Dutch Football - Football in Holland/The Netherlands

"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

World Cup All Time Rankings
		M	W	D	L	G+		G-	P
1	Brazil	97	67	15	15	210	-	88	216
2	Germany	99	60	19	20	206	-	117	199
3	Italy	80	44	21	15	126	-	74	153
4	Argentina	70	37	13	20	123	-	80	124
5	England	59	26	19	14	77	-	52	97
6	Spain	56	28	12	16	88	-	59	96
7	France	54	25	11	18	96	-	68	86
8	Netherlands	43	22	10	11	71	-	44	76
9	Uruguay	47	18	12	17	76	-	65	66
10	Sweden	46	16	13	17	74	-	69	61
11	Serbia	43	17	8	18	64	-	59	59
12	Russia	37	17	6	14	64	-	44	57
13	Poland	31	15	5	11	44	-	40	50
14	Mexico	49	12	13	24	52	-	89	49
15	Hungary	32	15	3	14	87	-	57	48
16	Czech Republic	33	12	5	16	47	-	49	41
17	Austria	29	12	4	13	43	-	47	40
18	Portugal	23	12	3	8	39	-	22	39
19	Belgium	36	10	9	17	46	-	63	39
20	Chile	29	9	6	14	34	-	45	33
21	Switzerland	29	9	6	14	38	-	52	33
22	Paraguay	27	7	10	10	30	-	38	31
23	Romania	21	8	5	8	30	-	32	29
24	Denmark	16	8	2	6	27	-	24	26
25	United States	29	7	5	17	32	-	56	26
26	South Korea	28	5	8	15	28	-	61	23
27	Croatia	13	6	2	5	15	-	20	20
28	Scotland	23	4	7	12	25	-	41	19
29	Cameroon	20	4	7	9	17	-	34	19
30	Bulgaria	26	3	8	15	22	-	53	17
31	Turkey	10	5	1	4	20	-	17	16
32	Japan	14	4	3	7	12	-	16	15
33	Peru	15	4	3	8	19	-	31	15
34	Ireland	13	2	8	3	10	-	10	14
35	Ghana	9	4	2	3	9	-	10	14
36	Nigeria	14	4	2	8	17	-	21	14
37	Northern Ireland	13	3	5	5	13	-	23	14
38	Colombia	13	3	2	8	14	-	23	11
39	South Africa	9	2	4	3	11	-	16	10
40	Morocco	13	2	4	7	12	-	18	10
41	Costa Rica	10	3	1	6	12	-	21	10
42	Ecuador	7	3	0	4	7	-	8	9
43	Norway	8	2	3	3	7	-	8	9
44	Australia	10	2	3	5	8	-	17	9
45	Senegal	5	2	2	1	7	-	6	8
46	East Germany	6	2	2	2	5	-	5	8
47	Algeria	9	2	2	5	6	-	12	8
48	Saudi Arabia	13	2	2	9	9	-	32	8
49	Ivory Coast	6	2	1	3	9	-	9	7
50	Ukraine	5	2	1	2	5	-	7	7
51	Tunisia	12	1	4	7	8	-	17	7
52	Wales	5	1	3	1	4	-	4	6
53	Iran	9	1	2	6	6	-	18	5
54	Slovakia	4	1	1	2	5	-	7	4
55	Slovenia	6	1	1	4	5	-	10	4
56	Cuba	3	1	1	1	5	-	12	4
57	North Korea	7	1	1	5	6	-	21	4
58	Honduras	6	0	3	3	2	-	6	3
59	Jamaica	3	1	0	2	3	-	9	3
60	New Zealand	6	0	3	3	4	-	14	3
61	Greece	6	1	0	5	2	-	15	3
62	Angola	3	-	2	1	1	-	2	2
63	Israel	3	0	2	1	1	-	3	2
64	Egypt	4	0	2	2	3	-	6	2
65	Kuwait	3	0	1	2	2	-	6	1
66	Trinidad & Tobago	3	0	1	2	0	-	4	1
67	Bolivia	6	0	1	5	1	-	20	1
68	Iraq	3	0	0	3	1	-	4	0
69	Togo	3	0	0	3	1	-	6	0
70	Canada	3	0	0	3	0	-	5	0
71	Dutch East Indies	1	0	0	1	0	-	6	0
72	Utd Arab Emirates	3	0	0	3	2	-	11	0
73	China	3	0	0	3	0	-	9	0
74	Haiti	3	0	0	3	2	-	14	0
75	Zaïre	3	0	0	3	0	-	14	0
76	El Salvador	6	0	0	6	1	-	22	0