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The Netherlands national football team (Dutch: Nederlands nationaal voetbalelftal) represents the Netherlands in international men's association football and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB). The football team is colloquially referred to as Oranje, as a tribute to the House of Orange-Nassau, or Holland, referring to the country itself. In Dutch people colloquially speak of het Nederlands elftal (the Dutch eleven).

The team was first assembled in 1905. The Dutch hold the record of losing the most World Cup finals without managing a single triumph after finishing as runners-up in 1974, 1978, and 2010, losing to West Germany, Argentina and Spain respectively. They won the European Championship in 1988. At the peak of their success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed Clockwork Orange for its precision passing.

History

Dutch squad for their first international match

The Netherlands played their first international match in Antwerp against Belgium on 30 April 1905. The players were selected by a five-member commission from the Dutch football association. After 90 minutes, the score was 1–1, but because the match was for a trophy (the "Coupe van den Abeele"), the game went into extra time, in which Eddy de Neve scored three times, making the score 1–4 for the Dutch side.

The Netherlands made their first appearance at the World Cup final tournament in 1934, and after coming back in 1938, the Dutch national team entered the wilderness of world football.

Total Football

They came out of this wilderness in the 1970s with the invention of Total Football (Dutch: Totaalvoetbal), pioneered by Ajax and led by playmaker Johan Cruyff and national team coach Rinus Michels. The Dutch made huge strides, qualifying for two World Cup finals in the decade.

In 1974, the Netherlands beat both Brazil and Argentina in the second group stage, reaching the final for the first time in their history. However, the team lost to West Germany in the final in Munich, despite having gone 1–0 up through Johan Neeskens' early penalty kick before any German had even touched the ball. However, supported by the crowd, a converted penalty by Paul Breitner and the winner from Gerd Müller led to a victory for the Germans. Despite losing the final, Clockwork Orange and Johan Cruyff had written a new page in football's history.

The Dutch team before their 2–1 loss to West Germany in the final of the 1974 World Cup

By comparison, Euro '76 was a disappointment. The Netherlands lost in the semi-finals to Czechoslovakia, as much because of fighting within the squad and the coach George Knobel, as well as the skill of the eventual winners.

In 1978, the Netherlands reached again the final of a World Cup, only to be beaten anew by the host, here Argentina. This side played without Johan Cruyff, Willem van Hanegem, and Jan van Beveren, who refused to participate in the World Cup. It still contained Johan Neeskens, Johnny Rep, Arie Haan, Ruud Krol, Wim Jansen, Jan Jongbloed, Wim Suurbier and Rob Rensenbrink from the 1974 selection. The Netherlands were less impressive in the group stages. They qualified as runners-up, after a draw with Peru and a loss to Scotland. In the second group phase, however, the Netherlands topped a group including Italy and West Germany, setting up a final with Argentina. However, the Dutch finished as runners up for the second World Cup in a row as they ultimately lost 3–1 after two extra time goals from Argentina. Agonisingly for the Dutch, Rensenbrink hit the Argentinian post in the last minute of normal time, with the score 1–1.

Euro '80 was the last tournament the generation of Total Football qualified for, but they did not advance past the group stage, despite the tournament format being expanded that year. Veterans such as Krol and Rensenbrink retired soon afterwards and the Netherlands missed the 1982 World Cup, Euro '84, and the 1986 World Cup in succession.

European Champions

The 1988 trophy on display in Amsterdam

Rinus Michels returned to coach the team for the Euro '88 tournament. After losing the first group match against the Soviet Union (1–0), the Netherlands went on to qualify for the semi-final by defeating England 3–1 (with a hat-trick by the tournament's top scorer Marco van Basten), and Republic of Ireland (1–0). For many Dutch football supporters, the most important match in the tournament was the semi-final against West Germany, the host country, considered a revenge for the lost 1974 World Cup final (also in West Germany). Marco van Basten, who would later become national team coach, scored in the 89th minute of the game to sink the German side. The game is also remembered for its post-match shenanigans, including Ronald Koeman, who, in front of the German supporters, provocatively pretended to wipe his backside with the shirt of Olaf Thon as if it were toilet paper, an action Koeman later regretted. The Netherlands won the final with a convincing victory over the USSR, a rematch on the round robin game, through a header by Ruud Gullit and a volley by van Basten. This was the national team's first major tournament win and it restored them to the forefront of international football for the next three years after almost a decade in the wilderness.

