1920 Antwerp Team

The Netherlands national football team (Template:Lang-nl) represents the Netherlands in international football. It is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands.

The team is colloquially referred to as Het Nederlands Elftal (The Dutch Eleven) and Oranje, after the House of Orange-Nassau. Like the country itself, the team is sometimes (also colloquially) referred to as Holland.

The Dutch hold the record for playing the most World Cup finals without ever winning the tournament. They finished second in the 1974, 1978 and 2010 World Cups, losing to West Germany, Argentina and Spain respectively. They won the UEFA European Championship in 1988.

History

The Netherlands played their first international match in Antwerp against Belgium on 30 April 1905. The players were selected by a five-member commission from the Dutch football association. After 90 minutes, the score was 1–1, but because the match was for a trophy (the "Coupe van den Abeele"), the game went into extra time, in which Eddy de Neve scored three times, making the score 4–1 for the Dutch side.

The Netherlands made their first appearance at the World Cup final tournament in 1934. After a second appearance in 1938 they did not appear in another World Cup until 1974.

Total Football in the 1970s

The 1970s saw the invention of Total Football (Template:Lang-nl), pioneered by Ajax and led by playmaker Johan Cruyff and national team coach Rinus Michels. The Dutch made significant strides, qualifying for two World Cup finals in the decade. The captain of the Brazilian team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup, Carlos Alberto, went on to say, "The only team I've seen that did things differently was Holland at the 1974 World Cup in Germany. Since then everything looks more or less the same to me…. Their 'carousel' style of play was amazing to watch and marvellous for the game."

In 1974, the Netherlands beat both Brazil and Argentina in the second group stage, reaching the final for the first time in their history. However, the team lost to West Germany in the final in Munich, despite having gone 1–0 up through Johan Neeskens' early penalty kick before any German had even touched the ball. However, supported by the crowd, a converted penalty by Paul Breitner and the winner from Gerd Müller led to a victory for the Germans.

By comparison, Euro '76 was a disappointment. The Netherlands lost in the semi-finals to Czechoslovakia, as much because of fighting within the squad and the coach George Knobel, as well as the skill of the eventual winners.

In 1978, the Netherlands again reached the final of a World Cup, only to be beaten by the host, this time Argentina. This side played without Johan Cruijff, Willem van Hanegem, and Jan van Beveren, who refused to participate in the World Cup. It still contained Johan Neeskens, Johnny Rep, Arie Haan, Ruud Krol, Wim Jansen, Jan Jongbloed, Wim Suurbier and Rob Rensenbrink from the 1974 selection. The Netherlands were less impressive in the group stages. They qualified as runners-up, after a draw with Peru and a loss to Scotland. In the second group phase, however, the Netherlands topped a group including Italy and West Germany, setting up a final with Argentina. However, the Dutch finished as runners up for the second World Cup in a row as they ultimately lost 3–1 after two extra time goals from Argentina. Unfortunately for the Dutch, Rensenbrink hit the Argentinian post in the last minute of normal time, with the score 1–1.

Failure: 1982–86

Euro '80 was the last tournament for which the Total Football team qualified, but they did not advance past the group stage, despite the tournament format being expanded that year. Veterans such as Krol and Rensenbrink retired soon afterwards and the Netherlands missed the 1982 World Cup, Euro '84, and the 1986 World Cup in succession. Qualification for Euro 1984 was within reach, but the Dutch ended the campaign on the same number of points as rivals Spain, and the same goal difference (+16). Spain advanced having scored two more goals. The failure to reach the 1986 World Cup was also very close. In a play off with neighbours Belgium, the Netherlands lost 1–0 in Brussels, but were leading 2–0 in the home leg in Rotterdam with a few minutes remaining. Belgium scored to end the tie 2–1, and overall play off 2–2. Belgium advanced on the away goal rule.

European champions

Rinus Michels returned, with his technical assistant Joris van Beek, to coach the team for the Euro '88 tournament. After losing the first group match against the Soviet Union (1–0), the Netherlands qualified for the semi-final by defeating England 3–1 (with a hat-trick by the tournament's top scorer Marco van Basten), and Republic of Ireland (1–0). For many Dutch football supporters, the most important match in the tournament was the semi-final against West Germany, the host country, considered a revenge for the lost 1974 World Cup final (also in West Germany). Marco van Basten scored in the 89th minute to sink the German side. The Netherlands won the final with a victory over the USSR through a header by Ruud Gullit and a volley by Van Basten. This was the national team's first major tournament win, and it restored them to the forefront of international football for the next three years after almost a decade in the wilderness.

Despite high expectations as the team entered the 1990 World Cup, the tournament was not a success, as strife within the squad and managerial instability (Thijs Libregts took over from Michels only to be fired shortly after the team qualified, and was replaced by Leo Beenhakker for the finals) ultimately tore the team apart. Van Basten failed to score, as he was frequently marked by opposing defenders, while Gullit was ineffective having not fully recovered from injury. The Dutch managed to advance despite drawing all three group games, meeting their arch-rivals West Germany in the round of 16. The match is most remembered for the spitting-incident involving Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler as the Netherlands lost 2–1.

The team reached the semi-finals in the Euro '92, which was noted for the emergence of Dennis Bergkamp, but they were eliminated by eventual champions Denmark, with Van Basten's kick in the penalty shootout being saved by Peter Schmeichel. This was to be Van Basten's last major tournament as he suffered a serious ankle injury shortly after, eventually conceding defeat and retiring at the age of 30 in 1995; it was also the last hurrah for Rinus Michels, who returned for one final spell in charge of the team before retiring for good after the tournament ended.

Dick Advocaat took over from Michels on the understanding that he himself would be replaced by Johan Cruijff the following year, although Advocaat actually stayed in charge for over two years. In the 1994 World Cup, in the absence of the injured Van Basten and the striking Gullit, Dennis Bergkamp led the team with three goals and the Netherlands advanced to the quarter-finals, where they lost 3–2 to eventual champions Brazil.

1996–2004

At Euro '96, after drawing 0–0 with Scotland and beating Switzerland 2–0, they faced the hosts England in the pool A decider, with both teams on 4 points. After 62 minutes, with Scotland beating Switzerland 1–0, the Netherlands were 4–0 down and looked like finishing third behind Scotland on goal difference and going out of the tournament, but Patrick Kluivert converted a Dennis Bergkamp assist and scored in the 78th minute to see the Dutch finish second on goals scored. They then played France in the quarter-finals, drawing 0–0 and being eliminated 5–4 on penalties.

