Netherlands women's national football team

Netherlands
	Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)	Oranje (Orange); Leeuwinnen (Lionesses)
Association	Royal Dutch Football Association; (Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Roger Reijners
Captain	Daphne Koster[citation needed]
Most caps	Annemieke Kiesel (156)[citation needed]
Top scorer	Manon Melis (34)[citation needed]
FIFA code	NED
FIFA ranking	Template:Nft rank
Highest FIFA ranking	11 (December 2014)
Lowest FIFA ranking	20 (June 2008)
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First international
	23x15px France 4–0 Netherlands 23x15px; (Hazebrouck, France; 17 April 1971)
Biggest win
	23x15px Netherlands 12–0 Template:Country data ISR; (Zaandam, Netherlands; 22 August 1977); 23x15px Netherlands 13–1 Macedonia 23x15px; (Zwolle, Netherlands; 28 October 2001)
Biggest defeat
	23x15px Sweden 7–0 Netherlands 23x15px; (Borås, Sweden; 26 September 1981)
World Cup
Appearances	1 (First in 2015)
European Championship
Appearances	2 (First in 2009)
Best result	3rd (2009)

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Netherlands women's national football team in May 2014

The Netherlands women's national football team (Dutch: Nederlands vrouwenvoetbalelftal) represents the Netherlands in international women's association football and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA.

On 17 April 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France. They have played at the final tournament of the 2009 and 2013 UEFA Women's Championship and reached third place in 2009. The nicknames for the team are Oranje (Orange) and Leeuwinnen (Lionesses).^[1] Roger Reijners has been the team coach since 2010.

Tournament record

World Cup

On 27 November 2014, the Netherlands women's national football team qualified to the final tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.^[4]

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws*	Losses	GF	GA
23x15px 1991	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 1999	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 2003	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 2007	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 2011	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 2015	Qualified
Total	1/7	-	-	-	-	-	-

*Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

European Championship

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Lieke Martens playing against Germany at UEFA Women's Euro 2013

The Netherlands failed to qualify for the final tournament of the UEFA Women's Championship from 1984 to 2005. In 2009, the Dutch women's team qualified and reached third place, which is their best tournament result.^[5] In 2013, they qualified again, but did not advance after the group stage.^[6]

Year	Result	Matches	Wins	Draws*	Losses	GF	GA
1984**	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 1987	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 1989	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 1991	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 1993	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 1995	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 1997	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 2001	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 2005	Did not qualify	-	-	-	-	-	-
23x15px 2009	Third place	5	2	1	2	6	5
23x15px 2013	Group stage	3	0	1	2	0	2
Total	2/11	8	2	2	4	6	7

* Draws include knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

** Missing flag indicates no host country.

Current squad

Squad for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.^[7]

Head coach: Roger Reijners

0#0	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Loes Geurts	(1986-01-12) 12 January 1986 (age 30)	103	0	23x15px Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
2	3MF	Desiree van Lunteren	(1992-12-30) 30 December 1992 (age 23)	21	0	23x15px AFC Ajax
3	2DF	Stefanie van der Gragt	(1992-08-16) 16 August 1992 (age 23)	22	1	23x15px Telstar
4	2DF	Mandy van den Berg	(1990-08-26) 26 August 1990 (age 25)	57	3	23x15px LSK Kvinner FK
5	2DF	Petra Hogewoning	(1986-03-26) 26 March 1986 (age 29)	96	0	23x15px AFC Ajax
6	4FW	Anouk Dekker	(1986-11-15) 15 November 1986 (age 29)	38	5	23x15px FC Twente
7	4FW	Manon Melis	(1986-08-31) 31 August 1986 (age 29)	123	54	23x15px Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
8	3MF	Sherida Spitse	(1990-05-29) 29 May 1990 (age 25)	104	15	23x15px LSK Kvinner FK
9	4FW	Vivianne Miedema	(1996-07-15) 15 July 1996 (age 19)	23	19	23x15px FC Bayern Munich
10	3MF	Daniëlle van de Donk	(1991-08-05) 5 August 1991 (age 24)	35	6	23x15px PSV/FC Eindhoven
11	3MF	Lieke Martens	(1992-12-16) 16 December 1992 (age 23)	49	20	23x15px Kopparbergs/Göteborg FC
12	2DF	Dyanne Bito	(1981-08-10) 10 August 1981 (age 34)	146	6	23x15px Telstar
13	2DF	Dominique Janssen	(1995-01-17) 17 January 1995 (age 21)	6	0	23x15px SGS Essen
14	3MF	Anouk Hoogendijk	(1985-05-06) 6 May 1985 (age 30)	101	9	23x15px AFC Ajax
15	3MF	Merel van Dongen	(1993-02-11) 11 February 1993 (age 23)	4	1	23x15px AFC Ajax
16	1GK	Sari van Veenendaal	(1990-04-03) 3 April 1990 (age 25)	13	0	23x15px FC Twente
17	3MF	Tessel Middag	(1992-12-23) 23 December 1992 (age 23)	24	3	23x15px AFC Ajax
18	2DF	Maran van Erp	(1990-12-03) 3 December 1990 (age 25)	1	0	23x15px PSV/FC Eindhoven
19	4FW	Kirsten van de Ven	(1985-05-11) 11 May 1985 (age 30)	82	16	23x15px FC Rosengård
20	3MF	Jill Roord	(1997-04-22) 22 April 1997 (age 18)	5	1	23x15px FC Twente
21	3MF	Vanity Lewerissa	(1991-04-01) 1 April 1991 (age 24)	4	0	23x15px Standard Liège
22	4FW	Shanice van de Sanden	(1992-10-02) 2 October 1992 (age 23)	15	3	23x15px FC Twente
23	1GK	Angela Christ	(1989-03-06) 6 March 1989 (age 26)	13	0	23x15px PSV/FC Eindhoven

