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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
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Sweden

Holland and Sweden have faced each other 22 times, but the bulk of these encounters was played before Holland started playing a role of importance in football. The record shows an evenly balanced table.

 

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Netherlands 22 10 5 7 39 43 35
Sweden 22 7 5 10 43 39 26

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2010-10-12 Netherlands - Sweden EC Qualifications 04 - 01
2008-11-19 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 03   01
2004-08-18 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 02 - 02
2004-06-26 Sweden - Netherlands EC Finals 00 - 00
1983-04-27 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 00 - 03
1974-09-04 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 01 - 05
1974-06-19 Netherlands - Sweden WC Finals 00 - 00
1964-04-29 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 00 - 01
1954-05-19 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 06 - 01
1952-05-14 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 00 - 00
1950-06-08 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 04 - 01
1948-06-09 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 01 - 00
1929-06-09 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 06 - 02
1927-11-13 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 01 - 00
1924-06-09 Netherlands - Sweden Olympics 01 - 03
1924-06-08 Netherlands - Sweden Olympics 01 - 01
1920-08-29 Netherlands - Sweden Olympics 05 - 04
1919-08-24 Sweden - Netherlands Friendly 04 - 01
1919-06-09 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 03 - 01
1912-06-29 Sweden - Netherlands Olympics 03 - 04
1908-10-25 Netherlands - Sweden Friendly 05 - 03
1908-10-23 Netherlands - Sweden Olympics 02 - 00

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