National U–21 association football team

The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the home 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 dependable record, failing to qualify for nine of the fifteen tournaments. The team did not enter for the 1978 rival, but since then has reached the semi-finals doubly, and qualified for the final eight on three other occasions.

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the originate of a biennial competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, the Netherlands ‘ record in the preceding U-23 competitions is besides shown. The beginning 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 passenger car 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 besides broke the all-time goalscoring criminal record of 15 goals previously held by Roy Makaay and Arnold Jan Bruggink, in his last catch with the team as he pushed this record to eighteen goals. The follow 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 rival with four goals and Royston Drenthe was the Player of the Tournament. The gain 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 qualify pit .

UEFA U-23 Championship record [edit ]

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 [edit ]

Year Round
1978 Did not enter
1980 Did not qualify
1982 Did not qualify
1984 Did not qualify
1986 Did not qualify
1988 Semi-finals
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
2021 Semi-finals

noteworthy players [edit ]

Olympic Games [edit ]

Results and fixtures 2017–2019 [edit ]

2019 UEFA european Under-21 Championship [edit ]

qualification [edit ]

Group stage [edit ]

Rules for classification: Updated to match ( east ) played on unknown. beginning : UEFA Rules for classification : reservation tiebreakers

Players [edit ]

current squad [edit ]

Players born in or after 1998 are eligible for the 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship. The follow players were called up for the 2021 UEFA european Under-21 Championship from 31 May 2021. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Names in italics denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals updated as 6 October 2021. Clubs updated as of 6 October 2021

holocene call ups [edit ]

The following players have previously been called up to the Netherlands under-21 police squad in the last year and remain eligible .

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up
DF Kik Pierie (

2000-07-20

)20 July 2000 ( old age 21 )

0 0 NetherlandsTwente v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
MF Mohamed Ihattaren (

2002-02-12

)12 February 2002 ( long time 19 )

0 0 ItalySampdoria v.  Cyprus, 10 September 2019PRE
INJ Withdrew due to injury.
PRE Preliminary police squad.
SEN Accepted call up to senior team .

person all-time records [edit ]

 

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