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"The intellectualisation
of football has
always foundered
on a simple problem-
-the players. Doing
all your most
rewarding thinking
with your feet seems
to dull the philo-
sophical impulse.
Unless, of course,
you are Dutch.
According to legend,
Europeans played
a moronic, muscular
version of the world's
game, until Holland
proclaimed its vision
of total football in the
1974 World Cup,
and enlightenment
dawned."

From:
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football

 
 

The Netherlands at European Championships

1960
France		 1964
Spain		 1968
Italy		 1972
Belgium
1976
Yugoslavia		 1980
Italy		 1984
France		 1988
West Germany
1992
Sweden		 1996
England		 2000
Belgium & Netherlands		 2004
Portugal
2008
Austria & Switzerland		 2012
Poland 		   

The Netherlands' record at European Championships

Played Won Drawn Lost Goals + Goals - Points
32 17 8 7 55 32 59

The Netherlands are ranked second in the all time table of the European Championships. They have won it once, in 1988.

1960 - France

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The Netherlands did not enter the qualifications

1964 - Spain

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Qualifications
11-11-1962 Netherlands - Switzerland 1-3  
31-03-1963 Switzerland - Netherlands 1-1  
           
11-09-1963 Luxemburg - Netherlands 1-1  
30-10-1963 Netherlands - Luxemburg 1-2  
Not qualified

1968 - Italy

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Qualifications
07-09-1966 Netherlands - Hungary 2 - 2  
21-09-1966 Hungary - Denmark 6 - 0  
30-11-1966 Netherlands - Denmark 2 - 0  
05-04-1967 East-Germany - Netherlands 4 - 3  
10-05-1967 Hungary - Netherlands 2 - 1  
24-05-1967 Denmark - Hungary 0 - 2  
04-06-1967 Denmark - East-Germany 1 - 1  
13-09-1967 Netherlands - East-Germany 1 - 0  
27-09-1967 Hungary - East-Germany 3 - 1  
04-10-1967 Denmark - Netherlands 3 - 2  
11-10-1967 East-Germany - Denmark 3 - 2  
29-10-1967 East-Germany - Hungary 1 - 0  

Final standings

Pl.

W

D

L

G+

G-

GD

Pts
1 Hungary 6 4 1 1 15 5 +10 9
2 East-Germany 6 3 1 2 10 10 0 7
3 Netherlands 6 2 1 3 11 11 0 5
4 Denmark 6 1 1 4 6 16 -10 3
Not qualified

1972 - Belgium

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Qualifications
11-10-1970 Netherlands - Yugoslavia 1 - 1
14-10-1970 Luxemburg - Yugoslavia 0 - 2
11-11-1970 East-Germany - Netherlands 1 - 0
15-11-1970 Luxemburg - East-Germany 0 - 5
24-02-1971 Netherlands - Luxemburg 6 - 0
04-04-1971 Yugoslavia - Netherlands 2 - 0
24-04-1971 East-Germany - Luxemburg 2 - 1
09-05-1971 East-Germany - Yugoslavia 1 - 2
10-10-1971 Netherlands - East-Germany 3 - 2
16-10-1971 Yugoslavia - East-Germany 0 - 0
27-10-1971 Yugoslavia - Luxemburg 0 - 0
17-11-1971 Luxemburg - Netherlands 0 - 8

Final standings

Pl.

W

D

L

G+

G-

GD

Pts
1 Yugoslavia 6 3 3 0 7 2 +5 9
2 Netherlands 6 3 1 2 18 6 +12 7
3 East-Germany 6 3 1 2 11 6 +5 7
4 Luxemburg 6 0 1 5 1 23 -22 1
Not qualified

1976 - Yugoslavia

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Qualifications
01-09-1974 Finland - Poland 1 - 2
25-09-1974 Finland - Netherlands 1 - 3
09-10-1974 Poland - Finland 3 - 0
20-11-1974 Netherlands - Italy 3 - 1
19-04-1975 Italy - Poland 0 - 0
05-06-1975 Finland - Italy 0 - 1
03-09-1975 Netherlands - Finland 4 - 1
10-09-1975 Poland - Netherlands 4 - 1
27-09-1975 Italy - Finland 0 - 0
15-10-1975 Netherlands - Poland 3 - 0
26-10-1975 Poland - Italy 0 - 0
22-11-1975 Italy - Netherlands 1 - 0

Final standings

Pl.

