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Netherlands (2026)

Nederland

Matches: 12; 12 with a result
Won · drawn · lost: 6-4-2; 6 W · 4 D · 2 L
Goals: 23; 14 against
Goal difference: +9

General Information

Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond

Founded: 1889
FIFA entry: 1904
Average height in 2026: 1.84 m
Average age in 2026: 26.7 years
Confederation: United European Football Association (UEFA)
Continent: Europe
Infos provided by: The-Sports.org

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Jersey in 2026

Coaches in 2026

Ronald Koeman(Coach)

Date of birth: 21 March 1963
Place of birth: Zaanstad, Netherlands
Height: 1.83 m
Matches: 8 (4 official · 4 friendlies)

Photo: Kindly provided by Jorge Mendoza

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Xavi Hernández(Coach)

Date of birth: 25 January 1980
Place of birth: Terrassa, Spain
Height: 1.70 m
Matches: 4 (4 official · 0 friendlies)

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Players of Netherlands in 2026

39 players

Name	Born	Position	Club	M	S	G
				FIFA
Goalkeepers3
Bart Verbruggen	18 August 2002	Goalkeeper	Brighton & Hove Albion	11	0	0
Mark Flekken	13 June 1993	Goalkeeper	Bayer 04 Leverkusen	1	1	0
Robin Roefs	17 January 2003	Goalkeeper	Sunderland AFC	0	1	0
Defenders9
Virgil van Dijk	8 July 1991	Centre Back	Liverpool FC	12	0	3
Denzel Dumfries	18 April 1996	Right Back	Real Madrid	11	0	0
Micky van de Ven	19 April 2001	Centre Back	Tottenham Hotspur	10	1	0
Jan Paul van Hecke	8 June 2000	Centre Back	Tottenham Hotspur	9	1	1
Nathan Aké	18 February 1995	Left Back	Fenerbahçe SK	3	2	0
Stefan de Vrij	5 February 1992	Centre Back	Panathinaikos AO	1	1	0
Jurriën Timber	17 June 2001	Right Back	Arsenal FC	1	1	0
Jorrel Hato	7 March 2006	Centre Back	Chelsea FC	0	4	0
Lutsharel Geertruida	18 July 2000	Right Back	PSV Eindhoven	0	2	0
Midfielders16
Ryan Gravenberch	16 May 2002	Centre Midfielder	Liverpool FC	10	1	0
Tijani Reijnders	29 July 1998	Centre Midfielder	Al-Qadisiyah al-Khobar	9	1	2
Frenkie de Jong	12 May 1997	Centre Midfielder	FC Barcelona	6	0	0
Quinten Timber	17 June 2001	Centre Midfielder	Crystal Palace FC	3	6	0
Joey Veerman	19 November 1998	Centre Midfielder	Borussia Dortmund	3	1	0
Teun Koopmeiners	28 February 1998	Defensive Midfielder	Juventus Torino	2	6	1
Guus Til	22 December 1997	Attacking Midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	1	4	0
Jerdy Schouten	12 January 1997	Defensive Midfielder	PSV Eindhoven	1	1	0
Xavi Simons	21 April 2003	Attacking Midfielder	Tottenham Hotspur	1	1	0
Kees Smit	20 January 2006	Centre Midfielder	AZ Alkmaar	1	0	0
Mats Wieffer	16 November 1999	Defensive Midfielder	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	0	0
Marten de Roon	29 March 1991	Centre Midfielder	AS Roma	0	2	0
Gjivai Zechiël	1 June 2004	Centre Midfielder	Feyenoord Rotterdam	0	2	0
Jeremie Frimpong	10 December 2000	Right Midfielder	Liverpool FC	0	1	0
Kenneth Taylor	16 May 2002	Centre Midfielder	Lazio Roma	0	1	0
Luciano Valente	4 October 2003	Centre Midfielder	Feyenoord Rotterdam	0	1	0
Forwards11
Cody Gakpo	7 May 1999	Left Winger	Liverpool FC	10	0	6
Crysencio Summerville	30 October 2001	Left Winger	Al-Hilal ar-Riyāḍ	8	2	2
Donyell Malen	19 January 1999	Centre Forward	AS Roma	7	0	0
Brian Brobbey	1 February 2002	Centre Forward	Sunderland AFC	5	4	3
Mexx Meerdink	24 July 2003	Centre Forward	AZ Alkmaar	3	1	2
Noa Lang	17 June 1999	Left Winger	SSC Napoli	1	3	0
Ruben van Bommel	3 August 2004	Left Winger	PSV Eindhoven	1	3	0
Memphis Depay	13 February 1994	Left Winger	SC Corinthians (SP)	0	4	0
Wout Weghorst	7 August 1992	Centre Forward	FC Twente Enschede	0	4	0
Justin Kluivert	5 May 1999	Left Winger	AFC Bournemouth	0	3	0
Joshua Zirkzee	22 May 2001	Centre Forward	Manchester United	0	2	1

