Netherlands national under-21 football team
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Nickname(s) | Jong Oranje (Young Orange) | ||
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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) | ||
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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[]
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1978 | Did not enter | |||||||
1980 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1982 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1984 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1986 | Did not qualify | |||||||
1988 | Semi-finals | |||||||
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 | |||||||
2021 | Semi-finals |
Notable players[]
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Olympic Games[]
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Year | Round | Position | GP | W | D* | L | GS | GA | ||
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Quarter Finals | 7th | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | ||
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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 | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification | ![]() |
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10 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 4 | +19 | 26 | Final tournament | — | 0–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 3–0 | 7–0 | |
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10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 6 | +15 | 18 | 1–1 | — | 3–0 | 1–2 | 3–0 | 8–0 | ||
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10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 12 | +6 | 17 | 0–2 | 1–1 | — | 3–1 | 3–2 | 1–0 | ||
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10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 0–2 | 2–0 | 0–2 | — | 1–1 | 3–0 | ||
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10 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 18 | −13 | 4 | 1–2 | 0–3 | 1–1 | 0–2 | — | 0–0 | ||
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10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 28 | −27 | 3 | 0–1 | 0–1 | 0–6 | 1–1 | 0–0 | — |
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
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 |
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1 | GK | Fabian de Keijzer | 10 May 2000 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
2 | DF | Jeremie Frimpong | 10 December 2000 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
3 | DF | Neraysho Kasanwirjo | 18 February 2002 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
4 | DF | Sven Botman | 12 January 2000 (aged 21) | 8 | 1 | ![]() |
5 | DF | Mitchel Bakker | 20 June 2000 (aged 21) | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
6 | DF | Melayro Bogarde | 28 June 2002 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
7 | MF | Jurgen Ekkelenkamp | 5 April 2000 (aged 21) | 6 | 4 | ![]() |
8 | MF | Quinten Timber | 17 June 2001 (aged 20) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
9 | FW | Myron Boadu | 14 January 2001 (aged 20) | 13 | 11 | ![]() |
10 | FW | Joshua Zirkzee | 21 May 2001 (aged 20) | 4 | 1 | ![]() |
11 | FW | Brian Brobbey | 1 February 2002 (aged 19) | 4 | 2 | ![]() |
12 | DF | Ki-Jana Hoever | 19 January 2002 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
13 | DF | Sepp van den Berg | 20 December 2001 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
14 | MF | Ludovit Reis | 1 June 2000 (aged 21) | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
15 | DF | Ian Maatsen | 10 March 2002 (aged 19) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
16 | GK | Bart Verbruggen | 18 August 2002 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
17 | MF | Daniël van Kaam | 23 June 2000 (aged 21) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
18 | MF | Kenneth Taylor | 16 May 2002 (aged 19) | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
19 | FW | Daishawn Redan | 2 February 2001 (aged 20) | 2 | 1 | ![]() |
20 | FW | Fodé Fofana | 26 October 2002 (aged 18) | 1 | 0 | ![]() |
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 |
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DF | Kik Pierie | 20 July 2000 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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MF | Mohamed Ihattaren | 12 February 2002 | 0 | 0 | ![]() |
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INJ Withdrew due to injury. |
Individual all-time records[]
Most capped players[]Arnold Bruggink is the most capped player for Jong Orange.
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.
See also[]
References[]
External links[]
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- European national under-21 association football teams
- Netherlands national football team
- Youth football in the Netherlands