Netherlands 1980s squad
Every player who appeared for Netherlands in the 1980s — 95 in all, with their career international caps and goals.
Aron Winter racked up the most caps of anyone here — 84 in all. Marco van Basten leads the scoring with 24. The squad breaks down as 7 goalkeepers, 29 defenders, 37 midfielders and 22 forwards — enough depth to fill any formation in the game.
| Player | Pos | Caps | Goals | Legend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ruud Gullit | MF | 66 | 17 | 92 |
| Ruud Krol | DF | 83 | 4 | 91 |
| Frank Rijkaard | MF | 73 | 10 | 91 |
| Aron Winter | MF | 84 | 6 | 90 |
| Ronald Koeman | DF | 78 | 20 | 90 |
| Marco van Basten | FW | 58 | 24 | 90 |
| Johan Neeskens | MF | 49 | 17 | 89 |
| Hans van Breukelen | GK | 73 | — | 89 |
| Willy van de Kerkhof | MF | 63 | 5 | 88 |
| Jan Wouters | MF | 70 | 4 | 88 |
| Wim Jansen | MF | 65 | 1 | 87 |
| Johnny Rep | MF | 42 | 12 | 87 |
| Adri van Tiggelen | DF | 56 | 0 | 86 |
| Piet Schrijvers | GK | 46 | — | 85 |
| John Bosman | FW | 30 | 17 | 85 |
| Arie Haan | MF | 35 | 6 | 84 |
| Bryan Roy | MF | 32 | 9 | 84 |
| Gerald Vanenburg | MF | 42 | 1 | 84 |
| Danny Blind | DF | 42 | 1 | 83 |
| Wim Kieft | FW | 42 | 11 | 83 |
| John van 't Schip | MF | 41 | 2 | 83 |
| Jan Peters | MF | 31 | 4 | 82 |
| Rob Witschge | MF | 31 | 3 | 81 |
| Ben Wijnstekers | DF | 36 | 1 | 81 |
| Berry van Aerle | DF | 35 | 0 | 81 |
| Ruud Geels | FW | 20 | 11 | 81 |
| Erwin Koeman | MF | 31 | 2 | 80 |
| René van de Kerkhof | FW | 47 | 5 | 80 |
| Hugo Hovenkamp | DF | 31 | 2 | 79 |
| Ernie Brandts | DF | 28 | 5 | 77 |
| Arnold Mühren | MF | 23 | 3 | 77 |
| John Metgod | MF | 21 | 4 | 77 |
| Sonny Silooy | DF | 25 | 0 | 76 |
| Dick Nanninga | FW | 15 | 6 | 76 |
| Kees Kist | FW | 21 | 4 | 75 |
| Ronald Spelbos | DF | 21 | 1 | 74 |
| Simon Tahamata | FW | 22 | 2 | 74 |
| René van der Gijp | MF | 15 | 2 | 73 |
| Cees van Kooten | FW | 9 | 4 | 73 |
| Frans Thijssen | MF | 14 | 3 | 73 |
| Tschen La Ling | MF | 14 | 2 | 73 |
| Jan Poortvliet | DF | 19 | 1 | 72 |
| Dick Schoenaker | MF | 13 | 6 | 72 |
| Peter Houtman | FW | 8 | 7 | 72 |
| Huub Stevens | DF | 18 | 1 | 71 |
| Michel Valke | MF | 16 | 0 | 71 |
| Peter Boeve | DF | 16 | 0 | 70 |
| Hans Gillhaus | FW | 9 | 2 | 70 |
| Edo Ophof | DF | 15 | 2 | 70 |
| Graeme Rutjes | DF | 13 | 1 | 68 |
| Pim Doesburg | GK | 8 | — | 68 |
| Pierre Vermeulen | FW | 9 | 1 | 68 |
| Rob de Wit | MF | 8 | 3 | 67 |
| Piet Wildschut | DF | 11 | 1 | 66 |
| Wilbert Suvrijn | MF | 9 | 0 | 66 |
| Joop Hiele | GK | 7 | — | 66 |
| John van Loen | FW | 7 | 1 | 65 |
| Pieter Huistra | FW | 8 | 0 | 65 |
| Stanley Menzo | GK | 6 | — | 64 |
| René Eijkelkamp | FW | 6 | 0 | 63 |
| Henk Fraser | DF | 6 | 1 | 61 |
| John de Wolf | DF | 6 | 2 | 61 |
| Jurrie Koolhof | FW | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Pier Tol | FW | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Peter Arntz | MF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Hendrie Krüzen | MF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Juul Ellerman | MF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Bud Brocken | MF | 5 | 0 | 61 |
| Wim Hofkens | DF | 5 | 0 | 60 |
| Sjaak Troost | DF | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| Rob Reekers | DF | 4 | 0 | 58 |
| Ton Lokhoff | MF | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Martin Jol | MF | 3 | 0 | 58 |
| Toine van Mierlo | FW | 3 | 0 | 57 |
| Edward Sturing | DF | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| Adick Koot | DF | 3 | 0 | 55 |
| Martin Laamers | MF | 2 | 0 | 55 |
| André Hoekstra | MF | 1 | 1 | 53 |
| Keje Molenaar | DF | 2 | 0 | 53 |
| Edward Metgod | GK | 1 | — | 52 |
| Theo Snelders | GK | 1 | — | 52 |
| Cees Schapendonk | FW | 1 | 1 | 52 |
| Frank Berghuis | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Mario Been | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Bart Latuheru | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Romeo Zondervan | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Jan van Deinsen | MF | 1 | 0 | 51 |
| Joop Lankhaar | DF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Fred Rutten | DF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Luuk Balkestein | DF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Wim Koevermans | DF | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| René Hofman | FW | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Henny Meijer | FW | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Martien Vreijsen | FW | 1 | 0 | 50 |
| Michel van de Korput | DF | — | — | 48 |
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