Netherlands national football team
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The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association.
Netherlands is consistently one of Europe's strongest national teams, having won the European Championship in 1988, and having reached two consecutive World Cup finals, but losing both (1974 and 1978). At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precise passing.
The Netherlands made their first World Cup appearance in 1934, and after coming back in 1938, entered the world of football wilderness. They came out of it in the 1970s with the invention of Total Football. Pioneered by Ajax Amsterdam and lead by the creative genius of Johan Cruijff and Rinus Michels, the Dutch made huge strides, getting to two World Cup finals in the decade. The team has been strong since, winning Euro 88, reaching the semi-finals in Euro 92, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, and finishing fourth in the 1998 World Cup.
The Netherlands are considered by many to be the finest footballing nation never to win the Football World Cup.
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World Cup record
- 1930 - Did not enter
- 1934 - Round 1
- 1938 - Round 1
- 1950 - Did not enter
- 1954 - Did not enter
- 1958 to 1970 - Did not qualify
- 1974 - Runners-up
- 1978 - Runners-up
- 1982 - Did not qualify
- 1986 - Did not qualify
- 1990 - Round 2
- 1994 - Quarterfinals
- 1998 - Fourth place
- 2002 - Did not qualify
- 2006 - Qualified
European Championship record
- 1960 - Did not enter
- 1964 to 1972 - Did not qualify
- 1976 - Semi-finals
- 1980 - Round 1
- 1984 - Did not qualify
- 1988 - Champions
- 1992 - Semi-finals
- 1996 - Quarterfinals
- 2000 - Semi-finals
- 2004 - Semi-finals
Famous past players
Current squad
Provisional 33-man squad for 2006 FIFA World Cup, announced on 21st April 2006.
Goalkeepers
Defenders
- Khalid Boulahrouz
- Wilfred Bouma
- Tim de Cler
- Nigel de Jong
- Urby Emanuelson
- Kew Jaliens
- Jan Kromkamp
- Joris Mathijsen
- André Ooijer
- Barry Opdam
- Gio van Bronckhorst
- Ron Vlaar
Midfielders
- Ryan Babel
- George Boateng
- Romeo Castelen
- Phillip Cocu
- Edgar Davids
- Denny Landzaat
- Hedwiges Maduro
- Arjen Robben
- Wesley Sneijder
- Mark van Bommel
- Rafael van der Vaart
Strikers
- Klaas Jan Huntelaar
- Dirk Kuyt
- Martijn Meerdink
- Ruud van Nistelrooij
- Robin van Persie
- Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
External links
- Official site (in Dutch)
- RSSSF archive of results 1908-
- RSSSF archive of most capped players and highest goalscorers
- RSSSF archive of coaches
- Netherlands National Football Team History
- Story of Holland at the 1974 World Cup
- Story of Holland at the 1978 World Cup
- Holland: "The unbearable Lightness of being Oranje..."
- Coca-Cola Cans set of Netherlands World Cup France 1998 National Football Team
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