Finland-Netherlands matches

Finland-Netherlands matches 1912-2025

Introduction

Finland and the Netherlands first met in the bronze medal match at the Stockholm Olympics in 1912. The Finns had earlier beaten both Italy and Russia and performed credibly in their 0-4 semi-final defeat against Great Britain (in fact the England Amateur side), but the Dutch chalked up a record win, in which Jan Vos (who played club football with U.V.V. at the Dutch second level) scored five goals (still a record, later equalled by three other players, Leen Vente (in 1934 against Belgium, also as a second level player!), John Bosman (in 1987 against Cyprus), and Marco van Basten (in 1990 against Malta)) in a 9-0 thrashing.
There were no further meetings until three friendlies around 1950, when Dutch football was at its lowest ebb yet (the three matches in question saw 18 goals, split evenly between the two countries); since then, the Netherlands and Finland have only met in qualifying matches, six for the European championship and five for the World Cup, in which Finland managed one home draw in 1991, but lost the other ten.

Official Matches

All matches listed are friendlies unless otherwise stated.

Game Date        Venue         Result                       Remark

  1.  4- 7-1912  Stockholm     Netherlands 9-0 Finland      [Olympic Games]
  2. 16- 6-1949  Helsinki      Finland     1-4 Netherlands
  3. 11- 6-1950  Helsinki      Finland     4-1 Netherlands
  4. 27-10-1951  Rotterdam     Netherlands 4-4 Finland
  5. 25- 9-1974  Helsinki      Finland     1-3 Netherlands  [European Champ. Qual.]
  6.  3- 9-1975  Nĳmegen       Netherlands 4-1 Finland      [European Champ. Qual.]
  7. 31- 5-1989  Helsinki      Finland     0-1 Netherlands  [World Cup Qual.]
  8. 15-11-1989  Rotterdam     Netherlands 3-0 Finland      [World Cup Qual.]
  9. 17- 4-1991  Rotterdam     Netherlands 2-0 Finland      [European Champ. Qual.]
 10.  5- 6-1991  Helsinki      Finland     1-1 Netherlands  [European Champ. Qual.]
 11. 13-10-2004  Amsterdam     Netherlands 3-1 Finland      [World Cup Qual.]
 12.  8- 6-2005  Helsinki      Finland     0-4 Netherlands  [World Cup Qual.]
 13.  7- 9-2010  Rotterdam     Netherlands 2-1 Finland      [European Champ. Qual.]
 14.  6- 9-2011  Helsinki      Finland     0-2 Netherlands  [European Champ. Qual.]
 15.  7- 6-2025  Helsinki      Finland     0-2 Netherlands  [World Cup Qual.]

Overviews


Total record:

Finland              15  1  2 12  14- 45   4
Netherlands          15 12  2  1  45- 14  24
6
Some more stats:

                     Pd  F  D  N  FG- NG

In Finland:           8  1  1  6   7- 18
In the Netherlands:   6  0  1  5   7- 18
Elsewhere:            1  0  0  1   0-  9

Finland - List of International Matches
Netherlands - List of International Matches

About this document

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

Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 2 Sep 2025