Netherlands national under-21 football team

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.

Netherlands U21
Nickname(s)Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
AssociationKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Head coachErwin van de Looi
CaptainTeun Koopmeiners
Most capsArnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31)
Top scorerKlaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
Home stadiumDe Vijverberg (12,600)
First colours
Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances6 (first in 1988)
Best resultWinner (2006, 2007)

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.

UEFA U-23 Championship record

The Netherlands were randomly chosen to play cards Bulgaria for the title in a one-off match in Sofia, which the Netherlands lost.

  • 17 April 1968: Bulgaria 3–1 Netherlands.
  • 1972: Losing quarter-finalists.
  • 1974: Losing quarter-finalists.
  • 1976: Losing semi-finalists.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

Year Round
1978 Did not enter
1980 Did not qualify
1982 Did not qualify
1984 Did not qualify
1986 Did not qualify
1988 Semi Final
1990 Group Stage
1992 Quarter-finals
1994 Did not qualify
1996 Did not qualify
1998 Fourth place
2000 Group Stage
2002 Did not qualify
2004 Did not qualify
2006 Champions
2007 Champions
2009 Did not qualify
2011 Did not qualify
2013 Semi-finals
2015 Did not qualify
2017 Did not qualify
2019 Did not qualify

Notable players

Olympic Games

Summer Olympic record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
1992Did Not Qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008 Quarter Finals 7th 4 1 2 1 4 4
2012Did Not Qualify
2016
2020
Total1/70 Medals412144

Results and fixtures 2017–2019

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Group stage
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  England 10 8 2 0 23 4 +19 26 Final tournament 0–0 2–1 3–1 3–0 7–0
2  Netherlands 10 5 3 2 21 6 +15 18 1–1 3–0 1–2 3–0 8–0
3  Ukraine 10 5 2 3 18 12 +6 17 0–2 1–1 3–1 3–2 1–0
4  Scotland 10 4 2 4 13 13 0 14 0–2 2–0 0–2 1–1 3–0
5  Latvia 10 0 4 6 5 18 13 4 1–2 0–3 1–1 0–2 0–0
6  Andorra 10 0 3 7 1 28 27 3 0–1 0–1 0–6 1–1 0–0
Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the match against Cyprus on 10 September 2019. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals updated as 10 September 2019. Clubs updated as of 10 September 2019

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Maarten Paes (1998-05-14) 14 May 1998 2 0 Utrecht
1GK Kjell Scherpen (2000-01-23) 23 January 2000 1 0 Ajax
1GK Jan Hoekstra (1998-08-04) 4 August 1998 0 0 Groningen

2DF Rick van Drongelen (1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 15 0 Hamburger SV
2DF Justin Hoogma (1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 9 0 Utrecht
2DF Deyovaisio Zeefuik (1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 4 1 Hertha BSC
2DF Perr Schuurs (1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 4 0 Ajax
2DF Sherel Floranus (1998-08-23) 23 August 1998 3 0 Heerenveen
2DF Danilho Doekhi (1998-06-30) 30 June 1998 1 0 Vitesse
2DF Owen Wijndal (1999-11-28) 28 November 1999 1 0 AZ
3MF Azor Matusiwa (1998-04-28) 28 April 1998 0 0 Groningen

3MF Teun Koopmeiners (1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 11 2 AZ
3MF Ferdi Kadioglu (1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 7 0 Fenerbahçe
3MF Dani de Wit (1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 4 2 AZ
3MF Abdou Harroui (1998-01-13) 13 January 1998 2 0 Sparta Rotterdam
3MF Noa Lang (1999-06-17) 17 June 1999 2 0 Ajax
3MF Ludovit Reis (2000-06-01) 1 June 2000 2 0 VfL Osnabrück

4FW Calvin Stengs (1998-12-18) 18 December 1998 3 1 AZ
4FW Tahith Chong (1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 3 0 Werder Bremen
4FW Kaj Sierhuis (1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 3 0 Reims
4FW Daishawn Redan (2001-02-02) 2 February 2001 1 0 Hertha BSC

Recent call ups

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
GK Thijmen Nijhuis (1998-07-25) 25 July 1998 0 0 FC Utrecht v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
GK Mike van de Meulenhof (1999-05-11) 11 May 1999 0 0 PSV v.  Mexico, 31 May 2019INJ
GK Justin Bijlow (1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 9 0 Feyenoord v.  Germany, 16 November 2018

DF Tyrell Malacia (1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 1 0 Feyenoord v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019INJ
DF Armando Obispo (1999-03-05) 5 March 1999 1 0 PSV v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
DF Kik Pierie (2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 0 0 Twente v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
DF Jordan Teze (1999-09-30) 30 September 1999 0 0 PSV v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
DF Shaquille Pinas (1998-03-19) 19 March 1998 0 0 Den Haag v.  United States, 24 March 2019PRE
DF Giovanni Troupée (1998-03-20) 20 March 1998 0 0 Utrecht v.  United States, 24 March 2019PRE

MF Deroy Duarte (1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 1 0 Sparta Rotterdam v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
MF Mohamed Ihattaren (2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 0 0 PSV v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
MF Jordy Wehrmann (1999-03-25) 25 March 1999 0 0 Feyenoord v.  Mexico, 31 May 2019PRE
MF Teun Bijleveld (1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 0 0 Heracles Almelo v.  Germany, 16 November 2018
MF Carel Eiting (1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 3 0 Ajax v.  Germany, 16 November 2018PRE

FW Justin Kluivert (1999-05-05) 5 May 1999 9 4 RB Leipzig v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019SEN
FW Cody Gakpo (1999-05-07) 7 May 1999 2 1 PSV v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019INJ
FW Jay-Roy Grot (1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 1 0 Leeds United v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019INJ
FW Mitchell van Bergen (1999-08-27) 27 August 1999 1 0 Heerenveen v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
FW Myron Boadu (2001-01-14) 14 January 2001 0 0 AZ v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019INJ
FW Donyell Malen (1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 7 2 PSV v.  Mexico, 31 May 2019
FW Ferdy Druijf (1998-02-12) 12 February 1998 0 0 AZ v.  Mexico, 31 May 2019PRE
FW Javairô Dilrosun (1998-06-22) 22 June 1998 4 1 Hertha BSC v.  United States, 24 March 2019INJ

INJ Withdrew due to injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
SEN Accepted call up to senior team.

Individual all-time records

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