Louis van Gaal is the new coach of the Dutch national football team.
The Dutch football association KNVB announced on Wednesday.
It will be van Gaal's third term as bond coach.
After Oranje left the European Championship early in the round of 16 against the Czech Republic, Frank de Boer resigned as national coach.
The first task for the 69-year-old van Gaal is to qualify for the 2022 World Cup in Qatar.
After an opening defeat against Turkey, the pressure in qualifying is already enormous. The first games against direct opponents Norway, Montenegro and leaders Turkey will be the week of truth for van Gaal at the beginning of September. Only the group winner is directly qualified for the tournament in the Gulf State - and that is the minimum goal for van Gaal. "The next qualifying games are immediately decisive for participation in the World Cup," said the bond coach.
The former Bayern coach was bond coach between 2000 and 2001 and between 2012 and 2014. In 2014 van Gaal achieved third place with the Oranje team at the World Cup in Brazil. In addition to FC Bayern Munich, Van Gaal also coached FC Barcelona, Manchester United and Ajax Amsterdam, and actually ended his career in 2016 to spend more time with his wife Truus.
“Dutch football has always been close to my heart and from my point of view the national coach is a key position for the further development of our football. I also feel it's an honor to coach the Dutch national team, "said van Gaal, adding:" I'm really looking forward to doing the work together. "One of his assistants will be former national coach Danny Blind (2015-2017). The second assistant is Henk Fraser, Frans Hoek is the new goalkeeping coach.