Netherlands-Czech Republic/Czechoslovakia matches 1927-2021


Introduction
Official Matches
Overviews

Introduction

The first Dutch match against Czechoslovakia was promising enough, an 8-1 win in a 1927 friendly in Amsterdam. However, the Czechs had introduced professional football two years earlier, and sent their amateur side, so that match never was an official international for them. When things got serious, at the 1938 World Cup in France, the Dutch amateurs put up a gallant enough fight, reaching extra time in spite of having two injured players on the pitch (substitutions not being allowed at the time) but eventually went down 0-3 to the 1934 World Cup finalists (still the record defeat for Oranje at any World Cup). Four decades later (which had seen the introduction of professional football in the Netherlands), the Dutch side had improved but the competitive record against Czechoslovakia did not: elimination at both the 1976 and 1980 European championship in bad-tempered matches.

Since the break-up of the federation between Czechs and Slovaks (FIFA considers the Czech Republic the official successor of Czechoslovakia, although the 1976 European championship winning side was dominated by Slovak players), the Dutch have won a couple of competitive matches (first thanks to a controversial penalty at the home Euro in 2000, later twice in qualifying for the 2006 World Cup), but the overall record remains clearly negative, if not quite as bad as that against Portugal. Probably most embarrassing is the record on neutral territory: in five matches, Oranje managed one useless draw and four losses, while being outscored three to one in the process.


Official Matches

All matches listed are friendlies unless otherwise stated.

Game Date        Venue      Result                            Remark

Czechoslovakia Amateur
A 1. 18- 4-1927  Amsterdam  Netherlands    8-1 Czechoslovakia Amateur

Czechoslovakia
  1. 29- 5-1932  Amsterdam  Netherlands    1-2 Czechoslovakia  
  2.  5- 6-1938  Le Havre   Czechoslovakia 3-0 Netherlands    [World Cup, aet]
  3. 30-10-1960  Praha      Czechoslovakia 4-0 Netherlands    
  4.  6-11-1966  Amsterdam  Netherlands    1-2 Czechoslovakia
  5. 16- 4-1969  Rotterdam  Netherlands    2-0 Czechoslovakia
  6. 30- 8-1972  Praha      Czechoslovakia 1-2 Netherlands    
  7. 16- 6-1976  Zagreb     Czechoslovakia 3-1 Netherlands    [European Champ., aet] 
  8. 17- 6-1980  Milano     Czechoslovakia 1-1 Netherlands    [European Champ.]
  9. 10- 9-1986  Praha      Czechoslovakia 1-0 Netherlands    

Czech Republic
  1. 16-11-1994  Rotterdam  Netherlands    0-0 Czech Republic [European Champ. Qual.]
  2. 26- 4-1995  Praha      Czech Republic 3-1 Netherlands    [European Champ. Qual.]
  3. 13-11-1999  Eindhoven  Netherlands    1-1 Czech Republic 
  4. 11- 6-2000  Amsterdam  Netherlands    1-0 Czech Republic [European Champ.]
  5. 29- 3-2003  Rotterdam  Netherlands    1-1 Czech Republic [European Champ. Qual.]
  6. 10- 9-2003  Praha      Czech Republic 3-1 Netherlands    [European Champ. Qual.]
  7. 19- 6-2004  Aveiro     Czech Republic 3-2 Netherlands    [European Champ.]
  8.  8- 9-2004  Amsterdam  Netherlands    2-0 Czech Republic [World Cup Qual.]
  9.  8-10-2005  Praha      Czech Republic 0-2 Netherlands    [World Cup Qual.]
 10.  9- 9-2014  Praha      Czech Republic 2-1 Netherlands    [European Champ. Qual.]
 11. 13-10-2015  Amsterdam  Netherlands    2-3 Czech Republic [European Champ. Qual.]
 12. 27- 6-2021  Budapest   Netherlands    0-2 Czech Republic [European Champ.]


Overviews


Total record:

Czechoslovakia        9  6  1  2  17-  8  13
Netherlands           9  2  1  6   8- 17   5

Czech Republic       12  6  3  3  18- 14  15
Netherlands          12  3  3  6  14- 18   9

Some more stats:
                     Pd  C  D  N  CG- NG
In Czech Republic:    7  5  0  2  14-  7  [all matches in Praha, none in Slovakia]
In the Netherlands:   9  3  3  3   9- 11 
Elsewhere:            5  4  1  0  12-  4



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Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 30 Jun 2021

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