Netherlands national under-21 football team

Netherlands U21
Nickname(s)	Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Head coach	Michael Reiziger
Captain	Quinten Timber
Most caps	Arnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31)
Top scorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
First colours	Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1988 )
Best result	Winners (2006, 2007)

Last updated April 14, 2024

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.

Competitive record
UEFA U-23 Championship record
UEFA U-23 Championship Record 2
UEFA U-21 Championship Record
Olympic Games
Results and fixtures 2021–2023
2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
Players
Current squad
Recent call ups
Overage players in Olympic Games
Notable players from under-21 football team
Individual all-time records
Most capped players
Most goals scored
See also
References
External links

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.

Competitive record

UEFA U-23 Championship record

The Netherlands were randomly chosen to play against Bulgaria for the title in a one-off match in Sofia, which the Netherlands lost.

17 April 1968: Bulgaria 3–1 Netherlands.

UEFA U-23 Championship Record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
UEFA U-23 Championship Record									Qualification record
1972	Quarter-finals	?	3	0	1	2	4	2	4	2	1	1	9	7
1974	Quarter-finals	?	2	1	0	1	4	4	2	2	0	0	4	1
1976	Semi finals	?	4	2	0	2	3	5	4	3	1	0	10	3
Total	0 titles	3/3	9	3	1	5	11	11	10	7	2	1	23	11

(*) Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
UEFA U-21 Championship Record										Qualification record
1978	did not enter									did not enter
1980	did not qualify									4	0	1	3	4	8
1982										4	2	0	2	4	4
1984										4	1	2	1	7	3
1986										6	4	1	1	11	3
1988	Semi-finals	3rd/4th	4	3	0	1	5	6	—	6	5	0	1	12	5
1990	did not qualify									6	1	2	3	6	9
1992	Quarter-finals	5th	2	1	0	1	2	2	—	6	4	2	0	20	4
1994	did not qualify									10	3	2	5	11	14
1996	did not qualify									10	6	2	2	23	9
1998	Fourth place	4th	3	1	0	2	2	2	Squad	8	6	1	1	26	5
2000	Group stage		3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad	10	7	1	2	21	9
2002	did not qualify									10	5	3	2	22	10
2004	did not qualify									8	1	4	3	6	10
2006	Final	Champions	5	3	1	1	9	5	Squad	10	7	2	1	21	7
2007	Final	Champions	5	3	2	0	10	5	Squad	Qualified as hosts
2009	did not qualify									8	5	1	2	10	3
2011	did not qualify									10	8	0	2	22	8
2013	Semi-finals	3rd	4	2	0	2	8	7	Squad	10	8	1	1	25	3
2015	did not qualify									10	5	1	4	26	13
2017										8	4	2	2	15	10
2019										10	5	3	2	21	6
2021	Semi-finals	4th	5	2	2	1	11	6	Squad	10	9	0	1	46	5
2023	Group stage		3	0	3	0	2	2	Squad	10	8	2	0	32	3
Total	2 titles	9/24	34	16	8	10	52	34	—	178	104	33	41	391	151

(*) Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

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
2024
Total	1/7	0 Medals	4	1	2	1	4	4

Results and fixtures 2021–2023

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	10	8	2	0	32	3	+29	26	Final tournament	—	2–0	3–0	5–0	3–1	6–0
2	Switzerland	10	7	2	1	22	6	+16	23	Final tournament	2–2	—	3–0	5–1	1–0	4–0
3	Moldova	10	3	3	4	7	12	−5	12		0–3	1–1	—	1–0	0–2	1–0
4	Wales	10	3	2	5	15	14	+1	11		0–1	0–1	0–0	—	1–1	2–0
5	Bulgaria	10	2	4	4	10	11	−1	10		0–0	0–1	0–0	0–4	—	5–0
6	Gibraltar	10	0	1	9	1	41	−40	1		0–7	0–4	0–4	0–7	1–1	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the matches against Norway on 21 March and Moldova on 25 March 2024.

