Netherlands national under-21 football team

Netherlands U21

Nickname(s)	Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Head coach	Erwin van de Looi
Captain	Teun Koopmeiners
Most caps	Arnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31)
Top scorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
Home stadium	De Vijverberg (12,600)
First colours Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1988)
Best result	Winner (2006, 2007)

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.

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[]

Notable players[]

Olympic Games[]

Summer Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Did Not Qualify
1996
2000
2004
2008	Quarter Finals	7th	4	1	2	1	4	4
2012	Did Not Qualify
2016
2020
Total	1/7	0 Medals	4	1	2	1	4	4

Results and fixtures 2017–2019[]

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship[]

Qualification[]

Group stage[]

Pos	Team v t	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	—

Players[]

Current squad[]

Players born in or after 1998 are eligible for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were called up for the 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship from 31 May 2021.^[1][2]

Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals updated as 6 October 2021. Clubs updated as of 6 October 2021

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Fabian de Keijzer	(2000-05-10)10 May 2000 (aged 21)	1	0	Utrecht
2	2DF	Jeremie Frimpong	(2000-12-10)10 December 2000 (aged 20)	1	0	Bayer Leverkusen
3	2DF	Neraysho Kasanwirjo	(2002-02-18)18 February 2002 (aged 19)	1	0	Groningen
4	2DF	Sven Botman	(2000-01-12)12 January 2000 (aged 21)	8	1	Lille
5	2DF	Mitchel Bakker	(2000-06-20)20 June 2000 (aged 21)	11	0	Bayer Leverkusen
6	2DF	Melayro Bogarde	(2002-06-28)28 June 2002 (aged 19)	1	0	1899 Hoffenheim
7	3MF	Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	(2000-04-05)5 April 2000 (aged 21)	6	4	Hertha BSC
8	3MF	Quinten Timber	(2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 20)	1	0	Utrecht
9	4FW	Myron Boadu	(2001-01-14)14 January 2001 (aged 20)	13	11	AS Monaco
10	4FW	Joshua Zirkzee	(2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 20)	4	1	Anderlecht
11	4FW	Brian Brobbey	(2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (aged 19)	4	2	RB Leipzig
12	2DF	Ki-Jana Hoever	(2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 19)	1	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
13	2DF	Sepp van den Berg	(2001-12-20)20 December 2001 (aged 19)	0	0	Preston North End
14	3MF	Ludovit Reis	(2000-06-01)1 June 2000 (aged 21)	11	0	Hamburg
15	2DF	Ian Maatsen	(2002-03-10)10 March 2002 (aged 19)	1	0	Coventry City
16	1GK	Bart Verbruggen	(2002-08-18)18 August 2002 (aged 19)	0	0	Anderlecht
17	3MF	Daniël van Kaam	(2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 21)	1	0	Groningen
18	3MF	Kenneth Taylor	(2002-05-16)16 May 2002 (aged 19)	0	0	Ajax
19	4FW	Daishawn Redan	(2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 20)	2	1	PEC Zwolle
20	4FW	Fodé Fofana	(2002-10-26)26 October 2002 (aged 18)	1	0	PSV

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
DF	Kik Pierie	(2000-07-20) 20 July 2000 (age 21)	0	0	Twente	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
MF	Mohamed Ihattaren	(2002-02-12) 12 February 2002 (age 19)	0	0	Sampdoria	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
INJ Withdrew due to injury. PRE Preliminary squad. SEN Accepted call up to senior team.

Individual all-time records[]

Most capped players[] Arnold Bruggink is the most capped player for Jong Orange. # Player Career Matches Goals 1 Arnold Bruggink 1995 – 1999 31 15 Leroy Fer 2009 – 2013 31 06 3 Daniël de Ridder 2004 – 2007 30 01 4 Niels Oude Kamphuis 1996 – 2000 28 02 5 Roy Makaay 1994 – 1998 27 15 Mark van Bommel 1996 – 2000 27 03 7 Kiki Musampa 1996 – 2000 25 08 Arnold Kruiswijk 2003 – 2007 25 00 9 Georginio Wijnaldum 2009 – 2013 24 10 10 Daley Blind 2009 – 2013 23 00 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2002 – 2006 23 18 Bram Nuytinck 2010 – 2013 23 02 Marco van Ginkel 2011 – 2014 23 04 Tonny Vilhena 2013 – 2016 23 04 Last updated: 29 May 2014 Most goals scored[] Huntelaar was the Golden Player and Top Scorer at the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship and he is the all-time top scorer for Jong Orange. # Player Career Goals Matches Average 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2002 – 2006 18 23 0.78 2 Roy Makaay 1994 – 1998 15 27 0.56 Arnold Bruggink 1995 – 1999 15 31 0.48 4 Género Zeefuik 2011 – 2012 10 12 0.83 Georginio Wijnaldum 2009 – 2013 10 24 0.42 6 Vincent Janssen 2014 – 2015 08 10 0.80 Kiki Musampa 1996 – 2000 08 25 0.32 8 Edwin Bakker 1984 – 1985 07 07 1.00 Ronald de Boer 1989 – 1992 07 09 0.78 Quincy Promes 2013 – 2014 07 10 0.70 Last updated: 17 November 2015 See also[] Netherlands national football team Netherlands national under-19 football team Netherlands national under-17 football team UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship References[] ^ "Definitieve EK-selectie Jong Oranje voor knockout-fase; debuut Rensch" [Final Jong Oranje European Championship squad for the knockout phase; Rensch debuts]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 21 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021. ^ "Lang, Zeefuik en Reis vallen weg bij Jong Oranje" [Lang, Zeefuik and Reis leave the Jong Oranje]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 24 May 2021. Retrieved 24 May 2021. External links[] Wikimedia Commons has media related to Netherlands national under-21 football team. UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships. Official KNVB U-21 site in Dutch