Soccer World Cup 2015 / Netherlands

This article is about the Dutch women's national football team at the 2015 Women's World Cup in Canada . The Netherlands took part in the World Cup finals for the first time and benefited from the increase in the field to 24 teams. The Dutch women needed the most games of all qualified teams to qualify: 10 group games and four play-off games. The Dutch women won their first World Cup game and reached the knockout round in third place, but were eliminated from defending champions Japan. The World Cup also serves as qualification for the football tournament at the 2016 Olympic Games for the European teams . Since only the three best European teams qualify for it at the World Cup, direct qualification was missed with the round of 16.

qualification

Vivianne Miedema , top scorer in qualification

The Netherlands met in the European qualifying Group 5 on Albania , the first time took part in the qualifiers, Belgium , Greece , Norway and Portugal . The Netherlands came in second behind the Norwegians. The direct comparison was better, but due to a draw against neighboring Belgium, two points were missing for direct qualification.

The top scorer was Vivianne Miedema , who was just 18, with 16 goals. So she scored together with the Jamaican Shakira Duncan the most goals of all teams. But Duncan had scored 14 of the 16 goals in the pre-qualification and could not qualify with their team for the finals. Miedema made her first appearance in the senior national team in the first qualifying game and already managed a hat trick in the second game . In two other games you also get three goals each. In the meantime, Miedema led the Dutch U-19 team to their first European title with six goals and was also the top scorer there. Renée Slegers scored nine goals, five of them in the 10-1 win against Albania, and Lieke Martens and Manon Melis scored seven goals each . Coach Roger Reijners used a total of 26 players in the qualification. Of these, Lieke Martens, Sherida Spitse and Mandy van den Berg were used in all 14 games. Vivianne Miedema and Manon Melis were used thirteen times. Daphne Koster , still captain in the first four games, was no longer used from the fifth game. Stefanie van der Gragt took over her position and shirt number, and Mandy van den Berg became the captain. In the game against Greece on April 5, 2014, Eshly Bakker also made her first international match and scored the last goal of the game in the last minute of the game.

By successfully qualifying for the World Cup in December 2014, the Dutch women were able to improve their position in the FIFA world rankings to their best place to date, position 11.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	10	9	0	1	041: 500	+36	27
2.	Netherlands	10	8th	1	1	043: 600	+37	25th
3.	Belgium	10	6th	1	3	034:110	+23	19th
4th	Portugal	10	4th	0	6th	019:210	−2	12
5.	Greece	10	1	0	9	003:540	−51	03
6th	Albania	10	1	0	9	006:490	−43	03

Albania - Netherlands on September 26, 2013 in Tirana	00: 4 (0: 2)
0: 1, 0: 2, 0: 3 Melis (4th, 8th, 53rd), Slegers (90 + 1.)
Portugal - Netherlands on October 26, 2013 in Maia	00: 7 (0: 2)
0: 1, 0: 2 Slegers (2nd, 35th), 0: 3 Dekker (55th), 0: 4 Martens (63rd), 0: 5, 0: 6, 0: 7 Miedema (78th, 81st, 90 + 4.)
Netherlands - Norway on October 30, 2013 in Volendam	01: 2 (1: 2)
0: 1 Hansen (17th), 1: 1 Miedema (23rd), 1: 2 Stensland (36th)
Netherlands - Greece on November 23, 2013 in Rotterdam	07: 0 (4: 0)
1: 0, 5: 0 Martens (9th, 60th), 2: 0, 3: 0, 6: 0 Miedema (23rd, 29th, 64th), 4: 0 Melis (37th / penalty), 7-0 van den Berg (90.)
Netherlands - Belgium on February 12, 2014 in Zwolle	01: 1 (0: 0)
1: 0 Miedema (48th), 1: 1 Zeler (76th)
Greece - Netherlands on April 5, 2014 in Heraklion	00: 6 (0: 3)
0: 1 Melis (7th), 0: 2 Middag (32nd), 0: 3 Miedema (41st), 0: 4 van den Berg (47th), 0: 5 Spitse (65th), 0: 6 Bakker (90.)
Netherlands - Albania on April 10, 2014 in Helmond	10: 1 (5: 1)
1: 0 van den Heiligenberg (4th), 2: 0, 3: 0, 4: 0, 7: 1, 10: 1 Slegers (28th, 31st, 32nd, 79th, 90 + 3rd), 5: 0 Gjini (41st / own goal), 5: 1 Rrahmani (45 + 4th / penalty), 6: 1, 8: 1 Martens (78th, 82nd), 9: 1 Bakker (90 + 1st)
Belgium - Netherlands on May 7, 2014 in Leuven	00: 2 (0: 2)
0: 1 Miedema (9th), 0: 2 Slegers (19th)
Netherlands - Portugal on September 13, 2014 in Venlo	03: 2 (1: 0)
1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 2 Miedema (28th, 54th, 68th), 1: 1 Silva (52nd), 2: 2 Luís (61st)
Norway - Netherlands on September 17, 2014 in Nadderud	00: 2 (0: 0)
0: 1 Anouk Dekker (68.), 0: 2 Daniëlle van de Donk (76.)

