Association football team

The Netherlands national football team ( dutch : Het Nederlands Elftal ) has represented the Netherlands in external men ‘s football matches since 1905. The national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association ( KNVB ), the governing body for football in the Netherlands, which is a character of UEFA, and under the legal power of FIFA. They are wide considered one of the best national teams in global football and widely regarded as one of the greatest national teams of all time. Most of the Netherlands ‘ base matches are played at the Johan Cruyff Arena and the Stadion Feijenoord. The team is colloquially referred to as Het Nederlands Elftal ( The Dutch Eleven ) or Oranje, after the House of Orange-Nassau and their classifiable orange jerseys. Like the country itself, the team is sometimes ( besides colloquially ) referred to as Holland. The fan clubhouse is known as “ Het Oranje Legioen ” ( The Orange Legion ). [ 6 ]

The Netherlands has competed in ten FIFA World Cups, appearing in the finals three times ( in 1974, 1978 and 2010 ). They have besides appeared in ten-spot UEFA European Championships, winning the 1988 tournament in West Germany. additionally, the team won a tan decoration at the Olympic tournament in 1908, 1912 and 1920. The Netherlands has long-standing football rivalries with neighbours Belgium and Germany .

history [edit ]

1905 Netherlands team 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 sexual conquest was 1–1. Because the match was for the Coupe van hideout Abeele it went into overtime, during which Eddy de Neve scored three times, making the score 4–1 for the Netherlands. [ 7 ] Some historians attribute one of the goals scored to Willem Hesselink. [ 8 ] In 1908, the Netherlands competed in their first gear official tournament appearance at the Summer Olympics in London. They received a bronze decoration after losing to Great Britain in the semifinals, before defeating Sweden in the bronze medal match 2–0. [ 9 ] At the Olympic Games in 1912 and 1920, the Dutch finished with the tan decoration as they lost to Denmark and Belgium in the respective tournaments. [ 10 ] [ 11 ] The Dutch reached the semi-finals at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris after winning against Romania and Ireland. In the semi-final, they gave up a one-goal leave, scored by Kees Pijl, to lose 2–1 versus Uruguay and were relegated to the third-place playoff for the fourth time, [ 12 ] losing to Sweden in a play back. [ 13 ]
After being eliminated in the first round at the 1928 Summer Olympics on home turf, [ 14 ] they skipped the first World Cup in 1930 due to the cost of travel from Europe to South America. [ 15 ] The team made their first appearance at a FIFA World Cup in 1934 where they took on Switzerland. Kick Smit was the foremost goalscorer for the Netherlands in a World Cup. The team was eliminated in the open turn by Switzerland 3–2. [ 16 ] A second appearance at the 1938 World Cup resulted in a first-round elimination against Czechoslovakia. [ 17 ] After the second World War, the Dutch qualified for only two external tournaments before the 1970s : the 1948 Summer Olympics in Great Britain and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Finland. They suffered early elimination, losing to the hosts in 1948 [ 18 ] and Brazil in 1952. [ 19 ]
During the 1970s, sum football ( dutch : Totaalvoetbal ) was invented, pioneered by Ajax and led by playmaker Johan Cruyff and national team head coach Rinus Michels. The Dutch made significant strides, qualifying for two World Cup finals in the ten. Carlos Alberto, captain of the brazilian team that won the 1970 FIFA World Cup said, “ 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 lapp to me … Their ‘carousel ‘ style of play was amazing to watch and marvelous for the game. ” [ 20 ] In 1974, the Netherlands beat both Brazil and Argentina in the second group stage, reaching the final for the first clock in their history. however, they lost to West Germany in the final in Munich, despite having gone improving 1–0 through Johan Neeskens ‘ early penalty kick before a german had even touched the ball. however, a converted penalty by Paul Breitner and the winner from Gerd Müller, led to a victory for the Germans. [ 21 ]
The 1976 european Championship the Netherlands qualified for their first european backing after beating Belgium in the quarterfinals. They were matched in the semifinals by Czechoslovakia who kept Cruyff and Van Hanegem within arms-length of another musician as they defeated the Dutch in extra time. [ 22 ] The Dutch finished in third place after defeating the hosts ( Yugoslavia ) in supernumerary time. [ 23 ] In 1978, the Netherlands qualified for the World Cup in Argentina. The team was missing Johan Cruyff due to a kidnapping try, [ 24 ] and Wim van Hanegem. But the squad still had players like Jan Jongbloed, Wim Suurbier and Ruud Krol from the previous World Cup. [ 25 ] After finishing runner-up in Group 4 behind Peru, they recorded wins against Austria and Italy to set up a final with Argentina. After a controversial start, with Argentina questioning the plaster mold on René van de Kerkhof ‘s wrist, the catch headed to extra fourth dimension where the dutch lost 3–1 after two extra prison term goals from Mario Kempes and Daniel Bertoni. [ 26 ]

