Netherlands women's national football team

Netherlands
Nickname(s) Oranje (Orange)
Leeuwinnen (Lionesses)[1]
Association Royal Dutch Football Association
(Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond)
Confederation UEFA (Europe)
Head coach Sarina Wiegman
Captain Mandy van den Berg
Most caps Annemieke Kiesel (156)[2]
Top scorer Manon Melis (59)[3]
FIFA code NED
First colours
Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current 12 Steady (23 June 2017)[4]
Highest 11[4] (December 2014)
Lowest 20[4] (June 2008)
First international
 France 4–0 Netherlands 
(Hazebrouck, France; 17 April 1971)
Biggest win

 Netherlands 12–0 Israel 
(Zaandam, Netherlands; 22 August 1977)

 Netherlands 13–1 Macedonia 
(Zwolle, Netherlands; 29 October 2009)
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 7–0 Netherlands 
(Borås, Sweden; 26 September 1981)
World Cup
Appearances 1 (first in 2015)
Best result Round of 16 (2015)
European Championship
Appearances 3 (first in 2009)
Best result Winners (2017)
Netherlands women's national football team in May 2014

The Netherlands women's national football team (Dutch: Nederlands vrouwenvoetbalelftal) represents the Netherlands in international women's association football and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA and FIFA.

In 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.[5] They have played at the final tournament of the 2009, 2013, and 2017 UEFA Women's Championship and were champions in 2017. They have also played at the final tournament of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place.

The nicknames for the team are Oranje (Orange) and Leeuwinnen (Lionesses).[1] Sarina Wiegman has been head coach since January 2017.[6] As of June 2017, the team is ranked number 12 in the FIFA Women's World Rankings.

History

On 17 April 1971, the Dutch team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.[7] The match took place in Hazebrouck, France and resulted in a 4–0 defeat for the Netherlands.

In 1980s and 1990s, the team failed to qualify for the final tournaments of UEFA's European Championship and later also for the FIFA's World Championship. The team qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 and reached third place together with Norway, after England (second place) and Germany (first place). [8] The team again qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2013, but did not advance after the group stage.

The team qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place, after having lost their first match in the knockout stage to Japan. In 2017, the Netherlands won their first major women's trophy, ending Germany's seemingly unbeatable reign over the UEFA Women's Championship and surprising friend and foe alike by winning the tournament on home soil, beating Denmark 4–2 in the final. The successful campaign in which Oranje managed to win all of their matches highly contributed to the popularity of women's football in the Netherlands.

Tournament record

FIFA World Cup

On 27 November 2014, the Netherlands women's national football team qualified to the final tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.[9]

Netherlands's FIFA World Cup record
Host nation
and year
Result Pos Pld W D* L GF GA
China 1991 Did not qualify
Sweden 1995
United States 1999
United States 2003
China 2007
Germany 2011
Canada 2015Round of 16 13th of 24 4 1 1 2 3 4
Total1/7-411234
* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

UEFA European Championship

The Netherlands failed to qualify for the final tournament of the UEFA Women's Championship from 1984 to 2005. In 2009, the Dutch women's team qualified and reached third place, which is their best tournament result.[10] In 2013, they qualified again, but did not advance after the group stage.[11] The Dutch women booked a major victory on the 2017 tournament: following a 4–2 victory over Denmark they became the new European champion. Furthermore Lieke Martens was heralded as the best player of the tournament.

Netherlands's UEFA European Championship record
Host nation(s)
and year
Result Pos Pld W D* L GF GA
1984** Did not qualify
Norway 1987
West Germany 1989
Denmark 1991
Italy 1993
England Germany Norway Sweden 1995
Norway 1997
Germany 2001
England 2005
Finland 2009Semi-finals3rd521265
Sweden 2013Group stage12th 301202
Netherlands 2017Champions1st6600133
Total3/12148241910
* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.
** Missing flag indicates no host country.

