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Netherlands at the UEFA European Championship

The Netherlands national football team has appeared in ten UEFA European Championship tournaments, with an ongoing eleventh appearance in 2024. They 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 and 2016.

Overall record[edit]

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	Semi-finals	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	Semi-finals	3rd	5	4	1	0	13	3	Squad		Qualified as hosts
2004		3rd	5	1	2	2	7	6	Squad		10	7	1	2	26	7
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	Round of 16	9th	4	3	0	1	8	4	Squad		8	6	1	1	24	7
2024	Qualified										8	6	0	2	17	7
Total	1 Title	11/17	38	20	8	11	65	41	—		125	83	16	26	291	99

List of matches[edit]

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Netherlands scorers
1976	Semi-finals	Czechoslovakia	1–3 (a.e.t.)	L	Zagreb	Ondruš (o.g.)
	Third place play-off	Yugoslavia	3–2 (a.e.t.)	W	Zagreb	Geels (2), Van de Kerkhof
1980	Group stage	Greece	1–0	W	Naples	Kist
		West Germany	2–3	L	Naples	Rep, Van de Kerkhof
		Czechoslovakia	1–1	D	Milan	Kist
1988	Group stage	Soviet Union	0–1	L	Cologne	—
		England	3–1	W	Düsseldorf	Van Basten (3)
		Republic of Ireland	1–0	W	Gelsenkirchen	Kieft
	Semi-finals	West Germany	2–1	W	Hamburg	Koeman, Van Basten
	Final	Soviet Union	2–0	W	Munich	Gullit, Van Basten
1992	Group stage	Scotland	1–0	W	Gothenburg	Bergkamp
		CIS	0–0	D	Gothenburg	—
		Germany	3–1	W	Gothenburg	Rijkaard, Witschge, Bergkamp
	Semi-finals	Denmark	2–2 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	D	Gothenburg	Bergkamp, Rijkaard
1996	Group stage	Scotland	0–0	D	Birmingham	—
		Switzerland	2–0	W	Birmingham	Cruyff, Bergkamp
		England	1–4	L	London	Kluivert
	Quarter-finals	France	0–0 (a.e.t.) (4–5 p)	D	Liverpool	—
2000	Group stage	Czech Republic	1–0	W	Amsterdam	F. de Boer
		Denmark	3–0	W	Rotterdam	Kluivert, R. de Boer, Zenden
		France	3–2	W	Amsterdam	Kluivert, F. de Boer, Zenden
	Quarter-finals	Yugoslavia	6–1	W	Rotterdam	Kluivert (3), Govedarica (o.g.), Overmars (2)
	Semi-finals	Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.) (1–3 p)	D	Amsterdam	—
2004	Group stage	Germany	1–1	D	Porto	Van Nistelrooy
		Czech Republic	2–3	L	Aveiro	Bouma, Van Nistelrooy
		Latvia	3–0	W	Braga	Van Nistelrooy (2), Makaay
	Quarter-finals	Sweden	0–0 (a.e.t.) (5–4 p)	D	Faro	—
	Semi-finals	Portugal	1–2	L	Lisbon	Andrade (o.g.)
2008	Group stage	Italy	3–0	W	Bern	Van Nistelrooy, Sneijder, Van Bronckhorst
		France	4–1	W	Bern	Kuyt, Van Persie, Robben, Sneijder
		Romania	2–0	W	Bern	Huntelaar, Van Persie
	Quarter-finals	Russia	1–3 (a.e.t.)	L	Basel	Van Nistelrooy
2012	Group stage	Denmark	0–1	L	Kharkiv	—
		Germany	1–2	L	Kharkiv	Van Persie
		Portugal	1–2	L	Kharkiv	Van der Vaart
2020	Group stage	Ukraine	3–2	W	Amsterdam	Wijnaldum, Weghorst, Dumfries
		Austria	2–0	W	Amsterdam	Depay, Dumfries
		North Macedonia	3–0	W	Amsterdam	Depay, Wijnaldum (2)
	Round of 16	Czech Republic	0–2	L	Budapest	—
2024	Group stage	Poland	2–1	W	Hamburg	Gakpo, Weghorst
		France	0–0	D	Leipzig	—
		Austria	–		Berlin

Euro 1976[edit]

Final tournament[edit]

Semi-finals

Czechoslovakia	3–1 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
Ondruš 19' Nehoda 114' Veselý 118'	Report	Ondruš 73' (o.g.)

Attendance: 17,879

Referee: Clive Thomas (Wales)

Third place play-off

Netherlands	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Yugoslavia
Geels 27', 107' W. van de Kerkhof 39'	Report	Katalinski 43' Džajić 82'

Attendance: 6,766

Referee: Walter Hungerbühler (Switzerland)

Euro 1980[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	West Germany	3	2	1	0	4	2	+2	5	Advance to final
2	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	4	3	+1	3	Advance to third place play-off
3	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
4	Greece	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Netherlands	1–0	Greece
Kist 65' (pen.)	Report

Attendance: 14,990

Referee: Adolf Prokop (East Germany)

West Germany	3–2	Netherlands
Allofs 20', 60', 65'	Report	Rep 79' (pen.) W. van de Kerkhof 85'

Attendance: 29,889

Referee: Robert Wurtz (France)

Netherlands	1–1	Czechoslovakia
Kist 59'	Report	Nehoda 16'

Attendance: 11,889

Referee: Hilmi Ok (Turkey)

