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.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Netherlands national under-21 football team.
UEFA Under-21 website Contains full results archive
The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Contains full record of U-21/U-23 Championships.
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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 Netherlands U21Nickname s Jong Oranje Young Orange AssociationKoninklijke Nederlandse VoetbalbondHead coachMichael ReizigerCaptainQuinten TimberMost capsArnold Bruggink amp Leroy Fer 31 Top scorerKlaas Jan Huntelaar 18 First coloursSecond coloursUEFA U 21 ChampionshipAppearances9 first in 1988 Best resultWinners 2006 2007 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 Contents 1 Competitive record 1 1 UEFA U 23 Championship record 1 2 UEFA U 23 Championship Record 1 3 UEFA U 21 Championship Record 1 4 Olympic Games 2 Results and fixtures 2021 2023 2 1 2023 UEFA European Under 21 Championship 2 1 1 Qualification 3 Players 3 1 Current squad 3 2 Recent call ups 3 3 Overage players in Olympic Games 3 4 Notable players from under 21 football team 4 Individual all time records 4 1 Most capped players 4 2 Most goals scored 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksCompetitive record editUEFA U 23 Championship record edit 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 edit UEFA U 23 Championship Record Qualification recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Pld W D L GF GA1972 Quarter finals 3 0 1 2 4 2 4 2 1 1 9 71974 Quarter finals 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 2 0 0 4 11976 Semi finals 4 2 0 2 3 5 4 3 1 0 10 3Total 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 edit UEFA U 21 Championship Record Qualification recordYear Round Position Pld W D L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA1978 did not enter did not enter1980 did not qualify 4 0 1 3 4 81982 4 2 0 2 4 41984 4 1 2 1 7 31986 6 4 1 1 11 31988 Semi finals 3rd 4th 4 3 0 1 5 6 6 5 0 1 12 51990 did not qualify 6 1 2 3 6 91992 Quarter finals 5th 2 1 0 1 2 2 6 4 2 0 20 41994 did not qualify 10 3 2 5 11 141996 10 6 2 2 23 91998 Fourth place 4th 3 1 0 2 2 2 Squad 8 6 1 1 26 52000 Group stage 3 1 0 2 3 5 Squad 10 7 1 2 21 92002 did not qualify 10 5 3 2 22 102004 8 1 4 3 6 102006 Final Champions 5 3 1 1 9 5 Squad 10 7 2 1 21 72007 Final Champions 5 3 2 0 10 5 Squad Qualified as hosts2009 did not qualify 8 5 1 2 10 32011 10 8 0 2 22 82013 Semi finals 3rd 4 2 0 2 8 7 Squad 10 8 1 1 25 32015 did not qualify 10 5 1 4 26 132017 8 4 2 2 15 102019 10 5 3 2 21 62021 Semi finals 4th 5 2 2 1 11 6 Squad 10 9 0 1 46 52023 Group stage 3 0 3 0 2 2 Squad 10 8 2 0 32 3Total 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 edit Summer Olympic recordYear Round Position GP W D L GS GA nbsp 1992 Did not qualify nbsp 1996 nbsp 2000 nbsp 2004 nbsp 2008 Quarter finals 7th 4 1 2 1 4 4 nbsp 2012 Did not qualify nbsp 2016 nbsp 2020 nbsp 2024Total 1 7 0 Medals 4 1 2 1 4 4Results and fixtures 2021 2023 edit2023 UEFA European Under 21 Championship edit Main article 2023 UEFA European Under 21 Championship Qualification edit Main article 2023 UEFA European Under 21 Championship qualification Group E Pos Teamvte Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp 1 nbsp Netherlands 10 8 2 0 32 3 29 26 Final tournament 2 0 3 0 5 0 3 1 6 02 nbsp Switzerland 10 7 2 1 22 6 16 23 2 2 3 0 5 1 1 0 4 03 nbsp Moldova 10 3 3 4 7 12 5 12 0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 04 nbsp Wales 10 3 2 5 15 14 1 11 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 05 nbsp Bulgaria 10 2 4 4 10 11 1 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 5 06 nbsp Gibraltar 10 0 1 9 1 41 40 1 0 7 0 4 0 4 0 7 1 1 Source UEFARules for classification TiebreakersPlayers editCurrent squad edit The following players were called up for the matches against Norway U21 on 21 March and Moldova U21 on 25 March 2024 Caps and goals correct as of 21 March 2024 after the match against Norway U21 No Pos Player Date of birth age Caps Goals Club1 1 GK Calvin Raatsie 2002 02 09 9 February 2002 age 22 6 0 nbsp Roda JC16 1 GK Dani van den Heuvel 2003 05 28 28 May 2003 age 20 1 0 nbsp Leeds United23 1 GK Robin Roefs 2003 01 17 17 January 2003 age 21 1 0 nbsp NEC12 2 DF Neraysho Kasanwirjo 2002 02 18 18 February 2002 age 22 7 0 nbsp Rapid Wien2 2 DF Devyne Rensch 2003 01 18 18 January 2003 age 21 13 2 nbsp Ajax4 2 DF Jorrel Hato 2006 03 07 7 March 2006 age 18 5 0 nbsp Ajax3 2 DF Wouter Goes 2004 06 10 10 June 2004 age 19 1 0 nbsp AZ8 2 DF Ian Maatsen 2002 03 10 10 March 2002 age 22 16 1 nbsp Borussia