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| Name | Netherlands | | Nickname | Clockwork Orange
Holland
Oranje
The Flying Dutchmen | | Association | Koninklijke Nederlandse Voetbalbond - KNVB | | Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | | Head coach | Bert van Marwijk | | Captain | Mark van Bommel | | Most caps | Edwin van der Sar (130) | | Top scorer | Patrick Kluivert (40) | | Home stadium | Amsterdam Arena
De Kuip
Philips Stadion | | FIFA code | NED | | FIFA ranking | 2 | | Highest FIFA ranking | 1 (August 2011-September 2011) | | Lowest FIFA ranking | 25 (May 1998) | | Elo ranking | 2 | | Highest Elo ranking | 1 (Mar 1911 � Mar 1912, Jun 1912, Aug 1920; Jun 1978, Jun 1988 � Jun 1990, Jun � Sep 1992, Jun 2002, Jun � Sep 2003, Oct 2005, Jun 2008, Jul 2010.) | | Lowest Elo ranking | 56 (October 1954) | | First international | Belgium 1 � 4 Netherlands Netherlands
(Antwerp, Belgium; 30 April 1905) | | Biggest win | Netherlands Netherlands 11 � 0 San Marino
(Eindhoven, Netherlands; 2 September 2011) | | Biggest defeat | England England Am. 12 � 2 Netherlands Netherlands
(Darlington, England; 21 December 1907) | | Appearances | 9 | | First World Cup | 1934 | | Best result | Runners-Up, 1974, 1978 and 2010 | | European Championship | | Appearances | 8 | | First apps. | 1976 | | Best result | Winners, 1988 |
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The Netherlands National Football Team ( ) represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands. The team was first assembled in 1905.
The football team is colloquially referred to as 'Het Nederlands Elftal' (The Dutch Eleven), 'Holland', referring the Netherlands as a whole (although it is actually the name of a smaller region), and 'Oranje', a tribute to the House of Orange-Nassau.
The Dutch hold the record for playing the most World Cup finals without ever winning the final. They finished second in the 1974, 1978, and 2010 World Cups, losing to West Germany, Argentina and Spain respectively. They won the European Championship in 1988. At the peak of their success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed Clockwork Orange for its precision passing.
In August 2011, the team were ranked number 1 in the FIFA world rankings, thus becoming the second national football team, after Spain, to top the rankings without previously winning a World Cup. The Netherlands National Football Team remains one of the strongest football teams in Europe and the world.
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