Wednesday, April 28, 2021 at 3:20 PM• Rian Rosendaal

The Dutch national team will return to De Kuip and the Philips Stadium this year, the KNVB announced on Wednesday. In addition to the Johan Cruijff ArenA, matches will also be played in the stadiums of Feyenoord and PSV in the qualifying cycle of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar. Since the start of the corona crisis, the the Dutch only played in Amsterdam, but that will change after the European Championship this summer.

In the remainder of the qualification towards the World Cup, the team of national coach Frank de Boer will play a match on home soil four more times, starting with the meeting with Montenegro on Saturday 4 September in the Philips Stadium. Three days later, on Tuesday September 7, Turkey, still 4-2 too strong for the the Dutch squad in March, visits the Johan Cruijff ArenA. On Monday, October 11, De Kuip is the setting for the home game with Gibraltar. 2021 The qualifying series will then end on Tuesday, November 16 with a home game against Norway, also in the stadium of Feyenoord. The showdown with Gibraltar will be the 125th international match in De Kuip.

The Dutch national team has three away games in the qualifying cycle for Qatar 2022. On Wednesday 1 September, Norway will be held in Oslo. The away match against Latvia in Riga is scheduled for Friday 8 October. The last game will take place on Saturday, November 13. In Podgorica Montenegro is then the opponent of De Boer’s formation. The the Dutch had a dramatic start to the World Cup qualifying series, with a defeat in and against Turkey. After that they showed recovery with victories over Latvia (2-0) and Gibraltar (0-7).

In preparation for the approaching European Championship, the Netherlands will play against Scotland on 2 June during the training camp in Portugal. Four days later, on June 6, Georgia is the opponent in the Grolsch Veste. This is followed by the group matches of the European Championship, which will all be played in the Johan Cruijff ArenA. For the the Dutch squad, the final round starts on June 13 against Ukraine. This is followed by the other group matches against Austria (June 17) and North Macedonia (June 21).