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The 33 Greatest Feyenoord Players of All Time

By YPB Team

Vote for the greatest players ever to represent Feyenoord, Rotterdam's iconic and passionate football club.

  1. Coen Moulijn — ranked #11
    Coen Moulijn
    Left-winger voted the greatest player in Feyenoord history, whose dribbling lit up De Kuip across 487 official matches from 1955 to 1972, including the 1970 European Cup win.
    1000pts
  2. Wim van Hanegem — ranked #22
    Wim van Hanegem
    Technically gifted midfielder nicknamed 'The Curve' who was central to Feyenoord's 1970 European Cup triumph and is regarded as one of the best Dutch players never to win a World Cup.
    658pts
  3. Franz Hasil — ranked #33
    Franz Hasil
    Austrian playmaker who joined from Schalke in 1969 and dictated midfield as Feyenoord won the 1970 European Cup and the Intercontinental Cup.
    591pts
  4. Cor van der Gijp — ranked #44
    Cor van der Gijp
    Prolific forward who scored 177 goals in 233 league games from 1955 to 1964 and led the attack as Feyenoord won the 1961 and 1962 league titles.
    535pts
  5. Jon Dahl Tomasson — ranked #55
    Jon Dahl Tomasson
    Danish striker who won the 1999 Eredivisie title and scored in the 2002 UEFA Cup final against Borussia Dortmund before joining AC Milan.
    503pts
  6. Eddy Pieters Graafland — ranked #66
    Eddy Pieters Graafland
    Goalkeeper who joined from Ajax in 1958 and kept goal for twelve years, winning four league titles and the 1970 European Cup with Feyenoord.
    467pts
  7. Pierre van Hooijdonk — ranked #77
    Pierre van Hooijdonk
    Dead-ball specialist who scored twice in the 2002 UEFA Cup final win over Borussia Dortmund at De Kuip, including a trademark free kick.
    467pts
  8. Stefan de Vrij — ranked #88
    Stefan de Vrij
    Academy centre-back who debuted at 17 and anchored Feyenoord's defence until 2014, starting for the Netherlands at that summer's World Cup.
    467pts
  9. Theo van Duivenbode — ranked #99
    Theo van Duivenbode
    Left-back who arrived from Ajax in 1969 and was a fixture in the side that won the 1970 European Cup and Intercontinental Cup.
    382pts
  10. Roy Makaay — ranked #1010
    Roy Makaay
    Dutch striker who came home from Bayern Munich in 2007, scoring regularly for three seasons and winning the 2008 KNVB Cup before retiring at Feyenoord.
    382pts
  11. Graziano Pellè — ranked #1111
    Graziano Pellè
    Italian centre-forward who struck more than 50 goals in two seasons from 2012 to 2014, becoming one of the Eredivisie's most feared finishers before joining Southampton.
    382pts
  12. Joop van Daele — ranked #1212
    Joop van Daele
    Defender who scored the only goal of the second leg against Estudiantes to win the 1970 Intercontinental Cup and stayed for the 1974 UEFA Cup triumph.
    382pts
  13. Paul Bosvelt — ranked #1313
    Paul Bosvelt
    Combative midfielder who won the 1999 Eredivisie title and was a key figure in the 2002 UEFA Cup triumph over Borussia Dortmund.
    382pts
  14. Ove Kindvall — ranked #1414
    Ove Kindvall
    Swedish striker who scored the extra-time winner in the 1970 European Cup final against Celtic and was three times the Eredivisie's top scorer with Feyenoord.
    382pts
  15. John de Wolf — ranked #1515
    John de Wolf
    Hard-tackling centre-back and captain who led Feyenoord to the 1993 Eredivisie title and three KNVB Cups in the early 1990s.
    382pts
  16. Ruud Gullit — ranked #1616
    Ruud Gullit
    Young forward who starred alongside Cruyff from 1982 to 1985, winning the 1984 league and cup double before his rise at PSV and AC Milan.
    331pts
  17. Johan Cruyff — ranked #1717
