Group
Group F
Netherlands
Technical, deep, occasionally brilliant, perpetually complicated. Van Dijk provides leadership and defensive quality at the back. The attacking options are varied and dangerous. Defensively they can be exposed by pace and the pressing is inconsistent. Dutch football produces talent almost involuntarily: the challenge is always making it cohere.
This profile summarizes Netherlands's World Cup 2026 simulation path from the latest current-state snapshot: group outlook, finish distribution, possible knockout routes, opponent pools, squad context, and title chances.
This profile is based on 10k current-state simulations using the WC26 simulator engine. The numbers are a model snapshot, not a guarantee. Team ratings, squads and injury updates may change over time.
Latest result included: France 0-2 Spain
Guide
How to read this team profile
Group finish and stage reach values are model outputs from the latest current-state team profile snapshot. Path sections show how Netherlands's route changes by group finish, while opponent pools summarize the teams most often appearing in each round.
This page uses Knockout-phase current-state snapshot using latest committed Match Updates, official locked results, current ratings, and fixed knockout bracket state as of 15 Jul 2026 1:47 PM UTC+3. Other public forecast pages may still use root compatibility datasets until they are updated separately, and custom Team Strength settings can change future tournament paths in the live simulator.
Tournament
Stage reach probabilities
Conditional path
Path by group finish
| Finish | Sample | R32 | R16 | QF | SF | Final | Champion |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 100.0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 2nd | No longer possible | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 3rd | No longer possible | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Overall opponent pool
Most common opponents by round
If reached shows the opponent split among this team's matches in that round. All sims shows how often the matchup happens across the latest current-state snapshot.
R32
R16
No opponent samples.
QF
No opponent samples.
SF
No opponent samples.
Final
No opponent samples.
Finish 1st
Netherlands opponent pool if finishing 1st
For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.
R32
R16
Not enough samples.
QF
Not enough samples.
SF
Not enough samples.
Final
Not enough samples.
Finish 2nd
Netherlands opponent pool if finishing 2nd
For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.
R32
No longer possible
R16
No longer possible
QF
No longer possible
SF
No longer possible
Final
No longer possible
Finish 3rd
Netherlands opponent pool if finishing 3rd
For group-finish paths, If reached is measured within that finish path and round. Path sims shows how often the matchup happens among simulations where the team finished in that position.
R32
No longer possible
R16
No longer possible
QF
No longer possible
SF
No longer possible
Final
No longer possible
Squad
Current squad
| Pos | Player | Age | Height | Club | Market |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GK | Bart Verbruggen | 23 | 1,94m | Brighton & Hove Albion | €40.0m |
| GK | Robin Roefs | 23 | 1,93m | Sunderland AFC | €25.0m |
| GK | Mark Flekken | 33 | 1,95m | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | €6.0m |
| CB | Micky van de Ven | 25 | 1,93m | Tottenham Hotspur | €65.0m |
| CB | Jan Paul van Hecke | 26 | 1,89m | Brighton & Hove Albion | €35.0m |
| CB | Virgil van Dijk | 34 | 1,95m | Liverpool FC | €18.0m |
| CB | Nathan Aké | 31 | 1,80m | Manchester City | €15.0m |
| LB | Jorrel Hato | 20 | 1,82m | Chelsea FC | €35.0m |
| RB | Jurriën Timber | 24 | 1,79m | Arsenal FC | €70.0m |
| RB | Denzel Dumfries | 30 | 1,88m | Inter Milan | €25.0m |
| RB | Mats Wieffer | 26 | 1,88m | Brighton & Hove Albion | €25.0m |
| DM | Ryan Gravenberch | 24 | 1,90m | Liverpool FC | €90.0m |
| DM | Teun Koopmeiners | 28 | 1,84m | Juventus FC | €14.0m |
| DM | Marten de Roon | 35 | 1,86m | Atalanta BC | €3.2m |
| CM | Tijjani Reijnders | 27 | 1,85m | Manchester City | €60.0m |
| CM | Frenkie de Jong | 29 | 1,82m | FC Barcelona | €45.0m |
| AM | Justin Kluivert | 27 | 1,71m | AFC Bournemouth | €30.0m |
| AM | Guus Til | 28 | 1,86m | PSV Eindhoven | €15.0m |
| LW | Cody Gakpo | 27 | 1,93m | Liverpool FC | €65.0m |
| LW | Crysencio Summerville | 24 | 1,74m | West Ham United | €30.0m |
| LW | Noa Lang | 26 | 1,73m | Galatasaray | €22.0m |
| RW | Quinten Timber | 24 | 1,79m | Olympique Marseille | €25.0m |
| SS | Memphis Depay | 32 | 1,78m | Sport Club Corinthians Paulista | €7.0m |
| CF | Donyell Malen | 27 | 1,76m | AS Roma | €45.0m |
| CF | Brian Brobbey | 24 | 1,80m | Sunderland AFC | €25.0m |
| CF | Wout Weghorst | 33 | 1,97m | Ajax Amsterdam | €2.0m |
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