Norway and the Netherlands only got a short rivalry going in the nineties, when meeting in successive qualifying campaigns for the World Cup 1994 and the European Championship 1996. Before, there had been occasional friendlies during the Dutch amateur era, but no competitive matches until the qualifying tournament for the 1974 World Cup, in which the Dutch chalked up their record win (joint with a 9-0 over Finland at the bronze medal match at the Olympics six decades earlier); that 0-9 also marked Norway's heaviest loss ever in a competitive match. Two decades later, "Drillo" Olsen's side surprised the Dutch in Oslo, but eventually the two countries qualified together, thereby blocking England from entering the USA World Cup.
All matches listed are friendlies unless otherwise stated.
Game Date Venue Result Remark 1. 31- 8-1919 Oslo Norway 1-1 Netherlands 2. 12- 6-1929 Oslo Norway 4-4 Netherlands 3. 3-11-1929 Amsterdam Netherlands 1-4 Norway 4. 1-11-1936 Amsterdam Netherlands 3-3 Norway 5. 26- 5-1948 Oslo Norway 1-2 Netherlands 6. 6- 6-1951 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-3 Norway 7. 27- 9-1953 Oslo Norway 4-0 Netherlands 8. 6-11-1955 Amsterdam Netherlands 3-0 Norway 9. 28- 5-1958 Oslo Norway 0-0 Netherlands 10. 4-11-1959 Rotterdam Netherlands 7-1 Norway 11. 16- 5-1962 Oslo Norway 2-1 Netherlands 12. 1-11-1972 Rotterdam Netherlands 9-0 Norway [World Cup Qualifier] 13. 12- 9-1973 Oslo Norway 1-2 Netherlands [World Cup Qualifier] 14. 23- 9-1992 Oslo Norway 2-1 Netherlands [World Cup Qualifier] 15. 9- 6-1993 Rotterdam Netherlands 0-0 Norway [World Cup Qualifier] 16. 12-10-1994 Oslo Norway 1-1 Netherlands [European Champ. Qual.] 17. 15-11-1995 Rotterdam Netherlands 3-0 Norway [European Champ. Qual.] 18. 21- 8-2002 Oslo Norway 0-1 Netherlands 19. 15-10-2008 Oslo Norway 0-1 Netherlands [World Cup Qualifier] 20. 10- 6-2009 Rotterdam Netherlands 2-0 Norway [World Cup Qualifier]
Total record:
Netherlands 20 9 6 5 44- 27 24
Norway 20 5 6 9 27- 44 16
Some more stats:
Pd Nl D No NlG- NoG
In the Netherlands: 9 5 2 2 30- 11
In Norway: 11 4 4 3 14- 16
Netherlands - List of International Matches
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Author: Karel Stokkermans
Last updated: 24 Sep 2010
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