Netherlands national football team

	Olympic medal record
Men’s Football

Netherlands
Nickname(s)	Holland; Oranje
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond — KNVB
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Bert van Marwijk
Captain	Giovanni van Bronckhorst
Most caps	Edwin van der Sar (128)
Top scorer	Patrick Kluivert (40)
Home stadium	Amsterdam ArenA; Feijenoord Stadion; Philips Stadion
FIFA code	NED
FIFA ranking	4
Highest FIFA ranking	2 (November 1993)
Lowest FIFA ranking	25 (May 1998)
Elo ranking	2
Highest Elo ranking	1 (1911–12, 1978, 1988–1990,; 1992, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008)
Lowest Elo ranking	56 (October 1954)
	Home colours
	Away colours
First international
	Belgium 1 – 4 Netherlands ; (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905)
Biggest win
	Netherlands 9 – 0 Finland ; (Solna, Sweden; 4 July 1912); Netherlands 9 – 0 Norway ; (Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November 1972)
Biggest defeat
	England Amateur 12 – 2 Netherlands ; (Darlington, England; 21 December 1907)
World Cup
Appearances	8 (First in 1934)
Best result	Runners-up, 1974 and 1978
European Championship
Appearances	8 (First in 1976)
Best result	Winners, 1988

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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. It won Euro 88 and reached two consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978 but lost both finals to their respective host nations, West Germany and Argentina. At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precision passing. In many countries the team is colloquially referred to as "Holland".

[edit] History

The Netherlands made their first appearance at the World Cup final tournament in 1934, and after coming back in 1938, the Dutch national team entered the wilderness of world football.

The Dutch squad in 1934.

[edit] History to 1970

Not until a shift to a national league and full professionalism in the 1950s did the fortunes of the Netherlands improve at both club and international level. In the 1958 World Cup qualifiers, they finished 2 points behind Austria, having lost 3-2 in Vienna after leading 2-0. The team saw continuous improvement throughout the 1960s.

[edit] Total Football

They came out of this wilderness in the 1970s with the invention of Total Football (Dutch: Totaalvoetbal), pioneered by Ajax and led by playmaker Johan Cruijff and national team coach Rinus Michels. The Dutch made huge strides, qualifying for two World Cup finals in the decade.

In 1974, the Netherlands beat both Brazil and Argentina in the second group stage, reaching the final for the first time in their history. However, the team lost to West Germany in the final in Munich, despite having gone 1-0 up through Johan Neeskens' early penalty kick before any German had even touched the ball. Supported by the crowd, goals from Paul Breitner and Gerd Müller led to a victory for the Germans. In spite of losing the final, the "Clockwork Orange" and Johan Cruijff had already written a new page in football's history.

By comparison, Euro 76 was a disappointment. The Netherlands lost in the semi-finals to Czechoslovakia, as much because of infighting within the squad and because of coach George Knobel, as well as the skill of the eventual winners.

In 1978, the Netherlands again reached the final, only to be beaten by the hosts, Argentina. This side played without Johan Cruijff, Willem van Hanegem and Jan van Beveren, who refused to participate in the World Cup. It still contained players such as Johan Neeskens, Johnny Rep, Arie Haan, Ruud Krol and Rob Rensenbrink from the 1974 selection. This time the Netherlands were less impressive in the group stages, as they qualified only as runners-up, after a draw with Peru and a loss to Scotland. In the second group phase, however, the Netherlands topped a group including Italy and West Germany, setting up a final with Argentina. However, the Dutch finished as runners up for the second World Cup in a row as they ultimately lost 3-1 after two extra time goals from Argentina. Agonisingly for the Dutch, Rensenbrink hit the Argentinian post in the last minute of normal time, with the score 1-1.

Euro 80 was the last tournament that the generation of Total Football qualified for, but they did not advance past the group stage, despite the tournament format being expanded that year. Veterans such as Krol and Rensenbrink retired soon afterwards and the Netherlands missed the 1982 World Cup, Euro 84 and 1986 World Cup in succession.

