Netherlands national football team 2005

In the 2005 season, the Netherlands national football team qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany under the guidance of manager Marco van Basten.

England vs Netherlands

February 9, 2005 Friendly	England	0 – 0	Netherlands	Villa Park, Birmingham Attendance: 40,705 Referee: Frøjdfeldt (SWE)

Romania vs Netherlands

March 26, 2005 WCQ (Group 1)	Romania	0 – 2	Netherlands	Valentin Stănescu, Bucarest Attendance: 20,000 Referee: Medina Cantalejo (ESP)
			Cocu  1' Babel  85'

Netherlands vs Armenia

March 30, 2005 WCQ (Group 1)	Netherlands	2 – 0	Armenia	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 33,500 Referee: Trefoloni (ITA)
	Castelen  3' van Nistelrooy  34'

Netherlands vs Romania

June 4, 2005 WCQ (Group 1)	Netherlands	2 – 0	Romania	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: De Santis (ITA)
	Robben  26' Kuyt  46'

Finland vs Netherlands

June 8, 2005 WCQ (Group 1)	Finland	0 – 4	Netherlands	Olympic Stadium, Helsinki Attendance: 37,786 Referee: Hamer (LUX)
			van Nistelrooy  35' Kuyt  77' Cocu  85' van Persie  87'

Netherlands vs Germany

2005-08-17 Friendly	Netherlands	2 – 2	Germany	De Kuip, Rotterdam Attendance: 45,500 Referee: Hauge (NOR)
	Robben  3', 46'		Ballack  49' Asamoah  81'

Armenia vs Netherlands

2005-09-03 WCQ (Group 1)	Armenia	0 – 1	Netherlands	Hanrapetakan Stadium, Yerevan Attendance: 1,747 Referee: Dougal (SCO)
			van Nistelrooy  63'

Netherlands vs Andorra

2005-09-07 WCQ (Group 1)	Netherlands	4 – 0	Andorra	Philips Stadion, Eindhoven Attendance: 34,000 Referee: Hanacsek (HUN)
	van der Vaart  23' Lima  27' (o.g.) van Nistelrooy  43', 89'

Czech Republic vs Netherlands

2005-10-08 WCQ (Group 1)	Czech Republic	0 – 2	Netherlands	Toyota Arena, Prague Attendance: 17,478 Referee: Sars (FRA)
			van der Vaart  31' Opdam  38'

Netherlands vs FYR Macedonia

2005-10-12 WCQ (Group 1)	Netherlands	0 – 0	Macedonia	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Farina (ITA)

Netherlands vs Italy

2005-11-12 Friendly	Netherlands	1 – 3	Italy	Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam Attendance: 50,000 Referee: Ivanov (RUS)
	Babel  38'		Gilardino  41' Vlaar  45' (o.g.) Toni  50'

See also

• 2004-05 in Dutch football
• 2005-06 in Dutch football

References

• detailed results