Results and fixtures

The following is a list of matches in 2017[12]

Current squad

Squad for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017.[13][14]

Head coach: Sarina Wiegman

0#0 Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Sari van Veenendaal (1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 32 0 England Arsenal
2 2DF Desiree van Lunteren (1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 46 0 Netherlands Ajax
3 2DF Stefanie van der Gragt (1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 37 3 Netherlands Ajax
4 2DF Mandy van den Berg (c) (1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 86 6 England Reading
5 2DF Kika van Es (1991-10-11) 11 October 1991 37 0 Netherlands Twente
6 2DF Anouk Dekker (1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 61 6 France Montpellier
7 4FW Shanice van de Sanden (1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 40 9 England Liverpool
8 3MF Sherida Spitse (1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 132 20 Netherlands Twente
9 4FW Vivianne Miedema (1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 51 41 England Arsenal
10 3MF Daniëlle van de Donk (1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 65 10 England Arsenal
11 3MF Lieke Martens (1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 74 30 Spain Barcelona
12 3MF Jill Roord (1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 16 3 Germany Bayern Munich
13 4FW Renate Jansen (1990-12-07) 7 December 1990 15 3 Netherlands Twente
14 3MF Jackie Groenen (1994-12-17) 17 December 1994 19 1 Germany Frankfurt
15 3MF Sisca Folkertsma (1997-05-21) 21 May 1997 7 0 Netherlands Ajax
16 1GK Angela Christ (1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 16 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
17 2DF Kelly Zeeman (1993-11-19) 19 November 1993 18 0 Netherlands Ajax
18 4FW Vanity Lewerissa (1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 9 0 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
19 3MF Sheila van den Bulk (1989-04-06) 6 April 1989 4 0 Sweden Djurgården
20 2DF Dominique Janssen (1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 22 0 England Arsenal
21 4FW Lineth Beerensteyn (1996-10-11) 11 October 1996 14 3 Germany Bayern Munich
22 2DF Liza van der Most (1993-10-08) 8 October 1993 6 0 Netherlands Ajax
23 1GK Loes Geurts (1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 117 0 France Paris Saint-Germain

