Netherlands women's national football team

This article is about the women's team. For the men's team, see Netherlands national football team.

Netherlands

Nickname(s)

Oranje (Orange)
Leeuwinnen (Lionesses)^[1]

Association

Royal Dutch Football Association
(Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond)

Confederation

UEFA (Europe)

Head coach

Arjan van der Laan^[2]

Captain

Mandy van den Berg

Most caps

Annemieke Kiesel (156)^[3]

Top scorer

Manon Melis (59)^[4]

FIFA code

NED

First colours

Second colours

FIFA ranking

Current

1 (26 August 2016)^[5]

Highest

11^[5] (December 2014)

Lowest

20^[5] (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; 28 October 2001)

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

2 (first in 2009)

Best result

3rd (2009)

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.

In 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.^[6] They have played at the final tournament of the 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship and reached third place in 2009. 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] Arjan van der Laan is the team's coach, after being appointed in October 2015 as successor of Roger Reijners who stepped down.^[2] Since March 2015, 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). This is the team's best result at an international tournament to date.^[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. As host country, the Dutch team has automatically qualified for the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Despite of this, the women's team has not been noticed, since the men's was getting famous for 2014 FIFA World Cup's success, but the men's team's disastrous campaign of UEFA Euro 2016, by being eliminated from the qualification, has forced the Netherlands to take more notice on the women's team.

Tournament record

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]

Year	Result	Position	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
1991	Did not qualify
1995	Did not qualify
1999	Did not qualify
2003	Did not qualify
2007	Did not qualify
2011	Did not qualify
2015	Round of 16	13th	4	1	1	2	3	4
Total	1/7	-	4	1	1	2	3	4

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

Lieke Martens playing against Germany at UEFA Women's Euro 2013

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]

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws*	Losses	GF	GA
1984**	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1987	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1989	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1991	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1993	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1995	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
1997	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2001	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2005	Did not qualify	–	–	–	–	–	–
2009	Third place	5	2	1	2	6	5
2013	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	2
2017	Qualified
Total	3/12	8	2	2	4	6	7

* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

** Missing flag indicates no host country.

Current squad

Squad for the 2016 UEFA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.^[12]

Head coach: Arjan van der Laan

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Loes Geurts	(1986-01-12) 12 January 1986	107	0	Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
1GK	Sari van Veenendaal	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990	21	0	Arsenal
1GK	Angela Christ	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989	14	0	PSV/FC Eindhoven
2DF	Mandy van den Berg (c)	(1990-08-26) 26 August 1990	68	4	Liverpool
2DF	Desiree van Lunteren	(1992-12-30) 30 December 1992	31	0	Ajax
2DF	Kika van Es	(1991-10-11) 11 October 1991	22	0	PSV/FC Eindhoven
2DF	Dominique Janssen	(1995-01-17) 17 January 1995	13	0	Arsenal
2DF	Merel van Dongen	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993	10	1	Ajax
2DF	Danique Kerkdijk	(1996-05-01) 1 May 1996	5	0	FC Twente
3MF	Sherida Spitse	(1990-05-29) 29 May 1990	115	17	LSK Kvinner
3MF	Claudia van den Heiligenberg	(1985-03-25) 25 March 1985	97	8	Jena
3MF	Anouk Dekker	(1986-11-15) 15 November 1986	48	5	Montpellier
3MF	Daniëlle van de Donk	(1991-08-05) 5 August 1991	47	9	Arsenal
3MF	Renée Slegers	(1989-02-05) 5 February 1989	49	14	Linköpings FC
3MF	Tessel Middag	(1992-12-23) 23 December 1992	30	3	Ajax
3MF	Kelly Zeeman	(1993-11-19) 19 November 1993	6	0	Ajax
3MF	Jackie Groenen	(1994-12-17) 17 December 1994	4	0	Frankfurt
3MF	Myrthe Moorrees	(1994-12-12) 12 December 1994	0	0	PSV/FC Eindhoven
4FW	Manon Melis	(1986-08-31) 31 August 1986	135	59	Seattle Reign
4FW	Lieke Martens	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992	61	25	FC Rosengard
4FW	Vivianne Miedema	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996	34	23	Bayern Munich
4FW	Shanice van de Sanden	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992	25	7	Liverpool
4FW	Eshly Bakker	(1993-02-10) 10 February 1993	10	3	Ajax
4FW	Jeslynn Kuijpers	(1995-06-23) 23 June 1995	1	0	PSV/FC Eindhoven

Coaches

Piet Buter (1987–1989)
Bert van Lingen (1989–1991)
Jan Derks (1991–1994)
Ruud Dokter (1995–2000)
Frans de Kat (2001–2004)
Vera Pauw (2004–2010)^[13]^[14]
Roger Reijners (2010–2015)^[15]^[14]
Sarina Wiegman (2015)^[2]
Arjan van der Laan (2015–present)^[2]

Overall official record

All results list the Netherlands goal tally first.
Goal scorers are sorted alphabetically.

