Andries Jonker appointed Netherlands women’s football coach

Jonker signed a contract through to the 2025 European Championship, the Dutch football federation said.

Andries Jonker was appointed coach of the Netherlands women’s football team on Wednesday. | Photo Credit: AP

Andries Jonker was appointed coach of the Netherlands women's football team on Wednesday, succeeding Mark Parsons, who left the post after a disappointing Euro 2022, which saw the defending champion knocked out in the quarterfinals.

Jonker, a former coach of Bundesliga team Wolfsburg and assistant to Louis van Gaal when the Dutchman coached Barcelona and Bayern Munich, signed a contract through to the 2025 European Championship, the Dutch football federation said.

The 59-year-old Jonker briefly served as interim coach of the Dutch women's team in 2001.

Parsons succeeded Sarina Wiegman, who led the Netherlands to the European title on home soil in 2017 and repeated the feat with England last month.

Jonker's first match in charge will be a friendly match against Scotland on September 2. Four days later, the Netherlands plays Iceland in Utrecht. Victory would seal a berth for the Dutch at next year's World Cup in Australia and New Zealand.

“During the last European Championship, we also saw how incredibly fast women’s football has developed in recent years,” Jonker said. “We have ambitious goals, but also an enormous amount of quality and talent that we can draw on for the 2023 World Cup.”