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England men · International friendly

England
v Netherlands⁠

0–0

Full time

England v Netherlands finished 0–0.

Date
Wednesday 9 February 2005 · England in 2005
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Villa Park, Birmingham
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Netherlands

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Edwin van der Sar GK
  • No. 7, Romeo Castelen FW Off in the 64'
  • No. 9, Roy Makaay FW
  • No. 11, Dirk Kuyt FW
  • No. 2, Jan Kromkamp D
  • No. 3, Khalid Boulahrouz D
  • No. 4, Joris Mathijsen D
  • No. 5, Giovanni van Bronckhorst D
  • No. 6, Johnny Heitinga D Off in the 62'
  • No. 8, Denny Landzaat M
  • No. 10, Rafael van der Vaart M

Substitutes

  • No. 17, Mark van Bommel On in the 62'
  • No. 7, Ugur Yildirim On in the 64'
  • No. 12, Nigel de Jong (not used)
  • No. 14, Mario Melchiot (not used)
  • No. 16, Henk Timmer (not used)

Referee: Peter Frojdfeldt.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1993 – 2002

03 18 Jun 1996
UEFA European Championship · Group A Wembley, London

Netherlands 1–4 England England won

England: Shearer 23' pen, Sheringham 51', Shearer 57', Sheringham 62'

Netherlands: Kluivert 78'

Match page: Netherlands v England, 18 June 1996

Official meetings since 1935

England v Netherlands stats

Full head-to-head

Meetings23In our results database
England wins7England perspective
Draws9Level at full time
Netherlands wins7Netherlands victories

England have scored 33 goals to Netherlands's 30 across these meetings.

Individual fixture records

Who has scored most?

England · Fixture leader

4

Lawton

4 goals against Netherlands in matches we hold scorer data for.

Netherlands · Fixture leader

3

van Basten

Netherlands's leading scorer against England in matches we hold scorer data for.

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