Netherlands national American football team

The Dutch Lions is the Dutch national American Football team. The team represents the Netherlands in international competition and is made up entirely of Dutch national players, typically but not exclusively playing in the AFBN and GFL competitions.

"Dutch Lions" redirects here. For other uses, see Dutch Lions (disambiguation).
Netherlands
Home
Away
AssociationAFBN
RegionEurope (EFAF)
Founded1987
IFAF Affiliation
ColorsOrange, Black, White
Head coach Michael Williams
Team managervacant
Netherlands national American football team
Medal record
American football
Representing  Netherlands
1991 FinlandEuropean Championship
2012 Austria/SwitzerlandEuropean C Group Championship
2016 United KingdomEuropean Championship Qualifying Tournament

History

The Lions first competed internationally in 1986. After failing to progress further than the first qualification round in 1987 (in Finland) and 1989 (in Germany), they achieved a 3rd-place finish in the 1991 European Championship in Finland. However, after failing to qualify for the tournament in 1993, combined with upheaval at home within the Dutch governing bodies, the Dutch National Team was to face a long absence from international competition.

Nine years after their previous incarnation, the Dutch returned to the international American Football scene in 2002 under the name Dutch Lions, finishing 5th in the 2003 EFAF C Group European Championship in Denmark after losses to Russia and Italy. Two more losses, this time to Switzerland and Norway in the 2007 EFAF C Group European Championship, led to another 5th place. Five years later, under new head coach Winston Ronde, the Lions improved on those results by finishing 3rd in the 2012 EFAF C Group Championship, this time in Austria, with a close loss to Serbia and a win over Russia.

In 2013 and 2014, the Lions played a series of practice games against Poland, Belgium, Czech Republic and Catalonia, losing only the game against Czech Republic in Prague. In 2015, Head Coach Winston Ronde resigned, and was replaced by Reyhan Agaoglu. After an away loss in a practice game against Switzerland, the Dutch Lions succeeded in qualifying for the 2016 European Championship Qualifying Tournament by defeating rivals Belgium in Waalwijk.

The Lions played host to Ireland in their first ever international practice game, again in Waalwijk, in 2016 as a warm up to the upcoming tournament in the United Kingdom. The Lions were comfortably ahead 20-0 when the game was abandoned early in the third quarter due to lightning.

In September 2016 the Dutch Lions travelled to Worcester, United Kingdom to compete in the qualifying tournament for the 2018 European Championship. Despite leading 13-0 at half time, an injury to Quarterback Richard Bouthoorn contributed to a heartbreaking 20-13 loss in the semi-final, thereby ending the dreams of competing in the 2018 finals. The Netherlands bounced back in the bronze medal game to defeat Russia 17-6. The Lions ended the 2016 season by taking a makeshift squad to face Poland in Lublin in an exhibition game, losing comprehensively 42-14.

In August 2017, it was revealed by the Belgian American Football Federation that American Football Bond Nederland had made the decision to put the Dutch Lions programme on hold until 2018. After the resignation of head coach Reyhan Agaoglu, the federation planned to announce a new head coach after the summer of 2017. [1]


The Dutch Lions have never qualified for the IFAF World Championship.

Most Recent Playing Squad (2016)
2016 Dutch National American Football Team Playing Squad (Qualifying Tournament)
Quarterbacks
  •  5 Richard Bouthoorn (Alphen Eagles)
  •  2 Sven Janssen (Amsterdam Panthers)

Running Backs

Wide Receivers

Offensive Linemen

Defensive Linemen

Linebackers

  •  4 Kaspar Bongaerts(Troisdorf Jets)
  • 19 Bas Berkhout(Nijmegen Pirates)
  • 33 Dijohn Ronde (Amsterdam Crusaders)
  • 42 Lennard Harris(Arnhem Falcons)
  • 47 Idemar Benedicas (Alphen Eagles)
  • 53 Bram van Adrichem (010 Trojans)
  • 56 Rajiv Hooi(Amsterdam Crusaders)

