introduction dutch team

About the group

Holland
Coach: Dick Advocaat / Willem van Hanegem

With a front line of Ruud van Nistelrooy, Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink and Patrick Kluivert it's a wonder that Holland failed to qualify for the World Cup in Korea/Japan 2002. With the departure of van Gaal and the arrival of Advocaat / van Hanegem, Holland are once more a team to contend with.

Group 3 fixtures

2002

Sept 7: Austria v Moldova, Holland v Belarus

Oct 12: Moldova v Czech Republic, Belarus v Austria

Oct 16: Austria v Holland, Czech Republic v Belarus

2003

Mar 29: Holland v Czech Republic, Belarus v Moldova

Apr 2: Czech Republic v Austria, Moldova v Holland

June 7: Moldova v Austria, Belarus v Holland

June 11: Czech Republic v Moldova, Austria v Belarus

Sept 6: Holland v Austria, Belarus v Czech Republic

Sept 10: Czech Republic v Holland, Moldova v Belarus

Oct 11: Austria v Czech Republic, Holland v Moldova

Austria
Coach: Hans Krankl
Austria's national team have improved over the past few years but if they have the strength to hold off Holland and the Czech Republic is doubful.

Belarus
Coach: Eduard Malofeev
Belarus narrowly missed qualifying for the World Cup in Korea and Japan after losing their final match 2-0 to Ukraine . The team has a good home record.

Czech Republic
Coach: Karel Bruckner
The Czechs, like Holland, missed out on qualification for the World Cup in Korea and Japan, even losing to Iceland.

Nevertheless, with Patrick Berger, Vladimir Smicer, Karel Poborsky and Tomas Rosicky in your team you can't rule them out.

Moldova
Coach: Viktor Pasulko

Moldova have a very defensive team and rely up front on the sole efforts of Serghei Kleshenko. Moldova's last victory was the 2-0 against Azerbaijan 2-0, their first win for six years.