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	2 / 4	Camper, Fortuin, de Haan, de Jong-Desaunois, Timisela, Timmer, de Visser
		2–1, 0–2	Denmark		de Bakker, Camper
		2–2, 1–1	West Germany		Camper, de Visser (2)
1987 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.3	1–0, 5–3	France	2 / 4	Allott (4), de Bakker, Camper
		0–2, 2–0	Sweden		de Bakker, Vestjens
		3–1, 3–0	Belgium		Allott (2), de Bakker, Boogerd, Timisela (2)
1989 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.2	0–0, 1–0	Sweden	1 / 4	de Bakker
		4–0, w/o	Scotland		de Bakker (2), Wiegman, Timisela
		1–0, 2–0	Ireland		de Bakker, Timisela, de Winter
	Quarter-finals	1–2, 0–3	Norway		de Bakker
1991 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.1	2–0, 0–0	Ireland	1 / 3	Vestjens (2)
	Group Stage: Gr.1	6–0, 9–0	Northern Ireland	1 / 3	Baal, de Bakker (6), Geeris, Limbeek (2), Pauw, Timisela (2), Vestjens, van Waarden
	Quarter-finals	0–0, 0–1 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
1993 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.5	3–0, 2–0	Greece	1 / 3	Geeris (3), Limbeek, Timisela
	Group Stage: Gr.5	1–1, 0–0	Romania	1 / 3	van der Ploeg
	Quarter-finals	0–3, 0–3	Norway
1995 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.8	1–2, 0–1	Iceland	2 / 3	Leemans
1995 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.8	2–0, 4–0	Greece	2 / 3	van Dam (2), Keereweer, Limbeek, Noom, Roos
1997 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.2 (Class A)	0–2, 0–2	Iceland	4 / 4
		1–1, 1–0	Russia		Korbmacher, van Waarden
		1–1, 1–2	France		Korbmacher, Migchelsen
	Relegation Play-off	2–1, 1–0	Czech Republic		Wiegman, Kiesel-Griffioen, Timisela
1999 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.3 (Class A)	1–6, 0–0	Norway	3 / 4	Roos
		0–1, 2–1	England		Noom (2)
		1–0, 1–2	Germany		Migchelsen, Noom
2001 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.1 (Class A)	1–1, 1–2	France	4 / 4	van Eyk, Smith
		1–1, 1–2	Spain		Kiesel-Griffioen, Smith
		1–1, 0–3	Sweden		Smith
	Relegation Play-Off	3–0, 2–0	Hungary		Kiesel-Griffioen, Muller, Noom, Torny (2)
2003 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.4 (Class A)	0–0, 1–4	England	3 / 4	Kiesel-Griffioen
		0–3, 0–6	Germany
		1–2, 4–1	Portugal		Burger, Muller, Noom, Ran, Smith
2005 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.2 (Class A)	0–1 0–0	Spain	4 / 5
		0–2, 0–2	Norway
		0–3, 1–5	Denmark		Ran
		3–0, 3–0	Belgium		de Boer, Koster, Melis, Muller, Torny, van Veen
2007 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.5 (Class A)	1–0, 0–2	France	3 / 5	de Boer
		1–0, 4–0	Austria		Delies, Demarteau, Louwaars, Smit (2)
		0–1, 0–4	England
		5–0, 4–0	Hungary		Delies, Hoogendijk, Louwaars (2), Smit, Smith, Stevens (3)
2009 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.4	1–5, 0–1	Germany	2 / 5	Torny
		2–2, 1–1	Switzerland		van Eijk, Melis (2)
		2–1, 1–0	Wales		Melis (2), Smit
		2–2, 3–0	Belgium		Hoogendijk, Melis (3), Stevens
	Play-Off	2–0, 2–0	Spain		Stevens (3), van de Ven
2009 EC	Group Stage: Gr.A	2–0	Ukraine	2 / 4	Stevens, van de Ven
		1–2	Finland		van de Ven
		2–1	Denmark		Melis, Smit
	Quarter-finals	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	France
	Semifinals	1–2 (a.e.t.)	England		Pieëte
2011 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.1	0–3, 2–2	Norway	2 / 5	Dekker, Melis
		13–1, 7–0	Macedonia		Hoogendijk, Kiesel-Griffioen (4), Koster, Melis (2), Meulen, Pieëte, de Ridder, Slegers, Smit (7), Spitse
		1–1, 4–0	Belarus		Melis (2), de Ridder, Slegers, van de Ven
		2–0, 1–0	Slovakia		Kiesel-Griffioen, Koster, Smit
2013 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.6	6–0, 4–0	Serbia	2 / 5	van den Berg, van de Donk, Hoogendijk, Martens, Melis (6)
		3–0, 2–0	Croatia		Melis, de Ridder, Smit, Spitse, van de Ven
		0–0, 0–1	England
		2–0, 3–1	Slovenia		Heuver, Melis, de Ridder, van de Ven (2)
2013 EC	Group Stage: Gr.B	0–0	Germany	4 / 4
		0–1	Norway
		0–1	Iceland
2015 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.5	4–0, 10–1	Albania	2 / 6	Bakker, van den Heiligenberg, Martens (2), Melis (3), Slegers (6), + 1 o.g.
		7–0, 3–2	Portugal		van den Berg, Dekker, Miedema (6), Slegers (2)
		1–2, 2–0	Norway		Dekker, van de Donk, Miedema
		7–0, 6–0	Greece		Bakker, van den Berg (2), Martens (2), Melis (2), Miedema (4), Middag, Spitse
		1–1, 2–0	Belgium		Miedema (2), Slegers
	Play-Off	2–1, 2–0	Scotland		Martens (2), Melis (2)
	Play-Off Final	1–1, 2–1	Italy		Miedema (3)
2015 WC	Group Stage: Gr.A	1–0	New Zealand	3 / 4	Martens
		0–1	China
		1–1	Canada		van de Ven
	Round of 16	1–2	Japan		van de Ven
2016 OG QS	Single Round-robin	4–3	Switzerland	2 / 4	van den Berg, Melis, Miedema, van de Sanden
		1–4	Norway		Melis
		1–1	Sweden		Miedema

