England-Netherlands matches

England-Netherlands matches 1907-2024

Introduction

Like most continental sides, the Netherlands only played against the England Amateur team until the first World War. That team contained a number of players who were active in the professional league (without being paid of course), such as the famous Vivian Woodward, who not only played 30 matches (46 goals) for the England Amateur team, but also 23 matches (29 goals) for the full England team.
While these matches do not show in the official English statistics, the European federations involved do include them in their official records, the England Amateur team usually being the strongest opponents they ever played during that time. Positive results against this England Amateur team were few and far between for continental sides (France alone managed to suffer three double digit thrashings within less than three years and the Netherlands also suffered their three highest ever defeats (2-12, 1-9 and 1-8 respectively) all against the England Amateur team in little over 30 months), and the 2-1 win at Houtrust in March 1913, thanks to two goals by Huug de Groot, remained the Dutch team's most famous victory until long after the second World War. The Great Britain sides which the Netherlands played at two Olympic tournaments, both in London, were essentially equivalent to the England Amateur team.

Against the full England side, the Dutch record is much better than against the Amateur team, in particular since the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands in the mid-fifties. Two wins stand out: the first win (out of meanwhile four) in England, at the mythical (old) Wembley stadium in February 1977, thanks to two goals from Jan Peters, and the 3-1 at the 1988 European championship, thanks to a hattrick by Marco van Basten. Of course, the English rather prefer to remember their 4-1 win at the "Football is coming home" Euro in 1996 – the last win by either team when hosting the match, as both failed to do so at the next four opportunities.

Official Matches

All matches listed are friendlies unless otherwise stated.

Game    Date     Venue                  Result            Remark

A 1.  1- 4-1907  Den Haag     Netherlands 1-8 England Am
A 2. 21-12-1907  Darlington   England Am 12-2 Netherlands
GB1. 22-10-1908  London       Gr. Britain 4-0 Netherlands [Olympic Games]
A 3. 12- 4-1909  Amsterdam    Netherlands 0-4 England Am
A 4. 11-12-1909  London       England Am  9-1 Netherlands
A 5. 17- 4-1911  Amsterdam    Netherlands 0-1 England Am
A 6. 16- 3-1912  Hull         England Am  4-0 Netherlands
A 7. 24- 3-1913  Den Haag     Netherlands 2-1 England Am
A 8. 15-11-1913  Hull         England Am  2-1 Netherlands
  1. 18- 5-1935  Amsterdam    Netherlands 0-1 England
  2. 27-11-1946  Huddersfield England     8-2 Netherlands
GB2. 31- 7-1948  London       Gr. Britain 4-3 Netherlands [Olympic Games]
A 9. 15-11-1952  Hull         England Am  2-2 Netherlands
A10.  7- 3-1954  Rotterdam    Netherlands 1-0 England Am
  3.  9-12-1964  Amsterdam    Netherlands 1-1 England
  4.  5-11-1969  Amsterdam    Netherlands 0-1 England
  5. 14- 1-1970  London       England     0-0 Netherlands
  6.  9- 2-1977  London       England     0-2 Netherlands
  7. 25- 5-1982  London       England     2-0 Netherlands
  8. 22- 3-1988  London       England     2-2 Netherlands
  9. 15- 6-1988  Düsseldorf   Netherlands 3-1 England     [European Champ.]
 10. 16- 6-1990  Cagliari     Netherlands 0-0 England     [World Cup]
 11. 28- 4-1993  London       England     2-2 Netherlands [World Cup Qualifier]
 12. 13-10-1993  Rotterdam    Netherlands 2-0 England     [World Cup Qualifier]
 13. 18- 6-1996  London       England     4-1 Netherlands [European Champ.]
 14. 15- 8-2001  London       England     0-2 Netherlands
 15. 13- 2-2002  Amsterdam    Netherlands 1-1 England
 16.  9- 2-2005  Birmingham   England     0-0 Netherlands
 17. 15-11-2006  Amsterdam    Netherlands 1-1 England
 18. 12- 8-2009  Amsterdam    Netherlands 2-2 England  
 19. 29- 2-2012  London       England     2-3 Netherlands
 20. 29- 3-2016  London       England     1-2 Netherlands
 21. 23- 3-2018  Amsterdam    Netherlands 0-1 England
 22.  6- 6-2019  Guimarães    Netherlands 3-1 England     [European Nations League, aet]
 23. 10- 7-2024  Dortmund     Netherlands 1-2 England     [European Champ.]

Overviews

Total record:

Netherlands          35  9 10 16  43- 84  28

England              23  7  9  7  33- 30  23
England Amateur      10  7  1  2  43- 10  15
Great Britain         2  2  0  0   8-  3   4

Some more stats:

                     Pd  E  D  N  EG- NG

In England:          18  9  5  4  58- 25
   [amateurs]                             5  4  1  0  29-  6
   [off. England]                        11  3  4  4  21- 16
   [Great Britain]                        2  2  0  0   8-  3
In the Netherlands:  13  6  4  3  22- 11      
   [amateurs]                             5  3  0  2  14-  4
   [off. England]                         8  3  4  1   8-  7
Elsewhere:            4  1  1  2   4-  7

England - List of International Matches
Netherlands - List of International Matches

About this document

Thanks to Roberto Di Maggio

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 10 Jul 2024