Dutch national football team (U-21 men)

This article is about the Dutch national football team (U-21 men) . For the senior national team, see Dutch national football team .

Netherlands

Nickname (s)	Jong Oranje (The Young Orange)
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond
confederacy	UEFA
Head coach	Erwin van de Looi
Record scorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
Record player	Arnold Bruggink (31) Leroy Fer (31)
FIFA code	NED
home Away
statistics
First international game GDR 2-0 Netherlands ( Rostock , GDR ; November 14, 1978)
Biggest win } San Marino 0-6 Netherlands ( San Marino ; April 29, 1997)
Successes in tournaments
European Championship
Participation in the finals	6 ( first : 1988 )
Best results	Winner ( 2006 , 2007 )
(As of March 16, 2015)

The Netherlands U-21 national soccer team is a selection team of Dutch soccer players. It is subordinate to the KNVB (Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond), the Dutch football association, and represents it at the U-21 level, in friendly matches against the national teams of other national associations, but also at the European championship of the European continental association UEFA or the FIFA World Cup . Players who have not yet reached the age of 21 and who are Dutch citizens are eligible to play. In tournaments, the age at the first qualifying game is decisive.

history

The Dutch U-21 was founded in 1976. The reason for this was the reorganization and regulation of UEFA this year, which lowered the age limit from 23 to 21. Before that, there had been a U-23 since 1972, which is the origins of today's U-21 selection.

In the first five U-21 European football championships between 1978 and 1986, the Dutch failed to qualify for the finals. It was not until 1988 that the team reached the quarter-finals and met the Spanish selection there . After a 0: 1 in the first leg, the team was able to prevail in the second leg with 2: 1 after extra time. In the semi-finals, however, they had to admit defeat to eventual winners France 5-2 (overall result). The first leg already ended 0: 5 from the perspective of the Dutch, the 2: 0 victory in the second leg could no longer prevent the elimination from the tournament.

This first participation was to remain the most successful until 1998 . At the tournament in Romania, the Jong Oranije made it back to the semi-finals, but Greece had to bow there with a 3-0 defeat. In the game for third place, the team failed to Norway .

In 2000 , the team failed in the group stage of the final round.

After failing to qualify in 2004, the Dutch surprised at the 2006 European Championship . After a bumpy start with a defeat against Ukraine and a draw against Denmark , the team only made it into the knockout round of the competition with a 2-1 win against defending champions Italy . In the semifinals they met France: despite a 2-0 half-time advantage, Elftal had to go into extra time, but then prevailed there with 3-2. On June 4, 2006, she met the Ukrainian selection for the second time in this tournament. With a clear 3-0 the revenge was achieved and the Dutch were able to celebrate their first European Championship triumph. Klaas Jan Huntelaar with a brace and Nicky Hofs in stoppage time sealed the success.

2006 final team

Line-up : Kenneth Vermeer , Gijs Luirink , Urby Emanuelson , Dwight Tiendalli , Ron Vlaar , Stijn Schaars , Nicky Hofs , Ismaël Aïssati (79th Ramon Zomer ), Demy de Zeeuw , Romeo Castelen (69th Daniël de Ridder ), Klaas Jan Huntelaar
Trainer : Foppe de Haan

2006 final team roster

No.	Surname	society	birthday
goalkeeper
22nd	Remko Pasveer	Twente Enschede	11/08/1983
1	Kenneth Vermeer	Ajax Amsterdam	01/10/1986
21st	Michel Vorm	FC Den Bosch	10/20/1983
Defense
5	Urby Emanuelson	Ajax Amsterdam	06/16/1986
16	Arnold Kruiswijk	FC Groningen	11/02/1984
3	Gijs Luirink	FC Groningen	09/12/1983
16	Dwight Tiendalli	FC Utrecht	October 21, 1985
2	Paul Verhaegh	Vitesse Arnhem	09/01/1983
17th	Ron Vlaar	Feyenoord Rotterdam	02/16/1985
4th	Ramon Zomer	Twente Enschede	04/13/1983
midfield
10	Ismaël Aïssati	PSV Eindhoven	08/16/1988
19th	Edson Braafheid	FC Utrecht	04/08/1983
20th	Demy de Zeeuw	AZ Alkmaar	05/26/1983
8th	Nicky Hofs	Feyenoord Rotterdam	05/17/1983
12	Haris Medunjanin	AZ Alkmaar	03/08/1985
6th	Stijn Schaars	AZ Alkmaar	01/11/1984
attack
15th	Fred Benson	Vitesse Arnhem	04/10/1984
7th	Romeo Castelen	Feyenoord Rotterdam	05/03/1983
11	Daniël de Ridder	Celta Vigo	03/06/1984
13	Patrick Gerritsen	Twente Enschede	03/13/1987
9	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	Ajax Amsterdam	08/12/1983
14th	Collins John	Fulham FC	10/17/1985
Trainer
	Foppe de Haan		06/26/1943

