Netherlands national football team results (1920–1939)

This is a list of the Netherlands national football team results from 1920 to 1939.[1] Throughout this period they played in 112 matches.

  Win    Draw    Loss

The Netherlands participated in three Summer Olympics, in 1920, in 1924 and in 1928, reaching the semi-finals in 1920 where they lost to hosts and eventual champions Belgium, and in the repechage they reached the final where they disputed the silver medal against Spain (as the actual runner-up, Czechoslovakia, had been disqualified), but lost 1-3, thus winning the Bronze medal for the second time.[2] In 1924 they reached the semi-finals again, but lost again to the eventual champions Uruguay, and this time they failed to win Bronze with a 3-1 loss to Sweden, and finally, in 1928, they were knocked out again by the eventual champions Uruguay.[3] The Netherlands also qualified through to two FIFA World Cups, the 1934 and 1938 editions, but failed to go any further than the round of 16 in both occasions.[4]

Results

1920

v  Denmark
5 April 1920 Friendly Netherlands  2 – 0  Denmark Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:30 (UTC+1:20)B. Kessler 4'
de Natris 71'
Stadium: Old Stadion
Attendance: 30000
Referee: Job Mutters (Netherlands)
v  Netherlands
13 May 1920 Friendly Italy  1 – 1  Netherlands Genoa, Italy
15:30 (UTC+2:00)Sardi 88'D. Kessler 42'Stadium: Campo Vittorio Marassi
Attendance: 12000
Referee: Eugène Stutz (Switzerland)
v  Netherlands
16 May 1920 Friendly Switzerland  2 – 1  Netherlands Basel, Switzerland
15:00 (UTC+2:00)Sardi 88'Friederich 74'
Merkt 75'
Stadium: Landhof
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Giovanni Mauro (Italy)
v  Luxembourg
28 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics, First Round Netherlands  3–0  Luxembourg Brussels, Belgium
17:30J. Bulder 30'
Groosjohan 47', 85'
ReportStadium: La Butte
Attendance: 3000
Referee: Georges Hubrecht (Belgium)
v  Sweden
29 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics, Quarter-final Netherlands  5–4 (a.e.t.)  Sweden Antwerp, Belgium
10:00Groosjohan 10', 57'
J. Bulder 44', 88' (pen.)
De Natris 115'
ReportKarlsson 16', 32'
Olsson 20'
Dahl 72'
Stadium: Stadion Broodstraat
Attendance: 5000
Referee: Josef Fanta (Czechoslovakia)
v  Netherlands
31 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics, Semi-final Belgium  3–0  Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium
17:25Larnoe 46'
Van Hege 55'
Bragard 85'
ReportStadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: John Lewis (GBR)
v  Netherlands
5 September 1920 1920 Summer Olympics, Silver medal match Spain  3–1  Netherlands Antwerp, Belgium
15:00Sesúmaga 7', 35'
Pichichi 72'
ReportGroosjohan 68'Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 14,000
Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium)
1920–1929
  Win    Draw    Defeat
M DateOpponentResultEvent
461920-04-05  Denmark2–0Friendly
471920-05-13  Italy1–1
481920-05-16   Switzerland1–2
491920-08-28  Luxembourg3–0 1920 Summer Olympics
501920-08-29  Sweden5–4
511920-08-31  Belgium0–3
