World Cup Appearances: 8 (1st appearance in 1934)
Best World Cup result: Runners-up 1974 and 1978
World Cup Record:
2006 - Round 2
2002 - Did not qualify
1998 - Fourth place
1994 - Quarterfinals
1990 - Round 2
1986 - Did not qualify
1982 - Did not qualify
1978 - Runners-up
1974 - Runners-up
1970 - Did not qualify
1966 - Did not qualify
1962 - Did not qualify
1958 - Did not qualify
1954 - Did not enter
1950 - Did not enter
1938 - Round 1
1934 - Round 1
1930 - Did not enter

European Championship Appearances: 7 (1st appearance in 1976)
Best European Championship result: Winners, 1988
European Championship Record:
2004 - Semi-finals
2000 - Semi-finals
1996 - Quarterfinals
1992 - Semi-finals
1988 - Champions
1984 - Did not qualify
1980 - Round 1
1976 - Semi-finals
1972 - Did not qualify
1968 - Did not qualify
1964 - Did not qualify
1960 - Did not enter

Olympic medal record:

First International:
Belgium 1-4 Netherlands (April 30, 1905 in Antwerp, Belgium)

World Cup Squad Lists / Detailed Records

2006 FIFA World Cup Germany
(held from June 09 to July 09, 2006)

In Group stage the Netherlands is in Group C with Argentina, Côte d'Ivoire and Serbia & Montenegro.

Preliminary Matches Date Teams Score 12-Oct-05 NED:MKD 0:0 08-Oct-05 CZE:NED 0:2 (0:2) 07-Sep-05 NED:AND 4:0 (3:0) 03-Sep-05 ARM:NED 0:1 (0:0) 08-Jun-05 FIN:NED 0:4 (0:1) 04-Jun-05 NED:ROU 2:0 (1:0) 30-Mar-05 NED:ARM 2:0 (2:0) 26-Mar-05 ROU:NED 0:2 (0:1) 13-Oct-04 AND:NED 0:3 (0:2) 13-Oct-04 NED:FIN 3:1 (2:1) 09-Oct-04 MKD:NED 2:2 (1:1) 08-Sep-04 NED:CZE 2:0 (1:0)      Preliminaries Statistics Team GP GS GA GD YC RC Netherlands 12 27 3 +24 17 1 Glossary GP: Game Played, GS: Goals, GA: ??????, GD: Goal Difference, YC: Yellow Cards, RC: Red Cards

2002 FIFA World Cup Korea/Japan
(held from May 31 to June 30)

did not participate

1998 Football World Cup
(held in France from June 10 to July 12)

manager: Guus Hiddink
squad list:
1 GK Edwin van der Sar | 2 DF Michael Reiziger | 3 DF Jaap Stam | 4 DF Frank de Boer | 5 DF Arthur Numan | 6 MF Wim Jonk | 7 MF Ronald de Boer | 8 FW Dennis Bergkamp | 9 FW Patrick Kluivert | 10 MF Clarence Seedorf | 11 MF Philip Cocu | 12 MF Boudewijn Zenden | 13 DF André Ooijer | 14 FW Marc Overmars | 15 DF Winston Bogarde | 16 MF Edgar Davids | 17 FW Pierre van Hooijdonk | 18 GK Ed de Goey | 19 MF Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 20 MF Aron Winter | 21 FW Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink | 22 GK Ruud Hesp

1994 FIFA World Cup
(held in the USA from June 17 to July 17)

manager: Dick Advcaar
squad list:
1 GK Ed de Goey | 2 DF Frank de Boer | 3 MF Frank Rijkaard | 4 DF Ronald Koeman | 5 MF Robert Witschge | 6 MF Jan Wouters | 7 MF Marc Overmars | 8 MF Wim Jonk | 9 MF Ronald de Boer | 10 FW Dennis Bergkamp | 11 FW Bryan Roy | 12 FW Johnny Bosman | 13 GK Edwin van der Sar | 14 DF Ulrich van Gobbel | 15 DF Danny Blind | 16 DF Arthur Numan | 17 FW Gaston Taument | 18 DF Stan Valckx | 19 FW Peter van Vossen | 20 DF Aron Winter | 21 DF John de Wolf | 22 GK Theo Snelders

1990 Football World Cup
(held in Italy from June 08 to July 8, 1990)

manager: Leo Beenhakker
squad list:
1 GK Hans van Breukelen | 2 DF Berry van Aerle | 3 DF Frank Rijkaard | 4 DF Ronald Koeman | 5 DF Adri van Tiggelen | 6 MF Jan Wouters | 7 MF Erwin Koeman | 8 MF Gerald Vanenburg | 9 FW Marco van Basten | 10 FW Ruud Gullit | 11 MF Richard Witschge | 12 FW Wim Kieft | 13 DF Graeme Rutjes | 14 FW John van 't Schip | 15 FW Bryan Roy | 16 GK Joop Hiele | 17 FW Hans Gillhaus | 18 DF Henk Fräser | 19 FW John van Loen | 20 MF Aron Winter | 21 DF Danny Blind | 22 GK Stanley Menzo