Coaches

Piet Buter (1987–1989)
Bert van Lingen (1989–1991)
Jan Derks (1991–1994)
Ruud Dokter (1995–2000)
Frans de Kat (2001–2004)
Vera Pauw (2004–2010)^[8]^[9]
Roger Reijners (2010–present)^[2]^[9]

Overall official record

Competition	Stage	Result	Opponent	Position	Scorers
1984 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.4	2–3 5–0	23x15px Belgium	2 / 4
		2–1 0–2	23x15px Denmark
		2–2 1–1	23x15px West Germany
1987 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.3	1–0 5–3	23x15px France	2 / 4
		0–2 2–0	23x15px Sweden
		1–3 3–0	23x15px Belgium
1989 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.2	0–0 1–0	23x15px Sweden	1 / 4
		4–0 w/o	23x15px Scotland
		1–0 2–0	23x15px Ireland
	Quarter-finals	1–2 0–3	23x15px Norway
1991 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.1	2–0 0–0	23x15px Ireland	1 / 3	Aldegonda Vestjens 2
	Group Stage: Gr.1	6–0 9–0	23x15px Northern Ireland	1 / 3
	Quarter-finals	0–0 0–1 (AET)	23x15px Denmark
1993 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.5	3–0 2–0	23x15px Greece	1 / 3
	Group Stage: Gr.5	1–1 0–0	23x15px Romania	1 / 3
	Quarter-finals	0–3 0–3	23x15px Norway
1995 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.8	1–2 0–1	Template:Country data Iceland Iceland	2 / 3
1995 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.8	2–0 4–0	23x15px Greece	2 / 3
1997 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.2 (Class A)	0–2 0–2	Template:Country data Iceland Iceland	4 / 4
		1–1 1–0	23x15px Russia
		1–1 1–2	23x15px France
	Relegation Play-off	2–1 1–0	23x15px Czech Republic
1999 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.3 (Class A)	1–6 0–0	23x15px Norway	3 / 4
		0–1 2–1	23x15px England
		1–0 1–2	23x15px Germany
2001 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.1 (Class A)	1–1 1–2	23x15px France	4 / 4
		1–1 1–2	23x15px Spain
		1–1 0–3	23x15px Sweden
	Relegation Play-Off	3–0 2–0	23x15px Hungary
2003 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.4 (Class A)	0–0 1–4	23x15px England	3 / 4	Griffioen
		0–3 0–6	23x15px Germany
		1–2 4–1	23x15px Portugal		Burger, Muller, Noom, Ran, Smith
2005 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.2 (Class A)	0–1 0–0	23x15px Spain	4 / 5
		0–2 0–2	23x15px Norway
		0–3 1–5	23x15px Denmark		Ran
		3–0 3–0	23x15px Belgium		de Boer, van Ingen, Melis, Muller, Torny, van Veen
2007 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.5 (Class A)	1–0 0–2	23x15px France	3 / 5	de Boer
		1–0 4–0	23x15px Austria		Smit 2, Delies, Demarteau, Louwaars
		0–1 0–4	23x15px England
		5–0 4–0	23x15px Hungary		Stevens 3, Louwaars 2, Delies, Hoogendijk, Smit, Smith
2009 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.4	1–5 0–1	23x15px Germany	2 / 5	Torny
		2–2 1–1	23x16px Switzerland		Melis 2, van Eijk
		2–1 1–0	23x15px Wales		Melis 2, Smit
		2–2 3–0	23x15px Belgium		Melis 3, Hoogendijk, Stevens
	Play-Off	2–0 2–0	23x15px Spain		Stevens 3, van de Ven
23x15px 2009 EC	Group Stage: Gr.A	2–0	23x15px Ukraine	2 / 4	Stevens, van de Ven
		1–2	23x15px Finland		van de Ven
		2–1	23x15px Denmark		Melis, Smit
	Quarter-finals	0–0 (PS: 4–3)	23x15px France
	Semifinals	1–2	23x15px England		Pieëte
2011 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.1	0–3 2–2	23x15px Norway	2 / 5	Dekker, Melis
		13–1 7–0	23x15px Macedonia		Smit 6, Kiesel 4, Melis 2, Hoogendijk, Koster, Meulen, Pieëte, de Ridder, Slegers, Smit, Spitse
		1–1 4–0	23x15px Belarus		Melis 2, de Ridder, Slegers, van de Ven
		2–0 1–0	23x15px Slovakia		Kiesel, Koster, Smit
2013 EC QS	Group Stage: Gr.6	6–0 4–0	23x15px Serbia	2 / 5	Melis 6, van den Berg, van de Donk, Hoogendijk, Martens
		3–0 2–0	23x15px Croatia		Melis, de Ridder, Smit, Spitse, van de Ven
		0–0 0–1	23x15px England
		2–0 3–1	23x15px Slovenia		van de Ven 2, Heuver, Melis, de Ridder
23x15px 2013 EC	Group Stage: Gr.B	0–0	23x15px Germany	4 / 4
		0–1	23x15px Norway
		0–1	Template:Country data ISL Iceland
2015 WC QS	Group Stage: Gr.5	4–0 10–1	23x15px Albania	2 / 6	Slegers 6, Melis 3, Martens 2, van den Heiligenberg, Bakker, + 1 o.g.
		7–0 3–2	23x15px Portugal		Miedema 6, Slegers 2, Dekker, van den Berg
		1–2 2–0	23x15px Norway		Miedema, Dekker, van de Donk
		7–0 6–0	23x15px Greece		Miedema 4, Martens 2, Melis 2, van den Berg 2, Middag, Spitse, Bakker
		1–1 2–0	23x15px Belgium		Miedema 2, Slegers
	Play-Off	2–1 2–0	23x15px Scotland		Martens 2, Melis 2
	Play-Off Final	1–1 2–1	23x15px Italy		Miedema 3

