Netherlands national under-21 football team
Nickname(s) | Jong Oranje (Young Orange) | ||
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Association | Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond | ||
Head coach | Michael Reiziger | ||
Captain | Devyne Rensch | ||
Most caps | Arnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31) | ||
Top scorer | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (18) | ||
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UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
Appearances | 9 (first in 1988) | ||
Best result | Winners (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 eighteen 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.
Competitive record
[edit]UEFA U-23 Championship record
[edit]The Netherlands were randomly chosen to play against Bulgaria for the title in a one-off match in Sofia, which the Netherlands lost.
- 17 April 1968: Bulgaria 3–1 Netherlands.
UEFA U-23 Championship Record
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | ||
1972 | Quarter-finals | ? | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 7 | ||
1974 | Quarter-finals | ? | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | ||
1976 | Semi finals | ? | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | ||
Total | 0 titles | 3/3 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 11 |
(*) Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
UEFA U-21 Championship Record
[edit]UEFA U-21 Championship Record | Qualification record | |||||||||||||||
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Year | Round | Position | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | Squad | Pld | W | D* | L | GF | GA | |
1978 | did not enter | did not enter | ||||||||||||||
1980 | did not qualify | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 8 | |||||||||
1982 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 4 | ||||||||||
1984 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | ||||||||||
1986 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | ||||||||||
1988 | Semi-finals | 3rd/4th | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 5 | |
1990 | did not qualify | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | |||||||||
1992 | Quarter-finals | 5th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | |
1994 | did not qualify | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | |||||||||
1996 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 9 | ||||||||||
1998 | Fourth place | 4th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | Squad | 8 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 5 | |
2000 | Group stage | 6th | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | Squad | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 9 | |
2002 | did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 10 | |||||||||
2004 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
2006 | Final | Champions | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | Squad | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 21 | 7 | |
2007 | Final | Champions | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | Squad | Qualified as hosts | ||||||
2009 | did not qualify | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 3 | |||||||||
2011 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 22 | 8 | ||||||||||
2013 | Semi-finals | 3rd | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | Squad | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 3 | |
2015 | did not qualify | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 13 | |||||||||
2017 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | ||||||||||
2019 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 6 | ||||||||||
2021 | Semi-finals | 4th | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 6 | Squad | 10 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 46 | 5 | |
2023 | Group stage | 9th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | Squad | 10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | |
Total | 2 titles | 9/24 | 34 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 52 | 34 | — | 178 | 104 | 33 | 41 | 391 | 151 |
(*) Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.
Olympic Games
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | ||
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Quarter-finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
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Total | 1/7 | 0 Medals | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
Results and fixtures 2021–2023
[edit]2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
[edit]Qualification
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 3 | +29 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 2–0 | 3–0 | 5–0 | 3–1 | 6–0 | |
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10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 6 | +16 | 23 | 2–2 | — | 3–0 | 5–1 | 1–0 | 4–0 | ||
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10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | −5 | 12 | 0–3 | 1–1 | — | 1–0 | 0–2 | 1–0 | ||
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10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 14 | +1 | 11 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–0 | — | 1–1 | 2–0 | ||
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10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 10 | 0–0 | 0–1 | 0–0 | 0–4 | — | 5–0 | ||
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10 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 41 | −40 | 1 | 0–7 | 0–4 | 0–4 | 0–7 | 1–1 | — |
Players
[edit]Current squad
[edit]Players born on or after 1 January 2002 are eligible for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship. [1]
The following players were named in the squad for a training camp in preparation for the 2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, to be played June 2025.[2] On 30 May, Dirk Proper and Youri Baas were replaced by Luciano Valente and Wouter Goes due to injuries.[3][4]
Caps and goals correct as of 12 June 2025, after the match against Finland.
No. | Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club |
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1 | GK | Dani van den Heuvel | 28 May 2003 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | GK | Robin Roefs | 17 January 2003 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
23 | GK | Calvin Raatsie | 9 February 2002 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
GK | Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro | 2 July 2004 | 4 | 0 | ![]() | |
2 | DF | Devyne Rensch | 18 January 2003 | 17 | 2 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Ryan Flamingo | 31 December 2002 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Jorrel Hato | 7 March 2006 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Ian Maatsen | 10 March 2002 | 20 | 1 | ![]() |
8 | DF | Anass Salah-Eddine | 18 January 2002 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
12 | DF | Neraysho Kasanwirjo | 18 February 2002 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | DF | Rav van den Berg | 7 July 2004 | 3 | 1 | ![]() |
14 | DF | Wouter Goes | 10 June 2004 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Bjorn Meijer | 18 March 2003 | 8 | 2 | ![]() |
6 | MF | Youri Regeer | 18 August 2003 | 12 | 2 | ![]() |
10 | MF | Kenneth Taylor | 16 May 2002 | 23 | 3 | ![]() |
18 | MF | Ezechiel Banzuzi | 16 February 2005 | 5 | 1 | ![]() |
20 | MF | Antoni Milambo | 3 April 2005 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
22 | MF | Luciano Valente | 4 October 2003 | 3 | 2 | ![]() |
7 | FW | Million Manhoef | 3 January 2002 | 20 | 6 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Noah Ohio | 16 January 2003 | 17 | 8 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Ruben van Bommel | 3 August 2004 | 12 | 4 | ![]() |
17 | FW | Ernest Poku | 28 January 2004 | 9 | 1 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Thom van Bergen | 6 January 2004 | 5 | 2 | ![]() |
21 | FW | Myron van Brederode | 6 July 2003 | 14 | 1 | ![]() |
Recent call ups
[edit]The following players have previously been called up to the Netherlands under-21 squad in the last year and remain eligible.
