Edwin van der Sar - Century of International Appearances

The outstanding Dutch 'keeper, who obtained 123 international caps with his National Team, has entered the symbolic but exclusive circle of players with a Century of Caps. He holds the Dutch caps record since June 21, 2006 (when he equalled the total of Frank de Boer). He holds the Dutch caps record for goalkeepers since August 20, 2003 (when he equalled the total of Hans van Breukelen). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Cap    Date      Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition
  1    7- 6-95   Minsk           Belarus         0-1     European Championship Qual.
  2    6- 9-95   Rotterdam       Belarus         1-0     European Championship Qual.
  3   11-10-95   Rabat Ta'Qali   Malta           4-0     European Championship Qual.
  4   15-11-95   Rotterdam       Norway          3-0     European Championship Qual.
  5   13-12-95   Liverpool       Ireland         2-0     European Championship Qual.
  6   24- 4-96   Rotterdam       Germany         0-1
  7    4- 6-96   Rotterdam       Ireland         3-1
  8   10- 6-96   Birmingham      Scotland        0-0     European Championship
  9   13- 6-96   Birmingham      Switzerland     2-0     European Championship
 10   18- 6-96   London          England         1-4     European Championship
 11   22- 6-96   Liverpool       France          0-0 [1] European Championship
 12   31- 8-96   Amsterdam       Brazil          2-2
 13    5-10-96   Cardiff         Wales           3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 14    9-11-96   Eindhoven       Wales           7-1     World Cup Qualifier
 15   14-12-96   Brussel         Belgium         3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 16   26- 2-97   Paris           France          1-2
 17   29- 3-97   Amsterdam       San Marino      4-0     World Cup Qualifier
 18    2- 4-97   Bursa           Turkey          0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 19   30- 4-97   Serravalle      San Marino      6-0     World Cup Qualifier
 20    6- 9-97   Rotterdam       Belgium         3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 21   11-10-97   Amsterdam       Turkey          0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 22   21- 2-98   Miami           United States   2-0
 23   27- 5-98   Arnhem          Cameroon        0-0
 24    1- 6-98   Eindhoven       Paraguay        5-1
 25    5- 6-98   Amsterdam       Nigeria         5-1
 26   13- 6-98   Paris           Belgium         0-0     World Cup
 27   20- 6-98   Marseille       South Korea     5-0     World Cup
 28   25- 6-98   Saint-Etienne   Mexico          2-2     World Cup
 29   29- 6-98   Toulouse        Yugoslavia      2-1     World Cup
 30    4- 7-98   Marseille       Argentina       2-1     World Cup
 31    7- 7-98   Marseille       Brazil          1-1 [2] World Cup
 32   11- 7-98   Paris           Croatia         1-2     World Cup
 33   10-10-98   Eindhoven       Peru            2-0 
 34   13-10-98   Arnhem          Ghana           0-0
 35   18-11-98   Gelsenkirchen   Germany         1-1
 36   10- 2-99   Paris           Portugal        0-0
 37   31- 3-99   Amsterdam       Argentina       1-1
 38   28- 4-99   Arnhem          Morocco         1-2
 39    5- 6-99   Salvador        Brazil          2-2
 40   18- 8-99   København       Denmark         0-0 
 41    4- 9-99   Rotterdam       Belgium         5-5
 42    9-10-99   Amsterdam       Brazil          2-2
 43   13-11-99   Eindhoven       Czech Republic  1-1
 44   23- 2-00   Amsterdam       Germany         2-1
 45   26- 4-00   Arnhem          Scotland        0-0
 46   27- 5-00   Amsterdam       Romania         2-1
 47    4- 6-00   Lausanne        Poland          3-1
 48   11- 6-00   Amsterdam       Czech Republic  1-0     European Championship
 49   16- 6-00   Rotterdam       Denmark         3-0     European Championship
 50   25- 6-00   Rotterdam       Yugoslavia      6-1     European Championship
 51   29- 6-00   Amsterdam       Italy           0-0 [3] European Championship
 52    2- 9-00   Amsterdam       Ireland         2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 53    7-10-00   Lefkosia        Cyprus          4-0     World Cup Qualifier
 54   11-10-00   Rotterdam       Portugal        0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 55   15-11-00   Sevilla         Spain           2-1
 56   28- 2-01   Amsterdam       Turkey          0-0
 57   24- 3-01   Barcelona       Andorra         5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 58   28- 3-01   Lisboa          Portugal        2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 59   25- 4-01   Eindhoven       Cyprus          4-0     World Cup Qualifier
 60    2- 6-01   Tallinn         Estonia         4-2     World Cup Qualifier
 61   15- 8-01   London          England         2-0
 62    1- 9-01   Dublin          Ireland         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 63    5- 9-01   Eindhoven       Estonia         5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 64    6-10-01   Arnhem          Andorra         4-0     World Cup Qualifier
