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Netherlands national football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Netherlands women's national football team.

Netherlands
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Oranje
Holland
Clockwork Orange
The Flying Dutchmen[1]
AssociationKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachRonald Koeman
CaptainVirgil van Dijk
Most capsWesley Sneijder (134)
Top scorerRobin van Persie (50)
Home stadiumJohan Cruyff Arena
De Kuip
Philips Stadion
De Grolsch Veste
FIFA codeNED
First colours
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Second colours
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FIFA ranking
Current 7 Decrease 1 (4 April 2024)[2]
Highest1[3] (August 2011)
Lowest36[4] (August 2017)
First international
 Belgium 1–4 Netherlands 
(Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905)
Biggest win
 Netherlands 11–0 San Marino 
(Eindhoven, Netherlands; 2 September 2011)
Biggest defeat
 England Amateurs 12–2 Netherlands 
(Darlington, England; 21 December 1907)[A]
World Cup
Appearances11 (first in 1934)
Best resultRunners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
European Championship
Appearances11 (first in 1976)
Best resultChampions (1988)
Nations League Finals
Appearances2 (first in 2019)
Best resultRunners-up (2019)
Medal record
Men's football
FIFA World Cup
Silver medal – second place 1974 West Germany Team
Silver medal – second place 1978 Argentina Team
Silver medal – second place 2010 South Africa Team
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Brazil Team
UEFA European Championship
Gold medal – first place 1988 West Germany Team
Bronze medal – third place 1976 Yugoslavia Team
Bronze medal – third place 1992 Sweden (s.f.) Team
Bronze medal – third place 2000 Belgium and Netherlands (s.f.) Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Portugal (s.f.) Team
UEFA Nations League
Silver medal – second place 2019 Portugal Team
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1908 London Team
Bronze medal – third place 1912 Stockholm Team
Bronze medal – third place 1920 Antwerp Team
Websiteonsoranje.nl (in Dutch)

The Netherlands national football team (Dutch: Nederlands voetbalelftal or simply Het Nederlands elftal) has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands, which is a part of UEFA, under the jurisdiction of FIFA. Most of the Netherlands home matches are played at the Johan Cruyff Arena, De Kuip, Philips Stadion, and De Grolsch Veste.

The team is colloquially referred to as Het Nederlands Elftal (The Dutch Eleven) or Oranje, after the House of Orange-Nassau and their distinctive orange jerseys. Informally the team, like the country itself, was referred to as Holland. The fan club is known as Het Oranje Legioen (The Orange Legion).[6]

The Netherlands has competed in eleven FIFA World Cups, appearing in the final three times (in 1974, 1978 and 2010). They finished runners-up on all three occasions. They have also appeared in ten UEFA European Championships, winning the 1988 tournament in West Germany. Additionally, the team won a bronze medal at the Olympic football tournament in 1908, 1912 and 1920. The Netherlands has long-standing football rivalries with neighbours Belgium and Germany.

They were sometimes regarded as the greatest national team of the respective generations,[7][8][9][10] and are often regarded as the best team that has never won the FIFA World Cup.[11][12][13][14][15]

  1. ^ "Holland's media-friendly football pros". Radio Netherlands Worldwide. 17 December 2011. Archived from the original on 12 October 2013. Retrieved 25 July 2013.
  2. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 4 April 2024. Retrieved 4 April 2024.
  3. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
  4. ^ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking - Ranking Table". www.fifa.com. Archived from the original on 6 October 2019.
  5. ^ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 27 March 2024.
  6. ^ "International football | KNVB". KNVB. Archived from the original on 5 April 2022. Retrieved 14 March 2022.
  7. ^ "Football's Greatest International Teams: Netherlands 1988". Bein Sports. 28 April 2020. Archived from the original on 21 July 2022. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
  8. ^ "HOLLAND 1974: THE GREATEST FAILURES IN HISTORY". These Football Times. 10 October 2015. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  9. ^ "'The Dutch team of 1974 is often compared to The Beatles with Johan Cruyff as John Lennon'". The 42. 24 March 2016. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2022.
  10. ^ "Wonder goals and missed chances: The Netherlands at France 98, their last great World Cup squad". 18 December 2019. Archived from the original on 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  11. ^ "Netherlands headline top 12 countries to never win the World Cup ahead of Qatar". HITC. 27 October 2022. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  12. ^ "Top Ten Countries Who Haven't Won the FIFA World Cup - TheTopTens". Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 June 2023.
  13. ^ "The best teams never to win the World Cup". Holding Midfield. 6 July 2010. Archived from the original on 16 July 2017. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  14. ^ "MOTD Top 10: Best teams not to win World Cup". BBC Sport. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.
  15. ^ Macfarlane, Andy (25 October 2022). "The Five Finest Teams That Did Not Win The World Cup". History Of Soccer. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 13 June 2023.


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