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Netherlands


Federation founded: 1889
FIFA member since: 1904

 
WORLD CUP HISTORY
1930 - Did not participate
1934 - First round exit
1938 - First round exit
1950 - Did not participate
1954 - Did not participate
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Beaten finalist
1978 - Beaten finalist
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Second round exit
1994 - Quarterfinal exit
1998 - 4th place
2002 - Did not qualify
2006 - Second round exit

 
STATISTICS
Played
36
Won
16
Drawn
10
Lost
10
Goals for
59
Goals against
38
Points
58
Netherlands are 9th on the all-time table.

 
TEAM RECORDS
Biggest victory:
5-0 vs South Korea in 1998.
Biggest defeat:
0-3 vs Czechoslovakia in 1938.
Overall topscorer:
Johannes Rep 7 goals
Most appearances:
Johannes Rep, Ruud Krol and Wim Jansen 14 matches.
Hosted the World Cup:
Never

 
GREATEST PLAYERS
Johann Cruyff
Johann Neeskens
Rob Rensenbrink
Ruud Krol
Dennis Bergkamp
Ruud Gullit
Marco van Basten

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

1930

No qualifying rounds held. Teams 
were invited to take part, but NETHERLANDS
chose not to participate.

1934

(WCQ Group 7)
08.Apr 34 NETHERLANDS 5-2 Irish FS 29.Apr 34 Belgium 2-4 NETHERLANDS
P W D L Gls Pts 1.NETHERLANDS 2 2 0 0 9-4 4 2.Belgium 2 0 1 1 6-8 1 3.Irish Free State 2 0 1 1 6-9 1 NETHERLANDS qualified for Italy 1934.

1938

(WCQ Group 9)
28.Nov 37 NETHERLANDS 4-0 Luxembourg 03.Apr 38 Belgium 1-1 NETHERLANDS
P W D L Gls Pts 1.NETHERLANDS 2 1 1 0 5-1 3 2.Belgium 2 1 1 0 4-3 3 3.Luxembourg 2 0 0 2 2-7 0 NETHERLANDS qualified for France 1938.

1950

NETHERLANDS did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1954

NETHERLANDS did not participate
in the qualifying rounds.

1958

(UEFA Group 5)
20.Mar 57 NETHERLANDS 4-1 Luxembourg 26.May 57 Austria 3-2 NETHERLANDS 11.Sep 57 Luxembourg 2-5 NETHERLANDS 25.Sep 57 NETHERLANDS 1-1 Austria
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Austria 4 3 1 0 14- 3 7 2.NETHERLANDS 4 2 1 1 12- 7 5 3.Luxembourg 4 0 0 4 3-19 0 NETHERLANDS failed to qualify for Sweden 1958.

1962

(UEFA Group 4)
30.Apr 61 NETHERLANDS 0-3 Hungary 14.May 61 East Germany 1-1 NETHERLANDS 01.Oct 61 NETHERLANDS x-x East Germany (not played due to visa problems.) 22.Oct 61 Hungary 3-3 NETHERLANDS
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Hungary 4 3 1 0 11- 5 7 2.NETHERLANDS 3 0 2 1 4- 7 2 3.East Germany 3 0 1 2 3- 6 1 NETHERLANDS failed to qualify for Chile 1962.

1966

(UEFA Group 5)
24.May 64 NETHERLANDS 2-0 Albania 25.Oct 64 Albania 0-2 NETHERLANDS 17.Mar 65 Northern Ireland 2-1 NETHERLANDS 07.Apr 65 NETHERLANDS 0-0 Northern Ireland 17.Oct 65 NETHERLANDS 0-0 Switzerland 14.Nov 65 Switzerland 2-1 NETHERLANDS
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Switzerland 6 4 1 1 7- 3 9 2.Northern Ireland 6 3 2 1 9- 5 8 3.NETHERLANDS 6 2 2 2 6- 4 6 4.Albania 6 0 1 5 2-12 1 NETHERLANDS failed to qualify for England 1966.

1970

(UEFA Group 8)
04.Sep 68 Luxembourg 0-2 NETHERLANDS 27.Oct 68 Bulgaria 2-0 NETHERLANDS 26.Mar 69 NETHERLANDS 4-0 Luxembourg 07.May 69 NETHERLANDS 1-0 Poland 07.Sep 69 Poland 2-1 NETHERLANDS 22.Oct 69 NETHERLANDS 1-1 Bulgaria
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Bulgaria 6 4 1 1 12- 7 9 2.Poland 6 4 0 2 19- 8 8 3.NETHERLANDS 6 3 1 2 9- 5 7 4.Luxembourg 6 0 0 6 4-24 0 NETHERLANDS failed to qualify for Mexico 1970.