failure before european champions [edit ]

Euro ’80 was the stopping point tournament for which the Total Football team qualified. Despite the tournament format being expanded that class they did not advance past the group degree as they finished behind Czechoslovakia by finish difference. [ 27 ] Veterans such as Krol and Rensenbrink retired soon afterwards and the Dutch team hit a moo item in their history : they missed the 1982 World Cup in Spain, Euro 1984 in France, and the 1986 World Cup in Mexico. They failed qualifying for Euro 1984 by virtue of goals scored when Spain scored twelve in the final examination game against Malta. Because both teams had the lapp goal difference ( +16 ), Spain qualified having scored two more goals than the Dutch. [ 28 ] During the qualification degree for the 1986 World Cup the Dutch finished in second place and advanced to the playoffs against neighbor Belgium. After losing the first peg 1–0 in Brussels, they held a 2–0 lead at Rotterdam with a few minutes remaining. But Georges Grun ‘s header in the 84th infinitesimal resulted in the Netherlands elimination as Belgium advanced to the World Cup on aside goals. [ 29 ] [ 30 ]
The 1988 trophy on display in Amsterdam Rinus Michels returned, with his technical adjunct Nol de Ruiter, to coach the team for Euro 1988 in West Germany. After losing the first group couple 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 the Republic of Ireland ( 1–0 ). For many Dutch football supporters, the most significant equal in the tournament was the semi-final against West Germany, the host nation, considered as retaliation for the 1974 World Cup concluding ( besides in West Germany ). Van Basten scored in the 89th moment to sink the german side. [ 31 ] The Netherlands won the concluding with a victory over the USSR with a header by Ruud Gullit and a volley by Van Basten. This was the home team ‘s first major tournament winnings. [ 32 ] The Netherlands was one of the favourites for the 1990 World Cup tournament in Italy until Thijs Libregts was replaced by Leo Beenhakker in a late management interchange. [ 33 ] After this, the dutch scored merely two goals in the group stage which featured England, Egypt and the Republic of Ireland. After finishing the group stage with identical records, the Netherlands and the Republic of Ireland drew lots to determine which team would finish second. The Netherlands had the rugged draw against West Germany, while the Republic of Ireland took Romania. [ 34 ] The match against West Germany is by and large remembered for the skewer incident involving Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler as the Netherlands were defeated 2–1. [ 31 ] The team reached the semifinals in the Euro 1992 in Sweden, which was noted for the emergence of Dennis Bergkamp. They were eliminated by eventual champions Denmark, however, when Peter Schmeichel saved Van Basten ‘s gripe in the penalty gunfight. [ 35 ] This was Van Basten ‘s last major tournament. He suffered a good ankle injury shortly after, and finally retired at historic period 30 in 1995. It was besides the last hurrah for Rinus Michels, who returned for one final spell in load of the team before retiring for well after the tournament ended. Dick Advocaat took over from Michels on the understand that he would be replaced by Johan Cruyff the pursuit class. [ 36 ] But after talks between Cruyff and the KNVB broke depressed, Advocaat remained in cathexis of the home team for the World Cup. [ 37 ] In the 1994 World Cup in the United States, in the absence of the injured Van Basten and the striker Ruud Gullit, [ 38 ] 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. [ 39 ]

second golden generations : 1996–2014 [edit ]

