Netherlands national under-21 football team

Netherlands U21
Nickname(s)	Jong Oranje (Young Orange)
Association	Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Head coach	Erwin van de Looi
Captain	Teun Koopmeiners
Most caps	Arnold Bruggink & Leroy Fer (31)
Top scorer	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (18)
Home stadium	De Vijverberg (12,600)
First colours	Second colours
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	6 (first in 1988)
Best result	Winner (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 cards 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
1972	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	To be determined									To be determined
Total	2 titles	8/23	31	16	5	10	50	32	—	168	96	31	41	359	148

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

Notable players

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
2020
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	Switzerland (T)	8	6	1	1	20	5	+15	19	Final tournament	—	2–2	3–0	4 Jun	5–1	4–0
2	Netherlands	7	5	2	0	22	3	+19	17	Play-offs	2–0	—	3–0	3–1	5–0	7 Jun
3	Moldova (Y)	8	3	2	3	6	8	−2	11		8 Jun	3 Jun	—	0–2	1–0	1–0
4	Bulgaria (E)	8	2	3	3	9	9	0	9		0–1	0–0	0–0	—	0–4	5–0
5	Wales (E)	8	2	2	4	13	13	0	8		0–1	11 Jun	0–0	1–1	—	14 Jun
6	Gibraltar (E)	7	0	0	7	0	32	−32	0		0–4	0–7	0–4	11 Jun	0–7	—

Updated to match(es) played on 29 March 2022. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Tiebreakers
(E) Eliminated; (T) Qualified, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (Y) Cannot qualify directly, may only advance to play-offs

Players

Current squad

Players born in or after 2000 are eligible for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship.

The following players were called up for the 2023 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification games against Bulgaria and Switzerland on 25 and 29 March 2022.[1][2][3][4]

Names in bold denote players who have been capped for the Senior team.

Caps and goals updated as 25 March 2022. Clubs updated as of 29 March 2022

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Kjell Scherpen	(2000-01-23)23 January 2000 (aged 22)	14	0	Oostende
2	2DF	Milan van Ewijk	(2000-09-08)8 September 2000 (aged 21)	1	0	Heerenveen
3	2DF	Sepp van den Berg	(2001-12-20)20 December 2001 (aged 20)	4	0	Preston North End
4	2DF	Neraysho Kasanwirjo	(2002-02-18)18 February 2002 (aged 20)	3	0	Groningen
5	2DF	Mitchel Bakker	(2000-06-20)20 June 2000 (aged 21)	14	0	Bayer Leverkusen
6	3MF	Quinten Timber	(2001-06-17)17 June 2001 (aged 20)	7	0	Utrecht
7	3MF	Jurgen Ekkelenkamp	(2000-04-05)5 April 2000 (aged 21)	12	7	Hertha BSC
8	3MF	Ryan Gravenberch	(2002-06-15)15 June 2002 (aged 19)	6	1	Ajax
9	4FW	Joshua Zirkzee	(2001-05-21)21 May 2001 (aged 20)	10	7	Anderlecht
10	3MF	Kenneth Taylor	(2002-05-16)16 May 2002 (aged 19)	6	0	Ajax
11	4FW	Thomas Buitink	(2000-06-14)14 June 2000 (aged 21)	0	0	Vitesse
12	4FW	Elayis Tavşan	(2001-04-30)30 April 2001 (aged 20)	0	0	NEC Nijmegen
13	1GK	Calvin Raatsie	(2002-02-09)9 February 2002 (aged 20)	0	0	Ajax
14	3MF	Wouter Burger	(2001-02-16)16 February 2001 (aged 21)	1	0	Basel
15	2DF	Ian Maatsen	(2002-03-10)10 March 2002 (aged 19)	4	1	Coventry City
16	1GK	Fabian de Keijzer	(2000-05-10)10 May 2000 (aged 21)	1	0	Utrecht
17	2DF	Melayro Bogarde	(2002-06-28)28 June 2002 (aged 19)	3	0	Groningen
18	4FW	Crysencio Summerville	(2001-10-30)30 October 2001 (aged 20)	4	1	Leeds United
19	4FW	Brian Brobbey	(2002-02-01)1 February 2002 (aged 20)	9	3	Ajax
20	4FW	Daishawn Redan	(2001-02-02)2 February 2001 (aged 21)	8	3	PEC Zwolle
23	1GK	Bart Verbruggen	(2002-08-18)18 August 2002 (aged 19)	0	0	Anderlecht

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
GK	Jay Gorter	(2000-05-30)30 May 2000 (aged 21)	0	0	Ajax	v. Wales, 12 October 2021

