HOLLAND NATIONAL TEAM
The Dutch are quite a strong side, as you may have seen during EURO 2000, where they were knocked out in the semi-final stage via a penalty shootout with the Italians. They are currently ranked 8th in the world, and are finally getting the respect which they deserve. When you think about it, they defeated two of the top three teams in the world (France, 3-2, and Czech Republic, 1-0), destroyed the Danes 3-0 and totally humiliated the Yugoslavs 6-1. They have so many great players in each position, and are so exciting to watch because of their attacking style of play. You should also have noticed that the Dutch tend to have about 60% of possession in a match, which is quite impressive.
Here are the members of the Dutch squad that participated in Euro 2000:
GOALKEEPERS
Edwin Van Der Sar of Juventus, and Sander Westerveld of Liverpool
DEFENDERS
Top Row: Frank DeBoer of Barcelona, Jaap Stam of Manchester United,
Arthur Numan of Glasgow Rangers, Paul Bosvelt of Feyenoord
Bottom Row: Bert Konterman of Feyenoord, Michael Reiziger of Barcelona,
Giovanni Van Bronckhorst of Glasgow Rangers
MIDFIELDERS
Top Row: Boudewijn Zenden of Barcelona, Edgar Davids of Juventus,
Philip Cocu of Barcelona, Marc Overmars of Barcelona
Bottom Row: Clarence Seedorf of Inter Milan, Ronald DeBoer of Barcelona,
Aron Winter of Ajax, Peter Van Vossen of Feyenoord
STRIKERS
Patrick Kluivert of Barcelona, Dennis Bergkamp of Arsenal FC,
Roy Makaay of Deportivo La Coruna
Here are Holland's match results from Euro 2000:
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June 11, Amsterdam - Holland 1-0 Czech Republic
(Frank DeBoer 89,pen)
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June 16, Rotterdam - Holland 3-0 Denmark
(Kluivert 57, R. De Boer 66, Zenden 77)
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June 21, Amsterdam - Holland 3-2 France
(Kluivert 14, F. De Boer 51, Zenden 59)
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June 25, Rotterdam - Quarter Final - Holland 6-1 Yugoslavia
(Kluivert 24, 38, 54, Govedarica 51 o.g, Overmars 78, 90)
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June 29, Amsterdam - Semi Final - Italy 0-0 Holland, Italy wins 3-1 on penalties
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Holland Goalscorers
Goals | |||
| Kluivert | 5 | ||
| Zenden | 2 | ||
| Overmars | 2 | ||
| F. DeBoer | 2 | ||
| R. DeBoer | 1 |