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Netherlands U21
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
AssociationKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Head coachArt Langeler
CaptainKarim Rekik
Most capsArnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31)
Top scorerKlaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
Home stadiumSparta Stadion Het Kasteel (11,000)
AFAS Stadion (17.023)
First colours
Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1988)
Best resultWinner (2006, 2007)

The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Dutch Under-21 team was formed. The team did not have a very good record, failing to qualify for nine of the fifteen tournaments. The team did not enter for the 1978 competition, but since then has reached the semi-finals twice, and qualified for the last eight on three other occasions.

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, the Netherlands' record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown. The first competitive match was in the "Under-23 Challenge", a match which they lost. The team qualified for the last eight of each of the three U-23 tournaments.

In 2006 the Netherlands national under-21 football team of coach Foppe de Haan won the 2006 European Under-21 Championship. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar became top scorer and player of the tournament with four goals, and also broke the all-time goalscoring record of 15 goals previously held by Roy Makaay and Arnold Jan Bruggink, in his last match with the team as he pushed this record to 18 goals. The following year, Netherlands national under-21 football team successfully defended their title by winning the 2007 European Under-21 Championship in the final against Serbia with 4–1. Maceo Rigters was the top scorer of the competition with four goals and Royston Drenthe was the Player of the Tournament. The win meant that the Netherlands qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team failed to qualify for the 2009 European Under-21 Championship, after losing out to Switzerland in their final qualifying match.

UEFA U-23 Championship record

The Netherlands were randomly chosen to play cards Bulgaria for the title in a one-off match in Sofia, which the Netherlands lost.

  • 17 April 1968: Bulgaria 3–1 Netherlands.
  • 1972: Losing quarter-finalists.
  • 1974: Losing quarter-finalists.
  • 1976: Losing semi-finalists.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

Serbia and the Netherlands enter on to the field for the final of the 2007 tournament.
  • 1978: Did not enter.
  • 1980: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 1982: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 1984: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 3 in qualification group.
  • 1986: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 4 in qualification group.
  • 1988: Losing semi-finalists.
  • 1990: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 4 in qualification group.
  • 1992: Losing quarter-finalists.
  • 1994: Did not qualify. Finished 5th of 6 in qualification group.
  • 1996: Did not qualify. Finished 3rd of 6 in qualification group.
  • 1998: Fourth.
  • 2000: Finished 3rd of 4 in finals group. Joint fifth.
  • 2002: Did not qualify. Lost in playoff against England..
  • 2004: Did not qualify. Finished 4th of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2006: Winners
  • 2007: Winners
  • 2009: Did not qualify. Finished 2nd of 5 in qualification group.
  • 2011: Did not qualify. Lost in playoff against Ukraine.
  • 2013: Semi Finals
  • 2015: Did not qualify.

Notable players

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Spain 1992 Did Not Qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 Quarter Finals 7th 4 1 2 1 4 4
United Kingdom 2012 Did Not Qualify
Brazil 2016
Total 1/6 0 Medals 4 1 2 1 4 4

