Netherlands at the UEFA European Championship

The Netherlands national football team has appeared in nine UEFA European Football Championship tournaments. It first participated in 1976, and won the title in 1988. With Belgium, the Netherlands co-hosted the 2000 tournament. The team did not enter the first tournament in 1960, and did not qualify in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1984, 2016.

UEFA European Championship record

Year Round Position GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960 Did Not Enter
Spain 1964 Did Not Qualify
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976 Semi Final 3rd 2 1 0 1 4 5
Italy 1980 Group Stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4
France 1984 Did Not Qualify
West Germany 1988 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 8 3
Sweden 1992 Semi Final 3rd 4 2 2 0 6 3
England 1996 Quarter-Finals 8th 4 1 2 1 3 4
Netherlands|Belgium 2000 Semi Final 3rd 5 4 1 0 13 3
Portugal 2004 Semi Final 4th 5 1 2 2 7 6
Switzerland Austria 2008 Quarter-Finals 6th 4 3 0 1 10 4
Poland Ukraine 2012 Group Stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 5
France 2016 Did Not Qualify
Total1 Titles9/1535178105737

List of matches

Year Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers
1976Semi-final Czechoslovakia1–3 (aet)LZagrebOndruš (o.g.)
Third place match Yugoslavia3–2WZagrebGeels (2), Van de Kerkhof
1980Group stage Greece1–0WNaplesKist
 West Germany2–3LNaplesRep, Van de Kerkhof
 Czechoslovakia1–1DMilanKist
1988Group stage Soviet Union0–1LCologne&
—
 England3–1WDüsseldorfVan Basten (3)
 Republic of Ireland1–0WGelsenkirchenKieft
Semi-final West Germany2–1WHamburgKoeman, Van Basten
Final Soviet Union2–0WMunichGullit, Van Basten
1992Group stage Scotland1–0WGothenburgBergkamp
 CIS0–0DGothenburg&
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 Germany3–1WGothenburgRijkaard, Witschge, Bergkamp
Semi-final Denmark2–2 (4–5 p)DGothenburgBergkamp, Rijkaard
1996Group stage Scotland0–0DBirmingham
  Switzerland2–0WBirminghamCruyff, Bergkamp
 England1–4LLondonKluivert
Quarter-final France0–0 (4–5 p)DLiverpool&
—
2000Group stage Czech Republic1–0WAmsterdamF. De Boer
 Denmark3–0WRotterdamKluivert, R. De Boer, Zenden
 France3–2WAmsterdamKluivert, F. De Boer, Zenden
Quarter-final Yugoslavia6–1WRotterdamKluivert (3), Govedarica (o.g.), Overmars
Semi-final Italy0–0 (1–3 p)DAmsterdam&
—
2004Group stage Germany1–1DPortoVan Nistelrooy
 Czech Republic2–3LAveiroBouma, Van Nistelrooy
 Latvia3–0WBragaVan Nistelrooy (2), Makaay
Quarter-final Sweden0–0 (5–4 p)DFaro&
—
Semi-final Portugal1–2LLisbonAndrade(o.g.)
2008Group stage Italy3–0WBernVan Nistelrooy, Sneijder, Van Bronckhorst
 France4–1WBernKuyt, Van Persie, Robben, Sneijder
 Romania2–0WBernHuntelaar, Van Persie
Quarter-final Russia1–3 (aet)LBaselVan Nistelrooy
2012Group stage Denmark0–1LKharkiv&
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 Germany1–2LKharkivVan Persie
 Portugal1–2LKharkivVan der Vaart

Euro 1976

Euro 1980

Euro 1988

Group stage
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Soviet Union 321052+35
 Netherlands 320142+24
 Republic of Ireland 31112203
 England 300327−50
Netherlands 0–1 Soviet Union
Report Rats  52'
Attendance: 54,336
England 1–3 Netherlands
Robson  53' Report Van Basten  44', 71', 75'
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 63,940
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)
Republic of Ireland 0–1 Netherlands
Report Kieft  82'
Attendance: 64,731
Knockout stage
West Germany 1–2 Netherlands
Matthäus  55' (pen.) Report R. Koeman  74' (pen.)
Van Basten  88'
Attendance: 56,115
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Soviet Union 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 62,770[1]

Soviet Union
Netherlands
GK1Rinat Dasayev (c)
RB5Anatoliy DemyanenkoYellow card 31'
CB7Sergei Aleinikov
CB3Vagiz KhidiyatullinYellow card 42'
LB6Vasyl Rats
RM8Hennadiy LytovchenkoYellow card 33'
CM9Oleksandr Zavarov
CM15Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
LM18Sergey Gotsmanov 68'
CF10Oleh Protasov 71'
CF11Igor Belanov
Substitutions:
DF19Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha 68'
MF20Viktor Pasulko 71'
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
GK1Hans van Breukelen
RB6Berry van AerleYellow card 50'
CB17Frank Rijkaard
CB4Ronald Koeman
LB2Adri van Tiggelen
RM7Gerald Vanenburg
CM20Jan WoutersYellow card 37'
CM8Arnold Mühren
LM13Erwin Koeman
CF10Ruud Gullit (c)
CF12Marco van Basten
Manager:
Rinus Michels

Assistant referees:[2]
Gérard Biguet (France)
Rémi Harrel (France)

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Euro 1992

Euro 1996

Euro 2000

Euro 2004

Euro 2008

Euro 2012

References

  1. ↑ "European Football Championship 1988 FINAL". euro2000.org. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  2. ↑ "Netherlands - USSR 2:0 (EURO 1988 Germany, Final)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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