The arguably best WC qualifying group in history

1982 World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2

             w d l goals pt      att

Belgium      5 1 2 12-9  11   41.703

France       5 0 3 20-8  10   45.195

Ireland      4 2 2 17-11 10   34.914

Netherlands  4 1 3 11-7   9   43.243

Cyprus       0 0 8  4-29  0    7.450

5 goals:

Erwin Vandenbergh (Bel), Michel Platini (Fra) 

4 goals:

Jan Ceulemans (Bel)

3 goals:

Gerry Daly, Michael Robinson, Frank Stapleton (Irl), Bernard Lacombe, Didier Six (Fra) 

2 goals:

Jean-François Larios, Gerard Soler, Jacques Zimako (Fra), Tony Grealish, Mark Lawrenson, Paul McGee (Irl), Arnold Mühren, Kees van Kooten (Ned) 

Netherlands ratings in the Euro 2000

6,76 Patrick Kluivert

6,73 Edgar Davids

6,58 Boudewijn Zenden

6,57 Edwin van der Sar

6,48 Frank de Boer, Dennis Bergkamp

6,39 Jaap Stam

6,36 Marc Overmars

6,23 Arthur Numan

6,20 Phillip Cocu

6,16 Paul Bosvelt

6,07 Roy Makaay

5,92 Michael Reiziger, Giovanni van Bronckhorst

5,25 Clarence Seedorf

Player ratings Netherlands 1-2 England

 1-0 7' Xavi Simons, 1-1 18' Harry Kane PK, 1-2 90' Ollie Watkins (Cole Palmer). Att: 60.926 (BVB Stadion Dortmund).

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen 6,30 - Denzel Dumfries 5,80 (90'+3 Joshua Zirkzee), Stefan de Vrij 5,70, Virgil van Dijk 6,40, Nathan Aké 6,20, Jerdy Schouten 6,10, Xavi Simons 6,90 (90'+3 Brian Brobbey), Tijjani Reijnders 5,80, Donyell Malen 5,30 (46' Wout Weghorst 5,70), Memphis Depay 5,70 (35' Joey Veerman 5,90), Cody Gakpo 5,40. - coach: Ronald Koeman 5,90. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

England: Jordan Pickford 6,40 - Kyle Walker 6,50, John Stones 6,40, Marc Guéhi 6,30, Kieran Trippier 5,80 (46' Luke Shaw 5,90), Declan Rice 6,00, Bukayo Saka 6,30 (90'+3 Ezri Konsa), Kobbie Mainoo 6,80 (90'+3 Conor Gallagher), Phil Foden 6,80 (80' Cole Palmer 6,40), Jude Bellingham 5,30, Harry Kane 6,70 (80' Ollie Watkins 7,70). - coach: Gareth Southgate 6,90. = average: 6,38 [strong]

Player ratings Netherlands 2-1 Turkey

 

0-1 35' Samet Akaydın h. (Arda Güler), 1-1 70' Stefan de Vrij h. (Memphis Depay), 2-1 76' og Mert Müldür. Att: 70.091 (Olympiastadion Berlin).

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen 6,60 - Denzel Dumfries 6,30, Stefan de Vrij 7,10, Virgil van Dijk 6,20, Nathan Aké 5,50 (73' Micky van de Ven 6,40), Tijjani Reijnders 5,80 (73' Joey Veerman 5,90), Jerdy Schouten 5,80, Xavi Simons 5,70 (87' Joshua Zirkzee), Steven Bergwijn 5,00 (46' Wout Weghorst 6,40), Memphis Depay 6,40 (87' Jeremie Frimpong), Cody Gakpo 6,50. - coach: Ronald Koeman 6,50. = average: 6,11 [satisfactory]

Turkey: Mert Günok 6,00 - Mert Müldür 5,00 (82' Zeki Çelik), Samet Akaydın 6,70 (82' Cenk Tosun), Abdülkerim Bardakçı 5,60, Ferdi Kadıoğlu 5,90, Salih Özcan 5,70 (77' Okay Yokuşlu), Kaan Ayhan 5,70 (89' Semih Kılıçsoy), Kenan Yıldız 5,40 (77' Kerem Aktürkoğlu), Hakan Çalhanoğlu 6,10, Barış Yılmaz 5,80, Arda Güler 6,60. - coach: Vincenzo Montella 6,50. = average: 5,86 [vulnerable]

Player ratings Romania 0-3 Netherlands

 0-1 20' Cody Gakpo (Xavi Simons), 0-2 83' Donyell Malen (Cody Gakpo), 0-3 90'+3 Donyell Malen (Xavi Simons). Att: 65.012 (München Fußball Arena).

