Netherlands national football team records

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 10 October 2014

Player records

Still active players are highlighted

Most capped

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

#	Player	National career	Matches	Goals	Minutes	Total career
1.	Edwin van der Sar	1995–2008	130	0	11,463	1988–2011
2.	Wesley Sneijder	2004–0000	118	29	8,800	2000–0000
3.	Frank de Boer	1990–2004	112	13	9,271	1988–2005
4.	Rafael van der Vaart	2001–0000	109	25	6,938	2000–0000
5.	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	1996–2010	106	6	8,215	1993–2010
6.	Dirk Kuyt	2003–2014	104	24	6,875	2002–0000
7.	Phillip Cocu	1996–2006	101	10	8,000	1988–2006
8.	Robin van Persie	2005–0000	100	50	7,026	2001–0000
9.	Clarence Seedorf	1994–2008	87	11	5,982	1992–2013
10.	John Heitinga	2004–0000	87	7	7,031	2001–0000

Last updated: 1 April 2015
Source: voetbalstats.nl (Dutch)

Most goals scored

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	0.51	7,026
2.	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2006-	42	76	0.56	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.	Faas Wilkes	1946–1961	35	38	0.92	3,450	1940–1964
6.	Ruud van Nistelrooy	1998–2011	35	70	0.50	4,543	1994–2012
7.	Abe Lenstra	1940–1959	33	47	0.70	4,260	1935–1963
8.	Johan Cruyff	1966–1977	33	48	0.69	4,282	1964–1984
9.	Wesley Sneijder	2004-	29	118	0.25	8,800
10.	Bep Bakhuys	1928–1937	28	23	1.22	2,070	1925–1946

Last updated: 1 April 2015
Source: voetbalstats.nl (Dutch)

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	94	2	2001–0000
12.	22 other players			1

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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

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.^[2]
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: 25 (May 1998)
FIFA Team of the Year First place: 1

2000

FIFA Team of the Year Third place: 3

2005, 2008, 2009

Highest Elo ranking: 1
(March 1911 – March 1912, June 1912, Aug 1920, 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 11 July 2015.

Draws include Penalty shoot-outs

Opponent	P	W	D*	L	GF	GA	%W	%D	%L
Albania	4	4	0	0	7	1	100	0	0
Andorra	6	6	0	0	21	0	100	0	0
Argentina	9	4	4	1	13	6	44	44	12
Armenia	2	2	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Australia	4	1	2	1	5	5	25	50	25
Austria	18	8	4	6	34	24	44	22	34
Belarus	6	4	0	2	10	3	67	0	33
Belgium	125	55	29	41	278	218	44	23	33
Brazil	13	4	5	4	19	20	31	38	31
Bulgaria	10	4	2	4	17	14	40	20	40
Cameroon	3	2	1	0	3	1	67	33	0
Canada	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
China PR	2	2	0	0	4	0	100	0	0
CIS	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	100	0
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	100	0
Ivory Coast	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
Costa Rica	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	100	0
Croatia	2	1	0	1	4	2	50	0	50
Cyprus	9	9	0	0	34	1	100	0	0
Czechoslovakia	9	2	1	6	6	8	22	11	67
Czech Republic	9	3	3	3	11	11	33	33	33
Denmark	31	12	10	9	59	43	39	32	29
East Germany	9	6	1	2	17	10	67	11	22
Ecuador	2	1	1	0	2	1	50	50	0
Egypt	2	0	1	1	1	2	0	50	50
England	19	5	9	5	24	28	26	48	26
Estonia	4	3	1	0	14	4	75	25	0
Faroe Islands	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Finland	14	11	2	1	43	14	79	14	7
France	22	10	4	8	51	35	45	18	37
Germany	25	8	10	7	46	44	32	40	28
Ghana	2	1	1	0	4	1	50	50	0
Greece	8	7	1	0	19	1	88	12	0
Hungary	17	10	2	5	51	29	59	12	29
Indonesia	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Iceland	11	9	1	1	33	6	82	9	9
Iran	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Italy	18	3	8	7	19	23	17	44	39
Japan	3	2	1	0	6	2	67	33	0
Kazakhstan	1	1	0	0	3	1	100	0	0
South Korea	2	2	0	0	7	0	100	0	0
Latvia	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Liechtenstein	1	1	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
Luxembourg	16	13	1	2	59	13	81	6	13
Macau	4	2	2	0	8	3	50	50	0
Malta	6	6	0	0	28	0	100	0	0
Mexico	8	4	1	3	15	15	50	12	38
Moldova	4	4	0	0	9	1	100	0	0
Morocco	2	1	0	1	3	3	50	0	50
Netherlands Antilles	2	1	1	0	8	0	50	50	0
Nigeria	1	1	0	0	5	1	100	0	0
Norway	20	9	6	5	44	27	45	30	25
Paraguay	2	1	1	0	5	1	50	50	0
Peru	3	2	1	0	5	0	75	25	0
Poland	14	5	6	3	19	15	38	43	19
Portugal	12	1	4	7	7	15	8	33	59
Republic of Ireland	21	11	3	7	39	28	52	14	34
Romania	13	9	3	1	26	3	69	23	8
Russia	3	1	1	1	6	5	33	33	33
San Marino	6	6	0	0	39	0	100	0	0
Saudi Arabia	1	1	0	0	2	1	100	0	0
Scotland	17	8	4	5	25	13	47	24	29
Serbia and Montenegro	1	1	0	0	1	0	100	0	0
Slovakia	2	2	0	0	4	1	100	0	0
Slovenia	2	2	0	0	3	0	100	0	0
South Africa	2	2	0	0	4	1	100	0	0
Soviet Union	6	3	1	2	8	4	50	17	33
Spain	11	5	1	5	16	17	45	10	45
Sweden	23	10	5	8	44	47	43	22	35
Switzerland	33	15	3	15	68	61	45	10	45
Thailand	1	1	0	0	3	1	100	0	0
Tunisia	3	1	2	0	7	3	33	67	0
Turkey	10	5	3	2	12	5	50	30	20
Ukraine	2	1	1	0	4	1	50	50	0
Uruguay	6	2	1	3	4	1	33	17	50
United States	5	4	0	1	10	5	80	0	20
Wales	7	7	0	0	21	3	100	0	0
West Germany	15	2	5	8	18	33	13	33	54
Yugoslavia	9	5	1	3	17	12	56	11	33