Despite high expectations as the team entered the 1990 World Cup, that tournament was not a success. Van Basten failed to score, as he was frequently marked by opposing defenders, while Gullit was ineffective having not fully recovered from injury. The Dutch managed to advance despite drawing all three group games, meeting their arch-rivals West Germany in the round of 16. The match is most remembered for the spitting-incident involving Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler as the Netherlands lost 2–1.

The team subsequently reached the semi-finals in the Euro '92, which was noted for the emergence of Dennis Bergkamp, but they were eliminated by eventual champions Denmark, with Van Basten's kick in the penalty shootout being saved by Peter Schmeichel. This was to be van Basten's last major tournament as he suffered a serious injury shortly after, eventually conceding defeat and retiring at the age of 30 in 1995.

In the 1994 World Cup, in the absence of the chronically injured van Basten and the striking Gullit, Dennis Bergkamp led the team with three goals and the Netherlands advanced to the quarter-finals, where they lost 3–2 to eventual champions Brazil.

1996–2004

At Euro '96, after drawing 0–0 with Scotland and beating Switzerland 2–0, they faced the hosts England in the pool A decider, with both teams on 4 points. After 62 minutes, with Scotland beating Switzerland 1–0, the Netherlands were 4–0 down and looked like finishing third behind Scotland on goal difference and going out of the tournament, but Patrick Kluivert converted a Dennis Bergkamp assist and scored in the 78th minute to see the Dutch finish second on goals scored. They then played France in the quarter-finals, drawing 0–0 and being eliminated 5–4 on penalties.

The Netherlands at Euro 96 in a match against Scotland.

In the 1998 World Cup, Netherlands, whose team included Marc Overmars, Phillip Cocu, Edgar Davids, Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer, and Patrick Kluivert, met Argentina in the quarter-final, a rematch of the 1978 final. Near the end of regular time, after an unsuccessful dive to draw a penalty, Argentinian Ariel Ortega head-butted Edwin van der Sar. Ortega was sent off and the Netherlands won 2–1 after a Bergkamp goal in the 89th minute. Bergkamp's goal was famous because of its quality — he touched down a 60-yard (55 m) pass from Frank de Boer then reverse-flicked it inside Roberto Ayala and finally volleyed it past the Argentine goalkeeper. In the semi-final, the Netherlands took Brazil to a penalty shootout after a late Kluivert goal tied the match 1–1, but Brazil won the shootout 4–2 and advanced to the final. Netherlands lost the third place match 2–1 to upstart Croatia. Soon after the World Cup exit manager Guus Hiddink resigned after two tournaments in charge and was replaced by legendary ex-midfielder Frank Rijkaard.

Netherlands co-hosted Euro 2000 with Belgium and were one of the favourites coming into the tournament. Getting all three wins in the group stage, including a win over reigning World Cup champions France, they then crushed Yugoslavia 6–1 in the quarter-finals, with Kluivert getting a hat-trick. In the semi-finals, their opponents, Italy, went down to ten men in the first half and the Netherlands were awarded two penalty kicks but failed to convert either chance. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo made two saves in the shootout (in addition to his penalty saves in regulation time) to eliminate the Netherlands. Dennis Bergkamp, who failed to score during the tournament, retired from the national team after Euro 2000 (partly due to his fear of flying effectively ruling him out from the 2002 World Cup which was to be held in East Asia.) Coach Frank Rijkaard was widely criticized by the press after the defeat to the Italians as the Dutch had squandered several chances to kill the game. Rijkaard resigned, with Louis van Gaal taking over. Van Gaal is credited with initially bringing through the backbone of this Dutch side whilst manager of Ajax durting the mid ninieties, including Edwin van der Sar, Edgar Davids, Michael Reiziger, Clarence Seedorf, Marc Overmars, Patrick Kluivert and the de Boer twins.

