Netherlands national football team
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| Nickname(s) |
Oranje Holland Clockwork Orange The Flying Dutchmen |
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| Association | Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond (KNVB) | ||||||||||||||||
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Danny Blind | ||||||||||||||||
| Captain | Wesley Sneijder | ||||||||||||||||
| Most caps | Edwin van der Sar (130) | ||||||||||||||||
| Top scorer | Robin van Persie (50) | ||||||||||||||||
| Home stadium |
Amsterdam ArenA (53,502) Philips Stadion (35,000) Stadion Feijenoord (51,117) |
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| FIFA code | NED | ||||||||||||||||
| FIFA ranking | |||||||||||||||||
| Current | 22  (12 January 2017)
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| Highest | 1(August–September 2011) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 26 (July 2016) | ||||||||||||||||
| Elo ranking | |||||||||||||||||
| Current | 14 (18 January 2017) | ||||||||||||||||
| Highest | 1 (Mar 1911 – Mar 1912, Jun 1912, Aug 1920; Jun 1978, Jun 1988 – Jun 1990, Jun–Sep 1992, Jun 2002, Jun–Sep 2003, Oct 2005, Jun 2008, Jul 2010, June 2014.) | ||||||||||||||||
| Lowest | 56 (October 1954) | ||||||||||||||||
| First international | |||||||||||||||||
 Belgium 1–4 Netherlands  (Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) |
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| Biggest win | |||||||||||||||||
Netherlands 11–0 San Marino  (Eindhoven, Netherlands; 2 September 2011) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||||||||||||||||
 England Amateurs 12–2 Netherlands (Darlington, England; 21 December 1907) |
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| World Cup | |||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 10 (first in 1934) | ||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Runners-up, 1974, 1978, and 2010 | ||||||||||||||||
| European Championship | |||||||||||||||||
| Appearances | 9 (first in 1976) | ||||||||||||||||
| Best result | Champions, 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
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The Netherlands national football team (Dutch: Het Nederlands Elftal) represents the Netherlands in international football. It is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands.
The team is colloquially referred to as Het Nederlands Elftal (The Dutch Eleven) and Oranje, after the House of Orange-Nassau. Like the country itself, the team is sometimes incorrectly (also colloquially) referred to as Holland.
The Dutch hold the record for playing the most World Cup finals without ever winning the tournament. They finished second in the 1974, 1978 and 2010 World Cups, losing to West Germany, Argentina and Spain respectively;although they won the UEFA European Championship in 1988.
The Netherlands played their first international match in Antwerp against Belgium on 30 April 1905. The players were selected by a five-member commission from the Dutch football association. After 90 minutes, the score was 1–1, but because the match was for a trophy (the "Coupe van den Abeele"), the game went into extra time, in which Eddy de Neve scored three times, making the score 4–1 for the Dutch side.
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