Netherlands women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Netherlands national football team.
Netherlands
Nickname(s) Oranje (Orange)
Leeuwinnen (Lionesses)[1]
Association Royal Dutch Football Association
(Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Arjan van der Laan[2]
Captain Mandy van den Berg
Most caps Annemieke Kiesel (156)[3]
Top scorer Manon Melis (59)[4]
FIFA code NED
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 13 Decrease 1 (25 March 2016)[5]
Highest 11[5] (December 2014)
Lowest 20[5] (June 2008)
First international
 France 4–0 Netherlands 
(Hazebrouck, France; 17 April 1971)
Biggest win

 Netherlands 12–0 Israel 
(Zaandam, Netherlands; 22 August 1977)

 Netherlands 13–1 Macedonia 
(Zwolle, Netherlands; 28 October 2001)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 7–0 Netherlands 
(Borås, Sweden; 26 September 1981)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (First in 2015)
Best result Round of 16 (2015)
European Championship
Appearances 2 (First in 2009)
Best result 3rd (2009)
Netherlands women's national football team in May 2014

The Netherlands women's national football team (Dutch: Nederlands vrouwenvoetbalelftal) represents the Netherlands in international women's association football and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA.

In 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.[6] They have played at the final tournament of the 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship and reached third place in 2009. They have also played at the final tournament of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place.

The nicknames for the team are Oranje (Orange) and Leeuwinnen (Lionesses).[1] Arjan van der Laan is the team's coach, after being appointed in October 2015 as successor of Roger Reijners who stepped down.[2] Since March 2015, the team is ranked number 12 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.

History

On 17 April 1971, the Dutch team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.[7] The match took place in Hazebrouck, France and resulted in a 4-0 defeat for the Netherlands.

In 1980s and 1990s, the team failed to qualify for the final tournaments of UEFA's European Championship and later also for the FIFA's World Championship. The team qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and reached third place together with Norway, after England (second place) and Germany (first place). This is the team's best result at an international tournament to date.[8] The team again qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, but did not advance after the group stage.

The team qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place, after having lost their first match in the knockout stage to Japan. As host country, the Dutch team has automatically qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Despite of this, the women's team has not been noticed, since the men's was getting famous for 2014 FIFA World Cup's success, but the men's team's disastrous campaign of UEFA Euro 2016, by being eliminated from the qualification, has forced the Netherlands to take more notice on the women's team.

Tournament record

World Cup

On 27 November 2014, the Netherlands women's national football team qualified to the final tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.[9]

Year Result Position Pld W D L GF GA
China 1991 Did Not Qualify
Sweden 1995 Did Not Qualify
United States 1999 Did Not Qualify
United States 2003 Did Not Qualify
China 2007 Did Not Qualify
Germany 2011 Did Not Qualify
Canada 2015Round of 16 13th 4 1 1 2 3 4
Total1/7-411234
*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

The Netherlands failed to qualify for the final tournament of the UEFA Women's Championship from 1984 to 2005. In 2009, the Dutch women's team qualified and reached third place, which is their best tournament result.[10] In 2013, they qualified again, but did not advance after the group stage.[11]

Year Result Matches Wins Draws* Losses GF GA
1984**Did not qualify
Norway 1987Did not qualify
Germany 1989Did not qualify
Denmark 1991Did not qualify
Italy 1993Did not qualify
England Germany Norway Sweden 1995Did not qualify
Norway 1997Did not qualify
Germany 2001Did not qualify
England 2005Did not qualify
Finland 2009Third place521265
Sweden 2013Group stage301202
Netherlands 2017Qualified
Total3/12822467
* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
** Missing flag indicates no host country.