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Women's football in the Netherlands, Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
↑ ^2.0 ^2.1 Invalid language code. Spelers en Staf: Vrouwen A-elftal, Ons Oranje. Retrieved on 2 July 2014.
↑ Netherlands: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, FIFA, 2014. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
↑ "Italy–Netherlands playoff match". UEFA. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
↑ UEFA Women's EURO 2009, UEFA. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
↑ Group B, UEFA. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.
↑ 2015 World cup roster
↑ Invalid language code. "De loopbaan van Vera Pauw", Intermediair, 2009. Retrieved on 3 July 2014.
↑ ^9.0 ^9.1 Invalid language code. Hugo Logtenberg, "Roger Reijners nieuwe bondscoach vrouwenelftal", de Volkskrant, 2010. Retrieved on 3 July 2014.

External links

16x16px Media related to Netherlands women's national association football team at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
FIFA profile

[nicknames-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Women's football in the Netherlands, Royal Dutch Football Association. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.

[currentselection-2] 2.0 ^2.1 Invalid language code. Spelers en Staf: Vrouwen A-elftal, Ons Oranje. Retrieved on 2 July 2014.

[ranking-3] Netherlands: FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking, FIFA, 2014. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.

[4] "Italy–Netherlands playoff match". UEFA. 27 November 2014. Retrieved 27 November 2014.

[5] UEFA Women's EURO 2009, UEFA. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.

[6] Group B, UEFA. Retrieved on 1 July 2014.

[7] 2015 World cup roster

[8] Invalid language code. "De loopbaan van Vera Pauw", Intermediair, 2009. Retrieved on 3 July 2014.

[reijners-9] 9.0 ^9.1 Invalid language code. Hugo Logtenberg, "Roger Reijners nieuwe bondscoach vrouwenelftal", de Volkskrant, 2010. Retrieved on 3 July 2014.

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