European Football Championship 1980 / Netherlands
This article covers the Dutch national team at the 1980 European Football Championship .
qualification
Final table group 4
Pl. | country | Sp. | S. | U | N | Gates | Diff. | Points |
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8th | 6th | 1 | 1 | 20: 6 | +14 | 13: 3 |
2. |
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8th | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13: 4 | +9 | 12: 4 |
3. |
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8th | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18:11 | +7 | 11: 5 |
4th |
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8th | 2 | 0 | 6th | 7:18 | −11 | 4:12 |
5. |
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8th | 0 | 0 | 8th | 2:21 | −19 | 0:16 |
Game results
09/20/1978 | Netherlands | - | Iceland | 3: 0 (1: 0) |
10/11/1978 | Switzerland | - | Netherlands | 1: 3 (1: 1) |
11/15/1978 | Netherlands | - | GDR | 3: 0 (1: 0) |
03/28/1979 | Netherlands | - | Switzerland | 3: 0 (0: 0) |
05/02/1979 | Poland | - | Netherlands | 2: 0 (1: 0) |
09/05/1979 | Iceland | - | Netherlands | 0: 4 (0: 0) |
10/17/1979 | Netherlands | - | Poland | 1: 1 (0: 1) |
11/21/1979 | GDR | - | Netherlands | 2: 3 (2: 1) |
Dutch contingent
No. | Surname | Club before the start of the World Cup | birthday | Games | Gates |
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goalkeeper | |||||||
1 | Piet Schrijvers |
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December 15, 1946 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | Pim Doesburg |
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October 28, 1943 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20th | Hans van Breukelen |
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04.10.1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defender | |||||||
2 | Bennie Wijnstekers |
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08/31/1955 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | Michel van de Korput |
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09/18/1956 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4th | Hugo Hovenkamp |
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05.10.1950 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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March 24, 1949 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6th | Jan Poortvliet |
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09/21/1955 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15th | Huub Stevens |
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11/29/1953 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
21st | Ernie Brandts |
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02/03/1956 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
midfield player | |||||||
8th | Willy van de Kerkhof |
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16.09.1951 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
10 | Arie Haan |
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11/16/1948 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
11 | Heini Otto |
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08/24/1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14th | Adrie Koster |
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11/18/1954 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
18th | Frans Thijssen |
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01/23/1952 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
19th | Romeo Zondervan |
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03/04/1959 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22nd | John Metgod |
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02/27/1958 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
striker | |||||||
7th | René van de Kerkhof |
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16.09.1951 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | Kees Kist |
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08/07/1952 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
12 | Johnny rep |
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11/25/1951 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
13 | Dick Nanninga |
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January 17, 1949 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
17th | Martien Vreijsen |
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November 15, 1955 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Trainer | |||||||
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02/18/1926 |
Finals
Group 1
June 11, 1980 in Naples (Stadio San Paolo) | |||
Greece | - | Netherlands | 0: 1 (0: 0) |
June 14, 1980 in Naples (Stadio San Paolo) | |||
BR Germany | - | Netherlands | 3: 2 (1: 0) |
June 17, 1980 in Milan (Giuseppe Meazza Stadium) | |||
Czechoslovakia | - | Netherlands | 1: 1 (1: 0) |
In the first group game, the Dutch faced Greece. After a penalty from Kist in the 65th minute, the game was decided and the team was able to achieve their first success. In the second group game you had to play against Germany. After a hat trick by Klaus Allofs within 65 minutes, Rep and Willy van de Kerkhof were only able to shorten the game to 2: 3 towards the end of the game, and they lost the game. In the last game it was decided who should qualify as second in the group for the small final. After a goal by Zdeněk Nehoda in the 16th minute, Kist scored the equalizer in the 59th minute. Netherlands needed a win, but couldn't score another goal, so they were eliminated in the group stage as third.