Current squad

Squad for the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.[12]

Head coach: Arjan van der Laan

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Loes Geurts (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 107 0 Sweden Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
1GK Sari van Veenendaal (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 21 0 England Arsenal
1GK Angela Christ (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 14 0 Netherlands PSV/FC Eindhoven
2DF Mandy van den Berg (c) (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 68 4 England Liverpool
2DF Desiree van Lunteren (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 31 0 Netherlands Ajax
2DF Kika van Es (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 22 0 Netherlands PSV/FC Eindhoven
2DF Dominique Janssen (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 13 0 England Arsenal
2DF Merel van Dongen (1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 10 1 Netherlands Ajax
2DF Danique Kerkdijk (1996-05-01) 1 May 1996 5 0 Netherlands FC Twente
3MF Sherida Spitse (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 115 17 Norway LSK Kvinner
3MF Claudia van den Heiligenberg (1985-03-25) 25 March 1985 97 8 Germany Jena
3MF Anouk Dekker (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 48 5 France Montpellier
3MF Daniëlle van de Donk (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 47 9 England Arsenal
3MF Renée Slegers (1989-02-05) 5 February 1989 49 14 Sweden Linköpings FC
3MF Tessel Middag (1992-12-23) 23 December 1992 30 3 Netherlands Ajax
3MF Kelly Zeeman (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 6 0 Netherlands Ajax
3MF Jackie Groenen (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 4 0 Germany Frankfurt
3MF Myrthe Moorrees (1994-12-12) 12 December 1994 0 0 Netherlands PSV/FC Eindhoven
4FW Manon Melis (1986-08-31) 31 August 1986 135 59 United States Seattle Reign
4FW Lieke Martens (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 61 25 Sweden FC Rosengard
4FW Vivianne Miedema (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 34 23 Germany Bayern Munich
4FW Shanice van de Sanden (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 25 7 England Liverpool
4FW Eshley Bakker (1993-02-10) 10 February 1993 10 3 Netherlands Ajax
4FW Jeslynn Kuijpers (1995-06-23) 23 June 1995 1 0 Netherlands PSV/FC Eindhoven