[edit] European Champions

Rinus Michels returned to coach the team for the Euro 88 tournament. After losing the first group match against the USSR (1-0), the Netherlands went on to qualify for the semi-final by defeating England 3-1 (with a hat-trick by the tournament's top scorer Marco van Basten), and Republic of Ireland (1-0). For many Dutch football supporters, the most important match in the tournament was the semi-final against West Germany, the host country, considered a revenge for the lost 1974 World Cup final (also in West Germany). Marco van Basten, who would later become national team coach, scored in the 89th minute of the game to sink the German side. The game is also remembered for its post-match shenanigans, including Ronald Koeman, who, in front of the German supporters, provocatively pretended to wipe his backside with the shirt of Olaf Thon as if it were toilet paper, an action Koeman later regretted.^[1] The Netherlands won the final with a convincing victory over the USSR, a rematch on the round robin game, through a header by Ruud Gullit and a volley by Van Basten. This was the national team's first major tournament win and it restored them to the forefront of international football after almost a decade in wilderness.

Despite high expectations as the team entered the 1990 World Cup, that tournament was not a success. Van Basten failed to score, as he was frequently marked by opposing defenders, while Gullit was ineffective having not fully recovered from injury. The Dutch managed to advance despite drawing all three group games, meeting their arch-rivals West Germany in the round of 16. The match is most remembered for the spitting-incident involving Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler as the Netherlands lost 2-1.

The team subsequently reached the semi-finals in the Euro 92, which was noted for the emergence of Dennis Bergkamp, but they were eliminated by eventual champions Denmark, with Van Basten's kick in the penalty shootout being saved by Peter Schmeichel. This was also Van Basten's last major tournament, as he retired shortly after due to injury.

In the 1994 World Cup, Dennis Bergkamp led the team with 3 goals and the Netherlands advanced to the quarter-final, where they lost 3-2 to eventual champions Brazil.

[edit] 1998 World Cup and Euro 2000

Dutch supporters

At Euro 96, after drawing 0-0 with Scotland and beating Switzerland 2-0, they faced the hosts England in the pool A decider, with both teams on 4 points. After 62 minutes, with Scotland beating Switzerland 1-0, The Netherlands were 4-0 down and looked like finishing third behind Scotland on goal difference and going out of the tournament, but Patrick Kluivert converted a Dennis Bergkamp assist and scored in the 78th minute to see the Dutch finish second on goals scored. They then played France in the quarter-finals, drawing 0-0 and being eliminated 5-4 on penalties.

In 1998 World Cup, Netherlands, whose team included Marc Overmars, Phillip Cocu, Edgar Davids, Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer and Patrick Kluivert, met Argentina in the quarterfinal, a rematch of the 1978 final. Near the end of regular time, after an unsuccessful dive to draw a penalty, Argentinian Ariel Ortega head-butted Edwin van der Sar.^[2] Ortega was sent off and the Netherlands won 2-1 after a Bergkamp goal in the 89th minute. Bergkamp's goal was famous because of its quality--he touched down a 60-yard (55 m) pass from Frank de Boer then reverse-flicked it inside Roberto Ayala and finally volleyed it past the Argentine goalkeeper. In the semi-final, the Netherlands took Brazil to a penalty shootout after a late Kluivert goal tied the match 1-1, but Brazil won the shootout 4-2 and advanced to the final. Netherlands lost the 3rd place match 2-1 to upstart Croatia.

Netherlands co-hosted Euro 2000 with Belgium and were one of the favourites coming into the tournament. Getting all three wins in the group stage, including a win over reigning World Cup champions France, they then crushed Yugoslavia 6-1 in the quarter-finals, with Kluivert getting a hat-trick. In the semi-finals, their opponents, Italy, went down to ten men in the first half and the Netherlands were awarded two penalty kicks but failed to convert either chance. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo made two saves in the shootout (in addition to his penalty saves in regulation time) to eliminate the Netherlands. Coach Frank Rijkaard was widely criticized by the press as the Dutch had squandered several chances to kill the game and he resigned, with Louis van Gaal taking over. Dennis Bergkamp retired from the national team after Euro 2000, having failed to score during the tournament.

[edit] Recent

Netherlands at the 2006 World Cup

Netherlands failed to qualify for the 2002 World Cup, with crucial losses to Portugal and the Republic of Ireland, the latter of which eliminated them from the Finals tournament. Van Gaal resigned at the conclusion of the Netherlands' unsuccessful campaign.