In the 1998 World Cup, Netherlands, whose team included Marc Overmars, Phillip Cocu, Edgar Davids, Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer and Patrick Kluivert, met Argentina in the quarter-final, a rematch of the 1978 final. The Netherlands won 2–1 after a Bergkamp goal in the 89th minute. Bergkamp's goal was famous because of its quality — he touched down a 60-yard (55 m) pass from Frank de Boer then reverse-flicked it inside Roberto Ayala and finally volleyed it past the Argentine goalkeeper. In the semi-final, the Netherlands took Brazil to a penalty shootout after a late Kluivert goal tied the match 1–1, but Brazil won the shootout 4–2 and advanced to the final. Netherlands lost the third place match 2–1 to Croatia. Soon after the World Cup exit, manager Guus Hiddink resigned after two tournaments in charge, and was replaced by legendary ex-midfielder Frank Rijkaard.

Netherlands co-hosted Euro 2000 with Belgium and were one of the favourites coming into the tournament. Getting all three wins in the group stage, including a win over France, they then defeated Yugoslavia 6–1 in the quarter-finals. In the semi-finals, their opponents, Italy, went down to ten men in the first half. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo made two saves in the shootout to eliminate the Netherlands. Dennis Bergkamp retired from the national team after Euro 2000 (partly due to his fear of flying effectively ruling him out from the 2002 World Cup which was to be held in East Asia.) Coach Frank Rijkaard was widely criticized by the press after the defeat to the Italians as the Dutch had squandered several chances to kill the game. Rijkaard resigned, with Louis van Gaal taking over. Van Gaal is credited with initially bringing through the backbone of this Dutch side whilst manager of Ajax during the mid nineties, including Edwin van der Sar, Edgar Davids, Michael Reiziger, Clarence Seedorf, Marc Overmars, Patrick Kluivert and the De Boer twins.

Surprisingly, the Netherlands failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup after crucial losses to Portugal and the Republic of Ireland, the latter of which eliminated them from the Finals tournament. Van Gaal resigned at the conclusion of the Netherlands' unsuccessful campaign.

Dick Advocaat returned to coach the Netherlands for a second time. As soon as he took office, after defeating Spain with the result of 1–0 on 27 March, the Netherlands won the Unofficial Football World Championships (UFWC). In addition, on 21 August, the Netherlands won the Nasazzi's Baton, defeating Norway 1–0, unifying for the first time in history and forever the two trophies.

Later, he led the team to the semifinals of Euro 2004, but lost to Portugal and, after receiving criticism for his tactics and player changes, stepped down. This was to be the end for many of the team's World Cup veterans (mostly made up of the Ajax generation of 1995.) Frank and Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Marc Overmars, Jaap Stam and Patrick Kluivert had either retired or were not selected for the upcoming World Cup by new coach Marco van Basten.

2006–2010

The Netherlands qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany and finished second in Group C after beating Serbia and Montenegro (1–0) and the Côte d'Ivoire (2–1) and drawing Argentina (0–0). Both Argentina and the Netherlands finished the group stage with seven points, but the Argentinians had a superior goal difference and finished first as a result. The Dutch were eliminated in the second round after losing 1–0 to Portugal, in a match that produced 16 yellow cards (which matched the World Cup record for most cautions in one game set in 2002) and set a new World Cup record of four red cards (two for either side) and was nicknamed "the Battle of Nuremberg" by the press. Despite criticism surrounding his selection policy and the lack of attacking football from his team, Marco van Basten was offered a two-year extension to his contract by the Dutch FA, which would allow him to serve as national coach during Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. The move was widely regarded as a vote of confidence in Van Basten and his assistants by the KNVB officials.

The Netherlands qualified for Euro 2008, where they were drawn in the "Group of Death," together with France, Italy and Romania. They began Euro 2008 with a 3–0 win over World Cup Champion Italy in Bern on 9 June 2008, the Netherlands' first victory over Italy since 1978. On 13 June 2008, in their second group match against France, the Netherlands won convincingly with a 4–1 score. The Dutch closed out an incredible group stage campaign with a 2–0 win over Romania. However, they lost in the quarter-finals to former coach Guus Hiddink's Russia by a score of 3–1, with Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring an 86th-minute equaliser to force extra time where the Russians went on to score twice.

Under new coach Bert van Marwijk, the Dutch went on to secure a 100 percent record in their World Cup 2010 qualification campaign to qualifying for the World Cup. The World Cup Draw saw the Dutch being placed alongside Denmark, Cameroon and Japan in Group E. The side won 2–0 against Denmark in their opener at the World Cup, then beat Japan 1–0 to ensure qualification to the Round of 16. In the first knockout round, they faced Slovakia and came out with a 2–1 victory. In the quarter-finals against Brazil, the Brazilians held a 1–0 lead at the half and had never lost in 37 World Cup matches (35–0–2) in which they had held a half-time lead, but the Dutch scored twice for a 2–1 win to advance. In the semi-final, the Dutch beat Uruguay 3–2 to advance to their first World Cup final since 1978, where they would fall to Spain 1–0 after midfielder Andrés Iniesta scored in extra time. The Dutch team was criticized for its rough play in the final, and was given nine yellow cards in the single game (including a double yellow card to John Heitinga). Johan Cruyff later publicly criticized the team for playing in an "ugly" and "vulgar" style. The Associated Press was of the opinion that the Dutch had "turned far too often to dirty tactics." This final also became Giovanni van Bronckhorst's last match as a professional before retiring.

From August to September 2011, the team was ranked number one in the FIFA World Rankings, thus becoming the second national football team, after Spain, to top the rankings without previously winning a World Cup.

Euro 2012

For Euro 2012, the Netherlands were placed in Group B alongside with Germany, Portugal and Denmark, dubbed the tournament's "Group of Death." The Netherlands lost all three of its matches, 0–1 to Denmark, 1–2 to Germany and 1–2 to Portugal, exiting the competition. Johan Cruyff criticised the team's star players of poor build up play and sloppy execution of the easy passes, while manager Bert van Marwijk resigned after the disappointment.

