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On the road to South Africa



News

Clarence Seedorf: "Not interested in World Cup"
Mark van Bommel: "We have the best forward line in the world"
Cruyff: "Quarter final is possible"
Coach and players not unhappy with draw
All the groups
All the group games
The complete schedule (.pdf)
 

Friendlies

2010-03-03 Netherlands - USA 2-1
 

Group E

1 Netherlands
2 Japan
3 Denmark
4 Cameroon
   

Group E - Schedule

14/06 13h30 Netherlands - Denmark Soccer City, Johannesburg
14/06 16h00 Japan - Cameroon Free State, Bloemfontein
19/09 13h30 Netherlands - Japan Durban, Durban
19/09 20h30 Cameroon - Denmark Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
24/06 20h30 Denmark - Japan Royal Bafokeng, Rustenburg
24/06 20h30 Cameroon - Netherlands Green Point, Capetown
           

The squad

 

Goal keepers

Maarten Stekelenburg (Ajax), Michel Vorm (FC Utrecht), Piet Velthuizen (Vitesse)

Defenders

Glenn Loovens (Celtic Glasgow), Gregory van der Wiel (Ajax), Khalid Boulahrouz (VfB Stuttgart), Giovanni van Bronckhorst (Feyenoord), John Heitinga (Everton), Joris Mathijsen (HSV), Andre Ooijer (PSV)

Midfielders

Ibrahim Afellay (PSV), Mark van Bommel (Bayern Munich), Orlando Engelaar (PSV), Nigel de Jong (Manchester City), Stijn Schaars (AZ), Rafael van der Vaart (Real Madrid), Otman Bakkal (PSV), Wout Brama (FC Twente), Wesley Sneijder (Inter Milan) , Demy de Zeeuw (Ajax), Urby Emanuaelson (Ajax)

Forwards

Robin van Persie (Arsenal), Arjen Robben (Bayern Munich) Dirk Kuyt (Liverpool), Ryan Babel (Liverpool), Edson Braafheid (Bayern Munich), Eljero Elia (HSV), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan), Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink (Celtic Glasgow)

The staff

 

Bert van Marwijk

bondscoach

Frank de Boer

assistant

Phillip Cocu

assistant

Dick Voorn

assistant

Ruud Hesp

keepers coach

Luc van Agt

fitness coach

Ron Spelbos

head of scouting

Hans Jorritsma

teammanager

FIFA World Rankings

All matches ever played

The Netherlands at the World Cup

Head-to-head records

World Cup 2010 - Qualifications Group 9

 

Fixtures        
10/09/2008 Macedonia - Netherlands 1 - 2 John Heitinga ('46) , Rafael van der Vaart ('60) , Pandev ('78/pen)
11/10/2008 Netherlands - Iceland 2 - 0 Joris Mathijsen ('15) , Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ('65)
15/10/2008 Norway - Netherlands 0 - 1 Mark van Bommel ('63)
28/03/2009 Netherlands - Scotland 3 - 0 Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ('29) , Robin van Persie ('45+1) , Dirk Kuyt ('76/pen)
01/04/2009 Netherlands - Macedonia 4 - 0 Dirk Kuyt ('16, '41), Klaas-Jan Huntelaar ('25), Rafael van der Vaart ('88)
06/06/2009 Iceland - Netherlands 1 - 2 Nigel de Jong (8'), Mark van Bommel (16'), K. Sigurdsson (88')
10/06/2009 Netherlands - Norway 2 - 0 Andre Ooijer (32'), Arjen Robben (51')
09/09/2009 Scotland - Netherlands 0 - 1 Eljero Elia (82')


Table
Team M W D L G+ G- Pts
Netherlands 8 8 0 0 17 2 24
Norway 8 2 4 2 9 7 10
Scotland 8 3 1 4 6 11 10
Macedonia FYR 8 2 1 5 5 11 7
Iceland 8 1 2 5 7 13 5
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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football