Netherlands reached the semifinals of Euro 2004 but lost to Portugal. Coach Dick Advocaat was criticized for his tactics and player changes and stepped down after the tournament. Also, many of the team's World Cup veterans like Frank de Boer, Ronald de Boer, Edgar Davids, Clarence Seedorf, Marc Overmars, Jaap Stam, and Patrick Kluivert had either retired or were not selected for the upcoming World Cup by new coach Marco van Basten.

Training in Germany.

The Netherlands qualified for the 2006 World Cup in Germany and finished second in Group C after beating Serbia & Montenegro (1-0) and the Ivory Coast (2-1) and drawing Argentina (0-0). Both Argentina and the Netherlands finished the group stage with 7 points, but the Argentinians had a superior goal difference and finished first as a result. The Dutch were eliminated in the second round after losing 0-1 to Portugal, in a match that produced 16 yellow cards (which matched the World Cup record for most cautions in one game set in 2002) and set a new World Cup record of four red cards (two for either side) and was nicknamed "the Battle of Nuremberg" by the press^[3]. Despite criticism surrounding his selection policy and the lack of attacking football from his team, Marco van Basten was offered a two-year extension to his contract by the Dutch FA, which would allow him to serve as national coach during Euro 2008 and the 2010 World Cup. The move was widely regarded as a vote of confidence in Van Basten and his assistants by the KNVB officials.^[4]

The Netherlands began their Euro 2008 campaign with a win in Luxembourg on 2 September 2006. On September 8, 2007 the Oranje beat Bulgaria at the Amsterdam ArenA on goals by Wesley Sneijder and Ruud van Nistelrooy. On September 12, 2007, the Netherlands won a hard fought victory against Albania, with Ruud van Nistelrooy scoring the winning goal in stoppage time. This win takes the Dutch squad into second place in group G, on level with Romania for points, but behind on goal differential. The Oranje were beaten 1-0 in Romania on October 13, 2007, but four days later the Netherlands' 2-0 victory over Slovenia, while rivals Bulgaria could only draw in Albania, left the Dutch needing one win from their last two games, at home to Luxembourg and away to Belarus, to qualify for Euro 2008.

The Netherlands played their first game in 2008 against Croatia in Split. The team, without Ruud van Nistelrooy, Robin van Persie, Clarence Seedorf, Orlando Engelaar, and Arjen Robben, won the match 3-0. The first goal was scored by John Heitinga on a header, while Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored the second goal on assist from Tim de Cler. The final goal came from Celtic striker Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink. The team used a new formation under Marco van Basten, scrapping the previously used 4-3-3 formation for a 4-2-3-1.

[edit] Euro 2008

The Dutch team was a participant in the 'Group of Death', together with France, Italy and Romania. They began Euro 2008 with a 3-0 win over World Cup Champion Italy in Berne on June 9, 2008. This was the Netherlands' first victory over Italy since 1978. In their second group match against France on June 13, 2008, the Netherlands won convincingly with a 4-1 score. The Dutch closed out an incredible group stage campaign with a 2-0 win over Romania. However, the Dutch team's good form came to nothing as they were beaten 3-1 in the Quarter-Final by Russia, despite a late 86th minute equaliser by Ruud van Nistelrooy. The Russians ended the Dutch run with two goals in extra time.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9
Italy	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
Romania	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
France	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

2008-06-09 20:45	Netherlands	3 – 0	Italy	Stade de Suisse, Berne
	Van Nistelrooy 26' Sneijder 31' Van Bronckhorst 79'			Stade de Suisse, Berne

2008-06-13 20:45	Netherlands	4 – 1	France	Stade de Suisse, Berne
	Kuyt 9' Van Persie 59' Robben 72' Sneijder 90+2'		Henry 71'	Stade de Suisse, Berne

2008-06-17 20:45	Netherlands	2 – 0	Romania	Stade de Suisse, Berne
	Huntelaar 54' Van Persie 87'			Stade de Suisse, Berne

