Netherlands national football team records and statistics

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

As of 27 March 2017

Player records

  Still active players are highlighted

Most capped players

Goalkeeper Edwin van der Sar was the most capped player in the history of Netherlands with 130 caps.

#	Player	National career	Matches	Goals	Minutes	Total career
1.	Wesley Sneijder	2003–2018000	134	31	9,676	2002–20180000
2.	Edwin van der Sar	1995–2008	130	0	11,463	1990–2011
3.	Frank de Boer	1990–2004	112	13	9,271	1988–2005
4.	Rafael van der Vaart	2001–2013	109	25	6,938	2000–0000
5.	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	1996–2010	106	6	8,215	1993–2010
6.	Dirk Kuyt	2004–2014	104	24	6,875	1998–2017
7.	Phillip Cocu	1996–2006	101	10	8,001	1988–2006
8.	Robin van Persie	2005–0000	101	50	7,290	2001–0000
9.	Arjen Robben	2003–20170000	96	37	7,034	2000–0000
10.	John Heitinga	2004–2013	87	7	7,031	2001–2016

Last updated: 7 October 2017
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Top goalscorers

Striker Robin van Persie is the top scorer in the history of Netherlands with 50 goals.

#	Player	National career	Goals	Matches	Average	Minutes	Total career
1.	Robin van Persie	2005–	50	101	0.50	7,026	2001–
2.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2006–	42	76	0.55	3,699	2002–
3.	Patrick Kluivert	1994–2004	40	79	0.51	5,816	1994-2008
4.	Dennis Bergkamp	1990–2000	37	79	0.47	6,339	1986–2006
5.	Arjen Robben	2003–2017	37	96	0.38	6,885	2000–
6.	Faas Wilkes	1946–1961	35	38	0.92	3,450	1940–1964
7.	Ruud van Nistelrooy	1998–2011	35	70	0.50	4,543	1993–2012
8.	Abe Lenstra	1940–1959	33	47	0.70	4,260	1935–1963
9.	Johan Cruyff	1966–1977	33	48	0.69	4,282	1964–1984
10.	Wesley Sneijder	2003–2018	31	132	0.23	9,555	2002–2018

Last updated: 7 October 2017
Source: voetbalstats.nl Template:Nl icon

Hat-tricks

Robin Van Persie scored four goals in one match for the Dutch national side during their 11-0 win over minnows San Marino on Friday 2 September 2011. He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup Qualifier against Hungary on 11 October 2013.

#	Player	National career	Matches	Hat-tricks	Total career
1.	Mannes Francken	1906-1914	22	3	1906-1914
	Beb Bakhuys	1928-1937	23	3	1925-1939
	John Bosman	1986-1997	30	3	1983-2002
	Faas Wilkes	1946-1961	38	3	1945-1964
5.	Noud van Melis	1950-1957	13	2	1950-1957
	Wim Lagendaal	1930-1935	15	2	1930-1935
	Tonny van de Linden	1957-1963	24	2	1957-1963
	Rob Rensenbrink	1968–1979	46	2	1965-1982
	Marco van Basten	1983-1992	58	2	1981-1995
	Patrick Kluivert	1994-2004	79	2	1994-2008
	Robin van Persie	2005–0000	101	2	2001–0000
12.	22 other players			1

Age Records

• Oldest player to make debut: Sander Boschker 39 years and 256 days vs Ghana, 2 July 2010
• Youngest player to make debut: Jan van Breda Kolff 17 years and 74 days vs Belgium, 2 April 1911 RSSSF
• Oldest player to score: Abe Lenstra 38 years and 143 days [1] Belgium, 19 April 1959
• Youngest player to score: Jan van Breda Kolff 17 years and 74 days vs Belgium, 2 April 1911

Tournament records

See also: Netherlands at the FIFA World Cup

• 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: 10 (most recent in 2014)
• Most successful World Cup appearance: Runners-Up (1974, 1978, 2010)
• European Championship Appearances: 9 (most recent in 2012)
• Most successful European Championship appearance: Winners (1988)
• Summer Olympics Appearances: 8 (most recent in 2008)
• Most successful Olympics appearance: Third Place (1908, 1912, 1920)

Honours

• FIFA World Cup Runners-up: 3

1974, 1978, 2010

• European Championship winners: 1

1988

• Olympic bronze medals: 3

1908, 1912, 1920

Match records

Firsts

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

Record results

• Biggest win:
  • Netherlands 11 – 0 San Marino (Eindhoven, Netherlands; 2 September 2011)
• Biggest loss:
  • England AM. 12 – 2 Netherlands (Darlington, England; 21 December 1907)

Rankings

• 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

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

Team records

Head to head records

As of 6 September 2018.''