Dortmund5 2 DF Bjorn Meijer 2003 03 18 18 March 2003 age 21 4 2 nbsp Club Brugge15 2 DF Youri Baas 2003 03 17 17 March 2003 age 21 3 0 nbsp NEC14 2 DF Max Bruns 2002 11 06 6 November 2002 age 21 1 0 nbsp Twente13 3 MF Ryan Flamingo 2002 12 31 31 December 2002 age 21 3 0 nbsp Utrecht6 3 MF Kenneth Taylor 2002 05 16 16 May 2002 age 21 14 2 nbsp Ajax18 3 MF Julian Baas 2002 04 16 16 April 2002 age 21 1 0 nbsp Excelsior20 3 MF Youri Regeer 2003 08 18 18 August 2003 age 20 6 0 nbsp FC Twente11 4 FW Ruben van Bommel 2004 08 03 3 August 2004 age 19 7 3 nbsp AZ10 4 FW Myron van Brederode 2003 07 06 6 July 2003 age 20 5 1 nbsp AZ17 4 FW Ernest Poku 2004 01 28 28 January 2004 age 20 3 0 nbsp AZ19 4 FW Noah Ohio 2003 01 16 16 January 2003 age 21 7 5 nbsp Hull City7 4 FW Million Manhoef 2002 01 03 3 January 2002 age 22 11 3 nbsp Stoke City22 4 FW Ibrahim Cissoko 2003 03 26 26 March 2003 age 21 1 0 nbsp Toulouse4 FW Emanuel Emegha 2003 02 03 3 February 2003 age 21 4 0 nbsp RC Strasbourg9 4 FW Sontje Hansen 2002 05 18 18 May 2002 age 21 3 1 nbsp NECRecent call ups edit 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 upGK Hugo Wentges 2002 02 11 11 February 2002 age 22 1 0 nbsp ADO Den Haag v nbsp Moldova 8 September 2023DF Rav van den Berg 2004 07 07 7 July 2004 age 19 3 0 nbsp Middlesbrough UEFA Euro U 21 qualificationDF Ki Jana Hoever 2002 01 18 18 January 2002 age 22 6 1 nbsp Stoke City v nbsp North Macedonia 12 September 2023DF Finn van Breemen 2003 02 25 25 February 2003 age 21 4 0 nbsp FC Basel UEFA Euro U 21 qualificationDF Tyrese Asante 2002 04 09 9 April 2002 age 22 1 0 nbsp ADO Den Haag UEFA Euro U 21 qualificationDF Anass Salah Eddine 2002 01 18 18 January 2002 age 22 7 0 nbsp Twente UEFA Euro U 21 qualificationMF Ryan Gravenberch 2002 05 16 16 May 2002 age 21 11 1 nbsp Liverpool UEFA Euro U 21 qualificationMF Isaac Babadi 2005 04 06 6 April 2005 age 19 2 1 nbsp PSV v nbsp North Macedonia 12 September 2023MF Calvin Twigt 2003 01 30 30 January 2003 age 21 3 0 nbsp FC Volendam v UEFA Euro U 21 qualificationMF Dirk Proper 2002 02 24 24 February 2002 age 22 7 1 nbsp NEC v UEFA Euro U 21 qualificationFW Brian Brobbey 2002 02 01 1 February 2002 age 22 17 9 nbsp Ajax v nbsp Georgia 27 June 2023INJ Withdrew due to injury PRE Preliminary squad SEN Accepted call up to senior team Overage players in Olympic Games edit Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 32008 Kew Jaliens DF Gerald Sibon FW Roy Makaay FW Notable players from under 21 football team edit Jo Bonfrere Roy Makaay Arnold Bruggink Wilfred Bouma Peter Wisgerhof Victor Sikora Mark van Bommel Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink Dirk Kuyt Kenneth Vermeer Gijs Luirink Nicky Hofs Stijn Schaars Urby Emanuelson Romeo Castelen Klaas Jan Huntelaar Robin van Persie Boy Waterman Ron Vlaar Ryan Donk Gianni Zuiverloon Hedwiges Maduro Otman Bakkal Maceo Rigters Ryan Babel Royston Drenthe Tim Krul Erik PietersIndividual all time records edit Still active players are highlighted Most capped players edit nbsp Arnold Bruggink is the most capped player for Jong Orange Rank Player Career Matches Goals1 Arnold Bruggink 1995 1999 31 15Leroy Fer 2009 2013 31 63 Daniel de Ridder 2004 2007 30 14 Niels Oude Kamphuis 1996 2000 28 25 Roy Makaay 1994 1998 27 15Mark van Bommel 1996 2000 27 37 Kiki Musampa 1996 2000 25 8Arnold Kruiswijk 2003 2007 25 09 Georginio Wijnaldum 2009 2013 24 1010 Daley Blind 2009 2013 23 0Klaas Jan Huntelaar 2002 2006 23 18Bram Nuytinck 2010 2013 23 2Marco van Ginkel 2011 2014 23 4Tonny Vilhena 2013 2016 23 4Last updated 29 May 2014 Most goals scored edit nbsp 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 Average1 Klaas Jan Huntelaar 2002 2006 18 23 0 782 Roy Makaay 1994 1998 15 27 0 56Arnold Bruggink 1995 1999 15 31 0 484 Genero Zeefuik 2011 2012 10 12 0 83Georginio Wijnaldum 2009 2013 10 24 0 426 Brian Brobbey 2021 9 17 0 537 Vincent Janssen 2014 2015 8 10 0 80Kiki Musampa 1996 2000 8 25 0 329 Edwin Bakker 1984 1985 7 7 1 00Ronald de Boer 1989 1992 7 9 0 78Quincy Promes 2013 2014 7 10 0 70Joshua Zirkzee 2020 7 19 0 37Jurgen Ekkelenkamp 2020 2023 7 22 0 32Last updated 27 June 2023 See also edit Netherlands national football team Netherlands national under 19 football team Netherlands national under 17 football team UEFA European Under 21 ChampionshipReferences edit External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Netherlands national under 21 football team 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 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Netherlands national under 21 football team amp oldid 1215566917, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
