Soccer World Cup 2010 / Netherlands

This article covers the Dutch national team at the 2010 Soccer World Cup in South Africa .

Scene from the game Netherlands - Denmark during the preliminary round match of the 2010 World Cup

The runner-up from 1974 and 1978 made the new attempt at the world championship title with Bondscoach Bert van Marwijk , who had replaced Marco van Basten after the EM 2008 . Oranje was the first team from Europe to qualify on June 6th, 2009. After the convincing preliminary round of the European Championship (EM) and the disappointing end in the quarter-finals, the qualification for the World Cup once again aroused great expectations. In the country that had been settled by the Dutch since the middle of the 17th century , the second international title should finally be won. For the draw, the Dutch team was surprisingly set as one of the group heads. The FIFA departed from their last practiced system under which the rankings in recent international tournaments were included in the ranking, and depended on the world rankings, where the Dutch team were out at the time of the draw to third. They were thus given preference over France and Portugal . They were drawn from Denmark from Europe , Japan from Asia and Cameroon from Africa . Denmark was the penultimate opponent before the Euro 2008; back then there was a 1-1 draw in Eindhoven ; the Japanese defeated Oranje 3-0 in their first meeting in September 2009; Cameroon last played in Rotterdam in May 2006 when they won 1-0. At the beginning of March 2010, the KNVB extended van Marwijk's contract by two years until after the European Championships in 2012 , also to ensure certainty and calm in the team in this regard. In March 2010, the bond coach saw his team as one of the title candidates alongside “ Spain , Brazil and outsider England ”. It was like in 2002 with the then UEFA Cup winner Feyenoord : Back then, “we didn't have the best players, but we certainly had the best team”.

The direct preparations for the World Cup began on May 10, 2010 in Hoenderloo . First eighteen players came together for joint training. From May 19 to 31, 2010, the entire provisional squad went to a training camp in Seefeld , Austria , during which the team won an international match against World Cup participants Mexico in Freiburg thanks to two goals from Van Persies 2-1. Further preparation games will follow in early June against Germany 's group opponents Ghana and Hungary .

qualification

The Dutch were able to secure first place in their qualification group 9 without losing points. The team showed itself to be perfectly fit in the games, especially on the defensive; only in Macedonia and Iceland the opponent was able to record its own hit. Also in the friendly games of the seasons 2008/09 and 2009/10 the performance of the defense was a guarantee that since the first game against Australia (1: 2) until the end of 2009 no game was lost; however, the last three games of 2009, again against the Socceroos and against Italy and Paraguay , all ended 0-0.

Macedonia	-	Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 0)
Netherlands	-	Iceland	2: 0 (1: 0)
Norway	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)
Netherlands	-	Scotland	3: 0 (2: 0)
Netherlands	-	Macedonia	4: 0 (3: 0)
Iceland	-	Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 2)
Netherlands	-	Norway	2: 0 (1: 0)
Scotland	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)

• The goals were scored by Huntelaar (3), Kuyt (3), van Bommel (2), van der Vaart (2), Elia , Heitinga , de Jong , Mathijsen , Ooijer , van Persie and Robben .

Closing table

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	17: 2	24
2	Norway	9: 7	10
3	Scotland	6:11	10
4th	Macedonia	5:11	7th
5	Iceland	7:13	5

Dutch contingent

On May 11, 2010, national coach Bert van Marwijk announced his preliminary 30-man squad. With his line-up, he put an end to rumors of Ruud van Nistelrooy's comeback . The appointments of Jeremain Lens and Vurnon Anita , who neither had previously played in the senior national team, came as a bit of a surprise . At the end of the first training phase in Hoenderloo , the Bondscoach cut the three midfielders Otman Bakkal , Wout Brama and David Mendes da Silva . Four other outfield players were canceled on May 27 after the friendly against Mexico: in addition to the two newcomers Anita and Lens, these were Orlando Engelaar and Ron Vlaar .