The Dutch team after winning the 2007 European Championship.

The Dutch hosted the 2007 European Championship . This time the Bond team came out on top of the table in Group A. Only a 2: 2 against Belgium cost a point loss in the last game, which was insignificant for the Dutch. The semifinals were decided 13:12 on penalties. After 90 minutes the score was 1: 1. Gianni Zuiverloon converted the decisive goal for the Oranije . Six players were awarded two penalties, a new record for the most goals in a UEFA competitive match.

In the final on June 23, 2007 in Euroborg you had to deal with Serbia . An early goal in the 17th minute by Otman Bakkal quickly set the course for victory. With goals from Ryan Babel (60th) and Maceo Rigters (67th) success was almost certain. After a connection goal in the 79th minute by Dragan Mrđa , Luigi Bruins (87th) was able to restore the old gap shortly before the end. With Daniël de Ridder , only one player from the squad from last year's triumph was in the starting line-up of the 2006 final team.

2007 final team

Line-up : Boy Waterman , Gianni Zuiverloon , Arnold Kruiswijk , Erik Pieters (89th Calvin Jong-a-Pin ), Hedwiges Maduro , Royston Drenthe (78th Roy Beerens ), Ryan Babel , Daniël de Ridder , Maceo Rigters (69th Luigi Bruins ), Ryan Donk , Otman Bakkal
Trainer : Foppe de Haan

2007 final team squad

No.	Surname	society	birthday
goalkeeper
23	Tim Krul	Newcastle United	04/03/1988
16	Kenneth Vermeer	Ajax Amsterdam	01/10/1986
1	Boy Waterman	AZ Alkmaar	01/24/1984
Defense
18th	Ryan Donk	AZ Alkmaar	03/30/1986
8th	Royston Drenthe	Feyenoord Rotterdam	04/08/1987
4th	Arnold Kruiswijk	FC Groningen	11/02/1984
5	Erik Pieters	FC Utrecht	08/07/1988
2	Paul Verhaegh	Vitesse Arnhem	09/01/1983
15th	Robbert signs	Heracles Almelo	04/18/1986
21st	Frank van der Struijk	Willem II Tilburg	March 28, 1985
3	Ron Vlaar	Feyenoord Rotterdam	02/16/1985
midfield
10	Ismaël Aïssati	Twente Enschede	08/16/1988
22nd	Otman Bakkal	Twente Enschede	02/27/1985
14th	Roy Beerens	NEC Nijmegen	12/22/1987
12	Luigi Bruins	Excelsior Rotterdam	03/09/1987
19th	Calvin Jong-a-Pin	SC Heerenveen	07/18/1986
6th	Hedwiges Maduro	Ajax Amsterdam	02/13/1985
17th	Haris Medunjanin	Sparta Rotterdam	03/08/1985
2	Gianni Zuiverloon	SC Heerenveen	12/30/1986
attack
9	Ryan Babel	Ajax Amsterdam	December 19, 1986
11	Daniël de Ridder	Celta Vigo	03/06/1984
20th	Tim Janssen	RKC Waalwijk	03/06/1986
7th	Julian Jenner	AZ Alkmaar	02/28/1984
13	Maceo Rigters	NAC Breda	01/22/1984
Trainer
	Foppe de Haan		06/26/1943

The Dutch also wanted to travel to the U-21 European Football Championship in Sweden in 2009 and defend the title. After a good start in Group 5, the team failed to make the group win perfect. In the last four matches, only four of the possible twelve points were achieved, including two defeats against Switzerland, and only second place. So you had to give way to the Swiss alpine footballers and missed the EM. In July, Foppe de Haan was fired as the team's coach. Cor Pot took his place . He already looked after the team between 2002 and 2003.

