This page details Netherlands men's national football team records ; the most capped players, the players with the most goals, Netherlands' match record by opponent and decade.
Honours
Major tournaments
The bronze medalists of the 1912 Summer Olympics
Friendly tournaments
Individual records
Player records
Still active players are highlighted
Most-capped players
Wesley Sneijder is the most capped player in the history of Netherlands with 134 appearances.
Rank
Player
National career
Matches
Goals
Minutes
Total career
1
Wesley Sneijder
2003–2018
134
31
9,811
2002–2019
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
2000–2018
5
Daley Blind
2013–2024
108
3
9,032
2008–
6
Giovanni van Bronckhorst
1996–2010
106
6
8,215
1993–2010
7
Dirk Kuyt
2004–2014
104
24
6,875
1998–2017
8
Robin van Persie
2005–2017
102
50
7,317
2001–2019
9
Phillip Cocu
1996–2006
101
10
8,001
1988–2006
10
Memphis Depay
2013–
98
46
7,349
2011–
Last updated: 10 July 2024 Source:http://www.voetbalstats.nl/caps.php voetbalstats.nl] (in Dutch)
Past most-capped record holders
Feyenoord legend Puck van Heel has held the record the longest for 42 years.
Puck van Heel (in front) has held the cap record for the longest time, 42 years.
Rank
Player
Period record held
Caps record established
Date record established
National career
Matches
Goals
1
Ben Stom
1907–1909
5
1 April 1907
1905–1908
9
0
2
Reinier Beeuwkes
1909–1911
13
12 April 1909
1905–1910
19
0
3
Bok de Korver
1911–1925
20
2 April 1911
1905–1913
31
2
4
Harry Dénis
1925–1937
32
25 October 1925
1919–1930
56
0
5
Puck van Heel
1937–1979
57
2 May 1937
1925–1938
64
0
6
Ruud Krol
1979–2000
65
22 May 1979
1969–1983
83
4
7
Aron Winter
2000–2000
84
29 June 2000
1987–2000
84
6
8
Frank de Boer
2000–2006
85
25 November 2000
1990–2004
112
13
9
Edwin van der Sar
2006–2017
113
25 June 2006
1995–2008
130
0
10
Wesley Sneijder
2017–
131
9 June 2017
2003–2018
134
31
Last updated: 1 April 2024 Source: [1] (in Dutch)
Top goalscorers
Striker Robin van Persie is the top scorer in the history of Netherlands with 50 goals.
Rank
Player
National career
Goals
Matches
Average
Minutes
Total career
1
Robin van Persie
2005–2017
50
102
0.49
7,317
2001–2019
2
Memphis Depay
2013–
46
98
0.47
7,349
2011–
3
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
2006–2015
42
76
0.55
4,399
2002–2021
4
Patrick Kluivert
1994–2004
40
79
0.51
5,816
1994–2008
5
Dennis Bergkamp
1990–2000
37
79
0.47
6,339
1986–2006
Arjen Robben
2003–2017
96
0.39
7,394
2000–2021
7
Faas Wilkes
1946–1961
35
38
0.92
3,450
1940–1964
Ruud van Nistelrooy
1998–2011
70
0.50
4,543
1993–2012
9
Abe Lenstra
1940–1959
33
47
0.70
4,260
1935–1963
Johan Cruyff
1966–1977
48
0.69
4,282
1964–1984
Last updated: 10 July 2024 Source: voetbalstats.nl (in Dutch)
Record holding top goalscorers
Eddy de Neve is the Netherlands first topscorer with 3 caps and 6 goals. To date he still holds the highest goal average, among top scorers.
Eddy de Neve (left) with his brother Gilles in 1909.
Rank
Player
Period record held
Goals record established
Date record established
National career
Goals
Matches
Average
1
Eddy de Neve
1905–1908
5
14 May 1905
1905–1906
6
3
2.00
2
Edu Snethlage
1909–1910
7
21 March 1909
1907–1909
10
11
0.91
3
Jan Thomée
1910–1912
11
16 October 1910
1907–1912
16
16
1.00
4
Mannes Francken
1913–1935
17
9 March 1913
1906–1914
17
22
0.77
5
Beb Bakhuys
1935–1958
18
3 November 1935
1928–1937
28
23
1.22
6
Abe Lenstra
1958–1959
29
23 April 1958
1940–1959
33
47
0.70
7
Faas Wilkes
1959–1998
34
4 November 1959
1946–1961
35
38
0.92
8
Dennis Bergkamp
1998–1999
36
4 July 1998
1990–2000
37
79
0.47
9
Patrick Kluivert
2003–2013
38
7 June 2003
1994–2004
40
79
0.51
10
Robin van Persie
2013–
41
11 October 2013
2005–2017
50
112
0.45
Last updated: 2 April 2024 Source: [2] (in Dutch)
Hat-tricks
Robin van Persie scored four goals for the Dutch national side during their 11–0 win over minnows San Marino on 2 September 2011. He scored three goals in the 2014 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Hungary on 11 October 2013.
