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Full History of Netherlands team and world cup 2010 final performance details.

The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB). It won Euro '88 and reached two consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978, but lost both finals to their respective host nations, West Germany and Argentina. At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed Clockwork Oranje for its precision passing. In many countries and even the Netherlands itself, the team is colloquially referred to as Holland. It is currently ranked fourth in the FIFA World Rankings and third in the World Football Elo Ratings.

Contents  [hide] 1 History 1.1 Total Football 1.2 European Champions 1.3 1996-2004 1.4 World Cup 2006-present 1.5 Last 5 and known next games 2 Colours 3 Competitive record 3.1 World Cup record 3.2 European Championship record 3.3 Summer Olympics 4 Current squad 4.1 Recent call-ups 5 Past managers 6 Individual all-time records 6.1 Most matches played 6.2 Most goals scored 7 Titles 7.1 Friendly titles 8 See also 9 References 10 External links

 

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.^[1]

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 coachRinus 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 inMunich, despite having gone 1–0 up through Johan Neeskens' early penalty kick before any German had even touched the ball. The Dutch were trying to embarrass the Germans at home while they were only up 1–0. This would prove their undoing. Supported by the crowd, a converted penalty by Paul Breitner and the winner from Gerd Müller led to a victory for the Germans. In spite of losing the final, the Clockwork Oranje and Johan Cruyff had already written a new page in football's history.

The Dutch team before their 2–1 loss toWest 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 again reached the final of aWorld Cup, only to be again beaten by the hosts, 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 players such as Johan Neeskens, Johnny Rep, Arie Haan, Ruud Krol and Rob Rensenbrink from the 1974 selection. This time the Netherlands were less impressive in the group stages, as they qualified only 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 that 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

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.^[2] 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 after almost a decade in the wilderness for almost three years to come.

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

Dutch supporters

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 aDennis 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.

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.^[3] 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 Hiddinkresigned 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. Having failed to score during the tournament, Dennis Bergkamp retired from the national team after Euro 2000. 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 spine 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 coachMarco 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^[4]. 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 theKNVB officials.^[5]

Netherlands – Italy

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. The Russians ended the Dutch run with two goals in extra time.

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.

Team v • d • e Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Netherlands 8 8 0 0 17 2 +15 24  Norway 8 2 4 2 9 7 +2 10  Scotland 8 3 1 4 6 11 −5 10  Macedonia 8 2 1 5 5 11 −6 7  Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 −6 5

[edit]Last 5 and known next games

Date	Venue	Opponent	Competition	Result
October 10, 2009	Sydney Football Stadium,  Australia	Australia	F	0 - 0 D
November 14, 2009	Stadio Adriatico,  Italy	Italy	F	0 - 0 D
November 18, 2009	Abe Lenstra Stadion,  Netherlands	Paraguay	F	0 - 0 D
March 3, 2010	Amsterdam Arena,  Netherlands	United States	F	2 - 1 W
May 26, 2010	Dreisamstadion,  Germany	Mexico	F	2 - 1 W
June 1, 2010	De Kuip,  Netherlands	Ghana	F
June 5, 2010	Amsterdam Arena,  Netherlands	Hungary	F
June 14, 2010	Soccer City,  South Africa	Denmark	WCF2010
June 19, 2010	Moses Mabhida Stadium,  South Africa	Japan	WCF2010
June 24, 2010	Cape Town Stadium,  South Africa	Cameroon	WCF2010
September 3, 2010	Stadio Olimpico,  San Marino	San Marino	ECQ2012
September 7, 2010	De Kuip,  Netherlands	Finland	ECQ2012
October 8, 2010	Zimbru Stadium,  Moldova	Moldova	ECQ2012
October 12, 2010	Amsterdam ArenA,  Netherlands	Sweden	ECQ2012
March 25, 2011	Stadium Puskas Ferenc,  Hungary	Hungary	ECQ2012
March 29, 2011	Amsterdam ArenA,  Netherlands	Hungary	ECQ2012
September 2, 2011	Philips Stadion,  Netherlands	San Marino	ECQ2012
Septebmer 6, 2011	Helsinki Olympic Stadium,  Finland	Finland	ECQ2012
October 7, 2011	De Kuip,  Netherlands	Moldova	ECQ2012
October 11, 2011	Råsunda Stadium,  Sweden	Sweden	ECQ2012

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

[edit]Colours

Coat of arms of the Netherlands

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

The Netherlands national football team 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 colors 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.

