Netherlands National Football Team

Holland are often favourites to win most major football tournaments but often they seem to disappoint.Holland have a very talented group of players especially in midfield and attack. Holland are famous for there previous generations of gifted footballers and there attacking football as well as there massive group of fans "The Orange Army."They have won major championships in the past including the Euro 1988 with players like Marco van basten who is now there current coach. There midfield includes many young talented players including Wesley Snejder, Rafeal Van Der Vaart and Arjen Robben.They also have a good mix of experienced and upcoming ...  Read the complete review

Nickname(s) Oranje, Orange Crush, The Orangemen Head coach Marco van Basten, (2004) Captain Edwin van der Sar Home stadium Amsterdam ArenA, De Kuip, Philips Stadion FIFA ranking 10 Highest FIFA ranking 2 (November 1993) Lowest FIFA ranking 25 (May 1998) There is no doubt that the stars of the 2008 European Champions so far are the Netherlands, likely to sweep all before them in Austria and Switzerland. Their opening two wins have been impressive to say the least, this particular team's hybrid version of their infamous 'Total Football', brushing away the 2006 World Cup finalist in Italy and France but by three clear ...  Read the complete review

Well we said it on dooyoo!, judge Svengerland when they play someone good. It was nearly minus Sevengerland as the Dutch ripped us apart. As we were getting turned over, the Germans were revving up the Panzers with ze five nil thrashing of ze Hungarians again. Our boys were getting run ragged so bad that we had to bring another eleven on in the second half. Unfortunately it wasn’t France and we still didn’t get a shot on target. It seems a long while ago when we done them 4-1 in Euro 200.It must have been, as that’s when Alan Shearer was still any good. The arrogant Dutch b******s returned to waltz all over us as their grinning ...  Read the complete review

I can't understand why holland are underachiving as in my view they have the best players in the world and have the potential to succed.With there squad they should have done better in World cup 98 and Euro 2000. They have some great players which are listed below. Goalkeepers ----------- Edwin Van Sarr -------------- A great keeper who has been around for a long time.He is an excellent keeper who has also captained his national side many times.He has been an outstanding figure in the Juventus team and has also tasted success at Ajax.He is a keeper who you want to be your last line of defence in the team.He has been 1st choice ...  Read the complete review

In my view, Holland underachieved in Euro 2000. Ok, they managed to reach the semi-finals before going out on penalties to Italy, but due to the very high standards that were set for themselves before the tournament began, this was not good enough for the vast majority of fans. Many people expected it to be a contest between France and Holland in the final, but due to the inability to finish off the Italians by the Dutch, this 'dream' final was not able to happen. Throughout the competition, the Dutch played some very fine and attractive football which was a pleasure to watch. They passed the ball around well, moved for each other, defended well and ...  Read the complete review