1986 Football World Cup
(held in Mexico from May 31 to June 29)

did not participate

1982 Football World Cup
(held in Spain from June 13 to July 11)

did not participate

NO INFORMATION BEFORE THE 1982 FOOTBALL WORLD CUP AVAILABLE

European Championship Squad Lists / Detailed Records

2004 UEFA European Football Championship
(held in Portugal from June 12 to July 04)

manager: Dick Advocaat
squad list:
1 GK Edwin van der Sar | 2 DF Michael Reiziger | 3 DF Jaap Stam | 4 DF Wilfred Bouma | 5 DF Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 6 MF Phillip Cocu | 7 MF Andy van der Meyde | 8 MF Edgar Davids | 9 FW Patrick Kluivert | 10 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy | 11 MF Rafael van der Vaart | 12 FW Roy Makaay | 13 GK Sander Westerveld | 14 MF Wesley Sneijder | 15 DF Frank de Boer | 16 FW Marc Overmars | 17 FW Pierre van Hooijdonk | 18 DF Johnny Heitinga | 19 FW Arjen Robben | 20 MF Clarence Seedorf | 21 MF Paul Bosvelt | 22 MF Boudewijn Zenden | 23 GK Ronald Waterreus

2000 UEFA European Championship
(co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands from June 10 to July 02)

manager: Frank Rijkaard
squad list:
1 GK Edwin van der Sar | 2 DF Michael Reiziger | 3 DF Jaap Stam | 4 DF Frank de Boer | 5 MF Boudewijn Zenden | 6 MF Clarence Seedorf | 7 MF Philip Cocu | 8 MF Edgar Davids | 9 FW Patrick Kluivert | 10 FW Dennis Bergkamp | 11 MF Marc Overmars | 12 MF Giovanni van Bronckhorst | 13 DF Bert Konterman | 14 FW Peter van Vossen | 15 MF Paul Bosvelt | 16 MF Ronald de Boer | 17 FW Pierre van Hooijdonk | 18 GK Ed de Goey | 19 DF Arthur Numan | 20 MF Aron Winter | 21 FW Roy Makaay | 22 GK Sander Westerveld

1996 European Football Championship
(held in England from June 08 to June 30)

manager: Guus Hiddink
squad list:
1 GK Edwin van der Sar | 2 DF Michael Reiziger | 3 DF Danny Blind | 4 MF Clarence Seedorf | 5 DF Jaap Stam | 6 MF Ronald de Boer | 7 FW Gaston Taument | 8 MF Edgar Davids | 9 FW Patrick Kluivert | 10 FW Dennis Bergkamp | 11 FW Peter Hoekstra | 12 MF Aron Winter | 13 DF Arthur Numan | 14 MF Richard Witschge | 15 DF Winston Bogarde | 16 GK Ed de Goey | 17 FW Jordi Cruyff | 18 DF Johann de Kock | 19 FW Youri Mulder | 20 MF Philip Cocu | 21 GK Ruud Hesp | 22 DF John Veldman

1992 European Football Championship
(held in Sweden from June 10 to June 26)

manager: Rinus Michels
squad list:
1 GK Hans van Breukelen | 2 DF Berry van Aerle | 3 DF Adrie van Tiggelen | 4 DF Ronald Koeman | 5 DF Danny Blind | 6 MF Jan Wouters | 7 FW Dennis Bergkamp | 8 MF Frank Rijkaard | 9 FW Marco van Basten | 10 MF Ruud Gullit | 11 MF John van 't Schip | 12 FW Wim Kieft | 13 GK Stanley Menzo | 14 MF Rob Witschge | 15 MF Aron Winter | 16 MF Peter Bosz | 17 DF Frank de Boer | 18 MF Wim Jonk | 19 FW Eric Viscaal | 20 FW Bryan Roy

NO INFORMATION THE 1992 EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP AVAILABLE

Most capped Dutch players:

Top Netherlands goalscorers:

UEFA U-21 Championship Appearances: 5 (1st appearance in 1988)
UEFA U-21 Best result: Finalists in 2006
UEFA U-21 Championship Record:
2008 - Qualified as hosts.
2006 -
2004 - Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
2002 - Losing quarter-finalists.
2000 - Finished 3rd of 4 in finals group. Joint fifth.
1998 - Fourth.
1996 - Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
1994 - Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 6 in qualification group.
1992 - Losing quarter-finalists.
1990 - Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
1988 - Losing semi-finalists.
1986 - Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
1984 - Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1982 - Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
1980 - Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
1978 - Did not enter.

First U-21 International:
East Germany 2-0 Netherlands (November 14, 1978 in Rostock, Germany)