De Boer Twins (original) (raw)

The twin pair of Frankand Ronald de Boer played together for the Dutch national team in its penaltyphobia era: together they were involved in all 4 penalty shootout eliminations in the last decade of the twentieth century (Frank played in the semifinals of the European Championships in 1992 and 2000 and in the semifinal of the 1998 World Cup, all lost in a penalty shootout, and Ronald in the 1996 European championship quarterfinal as well as in the 1998 World Cup semifinal, both lost on penalties). Frank later managed to be part of a penalty shootout winning Oranje at the 2004 European championship. Both have a fifty percent shoot-out record: Ronald scored in 1996 but missed in 1998 while Frank scored in 1998 but missed in 2000. In all, they were in the Dutch squad together at three major tournaments (the 1994 and 1998 World Cups and the 2000 European championship; Frank was not at the 1996 European championship and Ronald not at its 2004 edition), one short of the Van de Kerkhoftwins who made the squad at 2 World Cups and 2 European championships. They both played in 11 matches at major tournaments (8 World Cup and 3 European championship matches), equal to the Van de Kerkhof record (7 World Cup matches, all in 1978, and 4 in European championships). Those 8 World Cup matches in which both played is a world record for a brother pair (the Charlton brothers and the Van de Kerkhof twins follow with 7).

Together the twins obtained 179 Dutch caps (Frank 112, Ronald 67), scoring 26 goals (both 13). Their accumulated caps total is a European record for a pair of twins; their accumulated goals total possibly as well. (The world record in both categories (and for any pair of brothers) is held byHossam andIbrahim Hassan, who combined for 308 caps (Hossam 177, Ibrahim 131) and 83 goals (Hossam 69, Ibrahim 14) for Egypt.)

Below we list all matches of the Dutch national team in which both twin brothers played. It is interesting to note that the Dutch team had a better average performance in matches in which both played than in matches in which only one of the two (regardless whether Frank or Ronald) made an appearance.

Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition FB RB T 1 1 1 24- 3-93 Utrecht San Marino 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 2 1 2 22- 9-93 Bologna San Marino 7-0 World Cup Qualifier 3 13-10-93 Rotterdam England 2-0 World Cup Qualifier 4 1 3 17-11-93 Poznan Poland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 5 19- 1-94 Tunis Tunisia 2-2 6 20- 4-94 Tilburg Ireland 0-1 7 27- 5-94 Utrecht Scotland 3-1 8 1- 6-94 Eindhoven Hungary 7-1 9 12- 6-94 Toronto Canada 3-0 10 20- 6-94 Washington Saudi Arabia 2-1 World Cup 11 25- 6-94 Orlando Belgium 0-1 World Cup 12 2 5 7- 9-94 Luxembourg Luxembourg 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 13 12-10-94 Oslo Norway 1-1 European Champ. Qual. 14 1 6 14-12-94 Rotterdam Luxembourg 5-0 European Champ. Qual. 15 29- 3-95 Rotterdam Malta 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 16 26- 4-95 Praha Czech Republic 1-3 European Champ. Qual. 17 6- 9-95 Rotterdam Belarus 1-0 European Champ. Qual. 18 11-10-95 Rabat Ta'Qali Malta 4-0 European Champ. Qual. 19 15-11-95 Rotterdam Norway 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 20 1 7 31- 8-96 Amsterdam Brazil 2-2 21 1 8 5-10-96 Cardiff Wales 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 22 1 1 10 9-11-96 Eindhoven Wales 7-1 World Cup Qualifier 23 14-12-96 Brussel Belgium 3-0 World Cup Qualifier 24 26- 2-97 Paris France 1-2 25 2- 4-97 Bursa Turkey 0-1 World Cup Qualifier 26 1 11 30- 4-97 Serravalle San Marino 6-0 World Cup Qualifier 27 6- 9-97 Rotterdam Belgium 3-1 World Cup Qualifier 28 1 12 21- 2-98 Miami United States 2-0 29 24- 2-98 Miami Mexico 3-2 30 27- 5-98 Arnhem Cameroon 0-0 31 1 13 1- 6-98 Eindhoven Paraguay 5-1 32 5- 6-98 Amsterdam Nigeria 5-1 33 13- 6-98 Paris Belgium 0-0 World Cup 34 1 14 20- 6-98 Marseille South Korea 5-0 World Cup 35 1 15 25- 6-98 Saint-Etienne Mexico 2-2 World Cup 36 29- 6-98 Toulouse Yugoslavia 2-1 World Cup 37 4- 7-98 Marseille Argentina 2-1 World Cup 38 7- 7-98 Marseille Brazil 1-1 [1] World Cup 39 10-10-98 Eindhoven Peru 2-0 40 13-10-98 Arnhem Ghana 0-0 41 10- 2-99 Paris Portugal 0-0 42 5- 6-99 Salvador Brazil 2-2 43 8- 6-99 Goi�nia Brazil 1-3 44 18- 8-99 København Denmark 0-0 45 4- 9-99 Rotterdam Belgium 5-5 46 13-11-99 Eindhoven Czech Republic 1-1 47 1 16 4- 6-00 Lausanne Poland 3-1 48 1 17 11- 6-00 Amsterdam Czech Republic 1-0 European Championship 49 1 18 16- 6-00 Rotterdam Denmark 3-0 European Championship 50 25- 6-00 Rotterdam Yugoslavia 6-1 European Championship 51 2- 9-00 Amsterdam Ireland 2-2 World Cup Qualifier 52 7-10-00 Lefkosia Cyprus 4-0 World Cup Qualifier 53 10-11-01 København Denmark 1-1 54 13- 2-02 Amsterdam England 1-1 55 16-10-02 Wien Austria 3-0 European Champ. Qual. 56 2- 4-03 Tiraspol Moldova 2-1 European Champ. Qual.

[1] Netherlands lost 2-4 on penalties

Total Record

GP    GW   GD   GL   GF  GA     Pts  Percentage
56    34   16    6  147- 47      84      75.00

Types of Matches and Goals

                  Goals Matches Goals by Player

Friendlies 4 23 (Ronald 2, Frank 2) World Cup 2 8 (Ronald 2) World Cup Qualifier 7 12 (Ronald 5, Frank 2) European Championship 2 3 (Ronald 1, Frank 1) European Champ. Qual. 3 10 (Ronald 3)

Total 18 56 (Ronald 13, Frank 5)

Brothers in Oranje

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Prepared and maintained by _Karel Stokkermans_for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans (karel.rsssf@gmail.com) Last updated: 18 Mar 2024