Netherlands at the 2006 World Cup

Surprisingly the Netherlands failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, with crucial losses to Portugal and the Republic of Ireland, the latter of which eliminated them from the Finals tournament. Van Gaal resigned at the conclusion of the Netherlands' unsuccessful campaign.

Dick Advocaat returned to coach the Netherlands for a second time and led the team to the semifinals of Euro 2004 but lost to Portugal and, after receiving criticism for his tactics and player changes, stepped down. This was to be the end for the many of the team's World Cup veterans (mostly made up of the Ajax generation of 1995.) Frank and Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Marc Overmars, Jaap Stam, and Patrick Kluivert had either retired or were not selected for the upcoming World Cup by new coach Marco van Basten.

World Cup 2006–present

Training in Germany

The Netherlands qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany and finished second in Group C after beating Serbia & Montenegro (1–0) and the Côte d'Ivoire (2–1) and drawing Argentina (0–0). Both Argentina and the Netherlands finished the group stage with seven points, but the Argentinians had a superior goal difference and finished first as a result. The Dutch were eliminated in the second round after losing 1–0 to Portugal, in a match that produced 16 yellow cards (which matched the World Cup record for most cautions in one game set in 2002) and set a new World Cup record of four red cards (two for either side) and was nicknamed "the Battle of Nuremberg" by the press. Despite criticism surrounding his selection policy and the lack of attacking football from his team, Marco van Basten was offered a two-year extension to his contract by the Dutch FA, which would allow him to serve as national coach during Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. The move was widely regarded as a vote of confidence in van Basten and his assistants by the KNVB officials.

Netherlands – France at Euro 2008

The Netherlands began their Euro 2008 campaign with a win in Luxembourg on 2 September 2006. On 8 September 2007, the Oranje beat Bulgaria at the Amsterdam ArenA on goals by Wesley Sneijder and Ruud van Nistelrooy. On 12 September 2007, the Netherlands won a hard fought victory against Albania, with van Nistelrooy scoring the winning goal in stoppage time. This win took the Dutch squad into second place in Group G, on par with Romania for points, but behind on goal differential. The Oranje were beaten 1–0 in Romania on 13 October 2007, but four days later, the Netherlands' 2–0 victory over Slovenia, while rivals Bulgaria could only draw in Albania, left the Dutch needing one win from their last two games, at home to Luxembourg and away to Belarus, to qualify for Euro 2008.

The Netherlands played their first game in 2008 against Croatia in Split. The team, without Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie, Clarence Seedorf, Orlando Engelaar, and Arjen Robben, won the match 3–0. The first goal was scored by John Heitinga on a header, while Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored the second goal on an assist from Tim de Cler. The final goal came from Celtic striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. The team used a new formation under Marco van Basten, scrapping the previously used 4–3–3 formation for a 4–2–3–1.

The Dutch team was a participant in the "Group of Death", together with France, Italy, and Romania. They began Euro 2008 with a 3–0 win over World Cup Champion Italy in Berne on 9 June 2008. This was the Netherlands' first victory over Italy since 1978. In their second group match against France on 13 June 2008, the Netherlands won convincingly with a 4–1 score. The Dutch closed out an incredible group stage campaign with a 2–0 win over Romania. However, they lost in the quarter-final to former coach Guus Hiddink's Russia by 3–1, despite a late 86th minute equalizer by Ruud van Nistelrooy.

Netherlands – Denmark at the 2010 World Cup

The Dutch team went on to secure a 100 percent record in their World Cup 2010 qualification campaign, winning all eight games and becoming the first European team to qualify for the World Cup. The World Cup Draw in Cape Town on the 4 December 2009 saw the Dutch being placed alongside Denmark, Cameroon and Japan in Group E. On June 14 the Dutch won 2–0 against Denmark in their opener at the World Cup. On June 19th they then beat Japan 1–0 with a goal from Wesley Sneijder. They were the first team to qualify for the Round of 16 after a 2–1 victory from Denmark over Cameroon. In the first knockout round they faced Slovakia. At the end it was 2–1 victory after goals from Arjen Robben and Wesley Sneijder. The conceded goal came in injury time from a penalty taken by Róbert Vittek. They advanced to the semifinals with a 2-1 victory over the favoured Brazilians on July 2, 2010. Brazil, who had held a 1-0 lead at the half, was the favourite to win the cup, had never lost in 37 World Cup matches (35-0-2) in which they had held a halftime lead. The first Dutch goal was originally ruled an own goal by Felipe Melo, but was later officially changed to a goal by Wesley Sneijder. The second came from a corner kick headed into the net by Wesley Sneijder. In the semi-final the Dutch beat Uruguay 3–2 to advance to their first World Cup final since 1978. The Dutch lost the final to Spain with a score of 1–0 after extra time in what was to be Giovanni van Bronckhorst's last match in professional football.

