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Netherlands U21
Nickname(s)	; Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Head coach	Erwin van de Looi
Captain	Guus Til
Most caps;	; Arnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31)
Top scorer	; Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
Home stadium	; De Vijverberg (12,600)
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UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1988)
Best result	Winner (2006, 2007)

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.

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	Did Not Qualify
Total	1/6	0 Medals	4	1	2	1	4	4

Results and fixtures 2017–2019

2019 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

Group stage

Pos	Team [ v t e ]	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England	10	8	2	0	23	4	+19	26	Final tournament
2	Netherlands	10	5	3	2	21	6	+15	18
3	Ukraine	10	5	2	3	18	12	+6	17
4	Scotland	10	4	2	4	13	13	0	14
5	Latvia	10	0	4	6	5	18	−13	4
6	Andorra	10	0	3	7	1	28	−27	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Current squad

The following players were called up for the match against Germany on the 16th of November 2018. Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals updated as 17 September 2018. Clubs updated as of 17 February 2019
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Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Justin Bijlow	(1998-01-22) 22 January 1998 (age 21)	9	0	Feyenoord
1GK	Maarten Paes	(1998-05-14) 14 May 1998 (age 20)	0	0	FC Utrecht
1GK	Jan Hoekstra	(1998-08-04) 4 August 1998 (age 20)	0	0	FC Groningen

2DF	Rick van Drongelen	(1998-12-20) 20 December 1998 (age 20)	12	0	Hamburger SV
2DF	Justin Hoogma	(1998-06-11) 11 June 1998 (age 20)	6	0	St. Pauli
2DF	Timothy Fosu-Mensah	(1998-01-02) 2 January 1998 (age 21)	5	0	Fulham
2DF	Perr Schuurs	(1999-11-26) 26 November 1999 (age 19)	2	0	Ajax
2DF	Sherel Floranus	(1998-08-23) 23 August 1998 (age 20)	2	0	Heerenveen
2DF	Armando Obispo	(1999-03-05) 5 March 1999 (age 20)	1	0	PSV
2DF	Deyovaiso Zeefuik	(1998-03-11) 11 March 1998 (age 21)	1	0	Groningen
2DF	Nathan Markelo	(1999-01-07) 7 January 1999 (age 20)	1	0	Everton
2DF	Tyrell Malacia	(1999-08-17) 17 August 1999 (age 19)	0	0	Feyenoord

3MF	Teun Koopmeiners	(1998-02-28) 28 February 1998 (age 21)	8	1	AZ
3MF	Ferdi Kadioglu	(1999-10-07) 7 October 1999 (age 19)	4	0	Fenerbahçe
3MF	Carel Eiting	(1998-02-11) 11 February 1998 (age 21)	3	0	Ajax
3MF	Dani de Wit	(1998-01-28) 28 January 1998 (age 21)	1	0	Ajax
3MF	Deroy Duarte	(1999-07-04) 4 July 1999 (age 19)	1	0	Sparta
3MF	Teun Bijleveld	(1998-05-27) 27 May 1998 (age 20)	0	0	Ajax

4FW	Justin Kluivert	(1999-05-05) 5 May 1999 (age 19)	7	4	AS Roma
4FW	Donyell Malen	(1999-01-19) 19 January 1999 (age 20)	5	0	PSV
4FW	Tahith Chong	(1999-12-04) 4 December 1999 (age 19)	1	0	Manchester United
4FW	Jay-Roy Grot	(1998-03-13) 13 March 1998 (age 21)	1	0	VVV Venlo
4FW	Kaj Sierhuis	(1998-04-27) 27 April 1998 (age 20)	1	0	Groningen

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
1	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
5	Mark van Bommel	1996 – 2000	27	03
7	Kiki Musampa	1996 – 2000	25	08
7	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
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	Vincent Janssen	2014 –	08	10	0.80
6	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

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

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