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Netherlands vs Serbia: match report

Netherlands hosted Serbia at Philips Stadion on Sunday 4 October 2026, in the Nations League (round 4). Netherlands are without 5 players (Jan Paul van Hecke, Justin Kluivert, Cody Gakpo and others); Serbia have no reported absences. Donatas Rumšas is the referee, averaging 4.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.1.

Result and scorers

Netherlands 2-1 Serbia. Goals: Teun Koopmeiners 31' for Netherlands; Mihajlo Cvetkovic 35' for Serbia; Joshua Zirkzee 71' for Netherlands. Attendance: 31,387.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 14' Yellow card: Stefan Gudelj (Serbia)
  • 30' Yellow card: Strahinja Pavlovic (Serbia)
  • 31' Goal: Teun Koopmeiners (Netherlands) 1-0
  • 35' Goal: Mihajlo Cvetkovic (Serbia) 1-1
  • 45'+1' Yellow card: Tijjani Reijnders (Netherlands)
  • 49' Yellow card: Sasa Lukic (Serbia)
  • 71' Goal: Joshua Zirkzee (Netherlands) 2-1
  • 74' Yellow card: Nemanja Maksimovic (Serbia)
Match stats (contains the result)
64.4%Possession35.6%
22Shots14
7Shots on target4
6Corners4
14Fouls13
1Offsides2
3Saves4
1Yellow cards4
0Red cards0

Line-ups

Netherlands 4-3-3

Coach: Xavi Hernández

  1. 1 Bart Verbruggen GK
  2. 22 Denzel Dumfries DEF
  3. 4 Virgil van Dijk DEF
  4. 15 Micky van de Ven DEF
  5. 20 Teun Koopmeiners DEF
  6. 8 Ryan Gravenberch MID
  7. 18 Joey Veerman MID
  8. 14 Tijjani Reijnders MID
  9. 7 Crysencio Summerville FWD
  10. 17 Mexx Meerdink FWD
  11. 10 Noa Lang FWD

Bench

  • 9 Joshua Zirkzee FWD
  • 3 Jorrel Hato DEF
  • 21 Gjivai Zechiël MID
  • 11 Ruben van Bommel FWD
  • 6 Quinten Timber MID
  • 23 Mark Flekken GK
  • 13 Robin Roefs GK
  • 2 Jeremie Frimpong DEF
  • 12 Jurriën Timber DEF
  • 5 Nathan Aké DEF
  • 16 Guus Til MID
  • 19 Kenneth Taylor MID

Serbia 5-3-2

Coach: Veljko Paunović

  1. 23 Vanja Milinković-Savić GK
  2. 19 Stefan Gudelj DEF
  3. 15 Srdjan Babić DEF
  4. 3 Strahinja Pavlović DEF
  5. 2 Kosta Nedeljković DEF
  6. 17 Aleksa Terzić DEF
  7. 21 Lazar Samardžić MID
  8. 22 Saša Lukić MID
  9. 7 Aleksandar Stanković MID
  10. 18 Mihajlo Cvetković FWD
  11. 10 Dušan Tadić MID

Bench

  • 5 Nemanja Maksimović MID
  • 8 Luka Jović FWD
  • 11 Filip Kostić MID
  • 14 Andrija Živković FWD
  • 6 Nemanja Gudelj DEF
  • 1 Dragan Rosić GK
  • 12 Filip Stanković GK
  • 13 Nikola Simić DEF
  • 4 Ognjen Mimović DEF
  • 16 Strahinja Eraković DEF
  • 20 Vanja Dragojević MID
  • 9 Dejan Joveljić FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Netherlands

  • Jan Paul van Hecke injury, back Mid October 2026
  • Justin Kluivert injury, back Mid October 2026
  • Cody Gakpo injury, back About 1-2 weeks
  • Brian Brobbey injury, back Late October 2026
  • Donyell Malen injury, back Early October 2026

Serbia

No reported absences.

Previous meetings
  • Sunday 27 September 2026: Serbia 1-2 Netherlands