1974

(UEFA Group 3)
01.Nov 72 NETHERLANDS 9-0 Norway 19.Nov 72 Belgium 0-0 NETHERLANDS 22.Aug 73 NETHERLANDS 5-0 Iceland 29.Aug 73 Iceland 1-8 NETHERLANDS 12.Sep 73 Norway 1-2 NETHERLANDS 18.Nov 73 NETHERLANDS 0-0 Belgium
P W D L Gls Pts 1.NETHERLANDS 6 4 2 0 24- 2 10 2.Belgium 6 4 2 0 12- 0 10 3.Norway 6 2 0 4 9-16 4 4.Iceland 6 0 0 6 2-29 0 NETHERLANDS qualified for West Germany 1974.

1978

(UEFA Group 4)
08.Sep 76 Iceland 0-1 NETHERLANDS 13.Oct 76 NETHERLANDS 2-2 Northern Ireland 26.Mar 77 Belgium 0-2 NETHERLANDS 31.Aug 77 NETHERLANDS 4-1 Iceland 12.Oct 77 Northern Ireland 0-1 NETHERLANDS 26.Oct 77 NETHERLANDS 1-0 Belgium
P W D L Gls Pts 1.NETHERLANDS 6 5 1 0 11- 3 11 2.Belgium 6 3 0 3 7- 6 6 3.Northern Ireland 6 2 1 3 7- 6 5 4.Iceland 6 1 0 5 2-12 2 NETHERLANDS qualified for Argentina 1978.

1982

(UEFA Group 2)
10.Sep 80 Rep. of Ireland 2-1 NETHERLANDS 19.Nov 80 Belgium 1-0 NETHERLANDS 22.Feb 81 NETHERLANDS 3-0 Cyprus 25.Mar 81 NETHERLANDS 1-0 France 29.Apr 81 Cyprus 0-1 NETHERLANDS 09.Sep 81 NETHERLANDS 2-2 Rep. of Ireland 14.Oct 81 NETHERLANDS 3-0 Belgium 18.Nov 81 France 2-0 NETHERLANDS
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Belgium 8 5 1 2 12- 9 11 2.France 8 5 0 3 20- 8 10 3.Rep. of Ireland 8 4 2 2 17-11 10 4.NETHERLANDS 8 4 1 3 11- 7 9 5.Cyprus 8 0 0 8 4-29 0 NETHERLANDS failed to qualify for Spain 1982.

1986

(UEFA Group 5)
17.Oct 84 NETHERLANDS 1-2 Hungary 14.Nov 84 Austria 1-0 NETHERLANDS 23.Dec 84 Cyprus 0-1 NETHERLANDS 27.Feb 85 NETHERLANDS 7-1 Cyprus 01.May 85 NETHERLANDS 1-1 Austria 14.May 85 Hungary 0-1 NETHERLANDS
P W D L Pts Pts 1.Hungary 6 5 0 1 12- 4 10 2.NETHERLANDS 6 3 1 2 11- 5 7 3.Austria 6 3 1 2 9- 8 7 4.Cyprus 6 0 0 6 3-18 0 NETHERLANDS to UEFA play-offs with runner-up of group 1.
16.Oct 85 Belgium 1-0 NETHERLANDS 20.Nov 85 NETHERLANDS 2-1 Belgium (Belgium won on away goals rule.)
NETHERLANDS failed to qualify for Mexico 1986.

1990

(UEFA Group 4)
14.Sep 88 NETHERLANDS 1-0 Wales 19.Oct 88 West Germany 0-0 NETHERLANDS 26.Apr 89 NETHERLANDS 1-1 West Germany 31.May 89 Finland 0-1 NETHERLANDS 11.Oct 89 Wales 1-2 NETHERLANDS 15.Nov 89 NETHERLANDS 3-0 Finland
P W D L Gls Pts 1.NETHERLANDS 6 4 2 0 8- 2 10 2.West Germany 6 3 3 0 13- 3 9 3.Finland 6 1 1 4 4-16 3 4.Wales 6 0 2 4 4- 8 2 NETHERLANDS qualified for Italy 1990.