2014 FIFA World Cup

Louis van Gaal, who had formerly coached the Netherlands' unsuccessful 2002 World Cup qualification, became manager for the second time. In the 2014 World Cup UEFA qualifying round, the Netherlands won nine games and drew one, topping the group and earning automatic qualification. They were drawn into Group B, along with Spain, Chile and Australia. The team avenged their 2010 defeat by defeating title holders Spain with an astonishing 5–1 victory in their opening match, with Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben scoring two goals each, and Stefan de Vrij scoring one. After the Dutch fell behind 1–0 from conceding a penalty, Van Persie equalized just before half time with an acrobatic diving header that gave him the nickname "The Flying Dutchman." The second match against Australia was won in comeback fashion after trailing Australia 2–1; the Dutch won 3–2 thanks to goals from Robben and Van Persie either side of Australia's two, with Memphis Depay scoring the game-winner. Their final group match against Chile was a stalemate until Leroy Fer scored in the 77th minute and Depay scored again in stoppage time to win the game 2–0 and clinch first place in Group B.

The Netherlands defeated Mexico in the Round of 16 by a score of 2–1, with Wesley Sneijder equalizing late in the match, and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scoring a controversial penalty after a foul on Robben in stoppage time to overturn a 0–1 deficit. In the quarter-finals, where they faced Costa Rica, the Dutch had many shots on goal but could not score, with the match finishing in a 0–0 draw after extra time. The Netherlands won the ensuing penalty shootout 4–3 in large part due to backup goalkeeper Tim Krul, who was brought on just before the end of extra time and made two spot kick saves, one from Bryan Ruiz and one from Michael Umaña, marking the first time in World Cup history a goalkeeper was brought onto the field solely to participate in a shootout. In the semi-final game against Argentina, the Netherlands had a good chance to score from Arjen Robben while managing to contain Argentine superstar Lionel Messi, and both teams finished scoreless after extra time. In penalty kicks, however, the Dutch were eliminated 4–2, with Ron Vlaar and Wesley Sneijder having their spot kicks saved by Sergio Romero. Van Gaal admitted later that there were players who were meant to take penalties before Vlaar denied taking a penalty, though Van Gaal would not mention the names.

The Netherlands played hosts Brazil in the third place match and took an early lead through a Robin van Persie third-minute penalty after Arjen Robben was pulled back by Brazilian defender Thiago Silva. Daley Blind added a second after 16 minutes, and a third goal was added by Georginio Wijnaldum in the 91st minute. This was the Dutch's first bronze medal (third-place finish) in the history of the World Cup, and also the first time they had concluded a major international tournament unbeaten (a penalty shootout elimination is counted as a draw). They also became the first team in World Cup history to ever use all 23 players in the squad when goalkeeper Michel Vorm was brought on for the last minutes of the third place game, having already used 22 players in the previous six matches. Manager Louis van Gaal, who successfully motivated the team after their semi-final knockout, received praise for getting more out of the young and inexperienced Netherlands squad than many expected.

Euro 2016: decline of national team

Manager Louis van Gaal previously announced one year before the expiration of his contract after the 2014 World Cup that he would leave his Oranje post to become manager of Manchester United. He was succeeded by Guus Hiddink, who had previously coached the team to fourth in the 1998 World Cup, for the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. Originally, Van Gaal's assistant Danny Blind was meant to stay assistant under Hiddink until the end of Euro 2016, where Blind would take over the post of head coach; the KNVB based this construction on the successful German model of Joachim Löw succeeding Jürgen Klinsmann at the conclusion of the 2006 World Cup.

The announcement of Hiddink taking over was met with mixed reactions. Ronald Koeman claimed he was meant to be the head coach to succeed Van Gaal after the expiration of his contract at Feyenoord, and that the position was promised to him by the KNVB. After the alleged snub, Koeman was furious about the decision and chose to take the helm of English club Southampton instead. Several Dutch football trainers also argued that Koeman would have been a better fit for the job, since he has more experience in working with the current younger generation of Dutch football players.

On 29 June 2015, Hiddink left his position and was succeeded by Blind. The leaving manner was unknown until Hiddink confirmed being fired on 21 November 2015. Although facing lower ranked opponents—Iceland, Czech Republic, Turkey, Latvia and Kazakhstan—the Netherlands had an awful qualifying campaign, losing both home and away against Iceland and Czech Republic, and away with Turkey with a resounding 3–0 scorline. Their fourth-place finish in their group resulted in the Dutch being unable to qualify for the European Championship for the first time since 1984 and the Netherlands missing out on their first major tournament since the 2002 World Cup. The failure was also seen as symbolic for Dutch football in general, since Dutch club football clubs are declining in terms of quality and also for failing to achieve in European competitions. The Dutch, along with Greece and Bosnia and Herzegovina were the only nations from Pot 1 not to qualify. All three took part at the 2014 FIFA World Cup.

2016

On 15th May 2016, Dick Advocaat named assistant coach to Netherlands boss Danny Blind.

Team image

Colours

The Netherlands national football team famously plays in bright orange shirts. Orange is the historic national colour of the Netherlands, originating from one of the many titles of the ruling head of state, Prince of Orange, which is also the color of the same name. The current Dutch away shirt is white.

Nike is the kit provider to the national team, a sponsorship that began in 1996 and is contracted to continue until at least 2026.

Kit provider	Period
Adidas	1970–1990
Lotto	1991–1996
Nike	1996–

Rivalries

Netherlands' long-time football rivals are Germany. The rivalry is one of the few long-standing football rivalries at a national level. Beginning in 1974, when the Dutch lost the 1974 FIFA World Cup to West Germany in the final (though deeply rooted in Dutch anti-German sentiment due to the occupation of the Netherlands by Germany during World War II), the rivalry between the two nations has become one of the best-known international football rivalries in the world.

During a public poll in the Netherlands after their elimination from the 2014 World Cup, the majority voted for Germany to win the World Cup rather than Argentina, the first time the Dutch admitted this.

To a minor extent, the Netherlands maintains a rivalry with their other neighbours, Belgium; a Belgian-Dutch (football) duel is referred to as a Low Countries derby. More recently, the Netherlands have also developed a rivalry with Spain. The rivalry with Spain began at the 2010 FIFA World Cup Final, in which Spain defeated the Netherlands 1-0 in extra time. Four years later, at the 2014 FIFA World Cup group stage, the Netherlands routed Spain 5-1, contributing to Spain's early exit from the tournament.

Kits

Kits Evolution

The following are the home kits worn by the Netherland national team

Home kit until 1904	1934	1974	1974 (alt.)	1978–1980*	1978 (alt.)	1986
1988	1988 (alt.)	1990	1994	1996	1998	2000
2002	2002 (alt.)	2004	2004 (alt.)	2006	2006 (alt.)	2008
2008 (alt.)	2010	2010 (alt.)	2012	2014	2014 (alt.)

