Netherlands at the UEFA European Football 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
1960	Did Not Enter
1964	Did Not Qualify
1968
1972
1976	Semi Final	3rd	2	1	0	1	4	5
1980	Group Stage	5th	3	1	1	1	4	4
1984	Did Not Qualify
1988	Champions	1st	5	4	0	1	8	3
1992	Semi Final	3rd	4	2	2	0	6	3
1996	Quarter-Finals	8th	4	1	2	1	3	4
| 2000	Semi Final	3rd	5	4	1	0	13	3
2004	Semi Final	4th	5	1	2	2	7	6
2008	Quarter-Finals	6th	4	3	0	1	10	4
2012	Group Stage	15th	3	0	0	3	2	5
2016	Did Not Qualify
Total	1 Titles	9/15	35	17	8	10	57	37

List of matches

Year	Round	Opponent	Score	Result	Venue	Scorers
1976	Semi-final	Czechoslovakia	1–3 (aet)	L	Zagreb	Ondruš (o.g.)
	Third place match	Yugoslavia	3–2	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-final	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-final	Denmark	2–2 (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-final	France	0–0 (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-final	Yugoslavia	6–1	W	Rotterdam	Kluivert (3), Govedarica (o.g.), Overmars
	Semi-final	Italy	0–0 (1–3 p)	D	Amsterdam	& —
2004	Group stage	England	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-final	Sweden	0–0 (5–4 p)	D	Faro	& —
	Semi-final	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-final	Russia	1–3 (aet)	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

External links

• Netherlands at UEFA