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Nickname

Oranje (Orange)

Association

Royal Netherlands Football Association
(Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbal Bond)

Current coach

Marco van Basten, 2004-

Most capped player

Frank de Boer: 112

Highest goalscorer

Patrick Kluivert: 40

First International

Belgium 1 - 4 Netherlands
(Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April, 1905)

Largest win

Netherlands 9 - 0 Norway
(Rotterdam, Netherlands; 1 November, 1972)

Largest defeat

Netherlands 2 - 12 England Amateur
(The Hague, Netherlands; 1 April, 1907)

World Cup

Finals appearances: 7 (First: 1934)
Best result: Runners-up 1974, 1978

European Championships

Finals appearances: 7 (First: 1976)
Best result: Winners 1988

The Netherlands national football team is one of Europe's best national teams, having won the European Championship in 1988, and having reached two consecutive World Cup finals, but losing both (1974 and 1978).

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World Cup record

1930 - Did not enter
1934 - Round 1
1938 - Round 1
1950 - Did not enter
1954 - Did not enter
1958 - Did not qualify
1962 - Did not qualify
1966 - Did not qualify
1970 - Did not qualify
1974 - Runners-up
1978 - Runners-up
1982 - Did not qualify
1986 - Did not qualify
1990 - Round 2
1994 - Quarter finals
1998 - Semi finals
2002 - Did not qualify

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European Championship record

1960 - Did not enter
1964 - Did not qualify
1968 - Did not qualify
1972 - Did not qualify
1976 - Semifinals
1980 - Round 1
1984 - Did not qualify
1988 - Winners
1992 - Semifinals
1996 - Quarterfinals
2000 - Semifinals
2004 - Semifinals

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