The following are the away kits worn by the Netherland national team.

1934 World Cup	1978	1980	1986	1990	1994	1996 Euros
1998	2000	2002	2004	2006	2008	2010
2010 (alt.)	2012	2013	2014	2015 (alt.)

• In UEFA Euro 1980, the kit had a piece of tape over the adidas logos due to the prohibition of advertising on kits (Same solution done by European Club teams in UEFA competitions in the 1970s)

Coaching staff

Position	Name	Notes
Manager	Danny Blind
Assistant Manager	Dick Advocaat
Assistant Manager	Marco van Basten
Goalkeeping Coach	Patrick Lodewijks
Fitness Coach	Rene Wormhoudt
Team Manager	Hans Jorritsma
Physician	Gert-Jan Goudswaard

Current squad

The following players were named in the squad for the friendly matches against Republic of Ireland on 27 May 2016, Poland on 1 June 2016 and Austria on 4 June 2016.
Caps and goals updated as of 29 March 2016 after the match against England.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Jasper Cillessen	(1989-04-22) 22 April 1989 (age 35)	27	0	Ajax
	1GK	Kenneth Vermeer	(1986-01-10) 10 January 1986 (age 39)	5	0	Feyenoord
	1GK	Jeroen Zoet	(1991-01-06) 6 January 1991 (age 34)	3	0	PSV Eindhoven
	2DF	Daley Blind	(1990-03-09) 9 March 1990 (age 34)	36	2	Manchester United
	2DF	Ron Vlaar	(1985-02-16) 16 February 1985 (age 39)	32	1	AZ Alkmaar
	2DF	Jetro Willems	(1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30)	18	0	PSV Eindhoven
	2DF	Jeffrey Bruma	(1991-11-13) 13 November 1991 (age 33)	16	1	PSV Eindhoven
	2DF	Joël Veltman	(1992-01-15) 15 January 1992 (age 32)	10	0	Ajax
	2DF	Patrick van Aanholt	(1990-08-29) 29 August 1990 (age 34)	4	0	Sunderland
	2DF	Virgil van Dijk	(1991-07-08) 8 July 1991 (age 33)	4	0	Southampton
	2DF	Kenny Tete	(1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Ajax
	3MF	Wesley Sneijder	(1984-06-09) 9 June 1984 (age 40)	121	29	Galatasaray
	3MF	Georginio Wijnaldum	(1990-11-11) 11 November 1990 (age 34)	27	4	Newcastle United
	3MF	Kevin Strootman	(1990-02-13) 13 February 1990 (age 34)	25	3	Roma
	3MF	Riechedly Bazoer	(1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Ajax
	3MF	Marco van Ginkel	(1992-12-01) 1 December 1992 (age 32)	3	0	PSV Eindhoven
	3MF	Davy Pröpper	(1991-09-02) 2 September 1991 (age 33)	1	0	PSV Eindhoven
	3MF	Tonny Vilhena	(1995-01-31) 31 January 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Feyenoord
	4FW	Memphis Depay	(1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30)	23	3	Manchester United
	4FW	Luciano Narsingh	(1990-09-13) 13 September 1990 (age 34)	16	4	PSV Eindhoven
	4FW	Luuk de Jong	(1990-08-27) 27 August 1990 (age 34)	10	2	PSV Eindhoven
	4FW	Quincy Promes	(1992-01-04) 4 January 1992 (age 33)	9	0	Spartak Moscow
	4FW	Bas Dost	(1989-05-31) 31 May 1989 (age 35)	4	1	Wolfsburg
	4FW	Vincent Janssen	(1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 30)	2	1	AZ Alkmaar
	4FW	Steven Berghuis	(1991-12-19) 19 December 1991 (age 33)	0	0	Watford

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Michel Vorm	(1983-10-12) 12 October 1983 (age 41)	15	0	Tottenham Hotspur	v.  England, March 29, 2016
GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	(1982-09-22) 22 September 1982 (age 42)	54	0	Southampton	v.  Wales, November 13, 2015
GK	Tim Krul	(1988-04-03) 3 April 1988 (age 36)	8	0	Newcastle United	v.  Kazakhstan, October 10, 2015
DF	Erik Pieters	(1988-08-07) 7 August 1988 (age 36)	18	0	Stoke City	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
DF	Karim Rekik	(1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 32)	1	0	Marseille	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 27)	0	0	Manchester United	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
DF	Rick Karsdorp	(1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29)	0	0	Feyenoord	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
DF	Timo Letschert	(1993-05-25) 25 May 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Utrecht	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
DF	Daryl Janmaat	(1989-07-22) 22 July 1989 (age 35)	27	0	Newcastle United	v.  France, March 25, 2016
DF	Mitchell Dijks	(1993-02-09) 9 February 1993 (age 31)	0	0	Ajax	v.  France, March 25, 2016
DF	Terence Kongolo	(1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30)	3	0	Feyenoord	v.  Wales, November 13, 2015
DF	Jaïro Riedewald	(1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28)	3	0	Ajax	v.  Wales, November 13, 2015
DF	Gregory van der Wiel	(1988-02-03) 3 February 1988 (age 36)	46	0	Paris Saint-Germain	v.  Czech Republic, October 13, 2015
DF	Stefan de Vrij	(1992-02-05) 5 February 1992 (age 32)	30	3	Lazio	v.  Turkey, September 6, 2015
DF	Bruno Martins Indi	(1992-02-08) 8 February 1992 (age 32)	31	2	Porto	v.  Iceland, September 3, 2015
DF	Paul Verhaegh	(1983-09-01) 1 September 1983 (age 41)	3	0	Augsburg	v.  Iceland, September 3, 2015
DF	Sven van Beek	(1994-07-28) 28 July 1994 (age 30)	0	0	Feyenoord	v.  United States, June 5, 2015
MF	Bart Ramselaar	(1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 (age 28)	0	0	Utrecht	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
MF	Jordy Clasie	(1991-06-27) 27 June 1991 (age 33)	15	0	Southampton	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
MF	Vurnon Anita	(1989-04-04) 4 April 1989 (age 35)	3	0	Newcastle United	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
MF	Ibrahim Afellay	(1986-04-02) 2 April 1986 (age 38)	53	7	Stoke City	v.  England, March 29, 2016
MF	Davy Klaassen	(1993-02-21) 21 February 1993 (age 31)	5	1	Ajax	v.  France, March 25, 2016
MF	Marko Vejinović	(1990-02-03) 3 February 1990 (age 34)	0	0	Feyenoord	v.  Wales, November 13, 2015
MF	Nigel de Jong	(1984-11-13) 13 November 1984 (age 40)	81	1	Los Angeles Galaxy	v.  Iceland, September 3, 2015
MF	Tjaronn Chery	(1988-06-04) 4 June 1988 (age 36)	0	0	Queens Park Rangers	v.  United States, June 5, 2015
MF	Leroy Fer	(1990-01-05) 5 January 1990 (age 35)	11	1	Swansea City	v.  United States, June 5, 2015
FW	Jürgen Locadia	(1993-11-07) 7 November 1993 (age 31)	0	0	PSV Eindhoven	v.  Republic of Ireland, May 27, 2016
FW	Klaas Jan Huntelaar	(1983-08-12) 12 August 1983 (age 41)	76	42	Schalke 04	v.  England, March 29, 2016
FW	Arjen Robben	(1984-01-23) 23 January 1984 (age 40)	88	30	Bayern Munich	v.  France, March 25, 2016
FW	Eljero Elia	(1987-02-13) 13 February 1987 (age 37)	27	2	Feyenoord	v.  Wales, November 13, 2015
FW	Anwar el Ghazi	(1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 29)	2	0	Ajax	v.  Wales, November 13, 2015
FW	Robin van Persie	(1983-08-06) 6 August 1983 (age 41)	101	50	Fenerbahçe	v.  Czech Republic, October 13, 2015
FW	Jeremain Lens	(1987-11-24) 24 November 1987 (age 37)	31	8	Sunderland	v.  Czech Republic, October 13, 2015

