Teams

8

FIFA Ranking

7

Finals

2014

Last World Cup

2010 (2nd)

Best Performance

Following the shock at not qualifying for the World Cup four years ago, Netherlands started their qualification for Qatar 2022 disastrously, losing 2-4 to Turkey in their opening game, but 7 wins from their next 9 games saw them pip the Turks to top spot and automatically make it to the World Cup. The Netherlands have never won the World Cup, though have been runners up three times, most recently in 2010, when they were defeated by Spain, whilst the 2014, they were knocked out in the semi finals by Argentina on penalty kicks. They experienced a disappointing European Championships last year by their standards; after topping their group with three wins out of three, they were knocked out by the Czech Republic in the Round of 16.

Fixtures

Player to Watch

Following a disappointing stint at Manchester United, Depay rejuvenated his career at Lyon before moving to Barcelona at the start of the 2021/22 season. The 28 year old had an incredible 2021 his is country too, scoring 17 goals in 16 games and even this year, he scored twice in a 4-1 win in over Belgium in the Nations League, as well as the winner a 3-2 win over Wales a few days later. This player can certainly score goals and will be the main attacking outlet for the Dutch in Qatar.

Squad List

Name

Remko Pasveer

Andries Noppert

Justin Bijlow

Jurriën Timber

Matthijs de Ligt

Virgil van Dijk 

Nathan Aké

Stefan de Vrij

Tyrell Malacia

Daley Blind

Denzel Dumfries

Jeremie Frimpong

Kenneth Taylor

Steven Berghuis

Davy Klaassen

Marten de Roon

Teun Koopmeiners

Frenkie de Jong

Xavi Simons

Steven Bergwijn

Cody Gakpo

Memphis Depay

Vincent Janssen

Wout Weghorst

Noa Lang

Luuk de Jong

Position

GK

GK

GK

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

DF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

MF

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

FW

Club

Ajax (Netherlands)

Heerenveen (Netherlands)

Ajax (Netherlands)

Ajax (Netherlands)

Bayern Munich (Germany)

Liverpool (England)

Manchester City (England)

Internazionale (Italy)

Manchester United (England)

Ajax (Netherlands)

Internazionale (Italy)

Bayer Leverkusen (Germany)

Ajax (Netherlands)

Ajax (Netherlands)

Ajax (Netherlands)

Atalanta (Italy)

Atalanta (Italy)

Barcelona (Spain)

PSG (France)

Ajax (Netherlands)

PSV (Netherlands)

Barcelona (Spain)

Antwerp (Belgium)

Beşiktaş (Turkey)

Club Brugge (Belgium)

PSV (Netherlands)

Age

38

28

24

21

23

31

27

30

23

34

26

21

20

30

29

31

24

25

19

24

23

28

28

30

23

32

Caps

0

0

6

8

38

47

27

58

5

92

35

0

0

37

34

28

9

44

0

22

7

80

18

14

5

38

Goals

0

0

0

0

2

5

3

3

0

2

5

0

0

2

9

0

1

1

0

6

2

42

7

3

1

8