2008-06-21 20:45	Netherlands	1 – 3	Russia	St. Jakob Park, Basel
	Van Nistelrooy 86'		Pavlyuchenko 56' Torbinsky 112' Arshavin 116'	St. Jakob Park, Basel

[edit] Strip

Coat of arms of the Netherlands

Dutch fans wearing the traditional orange colours of the national team at a 2006 World Cup match at the Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion, Stuttgart

The Netherlands national football plays in a bright orange shirt. Orange is the historic national colour of the Netherlands, originating from the coat of arms of the Dutch founding father William of Orange-Nassau. The top red band of the current flag was originally orange. The current Dutch away shirt is nassau blue, with a small trim on the chest containing the colors of the Dutch flag.

Nike is the kit provider to the national team, a sponsorship that began in 1996 and is contracted to continue until at least 2018.

[edit] Rivalry with Germany

Main article: Germany and Netherlands football rivalry

The Dutch national football team has a long standing rivalry with Germany. Although it might date back to the Second World War, usually people date it to the 1974 World Cup, where the Netherlands lost the final to West Germany, despite being regarded as favorites prior to the match. Other notable clashes between the two nations were in the semifinal of Euro 88, where Marco van Basten slid the winning goal in the last minute past the German keeper, and the game in the second round of the 1990 World Cup, with Germany beating the Dutch after an infamous spitting incident involving Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler.

[edit] Competitive record

[edit] World Cup record

Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1930	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1934	Round 1	9	1	0	0	1	2	3
1938	Round 1	14	1	0	0	1	0	3
1950	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1954	Did Not Enter	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1958	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1962	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1966	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1970	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1974	Final	2	7	5	1	1	15	3
1978	Final	2	7	3	2	2	15	10
1982	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1986	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
1990	Round 2	15	4	0	3	1	3	4
1994	Quarter-Finals	7	5	3	0	2	8	6
1998	Semi-Finals	4	7	3	3*	1	13	7
2002	Did Not Qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Round 2	11	4	2	1	1	3	2
2010	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	8/18	2 Finals	36	16	10	10	59	38

[edit] European Championship record

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not enter	-	-	-	-	-	-
1964	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1968	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1972	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1976	Third place	2	1	0	1	4	5
1980	Round 1	3	1	1	1	4	4
1984	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
1988	Champions	5	4	0	1	8	3
1992	Semi-Final	4	2	2*	0	6	3
1996	Quarter-Finals	4	1	2*	1	3	4
2000	Semi-Final	5	4	1*	0	13	3
2004	Semi-Final	5	1	2*	2	7	6
2008	Quarter-Finals	4	3	0	1	10	4
2012	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1 Title	32	17	8	7	55	32

[edit] Summer Olympics

*Draws include knockout matches decided by penalty shootout.

**Gold background color indicates that the tournament was won. Red border color indicates tournament was held on home soil.

[edit] FIFA World Cup qualification (Group 9)

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Netherlands	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	3
FYR Macedonia	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Scotland	2	1	0	1	2	2	0	3
Norway	1	0	1	0	2	2	0	1
Iceland	2	0	1	1	3	4	−1	1


–	15 Oct '08	6 Jun '09	5 Sep '09	1 – 2
10 Jun '09	–	1 – 2	5 Sep '09	1 – 0
11 Oct '08	1 Apr '09	–	10 Jun '09	28 Mar '09
2 – 2	9 Sep '09	15 Oct '08	–	19 Aug '09
1 Apr '09	5 Sep '09	9 Sep '09	11 Oct '08	–

[edit] Current squad

Squad called up by national team manager Bert van Marwijk for the friendly against Australia and the FIFA WC qualifier against Macedonia. Caps and goals as of 21:27, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Maarten Stekelenburg	22 September 1982 (25)	15	0	AFC Ajax
GK	Henk Timmer	3 December 1971 (36)	6	0	Feyenoord

DF	Khalid Boulahrouz	28 December 1981 (26)	27	0	VfB Stuttgart
DF	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	5 February 1975 (33)	84	5	Feyenoord
DF	Tim de Cler	8 November 1978 (29)	16	0	Feyenoord
DF	John Heitinga	15 November 1983 (24)	42	6	Atlético de Madrid
DF	Joris Mathijsen	5 April 1980 (28)	38	2	Hamburg
DF	André Ooijer	11 July 1974 (34)	43	2	Blackburn Rovers

