Holland

727 entrants predicted Holland to win the World Cup

833 entrants are supporting Holland

Top 10 Holland supporters

Pos	Name	Po
1	Cyclops  Haarlem, the Netherlands	106
1	Pule New Zealand	106
3	chelsk   work	103
4	Omar Karamat  London	101
5	Erwin L. Winterswijk	99
5	paul ryan limerick	99
5	Chris Eindhoven	99
8	Michael Romijn  Wellington, NZ	94
8	Zac YP Clown Town	94
8	JP Ruud   Dublin	94

Group matches

Team profile

• Coach: Marco van Basten, 2004-
• World Cup appearances: 8
• First World Cup: 1934
• Best performance at World Cup: Runners-up, 1974 and 1978

The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association.

Netherlands is consistently one of Europe's strongest national teams, having won the European Championship in 1988, and having reached two consecutive World Cup finals, but losing both (1974 and 1978). At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precise passing. The Netherlands made their first World Cup appearance in 1934, and after coming back in 1938, entered the world of football wilderness. They came out of it in the 1970s with the invention of Total Football. Pioneered by Ajax Amsterdam and lead by the creative genius of Johan Cruijff and Rinus Michels, the Dutch made huge strides, getting to two World Cup finals in the decade. The team has been strong since, winning Euro 88, reaching the semi-finals in Euro 92, Euro 2000 and Euro 2004, and finishing fourth in the 1998 World Cup. The Netherlands are considered by many to be the finest footballing nation never to win the Football World Cup.

World Cup record

• 1930 - Did not enter
• 1934 - Round 1
• 1938 - Round 1
• 1950 - Did not enter
• 1954 - Did not enter
• 1958 to 1970 - Did not qualify
• 1974 - Runners-up
• 1978 - Runners-up
• 1982 - Did not qualify
• 1986 - Did not qualify
• 1990 - Round 2
• 1994 - Quarterfinals
• 1998 - Fourth place
• 2002 - Did not qualify
• 2006 - Qualified

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