Feyenoord, a Dutch professional association football club based in Rotterdam, was founded in 1908 and has played in the top tier of the Dutch football league system since 1921, winning sixteen Dutch football championships. Players of the club can be called up to represent their national team; as per 8 June 2024, 191 players have played at senior international level whilst playing for Feyenoord, representing 43 nations.

112 of Feyenoord's 191 internationals have represented the Netherlands. The Netherlands' Wim Jansen won 65 caps whilst playing for Feyenoord, more than any other player. Denmark's Jon Dahl Tomasson scored 19 senior international caps whilst playing for Feyenoord, more than any other player, overtaking Hungary's József Kiprich in 2002. Feyenoord's most capped non-European is Karim El Ahmadi, who won 46 caps for Morocco whilst playing for Feyenoord. The most recently new capped player is Leo Sauer, who made his debut for Slovakia in March 2024.

43 individual Feyenoord players have been in their countries' squads at the FIFA World Cup. Puck van Heel was the first Feyenoord player to represent his nation at the FIFA World Cup, captaining the Netherlands at the 1934 tournament. Ove Kindvall became the first non-Dutchman to do so, playing for Sweden at the 1970 tournament, and Shinji Ono became the first non-European to do so, playing for Japan at the 2002 tournament. No player won the FIFA World Cup whilst playing for Feyenoord, but four Feyenoord players have won a major tournament with their country; Joop Hiele and Sjaak Troost won UEFA Euro 1988 with the Netherlands, Hossam Ghaly won the 2004 African Cup of Nations with Tunisia and Santiago Giménez won the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup with Mexico.

List of international players

As of 13 June 2024

This is a list of players, past and present, who have been capped for the senior side of their country in international football whilst playing for Feyenoord, excluding matches played during loans out from Feyenoord. Players in bold currently play for Feyenoord.

10+ caps

The following players won at least ten caps for the senior side of their country in international football whilst playing for Feyenoord.

