Netherlands national under-21 football team

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.

Netherlands U21

Nickname(s)	Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
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)
First colours Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1988)
Best result	Winner (2006, 2007)

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

Year	Round
1978	Did not enter
1980	Did not qualify
1982	Did not qualify
1984	Did not qualify
1986	Did not qualify
1988	Semi Final
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

Notable players

Jo Bonfrere Roy Makaay Arnold Bruggink Wilfred Bouma Peter Wisgerhof Victor Sikora Mark van Bommel Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Dirk Kuyt

Kenneth Vermeer Gijs Luirink Nicky Hofs Stijn Schaars Urby Emanuelson Romeo Castelen Klaas-Jan Huntelaar Robin van Persie Boy Waterman

Ron Vlaar Ryan Donk Gianni Zuiverloon Hedwiges Maduro Otman Bakkal Maceo Rigters Ryan Babel Royston Drenthe Tim Krul Erik Pieters

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
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
1	England	10	8	2	0	23	4	+19	26	Final tournament		—	0–0	2–1	3–1	3–0	7–0
2	Netherlands	10	5	3	2	21	6	+15	18			1–1	—	3–0	1–2	3–0	8–0
3	Ukraine	10	5	2	3	18	12	+6	17			0–2	1–1	—	3–1	3–2	1–0
4	Scotland	10	4	2	4	13	13	0	14			0–2	2–0	0–2	—	1–1	3–0
5	Latvia	10	0	4	6	5	18	−13	4			1–2	0–3	1–1	0–2	—	0–0
6	Andorra	10	0	3	7	1	28	−27	3			0–1	0–1	0–6	1–1	0–0	—

Updated to match(es) played on unknown. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Players

Current squad

The following players were called up for the match against Cyprus on 10 September 2019. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals updated as 10 September 2019. Clubs updated as of 10 September 2019

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	GK	Maarten Paes	14 May 1998	2	0	Utrecht
	GK	Kjell Scherpen	23 January 2000	1	0	Ajax
	GK	Jan Hoekstra	4 August 1998	0	0	Groningen
	DF	Rick van Drongelen	20 December 1998	15	0	Hamburger SV
	DF	Justin Hoogma	11 June 1998	9	0	Utrecht
	DF	Deyovaisio Zeefuik	11 March 1998	4	1	Hertha BSC
	DF	Perr Schuurs	26 November 1999	4	0	Ajax
	DF	Sherel Floranus	23 August 1998	3	0	Heerenveen
	DF	Danilho Doekhi	30 June 1998	1	0	Vitesse
	DF	Owen Wijndal	28 November 1999	1	0	AZ
	MF	Azor Matusiwa	28 April 1998	0	0	Groningen
	MF	Teun Koopmeiners	28 February 1998	11	2	AZ
	MF	Ferdi Kadioglu	7 October 1999	7	0	Fenerbahçe
	MF	Dani de Wit	28 January 1998	4	2	AZ
	MF	Abdou Harroui	13 January 1998	2	0	Sparta Rotterdam
	MF	Noa Lang	17 June 1999	2	0	Ajax
	MF	Ludovit Reis	1 June 2000	2	0	VfL Osnabrück
	FW	Calvin Stengs	18 December 1998	3	1	AZ
	FW	Tahith Chong	4 December 1999	3	0	Werder Bremen
	FW	Kaj Sierhuis	27 April 1998	3	0	Reims
	FW	Daishawn Redan	2 February 2001	1	0	Hertha BSC

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	Thijmen Nijhuis	25 July 1998	0	0	FC Utrecht	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^PRE
GK	Mike van de Meulenhof	11 May 1999	0	0	PSV	v.  Mexico, 31 May 2019^INJ
GK	Justin Bijlow	22 January 1998	9	0	Feyenoord	v.  Germany, 16 November 2018
DF	Tyrell Malacia	17 August 1999	1	0	Feyenoord	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^INJ
DF	Armando Obispo	5 March 1999	1	0	PSV	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^PRE
DF	Kik Pierie	20 July 2000	0	0	Twente	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^PRE
DF	Jordan Teze	30 September 1999	0	0	PSV	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^PRE
DF	Shaquille Pinas	19 March 1998	0	0	Den Haag	v.  United States, 24 March 2019^PRE
DF	Giovanni Troupée	20 March 1998	0	0	Utrecht	v.  United States, 24 March 2019^PRE
MF	Deroy Duarte	4 July 1999	1	0	Sparta Rotterdam	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^PRE
MF	Mohamed Ihattaren	12 February 2002	0	0	PSV	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^PRE
MF	Jordy Wehrmann	25 March 1999	0	0	Feyenoord	v.  Mexico, 31 May 2019^PRE
MF	Teun Bijleveld	27 May 1998	0	0	Heracles Almelo	v.  Germany, 16 November 2018
MF	Carel Eiting	11 February 1998	3	0	Ajax	v.  Germany, 16 November 2018^PRE
FW	Justin Kluivert	5 May 1999	9	4	RB Leipzig	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^SEN
FW	Cody Gakpo	7 May 1999	2	1	PSV	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^INJ
FW	Jay-Roy Grot	13 March 1998	1	0	Leeds United	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^INJ
FW	Mitchell van Bergen	27 August 1999	1	0	Heerenveen	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^PRE
FW	Myron Boadu	14 January 2001	0	0	AZ	v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019^INJ
FW	Donyell Malen	19 January 1999	7	2	PSV	v.  Mexico, 31 May 2019
FW	Ferdy Druijf	12 February 1998	0	0	AZ	v.  Mexico, 31 May 2019^PRE
FW	Javairô Dilrosun	22 June 1998	4	1	Hertha BSC	v.  United States, 24 March 2019^INJ
^INJ Withdrew due to injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^SEN Accepted call up to senior team.

Individual all-time records

  Still active players are highlighted

Most capped players Arnold Bruggink is the most capped player for Jong Orange. # Player Career Matches Goals 1 Arnold Bruggink 1995 – 1999 31 15 Leroy Fer 2009 – 2013 31 06 3 Daniël de Ridder 2004 – 2007 30 01 4 Niels Oude Kamphuis 1996 – 2000 28 02 5 Roy Makaay 1994 – 1998 27 15 Mark van Bommel 1996 – 2000 27 03 7 Kiki Musampa 1996 – 2000 25 08 Arnold Kruiswijk 2003 – 2007 25 00 9 Georginio Wijnaldum 2009 – 2013 24 10 10 Daley Blind 2009 – 2013 23 00 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2002 – 2006 23 18 Bram Nuytinck 2010 – 2013 23 02 Marco van Ginkel 2011 – 2014 23 04 Tonny Vilhena 2013 – 2016 23 04 Last updated: 29 May 2014 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. # Player Career Goals Matches Average 1 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2002 – 2006 18 23 0.78 2 Roy Makaay 1994 – 1998 15 27 0.56 Arnold Bruggink 1995 – 1999 15 31 0.48 4 Género Zeefuik 2011 – 2012 10 12 0.83 Georginio Wijnaldum 2009 – 2013 10 24 0.42 6 Vincent Janssen 2014 – 2015 08 10 0.80 Kiki Musampa 1996 – 2000 08 25 0.32 8 Edwin Bakker 1984 – 1985 07 07 1.00 Ronald de Boer 1989 – 1992 07 09 0.78 Quincy Promes 2013 – 2014 07 10 0.70 Last updated: 17 November 2015 See also Netherlands national football team Netherlands national under-19 football team Netherlands national under-17 football team UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship Sources/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