Holland shirt/kits World Cup 2006, Germany

Edwin Van der Sar goalkeeper Home & away kits at World Cup 2006 tournaments.

Referred to as "Holland", the Netherlands national football team is controlled by the Royal Netherlands Football Association. It won the 1988 UEFA European Football Championship and reached two consecutive World Cup finals in 1974 and 1978 but lost both finals to their respective host nations, West Germany and Argentina. At the peak of its success in the 1970s, the team was famous for its mastery of Total Football and was nicknamed "Clockwork Orange" for its precision passing.

The Netherlands qualified for the 2006 FIFA World Cup in Germany and finished second in Group C after beating Serbia & Montenegro (1-0) and the Ivory Coast (2-1) and drawing Argentina (0-0). Both Argentina and the Netherlands finished the group stage with 7 points, but the Argentinians had a superior goal difference and finished first as a result. The Dutch were eliminated in the second round after losing 0-1 to Portugal, in a match that produced a World Cup record of four red cards (two for either side) and was nicknamed "the Battle of Nuremberg" by the press.

Replica home and away kits

The Nike kits has the no. 15 indicating it was use by defender Tim de Cler who at the time played for AZ Alkmaar

Holland squads :

1 GK Edwin van der Sar, 2 DF Kew Jaliens, 3 DF Khalid Boulahrouz, 4 DF Joris Mathijsen, 5 DF Giovanni van Bronckhorst, 6 MD Denny Landzaat, 7 FW Dirk Kuijt, 8 MD Phillip Cocu, 9 FW Ruud van Nistelrooij, 10 MD Rafael van der Vaart, 11 FW Arjen Robben, 12 DF Jan Kromkamp, 13 DF Andre Ooijer, 14 DF John Heitinga, 15 DF Tim de Cler, 16 MD Hedwiges Maduro, 17 FW Robin van Persie, 18 MD Mark van Bommel, 19 FW Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink, 20 MD Wesley Sneijder, 21 FW Ryan Babel, 22 GK Henk Timmer, 23 GK Maarten Stekelenburg, Coach: Marco van Basten