The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB). It won Euro '88 and reached two consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978, but lost both finals to their respective host nations, West Germany and Argentina. At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed Clockwork Oranje for its precision passing. In many countries and even the Netherlands itself, the team is colloquially referred to as Holland. It is currently ranked third in the FIFA World Rankings and third in the World Football Elo Ratings.
The Dutch team went on to secure a 100 percent record in their qualification campaign,winning all of their eight games and becoming the first European team to book their tickets for SA 2010. The World Cup Draw in Cape Town on the 4th of December, 2009 saw the Dutch being placed alongside Denmark, Cameroon and Japan in Group E.
Netherlands Team Profile Matches Road to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
Netherlands team last standing position 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
The Dutch team went on to secure a 100 percent record in their qualification campaign,winning all of their eight games and becoming the first European team to book their tickets for SA 2010. The World Cup Draw in Cape Town on the 4th of December, 2009 saw the Dutch being placed alongside Denmark, Cameroon and Japan in Group E.
Netherlands Team Profile Matches Road to 2010 FIFA World Cup South Africa
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iceland | – | 1 – 0 | 1 – 2 | 1 – 1 | 1 – 2 |
| Macedonia | 2 – 0 | – | 1 – 2 | 0 – 0 | 1 – 0 |
| Netherlands | 2 – 0 | 4 – 0 | – | 2 – 0 | 3 – 0 |
| Norway | 2 – 2 | 2 – 1 | 0 – 1 | – | 4 – 0 |
| Scotland | 2 – 1 | 2 – 0 | 0 – 1 | 0 – 0 | – |
Netherlands team last standing position 2010 FIFA World Cup Qualifying
Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Netherlands | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 2 | +15 | 24 |
| Norway | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 7 | +2 | 10 |
| Scotland | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | −5 | 10 |
| Macedonia | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 11 | −6 | 7 |
| Iceland | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | −6 | 5 |