Results and fixtures 2014–2017

2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Group stage

Template:2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

4 September 2015 Netherlands  4 – 0  Cyprus Deventer, Netherlands
18:30 CET Hateboer 4'
Janssen 23', 66'
Bazoer 53'
Report Stadium: De Adelaarshorst
Attendance: 9,319
Referee: Thorvaldur Árnason (Iceland)
8 September 2015 Turkey  0 – 1  Netherlands Istanbul, Turkey
18:45 CET Report Boëtius 35' Stadium: Recep Tayyip Erdoğan Stadium
Referee: Davide Massa (Italy)
11 October 2015 Netherlands  1 – 3  Slovakia Nijmegen, Netherlands
14:30 CET Janssen 16' Report Chrien 44'
Škriniar 64'
Bero 69'
Stadium: Stadion de Goffert
Referee: Eitan Shemeulevitch (Israel)
12 November 2015 Netherlands  1 – 0  Belarus Tilburg, Netherlands
18:30 CET Janssen 25' Report Stadium: Koning Willem II Stadion
Referee: Anatolii Zhabchenko (Ukraine)
17 November 2015 Slovakia  4 – 2  Netherlands Myjava, Slovakia
18:00 CET Mihalík 50'
Rusnák 64'
Chrien 83'
Zreľák 90+4' (pen.)
Report Janssen 16', 23' Stadium: Stadium Myjava
Referee: Sandro Schärer (Switzerland)
2 September 2016 Belarus  2 – 2  Netherlands Minsk, Belarus
17:15 CET Savitski 18' (pen.), 76' Report El Ghazi 68'
Luckassen 78'
Stadium: FC Minsk Stadium
Referee: Aliyar Aghayev (Azerbaijan)
6 October 2016 Netherlands  0 – 0  Turkey Alkmaar, Netherlands
18:30 CET Report Stadium: AFAS Stadion
Referee: Carlos del Cerro Grande (Spain)
11 October 2016 Cyprus  1 – 4  Netherlands Larnaca, Cyprus
16:00 CET N. Ioannou 20' Report van de Beek 17'
Bergwijn 41', 66'
Bazoer 57'
Stadium: Ammochostos Stadium
Referee: Danilo Grujić (Serbia)

2015 Toulon Tournament

Group stage

Group A

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France (H) 4 4 0 0 11 2 +9 12 Advance to final
2  United States 4 2 0 2 6 6 0 6 Advance to third-place playoff
3  Netherlands 4 2 0 2 9 10 −1 6
4  Costa Rica 4 1 1 2 6 7 −1 4
5  Qatar 4 0 1 3 2 9 −7 1
First match(es) will be played: 27 May 2015. Source: festival-foot-espoirs.com
(H) Hosts
27 May 2015 (2015-05-27) Netherlands  3 – 2  Costa Rica Toulon, France
17:00 CEST El Ghazi 3'
Vloet 6', 32'
Ramírez 39', 58' Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
29 May 2015 (2015-05-29) United States  3 – 1  Netherlands Hyères, France
17:00 CEST Kiesewetter 19'
Hernández 24'
Packwood 43'
Darri 9' Stadium: Stade Perruc
Referee: Abou Coulibaly (Ivory Coast)
31 May 2015 (2015-05-31) Netherlands  5 – 1  Qatar Saint-Raphaël, France
19:00 CEST Hateboer 23'
van Overbeek 49'
Rayhi 50'
Janssen 52', 74'
Al Yahri 78' Stadium: Stade Louis Hon
Referee: Adil Zourak (Morocco)
4 June 2015 (2015-06-04) France  4 – 0  Netherlands Toulon, France
19:00 CEST Habran 18'
Kaabouni 48' (pen.)
N'Nomo 53'
Crivelli 73'
Stadium: Stade Léo Lagrange
Referee: Oscar Macias Romo (Mexico)

Other fixtures

Friendly matches

13 November 2014 Germany  3 – 1  Netherlands Ingolstadt, Germany
18:00 Younes 11'
Heintz 22'
Meyer 38'
Boëtius 79' Stadium: Audi Sportpark
Attendance: 3,068
Referee: Alon Yefet (Israel)
30 March 2015 France  4 – 1  Netherlands Sedan, France
21:00 Benzia 17' (pen.)
Martial 56' (pen.), 64'
Tolisso 73' (pen.)
Menig 69' Stadium: Stade Louis Dugauguez
Attendance: 9,100
Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany)
25 March 2016 Norway  0 – 1  Netherlands La Manga, Spain
17:30 El Ghazi 22' Stadium: La Manga Stadium
28 March 2016 Netherlands  1 – 0  Serbia San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
17:30 Vermeij 39' Stadium: Pinatar Arena

Current squad

The following players were called up for the 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification match against Turkey on 6 October 2016. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals updated as 11 October 2016.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Mickey van der Hart (1994-06-13) 13 June 1994 (age 30) 13 0 Netherlands PEC Zwolle
1GK Maarten de Fockert (1995-02-20) 20 February 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Netherlands VVV
16 1GK Hidde Jurjus (1994-02-09) 9 February 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Netherlands PSV

