There have been 38 different coaches who have taken the role as manager of the Netherlands national football team. The team's first coach was Cees van Hasselt, who took charge of their first match against Belgium in 1905.[1] Bob Glendenning holds the record for the longest tenure as Netherlands coach, having served in the role for a total of 16 years over two spells: in 1923, and from 1925 to 1940. He also coached the Netherlands team the most times in history with 87 matches, 24 more than second-placed coach Louis van Gaal. Louis van Gaal has the most wins as coach with 40 wins.[2]
scope=col | From | scope=col | To | scope=col | Manager | scope=col | M | scope=col | W | scope=col | D | scope=col | L | scope=col | Competitions | scope=col | Notes |
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30 April 1905 | 10 May 1908 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 5 | ||||||||||||
22 November 1908 | 15 November 1913 | 24 | 14 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||
16 November 1910 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
17 November 1912 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
20 April 1913 | ? | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
15 March 1914 | 17 May 1914 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
9 June 1919 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
24 August 1919 | 10 May 1923 | 21 (20) | 8 (7) | 6 (6) | 7 (7) | ||||||||||||
12 June 1921 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
25 October 1923 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
23 March 1924 | 9 June 1924 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
2 November 1924 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
15 March 1925 | 21 April 1940 | 87 (86) | 36 (35) | 15 (15) | 36 (36) | 1928 Olympics 1934 FIFA World Cup 1938 FIFA World Cup | |||||||||||
10 March 1946 | 27 November 1946 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
7 April 1947 | 30 June 1948 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
21 November 1948 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
13 March 1949 | 23 April 1949 | 6 (2) | 3 (1) | 2 (1) | 1 (0) | ||||||||||||
12 June 1949 | 30 May 1954 | 29 | 5 | 3 | 21 | ||||||||||||
24 October 1954 | ? | 7 (1) | 3 (0) | 2 (0) | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||
13 March 1955 | ? | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
3 April 1955 | 6 June 1956 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | ||||||||||||
15 September 1956 | ? | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||||
14 October 1956 | 4 November 1956 | 3 (2) | 1 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | ||||||||||||
30 January 1957 | 26 May 1957 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | ||||||||||||
11 September 1957 | 24 May 1964 | ![]() | 49 | 19 | 12 | 18 | |||||||||||
30 September 1964 | 14 November 1965 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | ||||||||||||
23 March 1966 | 28 January 1970 | Georg Keßler | 28 | 10 | 6 | 12 | |||||||||||
11 October 1970 | 18 November 1973 | František Fadrhonc | 20 | 13 | 4 | 3 | |||||||||||
27 March 1974 | 7 July 1974 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ||||||||||||
4 September 1974 | 19 June 1976 | George Knobel | 15 | 9 | 1 | 5 | |||||||||||
8 September 1976 | 26 March 1977 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||||
31 August 1977 | 24 June 1978 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
5 October 1977 | 26 October 1977 | 11 (1) | 7 (1) | 4 (1) | 0 (0) | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
20 September 1978 | 6 January 1981 | 28 (22) | 12 (8) | 8 (6) | 8 (8) | ||||||||||||
22 February 1981 | 22 February 1981 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
23 March 1981 | 17 October 1984 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 8 | ||||||||||||
29 April 1981 | 29 April 1981 | 2 (1) | 2 (1) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
14 November 1984 | 23 December 1984 | 12 (2) | 7 (1) | 3 (0) | 2 (1) | ||||||||||||
27 February 1985 | 12 March 1986 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||
29 April 1986 | 25 June 1988 | 34 (22) | 19 (12) | 9 (6) | 6 (4) | ||||||||||||
14 September 1988 | 20 December 1989 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||||||
21 February 1990 | 28 March 1990 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
30 May 1990 | 24 June 1990 | 13 (6) | 6 (1) | 4 (3) | 3 (2) | ||||||||||||
26 September 1990 | 22 June 1992 | Rinus Michels | 53 (19) | 30 (11) | 14 (5) | 9 (3) | |||||||||||
9 September 1992 | 14 December 1994 | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | ||||||||||||
18 January 1995 | 11 July 1998 | Guus Hiddink | 38 | 22 | 8 | 8 | |||||||||||
26 February 1997 | 26 February 1997 | Jan Rab | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | Caretaker manager | ||||||||||
10 November 1998 | 29 June 2000 | Frank Rijkaard | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | |||||||||||
2 September 2000 | 30 November 2001 | Louis van Gaal | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | |||||||||||
13 February 2002 | 30 June 2004 | 55 (29) | 31 (16) | 13 (7) | 11 (6) | ||||||||||||
18 August 2004 | 21 June 2008 | 52 | 35 | 11 | 6 | ||||||||||||
20 August 2008 | 17 June 2012 | 52 | 34 | 10 | 8 | ||||||||||||
15 August 2012 | 31 July 2014 | 43 (29) | 26 (18) | 13 (9) | 4 (2) | ||||||||||||
1 August 2014 | 1 July 2015 | 48 (10) | 26 (4) | 9 (1) | 13 (5) | ||||||||||||
1 July 2015 | 27 March 2017 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | ||||||||||||
27 March 2017 | 4 June 2017 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
4 June 2017 | 14 November 2017 | 62 (7) | 37 (6) | 13 (0) | 12 (1) | ||||||||||||
6 February 2018 | 19 August 2020 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||||
19 August 2020 | 23 September 2020 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | Caretaker manager | |||||||||||
23 September 2020 | 29 June 2021 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | ||||||||||||
4 August 2021 | 9 December 2022 | 63 (20) | 40 (14) | 19 (6) | 4 (0) | ||||||||||||
1 January 2023 | Present | 47 (27) | 26 (15) | 9 (4) | 12 (8) |