England-Netherlands matches (original) (raw)

Introduction

Like most continental sides, the Netherlands only played against the England Amateur team until the first World War. That team contained a number of players who were active in the professional league (without being paid of course), such as the famousVivian Woodward, who not only played 30 matches (46 goals) for the England Amateur team, but also 23 matches (29 goals) for the full England team.
While these matches do not show in the official English statistics, the European federations involved do include them in their official records, the England Amateur team usually being the strongest opponents they ever played during that time. Positive results against this England Amateur team were few and far between for continental sides (France alone managed to suffer three double digit thrashings within less than three years and the Netherlands also suffered their three highest ever defeats (2-12, 1-9 and 1-8 respectively) all against the England Amateur team in little over 30 months), and the 2-1 win at _Houtrust_in March 1913, thanks to two goals byHuug de Groot, remained the Dutch team's most famous victory until long after the second World War. The Great Britain sides which the Netherlands played at two Olympic tournaments, both in London, were essentially equivalent to the England Amateur team.

Against the full England side, the Dutch record is much better than against the Amateur team, in particular since the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands in the mid-fifties. Two wins stand out: the first win (out of meanwhile four) in England, at the mythical (old) Wembley stadium in February 1977, thanks to two goals from Jan Peters, and the 3-1 at the 1988 European championship, thanks to a hattrick by Marco van Basten. Of course, the English rather prefer to remember their 4-1 win at the "Football is coming home" Euro in 1996 – the last win by either team when hosting the match, as both failed to do so at the next four opportunities.

Official Matches

All matches listed are friendlies unless otherwise stated.

Game Date Venue Result Remark

A 1. 1- 4-1907 Den Haag Netherlands 1-8 England Am A 2. 21-12-1907 Darlington England Am 12-2 Netherlands GB1. 22-10-1908 London Gr. Britain 4-0 Netherlands [Olympic Games] A 3. 12- 4-1909 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-4 England Am A 4. 11-12-1909 London England Am 9-1 Netherlands A 5. 17- 4-1911 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-1 England Am A 6. 16- 3-1912 Hull England Am 4-0 Netherlands A 7. 24- 3-1913 Den Haag Netherlands 2-1 England Am A 8. 15-11-1913 Hull England Am 2-1 Netherlands

18- 5-1935 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-1 England
27-11-1946 Huddersfield England 8-2 Netherlands GB2. 31- 7-1948 London Gr. Britain 4-3 Netherlands [Olympic Games] A 9. 15-11-1952 Hull England Am 2-2 Netherlands A10. 7- 3-1954 Rotterdam Netherlands 1-0 England Am
9-12-1964 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-1 England
5-11-1969 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-1 England
14- 1-1970 London England 0-0 Netherlands
9- 2-1977 London England 0-2 Netherlands
25- 5-1982 London England 2-0 Netherlands
22- 3-1988 London England 2-2 Netherlands
15- 6-1988 Düsseldorf Netherlands 3-1 England [European Champ.]
16- 6-1990 Cagliari Netherlands 0-0 England [World Cup]
28- 4-1993 London England 2-2 Netherlands [World Cup Qualifier]
13-10-1993 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-0 England [World Cup Qualifier]
18- 6-1996 London England 4-1 Netherlands [European Champ.]
15- 8-2001 London England 0-2 Netherlands
13- 2-2002 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-1 England
9- 2-2005 Birmingham England 0-0 Netherlands
15-11-2006 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-1 England
12- 8-2009 Amsterdam Netherlands 2-2 England
29- 2-2012 London England 2-3 Netherlands
29- 3-2016 London England 1-2 Netherlands
23- 3-2018 Amsterdam Netherlands 0-1 England
6- 6-2019 Guimarães Netherlands 3-1 England [European Nations League, aet]
10- 7-2024 Dortmund Netherlands 1-2 England [European Champ.]

Overviews

Total record:

Netherlands 35 9 10 16 43- 84 28

England 23 7 9 7 33- 30 23 England Amateur 10 7 1 2 43- 10 15 Great Britain 2 2 0 0 8- 3 4

Some more stats:

                 Pd  E  D  N  EG- NG

In England: 18 9 5 4 58- 25 [amateurs] 5 4 1 0 29- 6 [off. England] 11 3 4 4 21- 16 [Great Britain] 2 2 0 0 8- 3 In the Netherlands: 13 6 4 3 22- 11
[amateurs] 5 3 0 2 14- 4 [off. England] 8 3 4 1 8- 7 Elsewhere: 4 1 1 2 4- 7

England - List of International Matches
Netherlands - List of International Matches

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Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for theRec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans Last updated: 10 Jul 2024