Netherlands at the UEFA European Championship

The Netherlands national football team has appeared in nine UEFA European Football Championship tournaments, with an upcoming tournament in 2020. 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 or 2016.

For the women's team, see Netherlands at the UEFA Women's Championship.

UEFA European Championship record
UEFA European Championship record Qualifying record
Year Round Position Pld W D* L GF GA Squad Pld W D L GF GA
1960 Did not enter Did not enter
1964 Did not qualify 4 1 2 1 6 5
1968 6 2 1 3 11 11
1972 6 3 1 2 18 6
1976 Third place 3rd 2 1 0 1 4 5 Squad 8 6 0 2 21 9
1980 Group stage 5th 3 1 1 1 4 4 Squad 8 6 1 1 20 6
1984 Did not qualify 8 6 1 1 22 6
1988 Champions 1st 5 4 0 1 8 3 Squad 8 6 2 0 15 1
1992 Third place 3rd 4 2 2 0 6 3 Squad 8 6 1 1 17 2
1996 Quarter-finals 8th 4 1 2 1 3 4 Squad 11 7 2 2 25 5
2000 Third place 3rd 5 4 1 0 13 3 Squad Qualified as hosts
2004 Third place 3rd 5 1 2 2 7 6 Squad 10 7 1 2 21 12
2008 Quarter-finals 6th 4 3 0 1 10 4 Squad 12 8 2 2 15 5
2012 Group stage 15th 3 0 0 3 2 5 Squad 10 9 0 1 37 8
2016 Did not qualify 10 4 1 5 17 14
2020 Qualified 8 6 1 1 24 7
2024 To be determined To be determined
Total 1 Title 10/16 35 17 8 10 57 37 — 112 73 15 24 261 88
*Denotes draws including knockout matches decided on penalty kicks.

List of matches
Year Round Opponent Score Result Venue Scorers
1976Semi-final Czechoslovakia1–3 (a.e.t.)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—
 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 FR Yugoslavia6–1WRotterdamKluivert (3), Govedarica (o.g.), Overmars (2)
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 (a.e.t.)LBaselVan Nistelrooy
2012Group stage Denmark0–1LKharkiv—
 Germany1–2LKharkivVan Persie
 Portugal1–2LKharkivVan der Vaart
2021Group stage UkraineAmsterdam
 AustriaAmsterdam
Winner Play-off Path D/A Amsterdam

Euro 1976

Euro 1980

Euro 1988
Main article: UEFA Euro 1988
Group stage
Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Soviet Union 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5 Advance to knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 4
3  Republic of Ireland 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 3
4  England 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
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
Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 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)
Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 Final
Soviet Union 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 62,770[1]

Euro 1992

Euro 1996

Euro 2000

Euro 2004

Euro 2008

Euro 2012

Euro 2021

Group stage
Main article: UEFA Euro 2021 Group C
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Netherlands (H) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Advance to knockout phase
2  Ukraine 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3  Austria 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Possible knockout phase based on ranking
4  North Macedonia 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
First match(es) will be played on 13 June 2021. Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Netherlands Match 5 Ukraine
Report
Netherlands Match 17 Austria
Report
North Macedonia Match 29 Netherlands
Report

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.
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