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This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Netherlands national football team.

Netherlands
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Oranje (Orange)
Leeuwinnen (Lionesses)[1]
AssociationRoyal Dutch Football Association
(Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond)
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachArjan van der Laan[2]
CaptainMandy van den Berg
Most capsAnnemieke Kiesel (156)[3]
Top scorerManon Melis (59)[4]
FIFA codeNED
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current13 Decrease 1 (25 March 2016)[5]
Highest11[5] (December 2014)
Lowest20[5] (June 2008)
First international
 France 4–0 Netherlands 
(Hazebrouck, France; 17 April 1971)
Biggest win
 Netherlands 12–0 Israel 
(Zaandam, Netherlands; 22 August 1977)
 Netherlands 13–1 North Macedonia 
(Zwolle, Netherlands; 28 October 2001)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 7–0 Netherlands 
(Borås, Sweden; 26 September 1981)
World Cup
Appearances1 (first in 2015)
Best resultRound of 16 (2015)
European Championship
Appearances2 (first in 2009)
Best result3rd (2009)
Netherlands women's national football team in May 2014

The Netherlands women's national football team (Template:Lang-nl) represents the Netherlands in international women's association football and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA.

In 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.[6] They have played at the final tournament of the 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship and reached third place in 2009. They have also played at the final tournament of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place.

The nicknames for the team are Oranje (Orange) and Leeuwinnen (Lionesses).[1] Arjan van der Laan is the team's coach, after being appointed in October 2015 as successor of Roger Reijners who stepped down.[2] Since March 2015, the team is ranked number 12 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.

History

On 17 April 1971, the Dutch team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.[7] The match took place in Hazebrouck, France and resulted in a 4-0 defeat for the Netherlands.

In 1980s and 1990s, the team failed to qualify for the final tournaments of UEFA's European Championship and later also for the FIFA's World Championship. The team qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and reached third place together with Norway, after England (second place) and Germany (first place). This is the team's best result at an international tournament to date.[8] The team again qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, but did not advance after the group stage.

The team qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place, after having lost their first match in the knockout stage to Japan. As host country, the Dutch team has automatically qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Despite of this, the women's team has not been noticed, since the men's was getting famous for 2014 FIFA World Cup's success, but the men's team's disastrous campaign of UEFA Euro 2016, by being eliminated from the qualification, has forced the Netherlands to take more notice on the women's team.[citation needed]

Tournament record

World Cup

On 27 November 2014, the Netherlands women's national football team qualified to the final tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.[9]

Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1995 Did Not Qualify
United States 1999 Did Not Qualify
United States 2003 Did Not Qualify
China 2007 Did Not Qualify
Germany 2011 Did Not Qualify
Canada 2015 Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 3 4
Total 1/7 - 4 1 1 2 3 4
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

Lieke Martens playing against Germany at UEFA Women's Euro 2013

The Netherlands failed to qualify for the final tournament of the UEFA Women's Championship from 1984 to 2005. In 2009, the Dutch women's team qualified and reached third place, which is their best tournament result.[10] In 2013, they qualified again, but did not advance after the group stage.[11]

Year Result Matches Wins Draws* Losses GF GA
1984** Did not qualify – – – – – –
Norway 1987 Did not qualify – – – – – –
Germany 1989 Did not qualify – – – – – –
Denmark 1991 Did not qualify – – – – – –
Italy 1993 Did not qualify – – – – – –
England Germany Norway Sweden 1995 Did not qualify – – – – – –
Norway 1997 Did not qualify – – – – – –
Germany 2001 Did not qualify – – – – – –
England 2005 Did not qualify – – – – – –
Finland 2009 Third place 5 2 1 2 6 5
Sweden 2013 Group stage 3 0 1 2 0 2
Netherlands 2017 Qualified
Total 3/12 8 2 2 4 6 7
* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
** Missing flag indicates no host country.

