Netherlands 1970s squad
Every player who appeared for Netherlands in the 1970s — 80 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Ruud Krol racked up the most caps of anyone here — 83 in all. Johan Cruyff leads the scoring with 33. The squad breaks down as 7 goalkeepers, 23 defenders, 32 midfielders and 18 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruud Krol | DF | 83 | 4 | 92 |
| Johan Cruyff | MF/FW | 48 | 33 | 91 |
| Johan Neeskens | MF | 49 | 17 | 91 |
| Rob Rensenbrink | MF | 46 | 14 | 90 |
| Wim Suurbier | DF | 60 | 3 | 89 |
| Willy van de Kerkhof | MF | 63 | 5 | 89 |
| Johnny Rep | MF | 42 | 12 | 88 |
| Willem van Hanegem | MF | 52 | 6 | 88 |
| Wim Jansen | MF | 65 | 1 | 88 |
| Rinus Israël | DF | 47 | 3 | 87 |
| Piet Keizer | MF | 34 | 11 | 86 |
| Piet Schrijvers | GK | 46 | — | 86 |
| Arie Haan | MF | 35 | 6 | 86 |
| Sjaak Swart | MF | 31 | 10 | 85 |
| Ben Wijnstekers | DF | 36 | 1 | 84 |
| Ruud Geels | FW | 20 | 11 | 84 |
| Jan Peters | MF | 31 | 4 | 83 |
| René van de Kerkhof | FW | 47 | 5 | 82 |
| Jan van Beveren | GK | 32 | — | 82 |
| Hugo Hovenkamp | DF | 31 | 2 | 81 |
| Wim Rijsbergen | DF | 28 | 1 | 80 |
| Ernie Brandts | DF | 28 | 5 | 80 |
| Willy van der Kuijlen | MF | 22 | 7 | 80 |
| Jan Jongbloed | GK | 24 | — | 79 |
| Arnold Mühren | MF | 23 | 3 | 79 |
| Dick Nanninga | FW | 15 | 6 | 79 |
| John Metgod | MF | 21 | 4 | 78 |
| Kees Kist | FW | 21 | 4 | 78 |
| Simon Tahamata | FW | 22 | 2 | 77 |
| Jan Poortvliet | DF | 19 | 1 | 75 |
| Huub Stevens | DF | 18 | 1 | 75 |
| Theo de Jong | MF | 15 | 3 | 75 |
| Adrie van Kraay | DF | 17 | 0 | 74 |
| Hans Eijkenbroek | MF | 18 | 0 | 74 |
| Henk Wery | FW | 12 | 3 | 74 |
| Frans Thijssen | MF | 14 | 3 | 73 |
| Tschen La Ling | MF | 14 | 2 | 73 |
| Barry Hulshoff | DF | 14 | 6 | 73 |
| Dick Schoenaker | MF | 13 | 6 | 72 |
| Michel Valke | MF | 16 | 0 | 72 |
| Pierre Vermeulen | FW | 9 | 1 | 70 |
| Jan Klijnjan | MF | 11 | 2 | 70 |
| Piet Wildschut | DF | 11 | 1 | 70 |
| Dick Schneider | DF | 11 | 2 | 70 |
| Dick van Dijk | FW | 7 | 2 | 70 |
| Willy Brokamp | FW | 6 | 6 | 70 |
| Pim Doesburg | GK | 8 | — | 67 |
| Wietse Veenstra | MF | 9 | 1 | 67 |
| Pleun Strik | DF | 8 | 1 | 67 |
| Gerrie Mühren | MF | 10 | 0 | 67 |
| Epi Drost | MF | 9 | 0 | 66 |
| Kees van Ierssel | DF | 6 | 0 | 65 |
| Theo Laseroms | DF | 6 | 1 | 65 |
| Nico Rijnders | MF | 8 | 0 | 65 |
| Jan Mulder | FW | 5 | 1 | 64 |
| Theo van Duivenbode | DF | 5 | 0 | 63 |
| Eddy Treijtel | GK | 5 | — | 62 |
| Niels Overweg | DF | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| Johnny Dusbaba | DF | 4 | 0 | 61 |
| Hans Venneker | GK | 4 | — | 60 |
| Peter Arntz | MF | 5 | 0 | 60 |
| René Notten | MF | 5 | 0 | 60 |
| Adrie Koster | MF | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| Peter Ressel | MF | 3 | 0 | 56 |
| Kees Krijgh | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Jan Everse, Jr. | DF | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Johan Zuidema | FW | 2 | 0 | 56 |
| Willi Lippens | FW | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Harry Lubse | FW | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Oeki Hoekema | FW | 1 | 1 | 54 |
| Johan Boskamp | MF | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Wim Meutstege | DF | 1 | 0 | 52 |
| Jan Ruiter | GK | 1 | — | 51 |
| Wietze Couperus | FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Eef Mulders | FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Jan Peters | FW | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Heini Otto | MF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Bert van Marwijk | MF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Michel van de Korput | DF | — | — | 49 |
| Eugène Gerards | FW | 0 | 0 | 48 |
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