Coaches

Overall official record

Abbreviation Key table
EC European Championship (Women's Euro)
WC World Cup
OG Olympic Games
QS Qualification tournament
Competition Stage Result Opponent Position Scorers
1984 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.4 2–3, 5–0 Belgium Belgium 2 / 4 Camper, Fortuin, de Haan, de Jong-Desaunois, Timisela, Timmer, de Visser
2–1, 0–2 Denmark Denmark de Bakker, Camper
2–2, 1–1 Germany West Germany Camper, de Visser (2)
1987 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.3 1–0, 5–3 France France 2 / 4 Allott (4), de Bakker, Camper
0–2, 2–0 Sweden Sweden de Bakker, Vestjens
3–1, 3–0 Belgium Belgium Allott (2), de Bakker, Boogerd, Timisela (2)
1989 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2 0–0, 1–0 Sweden Sweden 1 / 4 de Bakker
4–0, w/o Scotland Scotland de Bakker (2), Glotzbach-Wiegman, Timisela
1–0, 2–0 Republic of Ireland Ireland de Bakker, Timisela, de Winter
Quarter-finals 1–2, 0–3 Norway Norway de Bakker
1991 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.1 2–0, 0–0 Republic of Ireland Ireland 1 / 3 Vestjens (2)
6–0, 9–0 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Baal, de Bakker (6), Geeris, Limbeek (2), Pauw, Timisela (2), Vestjens, van Waarden
Quarter-finals 0–0, 0–1 (a.e.t.) Denmark Denmark
1993 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.5 3–0, 2–0 Greece Greece 1 / 3 Geeris (3), Limbeek, Timisela
1–1, 0–0 Romania Romania van der Ploeg
Quarter-finals 0–3, 0–3 Norway Norway
1995 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.8 1–2, 0–1 Iceland Iceland 2 / 3 Leemans
2–0, 4–0 Greece Greece van Dam (2), Keereweer, Limbeek, Noom, Roos
1997 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2
(Class A)
0–2, 0–2 Iceland Iceland 4 / 4
1–1, 1–0 Russia Russia Korbmacher, van Waarden
1–1, 1–2 France France Korbmacher, Migchelsen
Relegation Play-off 2–1, 1–0 Czech Republic Czech Republic Glotzbach-Wiegman, Kiesel-Griffioen, Timisela
1999 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.3
(Class A)
1–6, 0–0 Norway Norway 3 / 4 Roos
0–1, 2–1 England England Noom (2)
1–0, 1–2 Germany Germany Migchelsen, Noom
2001 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.1
(Class A)
1–1, 1–2 France France 4 / 4 van Eyk, Smith
1–1, 1–2 Spain Spain Kiesel-Griffioen, Smith
1–1, 0–3 Sweden Sweden Smith
Relegation Play-Off 3–0, 2–0 Hungary Hungary Kiesel-Griffioen, Muller, Noom, Torny (2)
2003 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.4
(Class A)
0–0, 1–4 England England 3 / 4 Kiesel-Griffioen
0–3, 0–6 Germany Germany
1–2, 4–1 Portugal Portugal Burger, Muller, Noom, Ran, Smith
2005 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2
(Class A)
0–1 0–0 Spain Spain 4 / 5
0–2, 0–2 Norway Norway
0–3, 1–5 Denmark Denmark Ran
3–0, 3–0 Belgium Belgium de Boer, Koster, Melis, Muller, Torny, van Veen
2007 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.5
(Class A)
1–0, 0–2 France France 3 / 5 de Boer
1–0, 4–0 Austria Austria Delies, Demarteau, Louwaars, Smit (2)
0–1, 0–4 England England
5–0, 4–0 Hungary Hungary Delies, Hoogendijk, Louwaars (2), Smit, Smith, Stevens (3)
2009 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.4 1–5, 0–1 Germany Germany 2 / 5 Torny
2–2, 1–1 Switzerland Switzerland van Eijk, Melis (2)
2–1, 1–0 Wales Wales Melis (2), Smit
2–2, 3–0 Belgium Belgium Hoogendijk, Melis (3), Stevens
Play-Off 2–0, 2–0 Spain Spain Stevens (3), van de Ven
Finland 2009 EC Group Stage: Gr.A
2–0
Ukraine Ukraine 2 / 4 Stevens, van de Ven
1–2
Finland Finland van de Ven
2–1
Denmark Denmark Melis, Smit
Quarter-finals 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) France France
Semifinals 1–2 (a.e.t.) England England Pieëte
2011 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.1 0–3, 2–2 Norway Norway 2 / 5 Dekker, Melis
13–1, 7–0 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Hoogendijk, Kiesel-Griffioen (4), Koster, Melis (2), Meulen, Pieëte, de Ridder, Slegers, Smit (7), Spitse
1–1, 4–0 Belarus Belarus Melis (2), de Ridder, Slegers, van de Ven
2–0, 1–0 Slovakia Slovakia Kiesel-Griffioen, Koster, Smit
2013 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.6 6–0, 4–0 Serbia Serbia 2 / 5 van den Berg, van de Donk, Hoogendijk, Martens, Melis (6)
3–0, 2–0 Croatia Croatia Melis, de Ridder, Smit, Spitse, van de Ven
0–0, 0–1 England England
2–0, 3–1 Slovenia Slovenia Heuver, Melis, de Ridder, van de Ven (2)
Sweden 2013 EC Group Stage: Gr.B
0–0
Germany Germany 4 / 4
0–1
Norway Norway
0–1
Iceland Iceland
2015 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.5 4–0, 10–1 Albania Albania 2 / 6 Bakker, van den Heiligenberg, Martens (2), Melis (3), Slegers (6), + 1 o.g.
7–0, 3–2 Portugal Portugal van den Berg, Dekker, Miedema (6), Slegers (2)
1–2, 2–0 Norway Norway Dekker, van de Donk, Miedema
7–0, 6–0 Greece Greece Bakker, van den Berg (2), Martens (2), Melis (2), Miedema (4), Middag, Spitse
1–1, 2–0 Belgium Belgium Miedema (2), Slegers
Play-Off 2–1, 2–0 Scotland Scotland Martens (2), Melis (2)
Play-Off Final 1–1, 2–1 Italy Italy Miedema (3)
Canada 2015 WCGroup Stage: Gr.A
1–0
New Zealand New Zealand 3 / 4 Martens
0–1
China China
1–1
Canada Canada van de Ven
Round of 16
1–2
Japan Japan van de Ven
2016 OG QSSingle Round-robin
4–3
  Switzerland 2 / 4 van den Berg, Melis, Miedema, van de Sanden
1–4
 Norway Melis
1–1
 Sweden Miedema

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