M = matches from the start, S = as a substitute, G = goals; non-FIFA: matches in which this team or the opponent was not a FIFA member.

Matches of Netherlands in 2026

12 matches

4 Oct 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 2 · Philips StadionHvs.SerbiaMatch report: Netherlands vs. Serbia 2–1Win
1 Oct 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 2 · PAOK StadiumAvs.GreeceMatch report: Greece vs. Netherlands 2–2Draw
27 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 2 · Stadion Rajko MitićAvs.SerbiaMatch report: Serbia vs. Netherlands 1–2Win
24 Sept 2026UEFA Nations League 2027 · Group 2 · Johan Cruijff ArenAHvs.GermanyMatch report: Netherlands vs. Germany 1–1Draw
29 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Round of 32 · Estadio BBVAHvs.MoroccoMatch report: Netherlands vs. Morocco 1–12–3 pensDefeat
25 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group F · Arrowhead StadiumAvs.TunisiaMatch report: Tunisia vs. Netherlands 1–3Win
20 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group F · NRG StadiumHvs.SwedenMatch report: Netherlands vs. Sweden 5–1Win
14 Jun 2026World Cup 2026 · Group F · AT&T StadiumHvs.JapanMatch report: Netherlands vs. Japan 2–2Draw
8 Jun 2026Friendly · Icahn StadiumHvs.UzbekistanMatch report: Netherlands vs. Uzbekistan 2–1Win
3 Jun 2026Friendly · Stadion Feijenoord - De KuipHvs.AlgeriaMatch report: Netherlands vs. Algeria 0–1Defeat
31 Mar 2026Friendly · Philips StadionHvs.EcuadorMatch report: Netherlands vs. Ecuador 1–1Draw
27 Mar 2026Friendly · Johan Cruijff ArenAHvs.NorwayMatch report: Netherlands vs. Norway 2–1Win

Match Progress for Netherlands

6 W · 4 D · 2 L

One dot per match with a result, on the date it was played; planned or cancelled matches are left out.

Favorite Opponents of Netherlands

92 countries

Opponent	M	W	D	L	G
Belgium	52	25	14	13	112
Germany	35	9	15	11	58
France	23	7	4	12	34
Italy	21	3	8	10	21
Poland	20	10	7	3	31
Ireland	19	11	4	4	34
Sweden	18	10	4	4	41
Denmark	17	7	5	5	34
England	17	6	7	4	25
Luxembourg	16	14	1	1	57
Hungary	16	10	3	3	50
Austria	15	9	2	4	36
Scotland	15	8	4	3	25
Switzerland	15	6	3	6	24
Portugal	14	2	4	8	10
Finland	13	12	1	0	40
Iceland	13	10	1	2	37
Norway	13	8	4	1	26
Turkey	13	7	3	3	22
Spain	13	5	3	5	20
Romania	12	10	1	1	30
Czechia	12	3	3	6	14
Greece	11	8	2	1	21
Brazil	11	3	4	4	17
Wales	10	10	0	0	29
Belarus	10	8	0	2	23
Bulgaria	10	4	2	4	14
Cyprus	9	9	0	0	34
East Germany	9	6	1	2	17
Malta	8	8	0	0	40
Argentina	8	3	2	3	11
England (Amateur)	8	1	0	7	7
Yugoslavia	7	5	1	1	16
Mexico	7	4	1	2	13
Northern Ireland	7	3	3	1	13
San Marino	6	6	0	0	39
Andorra	6	6	0	0	21
Estonia	6	5	1	0	23
USA	6	5	0	1	13
Uruguay	6	2	1	3	7
Latvia	5	5	0	0	14
North Macedonia	5	3	2	0	11
Soviet Union	5	2	1	2	5
Gibraltar	4	4	0	0	22
Moldova	4	4	0	0	9
Albania	4	4	0	0	7
Bosnia & Herzegovina	4	2	2	0	9
Japan	4	2	2	0	8
Morocco	4	2	0	2	6
Ecuador	4	1	3	0	4
Australia	4	1	2	1	5
Czechoslovakia	4	0	1	3	2
Ukraine	3	2	1	0	7
Ghana	3	2	1	0	5
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	5
Peru	3	2	1	0	4
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	3
Tunisia	3	1	2	0	6
Russia	3	1	1	1	6
Croatia	3	1	0	2	6
Canada	2	2	0	0	7
Lithuania	2	2	0	0	7
South Korea	2	2	0	0	7
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	7
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	5
Saarland	2	2	0	0	5
China	2	2	0	0	4
Serbia	2	2	0	0	4
South Africa	2	2	0	0	4
Armenia	2	2	0	0	3
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	3
Montenegro	2	1	1	0	6
Paraguay	2	1	1	0	5
Egypt	2	0	1	1	2
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	5
Faroe Islands	1	1	0	0	3
Georgia	1	1	0	0	3
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3
Iran	1	1	0	0	3
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	3
Thailand	1	1	0	0	3
Chile	1	1	0	0	2
Israel	1	1	0	0	2
Qatar	1	1	0	0	2
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2
Senegal	1	1	0	0	2
Uzbekistan	1	1	0	0	2
Serbia & Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1
Costa Rica	1	1	0	0	0
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0
Algeria	1	0	0	1	0
England (Olympic)	1	0	0	1	0
Total	668	370	144	154	1,388

