UEFA · Group F · reached the Round of 32

Netherlands

12
Appearances: 0
Titles: Runners-up
Best finish

2026 runD W W D#1 attack of 48#19 defence of 48

4Played

2Won

2Drawn

0Lost

11Scored

5Conceded

+6Diff

0Clean sheets

Tournament journey

Against the field

How Netherlands measured up

Per game, across all 4 matches. The marker is the tournament median.

Goals scored per game2.75

#1 of 48 · median 1.25

Goals conceded per game1.25

#19 of 48 · median 1.33

Tactical identity

Control-led by the numbers

Match reports

53.0Possession %11.5Shots / match88.1Pass accuracy7.0Long balls / 100 passes

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Squad contribution

Goal involvement

These players account for 91% of Netherlands's 11 goals.

1Cody Gakpo3G 1A 2Crysencio Summerville2G 2A 3Brian Brobbey3G 0A 4Virgil van Dijk1G 1A 5Denzel Dumfries0G 2A 6Ryan Gravenberch0G 2A 7Jan Paul van Hecke1G 0A 8Memphis Depay0G 1A

Solid = goals, faded = assists

Every 2026 result · 4 matches

Round	Opponent	Result	Poss.	Shots	On target	Pass %	Corners
Group Stage · F	Japan	D2–2	59.8%	10	6	88.4%	5
Group Stage · F	Sweden	W5–1	50.9%	10	7	88.6%	2
Group Stage · F	Tunisia	W3–1	71.4%	20	7	93.0%	6
Round of 32	Morocco	D1–1	29.9%	6	2	78.7%	5

Netherlands scored 11 goals across the tournament, keeping 0 clean sheets.

Men's World Cup history

Netherlands across 12 editions

The 2026 campaign sits inside 59 matches, 32 wins and 107 goals across every recorded edition.

Event data

Netherlands by expected goals

Data by

StatsBomb

10Matches covered

13.6Expected goals for

9.5Expected goals against

+5.4Goals above expected

Every covered match

Chances created and conceded, beside the result they produced.

Edition	Opponent	Round	Result	xG	xG against	Shots	Poss.
2022	Argentina	Quarter-finals	2–2 D	0.57	1.94	7	51.3%
2022	United States	Round of 16	3–1 W	1.48	1.65	11	39.0%
2022	Qatar	Group Stage	2–0 W	1.71	0.14	13	63.4%
2022	Ecuador	Group Stage	1–1 D	0.10	1.65	2	53.3%
2022	Senegal	Group Stage	2–0 W	1.12	0.69	10	52.5%
1974	Germany	Final	1–2 L	2.03	1.41	16	55.8%
1974	Brazil	1st Group Stage	2–0 W	0.75	0.96	12	50.7%
1974	German DR	1st Group Stage	2–0 W	0.83	0.20	14	62.5%
1974	Argentina	1st Group Stage	4–0 W	2.47	0.13	18	57.8%
1974	Sweden	1st Group Stage	0–0 D	2.57	0.69	30	62.0%

Derived from StatsBomb Open Data under the StatsBomb Public Data User Agreement. Covers the eight men's World Cups StatsBomb publish event data for, not every tournament Netherlands has played. 2026 is not covered — see methodology.

All 48 teams Knockout bracket In-depth statistics

All figures are calculated from completed 2026 World Cup match reports. Pre-tournament squad values, form ratings, projected formations and editorial style scores are intentionally excluded.