Player withdrew from the squad due to an injury.
Preliminary squad.

Previous squads

Results and fixtures

For all past match results of the national team, see the team's results page.

The following matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the national team in the current or upcoming seasons. The time in the Netherlands is shown first. If the local time is different, it will be displayed below.

2015

28 March 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Netherlands	1–1	Turkey	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	Huntelaar 90+2'	Report	Yılmaz 37'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 49,500 Referee: Felix Brych (Germany)

31 March 2015 Friendly	Netherlands	2–0	Spain	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	De Vrij 13' Klaassen 16'	Report		Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 51,500 Referee: Willie Collum (Scotland)

5 June 2015 Friendly	Netherlands	3–4	United States	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:30 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Huntelaar 27', 49' Memphis 53'	Report	Zardes 33' Brooks 70' Williams 89' Wood 90'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 46,000 Referee: Martin Strömbergsson (Sweden)

12 June 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Latvia	0–2	Netherlands	Riga, Latvia
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00) 21:45 EEST (UTC+03:00)		Report	Wijnaldum 67' Narsingh 71'	Stadium: Skonto Stadium Attendance: 8,067 Referee: Svein Oddvar Moen (Norway)

3 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Netherlands	0–1	Iceland	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report	G. Sigurðsson 51' (pen.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 50,275 Referee: Milorad Mažić (Serbia)

6 September 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Turkey	3–0	Netherlands	Konya, Turkey
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) 19:00 EEST (UTC+03:00)	Özyakup 8' Turan 26' Yılmaz 86'	Report		Stadium: Torku Arena Attendance: 41,007 Referee: Antonio Mateu Lahoz (Spain)

10 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Kazakhstan	1–2	Netherlands	Astana, Kazakhstan
18:00 CEST (UTC+02:00) 22:00 ALMT(UTC+06:00)	Kuat 90+6'	Report	Wijnaldum 33' Sneijder 50'	Stadium: Astana Arena Attendance: 20,716 Referee: Clément Turpin (France)

13 October 2015 UEFA Euro 2016 Q	Netherlands	2–3	Czech Republic	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)	Huntelaar 70' Van Persie 83'	Report	Kadeřábek 24' Šural 35' Van Persie 66' (o.g.)	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena Attendance: 48,000 Referee: Damir Skomina (Slovenia)

13 November 2015 Friendly	Wales	2–3	Netherlands	Cardiff, Wales
19:45 GMT (UTC±00:00)	Ledley 45+3' Huws 70'		Dost 32' Robben 54', 81'	Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium

2016

25 March 2016 Friendly	Netherlands	2–3	France	Amsterdam, Netherlands
20:45 CET (UTC+01:00)	De Jong 47' Afellay 86'		Griezmann 6' Giroud 13' Matuidi 88'	Stadium: Amsterdam Arena

29 March 2016 Friendly	England	1–2	Netherlands	London, United Kingdom
20:00 BST (UTC+01:00)	Vardy 41'		Janssen 50' (pen.) Narsingh 77'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium

27 May 2016 Friendly	Republic of Ireland	v	Netherlands	Dublin, Republic of Ireland
20:45 BST (UTC+01:00)				Stadium: Aviva Stadium

1 June 2016 Friendly	Poland	v	Netherlands	Gdańsk, Poland
				Stadium: Stadion Energa Gdańsk

4 June 2016 Friendly	Austria	v	Netherlands	Vienna, Austria
20:30 CET (UTC+02:00)				Stadium: Ernst-Happel-Stadion

6 September 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Sweden	v	Netherlands	Solna, Sweden
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: Friends Arena

7 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Netherlands	v	Belarus	TBA, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: TBA

10 October 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Netherlands	v	France	TBA, Netherlands
20:45 CEST (UTC+02:00)		Report		Stadium: TBA

13 November 2016 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Luxembourg	v	Netherlands	Luxembourg City, Luxembourg
18:00 CET (UTC+01:00)		Report		Stadium: Stade Josy Barthel

2017

25 March 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Bulgaria	v	Netherlands	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia
20:45 (21:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

9 June 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Netherlands	v	Luxembourg
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

31 August 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	France	v	Netherlands	Stade de France, Saint-Denis
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

3 September 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Netherlands	v	Bulgaria
18:00 (18:00 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

7 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Belarus	v	Netherlands
20:45 (21:45 UTC+3)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

