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Netherlands national under-21 football team

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Netherlands U21
Nickname(s)Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
AssociationKoninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Head coachMichael Reiziger
CaptainQuinten Timber
Most capsArnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31)
Top scorerKlaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
First colours
Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances9 (first in 1988)
Best resultWinners (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.

Competitive record

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UEFA U-23 Championship record

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The Netherlands were randomly chosen to play against Bulgaria for the title in a one-off match in Sofia, which the Netherlands lost.

  • 17 April 1968: Bulgaria 3–1 Netherlands.

UEFA U-23 Championship Record

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UEFA U-23 Championship Record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Pld W D* L GF GA
1972 Quarter-finals ? 3 0 1 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 9 7
1974 Quarter-finals ? 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 1
1976 Semi finals ? 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 3 1 0 10 3
Total 0 titles 3/3 9 3 1 5 11 11 10 7 2 1 23 11

(*) Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

UEFA U-21 Championship Record

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UEFA U-21 Championship Record Qualification record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D* L GF GA
1978 did not enter did not enter
1980 did not qualify 4 0 1 3 4 8
1982 4 2 0 2 4 4
1984 4 1 2 1 7 3
1986 6 4 1 1 11 3
1988 Semi-finals 3rd/4th 4 3 0 1 5 6 — 6 5 0 1 12 5
1990 did not qualify 6 1 2 3 6 9
1992 Quarter-finals 5th 2 1 0 1 2 2 — 6 4 2 0 20 4
1994 did not qualify 10 3 2 5 11 14
1996 10 6 2 2 23 9
1998 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 2 2 Squad 8 6 1 1 26 5
2000 Group stage 6th 3 1 0 2 3 5 Squad 10 7 1 2 21 9
2002 did not qualify 10 5 3 2 22 10
2004 8 1 4 3 6 10
2006 Final Champions 5 3 1 1 9 5 Squad 10 7 2 1 21 7
2007 Final Champions 5 3 2 0 10 5 Squad Qualified as hosts
2009 did not qualify 8 5 1 2 10 3
2011 10 8 0 2 22 8
2013 Semi-finals 3rd 4 2 0 2 8 7 Squad 10 8 1 1 25 3
2015 did not qualify 10 5 1 4 26 13
2017 8 4 2 2 15 10
2019 10 5 3 2 21 6
2021 Semi-finals 4th 5 2 2 1 11 6 Squad 10 9 0 1 46 5
2023 Group stage 9th 3 0 3 0 2 2 Squad 10 8 2 0 32 3
Total 2 titles 9/24 34 16 8 10 52 34 — 178 104 33 41 391 151

(*) Denotes draws including knockout matches decided via penalty shoot-out.

Olympic Games

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Summer Olympic record
Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
Spain 1992 Did not qualify
United States 1996
Australia 2000
Greece 2004
China 2008 Quarter-finals 7th 4 1 2 1 4 4
United Kingdom 2012 Did not qualify
Brazil 2016
Japan 2020
France 2024
Total 1/7 0 Medals 4 1 2 1 4 4

Results and fixtures 2021–2023

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2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

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Main article: 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group E
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands 10 8 2 0 32 3 +29 26 Final tournament — 2–0 3–0 5–0 3–1 6–0
2   Switzerland 10 7 2 1 22 6 +16 23 2–2 — 3–0 5–1 1–0 4–0
3  Moldova 10 3 3 4 7 12 −5 12 0–3 1–1 — 1–0 0–2 1–0
4  Wales 10 3 2 5 15 14 +1 11 0–1 0–1 0–0 — 1–1 2–0
5  Bulgaria 10 2 4 4 10 11 −1 10 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–4 — 5–0
6  Gibraltar 10 0 1 9 1 41 −40 1 0–7 0–4 0–4 0–7 1–1 —
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers

Players

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Current squad

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The following players were called up for the matches against  Italy on 21 March and  Romania on 25 March 2025. The team was announced on 14 March, but on 17 March, Youri Baas was called up to the senior team to replace the injured Denzel Dumfries.[1] On 21 March, Ian Maatsen was called up to the senior team to replace the ill Jurriën Timber.[2]

Caps and goals correct as of 18 November 2024, after the match against  England.

