Ruud Krol - International Appearances


The outstanding Dutch player obtained 83 international caps with his National Team. He held the Dutch caps record from May 2, 1979 (when he equalled the total of Puck van Heel) until June 29, 2000 (when his total was surpassed by Aron Winter, who was brought as a substitute in a European championship semifinal by coach Frank Rijkaard with no other apparent purpose than that his friend Winter would take sole possession of the record). All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 24- 3-1949 in Amsterdam
Country: Netherlands
Caps: 83  (W48-D17-L18 - GF167-GA69 - %68.07)
Goals: 4
Age First Cap:	 20 yr 226 d	 5-11-1969 vs. England 0-1
Age Last Cap:	 33 yr 329 d	16- 2-1983 vs. Spain 0-1
National Team Career: 13 yr 103 d


Cap    Date      Venue           Opponent       Score    Competition

  1    5-11-69   Amsterdam       England         0-1
  2   14- 1-70   London          England         0-0
  3   28- 1-70   Tel-Aviv        Israel          1-0
  4   17-11-71   Eindhoven       Luxembourg      8-0     European Championship Qual.
  5    1-12-71   Amsterdam       Scotland        2-1
  6   16- 2-72   Athinai         Greece          5-0
  7    3- 5-72   Rotterdam       Peru            3-0
  8   30- 8-72   Praha           Czechoslovakia  2-1
  9    1-11-72   Rotterdam       Norway          9-0     World Cup Qualifier
 10   19-11-72   Antwerpen       Belgium         0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 11   28- 3-73   Wien            Austria         0-1
 12    2- 5-73   Amsterdam       Spain           3-2
 13   22- 8-73   Amsterdam       Iceland         5-0     World Cup Qualifier
 14   29- 8-73   Deventer        Iceland         8-1     World Cup Qualifier
 15   12- 9-73   Oslo            Norway          2-1     World Cup Qualifier
 16   10-10-73   Rotterdam       Poland          1-1
 17   18-11-73   Amsterdam       Belgium         0-0     World Cup Qualifier
 18   27- 3-74   Rotterdam       Austria         1-1
 19   26- 5-74   Amsterdam       Argentina       4-1
 20    5- 6-74   Rotterdam       Romania         0-0
 21   15- 6-74   Hannover        Uruguay         2-0     World Cup
 22   19- 6-74   Dortmund        Sweden          0-0     World Cup
 23   23- 6-74   Dortmund        Bulgaria        4-1     World Cup
 24   26- 6-74   Gelsenkirchen   Argentina       4-0     World Cup
 25   30- 6-74   Gelsenkirchen   East Germany    2-0     World Cup
 26    3- 7-74   Dortmund        Brazil          2-0     World Cup
 27    7- 7-74   München         West Germany    1-2     World Cup
 28    4- 9-74   Stockholm       Sweden          5-1
 29   25- 9-74   Helsinki        Finland         3-1     European Championship Qual.
 30    9-10-74   Rotterdam       Switzerland     1-0
 31   20-11-74   Rotterdam       Italy           3-1     European Championship Qual.
 32   30- 4-75   Antwerpen       Belgium         0-1
 33   17- 5-75   Frankfurt       West Germany    1-1
 34    3- 9-75   Nijmegen         Finland         4-1     European Championship Qual.
 35   10- 9-75   Chorzów         Poland          1-4     European Championship Qual.
 36   15-10-75   Amsterdam       Poland          3-0     European Championship Qual.
 37   22-11-75   Roma            Italy           0-1     European Championship Qual.
 38   25- 4-76   Rotterdam       Belgium         5-0     European Championship Qual.
 39   22- 5-76   Brussel         Belgium         2-1     European Championship Qual.
 40   16- 6-76   Zagreb          Czechoslovakia  1-3 aet European Championship
 41   19- 6-76   Zagreb          Yugoslavia      3-2 aet European Championship
 42    8- 9-76   Reykjavík       Iceland         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 43   13-10-76   Rotterdam       N. Ireland      2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 44    9- 2-77   London          England         2-0
 45   26- 3-77   Antwerpen       Belgium         2-0     World Cup Qualifier
 46   31- 8-77   Nijmegen         Iceland         4-1     World Cup Qualifier
 47    5-10-77   Rotterdam       Soviet Union    0-0
 48   12-10-77   Belfast         N. Ireland      1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 49   26-10-77   Amsterdam       Belgium         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 50   22- 2-78   Tel-Aviv        Israel          2-1
 51    5- 4-78   Tunis           Tunisia         4-0
 52   20- 5-78   Wien            Austria         1-0
 53    3- 6-78   Mendoza         Iran            3-0     World Cup
 54    7- 6-78   Mendoza         Peru            0-0     World Cup
 55   11- 6-78   Mendoza         Scotland        2-3     World Cup
 56   14- 6-78   Córdoba         Austria         5-1     World Cup
 57   18- 6-78   Córdoba         West Germany    2-2     World Cup
 58   21- 6-78   Buenos Aires    Italy           2-1     World Cup
 59   25- 6-78   Buenos Aires    Argentina       1-3 aet World Cup
 60   20- 9-78   Nijmegen         Iceland         3-0     European Championship Qual.
 61   11-10-78   Bern            Switzerland     3-1     European Championship Qual.
 62   15-11-78   Rotterdam       East Germany    3-0     European Championship Qual.
 63   20-12-78   Düsseldorf      West Germany    1-3
 64    2- 5-79   Chorzów         Poland          0-2     European Championship Qual.
 65   22- 5-79   Bern            Argentina       0-0 [1] FIFA Jubilee Match 
 66    5- 9-79   Reykjavík       Iceland         4-0     European Championship Qual.
 67   26- 9-79   Rotterdam       Belgium         1-0
 68   17-10-79   Amsterdam       Poland          1-1     European Championship Qual.
 69   21-11-79   Leipzig         East Germany    3-2     European Championship Qual.
 70   23- 1-80   Vigo            Spain           0-1
 71   26- 3-80   Paris           France          0-0
 72   11- 6-80   Napoli          Greece          1-0     European Championship
 73   14- 6-80   Napoli          West Germany    2-3     European Championship
 74   17- 6-80   Milano          Czechoslovakia  1-1     European Championship
 75   19-11-80   Bruxelles       Belgium         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 76   25- 3-81   Rotterdam       France          1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 77   29- 4-81   Lefkosia        Cyprus          1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 78    9- 9-81   Rotterdam       Ireland         2-2     World Cup Qualifier
 79   14-10-81   Rotterdam       Belgium         3-0     World Cup Qualifier
 80   18-11-81   Paris           France          0-2     World Cup Qualifier
 81   23- 3-82   Glasgow         Scotland        1-2
 82   25- 5-82   London          England         0-2
 83   16- 2-83   Sevilla         Spain           0-1     European Championship Qual.