 65   13- 2-02   Amsterdam       England         1-1
 66   27- 3-02   Rotterdam       Spain           1-0
 67   21- 8-02   Oslo            Norway          1-0
 68    7- 9-02   Eindhoven       Belarus         3-0     European Championship Qual.
 69   16-10-02   Austria         Austria         3-0     European Championship Qual.
 70   20-11-02   Gelsenkirchen   Germany         3-1
 71   30- 4-03   Eindhoven       Portugal        1-1
 72    7- 6-03   Minsk           Belarus         2-0     European Championship Qual.
 73   20- 8-03   Brussel         Belgium         1-1
 74    6- 9-03   Rotterdam       Austria         3-1     European Championship Qual.
 75   10- 9-03   Praha           Czech Republic  1-3     European Championship Qual.
 76   11-10-03   Eindhoven       Moldova         5-0     European Championship Qual.
 77   15-11-03   Glasgow         Scotland        0-1     European Championship Qual.
 78   19-11-03   Amsterdam       Scotland        6-0     European Championship Qual.
 79   18- 2-04   Amsterdam       USA             1-0
 80   31- 3-04   Rotterdam       France          0-0
 81   28- 4-04   Eindhoven       Greece          4-0
 82   29- 5-04   Eindhoven       Belgium         0-1
 83    1- 6-04   Lausanne        Faroe Islands   3-0
 84    5- 6-04   Amsterdam       Ireland         0-1
 85   15- 6-04   Oporto          Germany         1-1     European Championship
 86   19- 6-04   Aveiro          Czech Republic  2-3     European Championship
 87   23- 6-04   Braga           Latvia          3-0     European Championship
 88   26- 6-04   Faro/Loulé      Sweden          0-0 [4] European Championship
 89   30- 6-04   Lisboa          Portugal        1-2     European Championship
 90   18- 8-04   Stockholm       Sweden          2-2
 91    3- 9-04   Utrecht         Liechtenstein   3-0
 92    8- 9-04   Amsterdam       Czech Republic  2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 93    9-10-04   Skopje          Macedonia       2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 94   13-10-04   Amsterdam       Finland         3-1     World Cup Qualifier
 95   17-11-04   Barcelona       Andorra         3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 96    9- 2-05   Birmingham      England         0-0
 97   26- 3-05   Bucuresti       Romania         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 98   30- 3-05   Eindhoven       Armenia         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 99    4- 6-05   Rotterdam       Romania         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
100    8- 6-05   Helsinki        Finland         4-0     World Cup Qualifier
101   17- 8-05   Rotterdam       Germany         2-2
102    3- 9-05   Yerevan         Armenia         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
103    7- 9-05   Eindhoven       Andorra         4-0     World Cup Qualifier
104    8-10-05   Praha           Czech Republic  2-0     World Cup Qualifier
105   12-10-05   Amsterdam       Macedonia       0-0     World Cup Qualifier
106   12-11-05   Amsterdam       Italy           1-3
107    1- 3-06   Amsterdam       Ecuador         1-0
108   27- 5-06   Rotterdam       Cameroon        1-0
109    4- 6-06   Rotterdam       Australia       1-1
110   11- 6-06   Leipzig         Serbia-Monten.  1-0     World Cup
111   16- 6-06   Stuttgart       Ivory Coast     2-1     World Cup
112   21- 6-06   Frankfurt       Argentina       0-0     World Cup
113   25- 6-06   Nürnberg        Portugal        0-1     World Cup
114   16- 8-06   Dublin          Ireland         4-0
115    2- 9-06   Luxembourg      Luxembourg      1-0     European Championship Qual.
116    6- 9-06   Eindhoven       Belarus         3-0     European Championship Qual.
117    7-10-06   Sofia           Bulgaria        1-1     European Championship Qual.
118   11-10-06   Amsterdam       Albania         2-1     European Championship Qual.
119   28- 3-07   Celje           Slovenia        1-0     European Championship Qual.
120    8- 9-07   Amsterdam       Bulgaria        2-0     European Championship Qual.
121   12- 9-07   Tiranë          Albania         1-0     European Championship Qual.
122   17-11-07   Rotterdam       Luxembourg      1-0     European Championship Qual.
123    6- 2-08   Split           Croatia         3-0

[1] Netherlands lost 4-5 on penalties
[2] Netherlands lost 2-4 on penalties
[3] Netherlands lost 1-3 on penalties
[4] Netherlands won 5-4 on penalties

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
   123    69   37   17   242- 84       175     71.14

Types of Matches
Friendlies             48
World Cup Qualifiers   30 1998:8 2002:10 2006:12
World Cup              11 1998:7 2006: 4
European Champ. Qual.  21 1996:5 2004:8 2008:8
European Championship  13 1996:4 2000:4 2004:5
                       
Total                 123
About this document

Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans (karel@rsssf.com)
Last updated: 6 Mar 2008