Current squad

Squad for the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[12]

Head coach: Arjan van der Laan

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Loes Geurts (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 (age 38) 107 0 Sweden Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
1GK Sari van Veenendaal (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 34) 21 0 England Arsenal
1GK Angela Christ (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 35) 14 0 Netherlands PSV/FC Eindhoven
2DF Mandy van den Berg (c) (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 (age 34) 68 4 England Liverpool
2DF Desiree van Lunteren (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 31) 31 0 Netherlands Ajax
2DF Kika van Es (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 (age 33) 22 0 Netherlands PSV/FC Eindhoven
2DF Dominique Janssen (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 29) 13 0 England Arsenal
2DF Merel van Dongen (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 31) 10 1 Netherlands Ajax
2DF Danique Kerkdijk (1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 (age 28) 5 0 Netherlands FC Twente
3MF Sherida Spitse (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 34) 115 17 Norway LSK Kvinner
3MF Claudia van den Heiligenberg (1985-03-25) 25 March 1985 (age 39) 97 8 Germany Jena
3MF Anouk Dekker (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 38) 48 5 France Montpellier
3MF Daniëlle van de Donk (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 33) 47 9 England Arsenal
3MF Renée Slegers (1989-02-05) 5 February 1989 (age 35) 49 14 Sweden Linköpings FC
3MF Tessel Middag (1992-12-23) 23 December 1992 (age 32) 30 3 Netherlands Ajax
3MF Kelly Zeeman (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 (age 31) 6 0 Netherlands Ajax
3MF Jackie Groenen (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 (age 30) 4 0 Germany Frankfurt
3MF Myrthe Moorrees (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 (age 30) 0 0 Netherlands PSV/FC Eindhoven
4FW Manon Melis (1986-08-31) 31 August 1986 (age 38) 135 59 United States Seattle Reign
4FW Lieke Martens (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 32) 61 25 Sweden FC Rosengard
4FW Vivianne Miedema (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 28) 34 23 Germany Bayern Munich
4FW Shanice van de Sanden (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 32) 25 7 England Liverpool
4FW Eshley Bakker (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 (age 31) 10 3 Netherlands Ajax
4FW Jeslynn Kuijpers (1995-06-23) 23 June 1995 (age 29) 1 0 Netherlands PSV/FC Eindhoven

