Andries Jonker named as new Netherlands manager

Andries Jonker has been appointed as the new manager of the Netherlands national women’s team, a new contract she signed to run until 2025.

The Netherlands national women’s team parted ways with Mark Parsons following their Euro 2022 season, as the Dutch team failed to defend their title and exited at the quarter final stages of the tournament.

Parsons' replacement has been named as Jonker, who has also been backed by an online sports betting company, to reach greater heights with his new team being the former assistant manager to Louis van Gaal at Bayern Munich and Barcelona. Jonker’s wasting no time on his schedule at all. The 59-year-old will take up his first official duty with the Netherland women’s team with immediate effect by taking charge during the team’s September’s international break.

“I have experienced before how nice it is to work with a group of ambitious, dedicated players," Jonker said. "During the last European Championship we also saw how incredibly fast women's football has developed in recent years. 

"We have ambitious goals, but also an enormous amount of quality and talent that we can draw on for the 2023 World Cup. It is of course very nice to be able to give direction to that.”

Jonker had a brief spell as interim coach of the Netherlands in 2001, and boasts a wealth of experience in the game, with spells at Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Wolfsburg. He was most recently in charge of Eerste Divisie outfit Telstar, before the pair parted ways in June 2022.

Jonker's first game in charge of the Netherlands will be a friendly against Scotland on Friday 2 September, before taking on Iceland four days later in a crunch World Cup qualifier. Whoever comes out on top will be assured of their place at the 2023 tournament in Australia and New Zealand.