    Johan Cruyff
    Ajax icon who crossed to Rotterdam for one final season in 1983–84, leading Feyenoord to the league and cup double and winning Dutch Footballer of the Year.
    331pts
  18. Orkun Kökçü — ranked #1818
    Orkun Kökçü
    Academy playmaker who captained Feyenoord to the 2022–23 Eredivisie title and reached the 2022 Conference League final before joining Benfica.
    331pts
  19. Shinji Ono — ranked #1919
    Shinji Ono
    Japanese playmaker whose vision helped drive Feyenoord to the 2002 UEFA Cup, the club's last European trophy, during his years in Rotterdam between 2001 and 2006.
    273pts
  20. Puck van Heel — ranked #2020
    Puck van Heel
    Midfielder and captain who spent 17 years at Feyenoord from 1923 to 1940, winning five national titles and setting a long-standing Dutch record of 64 caps.
    273pts
  21. Nicolai Jørgensen — ranked #2121
    Nicolai Jørgensen
    Danish striker who topped the Eredivisie scoring charts with 21 goals as Feyenoord won the 2016–17 title, their first in 18 years.
    273pts
  22. Santiago Gimenez — ranked #2222
    Santiago Gimenez
    Mexican striker who became Feyenoord's most prolific modern finisher, setting records in the Eredivisie with his intelligent movement and eye for goal.
    206pts
  23. Dirk Kuyt — ranked #2323
    Dirk Kuyt
    Dutch forward who starred in two spells, from 2003 to 2006 and 2015 to 2017, captaining Feyenoord to the 2017 title with a hat-trick on the final day.
    206pts
  24. Robin van Persie — ranked #2424
    Robin van Persie
    Academy product who returned in 2018, scoring in the KNVB Cup final win that spring before retiring at his boyhood club in 2019.
    206pts
  25. Jordy Clasie — ranked #2525
    Jordy Clasie
    Academy midfielder who set the tempo of Feyenoord's midfield from 2010 to 2015, earning a place in the Netherlands squad that finished third at the 2014 World Cup.
    206pts
  26. Dávid Hancko — ranked #2626
    Dávid Hancko
    Slovak defender who arrived in 2022 and became a mainstay at left-back and centre-back, winning the 2022–23 Eredivisie title and the 2024 KNVB Cup.
    206pts
  27. Rinus Israël — ranked #2727
    Rinus Israël
    Commanding centre-back nicknamed 'IJzeren Rinus' who headed Feyenoord's equaliser in the 1970 European Cup final against Celtic and also won the 1974 UEFA Cup.
    206pts
  28. Wim Jansen — ranked #2828
    Wim Jansen
    Tireless midfielder who made over 420 league appearances from 1965 to 1980, winning the 1970 European Cup and Intercontinental Cup and the 1974 UEFA Cup.
    127pts
  29. Henrik Larsson — ranked #2929
    Henrik Larsson
    Swedish forward who spent four seasons in Rotterdam from 1993 to 1997, winning two KNVB Cups before becoming a legend at Celtic.
    127pts
  30. Jens Toornstra — ranked #3030
    Jens Toornstra
    Industrious attacking midfielder who scored regularly from deep between 2014 and 2021, winning the 2017 Eredivisie title and two KNVB Cups.
    127pts
  31. Steven Berghuis — ranked #3131
    Steven Berghuis
    Left-footed winger and later captain who won the 2017 league title and was Feyenoord's leading creative force before a controversial move to Ajax in 2021.
    127pts
  32. Wim Rijsbergen — ranked #3232
    Wim Rijsbergen
    Centre-back who broke through in 1971, won the 1974 UEFA Cup and league title with Feyenoord and played in two World Cup finals for the Netherlands.
    0pts
  33. Giovanni van Bronckhorst — ranked #3333
    Giovanni van Bronckhorst
    Left-sided midfielder and defender who had two playing spells, captained the club at the end of his career and later coached Feyenoord to the 2017 title.
    0pts

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