Euro 1988[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	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

Netherlands	0–1	Soviet Union
	Report	Rats 52'

Attendance: 54,336

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

England	1–3	Netherlands
Robson 53'	Report	Van Basten 44', 71', 75'

Attendance: 63,940

Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy)

Republic of Ireland	0–1	Netherlands
	Report	Kieft 82'

Attendance: 64,731

Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria)

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals

West Germany	1–2	Netherlands
Matthäus 55' (pen.)	Report	R. Koeman 74' (pen.) Van Basten 88'

Attendance: 56,115

Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

Final

Soviet Union	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Gullit 32' Van Basten 54'

Attendance: 62,770^[1]

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Euro 1992[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	4	1	+3	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Germany	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	3
3	Scotland	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	2
4	CIS	3	0	2	1	1	4	−3	2

Netherlands	1–0	Scotland
Bergkamp 75'	Report

Attendance: 35,720

Referee: Bo Karlsson (Sweden)

Netherlands	0–0	CIS
	Report

Attendance: 34,440

Referee: Peter Mikkelsen (Denmark)

Netherlands	3–1	Germany
Rijkaard 4' Witschge 15' Bergkamp 72'	Report	Klinsmann 53'

Attendance: 37,725

Referee: Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy)

Knockout stage[edit]

Semi-finals

Netherlands	2–2 (a.e.t.)	Denmark
Bergkamp 23' Rijkaard 86'	Report	Larsen 5', 33'
Penalties
Koeman Van Basten Bergkamp Rijkaard Witschge	4–5	Larsen Povlsen Elstrup Vilfort Christofte

Attendance: 37,450

Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain)

Euro 1996[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	England (H)	3	2	1	0	7	2	+5	7	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4[a]
3	Scotland	3	1	1	1	1	2	−1	4[a]
4	Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	4	−3	1

Netherlands	0–0	Scotland
	Report

Attendance: 34,363

Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)

Switzerland	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Cruyff 66' Bergkamp 79'

Attendance: 36,800

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Netherlands	1–4	England
Kluivert 78'	Report	Shearer 23' (pen.), 57' Sheringham 51', 62'

Attendance: 76,798

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals

France	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Zidane Djorkaeff Lizarazu Guérin Blanc	5–4	De Kock De Boer Kluivert Seedorf Blind

Attendance: 37,465^[2]

Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

Euro 2000[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands (H)	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	France	3	2	0	1	7	4	+3	6
3	Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	3	3	0	3
4	Denmark	3	0	0	3	0	8	−8	0

Netherlands	1–0	Czech Republic
F. de Boer 89' (pen.)	Report

Attendance: 50,800

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Denmark	0–3	Netherlands
	Report	Kluivert 57' R. de Boer 66' Zenden 77'

Attendance: 51,425

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

France	2–3	Netherlands
Dugarry 8' Trezeguet 31'	Report	Kluivert 14' F. de Boer 51' Zenden 59'

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals

Netherlands	6–1	FR Yugoslavia
Kluivert 24', 38', 54' Govedarica 51' (o.g.) Overmars 78', 90+1'	Report	Milošević 90+2'

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Semi-finals

Italy	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Di Biagio Pessotto Totti Maldini	3–1	F. de Boer Stam Kluivert Bosvelt

Attendance: 50,000

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Euro 2004[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Czech Republic	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2	4
3	Germany	3	0	2	1	2	3	−1	2
4	Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Germany	1–1	Netherlands
Frings 30'	Report	Van Nistelrooy 81'

Attendance: 48,197

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Netherlands	2–3	Czech Republic
Bouma 4' Van Nistelrooy 19'	Report	Koller 23' Baroš 71' Šmicer 88'

Attendance: 29,935

Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Netherlands	3–0	Latvia
Van Nistelrooy 27' (pen.), 35' Makaay 84'	Report

Attendance: 27,904

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-finals

Sweden	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Netherlands
	Report
Penalties
Källström Larsson Ibrahimović Ljungberg Wilhelmsson Mellberg	4–5	Van Nistelrooy Heitinga Reiziger Cocu Makaay Robben

Attendance: 27,762

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Semi-finals

Portugal	2–1	Netherlands
Ronaldo 26' Maniche 58'	Report	Andrade 63' (o.g.)

Attendance: 46,679

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Euro 2008[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Netherlands	3	3	0	0	9	1	+8	9	Advance to knockout phase
2	Italy	3	1	1	1	3	4	−1	4
3	Romania	3	0	2	1	1	3	−2	2
4	France	3	0	1	2	1	6	−5	1

Netherlands	3–0	Italy
Van Nistelrooy 26' Sneijder 31' Van Bronckhorst 79'	Report

Attendance: 30,777^[3]

Referee: Peter Fröjdfeldt (Sweden)

Netherlands	4–1	France
Kuyt 9' Van Persie 59' Robben 72' Sneijder 90+2'	Report	Henry 71'

Attendance: 30,777^[4]

Referee: Herbert Fandel (Germany)

Netherlands	2–0	Romania
Huntelaar 54' Van Persie 87'	Report

Attendance: 30,777^[5]

Referee: Massimo Busacca (Switzerland)

Knockout phase[edit]

Quarter-finals

Netherlands	1–3 (a.e.t.)	Russia
Van Nistelrooy 86'	Report	Pavlyuchenko 56' Torbinski 112' Arshavin 116'

Attendance: 38,374^[6]

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Euro 2012[edit]