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
1.	Netherlands	8th	6th	1	1	020: 600	+14	13: 30
2.	Poland	8th	5	2	1	013: 400	+9	12: 40
3.	GDR	8th	5	1	2	018:110	+7	11: 50
4th	Switzerland	8th	2	0	6th	007:180	−11	04:12
5.	Iceland	8th	0	0	8th	002:210	−19	00:16

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
goalkeeper
1	Piet Schrijvers	Ajax Amsterdam	December 15, 1946	3	0	0	0
16	Pim Doesburg	Sparta Rotterdam	October 28, 1943	1	0	0	0
20th	Hans van Breukelen	FC Utrecht	04.10.1956	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Bennie Wijnstekers	Feyenoord Rotterdam	08/31/1955	3	0	0	0
3	Michel van de Korput	Feyenoord Rotterdam	09/18/1956	3	0	0	0
4th	Hugo Hovenkamp	AZ Alkmaar	05.10.1950	3	0	0	0
5	Ruud Krol	Vancouver Whitecaps	March 24, 1949	3	0	0	0
6th	Jan Poortvliet	PSV Eindhoven	09/21/1955	1	0	0	0
15th	Huub Stevens	PSV Eindhoven	11/29/1953	2	0	1	0
21st	Ernie Brandts	PSV Eindhoven	02/03/1956	0	0	0	0
midfield player
8th	Willy van de Kerkhof	PSV Eindhoven	16.09.1951	3	1	1	0
10	Arie Haan	RSC Anderlecht	11/16/1948	3	0	1	0
11	Heini Otto	FC Twente Enschede	08/24/1954	0	0	0	0
14th	Adrie Koster	PSV Eindhoven	11/18/1954	0	0	0	0
18th	Frans Thijssen	Ipswich Town	01/23/1952	2	0	0	0
19th	Romeo Zondervan	FC Twente Enschede	03/04/1959	0	0	0	0
22nd	John Metgod	AZ Alkmaar	02/27/1958	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	René van de Kerkhof	PSV Eindhoven	16.09.1951	3	0	0	0
9	Kees Kist	AZ Alkmaar	08/07/1952	3	2	0	0
12	Johnny rep	AS Saint-Etienne	11/25/1951	2	1	1	0
13	Dick Nanninga	Roda JC Kerkrade	January 17, 1949	3	0	0	0
17th	Martien Vreijsen	NAC Breda	November 15, 1955	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Jan Zwartkruis		02/18/1926

Finals

Group 1

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	BR Germany	3	2	1	0	004: 200	+2	05: 10
2.	Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	004: 300	+1	03: 30
3.	Netherlands	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	03: 30
4th	Greece	3	0	1	2	001: 400	−3	01: 50
For placement 2 and 3, the better goal difference from all group matches is decisive.

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.