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General Information for Netherlands

Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond
Founded
1889
FIFA entry
1904
Average height in 1998
1.82m
Average age in 1998
26.9
Confederation
UEFA
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Jersey in 1998
No jersey in 1998

Coaches in 1998

Rijkaard, Frank (Coach)

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Rijkaard, Frank (Coach)

Day of Birth
1962-09-30
Place of Birth
Amsterdam (Netherlands)
Height
1.88m
Matches
4 (1 / 3)
Goto coach Frank Rijkaard

Hiddink, Guus (Coach)

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Hiddink, Guus (Coach)

Day of Birth
1946-11-08
Place of Birth
Varsseveld (Netherlands)
Matches
11 (6 / 5)
Goto coach Guus Hiddink

Players of Netherlands in 1998

FIFA Non FIFA
Name Day of Birth Position Current Club M S G M S G
van der Sar, Edwin 1970-10-29 Goalkeeper Netherlands Ajax Amsterdam 14 0 0 0 0 0
de Goey, Ed 1966-12-20 Goalkeeper England Chelsea FC 1 1 0 0 0 0
Moens, Oscar 1973-04-01 Goalkeeper Netherlands AZ Alkmaar 0 1 0 0 0 0
de Boer, Frank 1970-05-15 Centre Back Spain FC Barcelona 15 0 1 0 0 0
Stam, Jaap 1972-07-17 Centre Back England Manchester United 14 0 1 0 0 0
Numan, Artur 1969-12-14 Left Back Scotland Glasgow Rangers 11 0 0 0 0 0
Reiziger, Michael 1973-05-03 Right Back Spain FC Barcelona 10 1 1 0 0 0
Bogarde, Winston 1970-10-22 Centre Back Spain FC Barcelona 1 5 0 0 0 0
van Hintum, Marc 1967-06-22 Left Back Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem 1 0 0 0 0 0
van Wonderen, Kees 1969-01-04 Centre Back Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam 0 2 0 0 0 0
van Bronckhorst, Giovanni 1975-02-05 Left Back Scotland Glasgow Rangers 0 1 0 0 0 0
Faber, Ernest 1971-08-27 Defender Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 0 1 0 0 0 0
Cocu, Phillip 1970-10-29 Centre Midfielder Spain FC Barcelona 15 0 2 0 0 0
de Boer, Ronald 1970-05-15 Right Midfielder Spain FC Barcelona 13 0 3 0 0 0
Seedorf, Clarence 1976-04-01 Attacking Midfielder Spain Real Madrid 9 3 1 0 0 0
Davids, Edgar 1973-03-13 Defensive Midfielder Italy Juventus Torino 9 2 1 0 0 0
Jonk, Wim 1966-10-12 Defensive Midfielder England Sheffield Wednesday 7 2 1 0 0 0
Winter, Aron 1967-03-01 Centre Midfielder Italy Inter Milano 6 3 0 0 0 0
Talan, Jeffrey 1971-09-29 Right Midfielder Netherlands SC Heerenveen 3 0 0 0 0 0
Zenden, Boudewijn 1976-08-15 Left Midfielder Spain FC Barcelona 2 6 1 0 0 0
Reuser, Martijn 1975-02-01 Right Midfielder Netherlands Vitesse Arnhem 0 1 0 0 0 0
Kluivert, Patrick 1976-07-01 Centre Forward Spain FC Barcelona 11 0 7 0 0 0
Overmars, Marc 1973-03-29 Left Winger England Arsenal FC 10 4 4 0 0 0
Bergkamp, Dennis 1969-05-10 Secondary striker England Arsenal FC 8 1 3 0 0 0
Hasselbaink, Jimmy Floyd 1972-03-27 Centre Forward England Leeds United 2 3 2 0 0 0
Mols, Michael 1970-12-17 Centre Forward Netherlands FC Utrecht 2 1 0 0 0 0
van Nistelrooy, Ruud 1976-07-01 Centre Forward Netherlands PSV Eindhoven 1 0 0 0 0 0
van Hooijdonk, Pierre 1969-11-29 Centre Forward England Nottingham Forest 0 6 2 0 0 0
van Vossen, Peter 1968-04-21 Left Winger Netherlands Feyenoord Rotterdam 0 3 1 0 0 0
Boussatta, Dries 1972-12-23 Right Winger Netherlands AZ Alkmaar 0 1 0 0 0 0

Matches of Netherlands in 1998

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Date Home Team Away Team Result Event Stadium FIFA
1998-02-21
USA
USA
Netherlands
Netherlands
0:2 c
USA vs. Netherlands
Friendly
Hard Rock Stadium
1998-02-24
Mexico
Mexico
Netherlands
Netherlands
2:3 c
Mexico vs. Netherlands
Friendly
Hard Rock Stadium
1998-05-27
Netherlands
Netherlands
Cameroon
Cameroon
0:0 c
Netherlands vs. Cameroon
Friendly
GelreDome
1998-06-01
Netherlands
Netherlands
Paraguay
Paraguay
5:1 c
Netherlands vs. Paraguay
Friendly
Philips Stadion
1998-06-05
Netherlands
Netherlands
Nigeria
Nigeria
5:1 c
Netherlands vs. Nigeria
Friendly
Johan Cruijff ArenA
1998-06-13
Netherlands
Netherlands
Belgium
Belgium
0:0 c
Netherlands vs. Belgium
World Cup 1998 - Group E
Stade de France
1998-06-20
Netherlands
Netherlands
South Korea
South Korea
5:0 c
Netherlands vs. South Korea
World Cup 1998 - Group E
Stade Vélodrome
1998-06-25
Netherlands
Netherlands
Mexico
Mexico
2:2 c
Netherlands vs. Mexico
World Cup 1998 - Group E
Stade Geoffroy-Guichard
1998-06-29
Netherlands
Netherlands
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
2:1 c
Netherlands vs. Yugoslavia
World Cup 1998 - Round of 16
Stade Municipal de Toulouse
1998-07-04
Netherlands
Netherlands
Argentina
Argentina
2:1 c
Netherlands vs. Argentina
World Cup 1998 - Quarter Finals
Stade Vélodrome
1998-07-07
Brazil
Brazil
Netherlands
Netherlands
1:1 (4:2) c
Brazil vs. Netherlands
World Cup 1998 - Semi-Finals
Stade Vélodrome
1998-07-11
Netherlands
Netherlands
Croatia
Croatia
1:2 c
Netherlands vs. Croatia
World Cup 1998 - 3rd Place
Parc des Princes
1998-10-10
Netherlands
Netherlands
Peru
Peru
2:0 c
Netherlands vs. Peru
Friendly
Philips Stadion
1998-10-13
Netherlands
Netherlands
Ghana
Ghana
0:0 c
Netherlands vs. Ghana
Friendly
GelreDome
1998-11-18
Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Netherlands
1:1 c
Germany vs. Netherlands
Friendly
Parkstadion
15 Matches

