Netherlands (Holland) National Football Team

The Netherlands national football team is the national football team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association. It won Euro 88 and reached two consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978 but lost both finals to their respective host nations, West Germany and Argentina. At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precision passing. In many countries the team is colloquially referred to as "Holland". It is currently ranked 3rd in the FIFA World Rankings and 2nd in the World Football Elo Ratings.

Competitive record

FIFA World Cup record
1930 - Did Not Enter
1934 - Round 1
1938 - Round 1
1950 - Did Not Enter
1954 - Did Not Enter
1958 - Did Not Qualify
1962 - Did Not Qualify
1966 - Did Not Qualify
1970 - Did Not Qualify
1974 - Final
1978 - Final
1982 - Did Not Qualify
1986 - Did Not Qualify
1990 - Round 2
1994 - Quarter-Finals
1998 - Semi-Finals
2002 - Did Not Qualify
2006 - Round 2
2010 - Qualified
2014

UEFA European Championship record
1960 - Did not Enter
1964 - Did not qualify
1968 - Did not qualify
1972 - Did not qualify
1976 - Third place
1980 - Round 1
1984 - Did not qualify
1988 - Champions
1992 - Semi-Final
1996 - Quarter-Finals
2000 - Semi-Final
2004 - Semi-Final
2008 - Quarter-Finals
2012

Summer Olympics
Olympic medal record
Men’s Football
Bronze - 1908 London Team
Bronze - 1912 Stockholm Team
Bronze - 1920 Antwerp Team