List of Netherlands national football team managers

Last updated June 20, 2024

There have been 38 different coaches who have taken the role as manager of the Netherlands national football team. The team's first coach was Cees van Hasselt, who took charge of their first match against Belgium in 1905.^[1] Bob Glendenning holds the record for the longest tenure as Netherlands coach, having served in the role for a total of 16 years over two spells: in 1923, and from 1925 to 1940. He also coached the Netherlands team the most times in history with 87 matches, 25 more than second-placed coach Dick Advocaat. Advocaat has the most wins as coach, with 37 to Glendenning's 36.^[2]

Managers

As of 14 June 2023

From	To	Name	P	W	D	L	Competitions	Notes
30 April 1905	10 May 1908	Cees van Hasselt	11	6	0	5
22 November 1908	15 November 1913	Edgar Chadwick	24	14	2	8	1908 Olympics 1912 Olympics
16 November 1910	?	Jimmy Hogan	1	1	0	0		Caretaker manager
17 November 1912	?	Fred Warburton	1	1	0	0		Caretaker manager
20 April 1913	?	Tom Bradshaw	1	0	0	1		Caretaker manager
15 March 1914	17 May 1914	Billy Hunter	4	2	1	1
9 June 1919	?	Jack Reynolds	1	1	0	0
24 August 1919	10 May 1923	Frederick Warburton	21 (20)	8 (7)	6 (6)	7 (7)	1920 Olympics
12 June 1921	?	Jim Waites	1	0	1	0		Caretaker manager
25 October 1923	?	Bob Glendenning	1	1	0	0
23 March 1924	9 June 1924	William Townley	8	2	3	3	1924 Olympics
2 November 1924	?	Jan Bollington	1	1	0	0
15 March 1925	21 April 1940	Bob Glendenning	87 (86)	36 (35)	15 (15)	36 (36)	1928 Olympics 1934 FIFA World Cup 1938 FIFA World Cup
10 March 1946	27 November 1946	Karel Kaufman	4	2	1	1
7 April 1947	30 June 1948	Jesse Carver	10	6	2	2	1948 Olympics
21 November 1948	?	Tom Sneddon	1	0	1	0
13 March 1949	23 April 1949	Karel Kaufman	6 (2)	3 (1)	2 (1)	1 (0)
12 June 1949	30 May 1954	Jaap van der Leck	29	5	3	21	1952 Olympics
24 October 1954	?	Karel Kaufman	7 (1)	3 (0)	2 (0)	2 (1)
13 March 1955	?	Friedrich Donenfeld	1	0	1	0
3 April 1955	6 June 1956	Max Merkel	10	7	1	2
15 September 1956	?	Heinrich "Wudi" Müller	1	1	0	0
14 October 1956	4 November 1956	Friedrich Donenfeld	3 (2)	1 (1)	2 (1)	0 (0)
30 January 1957	26 May 1957	George Hardwick	5	1	1	3
11 September 1957	24 May 1964	Elek Schwartz	49	19	12	18
30 September 1964	14 November 1965	Denis Neville	8	2	3	3
23 March 1966	28 January 1970	Georg Keßler	28	10	6	12
11 October 1970	18 November 1973	František Fadrhonc	20	13	4	3
27 March 1974	7 July 1974	Rinus Michels	10	6	3	1	1974 FIFA World Cup
4 September 1974	19 June 1976	George Knobel	15	9	1	5	UEFA Euro 1976
8 September 1976	26 March 1977	Jan Zwartkruis	4	3	1	0
31 August 1977	24 June 1978	Ernst Happel	12	8	2	2	1978 FIFA World Cup
5 October 1977	26 October 1977	Jan Zwartkruis	11 (1)	7 (1)	4 (1)	0 (0)		Caretaker manager
20 September 1978	6 January 1981	Jan Zwartkruis	28 (22)	12 (8)	8 (6)	8 (8)	UEFA Euro 1980
22 February 1981	22 February 1981	Rob Baan	1	1	0	0		Caretaker manager
23 March 1981	17 October 1984	Kees Rijvers	21	10	3	8
29 April 1981	29 April 1981	Rob Baan	2 (1)	2 (1)	0 (0)	0 (0)		Caretaker manager
14 November 1984	23 December 1984	Rinus Michels	12 (2)	7 (1)	3 (0)	2 (1)
27 February 1985	12 March 1986	Leo Beenhakker	7	5	1	1
29 April 1986	25 June 1988	Rinus Michels	34 (22)	19 (12)	9 (6)	6 (4)	UEFA Euro 1988
14 September 1988	20 December 1989	Thijs Libregts	11	6	3	2
21 February 1990	28 March 1990	Nol de Ruiter	2	0	1	1		Caretaker manager
30 May 1990	24 June 1990	Leo Beenhakker	13 (6)	6 (1)	4 (3)	3 (2)	1990 FIFA World Cup
26 September 1990	22 June 1992	Rinus Michels	53 (19)	30 (11)	14 (5)	9 (3)	UEFA Euro 1992
9 September 1992	14 December 1994	Dick Advocaat	26	15	6	5	1994 FIFA World Cup
18 January 1995	11 July 1998	Guus Hiddink	38	22	8	8	UEFA Euro 1996 1998 FIFA World Cup
26 February 1997	26 February 1997	Jan Rab	1	0	0	1		Caretaker manager
10 November 1998	29 June 2000	Frank Rijkaard	22	8	12	2	UEFA Euro 2000
2 September 2000	30 November 2001	Louis van Gaal	14	8	4	2
13 February 2002	30 June 2004	Dick Advocaat	55 (29)	31 (16)	13 (7)	11 (6)	UEFA Euro 2004
18 August 2004	21 June 2008	Marco van Basten	52	35	11	6	2006 FIFA World Cup UEFA Euro 2008
20 August 2008	17 June 2012	Bert van Marwijk	52	34	10	8	2010 FIFA World Cup UEFA Euro 2012
15 August 2012	31 July 2014	Louis van Gaal	43 (29)	26 (18)	13 (9)	4 (2)	2014 FIFA World Cup
1 August 2014	1 July 2015	Guus Hiddink	48 (10)	26 (4)	9 (1)	13 (5)
1 July 2015	27 March 2017	Danny Blind	17	7	3	7
27 March 2017	4 June 2017	Fred Grim	3	2	0	1		Caretaker manager
4 June 2017	14 November 2017	Dick Advocaat	62 (7)	37 (6)	13 (0)	12 (1)
6 February 2018	19 August 2020	Ronald Koeman	20	11	5	4	2018–19 UEFA Nations League
19 August 2020	23 September 2020	Dwight Lodeweges	2	1	0	1		Caretaker manager
23 September 2020	29 June 2021	Frank de Boer	15	8	4	3	UEFA Euro 2020
4 August 2021	9 December 2022	Louis van Gaal	63 (20)	40 (14)	19 (6)	4 (0)	2022 FIFA World Cup
1 January 2023	Present	Ronald Koeman	23 (3)	12 (1)	5 (0)	6 (2)	UEFA Euro 2024

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References

↑ "Netherlands national football team managers" . Retrieved 18 April 2019.
↑ "Coaches – NEDERLANDS ELFTAL" . Retrieved 27 May 2019.

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