10 October 2017 2018 FIFA World Cup Q	Netherlands	v	Sweden
20:45 (20:45 UTC+2)		Report (FIFA) Report (UEFA)

Records

Most capped

Top scorers

Last updated: 13 November 2015
Source: voetbalstats.nl Template:Nl icon

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record

FIFA World Cup record										FIFA World Cup Qualification record
Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA		Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1930	Did Not Enter									Declined Participation
1934	Round 1	9th	1	0	0	1	2	3		2	2	0	0	9	4
1938	Round 1	14th	1	0	0	1	0	3		2	1	1	0	5	1
1950	Did Not Enter									Declined Participation
1954
1958	Did Not Qualify									4	2	1	1	12	7
1962										3	0	2	1	4	7
1966										6	2	2	2	6	4
1970										6	3	1	2	9	5
1974	Runners-Up	2nd	7	5	1	1	15	3		6	4	2	0	24	2
1978	Runners-Up	2nd	7	3	2	2	15	10		6	5	1	0	11	3
1982	Did Not Qualify									8	4	1	3	11	7
1986										8	4	1	3	13	7
1990	Round of 16	15th	4	0	3	1	3	4		6	4	2	0	8	2
1994	Quarter-Finals	7th	5	3	0	2	8	6		10	6	3	1	29	9
1998	Fourth Place	4th	7	3	3	1	13	7		8	6	1	1	26	4
2002	Did Not Qualify									10	6	2	2	30	9
2006	Round of 16	11th	4	2	1	1	3	2		12	10	2	0	27	3
2010	Runners-Up	2nd	7	6	0	1	12	6		8	8	0	0	17	2
2014	Third Place	3rd	7	5	2	0	15	4		10	9	1	0	34	5
2018	To be determined
2022
Total	Runners-Up	10/20	50	27	12	11	86	48		115	76	23	16	275	81

Summer Olympics

Host nation(s) / Year	Result	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1908	Third Place	2	1	0	1	2	4
1912	Third Place	4	3	0	1	17	8
1920	Third Place	4	2	0	2	9	10
1924	Fourth Place	5	2	1	2	11	7
1928	Round 1	1	0	0	1	0	2
1948	Round 1	2	1	0	1	6	5
1952	Preliminary Round	1	0	0	1	1	5
Total	7/10	23	9	1	9	46	41

UEFA European Championship

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did Not Enter
1964	Did Not Qualify
1968
1972
1976	Third Place	3rd	2	1	0	1	4	5
1980	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	4
1984	Did Not Qualify
1988	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	8	3
1992	Semi Final	3rd	4	2	2	0	6	3
1996	Quarter-Finals	8th	4	1	2	1	3	4
2000	Semi Final	3rd	5	4	1	0	13	3
2004	Semi Final	4th	5	1	2	2	7	6
2008	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	3	0	1	10	4
2012	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	5
2016	Did Not Qualify
2020	To be determined
Total	1 Title	9/15	35	17	8	10	57	37

Honours

Competition				Total
World Cup	0	3	1	4
European Championship	1	0	3	4
Olympic Games	0	0	3	3
Total	1	3	7	11

This is a list of honours for the senior Dutch national team

• FIFA World Cup:
  • Runners-up (3): 1974, 1978, 2010
  • Third place (1): 2014
  • Fourth place (1): 1998
• UEFA European Championship:
  • Winners (1): 1988
  • Third place (3): 1976, 1992, 2000
• Olympic football tournament:

• Bronze medal/Third place (3): 1908, 1912, 1920
• Fourth Place (1): 1924

Other Tournaments

• Coupe Vanden Abeele
  • Winners: 1905, 1907, 1908, 1909, 1911, 1912, 1914
• Rotterdamsch Nieuwsblad Cup
  • Winners: 1905, 1908, 1909, 1910, 1911, 1912, 1914
• Olympic Football Consolation Tournament
  • Winners: 1928
• Nelson Mandela Inauguration Challenge Cup
  • Winners: 1997
• 75th Anniversary FIFA Cup
  • Runners-up: 1979
• World Champions' Gold Cup
  • Fourth Place: 1980
• Copa Confraternidad
  • Runners-up: 2011
• Nasazzi's Baton
  • Winners: 1978, 1985, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2008

See also

• Netherlands national under-21 football team
• Netherlands national under-19 football team
• Netherlands national under-17 football team
• Netherlands women's national football team
• Royal Dutch Football Association
• Aruba national football team
• Bonaire national football team
• Curaçao national football team
• Sint Maarten national football team

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External links

• Template:Nl icon Official website
• Netherlands – Record International Players at the RSSSF archive
• Dutch National Team Coaches at the RSSSF archive
• Template:Nl icon Voetbalstats.nl, statistics of the national football team

Achievements
Preceded by1984 France	European Champions 1988 (First title)	Succeeded by1992 Denmark
Awards
Preceded byBrazil	FIFA Team of the Year 2000	Succeeded byHonduras