DF	Jan Paul van Hecke	(2000-06-08)8 June 2000 (aged 21)	0	0	Blackburn Rovers	v. Switzerland, 29 March 2022^INJ
DF	Devyne Rensch	(2003-01-18)18 January 2003 (aged 19)	3	0	Ajax	v. Bulgaria, 25 March 2022^INJ
DF	Lutsharel Geertruida	(2000-07-18)18 July 2000 (aged 21)	3	0	Feyenoord	v. Bulgaria, 25 March 2022^INJ
DF	Sven Botman	(2000-01-12)12 January 2000 (aged 22)	10	2	Lille	v. Bulgaria, 25 March 2022^PRE
DF	Ki-Jana Hoever	(2002-01-19)19 January 2002 (aged 20)	5	1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	v. Bulgaria, 25 March 2022^PRE
DF	Jeremie Frimpong	(2000-12-10)10 December 2000 (aged 21)	4	0	Bayer Leverkusen	v. Bulgaria, 15 November 2021
DF	Micky van de Ven	(2001-04-19)19 April 2001 (aged 20)	2	0	VfL Wolfsburg	v. Bulgaria, 15 November 2021

MF	Ludovit Reis	(2000-06-01)1 June 2000 (aged 21)	16	0	Hamburger SV	v. Switzerland, 29 March 2022^INJ
MF	Daniël van Kaam	(2000-06-23)23 June 2000 (aged 21)	5	0	Groningen	v. Bulgaria, 25 March 2022^PRE

FW	Vicente Besuijen	(2001-04-10)10 April 2001 (aged 20)	0	0	Aberdeen	v. Bulgaria, 25 March 2022^PRE
FW	Myron Boadu	(2001-01-14)14 January 2001 (aged 21)	14	11	AS Monaco	v. Bulgaria, 25 March 2022^PRE
FW	Anthony Musaba	(2000-12-06)6 December 2000 (aged 21)	3	0	Heerenveen	v. Bulgaria, 25 March 2022^PRE
FW	Fodé Fofana	(2002-10-26)26 October 2002 (aged 19)	1	0	PSV	v. Moldova, 7 September 2021
^INJ Withdrew due to injury. ^PRE Preliminary squad. ^SEN Accepted call up to senior team.

Individual all-time records

Still active players are highlighted

Most capped players

Arnold Bruggink is the most capped player for Jong Orange.

#	Player	Career	Matches	Goals
1	Arnold Bruggink	1995 – 1999	31	15
1	Leroy Fer	2009 – 2013	31	06
3	Daniël de Ridder	2004 – 2007	30	01
4	Niels Oude Kamphuis	1996 – 2000	28	02
5	Roy Makaay	1994 – 1998	27	15
5	Mark van Bommel	1996 – 2000	27	03
7	Kiki Musampa	1996 – 2000	25	08
7	Arnold Kruiswijk	2003 – 2007	25	00
9	Georginio Wijnaldum	2009 – 2013	24	10
10	Daley Blind	2009 – 2013	23	00
	Klaas-Jan Huntelaar	2002 – 2006	23	18
	Bram Nuytinck	2010 – 2013	23	02
	Marco van Ginkel	2011 – 2014	23	04
	Tonny Vilhena	2013 – 2016	23	04

Last updated: 29 May 2014

Most goals scored

Huntelaar was the Golden Player and Top Scorer at the 2006 UEFA U-21 Championship and he is the all-time top scorer for Jong Orange.

#	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	Vincent Janssen	2014 – 2015	08	10	0.80
6	Kiki Musampa	1996 – 2000	08	25	0.32
8	Edwin Bakker	1984 – 1985	07	07	1.00
	Ronald de Boer	1989 – 1992	07	09	0.78
	Quincy Promes	2013 – 2014	07	10	0.70

Last updated: 17 November 2015

References

"Gravenberch en Botman keren terug in voorlopige selectie Jong Oranje" [Greavenberch and Botman retyrn to the preliminary squad selection of the Jong Oranje]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
"Vier debutanten in definitieve selectie van Jong Oranje" [Four debutants in the final squad of the Jong Oranje]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
"Geertruida, Rensch en De Keijzer niet met Jong Oranje naar Bulgarije" [Geertruida, Rensch and De Keijzer are not coming with Jong Oranje to Bulgaria]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 23 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.
"Fabian de Keijzer terug bij Jong Oranje" [Fabian de Keijzer is back at the Jong Oranje]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

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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[1] "Gravenberch en Botman keren terug in voorlopige selectie Jong Oranje" [Greavenberch and Botman retyrn to the preliminary squad selection of the Jong Oranje]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 4 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[2] "Vier debutanten in definitieve selectie van Jong Oranje" [Four debutants in the final squad of the Jong Oranje]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 18 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[3] "Geertruida, Rensch en De Keijzer niet met Jong Oranje naar Bulgarije" [Geertruida, Rensch and De Keijzer are not coming with Jong Oranje to Bulgaria]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 23 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.

[4] "Fabian de Keijzer terug bij Jong Oranje" [Fabian de Keijzer is back at the Jong Oranje]. Royal Dutch Football Association (in Dutch). 27 March 2022. Retrieved 29 March 2022.