Coaches

Overall official record

  • All results list the Netherlands goal tally first.
  • Goal scorers are sorted alphabetically.
Abbreviation Key table
EC European Championship (Women's Euro)
WC World Cup
OG Olympic Games
QS Qualification tournament
Competition Stage Result Opponent Position Scorers
1984 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.4 2–3, 5–0 Belgium Belgium 2 / 4 Camper, Fortuin, de Haan, de Jong-Desaunois, Timisela, Timmer, de Visser
2–1, 0–2 Denmark Denmark de Bakker, Camper
2–2, 1–1 Germany West Germany Camper, de Visser (2)
1987 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.3 1–0, 5–3 France France 2 / 4 Allott (4), de Bakker, Camper
0–2, 2–0 Sweden Sweden de Bakker, Vestjens
3–1, 3–0 Belgium Belgium Allott (2), de Bakker, Boogerd, Timisela (2)
1989 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2 0–0, 1–0 Sweden Sweden 1 / 4 de Bakker
4–0, w/o Scotland Scotland de Bakker (2), Glotzbach-Wiegman, Timisela
1–0, 2–0 Republic of Ireland Ireland de Bakker, Timisela, de Winter
Quarter-finals 1–2, 0–3 Norway Norway de Bakker
1991 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.1 2–0, 0–0 Republic of Ireland Ireland 1 / 3 Vestjens (2)
6–0, 9–0 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Baal, de Bakker (6), Geeris, Limbeek (2), Pauw, Timisela (2), Vestjens, van Waarden
Quarter-finals 0–0, 0–1 (a.e.t.) Denmark Denmark
1993 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.5 3–0, 2–0 Greece Greece 1 / 3 Geeris (3), Limbeek, Timisela
1–1, 0–0 Romania Romania van der Ploeg
Quarter-finals 0–3, 0–3 Norway Norway
1995 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.8 1–2, 0–1 Iceland Iceland 2 / 3 Leemans
2–0, 4–0 Greece Greece van Dam (2), Keereweer, Limbeek, Noom, Roos
1997 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2
(Class A)		 0–2, 0–2 Iceland Iceland 4 / 4
1–1, 1–0 Russia Russia Korbmacher, van Waarden
1–1, 1–2 France France Korbmacher, Migchelsen
Relegation Play-off 2–1, 1–0 Czech Republic Czech Republic Glotzbach-Wiegman, Kiesel-Griffioen, Timisela
1999 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.3
(Class A)		 1–6, 0–0 Norway Norway 3 / 4 Roos
0–1, 2–1 England England Noom (2)
1–0, 1–2 Germany Germany Migchelsen, Noom
2001 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.1
(Class A)		 1–1, 1–2 France France 4 / 4 van Eyk, Smith
1–1, 1–2 Spain Spain Kiesel-Griffioen, Smith
1–1, 0–3 Sweden Sweden Smith
Relegation Play-Off 3–0, 2–0 Hungary Hungary Kiesel-Griffioen, Muller, Noom, Torny (2)
2003 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.4
(Class A)		 0–0, 1–4 England England 3 / 4 Kiesel-Griffioen
0–3, 0–6 Germany Germany
1–2, 4–1 Portugal Portugal Burger, Muller, Noom, Ran, Smith
2005 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2
(Class A)		 0–1 0–0 Spain Spain 4 / 5
0–2, 0–2 Norway Norway
0–3, 1–5 Denmark Denmark Ran
3–0, 3–0 Belgium Belgium de Boer, Koster, Melis, Muller, Torny, van Veen
2007 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.5
(Class A)		 1–0, 0–2 France France 3 / 5 de Boer
1–0, 4–0 Austria Austria Delies, Demarteau, Louwaars, Smit (2)
0–1, 0–4 England England
5–0, 4–0 Hungary Hungary Delies, Hoogendijk, Louwaars (2), Smit, Smith, Stevens (3)
2009 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.4 1–5, 0–1 Germany Germany 2 / 5 Torny
2–2, 1–1 Switzerland Switzerland van Eijk, Melis (2)
2–1, 1–0 Wales Wales Melis (2), Smit
2–2, 3–0 Belgium Belgium Hoogendijk, Melis (3), Stevens
Play-Off 2–0, 2–0 Spain Spain Stevens (3), van de Ven
Finland 2009 EC Group Stage: Gr.A
2–0
 Ukraine Ukraine 2 / 4 Stevens, van de Ven
1–2
 Finland Finland van de Ven
2–1
 Denmark Denmark Melis, Smit
Quarter-finals 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) France France
Semifinals 1–2 (a.e.t.) England England Pieëte
2011 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.1 0–3, 2–2 Norway Norway 2 / 5 Dekker, Melis
13–1, 7–0 North Macedonia Macedonia Hoogendijk, Kiesel-Griffioen (4), Koster, Melis (2), Meulen, Pieëte, de Ridder, Slegers, Smit (7), Spitse
1–1, 4–0 Belarus Belarus Melis (2), de Ridder, Slegers, van de Ven
2–0, 1–0 Slovakia Slovakia Kiesel-Griffioen, Koster, Smit
2013 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.6 6–0, 4–0 Serbia Serbia 2 / 5 van den Berg, van de Donk, Hoogendijk, Martens, Melis (6)
3–0, 2–0 Croatia Croatia Melis, de Ridder, Smit, Spitse, van de Ven
0–0, 0–1 England England
2–0, 3–1 Slovenia Slovenia Heuver, Melis, de Ridder, van de Ven (2)
Sweden 2013 EC Group Stage: Gr.B
0–0
 Germany Germany 4 / 4
0–1
 Norway Norway
0–1
 Iceland Iceland
2015 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.5 4–0, 10–1 Albania Albania 2 / 6 Bakker, van den Heiligenberg, Martens (2), Melis (3), Slegers (6), + 1 o.g.
7–0, 3–2 Portugal Portugal van den Berg, Dekker, Miedema (6), Slegers (2)
1–2, 2–0 Norway Norway Dekker, van de Donk, Miedema
7–0, 6–0 Greece Greece Bakker, van den Berg (2), Martens (2), Melis (2), Miedema (4), Middag, Spitse
1–1, 2–0 Belgium Belgium Miedema (2), Slegers
Play-Off 2–1, 2–0 Scotland Scotland Martens (2), Melis (2)
Play-Off Final 1–1, 2–1 Italy Italy Miedema (3)
Canada 2015 WC Group Stage: Gr.A
1–0
 New Zealand New Zealand 3 / 4 Martens
0–1
 China China
1–1
 Canada Canada van de Ven
Round of 16
1–2
 Japan Japan van de Ven
2016 OG QS Single Round-robin
4–3
  Switzerland 2 / 4 van den Berg, Melis, Miedema, van de Sanden
1–4
  Norway Melis
1–1
  Sweden Miedema

References

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