After finishing irregular in their euro 1996 group, they played France in the quarter-finals. With the seduce nil all, the match went to penalties. Clarence Seedorf ‘s shot in the one-fourth round of golf was stopped by french goalkeeper Bernard Lama, but the goal by Laurent Blanc eliminated the Netherlands. [ 40 ] After they finished top of the qualifying group, they were drawn in Group E of the 1998 World Cup. With the Dutch team featuring Dennis Bergkamp, Marc Overmars, Phillip Cocu, Edgar Davids, Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer and Kluivert, they reached the semifinals where they again lost on penalties, this time to Brazil. Falling behind early in the second one-half before an 87th-minute goal from Patrick Kluivert gave the dutch fans hope, they lost 4–2 on penalties, and then lost the third-place playoff to Croatia. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] Soon afterwards, director Guus Hiddink resigned to be replaced by Frank Rijkaard. The Netherlands co-hosted Euro 2000 with Belgium and won all three games in the group stage and then defeated FR Yugoslavia 6–1 in the quarter-finals. In the semifinals, italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo made two penalty gunfight saves to eliminate the Netherlands. The team failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup after all-important losses to Portugal and the Republic of Ireland, prompting coach Louis vanguard Gaal to resign. [ 43 ]
Dick Advocaat became the national bus for the Netherlands for the second gear time in January 2002. [ 44 ] His first match was a 1–1 draw against England in Rotterdam. [ 45 ] The national team finished second place in their qualify group for the 2004 Euros. Having to play in the playoffs after losing to the Czech Republic, [ 46 ] they knocked off Scotland with a 6–0 win in the second leg to qualify for the 2004 tournament. [ 47 ] The tournament saw the dutch gain it to the semifinals where they lost to the hosts in Portugal. [ 48 ] Heavy criticism of his manage of the national team precede Advocaat to quit. [ 49 ] The Netherlands qualified for the 2006 World Cup under new coach Marco van Basten. They were eliminated in the second round after losing 1–0 to Portugal. The pit produced 16 jaundiced cards, matching the World Cup record for most cautions in one game set in 2002, and set a new World Cup record of four bolshevik cards, two per side ; [ 50 ] it was nicknamed “ the Battle of Nuremberg “ by the bid. [ 51 ] Despite criticism surrounding his survival policy and the lack of attacking football from his team, Van Basten was offered a biennial extension to his compress by the KNVB. This allowed him to serve as national coach during Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. [ 52 ] The Netherlands qualified for Euro 2008, where they were drawn in the “ Group of Death “, together with France, Italy and Romania. [ 53 ] They began with a 3–0 winnings over earth champions Italy in Bern, their first victory over the Italians since 1978. They then beat France by 4–1 to qualify for the second round, and went on winning the group on nine points after beating Romania 2–0 with ( chiefly ) their reserve players. however, they then lost in the quarter-finals to Guus Hiddink ‘s Russia 3–1, with Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring an 86th-minute equalizer to force extra time, where the Russians scored twice. Following the tournament, Van Basten resigned having accepted the function at Ajax. [ 54 ]
Netherlands – France at Euro 2008 Netherlands – Denmark at the 2010 World Cup Under new bus Bert van Marwijk, the Dutch went on to secure a 100 % record in their World Cup 2010 reservation campaign to qualify for the World Cup. After they had well qualified with utmost points in Group E [ 55 ] and Slovakia [ 56 ] in the round of 16, they took on Brazil in the quarter-finals. After trailing 1–0 at half-time, Wesley Sneijder scored two goals in the second half to advance the team to the semifinal where they beat uruguay 3–2. [ 57 ] They advanced to their first World Cup final since 1978 but fell to Spain 1–0 after midfielder Andrés Iniesta scored in extra time. [ 58 ] From August to September 2011, the team was ranked number one in the FIFA World Rankings, [ 59 ] becoming the second national football team, after Spain, to top the rankings without previously winning a World Cup. For Euro 2012, the Netherlands were placed in Group B with Germany, Portugal and Denmark, dubbed the tournament ‘s “ Group of Death ”. [ 60 ] The Netherlands lost all three of its matches. Dutch football legend Johan Cruyff criticised the team ‘s leading players for hapless build up dally and boggy execution of the easy passes. [ 61 ] [ 62 ] Manager Bert vanguard Marwijk resigned after the disappointment. [ 63 ] Louis van Gaal became the director for the moment time. In the 2014 World Cup UEFA qualifying attack, the Netherlands won nine games and drew one, topping the group and earning automatic pistol qualification. They were drawn into Group B, aboard Spain, Chile and Australia. The team avenged their 2010 frustration by defeating claim holders Spain 5–1 in their open match, with Robin van Persie and Arjen Robben scoring two goals each and Stefan de Vrij the other. [ 64 ]
The Dutch team leaves the field after losing to Argentina at the 2014 World Cup. After finishing top of Group B, the Dutch defeated Mexico 2–1 in the polish of 16, with Wesley Sneijder equalising deep in the match and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scoring a controversial penalty after a foul on Arjen Robben in blockage clock. [ 65 ] In the quarter-finals, where they faced Costa Rica, the Dutch had many shots on goal but could not score ; the match finished in a 0–0 draw after extra time. The Netherlands won the ensuing penalty gunfight 4–3. This was due in large part to backup goalkeeper Tim Krul who was brought on equitable before the end of extra time and made two saves. This marked the first fourth dimension in World Cup history a goalkeeper was brought onto the field entirely to participate in a gunfight. [ 66 ] The semi-final against Argentina saw the Netherlands having a dependable probability to score from Arjen Robben while containing Lionel Messi as it remained scoreless after extra time. however, in penalty kicks, the Dutch were eliminated 4–2, with Ron Vlaar and Wesley Sneijder having their spot kicks saved by Sergio Romero. [ 67 ] The Netherlands won the third-place pit against hosts Brazil. Van Gaal, who successfully motivated the team after their semi-final elimination, [ 68 ] received praise for getting more out of the young and inexperienced Netherlands police squad than many expected. [ 69 ] [ 70 ]

