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England men · International friendly

England
v Netherlands⁠

1–2

Full time

England v Netherlands finished 1–2.

England
Vardy 41'
Netherlands
Janssen 50', Narsingh 77'
Date
Tuesday 29 March 2016 · England in 2016
Kick-off
20:00 UK
Venue
Wembley Stadium, London
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Netherlands

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Jeroen Zoet GK
  • No. 2, Joël Veltman RB
  • No. 3, Jeffrey Bruma CB Yellow card 58'
  • No. 4, Daley Blind CB
  • No. 5, Jetro Willems LB Off in the 82'
  • No. 10, Georginio Wijnaldum RM
  • No. 6, Riechedly Bazoer CM Off in the 78'
  • No. 8, Ibrahim Afellay LM
  • No. 11, Quincy Promes RW Off in the 37'
  • No. 7, Memphis Depay LW
  • No. 9, Vincent Janssen FW Off in the 90+3'

Substitutes

  • No. 17, Luciano Narsingh On in the 37'
  • No. 18, Marco van Ginkel On in the 78'
  • No. 15, Patrick van Aanholt On in the 82'
  • No. 16, Jordy Clasie On in the 90+3'
  • No. 12, Rick Karsdorp (not used)
  • No. 13, Virgil van Dijk (not used)
  • No. 19, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (not used)
  • No. 20, Luuk de Jong (not used)
  • No. 21, Timo Letschert (not used)
  • No. 22, Michel Vorm (not used)
  • No. 24, Kenneth Vermeer (not used)

Referee: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2002 – 2012

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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