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Netherlands men's national football team The Netherlands national football team ( nl, 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 Du ...

records; the most capped players, the players with the most goals, Netherlands' match record by opponent and decade.

Honours

Major tournaments

Football at the 1912 Summer Olympics - Netherlands squad

FIFA World Cup The FIFA World Cup, often simply called the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of the ' ( FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The tournament ha ...

: ** Runners-up (3): 1974, 1978, 2010 ** Third place (1):

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** Fourth place (1):

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: ** Winners (1):

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** Third place (1):

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** Semi-finals (3): 1992,

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, 2004 *

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: ** Runners-up (1):

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** Fourth place (1):

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: :* Bronze medal/Third place (3):

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, 1912, 1920 :* Fourth place (1):

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Friendly tournaments

* Olympic Football Consolation Tournament ** Winners:

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* 75th Anniversary FIFA Cup ** Runners-up: 1979 * World Champions' Gold Cup ** Fourth Place: 1980 * Copa Confraternidad ** Runners-up: 2011

Individual records

Player records

Most-capped players

Last updated: 18 June 2023
Source
voetbalstats.nl

Top goalscorers

Last updated: 29 November 2022
Source
voetbalstats.nl

Hat-tricks

Robin van Persie scored four goals for the Dutch national side during their 11–0 win over minnows

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on 2 September 2011. He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against

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on 11 October 2013. Last updated: 19 November 2021
Source
voetbalstats.nl

Age records

* Oldest player to make debut:

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, aged 39 years and 256 days vs , 1 June 2010 * Youngest player to make debut:

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, aged 17 years and 74 days vs , 2 April 191
RSSSF
* Oldest player to score:

Abe Lenstra Abe Minderts Lenstra (27 November 1920 – 2 September 1985) was a Dutch footballer and national football icon in the 1950s who played as a forward. He is regarded as one of the greatest players ever to hail from the Netherlands. He was als ...

, aged 38 years and 143 day

vs , 19 April 1959 * Youngest player to score:

, aged 17 years and 74 days vs , 2 April 1911

Progression of the Netherlands association football goalscoring record

This is a progressive list of

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ers who have held or co-held the record for international goals for the

Netherlands national football team The Netherlands national football team ( nl, 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 ...

. For the early decades, records of players appearances and goals were often considered unreliable.

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and

IFFHS The International Federation of Football History & Statistics (IFFHS) is an organisation that chronicles the history and records of association football. It was founded in 1984 by Alfredo Pöge in Leipzig. The IFFHS was based in Abu Dhabi for so ...

have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Using this data, the following records can be retrospectively produced. Note that, at the time, these records may not have been recognised.

Manager records

Team records

Tournament records

* The Netherlands used all 23 players during the 2014 World Cup, making it the first team in World Cup history to ever use all of its squad players. *

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appearances: 11 (most recent in

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) * Most successful World Cup appearance: Runners-up ( 1974, 1978, 2010) * European Championship appearances: 10 (most recent in

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) * Most successful European Championship appearance: Winners (

) * Summer Olympics appearances: 8 (most recent in

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) * Most successful Olympics appearance: Third place (

, 1912, 1920)

Match records

Firsts

* First match: 1–4 ( Antwerp,

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; 30 April 1905) * First World Cup finals match: 3–2 (

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; 27 May 1934) * First European Championship finals match: 1–3 (

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; 16 June 1976)

Record results

* Biggest win: ** 11–0 ( Eindhoven,

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; 2 September 2011) * Biggest loss: ** England AM. 12–2 ( Darlington,

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; 21 December 1907)

Head-to-head records

* Draws include penalty shoot-outs.

Rankings

FIFA

* Highest FIFA Rank: 1 (August 2011) * Lowest FIFA Rank: 32 (April 2017) * FIFA Team of the Year First place: 1 :: 2000 * FIFA Team of the Year Third place: 3 :: 2005, 2008, 2009

Elo

* Highest Elo ranking: 1
(June 1978, June 1988 – June 1990, June–September 1992, June 2002, June–September 2003, October 2005, June 2008, July 2010, June 2014) * Lowest Elo Ranking: 56 (October 1954)

References

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