Netherlands

Group FUEFA · 4 Matches

Group F · Standings

#	Team	MP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	+6	7
2	Japan	3	1	2	0	+4	5
3	Sweden	3	1	1	1	0	4
4	Tunisia	3	0	0	3	-10	0

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History

The Netherlands reached three World Cup finals (1974, 1978, 2010) without winning any of them, earning the bittersweet title of the best team never to win the World Cup.

Culture

Dutch 'Total Football' revolutionized the game in the 1970s under Johan Cruyff and Rinus Michels. The philosophy — where any outfield player can take over the role of any other — still influences modern tactical thinking.

Record

The Netherlands has produced an extraordinary number of world-class players per capita: Cruyff, Van Basten, Bergkamp, Robben, Van Dijk — from a country of just 17 million people.

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