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The Netherlands women's national football team (Dutch: Nederlands vrouwenvoetbalelftal) represents the Netherlands in international women's football, and is directed by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), which is a member of UEFA and FIFA. In 1971, the team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA ...
This is a list of the Netherlands women's association footballers who have played for the Netherlands women's national football team, since the first women's match recognised by FIFA worldwide in 1971 against France. [1]
With the Netherlands women's national football team unable to qualify to major tournaments such as the FIFA Women's World Cup, UEFA Women's Euro, or the Olympics, and the most talented female players leaving for other countries with professional leagues, the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB) felt compelled to act.
On 6 March 2013, Miedema debuted for the Netherlands under-19 football team, starting a 3–1 defeat by Iceland. [71] At the 2014 UEFA Under-19 Championship, she was vital for the Dutch success, her six goals in the tournament guided the Netherlands to their first-ever title in women's football. [72]
Vivianne Miedema (right) playing for the Netherlands during the UEFA Women's Euro 2017. Vivianne Miedema is a Dutch professional footballer who has played as a forward for the Netherlands women's national football team since 2013. [1] She is the all-time top scorer for her country, for both women and men. [2] On 26 September 2013, Miedema made ...
She was the Netherlands' standout player at that year's Euro, where the Dutch won their first ever major international title with the women's national team. She was chosen as Player of the Tournament, and later in 2017, she was voted as The Best FIFA Women's Player as well as the UEFA Women's Player of the Year .
Women's football in the Netherlands has traditionally had a low profile and female players had to play abroad. [1] [2] [3] However, the national team began having success in the 2010s, notably in winning the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 tournament and the domestic Eredivisie began expanding.
Aged 16, she made her debut for the senior Netherlands women's national football team on 14 December 2008 in a friendly match 2–0 win over France. [11] She was part of the Dutch squad in the UEFA Women's Euro 2009 [12] and the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup. [13] In June 2017, she was in the 23 players squad which won the UEFA Women's Euro 2017 ...