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4 Koeman 5 Blind 6 Wouters 7 Bergkamp 8 Rijkaard 9 Van Basten 10 Gullit (c) 11 Van 't Schip 12 Kieft 13 Menzo 14 Witschge 15 Winter 16 Bosz 17 De Boer 18 Jonk 19 Viscaal 20 Roy Coach: Michels v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 1996 1 Van der Sar 2 Reiziger 3 Blind (c) 4 Seedorf 5 Stam 6 De Boer 7 Taument 8 Davids 9 Kluivert 10 Bergkamp 11 Hoekstra 12 Winter 13 Numan 14 Witschge 15 Bogarde 16 De Goey 17 Cruyff 18 De Kock 19 Mulder 20 Cocu 21 Hesp 22 Veldman Coach: Hiddink v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2000 semi-finalists 1 Van der Sar 2 Reiziger 3 Stam 4 F. de Boer (c) 5 Zenden 6 Seedorf 7 Cocu 8 Davids 9 Kluivert 10 Bergkamp 11 Overmars 12 Van Bronckhorst 13 Konterman 14 Van Vossen 15 Bosvelt 16 R. de Boer 17 Van Hooijdonk 18 De Goey 19 Numan 20 Winter 21 Makaay 22 Westerveld Coach: Rijkaard v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2004 semi-finalists 1 Van der Sar 2 Reiziger 3 Stam 4 Bouma 5 Van Bronckhorst 6 Cocu 7 Van der Meyde 8 Davids 9 Kluivert 10 Van Nistelrooy 11 Van der Vaart 12 Makaay 13 Westerveld 14 Sneijder 15 De Boer (c) 16 Overmars 17 Van Hooijdonk 18 Heitinga 19 Robben 20 Seedorf 21 Bosvelt 22 Zenden 23 Waterreus Coach: Advocaat v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2008 1 Van der Sar (c) 2 Ooijer 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 Van Bronckhorst 6 De Zeeuw 7 Van Persie 8 Engelaar 9 Van Nistelrooy 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Melchiot 13 Timmer 14 Bouma 15 De Cler 16 Stekelenburg 17 De Jong 18 Kuyt 19 Huntelaar 20 Afellay 21 Boulahrouz 22 Vennegoor of Hesselink 23 Van der Vaart Coach: Van Basten v t e Netherlands squad – UEFA Euro 2012 1 Stekelenburg 2 Van der Wiel 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 Bouma 6 Van Bommel (c) 7 Kuyt 8 N. de Jong 9 Huntelaar 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Vorm 13 Vlaar 14 Schaars 15 Willems 16 Van Persie 17 Strootman 18 L. de Jong 19 Narsingh 20 Afellay 21 Boulahrouz 22 Krul 23 Van der Vaart Coach: Van Marwijk Netherlands FIFA World Cup squads v t e Netherlands squad – 1934 FIFA World Cup GK Halle GK Van Male GK Van der Meulen DF Van Diepenbeek DF Van Run DF Weber MF Anderiesen MF Van Heel (c) MF Oprinsen MF Paauwe MF Pellikaan FW Bakhuys FW Graafland FW Lagendaal FW Mijnders FW Mol FW Van Nellen FW Schoemaker FW Smit FW Vente FW Vrauwdeunt FW Wels Coach: Glendenning v t e Netherlands squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup GK Van Male GK Michel DF Been DF Caldenhove DF Plenter DF Punt DF Weber MF Anderiesen MF Van Heel (c) MF Hogenbirk MF Paauwe MF Pijpers FW De Boer FW Drok FW De Harder FW Ooms FW Smit FW Van Spaandonck FW Van der Veen FW Vente FW Wels FW De Winter Coach: Glendenning v t e Netherlands squad – 1974 FIFA World Cup runners-up 1 Geels 2 Haan 3 Van Hanegem 4 Van Ierssel 5 Israël 6 Jansen 7 De Jong 8 Jongbloed 9 Keizer 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Krol 13 Neeskens 14 Cruijff (c) 15 Rensenbrink 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Schrijvers 19 Strik 20 Suurbier 21 Treijtel 22 Vos Coach: Michels v t e Netherlands squad – 1978 FIFA World Cup runners-up 1 Schrijvers 2 Poortvliet 3 Schoenaker 4 Van Kraay 5 Krol (c) 6 Jansen 7 Wildschut 8 Jongbloed 9 Haan 10 R. van de Kerkhof 11 W. van de Kerkhof 12 Rensenbrink 13 Neeskens 14 Boskamp 15 Hovenkamp 16 Rep 17 Rijsbergen 18 Nanninga 19 Doesburg 20 Suurbier 21 Lubse 22 Brandts Coach: Happel v t e Netherlands squad – 1990 FIFA World Cup 1 Van Breukelen 2 Van Aerle 3 Rijkaard 4 R. Koeman 5 Van Tiggelen 6 Wouters 7 E. Koeman 8 Vanenburg 9 Van Basten 10 Gullit (c) 11 Witschge 12 Kieft 13 Rutjes 14 Van 't Schip 15 Roy 16 Hiele 17 Gillhaus 18 Fraser 19 Van Loen 20 Winter 21 Blind 22 Menzo Coach: Beenhakker v t e Netherlands squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup 1 De Goey 2 F. de Boer 3 Rijkaard 4 Koeman (c) 5 Witschge 6 Wouters 7 Overmars 8 Jonk 9 R. de Boer 10 Bergkamp 11 Roy 12 Bosman 13 Van der Sar 14 Van Gobbel 15 Blind 16 Numan 17 Taument 18 Valckx 19 Van Vossen 20 Winter 21 De Wolf 22 Snelders Coach: Advocaat v t e Netherlands squad – 1998 FIFA World Cup fourth place 1 Van der Sar 2 Reiziger 3 Stam 4 F. de Boer (c) 5 Numan 6 Jonk 7 R. de Boer 8 Bergkamp 9 Kluivert 10 Seedorf 11 Cocu 12 Zenden 13 Ooijer 14 Overmars 15 Bogarde 16 Davids 17 Van Hooijdonk 18 De Goey 19 Van Bronckhorst 20 Winter 21 Hasselbaink 22 Hesp Coach: Hiddink v t e Netherlands squad – 2006 FIFA World Cup 1 Van der Sar (c) 2 Jaliens 3 Boulahrouz 4 Mathijsen 5 Van Bronckhorst 6 Landzaat 7 Kuyt 8 Cocu 9 Van Nistelrooy 10 Van der Vaart 11 Robben 12 Kromkamp 13 Ooijer 14 Heitinga 15 De Cler 16 Maduro 17 Van Persie 18 Van Bommel 19 Vennegoor of Hesselink 20 Sneijder 21 Babel 22 Timmer 23 Stekelenburg Coach: Van Basten v t e Netherlands squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup runners-up 1 Stekelenburg 2 Van der Wiel 3 Heitinga 4 Mathijsen 5 Van Bronckhorst (c) 6 Van Bommel 7 Kuyt 8 De Jong 9 Van Persie 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Boulahrouz 13 Ooijer 14 De Zeeuw 15 Braafheid 16 Vorm 17 Elia 18 Schaars 19 Babel 20 Afellay 21 Huntelaar 22 Boschker 23 Van der Vaart Coach: Van Marwijk v t e Netherlands squad – 2014 FIFA World Cup third place 1 Cillessen 2 Vlaar 3 De Vrij 4 Martins Indi 5 Blind 6 De Jong 7 Janmaat 8 De Guzmán 9 Van Persie (c) 10 Sneijder 11 Robben 12 Verhaegh 13 Veltman 14 Kongolo 15 Kuyt 16 Clasie 17 Lens 18 Fer 19 Huntelaar 20 Wijnaldum 21 Depay 22 Vorm 23 Krul Coach: Van Gaal Netherlands Summer Olympics Squads v t e Netherlands football squad – 1908 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists GK Beeuwkes GK La Chapelle DF Heijning DF Otten MF Gonsalves MF Heijting MF Kok MF De Korver MF Mundt (c) MF Sol FW Van den Berg FW De Bruijn Kops FW Reeman FW Van Renterghem FW Snethlage FW Thomée FW Welcker