The selection of the Dutch Juniors for this summer’s European Championship in Romania and Georgia has been announced. Brian Brobbey (striker of Ajax) and Bart Verbruggen (goalkeeper of Anderlecht) were not part of the preliminary selection of the Dutch Juniors, but come over from the big Orange where they were not in the final selection for the Final Four of the Nations League.
The other 21 players were already on the provisional list of Jong Oranje coach Erwin van de Looi. Jeremie Frimpong and Mitchel Bakker, the wingbacks of Bayer Leverkusen, are notable absentees in the European Championship selection. Bakker had initially opted out to focus on the preparation at his club. He later came back to this, but then the trainer made different choices in his position.
Some other dropouts are Jay Gorter (Aberdeen), Bjorn Meijer (Club Brugge), Dirk Proper (NEC) and Sydney van Hooijdonk (SC Heerenveen). The absence of the latter is also striking. The 23-year-old striker from Breda scored 19 times in 37 matches for Heerenveen this season, 16 of which were in the Eredivisie. In the last three matches he did not score again, but before that he set up a good series of ten hits in eight appearances.
The Dutch Juniors will start preparing for the European Championship on Sunday, June 11. The first European Championship match against Belgium is scheduled for Wednesday, June 21 at 6 p.m.
,,The European Championship is just around the corner and we, as the Dutch Juniors, are very much looking forward to it,” says coach Erwin van de Looi. ,,The most notable absentee in our selection is Jeremie Frimpong. After not being selected for the Dutch national team, he chose not to make himself available for the Dutch Juniors. This is of course a pity for us, but I also think that without Frimpong I would have a good selection for the European Championship.”
It is the second time in a row that the Dutch Juniors participate in the European Championship. At the previous edition in 2021, which was played over two periods due to the outbreak of the corona virus, the team reached the semi-finals, in which Germany was too strong. Tickets for the Olympic Games in Paris can be earned at the European Championships.
European Championship selection Young Orange
Keepers: Jasper Schendelaar (PEC Zwolle), Bart Verbruggen (Anderlecht), Kjell Scherpen (Vitesse)
Defenders: Milan van Ewijk (SC Heerenveen), Devyne Rensch (Ajax), Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton & Hove Albion), Sepp van den Berg (Schalke 04), Micky van de Ven (VfL Wolfsburg), Quilindschy Hartman (Feyenoord), Ian Mates (Burnley)
Midfielders: Kenneth Taylor (Ajax), Sven Mijnans (AZ), Wouter Burger (FC Basel), Ryan Gravenberch (Bayern Munich), Quinten Timber (Feyenoord), Ludotiv Reis (HSV), Jurgen Ekkelenkamp (Royal Antwerp FC)
Attackers: Thijs Dallinga (Toulouse FC), Brian Brobbey (Ajax), Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna), Crysencio Summerville (Leeds United), Elayis Tavsan (NEC), Million Manhoef (Vitesse)
The Dutch Juniors will travel to Austria on Monday, June 12. Here the team organizes a training camp in preparation for the European Championship. On Wednesday, June 14, the Dutch Juniors will play one last exhibition match against the Olympic team of Japan. This match will be played at 2.30 pm in the ERGO Arena in Wiener Neustadt, Austria.
Competition program:
Wednesday, June 14; Netherlands – Japan; 2:30 pm; SC Wiener Neustadt, Vienna, Austria
Wednesday, June 21; Belgium Netherlands; 6 p.m.; Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia
Saturday, June 24; Portugal – Netherlands; 6 p.m.; Mikheil Meskhi Stadium, Tbilisi, Georgia
Tuesday, June 27; Netherlands – Georgia; 6 p.m., Boris Paichadze, Tbilisi, Georgia
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