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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.

Honours

Major tournaments

* Bronze medal/Third place (3): 1908, 1912, 1920
* Fourth place (1): 1924

Friendly tournaments

Individual records

Player records

Most-capped players

<small>Last updated: 10 July 2024 <br />Source:http://www.voetbalstats.nl/caps.php voetbalstats.nl] </small>

Past most-capped record holders

Feyenoord legend Puck van Heel has held the record the longest for 42 years.

<small>Last updated: 1 April 2024 <br />Source: https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/sneijder-in-iconisch-rijtje-met-stom-van-heel-krol-en-winter. </small>

Top goalscorers

Striker Memphis Depay, while playing for Corinthians, became the top scorer in the history of Netherlands.

<small>Last updated: 5 July 2025 <br />Source: voetbalstats.nl </small>

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.

<small>Last updated: 2 April 2024 <br />Source: https://www.vi.nl/nieuws/tijdbalk-oranjetopscorers-de-neve-tot-kluivert </small>

Hat-tricks

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

<small>Last updated: 7 June 2024 <br />Source: voetbalstats.nl </small>

Age records

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.

Manager records

Team records

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)

Match records

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

Head-to-head records

Rankings

FIFA

: 2000
: 2005, 2008, 2009

Elo

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

References