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Maarten Stekelenburg	Ajax Amsterdam	09/22/1982	7th	0	1	0	0
16	Michel Vorm	FC Utrecht	10/20/1983	0	0	0	0	0
22nd	Sander Boschker	FC Twente Enschede	10/20/1970	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Gregory van der Wiel	Ajax Amsterdam	02/03/1988	5	0	3	0	0
3	John Heitinga	Everton FC	11/15/1983	7th	0	1	1	0
4th	Joris Mathijsen	Hamburger SV	04/05/1980	6th	0	1	0	0
5	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Feyenoord Rotterdam	02/05/1975	7th	1	2	0	0
12	Khalid Boulahrouz	VfB Stuttgart	12/28/1981	2	0	1	0	0
13	André Ooijer	PSV Eindhoven	07/11/1974	1	0	1	0	0
15th	Edson Braafheid	Celtic Glasgow	04/08/1983	1	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Mark van Bommel	FC Bayern Munich	04/22/1977	7th	0	2	0	0
8th	Nigel de Jong	Manchester City	11/30/1984	6th	0	3	0	0
10	Wesley Sneijder	Inter Milan	06/09/1984	7th	5	1	0	0
11	Arjen Robben	FC Bayern Munich	01/23/1984	5	2	2	0	0
14th	Demy de Zeeuw	Ajax Amsterdam	05/26/1983	2	0	0	0	0
17th	Eljero Elia	Hamburger SV	02/13/1987	6th	0	0	0	0
18th	Stijn Schaars	AZ Alkmaar	01/11/1984	0	0	0	0	0
20th	Ibrahim Afellay	PSV Eindhoven	04/02/1986	3	0	0	0	0
23	Rafael van der Vaart	real Madrid	02/11/1983	5	0	1	0	0
striker
7th	Dirk Kuyt	Liverpool FC	07/22/1980	7th	1	1	0	0
9	Robin van Persie	Arsenal FC	08/06/1983	7th	1	2	0	0
19th	Ryan Babel	Liverpool FC	December 19, 1986	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	AC Milan	08/12/1983	4th	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Bert van Marwijk		05/19/1952

Crew quarters

During the World Cup, the Dutch team moved to their base camp in the sports complex of Wits University in Johannesburg . The players and delegation stayed at the Sandton Hilton .

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	5: 1	9
2	Japan	4: 2	6th
3	Denmark	3: 6	3
4th	Cameroon	2: 5	0

The Netherlands were one of the few group favorites that made it through the preliminary round with ease. All three games were won and even if the Dutch weren't brilliant, they determined the game against all opponents. Apart from the Netherlands, only Argentina reached the round of 16 without losing points.

• Monday June 14, 2010; 1:30 p.m. in Johannesburg (Soccer City) Netherlands - Denmark 2: 0 (0: 0)
  

• Saturday June 19, 2010; 1.30 p.m. in Durban, Netherlands - Japan 1: 0 (0: 0)
  

• Thursday June 24, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Cape Town Cameroon - Netherlands 1: 2 (0: 1)
  

For details, see Football World Cup 2010 # Group E

Final round

For details see Football World Cup 2010 / final round

Round of 16

• Monday June 28, 2010; 16:00 in Durban Netherlands - Slovakia 2: 1 (1: 0)
  

Quarter finals

• Friday July 2, 2010; 16:00 in Port Elizabeth Netherlands - Brazil 2: 1 (0: 1)
  

Semifinals

• Tuesday July 6, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Cape Town Uruguay - Netherlands 2: 3 (1: 1)
  

final

• Sunday July 11, 2010; 8:30 p.m. in Johannesburg (Soccer City) Netherlands - Spain 0: 1 a.d.
  

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bert van Marwijk verlengt tot en met EK 2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , KNVB website of March 2, 2010  
2. ↑ 'Twintig spelers zeker van WK'  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , OnsOranje website of the KNVB from March 16, 2010  
3. ↑ Van Persie grote man bij Oranje , De Telegraaf of May 26, 2010
4. ↑ WK-voorbereiding gaat van start ( Memento of the original from May 11, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , OnsOranje website of the KNVB  
5. ↑ Drie afvallers bij Oranje ( Memento of the original from May 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , OnsOranje website of the KNVB from May 14, 2010  
6. ↑ Het kwartet afvallers in beeld , De Telegraaf of May 27, 2010
7. ↑ Sfeer proeven in Zuid-Afrika ( Memento of the original from February 10, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , OnsOranje website of the KNVB from December 4, 2009