521920-09-05  Spain1–3
531921-03-26   Switzerland2–0Friendly
541921-05-08  Italy2–2
551921-05-15  Belgium1–1
561921-06-12  Denmark1–1
571921-11-13  France0–5
581922-03-26  Belgium4–0
591922-04-17  Denmark2–0
601922-05-07  Belgium1–2
611922-11-19   Switzerland0–5
621923-04-02  France8–1
631923-04-29  Belgium1–1
641923-05-10  Germany0–0
651923-11-25   Switzerland4–1
661924-03-23  Belgium1–1
671924-04-21  Germany0–1
681924-04-27  Belgium1–1
691924-05-27  Romania6–0 1924 Summer Olympics
701924-06-02  Irish Free State2–1
711924-06-06  Uruguay1–2
721924-06-08  Sweden1–1
731924-06-09  Sweden1–3
741924-11-02  South Africa2–1Friendly
751925-03-15  Belgium0–1
761925-03-29  Germany2–1
771925-04-19   Switzerland1–4
781925-05-03  Belgium5–0
791925-10-25  Denmark4–2
801926-03-14  Belgium1–1
811926-03-28   Switzerland5–0
821926-04-18  Germany4–2
831926-05-02  Belgium1–5
841926-06-13  Denmark4–1
851926-10-31  Germany2–3
861927-03-13  Belgium2–0
871927-04-18  Czechoslovakia Amateurs8–1
881927-05-01  Belgium3–2
891927-06-12  Denmark1–1
901927-11-13  Sweden1–0
911927-11-20  Germany2–2
921928-03-11  Belgium1–1
931928-04-01  Belgium0–1
941928-04-22  Denmark2–0
951928-05-06   Switzerland2–1
961928-05-30  Uruguay0–2 1928 Summer Olympics
971928-06-05  Belgium3–1
981928-06-08  Chile2–2
991928-06-14  Egypt1–2Friendly
1001928-11-04  Belgium1–1
1011928-12-02  Italy3–2
1021929-03-17   Switzerland3–2
1031929-05-05  Belgium3–1
1041929-06-09  Sweden6–2
1051929-06-12  Norway4–4
1061929-11-03  Norway1–4
1071930-04-06  Italy1–1Friendly
1081930-05-04  Belgium2–2
1091930-05-18  Belgium3–1
1101930-06-08  Hungary6–2
1111930-11-02   Switzerland6–3
1121931-03-29  Belgium3–2
1131931-04-26  Germany1–1
1141931-05-03  Belgium4–2
1151931-06-14  Denmark2–0
1161931-11-29  France3–4
1171932-03-29  Belgium1–4
1181932-04-17  Belgium2–1
1191932-05-08  Irish Free State0–2
1201932-05-29  Czechoslovakia1–2
1211932-12-04  Germany2–0
1221933-01-22   Switzerland0–2
1231933-03-05  Hungary1–2
1241933-04-09  Belgium1–3
1251933-05-07  Belgium1–2
1261933-12-10  Austria0–1
1271934-03-11  Belgium9–3
1281934-04-08  Irish Free State5–2 1934 World Cup Qualifier
1291934-04-29  Belgium2–4
1301934-05-10  France4–5Friendly
1311934-05-27  Italy2–3 1934 World Cup Round of 16
1321934-11-04   Switzerland2–4Friendly
1331935-02-17  Germany2–3
1341935-03-31  Belgium4–2
1351935-05-12  Belgium0–2
1361935-05-18  England0–1
1371935-11-03  Denmark3–0
1381935-12-08  Irish Free State3–5
1391936-01-12  France1–6
1401936-03-29  Belgium8–0
1411936-05-03  Belgium1–1
1421936-11-01  Norway3–3
1431937-01-31  Germany2–2
1441937-03-07   Switzerland2–1
1451937-04-04  Belgium2–1
1461937-05-02  Belgium1–0
1471937-10-31  France2–3
1481937-11-28  Luxembourg4–0 1938 World Cup Qualifier
1491938-02-27  Belgium7–2Friendly
1501938-04-03  Belgium1–1 1938 World Cup Qualifier
1511938-05-21  Scotland1–3Friendly
1521938-06-05  Czechoslovakia3–0 1938 World Cup Round of 16
1531938-10-23  Denmark2–2Friendly
1541939-02-26  Hungary3–2
1551939-03-19  Belgium5–4
1561939-04-23  Belgium3–2
1571939-05-07   Switzerland2–1

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