Netherlands national under-21 football team

Netherlands U21
Nickname(s)	Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Head coach	Michael Reiziger
Captain	Quinten Timber
Most caps	Arnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31)
Top scorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
First colours	Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	9 (first in 1988)
Best result	Winners (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

UEFA U-23 Championship record

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

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
UEFA U-23 Championship Record									Qualification record
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

Year	Round	Position	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
UEFA U-21 Championship Record										Qualification record
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	did not qualify									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		3	1	0	2	3	5	Squad	10	7	1	2	21	9
2002	did not qualify									10	5	3	2	22	10
2004	did not qualify									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	did not qualify									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		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

Summer Olympic record
Year	Round	Position	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1992	Did not qualify
1996

2000
2004
2008	Quarter-finals	7th	4	1	2	1	4	4
2012	Did not qualify
2016
2021
2024
Total	1/7	0 Medals	4	1	2	1	4	4

Results and fixtures 2021–2023

2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

Qualification

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	Final tournament	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

Current squad

The following players were called up for the matches against Moldova on 8 September and North Macedonia on 12 September.

Caps and goals correct as of 27 June 2023, after the match against Georgia.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Dani van den Heuvel	(2003-05-28) 28 May 2003	0	0	Leeds United
1GK	Calvin Raatsie	(2002-02-09) 9 February 2002	0	0	FC Utrecht
1GK	Hugo Wentges	(2002-02-11) 11 February 2002	1	0	ADO Den Haag

2DF	Tyrese Asante	(2002-04-09) 9 April 2002	0	0	ADO Den Haag
2DF	Youri Baas	(2003-03-17) 17 March 2003	0	0	NEC
2DF	Rav van den Berg	(2004-07-07) 7 July 2004	0	0	Middlesbrough
2DF	Finn van Breemen	(2003-02-25) 25 February 2003	0	0	FC Basel
2DF	Jorrel Hato	(2006-03-07) 7 March 2006	0	0	Ajax
2DF	Ki-Jana Hoever	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002	5	1	Stoke City
2DF	Devyne Rensch	(2003-01-18) 18 January 2003	9	0	Ajax
2DF	Anass Salah-Eddine	(2002-01-18) 18 January 2002	0	0	Ajax

3MF	Isaac Babadi	(2005-04-06) 6 April 2005	0	0	PSV
3MF	Ryan Gravenberch	(2002-05-16) 16 May 2002	11	1	Liverpool
3MF	Dirk Proper	(2002-02-24) 24 February 2002	0	0	NEC
3MF	Youri Regeer	(2003-08-18) 18 August 2003	0	0	FC Twente
3MF	Kenneth Taylor	(2002-05-16) 16 May 2002	13	1	Ajax
3MF	Calvin Twigt	(2003-01-30) 30 January 2003	0	0	FC Volendam

4FW	Ruben van Bommel	(2004-08-03) 3 August 2004	0	0	AZ
4FW	Brian Brobbey	(2002-02-01) 1 February 2002	17	9	Ajax
4FW	Emanuel Emegha	(2003-02-03) 3 February 2003	0	0	RC Strasbourg
4FW	Sontje Hansen	(2002-05-18) 18 May 2002	0	0	NEC
4FW	Million Manhoef	(2002-01-03) 3 January 2002	0	0	Vitesse
4FW	Noah Ohio	(2003-01-16) 16 January 2003	0	0	Standard Liège

Recent call ups

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

DF	Bjorn Meijer	(2003-03-18) 18 March 2003	1	0	Club Brugge	v. Czech Republic, 27 March 2023

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

Overage players in Olympic Games

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

Notable players from under-21 football team

Individual all-time records

Still active players are highlighted

Most capped players

Arnold Bruggink is the most capped player for Jong Orange.

Rank	Player	Career	Matches	Goals
1	Arnold Bruggink	1995–1999	31	15
1	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
5	Mark van Bommel	1996–2000	27	3
7	Kiki Musampa	1996–2000	25	8
7	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

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
2	Arnold Bruggink	1995–1999	15	31	0.48
4	Género Zeefuik	2011–2012	10	12	0.83
4	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
7	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

References

External links

UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
Official KNVB U-21 site in Dutch

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