Last updated: 7 June 2024 Source: voetbalstats.nl (in Dutch)
Age records
This is a progressive list of association footballers who have held or co-held the record for international goals for the Netherlands national football team .
For the early decades, records of players appearances and goals were often considered unreliable. RSSSF and IFFHS have spent much effort trying to produce definitive lists of full international matches, and corresponding data on players' international caps and goals. Using this data, the following records can be retrospectively produced. Note that, at the time, these records may not have been recognised.
Manager records
Team records
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.[ 26]
World Cup appearances: 11 (most recent in 2022 )
Most successful World Cup appearance: Runners-up (1974 , 1978 , 2010 )
European Championship appearances: 11 (most recent in 2024 )
Most successful European Championship appearance: Winners (1988 )
Summer Olympics appearances: 8 (most recent in 2008 )
Most successful Olympics appearance: Third place (1908 , 1912 , 1920 )
Match records
Firsts
Record results
Biggest win:
Biggest loss:
Head-to-head records
As of 10 July 2024. [ 27]
Positive Record
Neutral Record
Negative Record
Opponent
Pld
W
D*
L
GF
GA
GD
%
Last Match
Albania
4
4
0
0
7
1
+6
100%
2007/09/12
Andorra
6
6
0
0
21
0
+21
100%
2013/09/10
Argentina
10
4
5
1
15
8
+7
65%
2022/12/09
Armenia
2
2
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
2005/09/03
Australia
4
1
2
1
5
5
0
50%
2014/06/18
Austria
21
10
4
7
40
27
+13
57.1%
2024/06/25
Belarus
10
8
0
2
23
6
+17
80%
2019/10/13
Belgium
129
57
31
41
285
221
+64
56.2%
2022/09/25
Bosnia and Herzegovina
2
1
1
0
3
1
+2
62.5%
2020/11/15
Brazil
12
4
5
3
18
15
+3
54.2%
2014/07/12
Bulgaria
12
5
2
5
20
17
+3
50%
2017/09/03
Cameroon
3
2
1
0
3
1
+2
83.3%
2010/06/24
Canada
2
2
0
0
7
0
+7
100%
2024/06/06
Chile
2
1
1
0
4
2
+2
62.5%
2014/06/23
China
2
2
0
0
4
0
+4
100%
2013/06/11
Colombia
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
50%
2013/11/19
Costa Rica
1
0
1
0
0
0
0
50%
2014/07/05
Croatia
3
1
0
2
6
6
0
33.3%
2023/06/14
Curaçao [ a]
3
2
1
0
16
1
+15
83.3%
1958/04/23
Cyprus
9
9
0
0
34
1
+33
100%
2001/04/25
Czech Republic [ b]
22
6
4
12
30
36
−6
36.4%
2021/06/27
Denmark
32
13
10
9
63
45
+18
56.3%
2022/03/26
East Germany
9
6
1
2
17
10
+7
72.2%
1986/03/12
Ecuador
3
1
2
0
3
2
+1
66.7%
2022/11/25
Egypt
2
0
1
1
1
2
−1
25%
1990/06/12
England [ c]
33
9
10
14
40
76
−36
42.5%
2024/07/10
Estonia
6
5
1
0
23
4
+19
91.7%
2019/11/19
Faroe Islands
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
2004/06/01
Finland
14
11
2
1
43
14
+29
85.7%
2011/09/06
France
31
11
5
15
57
53
+4
43.5%
2024/06/21
Georgia
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
2021/06/06
Germany [ d]
46
12
17
17
77
87
−10
44.6%
