Netherlands national under-19 football team

This article is about the men's team. For the women's team, see Netherlands women's national under-19 football team.

The Netherlands national under-19 football team represents the Netherlands at this age level and is governed by the Royal Dutch Football Association. They compete in international competitions like the UEFA European Under-19 Championship and the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Netherlands U-19

Association	Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB)
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Martijn Reuser
FIFA code	NED
First colours Second colours

Competitive record

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-20 World Cup record
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad
1977	did not qualify
1979
1981
1983	Quarter-Finals	4	1	2	1	5	5	Squad
1985	did not qualify
1987
1989
1991
1993
1995	Group Stage	3	1	0	2	7	5	Squad
1997	did not qualify
1999
2001	Quarter-Finals	5	2	1	2	8	8	Squad
2003	did not qualify
2005	Quarter-Finals	5	4	1	0	10	2	Squad
2007	did not qualify
2009
2011
2013
2015
2017
2019
2021	Initially qualified, tournament later cancelled
2023	Did not qualify
2025
Total	4/24	17	8	4	5	30	20	—

UEFA European Under-18 Championship

UEFA U-18 Championship record										Qualification
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
1981	Did not qualify									4	2	1	1	12	4
1982	Group stage	3	2	1	0	7	3	Squad		2	0	2	0	2	2
1983	Did not qualify									2	1	0	1	1	2
1984										2	0	0	2	2	4
1986										6	3	2	1	11	9
1988	Quarterfinal	2	0	0	2	0	4	Squad		6	2	3	1	5	3
1990	Did not qualify									6	1	2	3	6	13
1992										6	3	0	3	8	10
1993	Group stage	3	0	1	2	4	8	Squad		4	3	1	0	6	2
1994	4th place	4	1	1	2	6	9	Squad		6	3	2	1	10	6
1995	4th place	4	2	0	2	10	11	Squad		6	4	1	1	11	7
1996	Did not qualify									4	3	0	1	17	8
1997										5	3	0	2	6	7
1998										2	1	0	1	12	2
1999										8	6	0	2	18	4
2000	Group stage	3	1	1	1	3	0	Squad		4	2	2	0	8	5
2001	Did not qualify									6	3	1	2	11	9
Total	6/16	19	6	4	9	30	35	—		79	40	17	22	146	97

UEFA European Under-19 Championship

UEFA U-19 Championship record										Qualification
Year	Result	Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA	Squad		Pld	W	D*	L	GF	GA
2002	did not qualify									5	3	1	1	18	4
2003										6	2	3	1	11	6
2004										6	2	2	2	4	2
2005										6	4	0	2	13	5
2006										3	0	2	1	4	5
2007										6	4	0	2	8	4
2008										6	2	2	2	8	8
2009										6	3	2	1	11	7
2010	Group stage	3	1	0	2	3	8	Squad		6	5	1	0	12	1
2011	did not qualify									6	3	2	1	9	3
2012										6	4	1	1	10	7
2013	Group stage	3	1	0	2	6	9	Squad		6	5	0	1	15	3
2014	did not qualify									3	1	1	1	4	2
2015	Group stage	3	1	1	1	2	2	Squad		6	5	1	0	18	2
2016	Group stage	4	1	0	3	8	11	Squad		6	4	2	0	16	3
2017	Semi-finals	4	1	1	2	5	3	Squad		6	5	1	0	10	1
2018	did not qualify									6	3	1	2	14	9
2019										6	4	1	1	16	4
2020	Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic									3	3	0	0	15	2
2021										Cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2022	did not qualify									3	3	0	0	13	1
2023										3	1	0	2	2	0
2024										6	4	0	2	13	5
2025	Champions	5	5	0	0	13	3	Squad		6	5	1	0	11	1
2026	to be determined									to be determined
2027
Total	56/21	22	10	2	10	37	36	—	122	75	24	23	255	85

Results and fixtures

  Win   Draw   Loss

Netherlands  v  Moldova

10 November 2021 (2021-11-10) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification Qualifying round	Netherlands	4–0	Moldova	Shefayim National Team Complex, Shefayim
11:00 (12:00 IST)	Ünüvar 24' (pen.) Emegha 27', 56' (pen.) Simons 43'	Report		Referee: Luca Barbeno (San Marino)

Netherlands  v  Cyprus

13 November 2021 (2021-11-13) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification Qualifying round	Netherlands	5–0	Cyprus	Shefayim National Team Complex, Shefayim
11:00 (12:00 IST)	De Jong 19', 29' Kotsonis 40' (o.g.) Van Brederode 57' Simons 59'	Report		Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Israel  v  Netherlands

16 November 2021 (2021-11-16) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification Qualifying round	Israel	1–4	Netherlands	Netanya Stadium, Netanya, Israel
16:00 (17:00 IST)	Ibrahim Salman 36'	Report	Jimenez 11' Emegha 45+3' Simons 54' (pen.) De Jong 66'	Referee: Juri Frischer (Estonia)

Netherlands  v  Serbia

1 June 2022 (2022-06-01) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification Elite round	Netherlands	1–2	Serbia	Yanmar Stadion, Almere
19:00	Ohio 39' (pen.)	Report	Lazetić 24' Ratkov 77'	Attendance: 984 Referee: Ivaylo Stoyanov (Bulgaria)

Netherlands  v  Norway

4 June 2022 (2022-06-04) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification Elite round	Netherlands	1–1	Norway	Sportcomplex Varkenoord, Rotterdam
16:00	Caschili 9'	Report	Schjelderup 62'	Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

Ukraine  v  Netherlands

7 June 2022 (2022-06-07) 2022 UEFA European Under-19 Championship qualification Elite round	Ukraine	2–1	Netherlands	Sportcomplex Varkenoord, Rotterdam
19:00	Kozik 55' Popov 90'	Report	Poku 15'	Referee: Gergo Bogár (Hungary)

Players

Current squad

The following players were selected for the 2025 UEFA European Under-19 Championship to be played 13–26 June 2025.^[1]

Caps and goals correct as of 14 June 2025, after the match against Germany.