Last 10 and known next games

KEY: WCF2010 = 2010 FIFA World Cup; ECQ2012 = UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying

Colours

Dutch fans wearing the traditional orange colours of the national team at a 2006 World Cup match at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

The Netherlands national football team famously play in a bright orange shirt. Orange is the historic national colour of the Netherlands, originating from the coat of arms of the Dutch founding father William of Orange-Nassau. The top red band of the current flag was originally orange. The current Dutch away shirt is white, with two thin lines outlining a chevron containing the colours of the Dutch flag. Occasionally, orange socks are worn instead of light blue socks, such as in the qualifier against Scotland on March 28, 2009.

Nike is the kit provider to the national team, a sponsorship that began in 1996 and is contracted to continue until at least 2018.

Competitive record

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background color indicates the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.'

Current squad

The following players were named as part of the squad for the Euro 2012 qualifying matches against San Marino on September 3 and Finland on September 7.

Caps and goals as of 7 September 2010.

# Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Maarten Stekelenburg September 22, 1982 (1982-09-22) (age 27) 36 0 Ajax 16 GK Piet Velthuizen November 3, 1986 (1986-11-03) (age 23) 1 0 Hércules 2 DF Gregory van der Wiel February 3, 1988 (1988-02-03) (age 22) 17 0 Ajax 4 DF Joris Mathijsen April 5, 1980 (1980-04-05) (age 30) 64 3 Hamburg 21 DF Erik Pieters July 8, 1988 (1988-07-08) (age 22) 2 0 PSV 12 DF Khalid Boulahrouz December 28, 1981 (1981-12-28) (age 28) 31 0 Stuttgart 20 DF Ron Vlaar February 16, 1985 (1985-02-16) (age 25) 4 0 Feyenoord 5 DF Vurnon Anita April 4, 1989 (1989-04-04) (age 21) 3 0 Ajax 3 DF John Heitinga November 15, 1983 (1983-11-15) (age 26) 62 6 Everton 22 MF Hedwiges Maduro February 13, 1985 (1985-02-13) (age 25) 14 0 Valencia 6 MF Mark van Bommel (C) April 22, 1977 (1977-04-22) (age 33) 65 10 Bayern Munich 8 MF Nigel de Jong November 30, 1984 (1984-11-30) (age 25) 50 1 Manchester City 10 MF Wesley Sneijder June 9, 1984 (1984-06-09) (age 26) 70 19 Internazionale 13 MF Theo Janssen July 27, 1981 (1981-07-27) (age 29) 3 0 Twente 11 MF Rafael van der Vaart February 11, 1983 (1983-02-11) (age 27) 85 16 Tottenham Hotspur 14 MF Demy de Zeeuw May 26, 1983 (1983-05-26) (age 27) 27 0 Ajax 7 MF Ibrahim Afellay April 2, 1986 (1986-04-02) (age 24) 28 0 PSV FW Dirk Kuyt July 22, 1980 (1980-07-22) (age 30) 71 17 Liverpool 9 FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar August 12, 1983 (1983-08-12) (age 27) 38 21 Schalke 04 17 FW Eljero Elia February 13, 1987 (1987-02-13) (age 23) 17 2 Hamburg 18 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy July 1, 1976 (1976-07-01) (age 34) 66 34 Hamburg 15 FW Jeremain Lens November 24, 1987 (1987-11-24) (age 22) 2 1 PSV

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called up for the team in the last 12 months and are still available for call up.

Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest Callup GK Michel Vorm October 20, 1983 (1983-10-20) (age 26) 5 0 Utrecht Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 GK Sander Boschker October 20, 1970 (1970-10-20) (age 39) 1 0 Twente World Cup 2010 DF Jeffrey Bruma November 13, 1991 (1991-11-13) (age 18) 1 0 Chelsea Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 DF Glenn Loovens October 22, 1983 (1983-10-22) (age 26) 2 0 Celtic Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 DF Dirk Marcellis April 13, 1988 (1988-04-13) (age 22) 3 0 AZ Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 DF André Ooijer July 11, 1974 (1974-07-11) (age 36) 55 3 Ajax World Cup 2010 DF Edson Braafheid April 8, 1983 (1983-04-08) (age 27) 8 0 Bayern Munich World Cup 2010 MF Wout Brama August 21, 1986 (1986-08-21) (age 24) 2 0 Twente Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 MF Leroy Fer January 5, 1990 (1990-01-05) (age 20) 1 0 Feyenoord Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 MF Siem de Jong January 28, 1989 (1989-01-28) (age 21) 1 0 Ajax Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 MF Stijn Schaars January 11, 1984 (1984-01-11) (age 26) 12 0 AZ World Cup 2010 MF Otman Bakkal February 27, 1985 (1985-02-27) (age 25) 1 0 PSV World Cup 2010 Preliminary Squad MF Orlando Engelaar August 24, 1979 (1979-08-24) (age 31) 14 0 PSV World Cup 2010 Preliminary Squad MF David Mendes da Silva August 4, 1982 (1982-08-04) (age 28) 7 0 Red Bull Salzburg World Cup 2010 Preliminary Squad FW Roy Beerens December 22, 1987 (1987-12-22) (age 22) 1 0 Heerenveen Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 FW Urby Emanuelson June 16, 1986 (1986-06-16) (age 24) 12 0 Ajax Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 FW Ricky van Wolfswinkel January 27, 1989 (1989-01-27) (age 21) 1 0 Utrecht Friendly vs Ukraine, August 12, 2010 FW Robin van Persie August 6, 1983 (1983-08-06) (age 27) 51 19 Arsenal World Cup 2010 FW Ryan Babel December 19, 1986 (1986-12-19) (age 23) 39 5 Liverpool World Cup 2010 FW Arjen Robben January 23, 1984 (1984-01-23) (age 26) 52 15 Bayern Munich World Cup 2010

Past managers

Individual all-time records

     Still active players are highlighted

Titles

• FIFA World Cup:
  • Runner-up (3): 1974, 1978, 2010

• European Champions:
  • Winners (1): 1988

Friendly titles

• Nelson Mandela Challenge Cup:
  • Winners (1): 1997

• IX. Olympiad Amsterdam CONSOLATION TOURNAMENT:
  • Winners (1): 1928

• International Amateur Tournament 1948:
  • Winners (1): 1948

• Tournament International of Paris:
  • Winners (1): 1978

• Nasazzi's Baton:
  • Winners (7): 1978, 1985, 1986, 1998, 2000, 2002 and 2009

• KNVB 100th Anniversary:
  • Winners (1): 1989 (Shared) with Denmark

See also

• List of Netherlands international footballers
• Netherlands national under-21 football team
• Netherlands national under-19 football team
• Netherlands national under-17 football team
• Netherlands women's national football team
• Royal Dutch Football Association
• Aruba national football team
• Netherlands Antilles national football team
• Sint Maarten national football team
• Germany and Netherlands football rivalry

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to: Netherlands national football team

• Official site (in Dutch)
• RSSSF archive of results 1908–
• RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
• RSSSF archive of coaches
• Nederland – List of International Matches
• Stats and Analytics of the Netherlands team at Footbalistic
• Netherlands National Football Team History
• IFFHS Archive:1905–1910
• Story of The Netherlands at the 1974 World Cup
• Story of The Netherlands at the 1978 World Cup
• The Netherlands national team ELO rating
• Oranje Statistics

Preceded by 1984 – France

European Champions 1988 (First title)

Succeeded by 1992 – Denmark

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