The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the european Under-21 Championship, held every two years. Following the realignment of UEFA ‘s young competitions in 1976, the dutch Under-21 team was formed. The team did not have a very good criminal record, failing to qualify for nine of the fifteen tournaments. The team did not enter for the 1978 contest, but since then has reached the semi-finals doubly, and qualified for the last eight on three other occasions.
Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a biennial contest, technically it is an U-23 rival. For this rationality, the Netherlands ‘ record in the preceding U-23 competitions is besides shown. The first competitive match was in the “ Under-23 challenge ”, a match which they lost. The team qualified for the final eight of each of the three U-23 tournaments. In 2006 the Netherlands national under-21 football team of coach Foppe de Haan won the 2006 european Under-21 Championship. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar became acme scorer and musician of the tournament with four goals, and besides broke the all-time goalscoring record of 15 goals previously held by Roy Makaay and Arnold Jan Bruggink, in his last match with the team as he pushed this record to eighteen goals. The follow year, Netherlands national under-21 football team successfully defended their entitle by winning the 2007 european Under-21 Championship in the concluding against Serbia with 4–1. Maceo Rigters was the top scorer of the competition with four goals and Royston Drenthe was the Player of the Tournament. The win meant that the Netherlands qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team failed to qualify for the 2009 european Under-21 Championship, after losing out to Switzerland in their concluding modify match .
UEFA U-23 Championship commemorate [edit ]
The Netherlands were randomly chosen to play cards Bulgaria for the entitle in a one-off equal in Sofia, which the Netherlands lost .
- 17 April 1968: Bulgaria 3–1 Netherlands.
- 1972: Losing quarter-finalists.
- 1974: Losing quarter-finalists.
- 1976: Losing semi-finalists.
UEFA U-21 Championship Record [edit ]
Year
Round
1978
Did not enter
1980
Did not qualify
1982
Did not qualify
1984
Did not qualify
1986
Did not qualify
1988
Semi-finals
1990
Group stage
1992
Quarter-finals
1994
Did not qualify
1996
Did not qualify
1998
Fourth place
2000
Group stage
2002
Did not qualify
2004
Did not qualify
2006
Champions
2007
Champions
2009
Did not qualify
2011
Did not qualify
2013
Semi-finals
2015
Did not qualify
2017
Did not qualify
2019
Did not qualify
2021
Semi-finals
noteworthy players [edit ]
Olympic Games [edit ]
Results and fixtures 2017–2019 [edit ]
2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship [edit ]
qualification [edit ]
Group stage [edit ]
Rules for classification: Updated to match ( e ) played on nameless. source : UEFA Rules for classification : reservation tiebreakers
Players [edit ]
current team [edit ]
Players born in or after 1998 are eligible for the 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. The postdate players were called up for the 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship from 31 May 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Names in italics announce players who have been capped for the Senior team.
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Caps and goals updated as 6 October 2021. Clubs updated as of 6 October 2021
recent call ups [edit ]
The following players have previously been called up to the Netherlands under-21 police squad in the survive year and remain eligible .
Pos.
Player
Date of birth (age)
Caps
Goals
Club
Latest call-up
DF
Kik Pierie
(
2000-07-20
)20 July 2000 ( senesce 21 )
0
0
Twente
v. 
Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
MF
Mohamed Ihattaren
(
2002-02-12
)12 February 2002 ( historic period 19 )
0
0
Sampdoria
v. Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
INJ Withdrew due to injury.
PRE Preliminary police squad.
SEN Accepted call up to aged team .
individual all-time records [edit ]
placid active players are highlighted