References

1 2 Women's football in the Netherlands, Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
1 2 3 4 "Van der Laan replaces Reijners as Dutch coach". UEFA. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
↑ "Van Praag riddert Kiesel-Griffioen" (in Dutch). onsoranje.nl. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
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↑ (Dutch) Spelers en Staf: Vrouwen A-elftal, Ons Oranje. Retrieved on 2 July 2014.

External links

Media related to Netherlands women's national association football team at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
FIFA profile

Netherlands squads – FIFA Women's World Cup

Netherlands squad – 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup

1 Geurts 2 Van Lunteren 3 Van der Gragt 4 Van den Berg (c) 5 Hogewoning 6 Dekker 7 Melis 8 Spitse 9 Miedema 10 Van de Donk 11 Martens 12 Bito 13 Janssen 14 Hoogendijk 15 Van Dongen 16 Van Veenendaal 17 Middag 18 Van Erp 19 Van de Ven 20 Roord 21 Lewerissa 22 Van de Sanden 23 Christ Coach: Reijners

Netherlands squads – UEFA Women's Championship

Netherlands squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2009 Semi-finalists

1 Geurts 2 Bito 3 Koster 4 Meulen 5 Hogewoning 6 Hoogendijk 7 Kiesel-Griffioen 8 Van de Ven 9 Melis 10 Stevens 11 Smit 12 Brummel 13 Christ 14 De Boer 15 Van den Heiligenberg 16 Dugardein 17 Spitse 18 De Vries 19 Pieëte 20 Van Dalen 21 De Ridder 22 Van de Sanden Coach: Pauw

Netherlands squad – UEFA Women's Euro 2013

1 Geurts 2 Bito 3 Koster 4 Van Dongen 5 Van den Heiligenberg 6 Hoogendijk 7 Van de Ven 8 Spitse 9 Melis 10 Van de Donk 11 Martens 12 Heuver 13 Smit 14 Slegers 15 Stentler 16 Van Veenendaal 17 Worm 18 Dekker 19 Versteegt 20 Van Lunteren 21 De Ridder 22 Roelvink 23 Christ Coach: Reijners

National women's football teams of Europe (UEFA)

Albania Andorra Armenia Austria Azerbaijan Belarus Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark England Estonia Faroe Islands Finland France Georgia Germany Gibraltar Greece Hungary Iceland Israel Italy Kazakhstan Kosovo Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Malta Moldova Montenegro Netherlands Northern Ireland Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Ireland Romania Russia San Marino Scotland Serbia Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Ukraine Wales

Former nations: Czechoslovakia Soviet Union

Football in the Netherlands

Overview

International

Men	Netherlands U-21 U-19 U-17 U-16 Variants (Beach Futsal)

Women	Netherlands women

Leagues

Men	Eredivisie Eerste Divisie Tweede Divisie (from 2016) Derde Divisie Hoofdklasse Eerste Klasse Tweede Klasse Derde Klasse Vierde Klasse Vijfde Klasse Zesde Klasse (defunct) Zevende Klasse (defunct)

Women	Eredivisie BeNe League (with Belgium, 2012–2015) Topklasse Hoofdklasse

Cups

Men	KNVB Cup Johan Cruijff Shield KNVB Amateur Cup KNVB District Cup KNVB Reserve Cup

Women	KNVB Women's Cup BeNe Super Cup (with Belgium)

Others

National sports teams of The Netherlands

A1 GP American football M W Archery Athletics Badminton Bandy Baseball M W M U/19 Basketball M W W U/19 Beach handball M W Beach soccer Cricket M W M U/19 Cycling Field hockey M W Floorball M W Football M W M U/21 M Olympic M U/19 M U/17 CP Futsal M W Goalball M W Golf Gridiron Gymnastics W M Handball (team version) M W Ice hockey M W M U/20 M U/18 Inline hockey International rules M W Korfball Lacrosse M Indoor W Netball Racquetball Rollball Roller derby Roller hockey M W Rowing Rugby league M W Rugby union M W M7 W7 Sailing Softball M W W U/17 Speedway Squash M W Swimming Tennis Davis Cup Fed Cup Hopman Cup Volleyball M W W U/23 Water polo M W Wheelchair basketball M W Wheelchair rugby

Olympics Paralympics European Games Universiade

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