Soccer World Cup 2019 / Netherlands

Football Women's World Cup 2019 : Netherlands
Trainer	Sarina Glotzbach-Wiegman
captain	Sari van Veenendaal
Qualified as	Winner of the European Playoffs
Tournament result	Vice world champion
Games won	6th
Games tie	0
Games lost	1
Gates	11: 5

This article is about the Dutch women's national football team at the 2019 Women's World Cup in France . The Netherlands took part in the finals for the second time and for the first time as European champions. The Netherlands and Jamaica needed the most games (12) to qualify. With the second place after defeat in the final against defending champion USA, the Dutch women achieved their best World Cup placement and the greatest improvement in the all-time ranking of all participants by climbing from 19th to 12th place.

qualification

Opponents in the qualification were Ireland , Northern Ireland , Norway and Slovakia . The group winners could qualify directly, the group runner-up would be qualified for the playoff games for another World Cup starting place if he were one of the four best runners-up in the group.

The Dutch women, who won the European Championship for the first time in August 2017, started with a 1-0 win against their supposedly strongest rival Norway, with the goal not falling until the final minute. This was followed by a 5-0 win in Slovakia and a goalless draw against Ireland. They then won the next games against Northern Ireland 7-0, in Ireland 2-0, in Northern Ireland 5-0 and against Slovakia 1-0 with a goal in the final minute, but after the defeat the Norwegians in the Netherlands won all games, the last game in Norway was decisive for winning the group. A draw would have been enough for the Dutch women to be group winners. After six minutes of play it was already 0: 2 and since Vivianne Miedema could only score the next goal, the Norwegians pulled past and qualified directly for the World Cup finals. As the best runner-up in the group, however, the Dutch women reached the playoffs of the four best runners-up in the group. It came in the semifinals against Denmark for the European Championship final. But as in the European Championship final, the Dutch women were able to prevail and moved into the playoff final with two wins (2-0 and 2-1). Switzerland was the opponent here. In the home game, the Dutch women won 3-0 after a goalless first half, so that 1-1 in the second leg meant qualifying for the World Cup. The Dutch played 83 minutes outnumbered, as Anouk Dekker received the red card in the seventh minute after an emergency brake and is therefore banned from the first World Cup group game.

A total of 21 players were used, of which 18 were already in the squad for the 2017 European Championship. Of these, Dominique Bloodworth , Lieke Martens , Shanice van de Sanden and Sherida Spitse took part in all twelve games. As four years earlier, Vivianne Miedema (7) scored the most goals for the Dutch team . Sherida Spitse followed with 6, Lineth Beerensteyn with 5 (three of them in the playoffs) and Lieke Martens with 4 goals. A total of eight Dutch players scored 29 goals in qualifying, and they also benefited from an own goal by a Northern Irish woman, which fell 7-0 in the final minute.

Games

Group stage

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	8th	7th	0	1	022: 400	+18	21st
2.	Netherlands	8th	6th	1	1	022: 200	+20	19th
3.	Ireland	8th	4th	1	3	010: 600	+4	13
4th	Northern Ireland	8th	1	0	7th	004:270	−23	03
5.	Slovakia	8th	1	0	7th	004:230	−19	03

October 24, 2017	Groningen	Netherlands	-	Norway	1: 0 (0: 0)	Miedema
11/24/2017	Senec	Slovakia	-	Netherlands	0: 5 (0: 3)	Miedema (2), van der Gragt (2), Spitse
11/28/2017	Nijmegen	Netherlands	-	Ireland	0-0
04/06/2018	Eindhoven	Netherlands	-	Northern Ireland	7: 0 (4: 0)	Martens (2), Spitse (2), Miedema, van de Sanden , Simpson (own goal)
04/10/2018	Dublin	Ireland	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 2)	Beerensteyn , Spitse
06/08/2018	Portadown	Northern Ireland	-	Netherlands	0: 5 (0: 1)	Beerensteyn, van de Donk , Groenen , van de Sanden, Spitse
06/12/2018	Heerenveen	Netherlands	-	Slovakia	1: 0 (0: 0)	Martens
04.09.2018	Oslo	Norway	-	Netherlands	2: 1 (2: 1)	Miedema; Herlovsen , Syrstad Engen

Playoffs

Round 1

October 5, 2018 in Rat Verlegh Stadium , Breda	Netherlands	-	Denmark		2: 0 (2: 0)	Beerensteyn, van de Sanden
October 9, 2018 in Energi Viborg Arena , Viborg	Denmark	-	Netherlands		1: 2 (1: 1)	Beerensteyn (2); Nadia Nadim (penalty)

round 2

09 November 2018 in the Galgenwaard Stadium , Utrecht	Netherlands	-	Switzerland		3: 0 (0: 0)	Martens, Miedema, Spitse
November 13, 2018 in LIPO Park , Schaffhausen	Switzerland	-	Netherlands		1: 1 (0: 0)	Miedema; So

preparation

In preparation for the World Cup, the Dutch played against World Cup newcomer South Africa on January 19, 2019 in Cape Town and won 2-1. It was Sherida Spitse by their 156th international match record national of the Netherlands. At the end of February / beginning of March, the team took part in the Algarve Cup 2019 , but could not defend the title from the previous year . After defeats against Spain (0: 2) and Poland (0: 1) it was only enough to play for 11th place against China , which was won 4: 2 on penalties after a 1-1 draw. Here made Lieke Martens her 100th international. The 11th place is the worst placement of a participating continental champion in the history of the Algarve Cup and the worst placement of a participating winner from last year. In April the Dutch won 2-0 against Mexico in Arnhem and then in Alkmaar 7-0 against World Cup newcomers Chile . On June 1st, Australia were the last opponent before the World Cup in Eindhoven and were defeated 3-0.

Squad

On April 10, Sarina Glotzbach-Wiegman announced a preliminary roster as the first coach. The final roster had to be submitted to FIFA by May 24, but was not changed after that.

No.	Player	birth date	debut	society	Country games	Country goals	Last use	World Cup games (World Cup goals)	World Cup 2019
									Sp.
goal
23	Loes Geurts	01/12/1986	2005	Kopparbergs / Gothenburg FC	123	00	04/09/2019	3
16	Lize Kop	03/17/1998	2019	Ajax Amsterdam	001	00	04.03.2019
01	Sari van Veenendaal	04/03/1990	2011	Arsenal Women FC	053	00	06/01/2019	1	7th
Defense
20th	Dominique Bloodworth	January 17, 1995	2014	Arsenal Women FC	047	00	06/01/2019	1	7th	1
04th	Merel van Dongen	02/11/1993	2015	Real Betis	027	01	06/01/2019	3	6th
05	Kika van Es	10/11/1991	2009	Ajax Amsterdam	058	00	06/01/2019		3
03	Stefanie van der Gragt	08/16/1992	2013	FC Barcelona	056	07th	06/01/2019	4th	5	1	1
18th	Danique Kerkdijk	05/01/1996	2015	Bristol City WFC	014th	00	06/01/2019
02	Desiree van Lunteren	12/30/1992	2012	Sc freiburg	070	00	04/09/2019	4th	7th
22nd	Liza van der Most	10/08/1993	2014	Ajax Amsterdam	014th	00	06/01/2019
midfield
10	Daniëlle van de Donk	08/05/1991	2010	Arsenal Women FC	089	16	06/01/2019	3	7th		1
14th	Jackie Groenen	12/17/1994	2016	1. FFC Frankfurt	047	02	06/01/2019		7th	1
15th	Inessa Kaagman	04/17/1996	2019	Everton FC	002	00	04.03.2019
09	Vivianne Miedema	07/15/1996	2013	Arsenal Women FC	075	58	06/01/2019	4th	7th	3
12	Victoria Pelova	06/03/1999	2018	ADO The Hague	003	00	02/27/2019
19th	Jill Roord	04/22/1997	2015	FC Bayern Munich	041	03	06/01/2019	0	7th	1	1
08th	Sherida Spitse	May 29, 1990	2006	Vålerenga	162	30th	06/01/2019	4th	7th		1/1
attack
21st	Lineth Beerensteyn	10/11/1996	2016	FC Bayern Munich	040	09	06/01/2019	0	7th	1
06th	Anouk Dekker	11/15/1986	2009	HSC Montpellier	077	06th	04/05/2019	3	4th	1	1
17th	Ellen Jansen	10/06/1992	2010	Ajax Amsterdam	015th	01	04/09/2019
13	Renate Jansen	December 07, 1990	2010	FC Twente	036	03	06/01/2019		1
11	Lieke Martens	12/16/1992	2011	FC Barcelona	103	42	06/01/2019	4 (1)	7th	2
07th	Shanice van de Sanden	10/02/1992	2005	Olympique Lyon	064	17th	06/01/2019	1	7th
Coaching staff
Bondscoach	Sarina Glotzbach-Wiegman	10/26/1969	2015	KNVB	099	05			7th