After the group games, the Dutch women qualified as the best runners-up for the playoff games of the four best runners-up.

Semi-finals

Edinburgh October 25, 2014	Scotland	-	Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 2)
0: 1 Martens (10th), 0: 2 Melis (23rd / penalty), 1: 2 Little (49th)
October 30, 2014 in Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Scotland	2: 0 (0: 0)
1-0 Martens (51st), 2-0 Melis (77th)

Finals

November 22, 2014 in The Hague	Netherlands	-	Italy	1: 1 (0: 1)
0: 1 Gabbiadini (19th), 1: 1 Miedema (54th)
November 27, 2014 in Verona	Italy	-	Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 2)
0: 1, 0: 2 Miedema (9th, 43rd), 1: 2 van der Gragt (53rd / own goal)

The team

Contingent

The provisional squad was named on April 15, 2015. The final squad of 23 players (including three goalkeepers), which had to be communicated to the FIFA general secretariat at least ten working days before the opening match, was announced on May 10th. In this was Claudia van den Heiligenberg , who was then replaced by Shanice van de Sanden in the squad published by FIFA .

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	World Cup 2015
								Sp.	Gates
goal
23	Angela Christ	03/06/1989	2009	PSV / FC Eindhoven	013	00	03/11/2015	0	0	0	0	0
1	Loes Geurts	01/12/1986	2005	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	107	00	06/23/2015	3	0	0	0	0
16	Sari van Veenendaal	04/03/1990	2011	FC Twente	014th	00	06/11/2015	1	0	0	0	0
Defense
4th	Mandy van den Berg	08/26/1990	2010	LSK Kvinner	062	03	06/23/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
12	Dyanne Bito	08/10/1981	2000	SC Telstar	146	06th	05/20/2015	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Merel van Dongen	02/11/1993	2015	Ajax Amsterdam	008th	01	06/23/2015	3	0	0	0	0
18th	Maran van Erp	December 3rd, 1990	2015	PSV / FC Eindhoven	001	00	05/20/2015	0	0	0	0	0
3	Stefanie van der Gragt	08/16/1992	2013	SC Telstar	026th	01	06/23/2015	4th	0	1	0	0
5	Petra Hogewoning	03/26/1986	2004	Ajax Amsterdam	099	00	06/11/2015	2	0	0	0	0
13	Dominique Janssen	January 17, 1995	2014	SGS Essen	007th	00	06/15/2015	1	0	0	0	0
midfield
10	Daniëlle van de Donk	08/05/1991	2010	PSV / FC Eindhoven	040	06th	06/23/2015	3	0	1	0	0
14th	Anouk Hoogendijk	05/06/1985	2004	Ajax Amsterdam	102	09	05/30/2015	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Vanity Lewerissa	04/01/1991	2015	Standard Liège M	005	00	05/30/2015	0	0	0	0	0
2	Desiree van Lunteren	12/30/1992	2012	Ajax Amsterdam	026th	00	06/23/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
9	Vivianne Miedema	07/15/1996	2013	FC Bayern Munich M	027	19th	06/23/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
20th	Jill Roord	04/22/1997	2015	FC Twente	005	01	05/20/2015	0	0	0	0	0
8th	Sherida Spitse	May 29, 1990	2006	LSK Kvinner	109	15th	06/23/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
19th	Kirsten van de Ven	05/11/1985	2004	FC Rosengård	085	17th	06/23/2015	3	2	0	0	0
attack
6th	Anouk Dekker	11/15/1986	2009	FC Twente	042	05	06/23/2015	3	0	0	0	0
11	Lieke Martens	12/16/1992	2011	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	054	21st	06/23/2015	4th	1	1	0	0
7th	Manon Melis	08/31/1986	2004	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	128	55	06/23/2015	4th	0	0	0	0
17th	Tessel Middag	December 23, 1992	2012	Ajax Amsterdam	027	03	06/23/2015	3	0	0	0	0
22nd	Shanice van de Sanden	10/02/1992	2005	FC Twente	016	03	05/30/2015	1	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Bondscoach	Roger Reijners	02/10/1964	2010	KNVB				4th		0	0	0

1. ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list (published on May 28, 2015)
2. ↑ Status: April 24, 2015 (M = champions of the 2014/15 season, in the Scandinavian leagues the season runs from spring to autumn and is interrupted for the World Cup.)
3. ↑ ^{a b} Status: June 11, 2015

Players who were only in the preliminary roster

Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use
goal
Barbara Lorsheyd	03/26/1991	-	ADO The Hague	000	00	-
Renate Verhoeven	06/28/1995	-	Standard Liège M	000	00	-
Defense
Inessa Kaagman	04/17/1986	-	Ajax Amsterdam	000	00	-
Danique Kerkdijk	05/01/1996	-	FC Twente	000	00	-
Myrtle Moorrees	12/12/1994	-	PSV / FC Eindhoven	000	00	-
midfield
Claudia van den Heiligenberg	03/25/1985	2007	Ajax Amsterdam	096	08th	03/11/2015
Maayke Heuver	07/26/1990	2012	FC Twente	016	01	03/12/2014
Marthe Munsterman	02/19/1993	2015	FC Twente	001	00	05/20/2015
attack
Eshly Bakker	02/10/1993	2014	Ajax Amsterdam	006th	03	03/06/2015
Lineth Beerensteyn	10/11/1996	-	ADO The Hague	000	00	-
Renate Jansen	December 07, 1990	2010	ADO The Hague	004th	02	05/20/2015
Liza van der Most	10/08/1993	-	Ajax Amsterdam	000	00	-