• GK = Goalkeeper
• DF = Defender
• MF = Midfielder
• FW = Forward

Player	Country	Position	Caps	Goals	Feyenoord years	International years	Ref.
Karim El Ahmadi	Morocco	MF	46	1	2008–2012 2014–2018	2008–2019	[1]
Patrick Allotey	Ghana	DF	15	0	1996–2001	1996–1999	[2]
Steven Berghuis	Netherlands	FW	25	2	2016–2021	2016–0000	[3]
Paul Bosvelt	Netherlands	MF	18	0	1997–2003	2000–2004	[4]
Ali Boussaboun	Morocco	FW	10	0	2005–2007	2005–2006	[5]
Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Netherlands	DF	43	2	1993–1998 2007–2010	1996–2010	[6]
Thomas Buffel	Belgium	MF	18	4	2002–2005	2002–2013	[7]
Romeo Castelen	Netherlands	FW	10	1	2004–2007	2004–2007	[8]
Jordy Clasie	Netherlands	MF	12	0	2010–2015	2012–2016	[9]
Jerzy Dudek	Poland	GK	16	0	1996–2001	2007–2011	[10]
Brett Emerton	Australia	MF	11	5	2000–2003	1998–2012	[11]
Cor van der Gijp	Netherlands	FW	10	5	1955–1964	1954–1961	[12]
Santiago Giménez	Mexico	FW	20	2	2022–0000	2021–0000	[13]
Ed de Goey	Netherlands	GK	31	0	1990–1997	1992–2000	[14]
Eddy Pieters Graafland	Netherlands	GK	43	0	1958–1970	1957–1967	[15]
Ruud Gullit	Netherlands	MF	15	5	1982–1985	1981–1994	[16]
Dávid Hancko	Slovakia	DF	16	3	2022–0000	2018–0000	[17]
Willem van Hanegem	Netherlands	MF	44	5	1968–1976 1981–1983	1968–1979	[18]
Franz Hasil	Austria	MF	10	1	1969–1973	1963–1974	[ citation needed]
Puck van Heel	Netherlands	MF	64	0	1923–1940	1925–1938	[19]
Rinus Israël	Netherlands	DF	38	3	1966–1974	1964–1974	[20]
Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Iran	FW	31	9	2021–0000	2013–0000	[21]
Daryl Janmaat	Netherlands	DF	21	0	2012–2014	2012–2018	[22]
Wim Jansen	Netherlands	MF	65	1	1965–1980	1967–1980	[23]
Theo de Jong	Netherlands	MF	14	3	1972–1977	1972–1974	[24]
Nicolai Jørgensen	Denmark	FW	23	6	2016–2021	2011–2019	[25]
Bonaventure Kalou	Ivory Coast	FW	24	6	1997–2003	1998–2006	[26]
Ove Kindvall	Sweden	FW	13	9	1966–1971	1965–1974	[ citation needed]
József Kiprich	Hungary	FW	32	17	1989–1995	1984–1995	[27]
Jan Klaassens	Netherlands	MF	17	1	1959–1964	1953–1963	[28]
Orkun Kökçü	Turkey	MF	22	2	2018–2023	2020–0000	[29]
Bert Konterman	Netherlands	DF	11	0	1998–2000	1999–2000	[30]
Wilhelm Kreuz	Austria	FW	18	3	1974–1978	1969–1981	[ citation needed]
Piet Kruiver	Netherlands	FW	12	2	1962–1966	1957–1965	[31]
Dirk Kuyt	Netherlands	FW	23	4	2003–2006 2015–2017	2004–2014	[32]
Henrik Larsson	Sweden	FW	28	6	1993–1997	1993–2009	[33]
Marcos López	Peru	DF	14	0	2022–0000	2018–0000	[34]
Adri van Male	Netherlands	GK	15	0	1930–1939	1932–1940	[35]
Bruno Martins Indi	Netherlands	DF	22	2	2010–2014	2012–2022	[36]
Coen Moulijn	Netherlands	FW	38	4	1955–1972	1956–1969	[37]
Ivan Nielsen	Denmark	DF	35	0	1979–1986	1980–1989	[38]
Shinji Ono	Japan	MF	24	3	2001–2006	1998–2008	[39]
Bas Paauwe	Netherlands	MF	31	1	1929–1947	1932–1946	[40]
Marcus Holmgren Pedersen	Norway	DF	18	0	2021–0000	2021–0000	[41]
Pétur Pétursson	Iceland	FW	12	3	1978–1981 1984–1985	1978–1990	[42]
Wim Rijsbergen	Netherlands	DF	28	1	1971–1978	1974–1978	[43]
Kees Rijvers	Netherlands	MF	14	5	1957–1960	1946–1960	[44]
Tomasz Rząsa	Poland	DF	10	0	1999–2003	1994–2006	[45]
Ioan Sabău	Romania	MF	10	1	1990–1992	1988–2001	[46]
Dick Schneider	Netherlands	DF	11	2	1970–1978	1972–1974	[47]
Song Chong-gug	South Korea	MF	12	0	2002–2005	2000–2007	[48]
Renato Tapia	Peru	MF	39	3	2016–2020	2015–0000	[49]
Gaston Taument	Netherlands	FW	15	2	1988–1997	1992–1996	[50]
Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	FW	51	19	1998–2002 2008–2011	1997–2010	[51]
Ayase Ueda	Japan	FW	10	10	2023–0000	2019–0000	[52]
Cor Veldhoen	Netherlands	DF	27	0	1956–1970	1961–1967	[53]
Leen Vente	Netherlands	FW	12	10	1936–1941	1933–1940	[54]
Tonny Vilhena	Netherlands	MF	15	0	2012–2019	2016–2018	[55]
Stefan de Vrij	Netherlands	DF	19	1	2009–2014	2012–0000	[56]
Peter van Vossen	Netherlands	FW	13	2	1998–2001	1992–2000	[57]
Arie de Vroet	Netherlands	FW	22	0	1938–1950	1938–1949	[58]
Henk Wery	Netherlands	FW	10	1	1968–1974	1967–1973	[59]
Ben Wijnstekers	Netherlands	DF	36	1	1975–1988	1979–1985	[60]
Rob Witschge	Netherlands	MF	27	3	1991–1996	1989–1995	[61]
Ramiz Zerrouki	Algeria	MF	13	2	2023–0000	2021–0000	[62]

9- caps

The following players won less than ten caps for the senior side of their country in international football whilst playing for Feyenoord.

Major tournaments

As of 13 June 2024

The following lists show the players who were included in squads for major international tournaments whilst playing for Feyenoord.

FIFA World Cup

Wim Jansen and Wim Rijsbergen, pictured ahead of the 1978 FIFA World Cup, reached consecutive FIFA World Cup finals with the Netherlands whilst playing for Feyenoord, in 1974 and 1978.

