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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 ...
The Netherlands did not have a strong track record in women's international football until the 2010s. They did not qualify for the UEFA Women's Championship until 2009 [ 12 ] and did not qualify for their first Women's World Cup until 2015 , when the tournament expanded from 16 to 24 teams. [ 13 ]
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 ...
On 15 June 2019, Miedema became the all-time top scorer of the Netherlands women's national football team after scoring her 60th goal in a 3–1 win against Cameroon at the 2019 FIFA World Cup in France. [89] She passed the record held by Melis and extended her lead of the men's team's leading scorer, Robin van Persie. [90]
With three wins, the Netherlands qualified for the knockout stages. Again like in 2015, Japan was the opponent in the first knock-out round. [8] With two goals from Lieke Martens, the Netherlands reached the quarter-final against Italy. The Netherlands won 2–0, with Miedema scoring her third World Cup goal.
Netherlands 2-0 South Africa: A brilliant performance from goalkeeper Daphne van Domselaar denied South Africa as the runners-up four years ago advanced to the quarter-finals
Netherlands advanced to the quarterfinals of the Women's World Cup on Sunday with a 2-0 win over South Africa. Jill Roord and Lineth Beerensteyn scored in each half at the Sydney Football Stadium ...
Rank Player National career Matches Goals Minutes Total career 1 Wesley Sneijder: 2003–2018: 134: 31 9,811 2002–2019: 2 Edwin van der Sar: 1995–2008