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Source: List of Feyenoord internationals

Feyenoord, a Dutch professional association football club based in Rotterdam, was founded in 1908 and has played in the top tier of the Dutch football league system since 1921, winning sixteen Dutch football championships. Players of the club can be called up to represent their national team; as per 21 October 2024, 194 players have played at senior international level whilst playing for Feyenoord, representing 44 nations.
112 of Feyenoord's 194 internationals have represented the Netherlands. The Netherlands' Wim Jansen won 65 caps whilst playing for Feyenoord, more than any other player. Denmark's Jon Dahl Tomasson scored 19 senior international goals whilst playing for Feyenoord, more than any other player, overtaking Hungary's József Kiprich in 2002. Feyenoord's most capped non-European is Karim El Ahmadi, who won 46 caps for Morocco whilst playing for Feyenoord. The most recently new capped player is Jeyland Mitchell, who played his first game for Costa Rica since joining Feyenoord in September 2024.
43 individual Feyenoord players have been in their countries' squads at the FIFA World Cup. Puck van Heel was the first Feyenoord player to represent his nation at the FIFA World Cup, captaining the Netherlands at the 1934 tournament. Ove Kindvall became the first non-Dutchman to do so, playing for Sweden at the 1970 tournament, and Shinji Ono became the first non-European to do so, playing for Japan at the 2002 tournament. No player won the FIFA World Cup whilst playing for Feyenoord, but four Feyenoord players have won a major tournament with their country; Joop Hiele and Sjaak Troost won UEFA Euro 1988 with the Netherlands, Hossam Ghaly won the 2004 African Cup of Nations with Tunisia and Santiago Giménez won the 2023 CONCACAF Gold Cup with Mexico.