Oranje jersey numbers released

according to uefa
Netherlands
1 Edwin van der Sar
2 André Ooijer
3 John Heitinga
4 Joris Mathijsen
5 Giovanni van Bronckhorst
6 Demy de Zeeuw
7 Robin van Persie
8 Orlando Engelaar
9 Ruud van Nistelrooy
10 Wesley Sneijder
11 Arjen Robben
12 Mario Melchiot
13 Henk Timmer
14 Wilfred Bouma
15 Tim de Cler
16 Maarten Stekelenburg
17 Nigel de Jong
18 Dirk Kuyt
19 Klaas Jan Huntelaar
20 Ibrahim Afellay
21 Ryan Babel
22 Jan Vennegoor of Hesselink
23 Rafael van der Vaart
Coach: Marco van Basten

Posted from  United States

Van Persie with Neeskens old number. Yeah baby, now we are cooking with gas!!

Posted from  United States

Hi there,
i just have a question. i’d be really glad if someone could help me.
i found a ticket for holland – italy game. how can i find out whether it is in the seats along with the dutch fans or with the italians? the ticket is category 1 seating.

Posted from  United Kingdom

has a orange fan i have a good feeling about this year euro.
if we can get a draw against italy, we can go and win every game

Posted from  United States

9 Ruud van Nistlerooy, great to know he’s # 9.

If you pay attention every # is related to that of his competitor like with Ruud (9) and Huntelaar (19) or with Robben (11) and Babel (21).

“i found a ticket for holland – italy game.”
Yianis – I suggest you return the ticket to the now-suicidal supporter that you just stole it from Just kidding. But seriously, how did you find a ticket??

Posted from  Canada

i found the ticket from ebay.
a guy from my hometown was selling it so i got in touched with him face to face and… that’s all!
now i have to find out about the seating… really important!
anyway i am going, i am not missing the opportunity. hope i ll be among the oranje because even if being next to the italians i will not be able to control myself when we SCORE!!!!!

Posted from  United Kingdom

Haha Yiannis, good for you mate !

I don’t know how to do it, but is there a box-number or seat number or anything to verify. I can try to contact the KNVB about it…

Michel, did I make a mistake in my post with the numbers? The UEFA numbers seem to be similar to the ones the KNVB released?

Posted from  Australia

That means van Basten is proibably going to have the formation being

————-van der sar—————-
ooijer–heitinga–mathijsen–van bronkhorst
———de zeeuw—–engelaar———-
van persie——sneijder———-robben
———-van nistelrooij————-

Most of the time the starting eleven numbers get these positions.

Posted from  Canada

That team’s not bad, but I’m starting to think Bouma should be in for Mathijsen and Affelay for De Zeeuw – things can still change I’m sure.

Just ordered my Van Persie shirt too – I went with the sexy flag stamped away kit

Posted from  Japan

@jan, its the the same thing.
@dirk v.d.berg, i think the line will look like this against italy
————-van der sar—————-
de Jong/Melchiot–heitinga–mathijsen–van bronkhorst
———de zeeuw—–engelaar———-
robben——van der Vaart———-sneijder
———-van nistelrooij————-

Posted from  United States

————–Edwin————-

Melchiot——Bouma———Gio–

——–Engelaar—-Heitinga—–

————–Sneijder————

Vaart———Persie——Robben—

————–Ruud——————

Yep. Possible.

But… I think you want to tweak the squad per opponent. If the opponent plays two strikers, we’ll play differently than an opponent with one lone striker. Also, it depends if the striker is a tall header (Toni) or a small, speedy dribbler (no example here … Oh…Torres?).

Anyway, with backs who need to build up and come forward in their channels, I would always suggest two markers in the back (centrally) and one playmaker / holding midfielder right in front of them (Sneijder, De Zeeuw).

Posted from  Australia