Romania: Florin Niţă 5,20 - Andrei Ratiu 5,20, Radu Drăgușin 5,20, Andrei Burcă 5,30, Vasile Mogoș 5,60 (38' Bogdan Racovițan 5,10), Marius Marin 5,60 (72' Alexandru Cicâldău 5,40), Dennis Man 5,50, Răzvan Marin 5,70, Nicolae Stanciu 5,40 (88' Darius Olaru), Ianis Hagi 5,50 (72' Denis Alibec 5,60), Denis Drăguş 5,10 (72' Valentin Mihăilă 5,60). - coach: Edward Iordanescu 4,80. = average: 5,40 [lame]

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen 6,10 - Denzel Dumfries 6,60, Stefan de Vrij 6,40, Virgil van Dijk 6,50, Nathan Aké 6,20 (69' Micky van de Ven 6,00), Jerdy Schouten 6,30 (69' Joey Veerman 5,90), Tijjani Reijnders 6,60, Xavi Simons 6,70, Steven Bergwijn 5,80 (46' Donyell Malen 7,40), Cody Gakpo 7,50 (84' Wout Weghorst), Memphis Depay 5,90 (90'+2 Daley Blind). - coach: Ronald Koeman 6,90. = average: 6,42 [strong]

Player ratings Netherlands 2-3 Austria

 

0-1 6' og Donyell Malen (Alexander Prass), 1-1 47' Cody Gakpo (Xavi Simons), 1-2 59' Romano Schmid h. (Florian Grillitsch), 2-2 75' Memphis Depay (Wout Weghorst), 2-3 80' Marcel Sabitzer (Christoph Baumgartner). Att: 68.363 (Olympiastadion Berlin).

Holland: Bart Verbruggen 5,50 - Lutsharel Geertruida 5,20, Virgil van Dijk 5,00, Nathan Aké 5,40 (65' Georginio Wijnaldum 5,50), Stefan de Vrij 5,30, Tijjani Reijnders 5,40 (65' Micky van de Ven 5,50), Joey Veerman 5,00 (35' Xavi Simons 6,20), Jerdy Schouten 5,40, Donyell Malen 5,20 (72' Wout Weghorst 6,20), Memphis Depay 6,20, Cody Gakpo 6,40. - coach: Ronald Koeman 5,20. = average: 5,56 [weak]

Austria: Patrick Pentz 5,90 - Max Wöber 6,00, Stefan Posch 5,90, Philipp Lienhart 5,90 (62' Leopold Querfeld 5,80), Nicolas Seiwald 6,10, Alexander Prass 6,40, Marcel Sabitzer 7,30, Florian Grillitsch 6,40 (63' Konrad Laimer 6,00), Romano Schmid 6,90 (90'+2 Andreas Weimann), Patrick Wimmer 5,90 (62' Christoph Baumgartner 6,10), Marko Arnautović 5,60 (78' Michael Gregoritsch 6,00). - coach: Ralf Rangnick 7,50. = average: 6,14 [satisfactory]

Player rartings Netherlands 0-0 France

 Att: 38.531 (Leipzig Stadion).