refuse and recovery : 2014–present [edit ]

Guus Hiddink followed Van Gaal as director for the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign. On 29 June 2015, Hiddink resigned and was succeeded by adjunct Danny Blind. The Netherlands finished fourth in their group failing to qualify for the European Championship for the beginning time since 1984, and missing a major tournament for the foremost clock time since the 2002 World Cup. [ 71 ] The team ‘s hapless form continued into the 2018 World Cup qualifiers, finally resulting in Blind being dismissed after a 2–0 defeat to Bulgaria in March 2017. After the return of Dick Advocaat as coach, the Netherlands failed to qualify for the 2018 FIFA World Cup, finishing third base in Group A behind France and Sweden. [ 72 ] In February 2018, Advocaat was replaced by Ronald Koeman, on a narrow until the summer of 2022. [ 73 ] The Netherlands qualified for League A in the UEFA Nations League where they would qualify to the final four after drawing with Germany on the final examination match day, beating France by neck and neck records. [ 74 ] The Dutch team all in England in the semi-final of the Nations League, but lost 1–0 in the final examination against Portugal. [ 75 ] The Netherlands qualified for the UEFA Euro 2020 Championships on 16 November 2019 after drawing against Northern Ireland, [ 76 ] marking their tenth engagement in the UEFA Euro championships. Following the qualification, Ronald Koeman resigned from the team to coach FC Barcelona, finally to be succeeded by Frank de Boer. Without Ronald Koeman in bang, the Dutch struggled in the raw Nations League season, where they joined Poland, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Italy. The Netherlands won 1–0 at home by courtesy of Steven Bergwijn after a difficult bet on where Poland played very defensive against the Netherlands. [ 77 ] however, besides at the home ground, the Dutch fell by the lapp score to Italy and lost their moderate military position to the Italians a well. [ 78 ] Eventually, the Dutch improved, and obtained authoritative wins over Bosnia at dwelling and Poland away, but a disappointing away draw to Bosnia proved crucial. Despite a strong display in their end group match against Italy, the match in Bergamo resulted in yet another draw. The Netherlands came within a point of progressing but finally failed to acquire the ticket for the 2021 UEFA Nations League Finals. [ 79 ] [ 80 ] [ 81 ] [ 82 ] At Euro 2020, the Dutch played their group matches at home at the Johan Cruijff Arena in Amsterdam, beating Ukraine 3–2, Austria 2–0 and North Macedonia 3–0. however, the tournament ended in disappointment for the dutch once more, as they were beaten 2–0 by the Czech Republic in their round of 16 necktie in Budapest, after a Matthijs de Ligt red card. Two days later, De Boer left his place. [ 83 ] He was replaced by Louis avant-garde Gaal, who came out of retirement to return for a third spell in charge of the side. [ 84 ]

