Netherlands women's national football team

The Netherlands women's national football team represent the Netherlands in women's association football. The Netherlands' best result in major tournaments is making the semifinals of the UEFA Women's Euro 2009; surprising the soccer world by defeating France in the quarterfinals on penalty kicks.

With key players Vivianne Miedema and Manon Melis scoring Dutch qualifying goals, the Netherlands defeated Italy to qualify for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup, their third major tournament. They were drawn to play hosts Canada in the first round. Finishing behind Canada and China in the group, the Netherlands advanced to the knockouts as one of the four best-third placed teams to face defending champions and eventual finalists Japan.