Euro 2008 Holland (Netherlands)

Group E
Netherlands
Denmark
Cameroon
Japan
 
With a large hoard of creative players at their disposal, very few would write the Netherlands off from going all the way at South Africa 2010. However, the Dutch have never actually won the biggest tournament in World football despite possessing some of the best players of all time throughout their history. A major [...]

Two times World Cup runners up Netherlands has revealed their official away shirt that they will wear in the event of a jersey clash at the 2010 World Cup in South Africa.
The Dutch have quite often flattered to deceive at major tournaments with numerous exits in the knock out stages after tending to peak early. The only event that [...]

Despite being a regular in the latter stages of international tournaments, the Netherlands are one of the few bigger nations who know the feeling of missing out on a major tournament after failing to qualify for the 2002 World Cup. Crucial defeats to Portugal and the Republic of Ireland that year saw them eliminated before [...]

An injury to Real Madrid midfielder Wesley Sneijder took the gloss off a 3-0 victory for Holland against a resilient, determined, but ultimately unsuccessful Japanese side.
However, Holland would perhaps have preferred to lose the game, rather than lose key player Sneijder. With a World Cup qualifier against Scotland coming up, this Saturday evening friendly was [...]

If you want to know what it feels like to have two birthdays so close together, you could ask the Queen. Or, come to think of it, Bert van Marwijk. Two ridiculously fortunate Dutch goals appeared to gift Holland the win, until supersub Jermain Defoe dug England out of a royal mess in Amsterdam. Pundits [...]

To be honest, this friendly is pointless. Holland have qualified. And, barring a major collapse, have England. But that doesn’t mean that Bert van Marwijk will want to win the game any less, preserving the Oranje’s ranking as third best in the world. Holland need to prove that they can beat the ‘big boys’, as [...]

The Netherlands last night became the first European team to seal their status as one of the 32 sides travelling to South Africa, with a 2-1 victory away to Iceland. Nigel de Jong and Mark van Bommel’s first half goals were enough to see the Oranje through, with Kristjan Orn Sigurdsson’s reply turning out to [...]

Having taken maximum points from their opening five matches in Group 9 of World Cup qualifying, Holland go into their next match with Iceland knowing that a win would guarantee progression to the 2010 World Cup finals in South Africa. Bert van Marwijk’s side currently top the group which also involves Scotland, and they will be eager [...]

After some fantastic, if in the end unrewarded, performances at the European Championships in 2008; the Netherlands have made one of the best starts of any team as they attempt to reach the World’s greatest tournament 2010. The Oranje have claimed an impressive 15 points from a possible 15, on a seemingly interminable run of form.
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As we wait for 2010 World Cup qualification, I thought I would do an article about the Dutch players playing at the Bernabeu. There are currently six players from the Netherlands plying their trade at Real Madrid, though the club hasn’t boasted a Dutch manager since Guus Hiddink’s one year spell in the 1998/99 season. [...]