team image [edit ]

Kits and crest [edit ]

The Netherlands national football team excellently plays in bright orange shirts. orange is the historic national color of the Netherlands, originating from one of the many titles of the ruling head of state, Prince of Orange. The stream Dutch aside shirt is black. The lion on the crest is the Netherlands ‘ national and royal animal and has been on the peak since 1907 when they won 3–1 over Belgium. [ 85 ] nike is the national team ‘s kit supplier, a sponsorship that began in 1996 and is contracted to continue until at least 2026. [ 86 ] Before that the team was supplied by Adidas and Lotto. [ 87 ]

Kit suppliers [edit ]

Rivalries [edit ]

profoundly rooted in anti-German opinion due to the occupation of the Netherlands by Germany during World War II, the Netherlands ‘ long-time football rival is Germany. Beginning in 1974, when the dutch lost the 1974 World Cup to West Germany in the final examination, the competition between the two nations has become one of the best-known in international football. [ 88 ] [ 89 ] To a lesser extent, the Netherlands maintains a competition with their other neighbor, Belgium ; a Belgium–Netherlands repair is referred to as a low Countries derby. They have played in 126 matches as of May 2018 with the two competing against each other regularly between 1905 and 1964. This has diminished due to the ascend of semi-professional football. [ 90 ]

Media coverage [edit ]

The Netherlands national football team matches have broadcast on Nederlandse Omroep Stichting which includes all friendlies, Nation League and World Cup qualifiers. The newest shrink is a four-year batch until 2022. [ 91 ]

home stadiums [edit ]

The Dutch national team does not have a national stadium but plays largely at the Johan Cruyff Arena in Amsterdam. It played server to the first Dutch international bet on back on March 29, 1997, with a 1998 World Cup reservation couple against San Marino which the Netherlands won 4–0. [ 92 ] It was formally called the Amsterdam Arena until 2018 when it was renamed in memory of Johan Cruyff. [ 93 ] Over the last few years, De Kuip in Rotterdam has hosted matches more regularly. occasionally, matches will take position at Philips Stadion in Eindhoven and the De Grolsch Veste in Enschede. [ 94 ]

Results and fixtures [edit ]

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

The follow matches were played or are scheduled to be played by the home team in the past or in the approaching 12 months. The meter in the Netherlands is shown first. If the local anesthetic time is different, it will be displayed below .

2021 [edit ]

2022 [edit ]

Coaching staff [edit ]

Coaching history [edit ]

There has been thirty-eight different managers who have taken the character as director of the Netherlands national football team with their beginning coach being Cees van Hasselt in the beginning match against Belgium back in 1905. [ 95 ] Bob Glendenning holds the read for being the longest in charge with sixteen years in cathexis of the national team between 1925 and 1940. He has besides managed the Netherlands team the most times in history with 87 matches, twenty five more than second located coach Dick Advocaat. Advocaat has the most wins as coach, with 37 to Glendenning ‘s 36. [ 96 ]

Players [edit ]

stream police squad [edit ]

The follow 24 players were part of the police squad for the 2022 FIFA World Cup qualification matches against Montenegro and Norway on 13 and 16 November 2021, respectively. [ 97 ] [ 98 ]

Information correct as of 16 November 2021, after the match against  Norway

recent call-ups [edit ]

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

individual records [edit ]

actor records [edit ]

As of 11 October 2021[99]
Players in bold text are still active with the Netherlands.