MF	Ibrahim Afellay	2 April 1986 (22)	11	0	PSV
MF	Mark van Bommel	22 April 1977 (31)	43	7	Bayern Munchen
MF	Orlando Engelaar	24 August 1979 (29)	10	0	Schalke 04
MF	Nigel de Jong	30 November 1984 (23)	29	0	Hamburg
MF	Rafael van der Vaart	11 February 1983 (25)	61	13	Real Madrid
MF	Demy de Zeeuw	26 May 1983 (25)	17	0	AZ Alkmaar

FW	Ryan Babel	19 December 1986 (21)	26	5	Liverpool
FW	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	12 August 1983 (25)	16	9	AFC Ajax
FW	Dirk Kuyt	22 July 1980 (28)	45	8	Liverpool
FW	Robin van Persie	6 August 1983 (25)	31	10	Arsenal
FW	Arjen Robben	23 January 1984 (24)	37	10	Real Madrid
FW	Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink	7 November 1978 (29)	19	3	Celtic

[edit] Recent call-ups

The following players have all recently been called up to the Netherlands squad. Bracket shows last call-up time.

Pos.	Player	DoB (Age)	Caps	Goals	Club
GK	Piet Velthuizen	3 November 1986	0	0	Vitesse (Friendly v. Austria, 26 March 2008)
GK	Boy Waterman	24 January 1984	0	0	AZ (Euro 2008 qual. v. Slovenia, 17 October 2007)
GK	Sander Boschker	20 October 1970	0	0	FC Twente
DF	Urby Emanuelson	16 June 1986	11	0	Ajax (Friendly v. Austria, 26 March 2008)
DF	Kew Jaliens	15 September 1978	10	0	AZ (Euro 2008 qual. v. Belarus, 21 October 2007)
DF	Wilfred Bouma	15 June 1978	35	2	Aston Villa (Euro 2008)
DF	Mario Melchiot	4 November 1976	22	0	Wigan Athletic (Euro 2008)
MF	Denny Landzaat	6 May 1976	38	1	Feyenoord (Friendly v. Ukraine, 24 May 2008)
MF	David Mendes da Silva	4 August 1982	1	0	AZ (Friendly v. Croatia, 6 February 2008)
MF	Clarence Seedorf	1 April 1976	87	11	AC Milan
MF	Wesley Sneijder	9 June 1984	48	11	Real Madrid (Euro 2008)
FW	Danny Koevermans	1 November 1978	4	1	PSV (Euro 2008 qual. v. Belarus, 21 October 2007)
FW	Andwélé Slory	27 September 1982	2	0	Feyenoord (Friendly v. Thailand, 6 June 2007)

[edit] Previous squads

FIFA World Cup squads

UEFA European Football Championship squads

[edit] Past managers

Jesse Carver 1947-1948
Tom Sneddon 1948
Karel Kaufman 1949
Jaap van der Leck 1949-1954
Karel Kaufman 1954-1955
Friedrich Donenfeld 1955
Max Merkel 1955-1956
Heinrich Müller 1956
Friedrich Donenfeld 1956-1957
George Hardwick 1957
Elek Schwartz 1957-1964
Denis Neville 1964-1966
Georg Kessler 1966-1970

František Fadrhonc 1970-1974
Rinus Michels 1974
George Knobel 1974-1976
Jan Zwartkruis 1976-1977
Ernst Happel 1977-1978
Jan Zwartkruis 1978-1981
Rob Baan 1981
Kees Rijvers 1981
Rob Baan 1981
Kees Rijvers 1981-1984
Rinus Michels 1984-1985
Leo Beenhakker 1985-1986
Rinus Michels 1986-1988

Thijs Libregts 1988-1990
Nol de Ruiter 1990
Leo Beenhakker 1990
Rinus Michels 1990-1992
Dick Advocaat 1992-1995
Guus Hiddink 1995-1998
Jan Rab 1997
Frank Rijkaard 1998-2000
Louis van Gaal 2000-2002
Dick Advocaat 2002-2004
Marco van Basten 2004-2008

