Holland U21

The Netherlands national under-21 football team is the national under-21 team of the Netherlands and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association. The team competes in the European Under-21 Championship, held every two years.

Following the realignment of UEFA's youth competitions in 1976, the Dutch Under-21 team was formed. The team did not have a very good record, failing to qualify for nine of the fifteen tournaments. The team did not enter for the 1978 competition, but since then has reached the semi-finals twice, and qualified for the last eight on three other occasions.

Since the under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two-year competition, technically it is an U-23 competition. For this reason, the Netherlands' record in the preceding U-23 competitions is also shown. The first competitive match was in the "Under-23 Challenge", a match which they lost. The team qualified for the last eight of each of the three U-23 tournaments.

In 2006 the Netherlands national under-21 football team of coach Foppe de Haan won the 2006 European Under-21 Championship. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar became top scorer and player of the tournament with four goals, and also broke the all-time goalscoring record of 15 goals previously held by Roy Makaay and Arnold Jan Bruggink, in his last match with the team as he pushed this record to eighteen goals. The following year, Netherlands national under-21 football team successfully defended their title by winning the 2007 European Under-21 Championship in the final against Serbia with 4–1. Maceo Rigters was the top scorer of the competition with four goals and Royston Drenthe was the Player of the Tournament. The win meant that the Netherlands qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing. The team failed to qualify for the 2009 European Under-21 Championship, after losing out to Switzerland in their final qualifying match.

Echipa națională de fotbal sub 21 de ani a Olandei este echipa națională de fotbal a Olandei pentru bărbați cu vârsta de sub 21 de ani și este controlată de Federația Regală de Fotbal a Olandei. Echipa concurează în Campionatul European sub 21 UEFA, pe care l-a câștigat de două ori, în 2006 și 2007. Olanda U21 s-a calificat la patru Turnee Olimpice de Fotbal, câștigând medalia de bronz la Jocurile Olimpice din 2008

Echipa este alcătuită din cei mai buni jucători tineri din Olanda și este adesea considerată un teren de testare pentru echipa de seniori. Câțiva dintre cei mai renumiți jucători care au jucat pentru Olanda U21 includ Arjen Robben, Robin van Persie și Wesley Sneijder.

Echipa națională de fotbal sub 21 de ani a Olandei este una dintre cele mai puternice din Europa și este întotdeauna favorită la Campionatul European sub 21 UEFA. Echipa este cunoscută pentru stilul său de joc ofensiv și pentru abilitatea sa de a produce jucători talentați.