[edit]Competitive record

[edit]World Cup record Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA  1930 Did not Enter - - - - - - -  1934 Round 1 9 1 0 0 1 2 3  1938 Round 1 14 1 0 0 1 0 3  1950 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -  1954 Did Not Enter - - - - - - -  1958 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -  1962 Did Qualify - - - - - - -  1966 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -  1970 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -  1974 Final 2 7 5 1 1 15 3  1978 Final 2 7 3 2 2 15 10  1982 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -  1986 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -  1990 Round of 16 15 4 0 3 1 3 4  1994 Quarter-finals 7 5 3 0 2 8 6  1998 Fourth place 4 7 3 3* 1 13 7  2002 Did Not Qualify - - - - - - -  2006 Round of 16 11 4 2 1 1 3 2  2010 Qualified - - - - - - - Total 9/19 2 Finals 36 16 10 10 59 38

[edit]European Championship record Year Round GP W D* L GS GA  1960 Did not Enter - - - - - -  1964 Did not qualify - - - - - -  1968 Did not qualify - - - - - -  1972 Did not qualify - - - - - -  1976 Third place 2 1 0 1 4 5  1980 Round 1 3 1 1 1 4 4  1984 Did not qualify - - - - - -  1988 Champions 5 4 0 1 8 3  1992 Semi-final 4 2 2* 0 6 3  1996 Quarter-finals 4 1 2* 1 3 4  2000 Semi-final 5 4 1* 0 13 3  2004 Semi-final 5 1 2* 2 7 6  2008 Quarter-finals 4 3 0 1 10 4 Total 8/13 32 17 8 7 55 32 [edit]Summer Olympics Olympic medal record Men’s Football Bronze 1920 Antwerp Team Bronze 1912 Stockholm Team Bronze 1908 London Team

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

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

[edit]Current squad

The following 23 players were named as part of the squad for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.

Caps and goals as of 26 May 2010

No. Pos. Player DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club 1 GK Maarten Stekelenburg September 22, 1982 (age 27) 26 0  Ajax 16 GK Michel Vorm October 20, 1983 (age 26) 3 0  Utrecht 22 GK Sander Boschker October 20, 1970 (age 39) 0 0  Twente 5 DF Giovanni van Bronckhorst  February 5, 1975 (age 35) 97 5  Feyenoord 21 DF Gregory van der Wiel February 3, 1988 (age 22) 8 0  Ajax 23 DF André Ooijer July 11, 1974 (age 35) 53 3  PSV 3 DF John Heitinga November 15, 1983 (age 26) 52 6  Everton 4 DF Joris Mathijsen April 5, 1980 (age 30) 54 3  Hamburg 5 DF Edson Braafheid April 8, 1983 (age 27) 6 0  Bayern Munich 3 DF Khalid Boulahrouz December 28, 1981 (age 28) 29 0  Stuttgart 17 MF Ibrahim Afellay April 2, 1986 (age 24) 21 0  PSV MF Stijn Schaars January 11, 1984 (age 26) 12 0  AZ 20 MF Demy de Zeeuw May 26, 1983 (age 27) 24 0  Ajax 6 MF Mark van Bommel April 22, 1977 (age 33) 54 9  Bayern Munich 8 MF Nigel de Jong November 30, 1984 (age 25) 40 1  Manchester City 14 MF Rafael van der Vaart February 11, 1983 (age 27) 76 15  Real Madrid 10 MF Wesley Sneijder June 9, 1984 (age 25) 59 12  Internazionale 9 FW Dirk Kuyt July 22, 1980 (age 29) 61 14  Liverpool 21 FW Ryan Babel December 19, 1986 (age 23) 38 5  Liverpool 7 FW Robin van Persie August 6, 1983 (age 26) 42 16  Arsenal 11 FW Arjen Robben January 23, 1984 (age 26) 46 11  Bayern Munich 18 FW Eljero Elia February 13, 1987 (age 23) 6 2  Hamburg 19 FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar August 12, 1983 (age 26) 31 15  Milan

[edit]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 DoB (Age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Piet Velthuizen November 3, 1986 (age 23) 1 0  Vitesse World Cup 2010 preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 DF Ron Vlaar February 16, 1985 (age 25) 3 0  Feyenoord World Cup 2010 preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 DF Vurnon Anita April 4, 1989 (age 21) 1 0  Ajax World Cup 2010 preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 DF Glenn Loovens October 22, 1983 (age 26) 1 0  Celtic vs  Australia, 10 October 2009 DF Dirk Marcellis August 13, 1988 (age 21) 2 0  AZ vs  Norway, 10 June 2009 MF Orlando Engelaar August 24, 1979 (age 30) 14 0  PSV World Cup 2010 preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 MF Otman Bakkal February 27, 1985 (age 25) 1 0  PSV World Cup 2010 preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 MF Wout Brama August 21, 1986 (age 23) 1 0  Twente World Cup 2010 preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 MF David Mendes da Silva August 4, 1982 (age 27) 7 0  AZ World Cup 2010 preliminary squad, 12 May 2010 FW Jeremain Lens November 24, 1987 (age 22) 0 0  PSV World Cup 2010 preliminary squad, 12 May 2010