1. ↑ Status: April 24, 2015 (M = champions of the 2014/15 season)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Status: May 20, 2015

preparation

On February 7, 2015, the Netherlands played a friendly against Thailand in Almelo and won 7-0, with Sherida Spitse making her 100th international match. For Thailand it was the first game in Europe. In March the team will again take part in the traditional Cyprus Cup and will face World Cup participants Australia (0: 1 on March 4, with Loes Geurts making their 100th international match) and England (1: 1 on March 9) and Finland (0-0 on March 6). In third place in the group, the Dutch met the Scottish women on March 11th, who they eliminated in the World Cup qualifying playoffs, but this time lost 3-1. In April the Dutch lost a test match in Iceland on the 4th with 1: 2, but then on the 8th they won 3: 2 in Norway . On May 20, a friendly against Estonia was won 7-0 that had never been played before. At the end of the preparations, the Dutch played against World Cup participants Sweden in Toronto and lost 2-1 after leading 1-0.

Games at the World Cup

Edmonton Montreal Vancouver (AF)

Venues

When the groups were drawn, the Dutch women were not seeded and were drawn to group A with host Canada. China and Oceania champions New Zealand were drawn as further opponents. According to their positions in the FIFA world rankings before the World Cup, this was the most even group: The Netherlands were in 12th place, the Canadians in 8th, China in 16 and New Zealand in 17; Group cut = 13.25. Canada and the Netherlands had to cover the greatest distance between the second and third preliminary round venues, almost 3,600 km overland or about four hours by flight.

The record against China was negative for 10 games before the World Cup: a win in the previous game on August 24, 2011 was matched by four draws and five defeats and it could not be improved either, because the second group game against China was scored in lost in stoppage time. The Dutch had also played ten times against Canada. Again, only one was won, three ended in a draw and six games were lost. The draw in the last group game at least didn't worsen the record. Against the Oceania champions, the balance in 5 games before the World Cup was negative: one win, two draws (with a win on penalties) and two defeats. However, only the first two games were lost and with the victory in the first World Cup game, the balance was balanced.

The Dutch women qualified as one of the four best thirds in the group for the round of 16. There, on June 23, 2015 in Vancouver the team will meet defending champions Japan , the winners of Group C, against whom the Dutch have lost three times in three games - most recently in 2008 at the first edition of the Cyprus Cup in the third place have to fly from Montreal in the east to the west coast, but with 8 days they have the largest break of all round of 16 participants, opponents Japan, who played the last group game in Winnipeg , but only one day less. They also lost in the fourth meeting with the Asians and thus also missed the direct Olympic qualification. You now have to determine the third European Olympic participant in playoff games with the teams from Norway , Switzerland and Sweden , who were also eliminated in the round of 16 .

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Canada	3	1	2	0	002: 100	+1	05
2.	China	3	1	1	1	003: 300	± 0	04th
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	04th
4th	New Zealand	3	0	2	1	002: 300	−1	02

Sat June 6, 2015 in Edmonton
New Zealand	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 1)
Thursday June 11, 2015 in Edmonton
China	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)
Mon., June 15, 2015, in Montreal
Netherlands	-	Canada	1: 1 (0: 1)

Knockout round

Tue., June 23, 2015 in Vancouver
Japan	-	Netherlands	2: 1 (1: 0)

Web links

• UEFA.com: Women's World Cup - All qualifying matches

Individual evidence

1. ↑ dfb.de: "Olympia in the jungle: Manaus will be a soccer location near Rio 2016"
2. ↑ fifa.com: "Germany replaces the USA at the top"
3. ↑ onsoranje.nl: "Voorlopige WK-selectie Oranjevrouwen"
4. ↑ fifa.com: "Regulations FIFA Women's World Cup Canada 2015 ™"
5. ↑ onsoranje.nl: "Reijners kiest WK-selectie Oranje"
6. ↑ onsoranje.nl: "Zevenklapper Oranje tegen Thailand" ( Memento from February 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
7. ↑ thefa.com: "Australia, Finland and Netherlands in store for Lions"
8. ↑ onsoranje.nl: "Vrouwen tegen IJsland en Noorwegen" ( Memento from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
9. ↑ onsoranje.nl: "Leeuwinnen walsen over Estonia heen" ( Memento from May 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ onsoranje.nl: "Oranjevrouwen oefenen tegen Zweden" ( Memento from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive )
11. ↑ svenskfotboll.se: "Sverige vände och vann VM-genrepet" ( Memento from June 1, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
12. ↑ framba.de: "Women's World Cup 2015: group draw degenerates into a farce" ( Memento from December 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive )