Dutch national football team

This article is about the Dutch men's national football team . The article Dutch national football team deals with the women ’s team, the article Dutch national football team (U-21 men) covers the U-21 team .

Netherlands
Nederland

Nickname (s)	Orange , Elftal
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond
confederacy	UEFA
Technical sponsor	Nike
Head coach	Dwight Lodeweges (interim)
Assistant coach	Fred Grim
captain	Virgil van Dijk (since 2018)
Record scorer	Robin van Persie (50)
Record player	Wesley Sneijder (134)
Home stadium	Johan Cruyff Arena
FIFA code	NED
FIFA rank	14. (1604 points) (as of July 16, 2020)
First jersey Second jersey
Balance sheet
808 games 408 wins 177 draws 224 defeats
statistics
First international match Belgium 1: 4 Netherlands ( Antwerp , Belgium ; April 30, 1905 )
Biggest win Netherlands 11-0 San Marino ( Eindhoven , Netherlands ; September 2, 2011 )
Biggest defeat Netherlands 2:12 England (amateurs) ( The Hague , Netherlands ; April 1, 1907 )
Successes in tournaments
World Championship
Participation in the finals	10 ( first : 1934 )
Best results	Second place in 1974 , 1978 , 2010
European Championship
Participation in the finals	9 ( first : 1976 )
Best results	European champion in 1988
Olympic games bronze 1908 bronze 1912 bronze 1920
(As of November 19, 2019)

The Dutch national football team ( netherlands : Nederlands voetbalelftal ) is the name of the football team in the Netherlands . Since 1905, 759 players competed for the team organized by the Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond . In 797 games , the Dutch national team reached 401 wins and 176 draws, and lost 221 games. So far she has participated in nine soccer world championships and eight European championships . Her greatest successes were the European championship title in 1988 , as well as three runner-up world championships in 1974 , 1978 and 2010 . The national team also won three bronze medals at the 1908 , 1912 and 1920 Olympic Games and came third at the 2014 World Cup . On August 24, 2011, the team led the FIFA world rankings alone for the first time. Due to the orange jerseys that have been traditional since December 21, 1907 and the ruling royal family of Orange- Nassau in the Netherlands , the team is also known as Oranje elftal (orange eleven) or Oranje for short , in German also incorrectly referred to as Oranjes in the plural .

history

Before the First World War

Beginnings of international football relations

International games played by Dutch teams have been shaped from the start by the "brotherly duels" with their neighbors from Belgium. Football contacts had existed since around 1890. On March 30th of that year, the oldest Belgian club, Royal Antwerp , which had been founded by the English and at that time had almost only English players, came to a game at Concordia in Rotterdam. The following year the “English Belgians” received a selection from the Dutch city. The later Minister of the Interior and Agriculture Jan Kan , who later recalled:

“When we arrived at the venue at nine in the morning, the honorary beer was already ready, followed by an opulent lunch, during which the beer flowed again. The game didn't start until 3:00 p.m. and we only got nine men on the field. We were able to achieve a draw - which is probably only owed to the fact that the opposing players had awarded the beer even more than we did. "

- Jan Kan

Further encounters between Dutch and Belgian, but also British teams followed. Sparta Rotterdam in particular was a pioneer in this regard.

The Dutch Football Association - known until 1895 as the Football and Athletics Association NVAB ( Nederlandsche Voetbal- en Athletic Bond ) - was founded as early as 1889 . Five years later, on February 6, 1894, the first international game of the NVAB was played. The selection of players from five clubs - who played in the shirts of their respective clubs for the encounter with FC Felixstowe , who had played a 1-1 draw at Sparta the day before - lost against the English with 0: 1. English teams were mostly the opponents of the Dutch selection in the following years, including village clubs like the one from Saxmundham , which the NVAB-Elf could defeat 9-2. Ultimately, however, the English teams were merely development workers who helped Dutch football get on its feet. On December 3, 1900, a Bondselftal with players from Ajax Leiden , HBS Craeyenhout , HVV Den Haag , RAP Amsterdam , Vitesse Arnheim and Victoria Wageningen competed against Preussen Berlin in The Hague - and won 5-1.

First official internationals

First Dutch national team in 1905 before the encounter in Belgium

In 1904 the NVB was one of the founders of FIFA, and in the same year the Belgian association played its first international match. Reason enough for the NVB to plan an international match as well. In the run-up, the team completed a training game against the English capital club London Caledonians on April 21, 1905 , which they lost 3-2. On April 30, 1905 there was the first official international match of a Dutch, and in this case really Dutch selection, because all players came from the two provinces of Noord- and Zuid-Holland : on the field of play stood with Stom (actually at HFC ), Lutjens (HVV) and de Neve (HBS) three players who were active at a military school in Breda and for the local Velocitas club, plus goalkeepers Beeuwkes , Lotsy and de Vos from the DFC and the Spartans de Korver and Boomsma . The Haarlemer Stol , Gleenewinkel Kamperdijk from HBS and HVV player Dolf Kessler as captain completed the first Elftal . The game in front of 800 spectators in Antwerp ended 4: 1 for the Netherlands, but only after an extension of 30 minutes, because after regular time it was 1: 1. All goals were scored by the Dutch - de Neve scored four times for “Holland”, Stom scored for the Belgians in their own goal. In this and the next games, the team did not wear orange jerseys, but white jerseys with red, white and blue stripes borrowed from the flag .

Scene in front of the Belgian goal from the second international match on May 14, 1905

The first was followed by three more games against the Belgians in 1905 and 1906, before the Dutch competed for the first time on April 1, 1907 against a selection from the soccer motherland. For the first time, the selection committee of the NVB invited players from the east of the kingdom to this match against the English amateur national team , namely Janssen from the Enschede club Prinses Wilhelmina , van Beek from Quick from Kampen and Blume from Quick from Nijmegen . Janssen replaced the playmaker de Korver previously used in all four games, making Ben Stom the first sole record international with his fifth appearance. In addition to Stom, goalkeeper Beeuwkes and van der Vinne , there were a total of eight debutants on the pitch. The English showed the Dutch their limits: after five minutes it was 0-2 before Blume cut the short cut. By half time the amateurs from the island increased to 5: 1 and in the end Beeuwkes had to reach eight times behind them. For three of the new national players, including van Beek and Blume, their international career was over.

After two more defeats against Belgium returned to the "revenge game" against the English on December 21, 1907 in Darlington de Korver under pressure from the press in the team, which was now composed only of Western players. For the match in England a new division had been designed: orange jerseys with a white border, white shorts, black socks with an orange-white border. Substitute goalkeeper La Chapelle stood between the posts for Beeuwkes and became the record goalkeeper for the Netherlands to concede the most goals to date - the first one a few seconds after kick-off, scored by Woodward . Eleven more followed until the final whistle, five of which were due to Stapley . The match ended 2:12, Ruffelse scored the 1: 5 and the last goal of the game. To date, it is the biggest defeat of a Dutch team, it was La Chapelle's only international match, although he was part of the squad at the Olympic Games the following year.

Development aid from an Englishman

However, the game had the effect that the association now pushed more towards the training of players. The English training system was to serve as a model, and in 1908, Edgar Chadwick, a former English professional player, was hired to coach the national team. Chadwick led the team to the bronze medal at the London Olympics and established it as one of the best teams in mainland Europe. In 1910 and 1912, the Elftal played three times against the team from the German Empire , the fifth opponent after Belgium, England's amateurs, France and Sweden . Oranje won the first two games, and the Germans only managed to draw in the third game. At the Olympic Games in Sweden in 1912 , the team again achieved bronze.

The team that won against England on March 24, 1913. In the middle, Bok de Korver with a crown of honor for his 30th international match

On March 24, 1913, the team trained by Chadwick was able to eradicate the "Shame of Darlington - or that of London 1911: 9: 1?" In The Hague, they managed to beat the English amateur team, again led by Woodward, 2-1 in the only international match at the Houtrust sports grounds of HBS Craeyenhout . From the team of 1907, only de Korver was left on the pitch. Two goalscorer was Huug de Groot , who gave his team an early lead in the fourth minute and after Woodward equalized (“Who else but Woodward?”, Writes Johan Derksen; the Chelsea player had previously played six matches between the two teams scored ten goals, five of them at 9-1 in London) also scored the winning goal in the 56th minute. 16,000 spectators were officially there, but there must have been far more who watched the defensive battle of the last half hour from trucks outside the fence, in which goalkeeper Göbel von Vitesse “held like a god” and his “resolute defenders” according to contemporary reports their strong bodies threw the ball in the way. ”The football fans present and the Dutch press celebrated the victory exuberantly:

"Our appreciation goes to the eleven in their entirety, who united as a unit in their striving defied the mighty Albion, broke its pride, defeated its elite selection."

In the end it was not the true elite selection, not the official “first” team of the Football Association , but “only” the amateur selection , but that didn't detract from the euphoria. The match against the selection from his home country was Chadwick's penultimate game as a trainer. For the games up to and including May 17, 1914 in Denmark , the Scot took over Billy Hunter . Then the world war forced football to take a five-year hiatus.

1919 to 1930 - From the Olympic podium to mediocrity

The third bronze medal and the "Shame of the Scheldt"

After the war, Fred Warburton was the next Englishman to be entrusted by the NVB as coach. Warburton led the team to the Olympic Games in neighboring Belgium, where they won the third Olympic bronze medal. A central player in these games and the following years was Jan de Natris , who in 1950 was described as the "best player who was ever active at Ajax Amsterdam " and made his debut in the national team in the spring of 1920. At the Olympic soccer competition in Brussels and Antwerp , de Natris was initially part of the line-up when the Dutch team attacked. In the quarter-finals against Sweden , he scored the goal in extra time to win 5-4. This was followed by what became known as De Schande van de Schelde ("The Shame of the Schelde"). The crew had traveled to Antwerp on a ship made available by the Dutch government, the Hollandia . During the games, the players stayed on the ship anchored on the Scheldt , three of them in small, sparsely equipped cabins without electric lights or washing facilities - "a disgusting, gloomy chamber in which you don't even lock prisoners," he said Chronicler of De Sportkroniek - while the officials were allowed to spend the night in luxurious hotel rooms.

After de Natris complained about the accommodations for the players, the association said they could appease them with a gramophone and a few records. De Natris and others, including his storm colleague Jaap Bulder, smeared the records with jam and used them to hop on the river. When, after losing the semi-final against the eventual Olympic champion (and at that time arch rivals) Belgium , several players got very drunk in Antwerp's pubs and de Natris, Jaap Bulder and the supplementary players Evert van Linge and Henk Tempel did not return to Hollandia until late at night , the association took action and excluded these four from the rest of the tournament. Only when their teammates threatened to strike for the “small final” were the “sinners” at least allowed to go to the match, but were not used. Without them, the team lost the game for second place against Spain , but won the bronze medal for the third time due to the disqualification of the Czechoslovaks .

No chance against the Olympic champion

Four years later, at the Olympic Games in France, the Netherlands - still trained by an Englishman, now Bill Townley - won the round of 16 against Romania 6-0 ; Kees Pijl scored four goals. After the lost semi-final - against Uruguay with the "black miracle" Andrade - Sweden was again opponent of the Dutch. The game for third place ended in a 1-1 draw; Oranje lost the replay with 1: 3, so that after three bronze medals at the fourth Olympic football tournament only the “thankless” fourth place remained.

Olympic Stadium Amsterdam, 1928

In 1925, Bob Glendenning took over as coach. He was to remain in office until 1940 and is still the bond coach with the most games in a row in the new millennium . But he could not celebrate great success with his team, although the expectations were often high, for example before the Olympic Games in 1928 in his own country. Despite mixed results in the test matches before the Olympic Games - four out of ten games in 1927 and 1928 were won, three lost - the audience was euphoric. However, the lot - drawn by Prince Consort Hendrik - brought the home team the reigning Olympic champion and upcoming world champion Uruguay as the first opponent . 40,000 people wanted to see their national team win against the South Americans in the newly built Olympic Stadium , which actually only held 31,000 spectators, in the round of 16 on May 30 , but Uruguay easily won 2-0. All that remained for the Olympic hosts was the consolation round organized by FIFA, in which the Netherlands gave the trophy to the Chileans after a 2-2 draw in the final .

After the Olympic Games of 1928, the team could only win one of 13 games by the end of 1930. In November 1930, she lost 3: 6 in Zurich's Letzigrund against the Swiss team, which had previously been rated equally strong . The defeat was the final impetus for the KNVB to set up a selection committee to watch league games throughout the Netherlands and look for national players. Karel Lotsy became the head of the three-person commission . Their mission: "There has to be a Dutch team that wins."

The Karel Lotsy era

Beb Bakhuys and unexpected defeats at world championships

In 1930 Karel Lotsy received his first office at the KNVB when he was elected to the main board. This marked the beginning of the "Lotsy era": until 1954 he was to have a decisive influence on the fate of Dutch football. On January 25, 1931, he took up his post as head of the selection committee; just two weeks later, the candidates for the national team met for the first time for a joint training session in The Hague. From then on, these meetings took place twice a week on the premises of VUC Den Haag . Every Thursday Lotsy gave his patriotic thunderous speeches here. The success came first: In 1931 and 1932 Oranje won six out of ten games, plus a draw against the German team. Hopes that were growing as a result could not be fully fulfilled at the two following World Championships. In 1934 the Netherlands lost to Switzerland in the round of 16. Four years later, the team was eliminated again in the round of sixteen, this time against Czechoslovakia.

After the Second World War, from which the Dutch people also suffered greatly, it took a long time for the national football team to catch up with a higher European level. Up to and including Mexico 1970 she could not qualify for a World Cup tournament, while Dutch top clubs like Ajax Amsterdam already had a pretty good reputation in the European context.

The successful 1970s

The Dutch national team before the 1974 World Cup final

The heyday of Dutch football began in the early 1970s with the successes of Ajax Amsterdam and Feyenoord Rotterdam in the European Football Cup . At the 1974 World Cup , the Dutch team around the brilliant playmaker Johan Cruyff with their total voetbal was considered the best team in terms of play, but lost in the final against the strong German team with 1: 2. Two years later, the Netherlands qualified for the finals of the 1976 European Championship , ahead of Italy's runner-up in 1970 and Poland, third in the World Cup , where the best four European teams competed against each other. The trunk of the 1974 Elf was still intact and the Netherlands finished third. At the 1978 World Cup Cruyff did not participate more. A brutal kidnapping attempt of his family in 1977 in Barcelona is said to have been the reason that he did not find the nerve to start again. In 1978 the Netherlands reached the final and lost again to the hosts, this time 3-1 after extra time against Argentina . They succeeded in the 90th minute when the score was 1: 1 a shot on the Argentine goal, which ricocheted off the post.

The 1980s - the road to the only title

With the European Championship in 1980 , after the stars of the successful generation had ended their careers or passed their zenith, the glamorous years of the Dutch national team came to an end. A quite old team - the pillars of the team, like team captain Ruud Krol and midfield strategist Arie Haan, were already over 30, or were just about to do so , like René and Willy van de Kerkhof and Johnny Rep , only the unused Romeo Zondervan and John Metgod were after 1956 Born - in Italy, especially in the group game against Germany, did not find his way back to the previous tournament form.

In this match, Willy van de Kerkhof couldn't get his brilliant direct opponent, midfield director Bernd Schuster , under control, which turned out to be decisive. The 20-year-old shoemaker prepared two of Klaus Allofs' three goals . Even if the Netherlands came close to 3-2 in the last ten minutes through an unjustified 19-year-old substitute Lothar Matthäus , a penalty from Rep and a goal by Willy van de Kerkhof, the German victory was never in danger. In the last group game against the ČSSR , the Elftal would have needed a win to at least move into the game for third place, but played especially in the first half without inspiration and only got a 1 in a game that was played hard by the Czechs and Slovaks: 1. "My players seem to have been on vacation in their minds," said Bondscoach Jan Zwartkruis after the game.

Lineups in the final of the EM 1988 Netherlands – USSR

Zwartkruis' time as coach came to an end with the mini-World Cup in Uruguay , which was not very successful for the European teams, at the turn of the year 1980/81. In the spring of 1981, Kees Rijvers took over the team to lead them to the 1982 World Cup . However, the Netherlands had to let France and Belgium take part in the World Cup and were only fourth behind Ireland in their group after losing the decisive match in Paris 2-0.

Two years later, qualifying for the 1984 European Championship for Rijvers, his team and the whole country ended in shock: after Spain's 12-1 victory in the last Group 7 game against Malta , the European Championship that had been believed to be safe had gone to the Spaniards - and with the same goal difference only because of two more hits. The qualification for the 1986 World Cup also ended under association coach Leo Beenhakker with a "very close", as Enzo Scifo put it, decision against the Netherlands: of all things, the old rival Belgium they had to play in two relegation games due to the away goals rule - after the 1: 2 connection goal by Georges Grün in the 85th minute of the second leg in Rotterdam - participation left.

It was only under bond coach Rinus Michels that he returned to the limelight and won the first football title for the Netherlands in 1988 with his success at the European Championships in Germany . The cornerstone of the team was the trio of Frank Rijkaard in defense, Ruud Gullit in midfield and top scorer Marco van Basten in attack , which were also successful at AC Milan .

Final Years of the 1988 Generation (1988–1994)

Since winning the European Championship in 1988, the Netherlands have been represented at all major tournaments with the exception of the 2002 World Cup , but never made it past the semi-finals for the next 20 years. In qualifying for the 1990 World Cup in Italy , the Dutch national team met Wales , again Germany and Finland . The Netherlands qualified as group winners ahead of arch-rivals from Germany for the finals, where Elftal met Egypt , England and Ireland in the group stage . With three draws in all three games, the Dutch team qualified for the round of 16, in which they were eliminated with a 1: 2 defeat against arch-rivals Germany. The round of 16 game against the Federal Republic was remembered by Frank Rijkaard's spitting attack against German striker Rudi Völler , with both Rijkaard and Völler receiving the red card. In the following qualification for the 1992 European Championships in Sweden, Oranje played in a group with Portugal , Greece , Malta and Finland. The Netherlands qualified as group winners for the tournament and met Scotland , the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) and Germany in the group stage and qualified for the semi-finals after a draw against the CIS and two wins against Scotland and Germany, where the Netherlands met Denmark . The Dutch national team was able to equalize the opening goal of the Dane Henrik Larsen twice in the person of Dennis Bergkamp and Frank Rijkaard ; after the score was 2-2 after 90 minutes and no decisive goal was scored for either team in extra time, the penalty shoot-out had to decide in favor of one of the two selections. Marco van Basten missed, so that the Netherlands lost 4-5. In qualifying for the 1994 World Cup in the United States, the Netherlands played against Norway , Portugal , Turkey , San Marino and England. The Dutch qualified second behind the Norwegians and ahead of England for the finals in the USA. The Netherlands played in a group with Saudi Arabia , Belgium and Morocco . With equal points and the same goal difference as Saudi Arabia and Belgium, the Netherlands qualified as group winners for the round of 16, where the Dutch team won 2-0 against Ireland. In the quarter-finals, the selection against eventual world champions Brazil was eliminated 2: 3.

Penalty defeats and home European championships (1994–2001)

In the following qualification for the European Championship in England in 1996, the Dutch national team came second in a group with Luxembourg , Norway, the Czech Republic , Malta and Belarus . With a 1-0 win in the playoff against Ireland, Elftal qualified for the finals in the "motherland of football". The Netherlands was drawn into a group with Scotland, Switzerland and hosts England. A goalless draw was followed by a 2-0 win against Switzerland. Despite a 4-1 defeat in the last group game against England, the Netherlands qualified second in the group in front of Scots tied for points and with the same goal difference as Scotland for the round of 16, as the Dutch national team scored more goals. In the quarter-finals, the Netherlands were eliminated from France on penalties . The Netherlands then played in qualifying for the 1998 World Cup in France in a group with Wales, Belgium, San Marino and Turkey. With one point ahead of their neighbors from Belgium, the Dutch team qualified for the tournament in France and again played against Belgium as well as South Korea and Mexico in the group stage. With one win and two draws, the Dutch qualified for the round of 16, beating Yugoslavia 2-1 with a late goal from Edgar Davids . In the second round, the Netherlands met Argentina and won again 2-1. In the semifinals, Guus Hiddink's team were eliminated on penalties against Brazil. The Netherlands was automatically qualified as co-host for the 2000 European Championship . In the group stage, the team, now trained by Frank Rijkaard , played against the Czech Republic, Denmark and France and became group winners with a full score of 9 points. In the quarter-finals, the team beat Yugoslavia 6-1 and were eliminated in the semifinals on penalties against Italy, with Frank de Boer and Patrick Kluivert each missing a penalty in regular time and de Boer, Jaap Stam and Paul Bosvelt again missed on penalties . The Dutch national team could not qualify for the 2002 World Cup in Japan and South Korea, after only finishing third in a group with Ireland, Cyprus , Portugal, Andorra and Estonia . Louis van Gaal then resigned as a bond coach.

The rise of the generation around van der Vaart, Sneijder and Robben (2001–2008)

Under Dick Advocaat , who trained the team until 1994, a new build followed. This also included the integration of Rafael van der Vaart into the team. In qualifying for the 2004 European Championship in Portugal, the Dutch selection met Belarus, Austria , the Czech Republic and Moldova . The Netherlands became second in the group with a 3-1 defeat in the penultimate game against the Czech Republic and met Scotland in the playoffs of the group runners-up. A 1-0 first leg win in Glasgow was followed by a 6-1 win in the second leg in the Netherlands. Arch-rivals Germany , the Czech Republic and Latvia were drawn in the group stage for the Netherlands . In the opening game against runner-up Germany, the Netherlands had been down 0-1 with a goal from Torsten Frings in the 30th minute before Ruud van Nistelrooy equalized; this was equivalent to the final score. In the second game against the Czech Republic, the Netherlands were 2-0 ahead and lost 3-2 in the end. With a 3-0 win in the last game against outsiders Latvia and the simultaneous defeat of the Germans in the parallel game against the Czech Republic, the Netherlands qualified for the quarter-finals, in which they beat Sweden on penalties . In the semifinals, the Netherlands were eliminated by hosts Portugal. Bond coach Dick Advocaat resigned after the tournament. Under his direction, Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben made their debut in the Dutch national team. In qualifying for the 2006 World Cup in Germany, there was a clash with the Czech Republic, Macedonia , Finland, Andorra and Romania as well as Finland. With just two draws against Macedonia and ten wins, Oranje qualified as group winners for the finals in the country of their arch-rivals and faced Serbia-Montenegro , Ivory Coast and Argentina in the group stage . The Netherlands won the opening game against Serbia-Montenegro 1-0 with a goal from Robben in the 18th minute. In the second game, Elftal won against Ivory Coast with goals from Robin van Persie and Ruud van Nistelrooy 2-1. With a goalless draw against Argentina, the Netherlands lost their group win and met Portugal in the round of 16. In the “Battle of Nuremberg”, in which several Portuguese and Dutch players saw cards, the Dutch team lost 1-0. Khalid Boulahrouz and Giovanni van Bronckhorst saw the yellow-red card . On the Portuguese side, Costinha and Deco were sent off.

Although Elftal only suffered two defeats in 12 games in qualifying for the European Championship in 2008 , their rarely convincing performances caused criticism in their own country. At the European Championships , the Dutch defeated first world champion Italy and runner-up France in the so-called "group of deaths" C, as well as Romania with a "B-Elf" and were therefore considered favorites for the title. They were eliminated in the quarter-finals by a 1: 3 nV against the Russians trained by Dutchman Guus Hiddink .

Vice-world title 2010 and decline (2008-2017)

After the EM 2008, as planned, Bert van Marwijk took over the post as bond coach. There were initially few changes in the squad, apart from the resignations of Edwin van der Sars and Ruud van Nistelrooij . Not surprisingly came the comeback of Mark van Bommel , who played in the defensive midfield in the first international match under the direction of his father-in-law. In Moscow there was a 1-1 draw in the game of revenge against Russia. In the second friendly against Australia there was a 2-1 defeat in Eindhoven, in which Maarten Stekelenburg - Van der Sars successor as number one - saw the red card and helped Henk Timmer to his sixth appearance in Oranje . Ryan Babel returned to the team after his injury. At the top Klaas-Jan Huntelaar took the place of van Nistelrooij in the first few games.

In the World Cup qualification there was a 2-1 victory in Macedonia at the beginning . In the second game, Oranje defeated Iceland 2-0. In Rotterdam , Edwin van der Sar celebrated his "comeback" and thus his 129th appearance in the national team. Van Marwijk had convinced him to step in again for two games in the World Cup qualifying for the injured Stekelenburg. Dirk Marcellis was the first newcomer of the Van Marwijk era to make his debut in the Elftal , whose defense he reinforced in the following match in Oslo . Thanks to a goal by van Bommel, the Netherlands beat Norway 1-0 after an unattractive game and thus remained in the third World Cup qualifier without losing points. In the last friendly game against Sweden in 2008 , there was a 3-1 win, Michel Vorm made his debut in goal. Van Persie (2) and Kuyt scored the goals.

2009 started with a 1-1 draw in Tunis against Tunisia . It was only the fourth time that Elftal played on African soil. Against the number 41 in the FIFA world rankings, van Marwijk changed the team in some positions, especially leaving the Madrid players van der Vaart and Huntelaar, who had not had enough match practice, on the bench. But it was Huntelaar who took the lead a quarter of an hour after being substituted on. The debutants in this less thrilling match were Edson Braafheid , who lasted the full playing time, and Gregory van der Wiel in the final minutes . The Ajax player was allowed to play the entire 90 minutes in the next game, in the World Cup qualifier on March 28th. Thanks to goals from Huntelaar and van Persie before the break and a penalty goal from Kuyt, they beat Scotland 3-0 . With the fifth win in as many games, a 4-0 win over Macedonia on April 1 - the goals were scored by Huntelaar, twice Kuyt and substitute van der Vaart - the Dutch came very close to participating in the 2010 World Cup. The team made it perfect - and with it the trip to South Africa - on June 6th with a 2-1 win on Iceland thanks to two goals from de Jong and van Bommel. They also won the match against Norway four days later 2-0, Ooijer and Robben scored .

In the first game of the World Cup season, after a 2-0 half-time lead, there was a 2-2 draw against England . The team - without the injured regulars van Bommel and van Bronckhorst - did not reach the form they had before the summer break in this friendly match. A friendship encounter with the Japanese who also qualified for the 2010 World Cup - the first international match against the Asians and the first also in Enschede - Oranje won with a flattering 3-0. The goals came in the last 20 minutes by van Persie , Sneijder and substitute Huntelaar . With Loovens in defense and Elia and goalkeeper Velthuizen , who came on after half-time , three players made their debut in the national team. Especially because of the performance in the first half, Bondscoach van Marwijk called it the "worst game under my management."

With a 1-0 win in Glasgow, the Dutch won their eighth and final World Cup qualifier four days later . In doing so, they set the record for the German team from World Cup qualification in 1982 . Substitute Elia scored the goal against Scotland .

House in Silvolde during the 2010 World Cup

In their first international match in Australia and Oceania , the Socceroos were then 0-0. With the same result, Oranje parted ways with the Italian team in Pescara in November in a charity match for the victims of the April earthquake in Abruzzo . In the third goalless draw in a row, against Paraguay on November 18, 2009, Wout Brama and Otman Bakkal made their debuts with short appearances in Heerenveen . At the beginning of March 2010, Bondscoach van Marwijk extended his contract until after the Euro 2012 . In the first international match of the year, they won 2-1 against the USA, in which Ron Vlaar made his comeback in Orange after more than four years . For the World Cup in South Africa , the Netherlands was placed as one of the group heads based on the FIFA world rankings and was thus given preference over Portugal and France , which had done better in previous tournaments. There the Dutch played in Group E against Denmark , Japan and Cameroon , against which they were able to prevail as group winners. As the only undefeated team in the course of the tournament besides New Zealand , they faced the Spanish selection in the final , which ended with their 0-1 victory in the successful Dutch streak of 25 unbeaten games - including 14 wins from all competitive games of the tournament including qualification.

At the EM 2012 , the team under van Marwijk was eliminated as vice world champion after three defeats against Denmark (0: 1 ), Germany (1: 2) and Portugal (1: 2 ) in the preliminary round. It was the worst result of a Dutch national team in their tournament history. Van Marwijk resigned on June 27, 2012.

About a week after van Marwijk's resignation, the Dutch association presented Louis van Gaal as the new head coach. Van Gaal took up his post with assistants Danny Blind and Patrick Kluivert on August 1, 2012. It started with a 2: 4 defeat in the 125th international match against Belgium, with Rafael van der Vaart as the fifth Dutchman to complete his 100th international match . On September 10, 2013 van Gaal qualified with the Dutch national team after a 2-0 win in Andorra as the first European team for the 2014 World Cup.

In the first game of the Dutch at the 2014 World Cup , van Gaal and his team won against the final opponent from 2010 and reigning European and world champions Spain with 5: 1, and with a 3: 2 against Australia and a 2: 0 against Chile won the group without losing points Group B, defeated Mexico 2-1 in the round of 16 and Costa Rica in the quarter-finals on penalties (0-0 aet; 4: 3 penalties), but missed out on penalties against Argentina as well : 0 n.V .; 2: 4 n.E.). In the game for third place, the Dutch beat Brazil 3-0. National coach Louis van Gaal made a novelty when he replaced the second substitute goalkeeper Michel Vorm in the 93rd minute . With this substitution, all 23 players in the World Cup had played at least one minute at the tournament in Brazil for the Netherlands.

After the tournament van Gaal resigned as national coach. His successor was Guus Hiddink , who was now Bondscoach for the second time. The first game under his direction was lost 2-0 in Bari against Italy . In qualifying for the 2016 European Championship in France , the Netherlands faced the Czech Republic , Kazakhstan , Iceland , Latvia and again Turkey. Hiddink's last game as Bondscoach ended with a victory against Latvia in the European Championship qualifiers in June 2015. He resigned a short time later. He was followed by his previous assistant coach Danny Blind . His debut was unsuccessful when the European Championship qualifiers were lost against Iceland at home and in Turkey. In the penultimate game against Kazakhstan they won. At the end of the qualifying round, the Dutch selection finished fourth in the group and missed participation in a major tournament for the first time since 2002.

In qualifying for the 2018 World Cup finals in Russia , the Netherlands met Sweden , Belarus , runner-up European champions France , Luxembourg and Bulgaria . After the "Elftal" only finished fourth after two defeats, one draw and two wins, Bondscoach blind was dismissed; In the last game led by Blind, the 2-0 defeat in Sofia against Bulgaria, the 17-year-old Matthijs de Ligt made his debut for the Dutch national team. Under his successor Dick Advocaat , the Netherlands started with a 5-0 win in the World Cup qualifier against Luxembourg in Rotterdam , but the following game on August 31, 2017 in Saint-Denis against France ended with a 0-4 defeat. The remaining four games were all won, but since Sweden beat Luxembourg 8-0 on the penultimate match day in Solna and despite a 2-0 win on the last group match day against the Scandinavians, the Netherlands finished fourth behind the Swedes due to the poor goal difference Place and thus missed a major tournament for the second time in a row. As a result, Coach Dick Advocaat resigned from his position on November 8, 2017.

The missed qualifications for the 2016 European Championship and for the 2018 World Championship had the following reasons: On the one hand, the generation of players after the same around van Persie, Robben and Sneijder did not make the breakthrough, on the other hand, the Eredivisie lost the connection in international comparison. Furthermore, the 4-3-3 was considered out of date, while the Dutch talents moved abroad early, but could not fight for a regular place at their clubs.

Rebuilding under Ronald Koeman (2018–)

In February 2018, Ronald Koeman was introduced as the new bond coach. In addition, with Nico-Jan Hoogma, a new sports director was hired. Koeman relies on a chain of three or five on the defensive . In March 2018 Wesley Sneijder resigned from the national team; On September 6, 2018, he celebrated his departure from the national team as part of a friendly against Peru in Amsterdam , with 21-year-old Frenkie de Jong coming on in the middle of the second half . In Group 1 of League A of the newly created UEFA Nations League , the Dutch national team met the reigning world champions France and Germany . The first leg against the German team in Amsterdam was won 3-0. On the one hand it was the biggest win against Germany and on the other hand the first win against the German national team in 16 years. A 2-0 win against world champions France followed in Rotterdam on November 16, and goals from Georginio Wijnaldum and Memphis Depay marked the first win against the Bleus in ten years. The German national team was relegated to League B before the last game thanks to the Dutch victory. In the second leg, the Germans took the lead early through goals from Timo Werner and Leroy Sané and left only a few chances in their own half. The goal was only followed in the 85th minute by Quincy Promes , who had been ordered into the storm by coach Koeman, and the powerful captain and defense chief Virgil van Dijk finally scored in the 91st minute with a volley to make it 2-2. The team moved into the final round of the Final Four as group winners with Switzerland, Portugal and England, and after a 3-1 win over England they reached the final; this lost the Elftal with 0: 1 against Portugal .

In qualifying for EM 2021 , the Netherlands met Germany again. Other opponents were Estonia , again Belarus and Northern Ireland . Second in the group after a 2: 3 and 4: 2 against Germany as well as a 4: 0 and a 5: 0 over Estonia you could qualify directly for the finals. In the period up to the end of the European Championship qualification, Denzel Dumfries and Donyell Malen, who are under contract with PSV Eindhoven, made their debut for the Elftal .

International match records

The Netherlands have the following results against other national teams (at least 10 games; as of October 13, 2019 after the game against Belarus):

country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Goal difference	Goal difference	Important encounters
Belgium	127	55	31	41	280: 220	+60	Semifinals of the 1920 Olympic Games, consolation round of the 1928 Olympic Games; World Cup preliminary round 1994, 1998; European Championship quarter-finals 1976
Brazil	013	04th	05	04th	019: 020	- 01	Preliminary round of the 1952 Olympic Games; World Cup intermediate round 1974, World Cup quarter-finals 1994, 2010, World Cup semi-finals 1998, World Cup match for 3rd place 2014
Bulgaria	012	05	02	05	020: 017	+ 03	World Cup preliminary round 1974, qualification 2018; European Championship qualification 2008
Denmark	031	12	10	09	059: 043	+16	1912 Olympic Games semi-finals; World Cup preliminary round 2010; EC semi-finals 1992, EC preliminary round 2000, 2012
Germany	044	12	16	16	075: 084	- 09	World Cup final 1974, World Cup intermediate round 1978, World Cup round of 16 1990; European Championship preliminary round 1980, 1992, 2004, 2012, European Championship semi-finals 1988; Nations League 2018/19, European Championship qualification 2020
England	022nd	07th	09	06th	029: 031	- 02nd	World Cup preliminary round 1990, European Championship preliminary round 1988, 1996, UEFA Nations League 2018/19 final round
England (amateurs)	010	02	01	07th	010: 043	−33	only friendly matches
Finland	014th	11	02	01	043: 014	+29	Game for 3rd place at the 1912 Olympic Games; World Cup qualification 1990, 2006; European Championship qualification 1976, 1992, 2012
France	028	11	04th	13	056: 047	+9	World Cup qualification 1982, 2018; EM quarter-finals 1996, EM preliminary round 2000, 2008; Nations League 2018/19
Ireland	022nd	11	04th	07th	040: 029	+11	Quarter-finals of the 1924 Olympic Games, preliminary round of the 1948 Olympic Games; World Cup preliminary round 1990, World Cup round of 16 1994; European Championship preliminary round 1988
Iceland	012	09	01	02	033: 700	+26	World Cup qualification 1974, 1978, 2010; European Championship qualification 1980, 1984, 2016
Italy	021st	03	09	09	021: 028	- 07th	World Cup intermediate round 1978; EM semi-finals 2000, EM preliminary round 2008
Luxembourg	018th	15th	01	02	067: 014	+53	Round of 16 of the 1920 Olympic Games; World Cup qualification 1938, 1958, 1970, 2018; European Championship round of 16 1964, European Championship qualification 1972, 1996, 2008
Norway	020th	09	06th	05	044: 027	+17	World Cup qualification 1974, 1994, 2010; European Championship qualification 1996
Austria	019th	09	04th	06th	036: 024	+12	Quarter-finals of the 1912 Olympic Games; World Cup intermediate round 1978; 2004 European Championship qualification
Poland	015th	06th	06th	03	021: 016	+ 05	World Cup qualification 1970, 1994; European Championship qualification 1976, 1980, 1988
Portugal	014th	02	04th	08th	010: 016	- 06	World Cup round of 16 2006; 2004 European Championship semi-finals, 2012 European Championship preliminary round, 2018/19 UEFA Nations League final round
Romania	014th	10	03	01	029: 300	+26	Round of 16 of the 1924 Olympic Games; World Cup qualification 2006, 2014; European Championship preliminary round 2008
Scotland	018th	09	04th	05	026: 013	+13	World Cup preliminary round 1978; European Championship preliminary round 1992, 1996
Sweden	025th	11	06th	08th	047: 048	+ 01	Play for 3rd place in the 1908, 1924 Olympic Games (2 ×), round of 16 of the 1912 Olympic Games, quarter-finals of the 1920 Olympic Games; World Cup preliminary round 1974; European Championship quarter-finals 2004
Switzerland	033	15th	03	15th	068: 061	+ 07	World Cup round of 16 1934; European Championship preliminary round 1996
Spain	012	06th	01	05	018: 017	+ 01	Game for 2nd and 3rd place at the 1920 Olympic Games; World Cup final 2010, preliminary round 2014; European Championship qualification 1984
Czech Republic	011	03	03	05	014: 016	- 02nd	World Cup qualification 2006; European Championship qualification 1996, 2004, 2016; European Championship preliminary round 2000, 2004
Turkey	012	05	04th	03	013: 009	+ 04	World Cup qualification 1994, 1998, 2014; European Championship qualification 2016
Hungary	017th	10	02	05	051: 029	+22	World Cup qualification 1962, 1986, 2014; European Championship qualification 1968, 1988, 2012
Belarus	010	08th	00	02	023: 006	+17	European Championship qualification 1996, 2004, 2008, 2020; World Cup qualification 2018

Legend:

• green background = positive balance sheet (number of wins higher than that of defeats)
• yellow background = balance balanced
• red background = negative balance (number of defeats higher than that of victories)

Notes on the table:

1. ↑ If a game ends after regular playing time or after extra time, it will be rated according to the result; Games decided on penalties count as a draw in the following
2. ↑ Qualifying matches are only listed in this table if there has not yet been a match in a final round in the relevant competition.
   A detailed list of all competitive games can be found here .
3. ↑ The game at the Olympic Games in 1952 (5-1 defeat) is now listed by FIFA and classified as official according to its criteria , but since only amateurs were allowed to start at the Olympic Games at that time, this game is reported by many sources (under other RSSSF Brazil) not taken into account. This must be taken into account when comparing the balance sheet given here with information from other sources.
4. ↑ Including a benefit game not counted by FIFA and DBU
5. ↑ The international matches of the English national football team of the amateurs are not considered by the FA and FIFA as official international matches. Most European associations, including the KNVB, count them as such.
6. ↑ ^{a b c} The FAI evaluates the games at the Olympic Games in 1924 in contrast to FIFA and KNVB and 1948 not as an official international matches, which is why Ireland two matches played in his view, less and lost.

Complete balance sheet: List of international matches for the Dutch national football team

Participation in the soccer world championship

→ Main article : Dutch national football team / World Cups

The Netherlands took part in ten finals and made it to the final three times, most recently in 2010. However, they have not yet won a world championship title. As one of the few national teams, the Dutch have never been eliminated in the preliminary round of the World Cup.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1930	Uruguay	not participated
1934	Italy	Round of 16	Switzerland	9.	Robert Glendenning
1938	France	Round of 16	Czechoslovakia	14th	Robert Glendenning
1950	Brazil	not participated
1954	Switzerland	not allowed				Application was submitted too late
1958	Sweden	not qualified				In the qualification of Austria failed
1962	Chile	not qualified				In the qualification of Hungary failed
1966	England	not qualified				In qualifying at the Switzerland failed
1970	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of Bulgaria failed
1974	Germany	final	Germany	Vice world champion	Rinus Michels
1978	Argentina	final	Argentina	Vice world champion	Ernst Happel	Defeat in extra time
1982	Spain	not qualified				In the qualification of France and Belgium failed
1986	Mexico	not qualified				In the qualification of Belgium failed
1990	Italy	Round of 16	Germany	15th	Leo Beenhakker
1994	United States	Quarter finals	Brazil	7th	Dick Advocaat
1998	France	3rd place match	Croatia	Fourth	Guus Hiddink	Semi-final on penalties against Brazil
2002	South Korea / Japan	not qualified				In the qualification of Portugal and Ireland failed
2006	Germany	Round of 16	Portugal	11.	Marco van Basten	Yellow-red record
2010	South Africa	final	Spain	Vice world champion	Bert van Marwijk
2014	Brazil	3rd place match	Brazil	Third	Louis van Gaal	In the finals, the first group match saw the 2010 World Cup final against Spain (5-1 win).
2018	Russia	not qualified				In the qualification of France and Sweden failed

Participation in the European Football Championship

→ Main article : Dutch national football team / European championships

"Oranje" (here exceptionally in white and blue) during training in Freiburg

The Netherlands first took part in the qualification for the European Championship in 1964, but failed in the first round against Luxembourg. For the first time qualification for the finals in 1976 and then for all finals with the exception of 1984 and 2016. This means that after Germany (twelve entries), Russia / CIS / USSR (eleven entries), Spain (ten entries) together with England, France, Italy, Portugal and Czechoslovakia / Czech Republic with nine entries, the fourth most frequent participants in the final round.

year	Host country	Participation until ...	Last opponent	Result	Comments and special features
1960	France	not participated
1964	Spain	not qualified			In the second round of Luxembourg failed.
1968	Italy	not qualified			In the qualification of Hungary failed, but that could also not qualify for the final round.
1972	Belgium	not qualified			Failed in the qualification to vice European champion Yugoslavia , which could not qualify for the finals either.
1976	Yugoslavia	3rd place match	Yugoslavia	Third	In the semifinals, the later European champions Czechoslovakia failed in extra time.
1980	Italy	Preliminary round	Greece , Germany , Czechoslovakia	-	After one win, one defeat (against later European champions Germany) and one draw due to the worse goal difference, they were eliminated as third party
1984	France	not qualified			In the qualification because of fewer goals scored in the late Vice European champion Spain failed.
1988	BR Germany	final	USSR	European champion	First title for the Elftal.
1992	Sweden	Semifinals	Denmark	-	Failed in the penalty shootout at the eventual European champions.
1996	England	Quarter finals	France	-	Failed on penalties.
2000	Netherlands and Belgium	Semifinals	Italy	-	Failed on penalties.
2004	Portugal	Semifinals	Portugal	-	First penalty shoot-out won in the quarter-finals against Sweden
2008	Austria and Switzerland	Quarter finals	Russia	-	Defeat in extra time.
2012	Poland and Ukraine	Preliminary round	Denmark , Germany , Portugal	-	Worst tournament record in the history of Elftal - retired as the reigning vice world champion with three defeats in the preliminary round. Bert van Marwijk subsequently resigned as a bond coach.
2016	France	not qualified			In the qualification , the Netherlands came in fourth in a group with the Czech Republic , Turkey , Latvia , Iceland and Kazakhstan .
2021	Europe	qualified			In the qualification , the Netherlands met Germany , Estonia , Northern Ireland and Belarus in a group .

Participation in the Olympic Games

1908 in London	3rd place
1912 in Stockholm	3rd place
1920 in Antwerp	3rd place
1924 in Paris	4th Place
1928 in Amsterdam	Round of 16
1936 in Berlin	not participated
1948 in London	Round of 16
1952 in Helsinki	Preliminary round

Current squad

The following players have been called up for the 2020/21 UEFA Nations League matches against Poland on September 4th and Italy on September 7th, 2020. It was the first nomination for Mohamed Ihattaren , Teun Koopmeiners , Perr Schuurs and Owen Wijndal .

• Performance data as of November 19, 2019 (after the game against Estonia)

Surname	birthday	Games	Gates	society	debut	Last use
goal
Marco Bizot	03/10/1991	00	00	AZ Alkmaar
Jasper Cillessen	04/22/1989	56	00	Valencia CF	June 7, 2013	19th November 2019
Tim Krul	03/04/1988	08th	00	Norwich City	June 4, 2011	October 10, 2015
Jeroen Zoet	01/06/1991	11	00	PSV Eindhoven	October 10, 2015	May 31, 2018
Defense
Nathan Aké	02/18/1995	13	02	Manchester City	May 31, 2017	19th November 2019
Daley blind	March 9, 1990	69	02	Ajax Amsterdam	February 6, 2013	16th November 2019
Virgil van Dijk	07/08/1991	33	04th	Liverpool FC	October 10, 2015	16th November 2019
Denzel Dumfries	04/18/1996	09	00	PSV Eindhoven	October 13, 2018	October 10, 2019
Hans Hateboer	01/09/1994	03	00	Atalanta Bergamo	23 March 2018	October 16, 2018
Perr Schuurs	11/26/1999	00	00	Ajax Amsterdam
Kenny Tete	10/09/1995	13	00	Olympique Lyon	June 1, 2016	March 21, 2019
Joël Veltman	01/15/1992	22nd	02	Brighton & Hove Albion	19th November 2013	16th November 2019
Stefan de Vrij	02/05/1992	37	03	Inter Milan	August 15, 2012	October 16, 2018
Owen Wijndal	11/28/1999	00	00	AZ Alkmaar
midfield
Donny van de Beek	04/18/1997	10	00	Ajax Amsterdam	November 14, 2017	16th November 2019
Leroy Fer	05/01/1990	11	01	Feyenoord Rotterdam	August 11, 2010	October 13, 2014
Mohamed Ihattaren	02/12/2002	00	00	PSV Eindhoven
Frenkie de Jong	05/12/1997	15th	01	FC Barcelona	September 6, 2018	19th November 2019
Teun Koopmeiners	02/28/1998	00	00	AZ Alkmaar
Davy Pröpper	09/02/1991	19th	03	Brighton & Hove Albion	5th June 2015	19th November 2019
Marten de Roon	03/29/1991	16	00	Atalanta Bergamo	November 13, 2016	16th November 2019
Kevin Strootman	02/13/1990	46	03	Olympique Marseille	February 9, 2011	19th November 2019
Tonny Vilhena	03/01/1995	15th	00	FK Krasnodar	4th June 2016	19th November 2018
Georginio Wijnaldum	11/11/1990	62	18th	Liverpool FC	September 2, 2011	19th November 2019
Storm
Ryan Babel	December 19, 1986	63	10	Galatasaray Istanbul	March 26, 2005	16th November 2019
Steven Bergwijn	10/08/1997	09	00	Tottenham Hotspur	October 16, 2018	October 13, 2019
Myron Boadu	01/14/2001	01	01	AZ Alkmaar	19th November 2019	19th November 2019
Memphis Depay	02/13/1994	52	19th	Olympique Lyon	15 October 2013	19th November 2019
Luuk de Jong	08/27/1990	22nd	05	Sevilla FC	February 9, 2011	19th November 2019
Quincy Promes	01/04/1992	42	07th	Ajax Amsterdam	5th March 2014	19th November 2019
Calvin Stengs	12/18/1998	01	00	AZ Alkmaar	19th November 2019	19th November 2019
Wout Weghorst	08/07/1992	04th	00	VfL Wolfsburg	23 March 2018	19th November 2019

Known players

Record player

The information in the following tables (as of: November 19, 2019) relating to appearances and goals in official matches of Oranje . Players in bold are still active.

Most missions No. Surname Calls Period World Cup games 01. Wesley Sneijder 134 2003-2018 17th 02. Edwin van der Sar 130 1995-2008 11 03. Frank de Boer 112 1990-2004 11 04th Rafael van der Vaart 109 2001-2013 08th 05. Giovanni van Bronckhorst 106 1996-2010 10 06th Dirk Kuyt 104 2004-2014 15th 07th Robin van Persie 102 2005-2017 17th 08th. Phillip Cocu 101 1996-2006 11 09. Arjen Robben 096 2003-2017 15th 10. John Heitinga 087 2004-2013 10 Clarence Seedorf 1994-2008 04th 12. Marc Overmars 086 1993-2004 11 13. Joris Mathijsen 084 2004–2012 09 Aron Winter 1987-2000 08th 15th Ruud Krol 083 1969-1983 14th . . . 28. Daley blind 069 2013– 02 Record mark

Most goals No. Surname Gates Period World Cup goals 01. Robin van Persie 50 2005-2017 6th 02. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 42 2006-2015 2 03. Patrick Kluivert 40 1994-2004 2 04th Dennis Bergkamp 37 1990-2000 6th Arjen Robben 2003-2017 6th 06th Faas Wilkes † 35 1946-1961 0 Ruud van Nistelrooy 1998-2011 1 08th. Abe Lenstra † 33 1940-1959 0 Johan Cruijff † 1966-1977 3 10. Wesley Sneijder 31 2003-2018 6th 11. Beb Bakhuys † 28 1928-1937 0 12. Kick Smit † 26th 1934-1946 1 13. Rafael van der Vaart 25th 2001-2013 0 14th Marco van Basten 24 1983-1992 0 Dirk Kuyt 2004-2014 1 16. Leen Vente † 19th 1933-1940 1 Memphis Depay 2013– 2 18th Georginio Wijnaldum 18th 2011– 0 . 35. Johnny rep 12 1973-1981 7th Record mark

Other well-known players

Jan van Beveren † Danny Blind Ronald de Boer Mark van Bommel Jan Boskamp John Bosman Ernie Brandts Hans van Breukelen Edgar Davids Ruud Geels Ulrich van Gobbel Ed de Goey Marco van Basten Ruud Gullit Arie Haan Wim van Hanegem Bertus de Harder † Joop Hiele Hugo Hovenkamp Rinus Israel Wim Jansen Jan Jeuring

Jan Jongbloed Wim Jonk Piet Keizer † René van de Kerkhof Willy van de Kerkhof Wim Kieft Erwin Koeman Michel van de Korput Tonny van der Linden † Roy Makaay Stanley Menzo John Metgod Coen Moulijn † Arnold Mühren Dick Nanninga † Johan Neeskens Arthur Numan Michael Reiziger Rob Rensenbrink † Johnny rep Frank Rijkaard Bryan Roy

Graeme Rutjes John van 't Schip Piet Schrijvers Sonny Silooy Jaap Stam Huub Stevens Wim Suurbier Sjaak Swart Simon Tahamata Adri van Tiggelen Stan Valckx Gerald Vanenburg Peter van Vossen Bennie Wijnstekers Rob Witschge Richard Witschge John de Wolf Jan Wouters Boudewijn Zenden

The association trainers of the KNVB

In the first three years in which international matches took place, there was no official association coach (Dutch: Bondscoach ) of the KNVB. Kees van Hasselt , tailor and former Sparta Rotterdam player , is usually referred to as the coach of the team that played for the Netherlands in the early years; he was also the organizer of the first games and selected the teams from players of his circle of friends. Only in 1908, for the Olympic Games , was a qualified trainer employed, the Englishman Edgar Chadwick . The selection committee of the KNVB was responsible for the selection of the cadre until the 1950s; The only task of the bond coach was to manage the training and the games. The following coaches sat on the bench in chronological order at the national team's games (the dates of the first and last game are given):

Bert van Marwijk, Bondscoach 2008–2012

Marco van Basten, Bondscoach 2004–2008

Louis van Gaal, Bondscoach 2000–2001 & 2012–2014

Frank Rijkaard, Bondscoach 1998-2000

Guus Hiddink, Bondscoach 1995–1998 & 2014–2015

Dick Advocaat, Bondscoach 1992–1994, 2002–2004 & 2017

Leo Beenhakker, Bondscoach 1985–1986 & 1990

Ronald Koeman, Bondscoach since March 2018

Trainer	first international match	last international match	Number of games in a row	Total number of games	comment
Kees van Hasselt	April 30, 1905	May 10, 1908	11	11
Edgar Chadwick	October 22, 1908	April 24, 1910	10	10
Jimmy Hogan	October 16, 1910	October 16, 1910	1	1
Edgar Chadwick	March 19, 1911	4th July 1912	11	21st
Fred Warburton	November 17, 1912	November 17, 1912	1	1
Edgar Chadwick	March 9, 1913	March 24, 1913	2	23
Tom Bradshaw	April 20, 1913	April 20, 1913	1	1
Edgar Chadwick	November 15, 1913	November 15, 1913	1	24
Billy Hunter	March 15, 1914	May 17, 1914	4th	4th
Jack Reynolds	June 9, 1919	June 9, 1919	1	1
Fred Warburton	August 24, 1919	May 15, 1921	12	13
Jim Waites	June 12, 1921	June 12, 1921	1	1
Fred Warburton	November 13, 1921	May 10, 1923	8th	21st
Bob Glendenning	November 25, 1923	November 25, 1923	1	1
Bill Townley	March 23, 1924	June 9, 1924	8th	8th
Jack Bollington	November 2, 1924	November 2, 1924	1	1
Bob Glendenning	March 15, 1925	April 21, 1940	86	87	Coach with most games in a row
Karel Kaufman	March 10, 1946	November 27, 1946	4th	4th
Jesse Carver	April 7, 1947	July 31, 1948	10	10
Tom Sneddon	November 21, 1948	November 21, 1948	1	1
Karel Kaufman	March 13, 1949	April 23, 1949	2	6th
Jaap van der Leck	June 12, 1949	May 30, 1954	29	29
Karel Kaufman	October 24, 1954	October 24, 1954	1	7th
Friedrich Donenfeld	March 13, 1955	March 13, 1955	1	1
Max Merkel	April 3, 1955	June 6, 1956	10	10
Wudi Müller	September 15, 1956	September 15, 1956	1	1
Friedrich Donenfeld	October 14, 1956	4th November 1956	2	3
George Hardwick	January 30, 1957	May 26, 1957	5	5
Elek Schwartz	September 11, 1957	May 24, 1964	49	49
Dennis Neville	September 30, 1964	November 14, 1965	8th	8th
Georg Keßler	March 23, 1966	January 28, 1970	28	28
František Fadrhonc	October 11, 1970	November 18, 1973	20th	20th
Rinus Michels	March 27, 1974	July 7th 1974	10	10	Supervisor for the 1974 World Cup, 1974 World Cup finalist
Georg Knobel	4th September 1974	June 19, 1976	15th	15th
Jan Zwartkruis	September 8, 1976	March 26, 1977	4th	4th
Ernst Happel	August 31, 1977	August 31, 1977	1	1	Supervisor for the 1978 World Cup
Jan Zwartkruis	5th October 1977	5th October 1977	1	5
Ernst Happel	October 12, 1977	October 12, 1977	1	2
Jan Zwartkruis	October 26, 1977	October 26, 1977	1	6th
Ernst Happel	February 22, 1978	June 25, 1978	10	12	World Cup finalist 1978
Jan Zwartkruis	20th September 1978	January 6, 1981	22nd	28
Rob Baan	February 22, 1981	February 22, 1981	1	1
Kees Rijvers	March 25, 1981	March 25, 1981	1	1
Rob Baan	April 29, 1981	April 29, 1981	1	2
Kees Rijvers	September 1, 1981	17th October 1984	20th	21st
Rinus Michels	November 14, 1984	23rd December 1984	2	12	since July 1, 1984 Technical Director
Leo Beenhakker	February 27, 1985	March 12, 1986	7th	7th
Rinus Michels	April 29, 1986	June 25, 1988	22nd	34	European champion in 1988
Thijs Libregts	September 14, 1988	December 20, 1989	11	11
Nol de Ruiter	February 21, 1990	March 28, 1990	2	2
Leo Beenhakker	May 30, 1990	June 24, 1990	6th	13
Rinus Michels	September 26, 1990	June 22, 1992	19th	53
Dick Advocaat	September 9, 1992	December 14, 1994	26th	26th
Guus Hiddink	January 18, 1995	December 14, 1996	20th	20th
Jan Rab	February 26, 1997	February 26, 1997	1	1
Guus Hiddink	March 29, 1997	July 11, 1998	18th	38
Frank Rijkaard	October 10, 1998	June 29, 2000	22nd	22nd
Louis van Gaal	September 2, 2000	November 10, 2001	14th	14th
Dick Advocaat	February 13, 2002	June 30, 2004	29	55
Marco van Basten	August 18, 2004	June 21, 2008	52	52
Bert van Marwijk	August 20, 2008	June 27, 2012	40	40	World Cup finalist 2010
Louis van Gaal	August 15, 2012	July 12, 2014	29	43	World Cup third without defeat
Guus Hiddink	September 9, 2014	June 30, 2015	10	48
Danny Blind	July 1, 2015	March 26, 2017	17th	17th
Fred Grim (interim)	May 31, 2017	4th June 2017	2	2
Dick Advocaat	June 9, 2017	November 14, 2017	7th	62
Ronald Koeman	23 March 2018	19th August 2020	20th	20th

As of August 19, 2020

International matches against German-speaking national soccer teams

→ Main article : List of international matches for the Dutch national football team

The Dutch are the second most common opponents of the German team.

(Results always from a Dutch perspective)

International matches against Germany (see also: Dutch-German football rivalry )
No.	date	place	Result	occasion
1.	April 24, 1910	Arnhem	4: 2	Friendly match
2.	October 16, 1910	Kleve	2: 1	Friendly match
3.	March 24, 1912	Zwolle	5: 5	Friendly match
4th	November 17, 1912	Leipzig	3: 2	Friendly match
5.	April 5, 1914	Amsterdam	4: 4	Friendly match
6th	May 10, 1923	Hamburg	0-0	Friendly match
7th	April 21, 1924	Amsterdam	0: 1	Friendly match
8th.	March 29, 1925	Amsterdam	2: 1	Friendly match
9.	April 18, 1926	Dusseldorf	2: 4	Friendly match
10.	October 31, 1926	Amsterdam	2: 3	Friendly match
11.	November 20, 1927	Cologne	2: 2	Friendly match
12.	April 26, 1931	Amsterdam	1: 1	Friendly match
13.	4th December 1932	Dusseldorf	2-0	Friendly match
14th	February 17, 1935	Amsterdam	2: 3	Friendly match
15th	January 31, 1937	Dusseldorf	2: 2	Friendly match
16.	March 14, 1956	Dusseldorf	2: 1	Friendly match
17th	April 3, 1957	Amsterdam	1: 2	Friendly match
18th	October 21, 1959	Cologne	0: 7	Friendly match
19th	March 23, 1966	Rotterdam	2: 4	Friendly match
20th	July 7th 1974	Munich	1: 2	World Cup final
21st	17th May 1975	Frankfurt am Main	1: 1	Friendly match
22nd	June 18, 1978	Cordoba	2: 2	World Cup intermediate round
23.	December 20, 1978	Dusseldorf	1: 3	Friendly match
24.	June 14, 1980	Naples	2: 3	European Championship finals
25th	October 11, 1980	Eindhoven	1: 1	Friendly match
26th	May 14, 1986	Dortmund	1: 3	Friendly match
27.	June 21, 1988	Hamburg	2: 1	EM semifinals
28.	October 19, 1988	Munich	0-0	World Cup qualification
29	April 26, 1989	Rotterdam	1: 1	World Cup qualification
30th	June 24, 1990	Milan	1: 2	World Cup round of 16
31.	June 18, 1992	Gothenburg	3: 1	EM preliminary round
32.	April 24, 1996	Rotterdam	0: 1	Friendly match
33.	November 18, 1998	Gelsenkirchen	1: 1	Friendly match
34.	February 23, 2000	Amsterdam	2: 1	Friendly match
35.	November 20, 2002	Gelsenkirchen	3: 1	Friendly match
36.	June 14, 2004	postage	1: 1	EM preliminary round
37.	August 17, 2005	Rotterdam	2: 2	Friendly match
38.	November 15, 2011	Hamburg	0: 3	Friendly match
39.	June 13, 2012	Kharkiv	1: 2	EM preliminary round
40.	November 14, 2012	Amsterdam	0-0	Friendly match
	17th November 2015	Hanover	called off	Friendly match
41.	October 13, 2018	Amsterdam	3-0	UEFA Nations League 2018/19
42.	19th November 2018	Gelsenkirchen	2: 2	UEFA Nations League 2018/19
43.	March 24, 2019	Amsterdam	2: 3	European Championship qualification
44.	September 6, 2019	Hamburg	4: 2	European Championship qualification

Ducke and Rijsbergen (on the ground) in a duel between the Netherlands and the GDR team in the intermediate round of the 1974 World Cup .

International matches against the GDR
No.	date	place	Result	occasion
1.	May 14, 1961	Leipzig	1: 1	World Cup qualification
2.	April 5th 1967	Leipzig	3: 4	European Championship qualification
3.	September 13, 1967	Amsterdam	1-0	European Championship qualification
4th	November 11, 1970	Dresden	0: 1	European Championship qualification
5.	October 10, 1971	Rotterdam	3: 2	European Championship qualification
6th	June 30, 1974	Gelsenkirchen	2-0	World Cup intermediate round
7th	November 15, 1978	Rotterdam	3-0	European Championship qualification
8th.	November 21, 1979	Leipzig	3: 2	European Championship qualification
9.	March 12, 1986	Leipzig	1-0	Friendly match

International matches against Saarland
No.	date	place	Result	occasion
1.	November 16, 1955	Saarbrücken	2: 1	Friendly match
2.	June 6, 1956	Amsterdam	3: 2	Friendly match

International matches against Switzerland
No.	date	place	Result	occasion
1.	May 16, 1920	Basel	1: 2	Friendly match
2.	March 28, 1921	Amsterdam	2-0	Friendly match
3.	November 19, 1922	Bern	0: 5	Friendly match
4th	November 25, 1923	Amsterdam	4: 1	Friendly match
5.	April 19, 1925	Zurich	1: 4	Friendly match
6th	March 28, 1926	Amsterdam	5-0	Friendly match
7th	May 6, 1928	Basel	1: 2	Friendly match
8th.	March 17, 1929	Amsterdam	3: 2	Friendly match
9.	November 2, 1930	Zurich	3: 6	Friendly match
10.	January 22, 1933	Amsterdam	0: 2	Friendly match
11.	May 27, 1934	Milan	2: 3	World Cup round of 16
12.	November 4, 1934	Bern	4: 2	Friendly match
13.	March 7, 1937	Amsterdam	2: 1	Friendly match
14th	May 7, 1939	Bern	1: 2	Friendly match
15th	September 21, 1947	Amsterdam	6: 2	Friendly match
16.	October 15, 1950	Basel	5: 7	Friendly match
17th	March 22, 1953	Amsterdam	1: 2	Friendly match
18th	May 30, 1954	Zurich	1: 3	Friendly match
19th	May 19, 1955	Rotterdam	4: 1	Friendly match
20th	September 15, 1956	Lausanne	3: 2	Friendly match
21st	November 2, 1958	Rotterdam	2-0	Friendly match
22nd	May 18, 1960	Zurich	1: 3	Friendly match
23.	November 11, 1962	Amsterdam	3: 1	European Championship qualification
24.	March 31, 1963	Bern	1: 1	European Championship qualification
25th	October 17, 1965	Amsterdam	0-0	World Cup qualification
26th	November 14, 1965	Bern	1: 2	World Cup qualification
27.	October 9, 1974	Rotterdam	1-0	Friendly match
28.	October 11, 1978	Bern	3: 1	European Championship qualification
29	March 28, 1979	Eindhoven	3-0	European Championship qualification
30th	September 1, 1981	Zurich	1: 2	Friendly match
31.	June 13, 1996	Birmingham	2-0	EM preliminary round
32.	August 22, 2007	Geneva	1: 2	Friendly match
33.	November 11, 2011	Amsterdam	0-0	Friendly match

International matches against Liechtenstein
No.	date	place	Result	occasion
1.	September 3, 2004	Utrecht	3-0	Friendly match

International matches against Austria
No.	date	place	Result	occasion
1.	June 30, 1912	Stockholm	3: 1	Olympic quarter-finals
2.	December 10, 1933	Amsterdam	0: 1	Friendly match
3.	May 26, 1957	Vienna	2: 3	World Cup qualification
4th	September 25, 1957	Amsterdam	1: 1	World Cup qualification
5.	April 12, 1964	Amsterdam	1: 1	Friendly match
6th	September 18, 1966	Vienna	1: 2	Friendly match
7th	March 28, 1973	Vienna	0: 1	Friendly match
8th.	March 27, 1974	Rotterdam	1: 1	Friendly match
9.	May 20, 1978	Vienna	1-0	Friendly match
10.	June 14, 1978	Cordoba	5: 1	World Cup intermediate round
11.	November 14, 1984	Vienna	0: 1	World Cup qualification
12.	May 1, 1985	Rotterdam	1: 1	World Cup qualification
13.	May 30, 1990	Vienna	2: 3	Friendly match
14th	May 27, 1992	Sittard	3: 2	Friendly match
15th	October 16, 2002	Vienna	3-0	European Championship qualification
16.	September 6, 2003	Rotterdam	3: 1	European Championship qualification
17th	March 26, 2008	Vienna	4: 3	Friendly match
18th	February 9, 2011	Eindhoven	3: 1	Friendly match

particularities

National colors on the jersey

Since the preparation games for EM 2000, the national team has been wearing its own national flag next to the opponent's flag and the date of the game underneath it on the home jerseys on the left chest below the KNVB logo and on the World Cup away jerseys on the right sleeve. This is now practiced by almost all teams - especially at large tournaments.

The term "Oranjes"

The Dutch national team is often referred to in German as the "Oranjes". “Oranje” is a synonym for the Netherlands, for example in the Dutch expression “Oranje boven”. The German plural variant is a designation for members of the royal family in Dutch. The national team, on the other hand, is called in the singular "Oranje".

The origin lies in the royal house of Orange- Nassau, Dutch Orange, whereby the origin was in the French county Orange , which William I of Orange-Nassau inherited. He led the Dutch to independence from the Spanish in the 16th century . The national anthem " Het Wilhelmus " is dedicated to him and orange became the national color of the Netherlands.

literature

• Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905-1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 .
• Zeger van Herwaarden, Het Oranje W K-boek , De Arbeiderspers / Het Sporthuis Amsterdam / Antwerpen 2010, ISBN 978-90-295-7219-4 .

Web links

Commons : Netherlands national soccer team  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Website of the Dutch Association (Dutch)
• National team website (Dutch)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The FIFA / Coca-Cola World Ranking. In: fifa.com. July 16, 2020, accessed July 21, 2020 . 
2. ^ Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905–1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 8f.
3. ↑ ^{a b} Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905–1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 11.
4. ^ Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905–1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 22.
5. ^ Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905–1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 26.
6. ^ Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905–1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 28.
7. ^ Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905–1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 27.
8. ^ Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905–1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 18.
9. ^ Anniversary book for the 50th anniversary of the association in 1950; op.cit. in Marco Meeuwse: Jan de Natris , in: Ajax vanaf de oprichting dead 1930 ( Memento from May 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
10. ↑ Willem Vissers, Nigel de Jong is niet de enige , in: De Volkskrant of October 4, 2010, online version viewed on February 2, 2011; also: Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905-1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 32.
11. ↑ op.cit. in Jan Luitzen: Jan de Natris (1895–1972): De opstandige dwarserik , in: Mik Schots & Jan Luitzen, Tovenaars in Oranje . AW Bruna, Utrecht 2004, ISBN 90-229-8813-9 , p. 161; also in Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905-1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 33.
12. ^ Johan Derksen et al., Het Nederlands Elftal 1905–1989. De historie van Oranje , Weekbladpers BV / Voetbal International, Amsterdam 1989, ISBN 90-236-7211-9 , p. 120.
13. ↑ Zeger van Herwaarden, Het Oranje W K-boek , De Arbeiderspers / Het Sporthuis Amsterdam / Antwerpen 2010, ISBN 978-90-295-7219-4 , p. 29.
14. ↑ "'Period Lotsy', het begin"; Zeger van Herwaarden, Het Oranje W K-boek , De Arbeiderspers / Het Sporthuis Amsterdam / Antwerpen 2010, ISBN 978-90-295-7219-4 , p. 29.
15. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung : Football World Cup 1978: Cruyff reveals attempted kidnapping , May 17, 2010
16. ↑ On the EM 1980 see Het toernooi van 1980 verslag (PDF; 203 kB), viewed on October 27, 2010
17. ↑ Scifo: “The Mentality Counts” , FIFA homepage of September 14, 2009, viewed on May 31, 2011
18. ↑ VAN MARWIJK ROEPT FER, MADURO EN MARCELLIS OP - 8 AUGUSTUS 2010  ( 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. , Website Ons Oranje from October 15, 2008  
19. ↑ Oranje speelt gelijk tegen Tunesië ( Memento of February 13, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), Ons Oranje website of February 11, 2009. Accessed on August 24, 2015.
20. ↑ Bert van Marwijk gematigd tevreden ( Memento from August 15, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), OnsOranje website of the KNVB from August 13, 2009
21. ↑ ^{a b} 'Slechtste duel onder mijn leiding' ( Memento from September 8, 2009 in the Internet Archive ), OnsOranje website of the KNVB from September 5, 2009
22. ↑ Elia schiet Oranje naar record ( Memento from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), OnsOranje website of the KNVB from September 9, 2009
23. ↑ Ronaldo shoots Oranje out of the tournament , Spiegel Online from June 17, 2012 (accessed June 18, 2012).
24. ↑ Nederlands elftal historically zwak ( memento from June 26, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (German: Dutch team historically weak), message on the homepage of the Dutch football association KNVB from June 18, 2012 (in Dutch, accessed on June 18, 2012).
25. ↑ Bondscoach van Marwijk throws down , Spiegel Online from June 27, 2012 (accessed June 27, 2012).
26. ↑ Van Gaal nieuwe bondscoach ( memento of July 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) (German: Van Gaal new national coach), notification on the KNVB homepage of July 6, 2012 (accessed on August 1, 2012).
27. ↑ Kluivert assistant bij Oranje ( Memento from June 26, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) (German: Kluivert assistant near Oranje), notification on the KNVB homepage of July 31, 2012 (accessed on August 1, 2012).
28. ↑ fifa.com: Bad start for van Gaal
29. ↑ Italy and the Netherlands qualified for the World Cup early. In: fussball-wm-total.de. FOOTBALL World Cup total, September 11, 2013, accessed on September 11, 2013 . 
30. ↑ Der Tagesspiegel : Brazil is losing and is no longer even crying , Armin Lehmann, July 13, 2014
31. ↑ Advocaat stops working as a bond coach. In: sport1.de. Retrieved December 26, 2017 . 
32. ↑ ^{a b} The Netherlands under bond coach Ronald Koeman: This is what a radical change looks like
33. ↑ German misery continues, 0: 3 against the Netherlands , derstandard.de, accessed on October 15, 2018
34. ↑ Germany is relegated to the Nations League , faz.net, accessed on November 17, 2018
35. ↑ 2: 2 after 2: 0! Van Dijk shocks the DFB team , kicker.de, accessed on November 20, 2018
36. ↑ The placements from 5th place onwards were determined by FIFA without any placement games. See: All-time FIFA World Cup Ranking 1930–2010 (PDF; 200 kB)
37. ↑ Spelers & Staf. In: onsoranje.nl. Retrieved August 25, 2020 . 
38. ↑ onsoranje.nl: Nederlands elftal - history (partly out of date)
39. ↑ Current data
40. ↑ onsoranje.nl: Nederlands elftal - Spelers & Staf