2024/03/26
Ghana
3
2
1
0
5
1
+4
83.3%
2014/05/31
Gibraltar
4
4
0
0
22
0
+22
100%
2023/11/21
Great Britain
2
0
0
2
3
8
−5
0%
1948/07/31
Greece
11
9
1
1
24
3
+21
86.4%
2023/10/16
Hungary
17
10
2
5
51
29
+22
64.7%
2013/10/11
Indonesia
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
2013/06/07
Iceland
13
10
1
2
37
7
+30
80.8%
2024/06/10
Iran
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
1978/06/03
Israel
4
4
0
0
6
1
+5
100%
1989/01/04
Ivory Coast
2
2
0
0
7
1
+6
100%
2017/06/04
Italy
24
3
10
11
24
33
−9
33.3%
2023/06/17
Japan
3
2
1
0
6
2
+4
83.3%
2013/11/16
Kazakhstan
2
2
0
0
5
2
+3
100%
2015/10/10
Latvia
5
5
0
0
14
0
+14
100%
2021/10/08
Liechtenstein
1
1
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
2004/09/03
Luxembourg
18
15
1
2
67
14
+53
86.1%
2017/06/09
North Macedonia
5
3
2
0
11
3
+8
80%
2021/06/21
Malta
6
6
0
0
28
0
+28
100%
1995/10/11
Mexico
9
4
1
4
15
16
-1
50%
2020/10/07
Moldova
4
4
0
0
9
1
+8
100%
2011/10/07
Montenegro
2
1
1
0
6
2
+4
62.5%
2021/11/13
Morocco
3
2
0
1
5
4
+1
66.7%
2017/05/31
Nigeria
1
1
0
0
5
1
+4
100%
1998/06/05
Northern Ireland
8
4
3
1
17
5
+12
68.8%
2019/11/16
Norway
22
10
7
5
47
28
+19
61.4%
2021/11/16
Paraguay
2
1
1
0
5
1
+4
62.5%
2009/11/18
Peru
4
3
1
0
7
1
+6
87.5%
2018/09/06
Poland
20
10
7
3
30
20
+10
67.5%
2024/06/16
Portugal
14
2
4
8
10
16
−6
28.6%
2019/06/09
Republic of Ireland
24
13
4
7
43
30
+13
62.5%
2023/11/18
Romania
15
11
3
1
32
3
+29
83.3%
2024/07/02
Russia [ e]
10
4
3
3
14
9
+5
55%
2008/08/20
Saar
2
2
0
0
5
3
+2
100%
1956/06/06
San Marino
6
6
0
0
39
0
+39
100%
2011/09/02
Saudi Arabia
1
1
0
0
2
1
+1
100%
1994/06/20
Scotland
20
10
5
5
32
15
+17
62.5%
2024/03/22
Senegal
1
1
0
0
2
0
+2
100%
2022/11/21
Serbia and Montenegro [ f]
10
6
1
3
18
12
+6
65%
2006/06/11
Slovakia [ b]
13
5
2
6
21
20
+1
46.2%
2018/05/31
Slovenia
2
2
0
0
3
0
+3
100%
2007/10/17
South Africa
2
2
0
0
4
1
+3
100%
1997/06/04
South Korea
2
2
0
0
7
0
+7
100%
2007/06/02
Spain
13
6
2
5
19
18
+1
53.8%
2020/11/11
Suriname
1
1
0
0
4
3
+1
100%
1960/07/03
Sweden
25
11
6
8
47
48
−1
56%
2017/10/10
Switzerland
33
15
3
15
68
61
+7
50%
2011/11/11
Thailand
1
1
0
0
3
1
+2
100%
2007/06/06
Tunisia
3
1
2
0
7
3
+4
66.7%
2009/02/11
Turkey
15
7
4
4
23
15
+7
60%
2024/07/06
Ukraine
3
2
1
0
7
3
+4
83.3%
2021/06/13
Uruguay
6
2
1
3
7
9
−2
41.7%
2011/06/08
United States
6
5
0
1
13
6
+7
83.3%
2022/12/03
Qatar
1
1
0
0
2
0
+2
100%
2022/11/29
Wales
10
10
0
0
29
8
+21
100%
2022/06/14
Yugoslavia
9
5
1
3
17
12
+5
61.1%
2000/06/25
Total
882
451
190
241
1,816
1,119
+697
61.9%
Rankings
FIFA
2000
2005, 2008, 2009
Elo
Highest Elo ranking : 1 (June 1978, June 1988 – June 1990, June–September 1992, June 2002, June–September 2003, October 2005, June 2008, July 2010, June 2014)
Lowest Elo Ranking : 56 (October 1954)
References
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