1994

(UEFA Group 2)
23.Sep 92 Norway 2-1 NETHERLANDS 14.Oct 92 NETHERLANDS 2-2 Poland 16.Dec 92 Turkey 1-3 NETHERLANDS 24.Feb 93 NETHERLANDS 3-1 Turkey 24.Mar 93 NETHERLANDS 6-0 San Marino 28.Apr 93 England 2-2 NETHERLANDS 09.Jun 93 NETHERLANDS 0-0 Norway 22.Sep 93 San Marino 0-7 NETHERLANDS 13.Oct 93 NETHERLANDS 2-0 England 17.Nov 93 Poland 1-3 NETHERLANDS
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Norway 10 7 2 1 25- 5 16 2.NETHERLANDS 10 6 3 1 29- 9 15 3.England 10 5 3 2 26- 9 13 4.Poland 10 3 2 5 10-15 8 5.Turkey 10 3 1 6 11-19 7 6.San Marino 10 0 1 9 2-46 1 NETHERLANDS qualified for USA 1994.

1998

(UEFA Group 7)
05.Oct 96 Wales 1-3 NETHERLANDS 09.Nov 96 NETHERLANDS 7-1 Wales 14.Dec 96 Belgium 0-3 NETHERLANDS 29.Mar 97 NETHERLANDS 4-0 San Marino 02.Apr 97 Turkey 1-0 NETHERLANDS 30.Apr 97 San Marino 0-6 NETHERLANDS 06.Sep 97 NETHERLANDS 3-1 Belgium 11.Oct 97 NETHERLANDS 0-0 Turkey
P W D L Gls Pts 1.NETHERLANDS 8 6 1 1 26- 4 19 2.Belgium 8 6 0 2 20-11 18 3.Turkey 8 4 2 2 21- 9 14 4.Wales 8 2 1 5 20-21 7 5.San Marino 8 0 0 8 0-42 0 NETHERLANDS qualified for France 1998.

2002

(UEFA Group 2)
02.Sep 00 NETHERLANDS 2-2 Rep. of Ireland 07.Oct 00 Cyprus 0-4 NETHERLANDS 11.Oct 00 NETHERLANDS 0-2 Portugal 24.Mar 01 Andorra 0-5 NETHERLANDS 28.Mar 01 Portugal 2-2 NETHERLANDS 25.Apr 01 NETHERLANDS 4-0 Cyprus 02.Jun 01 Estonia 2-4 NETHERLANDS 01.Sep 01 Rep. of Ireland 1-0 NETHERLANDS 05.Sep 01 NETHERLANDS 5-0 Estonia 06.Oct 01 NETHERLANDS 4-0 Andorra
P W D L Gls Pts 1.Portugal 10 7 3 0 33- 7 24 2.Rep. of Ireland 10 7 3 0 23- 5 24 3.NETHERLANDS 10 6 2 2 30- 9 20 4.Estonia 10 2 2 6 10-26 8 5.Cyprus 10 2 2 6 13-31 8 6.Andorra 10 0 0 10 5-36 0 NETHERLANDS failed to qualify for Korea/Japan 2002.

2006

(UEFA Group 1)
08.Sep 04 NETHERLANDS 2-0 Czech Republic 09.Oct 04 Macedonia FYR 2-2 NETHERLANDS 13.Oct 04 NETHERLANDS 3-1 Finland 17.Nov 04 Andorra 0-3 NETHERLANDS 26.Mar 05 Romania 0-2 NETHERLANDS 30.Mar 05 NETHERLANDS 2-0 Armenia 04.Jun 05 NETHERLANDS 2-0 Romania 08.Jun 05 Finland 0-4 NETHERLANDS 03.Sep 05 Armenia 0-1 NETHERLANDS 07.Sep 05 NETHERLANDS 4-0 Andorra 08.Oct 05 Czech Republic 0-2 NETHERLANDS 12.Oct 05 NETHERLANDS 0-0 Macedonia FYR
P W D L Gls Pts 1.NETHERLANDS 12 10 2 0 27- 3 32 2.Czech Republic 12 9 0 3 35-12 27 3.Romania 12 8 1 3 20-10 25 4.Finland 12 5 1 6 21-19 16 5.Macedonia FYR 12 2 3 7 11-24 9 6.Armenia 12 2 1 9 9-25 7 7.Andorra 12 1 2 9 4-34 5 NETHERLANDS qualified for Germany 2006.

 
 

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