Caps and goals correct as of 21 March 2024, after the match against Norway.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Calvin Raatsie	(2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 (age 22)	6	0	Roda JC
16	1 GK	Dani van den Heuvel	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 20)	1	0	Leeds United
23	1 GK	Robin Roefs	(2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 21)	1	0	NEC

12	2 DF	Neraysho Kasanwirjo	(2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Rapid Wien
2	2 DF	Devyne Rensch	(2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 21)	13	2	Ajax
4	2 DF	Jorrel Hato	(2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 (age 18)	5	0	Ajax
3	2 DF	Wouter Goes	(2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 (age 19)	1	0	AZ
8	2 DF	Ian Maatsen	(2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 22)	16	1	Borussia Dortmund
5	2 DF	Bjorn Meijer	(2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 21)	4	2	Club Brugge
15	2 DF	Youri Baas	(2003-03-17) 17 March 2003 (age 21)	3	0	NEC
14	2 DF	Max Bruns	(2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Twente

13	3 MF	Ryan Flamingo	(2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 21)	3	0	Utrecht
6	3 MF	Kenneth Taylor	(2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 21)	14	2	Ajax
18	3 MF	Julian Baas	(2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 21)	1	0	Excelsior
20	3 MF	Youri Regeer	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 20)	6	0	FC Twente

11	4 FW	Ruben van Bommel	(2004-08-03) 3 August 2004 (age 19)	7	3	AZ
10	4 FW	Myron van Brederode	(2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 20)	5	1	AZ
17	4 FW	Ernest Poku	(2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 20)	3	0	AZ
19	4 FW	Noah Ohio	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 21)	7	5	Hull City
7	4 FW	Million Manhoef	(2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 (age 22)	11	3	Stoke City
22	4 FW	Ibrahim Cissoko	(2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 21)	1	0	Toulouse
	4 FW	Emanuel Emegha	(2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 21)	4	0	RC Strasbourg
9	4 FW	Sontje Hansen	(2002-05-18) 18 May 2002 (age 21)	3	1	NEC

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
GK	Hugo Wentges	(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002 (age 22)	1	0	ADO Den Haag	v. Moldova, 8 September 2023

DF	Rav van den Berg	(2004-07-07) 7 July 2004 (age 19)	3	0	Middlesbrough	UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
DF	Ki-Jana Hoever	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22)	6	1	Stoke City	v. North Macedonia, 12 September 2023
DF	Finn van Breemen	(2003-02-25) 25 February 2003 (age 21)	4	0	FC Basel	UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
DF	Tyrese Asante	(2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22)	1	0	ADO Den Haag	UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
DF	Anass Salah-Eddine	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 22)	7	0	Twente	UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

MF	Ryan Gravenberch	(2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 21)	11	1	Liverpool	UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
MF	Isaac Babadi	(2005-04-06) 6 April 2005 (age 19)	2	1	PSV	v. North Macedonia, 12 September 2023
MF	Calvin Twigt	(2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 21)	3	0	FC Volendam	v. UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
MF	Dirk Proper	(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 22)	7	1	NEC	v. UEFA Euro U-21 qualification

FW	Brian Brobbey	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002 (age 22)	17	9	Ajax	v. Georgia, 27 June 2023
^INJ Withdrew due to injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^SEN Accepted call up to senior team.

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2008	Kew Jaliens (DF)	Gerald Sibon (FW)	Roy Makaay (FW)

Individual all-time records

Still active players are highlighted

Most capped players

Rank	Player	Career	Matches	Goals
1	Arnold Bruggink	1995–1999	31	15
1	Leroy Fer	2009–2013	31	6
3	Daniël de Ridder	2004–2007	30	1
4	Niels Oude Kamphuis	1996–2000	28	2
5	Roy Makaay	1994–1998	27	15
5	Mark van Bommel	1996–2000	27	3
7	Kiki Musampa	1996–2000	25	8
7	Arnold Kruiswijk	2003–2007	25	0
9	Georginio Wijnaldum	2009–2013	24	10
10	Daley Blind	2009–2013	23	0
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2002–2006	23	18
	Bram Nuytinck	2010–2013	23	2
	Marco van Ginkel	2011–2014	23	4
	Tonny Vilhena	2013–2016	23	4

Last updated: 29 May 2014

Most goals scored

Rank	Player	Career	Goals	Matches	Average
1	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2002–2006	18	23	0.78
2	Roy Makaay	1994–1998	15	27	0.56
2	Arnold Bruggink	1995–1999	15	31	0.48
4	Género Zeefuik	2011–2012	10	12	0.83
4	Georginio Wijnaldum	2009–2013	10	24	0.42
6	Brian Brobbey	2021–	9	17	0.53
7	Vincent Janssen	2014–2015	8	10	0.80
7	Kiki Musampa	1996–2000	8	25	0.32
9	Edwin Bakker	1984–1985	7	7	1.00
	Ronald de Boer	1989–1992	7	9	0.78
	Quincy Promes	2013–2014	7	10	0.70
	Joshua Zirkzee	2020–	7	19	0.37
	Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	2020–2023	7	22	0.32

Last updated: 27 June 2023

Related Research Articles

The 2008 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2008 or simply Euro 2008, was the 13th UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football tournament contested by the member nations of UEFA. It took place in Austria and Switzerland from 7 to 29 June 2008.

