Netherlands-Sweden matches

Netherlands-Sweden matches 1908-2017

Introduction

Sweden were the first 'eternal' opponents of the Netherlands at a major international tournament. The two teams played in five matches at four consecutive Olympic Games between 1908 and 1924, with three of the five matches requiring extra time. In both 1908 and 1924 the encounters were to decide the bronze medalists, in Sweden's home Olympics in 1912 it was a first round match and in 1920 the match served as a quarter-final. Only in 1924 were Sweden victorious, after a replay, against a Dutch team which had given the eventual winners from Uruguay a real scare in the semi-finals, narrowly losing 1-2 after a highly controversial late penalty awarded to the South Americans; Uruguay won all its four other matches in Paris by a margin of three goals or more.

Since then, the two countries only met twice at major final tournaments, in 1974 and 2004, with both matches finishing goalless, in stark contrast to the nine matches the two played in Stockholm and Solna, which averaged more than five goals a game (both sides scored at least once in all nine matches!). Overall, the Dutch team won more matches than it lost, but Blågult outscored Oranje in the 25 encounters played in a period spanning more than a century.

Official Matches

All matches listed are friendlies unless otherwise stated.

Game Date        Venue         Result                       Remark

  1. 23-10-1908  London        Netherlands 2-0 Sweden       [Olympic Games (Consolation Tournament)]
  2. 25-10-1908  Den Haag      Netherlands 5-3 Sweden
  3. 29- 6-1912  Stockholm     Sweden      3-4 Netherlands  [Olympic Games, aet]
  4.  9- 6-1919  Amsterdam     Netherlands 3-1 Sweden  
  5. 24- 8-1919  Stockholm     Sweden      4-1 Netherlands
  6. 29- 8-1920  Antwerpen     Netherlands 5-4 Sweden       [Olympic Games, aet]
  7.  8- 6-1924  Paris         Netherlands 1-1 Sweden       [Olympic Games, aet]
  8.  9- 6-1924  Paris         Sweden      3-1 Netherlands  [Olympic Games]
  9. 13-11-1927  Amsterdam     Netherlands 1-0 Sweden 
 10.  9- 6-1929  Stockholm     Sweden      6-2 Netherlands
 11.  9- 6-1948  Amsterdam     Netherlands 1-0 Sweden 
 12.  8- 6-1950  Solna         Sweden      4-1 Netherlands
 13. 14- 5-1952  Amsterdam     Netherlands 0-0 Sweden  
 14. 19- 5-1954  Solna         Sweden      6-1 Netherlands
 15. 29- 4-1964  Rotterdam     Netherlands 0-1 Sweden 
 16. 19- 6-1974  Dortmund      Netherlands 0-0 Sweden       [World Cup]
 17.  4- 9-1974  Solna         Sweden      1-5 Netherlands
 18. 27- 4-1983  Utrecht       Netherlands 0-3 Sweden  
 19. 26- 6-2004  Faro/Loulé    Netherlands 0-0 Sweden       [European Champ., aet, 5-4 pen]
 20. 18- 8-2004  Solna         Sweden      2-2 Netherlands
 21. 19-11-2008  Amsterdam     Netherlands 3-1 Sweden 
 22. 12-10-2010  Amsterdam     Netherlands 4-1 Sweden       [European Champ. Qual.]
 23. 11-10-2011  Solna         Sweden      3-2 Netherlands  [European Champ. Qual.]
 24.  6- 9-2016  Solna         Sweden      1-1 Netherlands  [World Cup Qualifier]
 25. 10-10-2017  Amsterdam     Netherlands 2-0 Sweden       [World Cup Qualifier]

Overviews

Total record:

Netherlands          25 11  6  8  47- 48  28
Sweden               25  8  6 11  48- 47  22


Some more stats:

                     Pd  N  D  S  NG- SG

In the Netherlands:  10  7  1  2  19- 10
In Sweden:            9  2  2  5  19- 30
Elsewhere:            6  2  3  1   9-  8

Netherlands - List of International Matches
Sweden - 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: 7 Sep 2024