1. ↑ Numbers according to the FIFA squad list
2. ↑ As of April 2019
3. ↑ ^{a b} As of June 1, 2019
4. ↑ At the 2015 World Cup
5. ↑ ^{a b} As a player

In addition, a reserve list with the following players was named: Cheyenne van den Goorbergh (FC Twente), Barbara Lorsheyd (ADO Den Haag), Aniek Nouwen (PSV), Katja Snoeijs (PSV), Ashleigh Weerden (FC Twente), Jennifer Vreugdenhil ( Valencia) and Siri Worm (Everton).

draw

Le Havre (VR) Reims (VR) Valenciennes (VR + VF) Rennes (AF) Lyon (HF + F)

Venues for the Dutch team

For the World Cup group draw that took place on December 8, 2018, the Netherlands was allocated Pot 2 based on its position in the FIFA world rankings of December 7, 2018. The team could thus meet world champions USA, Germany or hosts France in the group games. Ultimately, the team was drawn into Group E, where, like at the last World Cup, they will meet Canada and New Zealand and for the first time Cameroon.

Against Canada, the record is negative in twelve games with three draws and nine defeats. At the last World Cup, the two separated 1: 1. The Dutch lost the last game between the two in April 2016 in Eindhoven with 1: 2. Against New Zealand, however, the record is positive with three wins, two draws (including one win on penalties) and defeats. At the last World Cup, the Dutch won their opening game against New Zealand 1-0 and the last game, three days before the last defeat against Canada, was won (2-0), which made the balance positive.

Group games

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	006: 200	+4	09
2.	Canada	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	06th
3.	Cameroon	3	1	0	2	003: 500	−2	03
4th	New Zealand	3	0	0	3	001: 500	−4	00

Tuesday, June 11, 2019 in Le Havre
New Zealand	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)
Saturday, June 15, 2019 in Valenciennes
Netherlands	-	Cameroon	3: 1 (1: 1)
Thursday, June 20, 2019 in Reims
Netherlands	-	Canada	2: 1 (0: 0)

Knockout round

As group winners, the Dutch met Asian champions Japan, runners-up in Group D, in the last knockout round match. Both met in the round of 16 in 2015, where Japan won 2-1. Then there were three wins and one defeat for the Dutch women. In the last game at the Algarve Cup 2018 they won 6-2. With 2-1 through two goals from Lieke Martens , the Dutch women were able to return the favor for their defeat four years earlier. The winning goal fell in the final minute through a converted hand penalty. The winners of the quarter-finals were Italy, who had only three wins, five draws and seven defeats in 15 games - the last one in September 2005, followed by three wins and one draw. The European champions prevailed 2-0 against the southern Europeans and qualified for the Olympic Games for the first time . Opponents in the semi-finals were the Swedes, who were defeated 1-0 in extra time. In the final, the team lost to defending champions USA 2-0.

Tue., June 25, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Rennes
Netherlands	-	Japan	2: 1 (1: 1)
Sat. June 29, 2019 at 3:00 p.m. (CEST) in Valenciennes
Italy	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 0)
Wed., July 3, 2019 at 9:00 p.m. (CEST) in Lyon
Netherlands	-	Sweden	1: 0 a.d.
7th July 2019 Lyon
United States	-	Netherlands	2: 0 (0: 0)

Awards

• Lieke Martens : Player of the game against New Zealand and Japan
• Vivianne Miedema : Player of the game against Cameroon and Italy
• Jackie Groenen : Player of the game against Sweden
• Sari van Veenendaal : Best goalkeeper of the tournament

Individual evidence

1. ↑ onsoranje.nl: OranjeLeeuwinnen begin WK-jaar met zege in Kaapstad
2. ↑ onsoranje.nl: Oranjevrouwen win laatste wedstrijd Algarve Cup na strafschoppen
3. ↑ onsoranje.nl: Oranjevrouwen in voorbereiding WK ​​naar Zuid-Afrika en Portugal
4. ↑ onsoranje.nl OranjeLeeuwinnen meet 'Matildas' in Eindhoven
5. ↑ onsoranje.nl: Wiegman maakt 23-koppige WK-selectie bekend
6. ↑ fifa.com: Pot allocation for World Cup draw according to the latest world rankings