• Draws include Penalty shoot-outs

  Positive Record   Neutral Record   Negative Record

Opponent	P	W	D*	L	GF	GA	GD	%W	%D	%L
Albania	4	4	0	0	7	1	+6	100%	0%	0%
Andorra	6	6	0	0	21	0	+21	100%	0%	0%
Argentina	9	4	4	1	13	6	+7	44.44%	44.44%	11.11%
Armenia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%	0%
Australia	4	1	2	1	5	5	0	25%	50%	25%
Austria	19	9	4	6	36	24	+12	47.36%	21.05%	31.57%
Belarus	8	6	0	2	17	5	+12	75%	0%	25%
Belgium	126	55	30	41	279	219	+60	43.65%	23.80%	32.53%
Brazil	12	4	5	3	18	15	+3	33.33%	41.66%	25%
Bulgaria	12	5	2	5	20	17	+3	41.66%	16.66%	41.66%
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	3	1	+2	66.66%	33.33%	0%
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%	0%
Chile	2	1	1	0	4	2	+2	50%	50%	0%
China	2	2	0	0	4	0	+4	100%	0%	0%
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%	100%	0%
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0%	100%	0%
Croatia	2	1	0	1	4	2	+2	50%	0%	50%
Curaçao	3	2	1	0	16	1	+15	66.66%	33.33%	0%
Cyprus	9	9	0	0	34	1	+33	100%	0%	0%
Czech Republic	20	5	4	11	22	33	−11	25%	20%	55%
Denmark	31	12	10	9	59	43	+16	38.70%	32.25%	29.03%
East Germany	9	6	1	2	17	10	+7	66.66%	11.11%	22.22%
Ecuador	2	1	1	0	2	1	+1	50%	50%	0%
Egypt	2	0	1	1	1	2	−1	0%	50%	50%
England	21	6	9	6	26	30	−4	28.57%	42.85%	28.57%
Estonia	4	3	1	0	14	4	+10	75%	25%	0%
Faroe Islands	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%	0%
Finland	14	11	2	1	43	14	29	78.57%	14.28%	9.09%
France	26	10	4	12	53	45	+18	38.46%	15.38%	46.15%
Germany	40	10	15	15	64	77	−13	25%	37.50%	37.50%
Ghana	3	2	1	0	5	1	+4	66.66%	33.33%	0%
Greece	9	7	1	1	20	3	+17	77.77%	11.11%	11.11%
Hungary	17	10	2	5	51	29	+22	58.82%	11.76%	29.41%
Indonesia	2	2	0	0	12	2	+10	100%	0%	0%
Iceland	12	9	1	2	33	7	+26	81.81%	9.09%	18.18%
Iran	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%	0%
Israel	4	4	0	0	6	1	+5	100%	0%	0%
Ivory Coast	2	2	0	0	7	1	+6	100%	0%	0%
Italy	21	3	9	9	21	28	−7	14.28%	42.85%	42.85%
Japan	3	2	1	0	6	2	+4	66.66%	33.33%	00
Kazakhstan	2	2	0	0	5	2	+3	100%	0%	0%
Latvia	3	3	0	0	11	0	+11	100%	0%	0%
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%	0%
Luxembourg	18	15	1	2	67	14	+53	83.33%	5.55%	11.11%
North Macedonia	4	2	2	0	8	3	+5	50%	50%	0%
Malta	6	6	0	0	28	0	+28	100%	0%	0%
Mexico	8	4	1	3	15	15	0	50%	12.50%	37.50%
Moldova	4	4	0	0	9	1	+8	100%	0%	0%
Morocco	3	2	0	1	5	4	+1	66.66%	0%	33.33%
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	5	1	+4	100%	0%	0%
Northern Ireland	6	3	2	1	14	4	+10	50%	33.33%	16.66%
Norway	20	9	6	5	44	27	+17	45%	30%	25%
Paraguay	2	1	1	0	5	1	+4	50%	50%	0%
Peru	4	3	1	0	7	1	+6	75%	25%	0%
Poland	15	6	6	3	21	16	+5	40%	40%	20%
Portugal	13	2	4	7	10	15	−5	15.38%	30.77%	53.85%
Republic of Ireland	20	9	4	7	35	27	+8	45%	20%	35%
Romania	14	10	3	1	29	3	+26	71.42%	21.42%	7.14%
Russia	10	4	3	3	14	9	+5	40%	30%	30%
Saar	2	2	0	0	5	3	+2	100%	0%	0%
San Marino	6	6	0	0	39	0	+39	100%	0%	0%
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100%	0%	0%
Scotland	19	9	4	6	26	15	+11	47.36%	21.05%	31.57%
Serbia and Montenegro	10	6	1	3	18	12	+6	60%	10%	30%
Slovakia	3	2	1	0	5	2	+3	66.66%	33.33%	0%
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	3	0	+3	100%	0%	0%
South Africa	2	2	0	0	4	1	+3	100%	0%	0%
South Korea	2	2	0	0	7	0	+7	100%	0%	0%
Spain	12	6	1	5	18	17	+1	50%	8.33%	41.66%
Suriname	1	1	0	0	4	3	+1	100%	0%	0%
Sweden	25	11	6	8	47	48	−1	44%	24%	32%
Switzerland	33	15	3	15	68	61	+7	45.45%	9.09%	45.45%
Thailand	1	1	0	0	3	1	+2	100%	0%	0%
Tunisia	3	1	2	0	7	3	+4	33.33%	66.66%	0%
Turkey	12	5	4	3	13	9	+4	41.66%	33.33%	25%
Ukraine	2	1	1	0	4	1	+3	50%	50%	0%
Uruguay	6	2	1	3	7	9	−2	33.33%	16.66%	50%
United States	5	4	0	1	10	5	+5	80%	0%	20%
Wales	8	8	0	0	24	5	+19	100%	0%	0%
Total	779	395	173	211	1,604	971	+633	50.70%	22.20%	27.08%

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