On 17 April 1971, the Dutch team played the first women's international football match recognized by FIFA against France.

[6] The match took place in Hazebrouck, France and resulted in a 4–0 defeat for the Netherlands, Jocelyne Ratignier and Marie-Claire Caron-Harant scoring.

[11] The team qualified for the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup and reached thirteenth place, losing their first match in the knockout stage to Japan.

[13] The successful campaign in which oranje managed to win all of their matches highly contributed to the popularity of women's football in the Netherlands.

[16] In the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup, the Netherlands had another strong performance, reaching the final before losing 2–0 to the United States.

However, their journey ended in the quarter-finals against the United States, an opponent who had already played the role of tormentor of the Oranje in the final of the French World Cup two years earlier, losing in penalty kicks (2–2, 2 pts to 4).

The Netherlands reached UEFA Women's Euro 2022 in England with a perfect record of ten victories in qualification.

Andries Jonker took over coaching responsibilities and was immediately faced with a must win game versus Iceland if the Netherlands wanted to avoid the play-offs for the 2023 World Cup.

In a tense game Esmee Brugts scored the desperately needed goal only in stoppage time and the Netherlands qualified for their third World Cup.

[18] Win Draw Lose Void or Postponed Fixture The following 24 players are called up for the UEFA Women's Nations League matches against Germany and Scotland on 21 and 25 February 2025.

On 27 November 2014, the Netherlands national football team qualified to the final tournament of the FIFA Women's World Cup for the first time.

Their round of 16 exit was good enough for a post World Cup mini tournament to decide UEFA's last spot at the Olympics.