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All matches of the team (any status); a penalty shoot-out decides won or lost, goals are without shoot-out kicks. M links to the head-to-head record.

All Time World Cup Stats for Netherlands

Games Total: 202
Goals: 476
Goals Against: 180
Games W/D/L: 128/39/35
Avg. Goals / Match: 2.36
Avg. Goals Against / Match: 0.89

Top Players

Most Goals Scored: 25; Memphis Depay
Most Matches: 43; Edwin van der Sar
Most Yellow Cards: 8; Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Most Red Cards: 1; Phillip Cocu

Final tournaments and qualifiers; goals include penalty shoot-out kicks.

All-time top 50 of Netherlands

Matches

Scope

#	Name	Position	Years	M	11	S	G	A	Yellow cards	Second yellow cards	Red cards
1	Sneijder, Wesley	Attacking Midfielder	2003–2018	134	114	20	31	25	11	0	0
2	van der Sar, Edwin	Goalkeeper	1995–2008	130	130	0	0	1	1	0	0
3	Depay, Memphis	Left Winger	2013–2026	112	91	21	54	40	11	0	0
4	de Boer, Frank	Centre Back	1990–2004	112	105	7	13	3	8	0	0
5	van der Vaart, Rafael	Attacking Midfielder	2001–2013	109	76	33	25	16	10	0	0
6	Blind, Daley	Left Back	2013–2024	108	103	5	3	16	14	0	0
7	van Bronckhorst, Giovanni	Left Back	1996–2010	106	96	10	6	2	14	0	0
8	Kuijt, Dirk	Right Winger	2004–2014	104	76	28	24	16	7	0	0
9	van Persie, Robin	Centre Forward	2005–2017	102	90	12	50	19	14	0	0
10	Cocu, Phillip	Centre Midfielder	1996–2006	101	96	5	10	2	9	1	1
11	van Dijk, Virgil	Centre Back	2015–2026	100	99	1	14	1	12	1	0
12	Robben, Arjen	Right Winger	2003–2017	96	84	12	37	27	8	0	0
13	Wijnaldum, Georginio	Attacking Midfielder	2011–2024	96	76	20	28	9	7	0	0
14	Seedorf, Clarence	Attacking Midfielder	1994–2008	87	63	24	11	1	8	0	0
15	Heitinga, John	Centre Back	2004–2013	87	78	9	7	1	8	2	0
16	Overmars, Marc	Left Winger	1993–2004	86	66	20	17	3	2	0	0
17	Winter, Aron	Centre Midfielder	1987–2000	84	50	34	6	2	5	0	1
18	Mathijsen, Joris	Centre Back	2004–2012	84	81	3	3	2	5	0	0
19	Krol, Ruud	Sweeper	1969–1983	83	83	0	4	0	1	0	0
20	de Jong, Nigel	Defensive Midfielder	2004–2015	81	67	14	1	1	17	0	0
21	Dumfries, Denzel	Right Back	2018–2026	80	73	7	11	22	11	0	1
22	Kluivert, Patrick	Centre Forward	1994–2004	79	70	9	40	0	8	0	1
23	Bergkamp, Dennis	Secondary striker	1990–2000	79	77	2	37	8	3	0	0
24	van Bommel, Mark	Defensive Midfielder	2000–2012	79	73	6	10	4	12	0	0
25	de Vrij, Stefan	Centre Back	2012–2026	79	67	12	4	2	4	0	0
26	Koeman, Ronald	Libero	1983–1994	77	75	2	14	2	5	0	0