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1GK	Joeri Heerkens	(2006-05-08) 8 May 2006 (age 19)	8	0	Sparta Prague
16	1GK	Kiyani Zeggen	(2006-10-15) 15 October 2006 (age 18)	1	0	AZ
	1GK	Ismail Ka	(2006-03-09) 9 March 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Feyenoord
3	2DF	Precious Ugwu	(2006-02-08) 8 February 2006 (age 19)	8	2	Ajax
4	2DF	Dies Janse	(2006-01-17) 17 January 2006 (age 19)	9	0	Ajax
5	2DF	Elijah Dijkstra	(2006-08-05) 5 August 2006 (age 18)	9	0	AZ
13	2DF	Sven van der Plas	(2006-02-01) 1 February 2006 (age 19)	4	0	PSV Eindhoven
14	2DF	Shane van Aarle	(2006-06-05) 5 June 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Eindhoven
18	2DF	Mats Rots	(2006-03-11) 11 March 2006 (age 19)	6	0	Heracles Almelo
	2DF	Givairo Read	(2006-06-02) 2 June 2006 (age 19)	15	2	Feyenoord
6	3MF	Tygo Land	(2006-01-11) 11 January 2006 (age 19)	18	1	PSV Eindhoven
8	3MF	Mark Verkuijl	(2006-02-10) 10 February 2006 (age 19)	6	1	Ajax
10	3MF	Kees Smit	(2006-01-20) 20 January 2006 (age 19)	12	1	AZ
12	3MF	Kasper Boogaard	(2006-01-29) 29 January 2006 (age 19)	2	0	AZ
20	3MF	Tim Braem	(2006-02-13) 13 February 2006 (age 19)	3	0	VVV-Venlo
	3MF	Joël van den Berg	(2007-02-11) 11 February 2007 (age 18)	0	0	PSV Eindhoven
7	4FW	Ayoub Oufkir	(2006-01-04) 4 January 2006 (age 19)	10	7	Sparta Rotterdam
9	4FW	Don-Angelo Konadu	(2006-05-03) 3 May 2006 (age 19)	8	2	Ajax
11	4FW	Aymen Sliti	(2006-03-24) 24 March 2006 (age 19)	9	1	Feyenoord
15	4FW	Zépiqueno Redmond	(2006-06-22) 22 June 2006 (age 19)	7	2	Feyenoord
17	4FW	Owen Panneflek	(2006-10-04) 4 October 2006 (age 18)	1	0	Twente
19	4FW	Lucas Vennegoor of Hesselink	(2006-03-14) 14 March 2006 (age 19)	2	0	Twente

Recent call-ups

The following players have previously been called up to the Netherlands under-19 squad within the last twelve months and remain eligible.

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club	Latest call-up
GK	Mees Eppink	(2006-03-25) 25 March 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Utrecht	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
DF	Lucas Jetten	(2007-06-07) 7 June 2007 (age 18)	1	0	Ajax	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
DF	Sven Bouland	(2006-02-22) 22 February 2006 (age 19)	1	0	Groningen	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
DF	Wessel Kuhn	(2006-09-16) 16 September 2006 (age 18)	0	0	PSV Eindhoven	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
MF	Julian Oerip	(2006-10-26) 26 October 2006 (age 18)	2	0	AZ Alkmaar	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
MF	Enoch Mastoras	(2006-05-24) 24 May 2006 (age 19)	1	0	AZ Alkmaar	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
MF	Othniël Raterink	(2006-04-07) 7 April 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Bayer Leverkusen	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
FW	Wassim Bouziane	(2006-12-22) 22 December 2006 (age 18)	2	0	AZ Alkmaar	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
FW	Yoël van den Ban	(2006-01-10) 10 January 2006 (age 19)	0	0	AZ Alkmaar	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
FW	Jerolldino Bergraaf	(2006-07-05) 5 July 2006 (age 19)	0	0	Excelsior	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024
FW	Jesse Bal	(2006-10-01) 1 October 2006 (age 18)	0	0	Sparta Rotterdam	v.  Portugal, 15 October 2024

Head-to-head record

The following table shows Netherlands' head-to-head record in the FIFA U-20 World Cup.

Opponent	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Angola	1	1	0	0	2	0	+2	100.00
Argentina	2	0	0	2	1	3	−2	000.00
Australia	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Benin	1	1	0	0	1	0	+1	100.00
Brazil	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Chile	1	1	0	0	3	0	+3	100.00
Costa Rica	1	0	0	1	1	3	−2	000.00
Ecuador	1	0	1	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Egypt	1	0	0	1	1	2	−1	000.00
Ethiopia	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Honduras	1	1	0	0	7	1	+6	100.00
Japan	1	1	0	0	2	1	+1	100.00
Nigeria	2	0	2	0	1	1	+0	000.00
Portugal	1	0	0	1	0	3	−3	000.00
Soviet Union	1	1	0	0	3	2	+1	100.00
Total	17	8	4	5	30	20	+10	047.06