In our analysis, we evaluate all the Dutch Players who played in the Top 7 European League in the 2023/24 Season (until 2024-05-08). In other words, we evaluate and filter the best performers in all the competitions. Assessing all the positions, coupled with the evaluation of a lot of factors and indicators in their games, we can generate the ratings for the players performances in the specific positions. As a matter of fact, the type of formation played doesnt influence or limit the ratings system.
| National Team | Games Played | Wins | Draws | Loses | Goals Scored | Goals Conceded | Goal Difference | Points |
| France | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 26 | 22 |
| Netherlands | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 18 |
| Greece | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 13 |
| Republic of Ireland | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 9 | 10 | -1 | 6 |
| Gibraltar | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 41 | -41 | 0 |
Netherlands qualified for the Euro 2024 in second place in its Qualifying Group. Despite not being the favourites to win this group, the Netherlands were really solid. As can be seen in the table above, Netherlands finished the Euro 2024 Qualification with 2 defeats and only 7 goals conceded in 8 games.
Particularly for the Netherlands, the Euro 2024 will be the second European Competition in a row. In terms of the group drawn, the Netherlands will play Poland, Austria and France. When assessing the National Teams in this group, we can say that this is a difficult group where all games will be competitive.
GOALKEEPERS (GKs):
- Marco Bizot (Brest – Ligue 1)
- Justin Bijlow (Feyenoord – Eredivisie)
- Nordin Bakker (Almere City – Eredivisie)
- Bart Verbruggen (Brighton – Premier League)
- Jeffrey De Lange (Go Ahead Eagles – Eredivisie)
As shown above, Marco Bizot is the Best Performing Dutch Goalkeeper. While playing for Brighton, Bart Verbruggen is having a good season in the Premier League achieving the 3rd highest average rating among Dutch Goalkeepers (tied with Nordin Bakker).
CENTRE-BACKS (CBs):
- Jorrel Hato (Ajax – Eredivisie)
- Daley Blind (Girona – La Liga)
- Virgil van Dijk (Liverpool – Premier League)
- Nathan Aké (Manchester City – Premier League)
- Jan Paul van Hecke (Brighton – Premier League)
In terms of the Centre-Backs, the top part is stacked with quality players: as a matter of fact, Jorrel Hato leads the average rating of the Dutch Centre-Backs. Equally, we can see that he is being followed by Girona’s Daley Blind, Liverpool’s Virgil van Dijk and Manchester City’s Nathan Aké.
FULL-BACKS (FBs) and WING-BACKS (WBs):
- Calvin Verdonk (NEC Nijmegen – Eredivisie)
- Jordan Teze (PSV Eindhoven – Eredivisie)
- Lutsharel Geertruida (Feyenoord – Eredivisie)
- Quilindschy Hartman (Feyenoord – Eredivisie)
- Ian Maatsen (Borussia Dortmund – Bundesliga)
As shown above, we can see that NEC Nijmegen’s Calvin Verdonk archived the highest average ratings among Dutch Full-Backs and Wing-Backs. Being, without doubt, quality players, Jordan Teze, Lutsharel Geertruida, Quilindschy Hartman & Ian Maatsen are four of the best performing players in this positions.
MIDFIELDERS (Ms) and WINGERS (Ws):
- Joey Veerman (PSV Eindhoven – Eredivisie)
- Mats Wieffer (Feyenoord – Eredivisie)
- Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig – Bundesliga)
- Calvin Stengs (Feyenoord – Eredivisie)
- Frenkie de Jong (FC Barcelona – La Liga)
As a result of his great impact in PSV Eindhoven’s style of play, Joey Veerman has the highest average rating among all Dutch Midfielders and Wingers. Another case of great impact is Mats Wieffer, Xavi Simons & Frenkie de Jong: while playing for great teams, they are having incredible performances.
CENTRE-FOWARDS (CFs):
- Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven – Eredivisie)
- Sam Lammers (Utrecht – Eredivisie)
- Brian Brobbey (Ajax – Eredivisie)
- Joshua Zirkzee (Bologna – Serie A)
- Ricky van Wolfswinkel (Twente – Eredivisie)
As can be seen in the graph above, Luuk de Jong has the highest average rating among all Dutch Centre-Fowards. As a result of their performances, Luuk de Jong & (surprisingly) Sam Lammers are significantly ahead of their competition in this position.
THE TOP 26 SQUAD – TOP PERFORMING PLAYERS:
- Joey Veerman (PSV Eindhoven – Eredivisie)
- Luuk de Jong (PSV Eindhoven – Eredivisie)
- Mats Wieffer (Feyenoord – Eredivisie)
- Xavi Simons (RB Leipzig – Bundesliga)
- Jorrel Hato (Ajax – Eredivisie)
All things considered, the Netherlands has a lot of players competing in the Top 7 European Leagues. Therefore, we can say that the Top 3 of this list features some incredible players like Joey Veerman from PSV Eindhoven, Mats Wieffer from Feyenoord and Xavi Simons from RB Leipzig.
As shown above, Xavi Simons is the Best Performing Young Dutch player in the Top 7 European Leagues!
MORE CONTENT:
PLAYERS REVIEW: ITALY – EURO 2024
PLAYERS REVIEW: ENGLAND – EURO 2024
Data from FBref.