2010 FIFA World Cup - Holland
2010 FIFA World Cup - Holland National Team
2010 FIFA World Cup Holland National Team:
Goalkeepers:
1 Maarten STEKELENBURG, 16 Michel VORM and
22 Sander BOSCHKER
Defenders:
2 Gregory VAN DER WIEL, 3 John HEITINGA, 4 Joris MATHIJSEN, 5 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST,
12 Khalid BOULAHROUZ, 13 Andre OOIJER and 15 Edson BRAAFHEID
Midfielders:
6 Mark VAN BOMMEL, 8 Nigel DE JONG, 10 Wesley SNEIJDER, 14 Demy DE ZEEUW, 18 Stijn SCHAARS,
20 Ibrahim AFELLAY and 23 Rafael VAN DER VAART
Forwards:
7 Dirk KUYT, 9 Robin VAN PERSIE, 11 Arjen ROBBEN, 17 Eljero ELIA, 19 Ryan BABEL and
21 Klaas Jan HUNTELAAR
Coach:
Bert VAN MARWIJK
Top Players Arjen Robben (NED) and Dirk Kuyt (NED).
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The star players
With Edwin van der Saar and Ruud van Nistelrooy having called time on their international careers, Van Marwijk has needed to apply his own touch to the core of players he inherited from Van Basten, without shaking things up too vigorously. The key men now are Arjen Robben, Joris Mathijsen, Andre Ooijer, Dirk Kuyt, Mark van Bommel, Klaas Jan Huntelaar and Giovanni van Bronckhorst, all of whom enjoyed considerable playing time under the previous trainer. Rafael van der Vaart, Robin van Persie, Nigel De Jong and Wesley Sneijder also remain closely involved.
The coach
Not the most heralded player in his time, having collected a solitary international cap, Mark van Bommel's father-in-law has known far more success in the dugout. He shone especially brightly at Feyenoord, leading the Rotterdam outfit to the UEFA Cup trophy in 2002 before taking the Dutch crown upon his return after a two-year stint with Borussia Dortmund in Germany. Calm, affable, discrete but approachable, the 56-year-old believes it is important to be close to his players, saying: "An international coach has few opportunities to work with his squad. Because of that, I want to make the most of the time I spend with my players, mix with them, take part in training, and add and vary exercises to get to know them better." Although his style marks a real break with that of his predecessor, Marco van Basten, the tactics remain similar. "Marco put a 4-2-3-1 formation in place," he says. "The players got used to that and I intend to keep it." Flanked by former stalwarts Phillip Cocu and Frank de Boer in the assistant coaching roles, Van Marwijk's record is impeccable thus far.
Previous FIFA World Cups
In their eight finals appearances, the Orange have reached the showpiece match twice, falling narrowly short of the global crown in 1974 and 1978. They also came in fourth at France 1998.
Records
1 UEFA European Championship (1988)
Holland - 2010 FIFA World Cup
2010 - Holland
The Favorites Eight games, eight wins was the tally achieved by Bert van Marwijk’s troops in Group 9 of the
European Zone, the former Feyenoord coach having yet to drop a point in a competitive match. Difficult to break down
at the back and blessed with enviable attacking talents, the Dutch have made no secret of ther intention to return
home with the Trophy. “We have a mission: to be champions of the world,” assistant coach Frank de Boer told FIFA.com,
and the team are unlikely to be haunted by their failed campaign in 2006 or the disappointment of their UEFA EURO
2008 bid. The core of the line-up has changed and so have the methods behind the scenes, but the philosophy remains
familiar.