Netherlands national football team records and statistics

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

Major tournaments

 * FIFA World Cup:
 * Runners-up (3): 1974, 1978, 2010
 * Third place (1): 2014
 * Fourth place (1): 1998
 * UEFA European Championship:
 * Winners (1): 1988
 * Third place (1): 1976
 * Semi-finals (4): 1992, 2000, 2004, 2024
 * UEFA Nations League:
 * Runners-up (1): 2019
 * Fourth place (1): 2023
 * Olympic football tournament:
 * Bronze medal/Third place (3): 1908, 1912, 1920
 * Fourth place (1): 1924

Friendly tournaments

 * Olympic Football Consolation Tournament
 * Winners: 1928
 * Tournoi de Paris
 * Winners: 1978
 * 75th Anniversary FIFA Cup
 * Runners-up: 1979
 * World Champions' Gold Cup
 * Fourth Place: 1980
 * Copa Confraternidad
 * Runners-up: 2011

Player records
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Most-capped players
Last updated: 10 July 2024 Source:http://www.voetbalstats.nl/caps.php voetbalstats.nl]

Past most-capped record holders
Feyenoord legend Puck van Heel has held the record the longest for 42 years.

Last updated: 1 April 2024 Source:

Top goalscorers


Last updated: 10 July 2024 Source: voetbalstats.nl

Record holding top goalscorers
Eddy de Neve is the Netherlands first topscorer with 3 caps and 6 goals. To date he still holds the highest goal average, among top scorers.



Last updated: 2 April 2024 Source:

Hat-tricks
Robin van Persie scored four goals for the Dutch national side during their 11–0 win over minnows San Marino on 2 September 2011. He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Hungary on 11 October 2013.

Last updated: 7 June 2024 Source: voetbalstats.nl

Age records

 * Oldest player to make debut: Sander Boschker, aged 39 years and 256 days vs 🇬🇭 ghana, 1 June 2010
 * Youngest player to make debut: Jan van Breda Kolff, aged 17 years and 74 days vs 🇧🇪 belgium, 2 April 1911 RSSSF
 * Oldest player to score: Abe Lenstra, aged 38 years and 143 days vs 🇧🇪 belgium, 19 April 1959
 * Youngest player to score: Jan van Breda Kolff, aged 17 years and 74 days vs 🇧🇪 belgium, 2 April 1911

Progression of the Netherlands association football goalscoring record
This is a progressive list of association footballers who have held or co-held the record for international goals for the Netherlands national football team.

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

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.
 * World Cup appearances: 11 (most recent in 2022)
 * Most successful World Cup appearance: Runners-up (1974, 1978, 2010)
 * European Championship appearances: 11 (most recent in 2024)
 * Most successful European Championship appearance: Winners (1988)
 * Summer Olympics appearances: 8 (most recent in 2008)
 * Most successful Olympics appearance: Third place (1908, 1912, 1920)

Firsts

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

Record results

 * Biggest win:
 * 11–0 🇸🇲 san marino (Eindhoven, Netherlands; 2 September 2011)
 * Biggest loss:
 * England AM. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 12–2 (Darlington, England; 21 December 1907)

Head-to-head records

 * Draws include penalty shoot-outs.

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