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen 6,40 - Denzel Dumfries 5,80, Stefan de Vrij 6,20, Virgil van Dijk 6,50, Nathan Aké 6,20, Jeremie Frimpong 5,70 (73' Lutsharel Geertruida 6,00), Xavi Simons 6,20 (73' Georginio Wijnaldum 6,00), Tijjani Reijnders 6,40, Jerdy Schouten 5,90 (73' Joey Veerman 6,20), Memphis Depay 5,50 (79' Wout Weghorst), Cody Gakpo 6,00. - coach: Ronald Koeman 6,00. = average: 6,07 [decent]

France: Mike Maignan 6,70 - Jules Koundé 6,20, Dayot Upamecano 6,20, William Saliba 6,40, Theo Hernández 6,10, Aurélien Tchouaméni 6,00, N'Golo Kanté 6,60, Adrien Rabiot 5,70, Ousmane Dembélé 5,60 (75' Kingsley Coman 5,80), Antoine Griezmann 5,60, Marcus Thuram 6,30 (75' Olivier Giroud 5,90). - coach: Didier Deschamps 5,90. = average: 6,08 [decent]

Player ratings Poland 1-2 Netherlands

1-0 16' Adam Buksa h. (Piotr Zieliński), 1-1 29' Cody Gakpo (Nathan Aké), 1-2 83' Wout Weghorst (Nathan Aké). Att: 48.117 (Volksparkstadion Hamburg).

Poland: Wojciech Szczęsny 6,80 - Jan Bednarek 5,70, Bartosz Salamon 5,60 (86' Bartosz Bereszyński), Jakub Kiwior 6,20, Przemysław Frankowski 5,70, Piotr Zieliński 6,40 (78' Jakub Piotrowski), Taras Romanczuk 5,70 (55' Bartosz Slisz 5,70), Nicola Zalewski 6,00, Kacper Urbański 5,80 (55' Karol Świderski 5,80), Adam Buksa 6,60, Sebastian Szymański 5,30 (46' Jakub Moder 5,80). - coach: Michał Probierz 6,00. = average: 5,94 [vulnerable]

Netherlands: Bart Verbruggen 6,70 - Denzel Dumfries 6,00, Stefan de Vrij 6,20, Virgil van Dijk 5,80, Nathan Aké 6,80 (87' Micky van de Ven), Xavi Simons 5,60 (62' Donyell Malen 6,40), Tijjani Reijnders 6,20, Joey Veerman 5,40 (62' Georginio Wijnaldum 5,60), Jerdy Schouten 6,00, Memphis Depay 5,90 (81' Jeremie Frimpong), Cody Gakpo 7,00 (81' Wout Weghorst 7,00). - coach: Ronald Koeman 6,70. = average: 6,19 [solid]

Match rating: 6,5

Netherlands ratings in the Euro 1992

Ratings: Guerin Sportivo - Corriere della Sera - La Stampa - Aftonbladet.

6,66 Frank Rijkaard
6,48 Dennis Bergkamp
6,32 Rob Witschge
6,10 Marco van Basten
6,08 Ruud Gullit
6,06 Ronald Koeman
6,05 Berry van Aerle, Adri van Tiggelen
6,04 Hans van Breukelen
5,88 Jan Wouters
5,35 Frank de Boer

Johan Cruyff interview, 1974

 

Shoot! magazine, December 1974

Netherlands ratings in the 2022 World Cup

6,48 Cody Gakpo
6,36 Virgil van Dijk
6,32 Andries Noppert
6,28 Davy Klaassen
6,20 Louis van Gaal
6,18 Frenkie de Jong
6,10 Daley Blind
6,06 Nathan Aké
6,00 Marten de Roon, Steven Berghuis
5,97 Teun Koopmeiners
5,90 Denzel Dumfries
5,85 Jurriën Timber
5,76 Memphis Depay
5,75 Vincent Janssen
5,38 Steven Bergwijn

Netherlands ratings in the 2010 World Cup

6,86 Wesley Sneijder
6,47 Arjen Robben
6,31 Bert van Marwijk
6,29 Maarten Stekelenburg
6,26 Dirk Kuyt, Mark van Bommel
6,07 Giovanni van Bronckhorst
5,97 Eljero Elia, Gregory van der Wiel
5,94 Nigel de Jong
5,83 Joris Mathijsen
5,77 Rafael van der Vaart
5,75 Khalid Boulahrouz
5,74 John Heitinga
5,55 Robin van Persie

Player ratings Netherlands 2-2 Argentina (3-4 pen.)