Current

International matches

The matches of the last twelve months as well as future international matches are listed. The results are mentioned from a Dutch perspective.

date	Venue	opponent	Type of game	Result	Goal scorers
05th Mar 2014	Velsen-Zuid	Israel	Friendly match	0: 1 (0: 0)	0: 1 Sayef (63.)
May 28, 2014	Paisley	Scotland	European Championship qualification 2015	6: 1 (3: 0)	1: 0 Promes (26th), 2: 0 Promes (40th), 3: 0 Promes (42nd), 4: 0 Rekik (50th), 5: 0 Ziyech (76th), 6: 0 Ziyech ( 79.), 6: 1 May (85.)
03rd June 2014	Maastricht	Luxembourg	European Championship qualification 2015	3: 1 (0: 0)	1: 0 Castaignos (54th), 2: 0 Promes (56th), 2: 1 Borges (59th), 3: 1 Promes (61st)
04th Sep 2014	Deventer	Georgia	European Championship qualification 2015	0: 1 (0: 0)	0: 1 Jigauri (71.)
08 Sep 2014	Tilburg	Slovakia	European Championship qualification 2015	0: 1 (0: 0)	0: 1 Zreľák (72nd)
0Oct 9, 2014	Alkmaar	Portugal	European Championship qualification 2015 play-off	0: 2 (0: 1)	0: 1 Oliveira (45 + 1.), 0: 1 Mané (82.)
Oct 14, 2014	Paços de Ferreira	Portugal	European Championship qualification 2015 play-off	4: 5 (2: 2)	0: 1 Vezo (13th), 1: 1 Weghorst (15th), 1: 2 Neves (20th), 2: 2 Kongolo (45th + 1), 2: 3 Ricardo (50th), 3: 3 Aké (64th), 3: 4 Ricardo (66th), 3: 5 Silva (87th), 4: 5 Aké (89th)
Nov 13, 2014	Ingolstadt	Germany	Friendly match	1: 3 (0: 3)	0: 1 Younes (11th), 0: 2 Heintz (22nd), 0: 3 Meyer (38th), 1: 3 Boëtius (79th)

• green background color = victory of the Dutch team
• yellow background color = tie
• red background color = defeat of the Dutch team

Current squad

The following players have been nominated for the friendly against Germany. The game took place on November 13, 2014 in Ingolstadt and ended 3: 1 for the German U-21 team.

No.	Surname	society	birth date	International matches	Länderspiel- gates
goal
	Mickey van der Hart	Go Ahead Eagles	June 13, 1994	4th	0
	Maarten de Fockert	SC Heerenveen	Feb 20, 1995	0	0
Defense
	Nathan Aké	Chelsea FC	Feb. 18, 1995	13	2
	Karim Rekik	PSV Eindhoven	0Dec 2, 1994	7th	1
	Joost van Aken	SC Heerenveen	May 13, 1994	2	0
	Peet Bijen	Twente Enschede	Jan. 28, 1995	1	0
	Hans Hateboer	FC Groningen	0Jan. 9, 1994	1	0
	Derrick Luckassen	AZ Alkmaar	03rd July 1995	1	0
midfield
	Tonny Vilhena	Feyenoord Rotterdam	0Jan. 3, 1995	16	4th
	Daley Sinkgraven	SC Heerenveen	04th July 1995	3	0
	Jorrit Hendrix	PSV Eindhoven	0Feb 6, 1995	2	0
	Rick Karsdorp	Feyenoord Rotterdam	Feb 11, 1995	1	0
	Joris van Overeem	FC Dordrecht	0June 1, 1994	21st	6th
attack
	Jean-Paul Boëtius	Feyenoord Rotterdam	22 Mar 1994	11	2
	Anwar El Ghazi	Ajax Amsterdam	0May 3, 1995	3	0
	Wessel Dammers	Feyenoord Rotterdam	01st Mar 1995	1	0
	Vincent Janssen	Almere City FC	June 15, 1994	1	0
	Mohamed Rayhi	PSV Eindhoven	0July 1, 1994	1	0
As of November 13, 2014