Rudolphus Antonius "Roy" Makaay is a Dutch professional football coach and former footballer. As a striker, he was known for his goal-scoring ability as a result of his "aerial prowess and quick drives to the net where he can put the ball away with either foot."

The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the competition also serves as the UEFA qualification tournament for the Summer Olympics.

Dirk Jan Klaas Huntelaar, known professionally as Klaas-JanHuntelaar, is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker.

The Ukraine national under-21 football team is also known as Youth [football] team of Ukraine is one of junior national football teams of Ukraine for participation in under-21 international competitions. The team is managed by the Ukrainian Association of Football staff, committee of national teams. The team participates in qualifications to the Olympic competitions and the continental (UEFA) U-21 competitions.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2007 UEFA European Under-21 Championship</span> International football competition

The UEFA European Under-21 Championship 2007 were held from 10 to 23 June 2007. It was the 16th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship.

The Portugal national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Portugal and is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF). They are nicknamed "Esperanças."Esperança means hope, thus they are Portugal's hopes for the future.

Artem Volodymyrovych Milevskyi is a Ukrainian former professional footballer who played as a second striker.

The Romania national under-21 football team, also known as Romania under-21s or Romania U21(s), is considered to be the feeder team for the Romania national football team.

The Israel national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Israel, and is controlled by the Israel Football Association (IFA). It is considered to be the feeder team for the senior Israel national football team.

Royston Ricky Drenthe is a Dutch former footballer. Although primarily a left winger, he has also played as a left-back.

Maceo Rigters is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker for SC Heerenveen, Dordrecht, NAC Breda and Willem II in the Netherlands, for Blackburn Rovers, Norwich City and Barnsley in England, and for Gold Coast United in Australia. He is also a former player for the Netherlands Under-21 team.

In Israeli football (soccer), the Israel national under-19 football team and the Israel national under-20 football team ; or simply Israel Under-19s, Israel U19s; Israel Under-20s, Israel U20s - both squads are also regarded as the feeders for the Israel national under-21 team.

The France national under-19 football team is the national under-19 football team of France and is controlled by the French Football Federation. The team competes in the annual UEFA European Under-19 Football Championship. They were the 2010 champions of the competition having won on home soil. The under-19 team also contests the qualification matches needed to play in the FIFA U-20 World Cup, though the competition is classified as an under-20 tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship</span> 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 2015 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 20th edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a biennial international football competition for men's under-21 national teams organised by UEFA. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in the Czech Republic from 15 to 30 June 2015, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 20 March 2012 in Istanbul.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship</span> International football competition

The 2015 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the 14th edition of the UEFA European Under-17 Championship, the annual European youth football competition contested by the men's under-17 national teams of the member associations of UEFA. Bulgaria hosted the tournament. The finals featured 16 teams for the first time since 2002, as the number of teams was increased from eight in the previous tournament. Players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate in this competition.

The 2017 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 21st edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, a biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. The final tournament was hosted in Poland for the first time, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 26 January 2015 in Nyon, Switzerland. The tournament took place from 16–30 June 2017. Players born on or after 1 January 1994 were eligible for the tournament.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship</span> 22nd UEFA European U-21 Championship

The 2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 22nd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. The final tournament was hosted by Italy in mid-2019, after their bid was selected by the UEFA Executive Committee on 9 December 2016 in Nyon, Switzerland.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship</span> 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 2021 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 23rd edition of the UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the biennial international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the men's under-21 national teams of Europe. Initially, 12 teams were to play in the tournament, however on 6 February 2019, UEFA's executive committee increased this number to 16. Only players born on or after 1 January 1998 were eligible to participate.

The 2023 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship was the 20th edition of the UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship, the annual international youth football championship organised by UEFA for the women's under-19 national teams of Europe. Belgium hosts the tournament on 18–30 July. It is the first women's final tournament to be held in Belgium A total of eight teams are playing in the tournament, with players born on or after 1 January 2004 eligible to participate.

References

External links

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

This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.