European Football Championship 1976 / Netherlands

This article covers the Dutch national team at the 1976 European Football Championship in Yugoslavia .

qualification

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Pt.
1	Netherlands	6th	4th	0	2	14: 08	8: 04
2	Poland	6th	3	2	1	09: 05	8: 04
3	Italy	6th	2	3	1	03: 03	7: 05
4th	Finland	6th	0	1	5	03:13	1:11

Game results

09/25/1974	Finland	-	Netherlands	1: 3 (1: 2)
11/20/1974	Netherlands	-	Italy	3: 1 (1: 1)
09/03/1975	Netherlands	-	Finland	4: 1 (2: 1)
09/10/1975	Poland	-	Netherlands	4: 1 (2: 0)
October 15, 1975	Netherlands	-	Poland	3: 0 (1: 0)
11/22/1975	Italy	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (1: 0)

Quarter finals

date		total		First leg	Return leg
April 24th / 22nd May 1976	Netherlands	7: 1	Belgium	5: 0 (2: 0)	2: 1 (0: 1)

Dutch contingent

Number / name		former club	birthday	Sp.	Gates	red	yellow
goalkeeper
01	Piet Schrijvers	Ajax Amsterdam	December 15, 1946	2	0	0	0
17th	Jan Ruiter	RSC Anderlecht	11/24/1946	0	0	0	0
18th	Jan Jongbloed	FC Amsterdam	11/25/1940	0	0	0	0
Defense
02	Wim Suurbier	Ajax Amsterdam	January 16, 1945	2	0	0	0
03	Wim Rijsbergen	Feyenoord Rotterdam	January 18, 1952	1	0	0	0
04th	Adrie van Kraay	PSV Eindhoven	08/01/1953	2	0	0	0
05	Ruud Krol	Ajax Amsterdam	March 24, 1949	2	0	0	0
20th	Wim Meutstege	Sparta Rotterdam	06/28/1952	1	0	0	0
midfield
06th	Johan Neeskens	FC Barcelona	09/15/1951	1	0	1	0
07th	Wim Jansen	Feyenoord Rotterdam	10/28/1946	2	0	0	0
09	Johan Cruyff	FC Barcelona	04/25/1947	1	1	0	0
10	Willy van de Kerkhof	PSV Eindhoven	16.09.1951	2	1	0	1
12	Willem van Hanegem	Feyenoord Rotterdam	02/20/1944	1	0	1	0
14th	Jan Peters	NEC Nijmegen	08/18/1954	1	0	0	0
15th	René van de Kerkhof	PSV Eindhoven	16.09.1951	1	0	0	0
16	Peter Arntz	Go Ahead Eagles Deventer	02/05/1953	1	0	0	0
attack
08th	Johnny rep	Valencia CF	11/25/1951	1	0	0	0
11	Rob Rensenbrink	RSC Anderlecht	07/03/1947	2	0	0	0
13	Ruud Geels	Ajax Amsterdam	07/28/1948	2	2	0	0
19th	Kees Kist	AZ '67 Alkmaar	08/07/1952	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	George Knobel		December 10, 1922

Dutch games

Semifinals:

June 16, 1976 in Zagreb ( Maksimir Stadium )
Czechoslovakia	-	Netherlands	3: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 1: 0)

3rd place match:

June 19, 1976 in Zagreb ( Maksimir Stadium )
Netherlands	-	Yugoslavia	3: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 2: 1)