Pos. | Player | Date of birth (age) | Caps | Goals | Club | Latest call-up |
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GK | Niek Schiks | 3 February 2004 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Hugo Wentges | 11 February 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Youri Baas | 17 March 2003 | 4 | 0 | ![]() |
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 11–28 June 2025[5] INJ |
DF | Max Bruns | 6 November 2002 | 6 | 1 | ![]() |
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DF | Finn van Breemen | 25 February 2003 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Tyrese Asante | 9 April 2002 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Lamare Bogarde | 5 January 2004 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Denso Kasius | 6 October 2002 | 7 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Maxim Dekker | 21 April 2004 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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DF | Ki-Jana Hoever | 18 January 2002 | 6 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Dirk Proper | 24 February 2002 | 11 | 1 | ![]() |
2025 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, 11–28 June 2025[4] INJ |
MF | Gjivai Zechiël | 1 June 2004 | 6 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Kian Fitz-Jim | 5 July 2003 | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
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MF | Jochem Ritmeester van de Kamp | 2 November 2003 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Julian Baas | 16 April 2002 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Calvin Twigt | 30 January 2003 | 2 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Fedde De Jong | 13 June 2003 | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Isaac Babadi | 6 April 2005 | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
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FW | Emanuel Emegha | 3 February 2003 | 9 | 3 | ![]() |
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FW | Sontje Hansen | 18 May 2002 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
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FW | Ibrahim Cissoko | 26 March 2003 | 3 | 0 | ![]() |
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INJ Withdrew due to injury. |
Overage players in Olympic Games
[edit]Tournament | Player 1 | Player 2 | Player 3 |
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Kew Jaliens (DF) | Gerald Sibon (FW) | Roy Makaay (FW) |
Notable players from under-21 football team
[edit]- Jo Bonfrere
- Roy Makaay
- Arnold Bruggink
- Wilfred Bouma
- Peter Wisgerhof
- Victor Sikora
- Mark van Bommel
- Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
- Dirk Kuyt
- Kenneth Vermeer
- Gijs Luirink
- Nicky Hofs
- Stijn Schaars
- Urby Emanuelson
- Romeo Castelen
- Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
- Robin van Persie
- Boy Waterman
- Ron Vlaar
- Ryan Donk
- Gianni Zuiverloon
- Hedwiges Maduro
- Otman Bakkal
- Maceo Rigters
- Ryan Babel
- Royston Drenthe
- Tim Krul
- Erik Pieters
Individual all-time records
[edit]Most capped players
[edit]Rank | Player | Career | Matches | Goals |
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1 | Arnold Bruggink | 1995–1999 | 31 | 15 |
Leroy Fer | 2009–2013 | 31 | 6 | |
3 | Daniël de Ridder | 2004–2007 | 30 | 1 |
4 | Niels Oude Kamphuis | 1996–2000 | 28 | 2 |
5 | Roy Makaay | 1994–1998 | 27 | 15 |
Mark van Bommel | 1996–2000 | 27 | 3 | |
7 | Kiki Musampa | 1996–2000 | 25 | 8 |
Arnold Kruiswijk | 2003–2007 | 25 | 0 | |
9 | Georginio Wijnaldum | 2009–2013 | 24 | 10 |
10 | Daley Blind | 2009–2013 | 23 | 0 |
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 2002–2006 | 23 | 18 | |
Bram Nuytinck | 2010–2013 | 23 | 2 | |
Marco van Ginkel | 2011–2014 | 23 | 4 | |
Tonny Vilhena | 2013–2016 | 23 | 4 |
Last updated: 29 May 2014
Most goals scored
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Rank | Player | Career | Goals | Matches | Average |
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1 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 2002–2006 | 18 | 23 | 0.78 |
2 | Roy Makaay | 1994–1998 | 15 | 27 | 0.56 |
Arnold Bruggink | 1995–1999 | 15 | 31 | 0.48 | |
4 | Género Zeefuik | 2011–2012 | 10 | 12 | 0.83 |
Georginio Wijnaldum | 2009–2013 | 10 | 24 | 0.42 | |
6 | Brian Brobbey | 2021– | 9 | 17 | 0.53 |
7 | Vincent Janssen | 2014–2015 | 8 | 10 | 0.80 |
Kiki Musampa | 1996–2000 | 8 | 25 | 0.32 | |
9 | Edwin Bakker | 1984–1985 | 7 | 7 | 1.00 |
Ronald de Boer | 1989–1992 | 7 | 9 | 0.78 | |
Quincy Promes | 2013–2014 | 7 | 10 | 0.70 | |
Joshua Zirkzee | 2020– | 7 | 19 | 0.37 | |
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 2020–2023 | 7 | 22 | 0.32 |
Last updated: 27 June 2023
See also
[edit]- Netherlands national football team
- Netherlands national under-19 football team
- Netherlands national under-17 football team
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship
References
[edit]- ^ "Regulations of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship". UEFA. 30 January 2023. Retrieved 6 September 2024.
- ^ "EK-selectie Jong Oranje is definitief". KNVB. 26 May 2025. Retrieved 30 May 2025.
- ^ "Dirk Proper mist EK, Luciano Valente zijn vervanger". KNVB. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 1 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Dirk Proper mist EK, Luciano Valente zijn vervanger". KNVB. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
- ^ "Wouter Goes vervangt geblesseerde Youri Baas bij Jong Oranje". KNVB. 30 May 2025. Retrieved 31 May 2025.
External links
[edit]- UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
- The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
- Official KNVB U-21 site in Dutch