0-1 35' Nahuel Molina r. (Lionel Messi), 0-2 73' Lionel Messi PK, 1-2 83' Wout Weghorst h. (Steven Berghuis), 2-2 90'+11 Wout Weghorst l. (Teun Koopmeiners). Penalties: Virgil van Dijk - , Lionel Messi + ; Steven Berghuis - , Leandro Paredes + ; Teun Koopmeiners +, Gonzalo Montiel + ; Wout Weghorst + , Enzo Fernández - ; Luuk de Jong + , Lautaro Martínez +. Att: 88.235  (Lusail Iconic Stadium).

Netherlands: Andries Noppert 5,90 - Jurriën Timber 6,00, Virgil van Dijk 6,10, Nathan Aké 6,00, Denzel Dumfries 5,30, Daley Blind 5,20 (64' Luuk de Jong 6,00), Marten de Roon 5,60 (46' Teun Koopmeiners 6,50), Frenkie de Jong 6,00, Cody Gakpo 5,50 (113' Noa Lang), Memphis Depay 5,40 (78' Wout Weghorst 7,80), Steven Bergwijn 5,50 (46' Steven Berghuis 6,10). - coach: Louis van Gaal 6,50. = average: 5,93 [vulnerable]

Argentina: Emiliano Martínez 7,40 - Nahuel Molina 7,20 (106' Gonzalo Montiel), Cristian Romero 6,10 (78' Germán Pezzella 5,20), Nicolás Otamendi 6,10, Lisandro Martínez 5,70 (112' Ángel Di María), Marcos Acuña 6,70 (78' Nico Tagliafico 5,60), Rodrigo De Paul 6,20 (67' Leandro Paredes 5,40), Alexis Mac Allister 6,10, Enzo Fernández 6,40, Julián Álvarez 5,90 (82' Lautaro Martínez 6,40), Lionel Messi 7,70. - coach: Lionel Scaloni 6,50. = average: 6,27 [good]

Player ratings Netherlands 2-0 Qatar

 1-0 26' Cody Gakpo r. (Davy Klaassen), 2-0 49' Frenkie de Jong r. Att: 66.784 (Al Bayt Stadium, Al Khor).

Netherlands: Andries Noppert 6,00 - Jurriën Timber 6,20, Virgil van Dijk 6,40, Nathan Aké 6,00, Daley Blind 6,30, Denzel Dumfries 5,90, Davy Klaassen 6,60 (66' Steven Berghuis 6,40), Marten de Roon 6,40 (82' Wout Weghorst), Frenkie de Jong 7,10 (86' Kenneth Taylor), Cody Gakpo 6,90 (82' Teun Koopmeiners), Memphis Depay 6,40 (66' Vincent Janssen 6,30). - coach: Louis van Gaal 6,30. = average: 6,38 [strong]

Qatar: Meshaal Barsham 6,10 - Ismail Mohammed 5,40 (85' Musaab Khidir), Ró-Ró 5,50, Boualem Khoukhi 5,50, Abdelkarim Hassan 5,60, Abdulaziz Hatem 5,20 (85' Ahmed Alaa Eldin), Homam Ahmed 5,60, Assim Madibo 5,20 (64' Ali Assadalla 5,60), Hassan Al Haydos 5,60 (64' Karim Boudiaf 5,80), Almoez Ali 4,90 (64' Mohammed Muntari 5,80), Akram Afif 5,20. - coach: Félix Sánchez 5,50. = average: 5,50 [failing]

Player ratings Netherlands 1-1 Ecuador

 1-0 6' Cody Gakpo l. (Davy Klaassen), 1-1 49' Enner Valencia r. Att: 44.833 (Khalifa International Stadium, Doha).