W

D

L

G+

G-

GD

Pts
1 Netherlands 6 4 0 2 14 8 +6 8
2 Poland 6 3 2 1 9 5 +4 8
3 Italy 6 2 3 1 3 3 0 7
4 Finland 6 0 1 5 3 13 -10 1

Round 2
25-04-1976 Netherlands - Belgium 5-0 1-0 Rijsbergen (17')
2-0 Rensenbrink (28')
3-0 Rensenbrink (58')
4-0 Neeskens (80'-p)
5-0 Rensenbrink (86')
22-05-1976 Belgium - Netherlands 1-2 1-0 van Gool (28')
1-1 Rep (64')
1-2 Cruyff (79')
Qualified

Finals

SF
16-06-1976 Netherlands - Czechoslovakia 1-3 1-0 Ondrus (20')
1-1 Ondrus (og) (77
2-1 Nehoda (114')
3-1 Vesely (119')

LF
19-06-1976 Netherlands - Yugoslavia 3-2 1-0 Geels (27')
2-0 van de Kerkhof (39')
2-1 Katalinski (43')
2-2 Džajic (82')
3-2 Geels (107')
The Netherlands finish 3rd, behind Czechoslovakia and West-Germany

1980 - Italy

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Qualifications
06-09-1978 Iceland - Poland 0 - 2  
20-09-1978 Netherlands - Iceland 3 - 0  
04-10-1978 East-Germany - Iceland 3 - 1  
11-10-1978 Switzerland - Netherlands 1 - 3  
15-11-1978 Netherlands - East-Germany 3 - 0  
15-11-1978 Poland - Switzerland 2 - 0  
28-03-1979 Netherlands - Switzerland 3 - 0  
18-04-1979 East-Germany - Poland 2 - 1  
02-05-1979 Poland - Netherlands 2 - 0  
05-05-1979 Switzerland - East-Germany 0 - 2  
22-05-1979 Switzerland - Iceland 2 - 0  
09-06-1979 Iceland - Switzerland 1 - 2  
05-09-1979 Iceland - Netherlands 0 - 4  
12-09-1979 Iceland - East-Germany 0 - 3  
12-09-1979 Switzerland - Poland 0 - 2  
26-09-1979 Poland - East-Germany 1 - 1  
10-10-1979 Poland - Iceland 2 - 0  
13-10-1979 East-Germany - Switzerland 5 - 2  
17-10-1979 Netherlands - Poland 1 - 1  
21-11-1979 East-Germany - Netherlands 2 - 3  

Final standings

Pl.

W

D

L

G+

G-

GD

Pts
1 Netherlands 8 6 1 1 20 6 +14 13
2 Poland 8 5 2 1 13 4 +9 12
3 East-Germany 8 5 1 2 18 11 +7 11
4 Switzerland 8 2 0 6 7 18 -11 4
5 Iceland 8 0 0 8 2 21 -19 0
Qualified

Finals
11-06-1980 Netherlands - Greece 1 - 0 1-0 Kist 65' (pen.)
14-06-1980 Netherlands - West Germany 1-3 1-0 Allofs 20'
2-0 Allofs 60'
3-0 Allofs 65'
3-1 Rep 79' (pen.)
3-2 Van de Kerkhof 85'
17-06-1980 Netherlands - Chechoslovakia 1 - 1 1-0 Nehoda 16'
1-1 Kist 59'

Final standings

Pl.

W

D

L

G+

G-

GD

Pts
1 West Germany 3 2 1 0 4 2 +2 5
2 Czechoslovakia 3 1 1 1 4 3 +1 3
3 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 3
4 Greece 3 0 1 2 1 4 -3 1
The Netherlands are out

1984 - France

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Qualifications

05-06-1982 Malta - Iceland 2 - 1  
01-09-1982 Iceland - Netherlands 1 - 1  
22-09-1982 Netherlands - Ireland 2 - 1  
13-10-1982 Ireland - Iceland 2 - 0  
27-10-1982 Spain - Iceland 1 - 0  
17-11-1982 Ireland - Spain 3 - 3  
19-12-1982 Malta - Netherlands 0 - 6  
16-02-1983 Spain - Netherlands 1 - 0  
30-03-1983 Malta - Ireland 0 - 1  
27-04-1983 Spain - Ireland 2 - 0  
15-05-1983 Malta - Spain 2 - 3  
29-05-1983 Iceland - Spain 0 - 1  
05-06-1983 Iceland - Malta 1 - 0  
07-09-1983 Netherlands - Iceland 3 - 0  
21-09-1983 Iceland - Ireland 0 - 3  
12-10-1983 Ireland - Netherlands 2 - 3  
16-11-1983 Netherlands - Spain 2 - 1  
16-11-1983 Ireland - Malta 8 - 0  
17-12-1983 Netherlands - Malta 5 - 0  
21-12-1983 Spain - Malta 12 - 1  

Final standings

Pl.

