European Football Championship 1988 / Netherlands

This article deals with the Dutch national football team during the 1988 European Football Championship

European Championship qualification

The Netherlands qualified relatively confidently for the European Championship finals, with a dark shadow on the overall result after the Cyprus game (smoke bomb). In the first instance, UEFA rated the game 3-0 for Cyprus, which now gave the Greeks the chance to oust the Dutch from first place with a win in the final game. However, UEFA buckled in the second instance and decided on a replay. Greece then played the last game against the Netherlands with only a B selection.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	8th	6th	2	0	015: 100	+14	14: 20
2.	Greece	8th	4th	1	3	012:130	−1	09: 70
3.	Hungary	8th	4th	0	4th	013:110	+2	08: 80
4th	Poland	8th	3	2	3	009:110	−2	08: 80
5.	Cyprus	8th	0	1	7th	003:160	−13	01:15

Game results

10/15/1986	Budapest	Hungary	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)
11/19/1986	Amsterdam	Netherlands	-	Poland	0-0
December 21, 1986	Limassol	Cyprus	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 1)
03/25/1987	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Greece	1: 1 (0: 1)
04/29/1987	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Hungary	2: 0 (2: 0)
10/14/1987	Zabrze	Poland	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 2)
12/09/1987	Amsterdam	Netherlands	-	Cyprus	4: 0 (2: 0)
December 16, 1987	Rhodes	Greece	-	Netherlands	0: 3 (0: 1)

1. ↑ ^{a b} Result of the repeated game in camera. The Netherlands won their first game 8-0 on October 28, 1987 in Rotterdam. In this game, the Cypriot goalkeeper was hit by a smoke bomb in the 2nd minute and was injured as a result.

European Championship finals

Squad

N °	player	Club before the start of the European Championship	Date of birth	Euro 1988 games / goals
goalkeeper
1	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven	4th October 1956	5	-	1	-
16	Joop Hiele	Feyenoord Rotterdam	December 25, 1958	-	-	-	-
Defense
2	Adri van Tiggelen	RSC Anderlecht (BEL)	June 16, 1957	5	-	-	-
3	Sjaak Troost	Feyenoord Rotterdam	August 28, 1959	-	-	-	-
4th	Ronald Koeman	PSV Eindhoven	March 21, 1963	5	1	-	-
6th	Berry van Aerle	PSV Eindhoven	December 8, 1962	5	-	1	-
15th	Wim Koevermans	Fortuna Sittard	June 28, 1960	-	-	-	-
17th	Frank Rijkaard	Real Zaragoza (ESP)	September 30, 1962	5	-	-	-
18th	Wilbert Suvrijn	Roda JC Kerkrade	October 26, 1962	2	-	-	-
midfield
5	Aron Winter	Ajax Amsterdam	March 1, 1967	-	-	-	-
7th	Gerald Vanenburg	PSV Eindhoven	March 5, 1964	5	-	-	-
8th	Arnold Mühren	Ajax Amsterdam	June 2, 1951	5	-	-	-
11	John van 't Schip	Ajax Amsterdam	December 30, 1963	1	-	-	-
13	Erwin Koeman	KV Mechelen (BEL)	20th September 1961	4th	-	-	-
19th	Hendrik Krüzen	FC Den Bosch	November 24, 1964	-	-	-	-
20th	Jan Wouters	Ajax Amsterdam	17th July 1960	5	-	2	-
attack
9	John Bosman	Ajax Amsterdam	February 1, 1965	2	-	-	-
10	Ruud Gullit	AC Milan (ITA)	September 1, 1962	5	1	-	-
12	Marco van Basten	AC Milan (ITA)	October 31, 1964	5	5	-	-
14th	Wim Kieft	PSV Eindhoven	November 12, 1962	3	1	-	-
Trainer
	Rinus Michels		February 9, 1928

Preliminary round ( group 2 )

The Netherlands lost their opening game against the USSR, but with two wins against England and Ireland they reached the semi-finals in second place.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	USSR	3	2	1	0	005: 200	+3	05: 10
2.	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	004: 200	+2	04: 20
3.	Ireland	3	1	1	1	002: 200	± 0	03: 30
4th	England	3	0	0	3	002: 700	−5	00: 60

June 12, 1988 in Cologne (Müngersdorfer Stadion)
Netherlands	-	USSR	0: 1 (0: 0)
June 15, 1988 in Düsseldorf (Rheinstadion)
England	-	Netherlands	1: 3 (0: 1)
June 18, 1988 in Gelsenkirchen (Parkstadion)
Ireland	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)

Semifinals

June 21, 1988 in Hamburg ( Volksparkstadion )
BR Germany	-	Netherlands	1: 2 (0: 0)

final

June 25, 1988 in Munich ( Olympiastadion )
Netherlands	-	USSR	2: 0 (1: 0)

literature

• Hardy Greens : European Football Championship encyclopedia. 1960-2008. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-241-6 .
• New football week (fuwo) . Sportverlag Berlin, 1988, ISSN  0323-8407 .
• Foosball sports magazine . Olympia-Verlag GmbH, 1988, ISSN  0023-1290 .