Netherlands national football team records

This page details Netherlands national football team records; the most capped players, the players with the most goals, Netherland's match record by opponent and decade.

As of 15 July 2010

Player records

Most capped players

#	Name	Clubs[1]	Career	Caps	Goals
1	Edwin van der Sar	Ajax, Juventus, Fulham, Manchester United	1995–2008	130	0
2	Frank de Boer	Ajax, Barcelona, Galatasararay, Rangers	1990–2004	112	13
3	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Feyenoord, Rangers, Arsenal, Barcelona, Feyenoord	1996–2010	106	6
4	Phillip Cocu	PSV, Barcelona, PSV	1996–2006	101	10
5	Clarence Seedorf	Ajax, Sampdoria, Real Madrid, Internazionale, Milan	1994–2008	87	11
6	Marc Overmars	Ajax, Arsenal, Barcelona	1993–2004	86	17
7	Aron Winter	Ajax, Lazio, Internazionale, Ajax	1987–2000	84	6
8	Ruud Krol	Ajax, Vancouver Whitecaps, Napoli	1969–1983	83	23
=	Rafael van der Vaart	Ajax, Hamburger SV, Real Madrid, Tottenham Hotspur	2001–present	83	16
10	Patrick Kluivert	Ajax, Milan, Barcelona, Newcastle United	1994–2004	79	40
=	Dennis Bergkamp	Ajax, Internazionale, Arsenal	1990–2000	79	37

Highest goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals	Average
1	Patrick Kluivert	1994–2004	79	40	0.51
2	Dennis Bergkamp	1990–2000	79	37	0.47
3	Faas Wilkes	1946–1961	38	35	0.92
4	Abe Lenstra	1940–1956	47	33	0.70
=	Johan Cruyff	1966–1977	48	33	0.69
=	Ruud van Nistelrooy	1998–2008	64	33	0.51
7	Beb Bakhuys	1928–1937	23	28	1.22
8	Kick Smit	1935–1946	29	26	0.90
9	Marco van Basten	1983–1992	58	24	0.41
10	Lean Vente	1933–1940	21	19	0.90
=	Robin van Persie	2005–	57	25	0.44
=	Wesley Sneijder	2003–	68	19	0.28

Hat-tricks

Main article: List of Netherlands national football team hat-tricks

Robin Van Persie (Arsenal) scored 4 goals in one match for the Dutch national side during their 11-0 win over minnows San Marino on Friday 2nd sptember 2011

Age Records

• Oldest player to make debut: Sander Boschker 39 years and 256 days vs  Ghana, 2 July 2010
• Youngest player to make debut: Jan van Breda Kolff 17 years and 74 vs  Belgium, 2 April 1911 RSSSF
• Oldest player to score: Abe Lenstra 38 years and 143 days [1]  Belgium, 19 April 1959
• Youngest player to score: Jan van Breda Kolff 17 years and 74 vs  Belgium, 2 April 1911

Tournament records

See also: Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup

• World Cup Appearances: 9 (most recent in 2010)
• Most successful World Cup appearance: Runners-Up (1974, 1978, 2010)
• European Championship Appearances: 8 (most recent in 2008)
• Most successful European Championship appearance: Winners (1988)
• Summer Olympics Appearances: 7 (most recent in 1952)
• Most successful Olympics appearance: Third Place (1908, 1912, 1920)

Honours

• FIFA World Cup Runners-up: 3

1974, 1978, 2010

• European Championship winners: 1

1988

• Olympic bronze medals: 3

1908, 1912, 1920

Match records

Firsts

• First match: Belgium  1 – 4  Netherlands (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905)
• First World Cup finals match: Switzerland  3 – 2  Netherlands (Milan, Italy; 27 May 1934)
• First European Championship finals match: Netherlands  1 – 3  Czechoslovakia (Zagreb, Yugoslavia; 16 June 1976)

Record results

• Biggest win:
  • Netherlands  11 – 0  San Marino (Eindhoven, Netherlands; 2 Semptember 2011)
• Biggest loss:
  • England AM. 12 – 2  Netherlands (Darlington, England; 21 December 1907)

Rankings

• Highest FIFA Rank: 1 (August 2011)
• Lowest FIFA Rank: 25 (May 1998)
• FIFA Team of the Year First place: 1

