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England men · International friendly

Netherlands
v England⁠

2–2

Full time

Netherlands v England finished 2–2.

Netherlands
Kuyt 10', Van der Vaart 38'
Date
Wednesday 12 August 2009 · England in 2009
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England

Starting XI

Substitutes

Netherlands

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Maarten Stekelenburg GK
  • No. 7, Robin van Persie FW Off in the 46'
  • No. 9, Dirk Kuyt FW Off in the 78'
  • No. 2, Johnny Heitinga D
  • No. 3, Andre Ooijer D
  • No. 4, Joris Mathijsen D
  • No. 5, Edson Braafheid D
  • No. 6, Nigel de Jong M
  • No. 8, Stijn Schaars M Off in the 82'
  • No. 10, Rafael van der Vaart M Off in the 46'
  • No. 11, Arjen Robben M Off in the 55'

Substitutes

  • No. 14, Wesley Sneijder On in the 46'
  • No. 18, Ryan Babel On in the 46'
  • No. 17, Ibrahim Afellay On in the 55'
  • No. 20, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar On in the 78'
  • No. 19, David Mendes Da Silva On in the 82'
  • No. 12, Dirk Marcellis (not used)
  • No. 13, Gregory van der Wiel (not used)
  • No. 15, Demy De Zeeuw (not used)
  • No. 16, Michel Vorm (not used)

Referee: S Rizzoli.

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

1996 – 2006

05 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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