Most capped players [edit ]

Wesley Sneijder is the Netherlands ‘ most capped player with 134 appearances .

top goalscorers [edit ]

Striker Robin avant-garde Persie is the Netherlands ‘ top scorekeeper with 50 goals .

coach records [edit ]

  • Most Wins: Dick Advocaat 37 wins
  • Longest reign: Bob Glendenning 15 Years
  • Most reigns: Rinus Michels 4 reigns

team records [edit ]

competitive record [edit ]

Overview
Event 1st place 2nd place 3rd place 4th place
FIFA World Cup 0 3 1 1
UEFA European Championship 1 0 4 0
Olympic Games 0 0 3 1
UEFA Nations League 0 1 0 0
Total 1 4 8 2

FIFA World Cup [edit ]

The Netherlands ‘ first two tournament appearances at the 1934 and the 1938 editions saw them lose their beginning round matches to Switzerland ( 1934 ) and Czechoslovakia ( 1938 ). [ 100 ] [ 101 ] After not qualifying for the following six World Cups, they qualified for the 1974 FIFA World Cup in West Germany. There, with the use of “ full football ” tactics, they recorded their first winnings in World Cup rival against Uruguay. They qualified through to the second round off where a succeed on the final examination peer day secured the Netherlands a point in the final. They lost to West Germany 2–1 with Gerd Müller scoring the fetching finish for the Germans. [ 21 ] The Netherlands once again made the 1978 FIFA World Cup final with the team finishing second in the group behind Peru. After finishing crown of the all-European group in the second round, they met Argentina in the final examination. Argentina protested René van de Kerkhof ‘s forearm plaster cast. After that protest, the game went to extra time where Argentina won 3–1 after scoring two goals in extra time. [ 26 ] The 1990 edition saw the Netherlands not win a single game throughout the tournament, scoring merely two goals in the group stage. After finishing with an identical record with the Republic of Ireland, they were split by drawing of lots. The Dutch took on West Germany losing 2–1 in Milan. [ 34 ] [ 102 ] 1994 saw the Netherlands knocked out in the quarter-final stage as they lost to eventual champions Brazil with Branco ‘s beastly free-kick sending them out. [ 39 ] After qualifying from their group with five points, the dutch made the trailer truck finals of the 1998 edition where they once again lost to the Brazilians. This fourth dimension it was by penalties ; Phillip Cocu and Ronald de Boer ‘s shots missed the goal to give Brazil a descry in the concluding. The Netherlands went on to finish in one-fourth identify after losing to Croatia in the third-place playoff. [ 103 ] In 2006, the Netherlands made it to the cycle of 16 where, in what was called the “ Battle of Nuremberg ” they lost by a single goal to Portugal. The Dutch were given seven yellow cards. [ 51 ] The follow edition, in 2010, saw the team modify to the smasher stage by finishing atop Group E. After defeating Slovakia 2–1 in the attack of 16, they came back from an early goal by Robinho to defeat Brazil 2–1 in the quarter-finals as Wesley Sneijder scored a bivalent. [ 56 ] [ 57 ] In the semi-final, they defeated Uruguay in a bully game for the Dutch, making their first World Cup final since 1978. [ 104 ] In the final, they took on Spain. During convention time, the Dutch had plenty of chances to win the game, the closest being in the 62nd minute when Sneijder guess wide. Spain ‘s winning goal came off a play in the 116th infinitesimal after the Netherlands went down to ten men. [ 105 ] [ 58 ] In 2014, the Netherlands finish atop Group B with wins over Spain, Australia and Chile. [ 106 ] In the cycle of 16 equal against Mexico, the Netherlands came back from a goal down to manage a 2–1 gain in arrest time with Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scoring a controversial penalty. [ 65 ] In the quarter-finals, they defeated Costa Rica on penalties however they lost to Argentina on penalties in the semi-final. The Netherlands took bronze in the tournament after defeating host nation Brazil 3–0 in the third-place playoff. [ 66 ] [ 107 ] Champions Runners-up Third position Fourth position