[1] Netherlands lost 7-8 on penalties

Total Record

Matches  Won Draw Lost  For Against  Points  Percentage
    83    48   17   18   167- 69       113     68.07

Records by Opponent  Gls  Pd  W  D  L  GF-GA  Pts

Argentina              1   4  2  1  1   9- 4    5
Austria                1   4  2  1  1   7- 3    5
Belgium                   10  6  2  2  14- 3   14
Brazil                     1  1  0  0   2- 0    2
Bulgaria                   1  1  0  0   4- 1    2
Cyprus                     1  1  0  0   1- 0    2
Czechoslovakia             3  1  1  1   4- 5    3
East Germany               3  3  0  0   8- 2    6
England                    4  1  1  2   2- 3    3
Finland                    2  2  0  0   7- 2    4
France                     3  1  1  1   1- 2    3
Greece                     2  2  0  0   6- 0    4
Iceland                1   6  6  0  0  25- 2   12
Iran                       1  1  0  0   3- 0    2
Ireland                    1  0  1  0   2- 2    1
Israel                     2  2  0  0   3- 1    4
Italy                      3  2  0  1   5- 3    4
Luxembourg                 1  1  0  0   8- 0    2
Northern Ireland       1   2  1  1  0   3- 2    3
Norway                     2  2  0  0  11- 1    4
Peru                       2  1  1  0   3- 0    3
Poland                     5  1  2  2   6- 8    4
Romania                    1  0  1  0   0- 0    1
Scotland                   3  1  0  2   5- 6    2
Soviet Union               1  0  1  0   0- 0    1
Spain                      3  1  0  2   3- 4    2
Sweden                     2  1  1  0   5- 1    3
Switzerland                2  2  0  0   4- 1    4
Tunisia                    1  1  0  0   4- 0    2
Uruguay                    1  1  0  0   2- 0    2
West Germany               5  0  2  3   7-11    2
Yugoslavia                 1  1  0  0   3- 2    2


Types of Matches
Friendlies             28
World Cup Qualifiers   18 1974:6 1978:6 1982:6
World Cup              14 1974:7 1978:7
European Champ. Qual.  17 1972:1 1976:8 1980:7 1984:1
European Championship   5 1976:2 1980:3
FIFA Jubilee Match      1
                       
Total                  83


Goals

Cap  18   1 goal
Cap  24   1 goal
Cap  43   1 goal
Cap  60   1 goal

Total     4 goals


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