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England men · International friendly

Netherlands
v England⁠

0–1

Full time

Netherlands v England finished 0–1.

Netherlands
None
Date
Friday 23 March 2018 · England in 2018
Kick-off
19:45 UK
Venue
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Competition
International friendly

Last checked 21 October 2026

Team sheets

Line-ups

England Formation 3-1-4-2

Starting XI

Substitutes

  • No. 15, Harry Maguire On in the 10' Off in the 89'
  • No. 20, Dele Alli On in the 68'
  • No. 21, Jamie Vardy On in the 68'
  • No. 24, Danny Welbeck On in the 68'
  • No. 18, Ashley Young On in the 71'
  • No. 12, Eric Dier On in the 89'
  • No. 13, Joe Hart (not used)
  • No. 14, Alfie Mawson (not used)
  • No. 16, James Tarkowski (not used)
  • No. 17, Jake Livermore (not used)
  • No. 19, Lewis Cook (not used)
  • No. 22, Jack Butland (not used)
  • No. 23, Nick Pope (not used)
  • No. 25, Adam Lallana (not used)

Netherlands Formation 3-4-3

Starting XI

  • No. 1, Jeroen Zoet GK
  • No. 3, Matthijs de Ligt CB
  • No. 4, Virgil van Dijk CB
  • No. 6, Stefan de Vrij CB Off in the 89'
  • No. 2, Hans Hateboer RM
  • No. 5, Georginio Wijnaldum CM
  • No. 8, Kevin Strootman CM Off in the 90'
  • No. 11, Patrick van Aanholt LM
  • No. 7, Quincy Promes FW Off in the 66'
  • No. 9, Bas Dost FW Off in the 66'
  • No. 10, Memphis Depay FW

Substitutes

  • No. 18, Davy Propper On in the 66'
  • No. 20, Ryan Babel On in the 66'
  • No. 19, Wout Weghorst On in the 89'
  • No. 15, Donny van de Beek On in the 90'
  • No. 12, Guus Til (not used)
  • No. 13, Jasper Cillessen (not used)
  • No. 14, Nathan Aké (not used)
  • No. 16, Marten de Roon (not used)
  • No. 17, Steven Berghuis (not used)
  • No. 21, Tonny Vilhena (not used)
  • No. 22, Timothy Fosu-Mensah (not used)
  • No. 23, Justin Kluivert (not used)

Men's senior internationals · Newest first

The 5 meetings before this one

2005 – 2016

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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