Coach: Chadwick v t e Netherlands football squad – 1912 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists GK Van Eek GK Göbel DF Bouman DF Feith DF Wijnveldt MF Boutmy MF Fortgens MF De Korver (c) MF Lotsij MF Van der Nagel MF De Wolf FW Bouvy FW Van Breda Kolff FW Ten Cate FW De Groot FW Von Heijden FW Houtkooper FW Van der Sluis FW Vos Coach: Chadwick v t e Netherlands football squad – 1920 Summer Olympics – Bronze medalists GK MacNeill GK Tempel DF Dénis DF Van der Kluft DF Verweij MF Boerdam MF Bosschart (c) MF Kuipers MF Legger MF Van Linge MF Steeman MF De Vries FW Van Beurden FW Bieshaar FW E. J. Bulder FW J. Bulder FW Van Dort FW Groosjohan FW Von Heijden FW De Natris FW Peereboom FW Van Rappard Coach: Warburton v t e Netherlands men's football squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Velthuizen 2 Zuiverloon 3 Marcellis 4 Jaliens 5 Pieters 6 Luijckx 7 De Guzmán 8 Emanuelson 9 Makaay 10 Sibon 11 Babel 12 Maduro 13 Jong-a-Pin 14 Sno 15 Drenthe 16 Beerens 17 Bakkal 18 Vermeer Coach: De Haan v t e UEFA European Championship winners 1960:  Soviet Union 1964:  Spain 1968:  Italy 1972:  West Germany 1976:  Czechoslovakia 1980:  West Germany 1984:  France 1988:  Netherlands 1992:  Denmark 1996:  Germany 2000:  France 2004:  Greece 2008:  Spain 2012:  Spain 2016:  Portugal 2020:  Italy 2024:  Spain v t e Football in the Netherlands Overview Association League system Clubs 'Big Three' Stadiums Champions Players Top scorers Managers Referees Footballer of the Year International Men Netherlands B team U-21 U-19 U-17 U-16 Variants (Beach Futsal) Women Netherlands women W U-19 W U-17 Leagues Men Eredivisie (1956–) Eerste Divisie (1956–) Tweede Divisie (1956–71, 2016–) Derde Divisie (2010–) Vierde Divisie (1974–) Eerste Klasse (1890–) Tweede Klasse (1890–) Derde Klasse (1898-) Vierde Klasse (1923–) Vijfde Klasse (1996–) Zesde Klasse (1996–2015) Zevende Klasse (1996–2010) Achtste Klasse (1996–2001) Women BeNe League (with Belgium, 2012–15) Eredivisie (2007–12, 2015–) Topklasse (2011–) Hoofdklasse (1973–) Eerste Klasse (1994–) Tweede Klasse Derde Klasse Vierde Klasse Vijfde Klasse Futsal Eredivisie Futsal Hoofdklasse Cups Men Johan Cruyff Shield (1949–) KNVB Cup (1898–) KNVB Amateur Cup (1980–2016) KNVB Reserve Cup (1997–2012) KNVB District Cup (1959–) Women BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium, 2011–13) KNVB Women's Cup (1980–) Tournaments Men Amsterdam Tournament (1975–2009) Copa Amsterdam Eurovoetbal Feyenoord Tournament (1978–91) Future Cup Otten Cup v t e National football teams of Europe (UEFA) Active Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands North Macedonia Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales Defunct Czechoslovakia East Germany Ireland (1882–1950) Saarland Soviet Union (CIS) Yugoslavia (FR Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro) v t e International association football FIFA Federations Teams Competitions World Rankings The Best FIFA Football Awards Timeline Most successful clubs World (FIFA) FIFA World Cup U-20 U-17 FIFA Confederations Cup FIFA Gold Cup Olympic Games Youth Olympic Games Asia (AFC) AFC Asian Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 AFC Challenge Cup AFC Solidarity Cup Asian Games Regional ASEAN CAFA EAFF SAFF WAFF Arabian Gulf Cup East Asian Games Far Eastern Games South Asian Games Southeast Asian Games West Asian Games Africa (CAF) CAF Africa Cup of Nations U-23 U-20 U-17 CAF African Nations Championship African Games Regional CECAFA COSAFA UNIFFAC WAFU Central African Games Indian Ocean Island Games North America (CONCACAF) CONCACAF Gold Cup U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 CONCACAF Championship CONCACAF Nations League CONCACAF Cup NAFC Championship CCCF Championship Central America and Caribbean Games Regional North American Nations Cup Copa Centroamericana CFU Championship Caribbean Cup LIFA Cup WIFA Cup Central America Games South America (CONMEBOL) CONMEBOL Copa América U-23 U-20 U-17 U-15 South American Games Regional Bolivarian Games Oceania (OFC) OFC Nations Cup U-23 U-19 U-17 Regional Melanesia Cup Polynesia Cup Pacific Games Pacific Mini Games Europe (UEFA) UEFA European Championship U-21 U-19 U-17 UEFA Nations League Regional Central European Cup Balkan Cup Baltic Cup British Home Championship Nordic Championship Inter-Continental CONMEBOL–UEFA Cup of Champions CPF Panamerican Championship CAF-AFC Afro-Asian Cup of Nations AFC–OFC Challenge Cup FIFA Arab Cup Palestine Cup Kuneitra Cup Overseas Cup Afro-Asian Games Arab Games Francophone Games GANEFO Goodwill Games Islamic Games Islamic Solidarity Games Lusofonia Games Mediterranean Cup Mediterranean Games Pan American Games Non-FIFA CONIFA World Football Cup CONIFA European Football Cup CONIFA South America Football Cup CONIFA Africa Football Cup FIFI Wild Cup UIAFA Great European Tournament Island Games Micronesian Games Universiade World Unity Football Alliance See also Geography Codes Player/Club of the Century Women's football v t e National sports teams of the Netherlands A1 GP American football Badminton Bandy M W Baseball M M U18 W Basketball M M U20 M U18 M U16 M 3x3 W W U20 W U19 W U17 W 3x3 Beach handball Beach soccer Cricket M M U19 W Field hockey M M U21 W W U21 Floorball Football M M 21 M U19 M U17 W W U19 W U17 CP Futsal Goalball M W Gymnastics Handball M W W-J W-Y Ice hockey M M U20 M U18 W W U18 Korfball Motorcycle Pitch and putt Racquetball Rollball Roller hockey Rugby league M W Rugby union M M U20 M7 W W7 Softball M W W U18 Speedway M longtrack Squash M W Tennis M W X Volleyball M M U21 M U19 W W U23 W U21 W U19 Water polo M W Wheelchair basketball M W Wheelchair handball Olympics Paralympics European Games

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• European national association football teams
• UEFA European Championship-winning countries
• Football teams in the Netherlands