European Football Championship 1992 / Netherlands

This article deals with the Dutch national football team during the 1992 European Football Championship

qualification

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Final table (group 6)

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	8th	6th	1	1	017: 200	+15	13: 30
2.	Portugal	8th	5	1	2	011: 400	+7	11: 50
3.	Greece	8th	3	2	3	011: 900	+2	08: 80
4th	Finland	8th	1	4th	3	005: 800	−3	06:10
5.	Malta	8th	0	2	6th	002:230	−21	02:14

Game results

10/17/1990	postage	Portugal	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)
11/21/1990	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Greece	2: 0 (2: 0)
December 19, 1990	Valletta	Malta	-	Netherlands	0: 8 (0: 3)
03/13/1991	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Malta	1: 0 (1: 0)
04/17/1991	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Finland	2: 0 (1: 0)
06/05/1991	Helsinki	Finland	-	Netherlands	1: 1 (0: 0)
10/16/1991	Rotterdam	Netherlands	-	Portugal	1: 0 (1: 0)
December 4th, 1991	Thessaloniki	Greece	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 1)

Finals

Dutch contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the European Championship	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven	04.10.1956	4th	0	0	0	0
13	Stanley Menzo	Ajax Amsterdam	October 15, 1963	0	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Berry van Aerle	PSV Eindhoven	December 8, 1962	2	0	0	0	0
3	Adri van Tiggelen	PSV Eindhoven	06/16/1957	4th	0	0	0	0
4th	Ronald Koeman	FC Barcelona	03/21/1963	4th	0	1	0	0
5	Danny Blind	Ajax Amsterdam	08/01/1961	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Frank de Boer	Ajax Amsterdam	05/15/1970	2	0	0	0	0
midfield player
6th	Jan Wouters	FC Bayern Munich	07/17/1960	4th	0	1	0	0
8th	Frank Rijkaard	AC Milan	09/30/1962	4th	2	1	0	0
10	Ruud Gullit	AC Milan	09/01/1962	4th	0	0	0	0
11	John van 't Schip	Ajax Amsterdam	12/30/1963	2	0	0	0	0
14th	Rob Witschge	Feyenoord Rotterdam	08/22/1966	4th	1	1	0	0
15th	Aron Winter	Ajax Amsterdam	03/01/1967	2	0	0	0	0
16	Peter Bosz	Feyenoord Rotterdam	11/21/1963	1	0	0	0	0
18th	Wim Jonk	Ajax Amsterdam	October 12, 1966	0	0	0	0	0
striker
7th	Dennis Bergkamp	Ajax Amsterdam	05/10/1969	4th	3	0	0	0
9	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	October 31, 1964	4th	0	0	0	0
12	Wim Kieft	PSV Eindhoven	11/12/1962	1	0	0	0	0
19th	Eric Viscaal	KAA Gent	03/20/1968	1	0	0	0	0
20th	Bryan Roy	Ajax Amsterdam	02/12/1970	4th	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Rinus Michels		02/09/1928

Games of the Dutch team

Preliminary round

In addition to games against Scotland and the CIS, the draw resulted in the duel with the old rival Germany , which was additionally charged with the so-called spitting affair around Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler after the events in the round of 16 at the 1990 World Cup .

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Netherlands	3	2	1	0	004: 100	+3	05: 10
2.	Germany	3	1	1	1	004: 400	± 0	03: 30
3.	Scotland	3	1	0	2	003: 300	± 0	02: 40
4th	CIS	3	0	2	1	001: 400	−3	02: 40
For positions 3 and 4, the direct comparison is decisive.

June 12, 1992 in Gothenburg (Ullevi)
Netherlands	-	Scotland	1: 0 (0: 0)
June 15, 1992 in Gothenburg (Ullevi)
Netherlands	-	CIS	0-0
June 18, 1992 in Gothenburg (Ullevi)
Germany	-	Netherlands	1: 3 (0: 2)

The Dutch selection started the tournament with a 1-0 win against Scotland. Bergkamp scored the decisive goal in the 75th minute. In the second group game against the CIS, the teams drew goalless.

Both the Netherlands and Germany needed at least one point to advance to the semi-finals on their own. The Dutch surprised the German team with enormous pressure from the start. And so they took the lead in the 4th minute with a head through Rijkaard. In the 15th minute Witschge made it 2-0. In the second half, a more open game developed when Jürgen Klinsmann scored the next goal in the 54th minute. The Germans now put enormous pressure and had good chances to score, but ran into the decisive counterattack in the 72nd minute, which Bergkamp closed with his second tournament goal to make it 3-1.

Semifinals

As group winners of group B, the Dutch selection played on June 22nd in Ullevi against the group runners-up in group A, the surprise team from Denmark . The duel of the high favorites and defending champion against the underdog is considered the most dramatic game of the European Championship in Sweden.

June 22, 1992 in Gothenburg (Ullevi)
Netherlands	-	Denmark	2: 2 n.V. (2: 2, 1: 2), 4: 5 i. E.

After Henrik Larsen scored the opening goal for the Danish selection in the 5th minute, an open exchange of blows developed. In the 23rd minute Bergkamp equalized, but Larsen scored with his second goal in the game ten minutes later, the renewed lead for the underdog. In the second half of the game, the Dutch team pushed for the goal guarded by Peter Schmeichel and managed to equalize in the 86th minute through Rijkaard, which at least saved extra time. In the 30 minutes of additional playing time there was no further hit, so the penalty shoot-out had to bring the decision. Ironically, van Basten, the team's superstar, missed his penalty. Since all shooters scored on the other side, the top favorite had to travel home after the semi-finals.