Louis van Gaal has picked four debutants in his squad for the trip to the Far East in June. The Dutch will play Indonesia on the 7th and China on the 11th. The trip collides with the Euro U-21 in Israel, which the national coach has made top priority.   Goal: Jasper Cillessen (Ajax),...

The last Dutch team to win the UEFA Cup was the same as the first:  Feyenoord in 2002, when the final had been designated to their homeground De Kuip. It was a memorable night for Jon Dahl Tomasson, who became Man of the Match in his farewell match after four seasons in Rotterdam. “We...

The third Dutch victory of the UEFA Cup came to Ajax in 1992, when they became only the second club to win all three European Cups after Juventus in 1985. Who better to turn to to tell the season’s story then captain Danny Blind. Three years later, he would become one of the few players to...

In 1978 PSV beat Bastia in the final by 0-0 in France and 3-0 at home. Defender Huub Stevens, later to win the 1997 UEFA Cup with Schalke 04 as a coach, takes up the story of the season. “Our international striker Ralf Edström had returned to Sweden that summer and I remember our coach Kees...

The first Dutch team to win the UEFA Cup was Feyenoord in 1974. Legendary coach Ernst Happel had gone to Club Brugge, while only Rinus Israel, Wim Jansen and Wim van Hanegem remained from the team that beat Celtic in the European Cup final of 1970. In his last season at the club, Israel...