Defensive Backs

Most recent Coaching Staff (2016)
COACHING STAFF 2016
Name Position
Reyhan Agaoglu Head coach / Linebackers
Pepijn Mendonca Offensive Coordinator / Quarterbacks Coach
Carel Aijelts Averink Receiver Coach
Pascal Matla Offensive Line coach
Orlando Mercelina Running Backs Coach
Michel Strom Defensive Coordinator / Defensive Line Coach
Robbie Hiensch Defensive Backs Coach
Steve Sheppard Special Teams Coordinator

Most recent Support Staff (2016)
SUPPORT STAFF 2016
Name Position
Claudio Bartolozzi General Manager
Dave Sahalessi Team Manager
Dennis Hemelrijk Equipment Manager
Yelmar Opstal Equipment Manager
Jip Regtop Trainer
Mailys Petrini Trainer
Danny Gips Trainer
Kay Constandse Video Crew
Nienke Kers Video Crew

All time results
DateOpponentVenueResultCompetitionResult
2 November 1986 Great BritainAlexander Stadium, Birmingham, GB
6–9
EFAF European Championship QualifierLoss [2]
16 November 1986 Great Britain"The Queen's own" Field, Soesterberg, NL
5–24
EFAF European Championship QualifierLoss [2]
16 August 1991 Great BritainUnknown Stadium, Finland
3–49
EFAF European Championship Semi-finalLoss [3]
1991 FranceUnknown Stadium, Finland
17–12
EFAF European Championship 3rd PlaceWin [4]
29 October 2002 GERManiacs (German Universities)Den Haag, Netherlands
19–18
Exhibition matchWin [5]
29 July 2003 RussiaGlostrup Stadion, Denmark
10–28
EFAF C Group ChampionshipLoss [6]
31 July 2003 ItalyGlostrup Stadion, Denmark
21–63
EFAF C Group ChampionshipLoss [7]
14 August 2007  SwitzerlandSportstadion Wolfsberg, Austria
08–40
EFAF C Group ChampionshipLoss [8]
16 August 2007 NorwaySportstadion Wolfsberg, Austria
00–27
EFAF C Group ChampionshipLoss [9]
15 September 2012 SerbiaGründenmoos Stadium, St. Gallen, Switzerland
14–21
EFAF C Group ChampionshipLoss [10]
17 September 2012 RussiaStadion Herrenried, Hohenems, Austria
17–15
EFAF C Group ChampionshipWin [11]
14 September 2013 PolandStadion Polonii, Warsaw, Poland
37–14
Exhibition matchWin [12]
19 July 2014 BelgiumSportpark de Schorre, Ostend, Belgium
38–13
Exhibition matchWin [13]
6 September 2014 Czech RepublicSlavia Prague Athletic Stadium, Prague, Czech Republic
6–12
Exhibition matchLoss [14]
18 October 2014 CataloniaEstadi del GEiEG, Girona, Spain
36–26
Exhibition matchWin [15]
19 September 2015  SwitzerlandLachenstadion, Thun, Switzerland
0–12
Exhibition matchLoss [16]
24 October 2015 BelgiumMandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands
17–3
IFAF B-Group Qualification MatchWin [17]
27 August 2016 IrelandMandemakers Stadion, Waalwijk, Netherlands
20-0
Exhibition matchWin[18]
16 September 2016 Czech RepublicSixways Stadium, Worcester, United Kingdom
13-20
IFAF Euro Qualification Tournament Semi-FinalLoss [19]
18 September 2016 RussiaSixways Stadium, Worcester, United Kingdom17–6IFAF Euro Qualification Tournament Third Place GameWin[20]
8 October 2016 PolandArena Lublin, Lublin, Poland42–14Exhibition matchLoss[21]
10 November 2018 BelgiumShotgun field, Beringen, Belgium14–7Exhibition matchLoss[22]

See also

References
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