Coaches

Overall official record

Abbreviation Key table
EC European Championship (Women's Euro)
WC World Cup
OG Olympic Games
QS Qualification tournament
Competition Stage Result Opponent Position Scorers
1984 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.4 2–3, 5–0 Belgium Belgium 2 / 4 Camper, Fortuin, De Haan, De Jong-Desaunois, Timisela, Timmer, De Visser
2–1, 0–2 Denmark Denmark De Bakker, Camper
2–2, 1–1 Germany West Germany Camper, De Visser (2)
1987 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.3 1–0, 5–3 France France 2 / 4 Allott (4), De Bakker, Camper
0–2, 2–0 Sweden Sweden De Bakker, Vestjens
3–1, 3–0 Belgium Belgium Allott (2), De Bakker, Boogerd, Timisela (2)
1989 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2 0–0, 1–0 Sweden Sweden 1 / 4 De Bakker
4–0, w/o Scotland Scotland De Bakker (2), Wiegman, Timisela
1–0, 2–0 Republic of Ireland Ireland De Bakker, Timisela, De Winter
Quarter-finals 1–2, 0–3 Norway Norway De Bakker
1991 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.1 2–0, 0–0 Republic of Ireland Ireland 1 / 3 Vestjens (2)
6–0, 9–0 Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Baal, De Bakker (6), Geeris, Limbeek (2), Pauw, Timisela (2), Vestjens, Van Waarden
Quarter-finals 0–0, 0–1 (a.e.t.) Denmark Denmark
1993 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.5 3–0, 2–0 Greece Greece 1 / 3 Geeris (3), Limbeek, Timisela
1–1, 0–0 Romania Romania Van der Ploeg
Quarter-finals 0–3, 0–3 Norway Norway
1995 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.8 1–2, 0–1 Iceland Iceland 2 / 3 Leemans
2–0, 4–0 Greece Greece Van Dam (2), Keereweer, Limbeek, Noom, Roos
1997 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2
(Class A)
0–2, 0–2 Iceland Iceland 4 / 4
1–1, 1–0 Russia Russia Korbmacher, Van Waarden
1–1, 1–2 France France Korbmacher, Migchelsen
Relegation Play-off 2–1, 1–0 Czech Republic Czech Republic Wiegman, Kiesel-Griffioen, Timisela
1999 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.3
(Class A)
1–6, 0–0 Norway Norway 3 / 4 Roos
0–1, 2–1 England England Noom (2)
1–0, 1–2 Germany Germany Migchelsen, Noom
2001 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.1
(Class A)
1–1, 1–2 France France 4 / 4 Van Eyk, Smith
1–1, 1–2 Spain Spain Kiesel-Griffioen, Smith
1–1, 0–3 Sweden Sweden Smith
Relegation Play-Off 3–0, 2–0 Hungary Hungary Kiesel-Griffioen, Muller, Noom, Torny (2)
2003 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.4
(Class A)
0–0, 1–4 England England 3 / 4 Kiesel-Griffioen
0–3, 0–6 Germany Germany
1–2, 4–1 Portugal Portugal Burger, Muller, Noom, Ran, Smith
2005 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.2
(Class A)
0–1 0–0 Spain Spain 4 / 5
0–2, 0–2 Norway Norway
0–3, 1–5 Denmark Denmark Ran
3–0, 3–0 Belgium Belgium De Boer, Koster, Melis, Muller, Torny, Van Veen
2007 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.5
(Class A)
1–0, 0–2 France France 3 / 5 De Boer
1–0, 4–0 Austria Austria Delies, Demarteau, Louwaars, Smit (2)
0–1, 0–4 England England
5–0, 4–0 Hungary Hungary Delies, Hoogendijk, Louwaars (2), Smit, Smith, Stevens (3)
2009 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.4 1–5, 0–1 Germany Germany 2 / 5 Torny
2–2, 1–1 Switzerland Switzerland Van Eijk, Melis (2)
2–1, 1–0 Wales Wales Melis (2), Smit
2–2, 3–0 Belgium Belgium Hoogendijk, Melis (3), Stevens
Play-Off 2–0, 2–0 Spain Spain Stevens (3), Van de Ven
Finland 2009 EC Group Stage: Gr.A
2–0
Ukraine Ukraine 2 / 4 Stevens, Van de Ven
1–2
Finland Finland Van de Ven
2–1
Denmark Denmark Melis, Smit
Quarter-finals 0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p) France France
Semi-finals 1–2 (a.e.t.) England England Pieëte
2011 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.1 0–3, 2–2 Norway Norway 2 / 5 Dekker, Melis
13–1, 7–0 Republic of Macedonia Macedonia Hoogendijk, Kiesel-Griffioen (4), Koster, Melis (2), Meulen, Pieëte, De Ridder, Slegers, Smit (7), Spitse
1–1, 4–0 Belarus Belarus Melis (2), De Ridder, Slegers, Van de Ven
2–0, 1–0 Slovakia Slovakia Kiesel-Griffioen, Koster, Smit
2013 EC QS Group Stage: Gr.6 6–0, 4–0 Serbia Serbia 2 / 5 Van den Berg, Van de Donk, Hoogendijk, Martens, Melis (6)
3–0, 2–0 Croatia Croatia Melis, De Ridder, Smit, Spitse, Van de Ven
0–0, 0–1 England England
2–0, 3–1 Slovenia Slovenia Heuver, Melis, De Ridder, Van de Ven (2)
Sweden 2013 EC Group Stage: Gr.B
0–0
Germany Germany 4 / 4
0–1
Norway Norway
0–1
Iceland Iceland
2015 WC QS Group Stage: Gr.5 4–0, 10–1 Albania Albania 2 / 6 Bakker, Van den Heiligenberg, Martens (2), Melis (3), Slegers (6), + 1 o.g.
7–0, 3–2 Portugal Portugal Van den Berg, Dekker, Miedema (6), Slegers (2)
1–2, 2–0 Norway Norway Dekker, Van de Donk, Miedema
7–0, 6–0 Greece Greece Bakker, van den Berg (2), Martens (2), Melis (2), Miedema (4), Middag, Spitse
1–1, 2–0 Belgium Belgium Miedema (2), Slegers
Play-Off 2–1, 2–0 Scotland Scotland Martens (2), Melis (2)
Play-Off Final 1–1, 2–1 Italy Italy Miedema (3)
Canada 2015 WCGroup Stage: Gr.A
1–0
New Zealand New Zealand 3 / 4 Martens
0–1
China China
1–1
Canada Canada Van de Ven
Round of 16
1–2
Japan Japan Van de Ven
2016 OG QSSingle Round-robin
4–3
  Switzerland 2 / 4 Van den Berg, Melis, Miedema, Van de Sanden
1–4
 Norway Melis
1–1
 Sweden Miedema
Netherlands 2017 ECGroup Stage: Gr.A
1–0
Norway Norway 1 / 4 Van de Sanden
1–0
Denmark Denmark Spitse
2–1
Belgium Belgium Martens, Spitse
Quarter-finals
2–0
Sweden Sweden Martens, Miedema
Semi-finals
3–0
England England Van de Donk, Miedema + 1 o.g.
Final
4–2
Denmark Denmark Miedema (2), Martens, Spitse

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