12 2DF Nathan Aké (1995-02-18) 18 February 1995 (age 29) 22 2 England AFC Bournemouth
4 2DF Karim Rekik (1994-12-02) 2 December 1994 (age 29) 15 1 France Marseille
5 2DF Joshua Brenet (1994-03-20) 20 March 1994 (age 30) 11 0 Netherlands PSV
13 2DF Hans Hateboer (1994-01-09) 9 January 1994 (age 30) 8 2 Netherlands Groningen
6 2DF Jaïro Riedewald (1996-09-09) 9 September 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Netherlands Ajax
2 2DF Kenny Tete (1995-10-09) 9 October 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Netherlands Ajax
3 2DF Timothy Fosu-Mensah (1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 26) 1 0 England Manchester United
2DF Jerry St. Juste (1996-10-19) 19 October 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Netherlands Heerenveen
2DF Lucas Woudenberg (1994-04-25) 25 April 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Netherlands Feyenoord

14 3MF Joris van Overeem (1994-06-01) 1 June 1994 (age 30) 10 0 Netherlands AZ
3MF Yassin Ayoub (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Netherlands Utrecht
10 3MF Riechedly Bazoer (1996-10-12) 12 October 1996 (age 28) 4 2 Netherlands Ajax
8 3MF Donny van de Beek (1997-04-18) 18 April 1997 (age 27) 2 1 Netherlands Ajax

11 4FW Jean-Paul Boëtius (1994-03-22) 22 March 1994 (age 30) 18 3 Switzerland Basel
7 4FW Anwar El Ghazi (1995-05-03) 3 May 1995 (age 29) 11 3 Netherlands Ajax
15 4FW Ricardo Kishna (1995-01-04) 4 January 1995 (age 29) 10 0 Italy Lazio
18 4FW Vincent Vermeij (1994-08-09) 9 August 1994 (age 30) 4 1 Netherlands Heracles
9 4FW Steven Bergwijn (1997-10-08) 8 October 1997 (age 27) 2 2 Netherlands PSV
17 4FW Oussama Idrissi (1996-02-26) 26 February 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Netherlands Groningen

Recent call-ups

The following players have been called and remain eligible. Players have to be born after 01.01.1994.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
GK Joël Drommel (1996-11-16) 16 November 1996 (age 27) 0 0 Netherlands Twente v.  Slovakia, 17 November 2015
GK Jesse Bertrams (1994-12-22) 22 December 1994 (age 29) 2 0 Belgium Lommel United v.  France, 5 June 2015
GK Timo Plattel (1994-03-12) 12 March 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Netherlands Twente v.  France, 5 June 2015

DF Wesley Hoedt (1994-03-06) 6 March 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Italy Lazio v.  Turkey, 6 October 2016
DF Derrick Luckassen (1995-07-03) 3 July 1995 (age 29) 9 1 Netherlands AZ v.  Turkey, 6 October 2016
DF Kevin Diks (1996-10-06) 6 October 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Italy Fiorentina v.  Belarus, 2 September 2016
DF Rick Karsdorp (1995-02-11) 11 February 1995 (age 29) 2 0 Netherlands Feyenoord v.  Norway, 25 March 2016
DF Terence Kongolo (1994-02-14) 14 February 1994 (age 30) 6 1 Netherlands Feyenoord v.  Norway, 25 March 2016
DF Peet Bijen (1995-01-28) 28 January 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Netherlands Twente v.  Slovakia, 17 November 2015
DF Jordy de Wijs (1995-01-08) 8 January 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Netherlands PSV v.  Slovakia, 17 November 2015
DF Bas Kuipers (1994-08-17) 17 August 1994 (age 30) 3 0 Netherlands Excelsior v.  Slovakia, 11 October 2015
DF Jeff Hardeveld (1995-02-27) 27 February 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Netherlands Utrecht v.  France, 30 March 2015
DF Joost van Aken (1994-05-13) 13 May 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Netherlands Heerenveen v.  France, 30 March 2015
DF Wessel Dammers (1995-03-01) 1 March 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Netherlands Feyenoord v.  Germany, 13 November 2014
DF Jetro Willems (1994-03-30) 30 March 1994 (age 30) 5 0 Netherlands PSV v.  Portugal, 14 October 2014