2000

• FIFA Team of the Year Third place: 3

2005, 2008, 2009

• Highest Elo ranking: 1
  (March 1911 – March 1912, June 1912, Aug 1920, June 1978, June 1988 – June 1990, June–September 1992, June 2002, June–September 2003, October 2005, June 2008, July 2010
• Lowest Elo Ranking: 56 (October 1954)

Team records

Head to head records

• Draws include Penalty shoot-outs

Opponent	P	W	D*	L	GF	GA	%W	%D	%L
Albania	2	2	0	0	3	1	100	0	0
Andorra	4	4	0	0	16	0	100	0	0
Argentina	6	3	2	1	9	5	50	33	17
Armenia	2	2	0	0	4	0	100	0	0
Australia	3	0	2	1	2	3	0	67	33
Austria	4	4	0	0	15	5	100	0	0
Belarus	6	4	0	2	10	3	67	0	33
Belgium	8	2	4	2	14	11	25	50	25
Brazil	8	2	4	2	14	14	25	50	25
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	7	2	67	33	0
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	3	1	67	33	0
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
China PR	1	1	0	0	2	0	100	0	0
CIS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	100	0
Côte d'Ivoire	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
Croatia	2	1	0	1	4	2	50	0	50
Cyprus	2	2	0	0	8	0	100	0	0
Czechoslovakia	3	0	1	2	2	7	0	33	67
Czech Republic	9	3	3	3	11	11	33	33	33
Denmark	6	2	4	0	8	3	33	67	0
East Germany	1	1	0	0	2	0	100	0	0
Ecuador	1	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	0
Egypt	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100	0
England	11	3	6	2	15	15	27	56	18
Estonia	2	2	0	0	9	2	100	0	0
Faroe Islands	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Finland	3	3	0	0	9	2	100	0	0
France	7	2	3	2	8	6	29	43	29
Germany	7	3	3	1	10	6	43	43	14
Ghana	2	1	1	0	4	1	50	50	0
Greece	2	2	0	0	6	0	100	0	0
Hungary	2	4	0	0	22	5	100	0	0
Iceland	2	2	0	0	4	1	100	0	0
Iran	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Italy	5	2	2	1	6	4	40	40	20
Japan	1	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	0
South Korea	2	2	0	0	7	0	100	0	0
Latvia	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Luxembourg	4	4	0	0	11	0	100	0	0
Macau	4	2	2	0	8	3	50	50	0
Malta	2	2	0	0	8	0	100	0	0
Mexico	6	3	1	2	11	11	45	20	35
Moldova	3	3	0	0	8	1	100	0	0
Morocco	2	1	0	1	3	3	50	0	50
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	5	1	100	0	0
Norway	6	4	2	0	8	1	67	33	0
Paraguay	2	1	1	0	5	1	50	50	0
Peru	2	1	1	0	2	0	50	50	0
Poland	2	2	0	0	6	2	100	0	0
Portugal	7	0	3	4	4	9	0	43	57
Republic of Ireland	10	5	2	3	15	7	50	20	30
Romania	6	4	1	1	8	2	66	16	16
Russia	3	1	1	1	6	5	33	33	33
San Marino	5	5	0	0	28	0	100	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
Scotland	11	7	3	1	18	4	64	27	9
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	0
Slovakia	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
South Africa	1	1	0	0	2	0	100	0	0
Soviet Union	2	1	0	1	2	1	50	0	50
Spain	3	2	0	1	3	2	67	0	33
Sweden	4	2	3	0	9	4	25	75	0
Switzerland	4	3	0	1	8	4	75	0	25
Thailand	1	1	0	0	3	1	100	0	0
Tunisia	2	0	2	0	3	3	0	100	0
Turkey	4	2	2	0	4	1	50	50	0
Ukraine	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Uruguay	2	2	0	0	5	2	100	0	0
United States	4	4	0	0	7	1	100	0	0
Wales	3	3	0	0	12	2	100	0	0
West Germany	5	1	1	3	8	10	20	20	60
Yugoslavia	3	3	0	0	11	4	100	0	0

References

1. ^ Only clubs played for while receiving caps are listed.