FIFA World Cup record reservation record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
Uruguay1930 Did not enter Declined participation
Italy1934 Round of 16 9th 1 0 0 1 2 3 Squad 2 2 0 0 9 4
France1938 Round of 16 14th 1 0 0 1 0 3 Squad 2 1 1 0 5 1
Brazil1950 Did not enter Declined participation
Switzerland1954
Sweden1958 Did not qualify 4 2 1 1 12 7
Chile1962 3 0 2 1 4 7
England1966 6 2 2 2 6 4
Mexico1970 6 3 1 2 9 5
West Germany1974 Runners-up 2nd 7 5 1 1 15 3 Squad 6 4 2 0 24 2
Argentina1978 Runners-up 2nd 7 3 2 2 15 10 Squad 6 5 1 0 11 3
Spain1982 Did not qualify 8 4 1 3 11 7
Mexico1986 8 4 1 3 13 7
Italy1990 Round of 16 15th 4 0 3 1 3 4 Squad 6 4 2 0 8 2
United States1994 Quarter-finals 7th 5 3 0 2 8 6 Squad 10 6 3 1 29 9
France1998 Fourth place 4th 7 3 3 1 13 7 Squad 8 6 1 1 26 4
South KoreaJapan2002 Did not qualify 10 6 2 2 30 9
Germany2006 Round of 16 11th 4 2 1 1 3 2 Squad 12 10 2 0 27 3
South Africa2010 Runners-up 2nd 7 6 0 1 12 6 Squad 8 8 0 0 17 2
Brazil2014 Third place 3rd 7 5 2 0 15 4 Squad 10 9 1 0 34 5
Russia2018 Did not qualify 10 6 1 3 21 12
Qatar2022 Qualified 10 7 2 1 33 8
CanadaMexicoUnited States2026 To be determined To be determined
Total Runners-up 10/21 50 27 12 11 86 48 128 84 24 20 307 97
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA european backing [edit ]

UEFA european championship record reservation record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
France1960 Did not enter Did not enter
Spain1964 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 6 5
Italy1968 6 2 1 3 11 11
Belgium1972 6 3 1 2 18 6
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia1976 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 4 5 Squad 8 6 0 2 21 9
Italy1980 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4 Squad 8 6 1 1 20 6
France1984 Did not qualify 8 6 1 1 22 6
West Germany1988 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 8 3 Squad 8 6 2 0 15 1
Sweden1992 Semi-finals 3rd 4 2 2 0 6 3 Squad 8 6 1 1 17 2
England1996 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 2 1 3 4 Squad 11 7 2 2 25 5
BelgiumNetherlands2000 Semi-finals 3rd 5 4 1 0 13 3 Squad Qualified as hosts
Portugal2004 Semi-finals 3rd 5 1 2 2 7 6 Squad 10 7 1 2 21 12
AustriaSwitzerland2008 Quarter-finals 6th 4 3 0 1 10 4 Squad 12 8 2 2 15 5
PolandUkraine2012 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 5 Squad 10 9 0 1 37 8
France2016 Did not qualify 10 4 1 5 17 14
Europe2020 Round of 16 9th 4 3 0 1 8 4 Squad 8 6 1 1 24 7
Germany2024 To be determined To be determined
Total 1 Title 10/16 38 20 8 11 65 41 112 73 15 24 261 88
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
**Gold background colour indicates that the tournament was won.
***Red border colour indicates that the tournament was held on home soil.