[edit]Past managers

Cees van Hasselt 1905–1908  Edgar Chadwick 1908–1913  Jimmy Hogan 1910  Tom Bradshaw 1913  Billy Hunter 1914  Jack Reynolds 1919  Fred Warburton 1919–1923  Jim Waites 1921  Bob Glendenning 1923  Billy Townley 1924  J.E. Bollington 1924  Bob Glendenning 1925–1940  Karel Kaufman 1946

Jesse Carver 1947–1948  Tom Sneddon 1948  Karel Kaufman 1949  Jaap van der Leck 1949–1954  Karel Kaufman 1954–1955  Friedrich Donenfeld 1955  Max Merkel 1955–1956  Heinrich Müller 1956  Friedrich Donenfeld 1956–1957  George Hardwick 1957  Elek Schwartz 1957–1964  Denis Neville 1964–1966  Georg Kessler 1966–1970

František Fadrhonc 1970–1974  Rinus Michels 1974  George Knobel 1974–1976  Jan Zwartkruis 1976–1977  Ernst Happel 1977–1978  Jan Zwartkruis 1978–1981  Rob Baan 1981  Kees Rijvers 1981–1984  Rinus Michels 1984–1985  Leo Beenhakker 1985–1986  Rinus Michels 1986–1988

Thijs Libregts 1988–1990  Nol de Ruiter 1990  Leo Beenhakker 1990  Rinus Michels 1990–1992  Dick Advocaat 1992–1995  Guus Hiddink 1995–1998  Jan Rab 1997  Frank Rijkaard 1998–2000  Louis van Gaal 2000–2002  Dick Advocaat 2002–2004  Marco van Basten 2004–2008  Bert van Marwijk2008–present

[edit]Individual all-time records

     Still active players are highlighted

[edit]Most matches played # Player Career Matches Goals 1. Edwin van der Sar 1995–2008 130 0 2. Frank de Boer 1990–2004 112 13 3. Phillip Cocu 1996–2006 101 10 4. Giovanni van Bronckhorst 1996–present 97 5 5. Clarence Seedorf 1994–2008 87 11 6. Marc Overmars 1993–2004 86 17 7. Aron Winter 1987–2000 84 6 8. Ruud Krol 1969–1983 83 4 9. Patrick Kluivert 1994–2004 79 40 Dennis Bergkamp 1990–2000 79 37 Last updated: 10 October 2009 Source: voetbalstats.nl (Dutch)

[edit]Most goals scored # Player Career Goals Matches Average 1. Patrick Kluivert 1994–2004 40 79 0.51 2. Dennis Bergkamp 1990–2000 37 79 0.47 3. Faas Wilkes 1946–1961 35 38 0.92 4. Abe Lenstra 1940–1959 33 47 0.70 Johan Cruyff 1966–1977 33 48 0.69 Ruud van Nistelrooy 1998– 33 64 0.51 7. Beb Bakhuys 1928–1937 28 23 1.22 8. Kick Smit 1935–1946 26 29 0.90 9. Marco van Basten 1983–1992 24 58 0.41 10. Leen Vente 1933–1940 19 21 0.90 Last updated: 10 October 2009 Source: voetbalstats.nl (Dutch)

[edit]Titles

• European Champions:
  
  • Winners (1): 1988

[edit]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

[edit]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 Netherlands Football Association
• Aruba national football team
• Netherlands Antilles national football team
• Sint Maarten national football team
• Germany and Netherlands football rivalry

[edit]References

1. ^ "Netherlands: Full "A" internationals (1905-1910)". International Federation of Football History & Statistics. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
2. ^ "Cheeseheads vs Krauts": 30 Years of Enmity, Ajax-USA.com, June 14, 2004
3. ^ Phil Jones (1998-07-04). "The Netherlands pay back controversial loss to Argentina". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
4. ^ Stuart Watt (2006-06-26). "Portugal wins battle of Nuremberg". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved 2007-08-22.
5. ^ "Van Basten on right track". Football.co.uk. Retrieved 2007-08-22.

[edit]External links

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Preceded by 1984 - France

European Champions 1988 (First title)

Succeeded by 1992 - Denmark

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