The Dutch squad are not only admired fortheir results, but especially by the way they’ve played in different periods of time. Cruyff led ‘The Clockwork Orange‘, Marco van Basten gave them the UEFA Euro in 1988 and Dennis Bergkamp delivered unforgettablemasterpieces in France 1998.

However, one of the biggest questions around the Netherlands is how many times they have won the World Cup. Continue reading to find out which were theirbest performances in tournament history and if they’ve ever hoisted the trophy.

How many times have the Netherlands been in the World Cup?

The Netherlands have been in eleven World Cups: 1934, 1938, 1974, 1978, 1990, 1994, 1998, 2006, 2010, 2014 and 2022. Furthermore, they’ve appeared in the final three times: Germany1974, Argentina 1978 and South Africa 2010.

There have been other spectacular versions of the Netherlands in World Cup history. For example, in France 1998, they were the favorites to win the title after amazing performances by Dennis Bergkamp, Frank de Boer, Phillip Cocu, Edgar Davids and Patrick Kluivert. However, the Netherlands were eliminated in a thrilling penalty shootout by Brazil after an epic match in Marseille.

Have the Netherlands ever won the World Cup?

Though they’ve had extraordinary teams and have reached the final three times, the Netherlands have never won the World Cup. In 1974, Johan Cruyff led a magnificent squad which displayed a brilliant style of play, but fell short in the title game 2-1 against the hosts: West Germany.

Four years later, without Johan Cruyff, that core made a new charge and reached the final only to lose again with the host nation: Argentina. That tournament represented the end of the greatest generation in the history of the Netherlands.

In South Africa2010, the Netherlands had a remarkable performance with names such as Arjen Robben, Robin van Persie and Wesley Sneijder. With Louis van Gaal as coach, the team survived the knockout stages by beating Slovakia, Brazil and Uruguay. Then, in an epic final which went to extra time, Spain took the title with Andres Iniesta’s goal in Johannesburg.

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The change of managers is certainlya reason behind theirimprovement but the January signings have also given this team a boost. If not, just look at Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who hasn’t stopped scoring since he signedfor the Blaugrana.

As Memphis Depay and Luuk de Jong struggled to produce before the winter window,Barcelona seized the opportunity to land Auba for nothing. Despite he was not playing at Arsenal, the move has worked out incredibly well so far.

Aubameyang emulates Cruyff, Ronaldo, Maradona in first months at Barcelona

When he set foot at Camp Nou, there was certain skepticism around the32-year-old. His goalscoring production suffered a steep decline in the Premier League outfit and he had not played for months as Mikel Arteta separated him from the squad.

However, Aubameyang proved all his doubters wrong. With seven goals in10 appearances, Aubameyang had a similar startto many Barcelonalegends such as Johan Cruyff, Ronaldo Nazario, Diego Maradona, Romario or Ronald Koeman, who have all scored at least that number of goals in theirfirst 10 games at the club.

Aubameyang isthe striker with thebest start atBarcelonain the 21st century

Apart from emulating Cruyff and others, Aubameyang has also had the most prolific start for a Barcelona striker in the 21st century. His seven goals in 10 games arebetter than many other renowned forwards’ stats.

Samuel Eto’o (6),Zlatan Ibrahimovic (5), Thierry Henry andDavid Villa (4) couldn’t score as much as Auba did after 10 games,while the likes of Antoine Griezmann (3), Luis Suarez (2) and Neymar (1) are far behind the Gabonese on that list.

This doesn’t mean that he has already proven to be better than any of them or that he will eventually leave a greater legacy. But it does suggest how impactfulAubameyang has been in his first months as a Cule.