Olympic Games [edit ]

Olympic Games record
Year Round Pld W D L GF GA Squad
United Kingdom1908 Third place 2 1 0 1 2 4 Squad
Sweden1912 Third place 4 3 0 1 17 8 Squad
Belgium1920 Third place 4 2 0 2 9 10 Squad
France1924 Fourth place 5 2 1 2 11 7 Squad
Netherlands1928 First round 1 0 0 1 0 2 Squad
Germany1936 Did not enter
United Kingdom1948 First round 2 1 0 1 6 5 Squad
Finland1952 Preliminary round 1 0 0 1 1 5 Squad
Australia1956 Did not enter
Italy1960
Japan1964
Mexico1968
West Germany1972
Canada1976
Soviet Union1980
United States1984 Did not qualify
South Korea1988
Spain1992
United States1996
Australia2000
Greece2004
China2008 Quarter-finals 4 1 2 1 4 4 Squad
United Kingdom2012 Did not qualify
Brazil2016
Japan2020
Total 8/25 27 10 3 10 50 45

Football at the Summer Olympics has been an under-23 tournament since 1992 (with three players of over 23 years of age allowed in the squad).

UEFA Nations League [edit ]

( training match tournament )

*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
**Group stage played home and away. Flag shown represents host nation for the finals stage.

FIFA Rankings [edit ]

Last update was on 19 December 2019. source : [ 108 ] The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking – Associations – Netherlands – man ‘s – FIFA.com Worst Ranking Best Ranking Worst Mover Best Mover

Netherlands ‘s FIFA world rankings
Rank Year Games
played
Won Drawn Lost Best Worst
Rank Move Rank Move
7 1993 7 5 1 2 2 Increase 5 16 Decrease 9
6 1994 15 9 3 3 2 Increase 9 11 Decrease 6
6 1995 9 5 0 4 5 Increase 12 17 Decrease 9
9 1996 11 6 3 2 6 Increase 7 13 Decrease 5
22 1997 7 4 1 2 4 Increase 4 22 Decrease 10
11 1998 15 8 5 2 6 Increase 19 25 Decrease 11
19 1999 9 0 7 2 8 Increase 3 19 Decrease 3
8 2000 14 9 4 1 8 Increase 13 21 Decrease 2
8 2001 10 6 3 1 7 Increase 2 10 Decrease 1
6 2002 7 6 1 0 6 Increase 4 15 Decrease 6
4 2003 11 6 3 2 4 Increase 2 7 Decrease 3
6 2004 17 8 5 4 4 Increase 1 6 Decrease 1
3 2005 11 7 3 1 2 Increase 2 7 Decrease 1
7 2006 14 6 4 4 3 Increase 0 6 Decrease 3
9 2007 12 7 3 2 5 Increase 2 9 Decrease 3
3 2008 15 6 3 6 3 Increase 5 10 Decrease 1
3 2009 11 5 3 3 2 Increase 1 3 Decrease 1
2 2010 17 15 1 1 2 Increase 2 4 Decrease 1
2 2011 11 6 2 2 1 Increase 1 2 Decrease 1
8 2012 13 7 1 6 2 Increase 2 8 Decrease 4
9 2013 12 7 5 0 5 Increase 4 9 Decrease 4
5 2014 17 9 3 5 3 Increase 12 15 Decrease 4
14 2015 9 4 1 4 5 Increase 2 16 Decrease 7
22 2016 11 5 3 3 14 Increase 4 26 Decrease 12
20 2017 11 8 0 3 20 Increase 9 36 Decrease 11
14 2018 10 4 4 2 14 Increase 2 21 Decrease 1
14 2019 10 7 1 2 12 Increase 1 16 Decrease 2
  1. ^ note that this catch is not considered to be a full international by the English Football Association, and does not appear in the records of the England team, because professional football had already been introduced in England at that prison term. In the Netherlands, however, professional football was not introduced until 1954. Before then, players who left the Netherlands to turn pro in another area were banned from the home team .
  2. ^ 1974, 1984–1985, 1986–1988, 1990–1992

References [edit ]