Netherlands national football team results (1920–1939)

This is a list of the Netherlands national football team results from 1920 to 1939.^[1] Throughout this period they played in 112 matches.

The Netherlands participated in three Summer Olympics, in 1920, in 1924 and in 1928, reaching the semi-finals in 1920 where they lost to hosts and eventual champions Belgium, and in the repechage they reached the final where they disputed the silver medal against Spain (as the actual runner-up, Czechoslovakia, had been disqualified), but lost 1-3, thus winning the Bronze medal for the second time.^[2] In 1924 they reached the semi-finals again, but lost again to the eventual champions Uruguay, and this time they failed to win Bronze with a 3-1 loss to Sweden, and finally, in 1928, they were knocked out again by the eventual champions Uruguay.^[3] The Netherlands also qualified through to two FIFA World Cups, the 1934 and 1938 editions, but failed to go any further than the round of 16 in both occasions.^[4]

Results

1920

5 April 1920 Friendly	Netherlands	2 – 0	Denmark	Amsterdam, Netherlands
14:30 (UTC+1:20)	B. Kessler 4' de Natris 71'			Stadium: Old Stadion Attendance: 30000 Referee: Job Mutters (Netherlands)

13 May 1920 Friendly	Italy	1 – 1	Netherlands	Genoa, Italy
15:30 (UTC+2:00)	Sardi 88'		D. Kessler 42'	Stadium: Campo Vittorio Marassi Attendance: 12000 Referee: Eugène Stutz (Switzerland)

16 May 1920 Friendly	Switzerland	2 – 1	Netherlands	Basel, Switzerland
15:00 (UTC+2:00)	Sardi 88'		Friederich 74' Merkt 75'	Stadium: Landhof Attendance: 5000 Referee: Giovanni Mauro (Italy)

28 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics, First Round	Netherlands	3–0	Luxembourg	Brussels, Belgium
17:30	J. Bulder 30' Groosjohan 47', 85'	Report		Stadium: La Butte Attendance: 3000 Referee: Georges Hubrecht (Belgium)

29 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics, Quarter-final	Netherlands	5–4 (a.e.t.)	Sweden	Antwerp, Belgium
10:00	Groosjohan 10', 57' J. Bulder 44', 88' (pen.) De Natris 115'	Report	Karlsson 16', 32' Olsson 20' Dahl 72'	Stadium: Stadion Broodstraat Attendance: 5000 Referee: Josef Fanta (Czechoslovakia)

31 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics, Semi-final	Belgium	3–0	Netherlands	Antwerp, Belgium
17:25	Larnoe 46' Van Hege 55' Bragard 85'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 22,000 Referee: John Lewis (GBR)

5 September 1920 1920 Summer Olympics, Silver medal match	Spain	3–1	Netherlands	Antwerp, Belgium
15:00	Sesúmaga 7', 35' Pichichi 72'	Report	Groosjohan 68'	Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee: Paul Putz (Belgium)