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1GK Rome-Jayden Owusu-Oduro (2004-07-02) 2 July 2004 (age 20) 3 0 Netherlands AZ
1GK Calvin Raatsie (2002-02-09) 9 February 2002 (age 23) 7 0 Netherlands Excelsior
1GK Robin Roefs (2003-01-17) 17 January 2003 (age 22) 2 0 Netherlands NEC
2DF Tyrese Asante (2002-04-09) 9 April 2002 (age 22) 2 0 Israel Maccabi Tel Aviv
2DF Wouter Goes (2004-06-10) 10 June 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Netherlands AZ
2DF Denso Kasius (2002-10-06) 6 October 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Netherlands AZ
2DF Devyne Rensch (2003-01-18) 18 January 2003 (age 22) 16 2 Italy Roma
2DF Anass Salah-Eddine (2002-01-18) 18 January 2002 (age 23) 9 0 Italy Roma
3MF Ezechiel Banzuzi (2005-02-16) 16 February 2005 (age 20) 1 0 Belgium OH Leuven
3MF Lamare Bogarde (2004-01-05) 5 January 2004 (age 21) 0 0 England Aston Villa
3MF Kian Fitz-Jim (2003-07-05) 5 July 2003 (age 21) 0 0 Netherlands Ajax
3MF Ryan Flamingo (2002-12-31) 31 December 2002 (age 22) 6 0 Netherlands PSV
3MF Antoni Milambo (2005-04-03) 3 April 2005 (age 19) 2 0 Netherlands Feyenoord
3MF Dirk Proper (2002-02-24) 24 February 2002 (age 23) 9 1 Netherlands NEC
3MF Gjivai Zechiël (2004-06-01) 1 June 2004 (age 20) 1 0 Netherlands Sparta Rotterdam
4FW Thom van Bergen (2004-01-06) 6 January 2004 (age 21) 0 0 Netherlands Groningen
4FW Myron van Brederode (2003-07-06) 6 July 2003 (age 21) 7 1 Germany Fortuna Düsseldorf
4FW Emanuel Emegha (2003-02-03) 3 February 2003 (age 22) 7 3 France RC Strasbourg
4FW Sontje Hansen (2002-05-18) 18 May 2002 (age 22) 3 1 Netherlands NEC
4FW Million Manhoef (2002-01-03) 3 January 2002 (age 23) 14 5 England Stoke City
4FW Noah Ohio (2003-01-16) 16 January 2003 (age 22) 10 7 Netherlands Utrecht
4FW Ernest Poku (2004-01-28) 28 January 2004 (age 21) 4 0 Netherlands AZ

Recent call ups

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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 Dani van den Heuvel (2003-05-28) 28 May 2003 (age 21) 1 0 Belgium Club Brugge Friendly
DF Neraysho Kasanwirjo (2002-02-18) 18 February 2002 (age 23) 7 0 Scotland Rangers Friendly
DF Jorrel HatoSEN (2006-03-07) 7 March 2006 (age 19) 5 0 Netherlands Ajax Friendly
DF Bjorn Meijer (2003-03-18) 18 March 2003 (age 22) 3 2 Belgium Club Brugge Friendly
DF Max Bruns (2002-11-06) 6 November 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Netherlands Twente Friendly
DF Youri BaasSEN (2003-03-17) 17 March 2003 (age 22) 4 0 Netherlands Ajax Friendly
DF Ian MaatsenSEN (2002-03-10) 10 March 2002 (age 23) 19 1 England Aston Villa Friendly
MF Julian Baas (2002-04-16) 16 April 2002 (age 22) 1 0 Germany Eintracht Braunschweig Friendly
MF Kenneth TaylorSEN (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 22) 16 3 Netherlands Ajax Friendly
MF Youri Regeer (2003-08-18) 18 August 2003 (age 21) 4 2 Netherlands Ajax Friendly
MF Calvin Twigt (2003-01-30) 30 January 2003 (age 22) 3 0 Netherlands Go Ahead Eagles UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
MF Ryan GravenberchSEN (2002-05-16) 16 May 2002 (age 22) 11 1 England Liverpool UEFA Euro U-21 qualification
FW Ruben van Bommel (2004-08-03) 3 August 2004 (age 20) 10 3 Netherlands AZ Friendly
FW Ibrahim Cissoko (2003-03-26) 26 March 2003 (age 22) 2 0 England Sheffield Wednesday Friendly

INJ Withdrew due to injury.
PRE Preliminary squad.
SEN Accepted call up to senior team.

Overage players in Olympic Games

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Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
2008
 Kew Jaliens (DF) Gerald Sibon (FW) Roy Makaay (FW)

Notable players from under-21 football team

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Individual all-time records

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  Still active players are highlighted

Most capped players

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Arnold Bruggink is the most capped player for Jong Orange.
Rank Player Career Matches Goals
1 Arnold Bruggink 1995–1999 31 15
Leroy Fer 2009–2013 31 6
3 Daniël de Ridder 2004–2007 30 1
4 Niels Oude Kamphuis 1996–2000 28 2
5 Roy Makaay 1994–1998 27 15
Mark van Bommel 1996–2000 27 3
7 Kiki Musampa 1996–2000 25 8
Arnold Kruiswijk 2003–2007 25 0
9 Georginio Wijnaldum 2009–2013 24 10
10 Daley Blind 2009–2013 23 0
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 2002–2006 23 18
Bram Nuytinck 2010–2013 23 2
Marco van Ginkel 2011–2014 23 4
Tonny Vilhena 2013–2016 23 4

Last updated: 29 May 2014

Most goals scored

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Huntelaar was the top scorer and named best player at the 2006 UEFA European Under-21 Championship, and he is the all-time top scorer for Jong Orange.
Rank 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 Brian Brobbey 2021– 9 17 0.53
7 Vincent Janssen 2014–2015 8 10 0.80
Kiki Musampa 1996–2000 8 25 0.32
9 Edwin Bakker 1984–1985 7 7 1.00
Ronald de Boer 1989–1992 7 9 0.78
Quincy Promes 2013–2014 7 10 0.70
Joshua Zirkzee 2020– 7 19 0.37
Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 2020–2023 7 22 0.32

Last updated: 27 June 2023

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Koeman calls Baas and Wieffer into Netherlands squad". Football Oranje. 17 March 2025. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  2. ^ "Jurrien Timber out of Netherlands squad with illness as Ian Maatsen called up | Flashscore.com". www.flashscore.com. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
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