27	Huntelaar, Klaas-Jan	Centre Forward	2006–2015	76	43	33	42	14	6	0	0
28	Davids, Edgar	Defensive Midfielder	1994–2005	74	63	11	6	2	15	2	1
29	Rijkaard, Frank	Defensive Midfielder	1981–1994	73	71	2	10	2	8	0	1
30	Reiziger, Michael	Right Back	1994–2004	72	63	9	1	1	9	0	0
31	van Breukelen, Hans	Goalkeeper	1980–1992	72	71	1	0	0	4	0	0
32	van Nistelrooy, Ruud	Centre Forward	1998–2011	70	55	15	35	0	9	0	0
33	Wouters, Jan	Defensive Midfielder	1982–1994	70	69	1	4	1	8	0	0
34	de Jong, Frenkie	Centre Midfielder	2018–2026	70	68	2	2	9	7	0	0
35	Babel, Ryan	Left Winger	2005–2021	69	35	34	10	8	1	0	0
36	de Boer, Ronald	Right Midfielder	1993–2003	67	55	12	13	4	1	0	0
37	Stam, Jaap	Centre Back	1996–2004	67	66	1	3	0	15	0	0
38	Gullit, Ruud	Attacking Midfielder	1981–1994	65	61	4	16	3	1	0	0
39	Jansen, Wim	Defensive Midfielder	1967–1980	65	60	5	1	0	2	0	0
40	Cillessen, Jasper	Goalkeeper	2013–2023	65	64	1	0	0	0	0	0
41	van Heel, Puck	Defensive Midfielder	1925–1938	64	64	0	0	0	0	0	0
42	van de Kerkhof, Willy	Centre Midfielder	1974–1985	63	58	5	5	0	4	0	0
43	Stekelenburg, Maarten	Goalkeeper	2004–2021	63	60	3	0	0	2	0	1
44	Aké, Nathan	Left Back	2017–2026	62	46	16	5	4	4	0	0
45	Suurbier, Wim	Right Back	1966–1978	60	58	2	3	0	3	0	0
46	van Basten, Marco	Centre Forward	1983–1992	58	54	4	24	4	4	0	0
47	Klaassens, Jan	Left Midfielder	1953–1963	57	57	0	1	0	0	0	0
48	Gakpo, Cody	Left Winger	2021–2026	56	49	7	25	11	3	0	0
49	Malen, Donyell	Centre Forward	2019–2026	56	28	28	13	9	2	0	0
50	Dénis, Harry	Right Back	1919–1930	56	56	0	0	0	0	0	0

M = matches from the start (11) and as a substitute (S), as on the player pages.
Only FIFA matches count.
Assists are only known where the assisting player was recorded.

Top 10 duos of Netherlands

#	Assist	Goal	Years	Goals	%
1	Robben, Arjen	van Persie, Robin	2008–2014	8	16
2	Dumfries, Denzel	Depay, Memphis	2020–2025	8	15
3	Sneijder, Wesley	van Persie, Robin	2008–2014	5	10
4	Kuijt, Dirk	Huntelaar, Klaas-Jan	2010–2012	5	12
5	Depay, Memphis	Wijnaldum, Georginio	2019–2021	5	18
6	Bergkamp, Dennis	Kluivert, Patrick	1996–2000	4	10
7	van der Vaart, Rafael	Huntelaar, Klaas-Jan	2006–2010	4	10
8	Kuijt, Dirk	Sneijder, Wesley	2008–2013	4	13
9	van der Vaart, Rafael	van Persie, Robin	2008–2010	4	8
10	van Persie, Robin	Sneijder, Wesley	2008–2011	4	13

Assister → scorer pairs with at least two goals in the team's FIFA matches. The assisting player is only known for 471 of 1,350 goals.