Match Progress for Netherlands in 1998

Favorite Opponents of Netherlands

Opponent M W D L G
Belgium
Belgium
41 19 10 12 93
Germany
Germany
30 9 12 9 53
Italy
Italy
18 2 7 9 18
France
France
18 6 2 10 36
England
England
15 6 7 2 24
Portugal
Portugal
14 2 4 8 10
Denmark
Denmark
14 5 5 4 28
Sweden
Sweden
14 9 3 2 39
Scotland
Scotland
13 7 4 2 20
Ireland
Ireland
13 7 3 3 19
Turkey
Turkey
12 6 3 3 20
Czech Republic
Czech Republic
12 3 3 6 14
Austria
Austria
11 9 1 1 31
Brazil
Brazil
11 3 4 4 19
Poland
Poland
11 7 4 0 20
Romania
Romania
10 8 1 1 21
Belarus
Belarus
10 8 0 2 23
Norway
Norway
10 5 4 1 13
Wales
Wales
10 10 0 0 29
Hungary
Hungary
9 9 0 0 38
Finland
Finland
9 8 1 0 27
Greece
Greece
9 7 1 1 18
Switzerland
Switzerland
8 3 1 4 12
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
8 4 1 3 13
Argentina
Argentina
8 3 2 3 16
England
England (Amateur)
8 1 0 7 7
Spain
Spain
8 4 2 2 13
Mexico
Mexico
7 4 1 2 13
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
7 7 0 0 22
USA
USA
6 5 0 1 13
Estonia
Estonia
6 5 1 0 23
San Marino
San Marino
6 6 0 0 39
Andorra
Andorra
6 6 0 0 21
Cyprus
Cyprus
6 6 0 0 29
Soviet Union
Soviet Union
5 2 1 2 5
Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia
5 5 0 0 15
Latvia
Latvia
5 5 0 0 14
Uruguay
Uruguay
5 3 1 1 9
North Macedonia
North Macedonia
5 3 2 0 11
Iceland
Iceland
4 2 0 2 4
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
4 0 1 3 2
Gibraltar
Gibraltar
4 4 0 0 22
Malta
Malta
4 4 0 0 17
Moldova
Moldova
4 4 0 0 9
Australia
Australia
4 1 2 1 5
Japan
Japan
3 2 1 0 6
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
3 2 1 0 9
Slovakia
Slovakia
3 2 1 0 5
Peru
Peru
3 2 1 0 4
Russia
Russia
3 1 1 1 6
Ghana
Ghana
3 2 1 0 5
Ukraine
Ukraine
3 2 1 0 7
Cameroon
Cameroon
3 2 1 0 3
Croatia
Croatia
3 1 0 2 6
Ecuador
Ecuador
3 1 2 0 3
Morocco
Morocco
3 2 0 1 5
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast
2 2 0 0 7
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2 1 1 0 3
Paraguay
Paraguay
2 1 1 0 5
Armenia
Armenia
2 2 0 0 3
East Germany
East Germany
2 2 0 0 3
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
2 2 0 0 5
China
China
2 2 0 0 4
Albania
Albania
2 2 0 0 3
Tunisia
Tunisia
2 0 2 0 3
Saarland
Saarland
2 2 0 0 5
South Korea
South Korea
2 2 0 0 7
Slovenia
Slovenia
2 2 0 0 3
Montenegro
Montenegro
2 1 1 0 6
Faroe Islands
Faroe Islands
1 1 0 0 3
Senegal
Senegal
1 1 0 0 2
South Africa
South Africa
1 1 0 0 2
Georgia
Georgia
1 1 0 0 3
Colombia
Colombia
1 0 1 0 0
Egypt
Egypt
1 0 1 0 1
Serbia & Montenegro
Serbia & Montenegro
1 1 0 0 1
Canada
Canada
1 1 0 0 3
England
England (Olympic)
1 0 0 1 0
Liechtenstein
Liechtenstein
1 1 0 0 3
Israel
Israel
1 1 0 0 2
Indonesia
Indonesia
1 1 0 0 3
Chile
Chile
1 1 0 0 2
Nigeria
Nigeria
1 1 0 0 5
Iran
Iran
1 1 0 0 3
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
1 1 0 0 2
Qatar
Qatar
1 1 0 0 2
Costa Rica
Costa Rica
1 1 0 0 4
Thailand
Thailand
1 1 0 0 3
525 298 111 116 1,107

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