1920–1929
Win Draw Defeat
M	Date	Opponent	Result	Event
46	1920-04-05	Denmark	2–0	Friendly
47	1920-05-13	Italy	1–1
48	1920-05-16	Switzerland	1–2
49	1920-08-28	Luxembourg	3–0	1920 Summer Olympics
50	1920-08-29	Sweden	5–4
51	1920-08-31	Belgium	0–3
52	1920-09-05	Spain	1–3
53	1921-03-26	Switzerland	2–0	Friendly
54	1921-05-08	Italy	2–2
55	1921-05-15	Belgium	1–1
56	1921-06-12	Denmark	1–1
57	1921-11-13	France	0–5
58	1922-03-26	Belgium	4–0
59	1922-04-17	Denmark	2–0
60	1922-05-07	Belgium	1–2
61	1922-11-19	Switzerland	0–5
62	1923-04-02	France	8–1
63	1923-04-29	Belgium	1–1
64	1923-05-10	Germany	0–0
65	1923-11-25	Switzerland	4–1
66	1924-03-23	Belgium	1–1
67	1924-04-21	Germany	0–1
68	1924-04-27	Belgium	1–1
69	1924-05-27	Romania	6–0	1924 Summer Olympics
70	1924-06-02	Irish Free State	2–1
71	1924-06-06	Uruguay	1–2
72	1924-06-08	Sweden	1–1
73	1924-06-09	Sweden	1–3
74	1924-11-02	South Africa	2–1	Friendly
75	1925-03-15	Belgium	0–1
76	1925-03-29	Germany	2–1
77	1925-04-19	Switzerland	1–4
78	1925-05-03	Belgium	5–0
79	1925-10-25	Denmark	4–2
80	1926-03-14	Belgium	1–1
81	1926-03-28	Switzerland	5–0
82	1926-04-18	Germany	4–2
83	1926-05-02	Belgium	1–5
84	1926-06-13	Denmark	4–1
85	1926-10-31	Germany	2–3
86	1927-03-13	Belgium	2–0
87	1927-04-18	Czechoslovakia Amateurs	8–1
88	1927-05-01	Belgium	3–2
89	1927-06-12	Denmark	1–1
90	1927-11-13	Sweden	1–0
91	1927-11-20	Germany	2–2
92	1928-03-11	Belgium	1–1
93	1928-04-01	Belgium	0–1
94	1928-04-22	Denmark	2–0
95	1928-05-06	Switzerland	2–1
96	1928-05-30	Uruguay	0–2	1928 Summer Olympics
97	1928-06-05	Belgium	3–1
98	1928-06-08	Chile	2–2
99	1928-06-14	Egypt	1–2	Friendly
100	1928-11-04	Belgium	1–1
101	1928-12-02	Italy	3–2
102	1929-03-17	Switzerland	3–2
103	1929-05-05	Belgium	3–1
104	1929-06-09	Sweden	6–2
105	1929-06-12	Norway	4–4
106	1929-11-03	Norway	1–4
107	1930-04-06	Italy	1–1	Friendly
108	1930-05-04	Belgium	2–2
109	1930-05-18	Belgium	3–1
110	1930-06-08	Hungary	6–2
111	1930-11-02	Switzerland	6–3
112	1931-03-29	Belgium	3–2
113	1931-04-26	Germany	1–1
114	1931-05-03	Belgium	4–2
115	1931-06-14	Denmark	2–0
116	1931-11-29	France	3–4
117	1932-03-29	Belgium	1–4
118	1932-04-17	Belgium	2–1
119	1932-05-08	Irish Free State	0–2
120	1932-05-29	Czechoslovakia	1–2
121	1932-12-04	Germany	2–0
122	1933-01-22	Switzerland	0–2
123	1933-03-05	Hungary	1–2
124	1933-04-09	Belgium	1–3
125	1933-05-07	Belgium	1–2
126	1933-12-10	Austria	0–1
127	1934-03-11	Belgium	9–3
128	1934-04-08	Irish Free State	5–2	1934 World Cup Qualifier
129	1934-04-29	Belgium	2–4	1934 World Cup Qualifier
130	1934-05-10	France	4–5	Friendly
131	1934-05-27	Italy	2–3	1934 World Cup Round of 16
132	1934-11-04	Switzerland	2–4	Friendly
133	1935-02-17	Germany	2–3
134	1935-03-31	Belgium	4–2
135	1935-05-12	Belgium	0–2
136	1935-05-18	England	0–1
137	1935-11-03	Denmark	3–0
138	1935-12-08	Irish Free State	3–5
139	1936-01-12	France	1–6
140	1936-03-29	Belgium	8–0
141	1936-05-03	Belgium	1–1
142	1936-11-01	Norway	3–3
143	1937-01-31	Germany	2–2
144	1937-03-07	Switzerland	2–1
145	1937-04-04	Belgium	2–1
146	1937-05-02	Belgium	1–0
147	1937-10-31	France	2–3
148	1937-11-28	Luxembourg	4–0	1938 World Cup Qualifier
149	1938-02-27	Belgium	7–2	Friendly
150	1938-04-03	Belgium	1–1	1938 World Cup Qualifier
151	1938-05-21	Scotland	1–3	Friendly
152	1938-06-05	Czechoslovakia	3–0	1938 World Cup Round of 16
153	1938-10-23	Denmark	2–2	Friendly
154	1939-02-26	Hungary	3–2
155	1939-03-19	Belgium	5–4
156	1939-04-23	Belgium	3–2
157	1939-05-07	Switzerland	2–1