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)L ZagrebOndruš (o.g.)
Third place match Yugoslavia3–2W ZagrebGeels (2), Van de Kerkhof
1980Group stage Greece1–0W NaplesKist
 West Germany2–3LNaplesRep, Van de Kerkhof
 Czechoslovakia1–1DMilanKist
1988Group stage Soviet Union0–1L Cologne&
 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&
 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&
 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

12 June 1988
20:15
Netherlands  0–1  Soviet Union
Report Rats  52'

15 June 1988
17:15
England  1–3  Netherlands
Robson  53' Report Van Basten  44', 71', 75'
Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf
Attendance: 63,940
Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

18 June 1988
15:30
Republic of Ireland  0–1  Netherlands
Report Kieft  82'
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen
Attendance: 64,731
Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)
Knockout stage

21 June 1988
20:15
West Germany  1–2  Netherlands
Matthäus  55' (pen.) Report R. Koeman  74' (pen.)
Van Basten  88'
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg
Attendance: 56,115
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

25 June 1988 (1988-06-25)
15:30 CEST
Soviet Union  0–2  Netherlands
Report
Olympiastadion, Munich
Attendance: 72,308
Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Soviet Union
Netherlands
GK 1 Rinat Dasayev (c)
RB 5 Anatoliy Demyanenko YC 31'
CB 7 Sergei Aleinikov
CB 3 Vagiz Khidiyatullin YC 42'
LB 6 Vasyl Rats
RM 8 Hennadiy Lytovchenko YC 33'
CM 9 Oleksandr Zavarov
CM 15Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
LM 18Sergey Gotsmanov  68'
CF 11Igor Belanov
CF 10Oleh Protasov  71'
Substitutions:
DF 19Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha  68'
MF 20Viktor Pasulko  71'
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
GK 1 Hans van Breukelen
RB 6 Berry van Aerle YC 50'
CB 17Frank Rijkaard
CB 4 Ronald Koeman
LB 2 Adri van Tiggelen
RM 7 Gerald Vanenburg
CM 20Jan Wouters YC 37'
CM 8 Arnold Mühren
LM 13Erwin Koeman
CF 12Marco van Basten
CF 10Ruud Gullit (c)
Manager:
Rinus Michels

Assistant referees:
Gérard Biguet (France)
Rémi Harrel (France)

Match rules

Euro 1992

Euro 1996

Euro 2000

Euro 2004

Euro 2008

Euro 2012

References

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