Japanese internationals Ayase Ueda, Ko Itakura, Tsuyoshi Watanabe, Koki Ogawa and Kodai Sano play in the Eredivisie. The Dutch team is classified in group F. Former player Hatem Trabelsi from Tunisia played for Ajax in the past. Ukraine, Sweden, Poland and Albania will compete for a place in the World Cup during the play-offs in March.
The Dutch national team is also classified in the middle zone and therefore plays the matches in the group phase in three of the four cities – Dallas, Houston, Kansas City and the Mexican Monterrey. It is especially hot in the summer in Dallas and Houston. The Dutch national team will be in action on Sunday, June 14, Saturday, June 20 and Thursday, June 25. The exact schedule will follow on Saturday during a FIFA show.
Only Dallas is familiar territory for the Dutch national team at the 2026 World Cup
Only Dallas is familiar territory for the Dutch team. In that place, the Netherlands, with national coach Dick Advocaat, was eliminated in the quarter-finals by Brazil in 1994. After trailing 2-0, the Dutch team came back strongly with goals from Dennis Bergkamp and Aron Winter. Defender Branco scored the winner from a free kick after earlier Brazilian goals by Bebeto and Romario.
Read all about the 2026 World Cup draw, the schedule and the possible opponents of the Dutch team in the live blog below.