[edit] Players

[edit] Notable past players

Listed according to when they debuted for Netherlands (year in parentheses):

Bok de Korver (1905)
Jan van Breda Kolff (1911)
Harry Dénis (1919)
Puck van Heel (1925)
Wim Anderiesen (1926)
Bep Bakhuys (1928)
Leen Vente (1933)
Kick Smit (1935)
Abe Lenstra (1940)
Faas Wilkes (1946)
Kees Rijvers (1946)
Roel Wiersma (1954)
Cor van der Hart (1955)
Coen Moulijn (1956)
Sjaak Swart (1960)
Jan Jongbloed (1962)
Piet Keizer (1962)
Rinus Israel (1964)
Johan Cruijff (1966)
Willy van der Kuijlen (1966)
Wim Suurbier (1966)

Berry van Aerle (1987)
Aron Winter (1987)
Bryan Roy (1989)
Rob Witschge (1989)
Dennis Bergkamp (1990)
Frank de Boer (1990)
Stan Valckx (1990)
Richard Witschge (1990)
Ed de Goey (1992)
Wim Jonk (1992)
Arthur Numan (1992)
Peter van Vossen (1992)
Ronald de Boer (1993)
Marc Overmars (1993)
Edgar Davids (1994)
Patrick Kluivert (1994)
Edwin van der Sar (1995)
Roy Makaay (1996)
Jaap Stam (1996)
Philip Cocu (1996)
Ruud van Nistelrooy (1998)

[edit] Most capped players

As of June 21, 2007, the ten players with the most caps for the Netherlands are:

#	Name	Career	Caps	Goals
1.	Edwin van der Sar	1995 - 2008	128	0
2.	Frank de Boer	1990 - 2004	112	13
3.	Phillip Cocu	1996 - 2006	101	10
4.	Clarence Seedorf	1994 - present	87	11
5.	Marc Overmars	1993 - 2004	86	17
6.	Aron Winter	1987 - 2000	84	6
7.	Ruud Krol	1969 - 1983	83	4
8.	Giovanni Van Bronckhorst	1996 - present	81	5
9.	Patrick Kluivert	1994 - 2004	79	40
9.	Dennis Bergkamp	1990 - 2000	79	37

Players in Bold are still active.

[edit] Top goalscorers

As of June 21, 2007, the ten players with the most goals for the Netherlands are:

#	Player	Career	Goals (Caps)	Avg/game
1.	Patrick Kluivert	1994 - 2004	40 (79)	0.51
2.	Dennis Bergkamp	1990 - 2000	37 (79)	0.47
3.	Faas Wilkes	1946 - 1961	35 (38)	0.92
4.	Abe Lenstra	1940 - 1959	33 (47)	0.70
	Johan Cruijff	1966 - 1977	33 (48)	0.69
	Ruud van Nistelrooy	1998 - 2008	33 (64)	0.51
7.	Bep Bakhuys	1928 - 1937	28 (23)	1.22
8.	Kick Smit	1935 - 1946	26 (29)	0.90
9.	Marco van Basten	1983 - 1992	24 (58)	0.41
10.	Leen Vente	1933 - 1940	19 (21)	0.90

[edit] References

^ "Cheeseheads vs Krauts": 30 Years of Enmity, Ajax-USA.com, June 14, 2004
^ Phil Jones (1998-07-04). "The Netherlands pay back controversial loss to Argentina". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
^ Stuart Watt (2006-06-26). "Portugal wins battle of Nuremberg". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.
^ "Van Basten on right track". Football.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

[edit] Titles

Preceded by 1984 - France	European Champions 1988 (First title)	Succeeded by 1992 - Denmark

[0] "Cheeseheads vs Krauts": 30 Years of Enmity, Ajax-USA.com, June 14, 2004

[1] Phil Jones (1998-07-04). "The Netherlands pay back controversial loss to Argentina". sportsillustrated.cnn.com. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.

[2] Stuart Watt (2006-06-26). "Portugal wins battle of Nuremberg". www.abc.net.au. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.

[3] "Van Basten on right track". Football.co.uk. Retrieved on 2007-08-22.

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