W

D

L

G+

G-

GD

Pts
1 Spain 8 6 1 1 24 8 +16 13
2 Netherlands 8 6 1 1 22 6 +16 13
3 Ireland 8 4 1 3 20 10 +10 9
4 Iceland 8 1 1 6 3 13 -10 3
5 Malta 8 1 0 7 5 37 -32 2
Not qualified

1988 - West-Germany

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Qualifications
15-10-1986 Hungary - Netherlands 0 - 1  
15-10-1986 Poland - Greece 2 - 1  
12-11-1986 Greece - Hungary 2 - 1  
19-11-1986 Netherlands - Poland 0 - 0  
03-12-1986 Cyprus - Greece 2 - 4  
21-12-1986 Cyprus - Netherlands 0 - 2  
14-01-1987 Greece - Cyprus 3 - 1  
08-02-1987 Cyprus - Hungary 0 - 1  
25-03-1987 Netherlands - Greece 1 - 1  
12-04-1987 Poland - Cyprus 0 - 0  
29-04-1987 Greece - Poland 1 - 0  
29-04-1987 Netherlands - Hungary 2 - 0  
17-05-1987 Hungary - Poland 5 - 3  
23-09-1987 Poland - Hungary 3 - 2  
14-10-1987 Hungary - Greece 3 - 0  
14-10-1987 Poland - Netherlands 0 - 2  
11-11-1987 Cyprus - Poland 0 - 1  
02-12-1987 Hungary - Cyprus 1 - 0  
09-12-1987 Netherlands - Cyprus 4 - 0  
16-12-1987 Greece - Netherlands 0 - 3  
 

Final standings

Pl.

W

D

L

G+

G-

GD

Pts
1 Netherlands 8 6 2 0 15 1 +14 14
2 Greece 8 4 1 3 12 13 -1 9
3 Hungary 8 4 0 4 13 11 +2 8
4 Poland 8 3 2 3 9 11 -2 8
5 Cyprus 8 0 1 7 3 16 -13 1
Qualified  

Finals
12-06-1988 Sowiet Union - Netherlands 1-0 1-0 Rats 52'
15-06-1988 Netherlands - England 3-1 1-0 Van Basten 44'
1-1 Robson 53'
2-1 Van Basten 71'
3-1 Van Basten 75'
18-06-1988 Netherlands - Ireland 1-0 1-0 Kieft 82'
 

Group Standings

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

Pts
1 USSR 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 5
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
The Netherlands progress to the semi-finals

SF
21-06-1988 Netherlands - West-Germany 2-1 1-0 Matthäus 55' (pen)
1-1 R. Koeman 74' (pen)
2-1 Van Basten 88'

Final
18-06-1988 Netherlands - Sowiet Union 2-0 1-0 Gullit 32'
2-0 Van Basten 54'

The Netherlands are European Champions!

 

1992 - Sweden

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Qualifications
12-09-1990 Finland - Portugal 0 - 0  
17-10-1990 Portugal - Netherlands 1 - 0  
31-10-1990 Greece - Malta 4 - 0  
21-11-1990 Netherlands - Greece 2 - 0  
25-11-1990 Malta - Finland 1 - 1  
19-12-1990 Malta - Netherlands 0 - 8  
23-01-1991 Greece - Portugal 3 - 2  
09-02-1991 Malta - Portugal 0 - 1  
20-02-1991 Portugal - Malta 5 - 0  
13-03-1991 Netherlands - Malta 1 - 0  
17-04-1991 Netherlands - Finland 2 - 0  
16-05-1991 Finland - Malta 2 - 0  
05-06-1991 Finland - Netherlands 1 - 1  
11-09-1991 Portugal - Finland 1 - 0  
09-10-1991 Finland - Greece 1 - 1  
16-10-1991 Netherlands - Portugal 1 - 0