Participation in the European Junior Championships

Participation in U-23 European Championships

• 1972 : quarter-finals
• 1974 : quarter-finals
• 1976 : semi-finals

Participation in U-21 European championships

Serbia and the Netherlands in the 2007 final

1978	not qualified
1980	not qualified
1982	not qualified
1984	not qualified
1986	not qualified
1988	Semifinals
1990	not qualified
1992	Quarter finals
1994 in France	not qualified
1996 in Spain	not qualified
1998 in Romania	4th Place
2000 in Slovakia	5th place
2002 in Switzerland	Quarter finals
2004 in Germany	not qualified
2006 in Portugal	winner
2007 in the Netherlands	winner
2009 in Sweden	not qualified
2011 in Denmark	not qualified
2013 in Israel	Semifinals
2015 in the Czech Republic	not qualified
2017 in Poland	not qualified

Note : Between 1978 and 1992, the final round of a U-21 European Championship was not played in one country, but instead was played back and forth in the respective participating nations.

Previous trainers

incomplete

• Nol de Ruiter (1988)
• Han Berger (1998-2000)
• Mark Wotte (2000-2002)
• Cor Pot (2002-2003)
• Ruud Gullit (2003-2004)
• Foppe de Haan (2004-2009)
• Cor Pot (2009-2013)
• Albert Stuivenberg (2013-2014)
• Adrie Koster (2014)
• Remy Reynierse (since October 2014)

Record player

Most international matches

Arnold Bruggink , besides Leroy Fer, completed most of the missions in the Jong Oranje.

#	Surname	Period	Games	Gates
1	Arnold Bruggink	1995-1999	31	15th
	Leroy Fer	2009-2013	31	06th
3	Daniël de Ridder	2004-2007	30th	01
4th	Niels Oude Kamphuis	1996-2000	28	02
5	Roy Makaay	1994-1998	27	15th
	Mark van Bommel	1996-2000	27	03
7th	Kiki Musampa	1996-2000	25th	08th
	Arnold Kruiswijk	2003-2007	25th	00
9	Georginio Wijnaldum	2009-2013	24	10
10	Daley blind	2009-2013	23	00
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2002-2006	23	18th
	Bram Nuytinck	2010-2013	23	02
	Marco van Ginkel	2011-2014	23	04th

As of May 29, 2014

Most international goals

Huntelaar has scored the most goals in the Dutch U-21 selection so far.

#	Surname	Period	Gates	Games	average
1	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2002-2006	18th	23	0.78
2	Roy Makaay	1994-1998	15th	27	0.56
	Arnold Bruggink	1995-1999	15th	31	0.48
4th	Género Zeefuik	2011–2012	10	12	0.83
	Georginio Wijnaldum	2009-2013	10	24	0.42
6th	Kiki Musampa	1996-2000	08th	25th	0.32
7th	Edwin Bakker	1984-1985	07th	07th	1.00
	Ronald de Boer	1989-1992	07th	09	0.78
	Quincy Promes	2013-2014	07th	10	0.70
10	Maceo Rigters	2007	06th	09	0.67
	Willy Carbo	1980-1981	06th	14th	0.43
	Luc Castaignos	2011-2014	06th	15th	0.40
	Leroy Fer	2009-2013	06th	31	0.19

As of June 3, 2014

Former players

selection

• Jo Bonfrere
• Roy Makaay
• Ibrahim Afellay
• Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
• Nicky Hofs
• Arnold Bruggink
• Urby Emanuelson
• Ryan Babel

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Van de Looi kijkt met tien nieuwe namen alvast verder vooruit , ad.nl, September 26, 2018, accessed on September 26, 2018 (Dutch)

Web links

• Homepage of the U21
• Profile on weltfussball.de