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Netherlands national football team

First International Netherlands 4 Belgium 1 (1905)
First World Cup appearance 1934
Honours European Championship (1988)
Most capped player Frank de Boer (109)
Highest goalscorer Patrick Kluivert (40)
Largest win 9-0 vs Finland (1912) and Norway (1972)
Largest defeat 2-12 vs England Amateur (1907)
Coach Dick Advocaat (2002-)

The Dutch national football team is one of Europe's best national teams, having won the European Championship in 1988, and having lost in two consecutive World Cup finals (1974 and 1978).

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