This record crowned Oranje at the Philips Stadium

The Netherlands national team plays Sunday evening at the Philips Stadium. In the Nations League, Serbia is the opponent.

On that date, the Netherlands played to a 1-1 draw against Ecuador. Oranje went ahead early 1-0, but ultimately had to settle for a draw, partly thanks to an early red card for Denzel Dumfries.

This century the Philips Stadion was regularly used for internationals of the Netherlands national team, both friendly matches and qualifiers for the European Championship or World Cup. So too on 2 September 2011 when the Netherlands, at that time the number 1 of the FIFA world rankings, took the field in the European Championship qualifying match against football dwarf San Marino.

Orange fired away merrily that evening and the formation of Bert van Marwijk won with an astonishing 11-0 against the football dwarf. At half-time it was only 3-0 for the Netherlands thanks to goals by Robin van Persie, Wesley Sneijder and John Heitinga.

After halftime, the Netherlands scored no fewer than eight times. Van Persie scored three times after halftime, bringing his total to four in the match. Klaas-Jan Huntelaar scored twice and, thanks to goals from Dirk Kuyt, Wesley Sneijder and Georginio Wijnaldum, the final score was set at 11-0.

With this, the Netherlands national team at the Philips Stadium established the record for the biggest win ever in the history of Oranje. This record still stands.

For San Marino, this defeat was not the biggest defeat in the history of the national team. In September 2006, the tiny state, in the qualifying rounds for the 2008 European Championship, lost 0-13 to Germany, and this is still San Marino’s biggest defeat in the history of the national team.