MF Dabney dos Santos (1996-07-21) 21 July 1996 (age 28) 2 0 Netherlands AZ v.  Turkey, 6 October 2016
MF Tonny Vilhena (1995-01-03) 3 January 1995 (age 29) 23 4 Netherlands Feyenoord v.  Turkey, 6 October 2016
MF Bart Ramselaar (1996-06-29) 29 June 1996 (age 28) 3 0 Netherlands PSV v.  Belarus, 2 September 2016
MF Thom Haye (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 29) 9 0 Netherlands Willem II v.  Belarus, 2 September 2016
MF Kingsley Ehizibue (1995-05-25) 25 May 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Netherlands PEC Zwolle v.  Serbia, 28 March 2016
MF Danny Bakker (1995-01-16) 16 January 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Netherlands ADO Den Haag v.  Serbia, 28 March 2016
MF Daley Sinkgraven (1995-07-04) 4 July 1995 (age 29) 5 0 Netherlands Ajax v.  Serbia, 28 March 2016
MF Jorrit Hendrix (1995-02-06) 6 February 1995 (age 29) 9 0 Netherlands PSV v.  Serbia, 28 March 2016
MF Mohamed Rayhi (1994-07-01) 1 July 1994 (age 30) 4 1 Netherlands NEC v.  France, 5 June 2015
MF Jelle van der Heyden (1995-08-31) 31 August 1995 (age 29) 3 0 Netherlands Twente v.  France, 5 June 2015
MF Rai Vloet (1995-05-08) 8 May 1995 (age 29) 3 2 Netherlands FC Eindhoven v.  France, 5 June 2015
MF Clint Leemans (1995-09-15) 15 September 1995 (age 29) 5 0 Netherlands VVV v.  France, 5 June 2015
MF Sean Klaiber (1994-07-31) 31 July 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Netherlands Utrecht v.  France, 5 June 2015
MF Django Warmerdam (1995-09-02) 2 September 1995 (age 29) 4 0 Netherlands PEC Zwolle v.  France, 5 June 2015
MF Kyle Ebecilio (1994-02-17) 17 February 1994 (age 30) 9 0 Netherlands Twente v.  Portugal, 14 October 2014

FW Queensy Menig (1995-08-19) 19 August 1995 (age 29) 5 1 Netherlands PEC Zwolle v.  Belarus, 2 September 2016
FW Patrick Joosten (1996-04-14) 14 April 1996 (age 28) 1 0 Netherlands Utrecht v.  Serbia, 28 March 2016
FW Gyliano van Velzen (1994-04-14) 14 April 1994 (age 30) 1 0 Netherlands Volendam v.  Norway, 25 March 2016
FW Vincent Janssen (1994-06-15) 15 June 1994 (age 30) 10 8 England Tottenham Hotspur v.  Slovakia, 17 November 2015
FW Sam Hendriks (1995-01-25) 25 January 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles v.  Slovakia, 17 November 2015
FW Mimoun Mahi (1994-03-13) 13 March 1994 (age 30) 2 0 Netherlands Groningen v.  Slovakia, 11 October 2015
FW Sheraldo Becker (1995-02-09) 9 February 1995 (age 29) 0 0 Netherlands ADO Den Haag v.  Slovakia, 11 October 2015
FW Brahim Darri (1994-09-14) 14 September 1994 (age 30) 3 1 Netherlands Heracles v.  France, 5 June 2015
FW Elvio van Overbeek (1994-01-11) 11 January 1994 (age 30) 3 1 Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles v.  France, 5 June 2015
FW Memphis Depay (1994-02-13) 13 February 1994 (age 30) 7 0 England Manchester United v.  Luxembourg, 9 September 2013

Individual all-time records

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