Year	Player	Country	Result
1934	Puck van Heel ( c)	Netherlands	Round of 16
	Adri van Male
	Bas Paauwe
	Manus Vrauwdeunt
1938	Puck van Heel ( c)	Netherlands	Round of 16
	Adri van Male
	Bas Paauwe
	Leen Vente
1970	Ove Kindvall	Sweden	3rd in group stage
1974	Willem van Hanegem	Netherlands	Runner-up
	Rinus Israël
	Wim Jansen
	Theo de Jong
	Wim Rijsbergen
	Eddy Treijtel
	Harry Vos
1978	Wim Jansen	Netherlands	Runner-up
	Wim Rijsbergen
	Wilhelm Kreuz	Austria	4th in second group stage
1986	John Eriksen	Denmark	Round of 16
	Ivan Nielsen
1990	Stanislav Griga	Czechoslovakia	Quarter-finals
	Joop Hiele	Netherlands	Round of 16
1994	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	Third
	Ed de Goey	Netherlands	Quarter-finals
	Ulrich van Gobbel
	Gaston Taument
	Rob Witschge
	John de Wolf
1998	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Netherlands	Fourth
2002	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	Round of 16
	Shinji Ono	Japan
	Tomasz Rząsa	Poland	4th in group stage
2006	Dirk Kuyt	Netherlands	Round of 16
	Karim Saidi [a]	Tunisia	3rd in group stage
2010	Giovanni van Bronckhorst ( c)	Netherlands	Runner-up
	Jon Dahl Tomasson ( c)	Denmark	3rd in group stage
2014	Jordy Clasie	Netherlands	Third
	Bruno Martins Indi
	Daryl Janmaat
	Terence Kongolo
	Stefan de Vrij
2018	Nicolai Jørgensen	Denmark	Round of 16
	Renato Tapia	Peru	3rd in group stage
	Brad Jones	Australia	4th in group stage
	Karim El Ahmadi	Morocco
	Sofyan Amrabat
2022	Justin Bijlow	Netherlands	Quarter-finals
	Sebastian Szymański	Poland	Round of 16
	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Iran	3rd in group stage

FIFA Confederations Cup

Year	Player	Country	Result
2001	Brett Emerton	Australia	Third
2005	Karim Saidi	Tunisia	3rd in group stage

UEFA European Championship

Joop Hiele, pictured playing for the Netherlands in 1987, and Sjaak Troost, pictured in a Feyenoord shirt in 1982, were in the Netherlands squad that won UEFA Euro 1988, although both players did not appear at the final tournament.

Year	Player	Country	Result
1976	Willem van Hanegem	Netherlands	Third
	Wim Jansen
	Wim Rijsbergen
1980	Michel van de Korput	Netherlands	3rd in group stage
	Ben Wijnstekers
1984	Ivan Nielsen	Denmark	Semi-finals
1988	Joop Hiele	Netherlands	Winner
	Sjaak Troost
1992	Peter Bosz	Netherlands	Semi-finals
	Rob Witschge
1996	Ed de Goey	Netherlands	Quarter-finals
	Gaston Taument
2000	Paul Bosvelt	Netherlands	Semi-finals
	Bert Konterman
	Peter van Vossen
	Jon Dahl Tomasson	Denmark	4th in group stage
2008	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Netherlands	Quarter-finals
	Tim de Cler
	Henk Timmer
2012	Ron Vlaar	Netherlands	4th in group stage
2021	Steven Berghuis	Netherlands	Round of 16
	Róbert Boženík	Slovakia	3rd in group stage
	Orkun Kökçü	Turkey	4th in group stage
2024	Gernot Trauner	Austria	To be determined
	Luka Ivanušec	Croatia
	Ondřej Lingr	Czech Republic
	Justin Bijlow	Netherlands
	Lutsharel Geertruida
	Dávid Hancko	Slovakia
	Leo Sauer

Copa América

Year	Player	Country	Result
2016	Renato Tapia	Peru	Quarter-finals
2019	Renato Tapia [a]	Peru	Runner-up
2024	Santiago Giménez	Mexico	To be determined
	Marcos López	Peru

Africa Cup of Nations

Year	Player	Country	Result
1994	Bulayima Mukuayanzo	Zaire	Quarter-finals
1998	Bonaventure Kalou	Ivory Coast	Quarter-finals
	Patrick Allotey	Ghana	3rd in group stage
2000	Christian Gyan	Ghana	Quarter-finals
	Bonaventure Kalou	Ivory Coast	3rd in group stage
2002	Bonaventure Kalou	Ivory Coast	Quarter-finals
2004	Hossam Ghaly	Tunisia	Winner
2006	Ali Boussaboun	Morocco	3rd in group stage
2012	Karim El Ahmadi	Morocco	3rd in group stage
2017	Karim El Ahmadi	Morocco	Quarter-finals
2024	Ramiz Zerrouki	Algeria	4th in group stage
	Yankuba Minteh	Gambia

AFC Asian Cup

Year	Player	Country	Result
2024	Alireza Jahanbakhsh	Iran	Semi-finals
	Ayase Ueda	Japan	Quarter-finals

CONCACAF Gold Cup

Year	Player	Country	Result
2019	Cuco Martina ( c)	Curaçao	Quarter-finals
2021	Ridgeciano Haps	Suriname	3rd in group stage
2023	Santiago Giménez	Mexico	Winner

UEFA Nations League Finals

Year	Player	Country	Result
2019	Kenneth Vermeer	Netherlands	Runner-up
	Tonny Vilhena
2023	Justin Bijlow	Netherlands	Fourth
	Lutsharel Geertruida
	Mats Wieffer

CONCACAF Nations League Finals

Year	Player	Country	Result
2023	Santiago Giménez	Mexico	Third
2024	Santiago Giménez	Mexico	Runner-up

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