The Oranjeleeuwinnen will receive a new trainer after the European Championship of this summer. National coach Andries Jonker stops after the European Championship. The KNVB announces that on Friday afternoon. The Football Association has decided not to extend the contract of the 62-year-old Amsterdammer.
Jonker has been head coach of Oranje since August 2022. At the time, he succeeded Englishman Mark Parsons, who said goodbye after the disappointing Covid-EK. Jonker did not break pots with the football players a year later at the world championship. Oranje stranded in Australia and New Zealand in the quarterfinals. There it was eliminated by Spain, the later world champion.
Jonker starts his swan singing on July 5. Then the Dutch team opens her European Championship in Switzerland against Wales, which completes the group with France and England.
According to the KNVB, the reason for Jonkers retreat is that “it is time for a new phase.” Director Top football Nigel de Jong expresses his “appreciation and thanks” to Jonker on behalf of the Bond. “He has created a top sport environment, in which new players have had a chance internationally. A period in which the game has improved over the last 2.5 years. We hope that with the European Championship we can realize a beautiful and successful conclusion. We have every confidence in that. “
Jonker was known for years as the right hand of Louis van Gaal. Both Amsterdammers worked closely together at FC Barcelona and Bayern Munich. Van Gaal as head coach, Jonker as his assistant. Jonker himself was also head coach in men’s football. Before switching to the Orange women, he led the first team of Telstar. Before that he trained the first of MVV, Willem II and the German VFL Wolfsburg.
The KNVB has not yet announced who will take over the baton from Jonker after the European Championship.