Netherlands: Andries Noppert 6,10 - Jurriën Timber 5,10, Virgil van Dijk 6,20, Nathan Aké 5,90, Denzel Dumfries 5,00, Daley Blind 5,70, Davy Klaassen 5,80 (69' Steven Berghuis 5,60), Teun Koopmeiners 5,50 (80' Marten de Roon), Frenkie de Jong 5,50, Cody Gakpo 6,70 (79' Wout Weghorst), Steven Bergwijn 4,90 (46' Memphis Depay 4,80). - coach: Louis van Gaal 5,20. = average: 5,60 [failing]

Ecuador: Hernán Galíndez 6,00 - Ángelo Preciado 6,00, Jackson Porozo 5,90, Félix Torres 6,10, Piero Hincapié 6,60, Pervis Estupiñán 7,10, Gonzalo Plata 6,40 (90' Kevin Rodríguez), Jhegson Méndez 6,00, Moisés Caicedo 6,10, Michael Estrada 6,00 (74' Jeremy Sarmiento 6,00), Enner Valencia 7,30 (90' Romario Ibarra). - coach: Gustavo Alfaro 6,50. = average: 6,29 [good]

Player ratings Netherlands 3-1 USA

 1-0 10' Memphis Depay r. (Denzel Dumfries), 2-0 45'+1 Daley Blind r. (Denzel Dumfries), 2-1 76' Haji Wright r. (Christian Pulišić), 3-1 91' Denzel Dumfries l. (Daley Blind). Att: 44.846 (Khalifa International Stadium, Doha).

Netherlands: Andries Noppert 6,80 - Jurriën Timber 6,10, Virgil van Dijk 6,50, Nathan Aké 6,20 (90'+3 Wout Weghorst), Denzel Dumfries 7,80, Daley Blind 7,20, Davy Klaassen 5,80 (46' Steven Bergwijn 5,90), Marten de Roon 6,00 (46' Teun Koopmeiners 5,90), Frenkie de Jong 6,30, Cody Gakpo 6,10 (90'+3 Matthijs de Ligt), Memphis Depay 5,90 (82' Xavi Simons). - coach: Louis van Gaal 6,90. = average: 6,35 [strong]

USA: Matt Turner 5,90 - Sergiño Dest 5,70 (75' DeAndre Yedlin 5,90), Walker Zimmerman 5,10, Tim Ream 5,40, Antonee Robinson 4,60 (90'+2 Jordan Morris), Tyler Adams 5,60, Yunus Musah 5,60, Weston McKennie 5,60 (67' Haji Wright 6,50), Timothy Weah 5,60 (67' Brenden Aaronson 5,80), Jesús Ferreira 5,10 (46' Gio Reyna 5,90), Christian Pulišić 6,10. - coach: Gregg Berhalter 5,50. = average: 5,63 [failing]

Player ratings Senegal 0-2 Netherlands

 

0-1 84' Cody Gakpo h. (Frenkie de Jong), 0-2 90'+9 Davy Klaassen l. (Memphis Depay). Att: 41.721 (Thumama Stadium, Doha).

Senegal: Edouard Mendy 4,90 - Youssouf Sabaly 5,80, Kalidou Koulibaly 6,10, Pape Cissé 5,70, Abdou Diallo 5,80 (62' Ismail Jakobs 5,40), Idrissa Gueye 5,50, Nampalys Mendy 6,20, Cheikhou Kouyaté 6,20 (73' Pape Gueye), Krépin Diatta 6,20 (73' Nicolas Jackson), Ismaïla Sarr 6,20, Boulaye Dia 5,80 (69' Bamba Dieng 6,00). - coach: Aliou Cissé 5,50. = average: 5,83 [mediocre]

Netherlands: Andries Noppert 6,80 - Denzel Dumfries 5,50, Matthijs de Ligt 5,90, Virgil van Dijk 6,60, Nathan Aké 6,20, Daley Blind 6,10, Cody Gakpo 7,20 (90'+4 Marten de Roon), Steven Berghuis 5,90(79' Davy Klaassen 6,70), Frenkie de Jong 6,00, Vincent Janssen 5,20 (62' Memphis Depay 6,30), Steven Bergwijn 5,20 (79' Teun Koopmeiners). - coach: Louis van Gaal 6,10. = average: 6,12 [satisfactory]