Below we list all matches of the Dutch national team in which the three played together - 8 of them directly after the war, culminating in the participation of the national team in the 1948 Olympics, in which they were unlucky to lose 3-4 after extra time against hosts Great Britain in the round of 16. The trio was broken up when Faas Wilkes left for Internazionale, where he started in 1949/50, scoring 17 goals in 34 matches in his first season abroad (in his second season, he improved on that ratio, scoring 23 goals in 38 matches). Only when he and Rijvers (who had a highly successful stint at AS Saint-Etienne, a club that later held a curse on the PSV side Rijvers trained in the 1970s) returned to the Netherlands, the trio was briefly reunited for the national side in the eventually unsuccessful qualifying campaign for the 1958 World Cup in Sweden (the decisive loss having been suffered away to Austria in a scandalous match in which only Wilkes played, Oranje losing 2-3 after having led by 2 goals and eventually succumbing to a highly contentious penalty given by the German referee).
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition L R W T 1 1 4 5 10- 3-46 Luxembourg Luxembourg 6-2 2 1 2 2 10 21- 9-47 Amsterdam Switzerland 6-2 3 1 11 14- 3-48 Antwerpen Belgium 1-1 4 1 12 18- 4-48 Rotterdam Belgium 2-2 5 1 13 9- 6-48 Amsterdam Sweden 1-0 6 2 15 26- 7-48 Portsmouth Ireland 3-1 Olympic Games 7 1 16 31- 7-48 London Great Britain 3-4 aet Olympic Games 8 1 1 18 13- 3-49 Amsterdam Belgium 3-3 9 2 1 1 22 11- 9-57 Rotterdam Luxembourg 5-2 World Cup Qualifier 10 1 23 25- 9-57 Amsterdam Austria 1-1 World Cup Qualifier Total Record GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage 10 5 4 1 31- 18 14 70.00 23 Goals (Wilkes 12, Lenstra 7, Rijvers 4) in 10 Matches (2.30 per match) Types of Matches and Goals Goals Matches Goals by Player Friendlies 15 6 (Wilkes 8, Lenstra 4, Rijvers 3) vs Belgium 4 3 (Wilkes 1, Lenstra 3, Rijvers -) World Cup Qualifier 5 2 (Wilkes 1, Lenstra 3, Rijvers 1) Olympic Games 3 2 (Wilkes 3, Lenstra -, Rijvers -) Total 23 10 (Wilkes 12, Lenstra 7, Rijvers 4)
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Author: Karel Stokkermans
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Last updated: 7 Aug 2014
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