European Women's Football Championship 2013 / Netherlands

This article covers the Dutch national team at the 2013 European Women's Football Championship in Sweden . The Netherlands took part in the finals for the second time, but were eliminated after the preliminary round. When they first participated in 2009, they reached the semi-finals.

qualification

The Dutch women were drawn for the qualification in group 6 and met England and for the first time Croatia , Slovenia and Serbia . The Dutch started with a 6-0 win against Serbia and remained clean in the following four games, including a 0-0 win against England. They only conceded their first goal in the 3-1 win against Slovenia and then lost the following game in England with 0-1. Since the English women didn't lose a game, the English women qualified for the European Championship with one point ahead of the Dutch women. Second place was enough for the Dutch women to qualify directly, as they achieved the most points of all runners-up in the group. The best scorer in qualification was Manon Melis with 8 goals.

table

Pl.	team	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Points
1	England	8th	6th	2	0	22: 02	20th
2	Netherlands	8th	6th	1	1	20: 02	19th
3	Serbia	8th	4th	1	3	15:18	13
4th	Slovenia	8th	1	1	6th	06:21	04th
5	Croatia	8th	0	1	7th	06:26	01

Game results

09/21/2011	Velsen	Netherlands	-	Serbia	6: 0 (1: 0)
10/22/2011	Vrbovec	Croatia	-	Netherlands	0: 3 (0: 0)
October 27, 2011	Zwolle	Netherlands	-	England	0-0
11/19/2011	Ivančna Gorica	Slovenia	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 1)
11/24/2011	The hague	Netherlands	-	Croatia	2: 0 (2: 0)
04/05/2012	Venlo	Netherlands	-	Slovenia	3: 1 (1: 1)
06/17/2012	Salford	England	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)
06/20/2012	Jakovo	Serbia	-	Netherlands	0: 4 (0: 2)

preparation

In preparation for the EM, four test matches were held.

date	Result	opponent	venue	Goal scorers for the Netherlands
April 5, 2013	1-0	Denmark	Silkeborg ( DNK )	Marlous Pieëte (90.)
April 9, 2013	1: 3	United States	The hague	Manon Melis (81st)
June 29, 2013	3: 1	Australia	Velsen	Lieke Martens (12th, 58th), Sherida Spitse (85th)
3rd July 2013	3-0	Northern Ireland	Velsen	Chantal de Ridder (82.), Marlous Pieëte (86.), Desiree van Lunteren (89.)

Contingent

The provisional squad with 27 players for the European Championship was on June 25, 2013. On June 30, Bondscoach Roger Reijners struck goalkeeper Laura Du Ry and field players Merel van Dongen , Kika van Es and Maayke Heuver from the squad due to the injury of Mandy van den Berg , Merel van Dongen was nevertheless taken into account.

The most experienced player in the squad is Dyanne Bito , who played 136 games before the EM. In addition, with captain Daphne Koster and Sylvia Smit, there are two other players with more than 100 international matches and with Manon Melis, the Netherlands’s record scorer. Due to a training injury, Marlous Pieëte is out of the EM and has been replaced by Maayke Heuver .

No.	Surname	Date of birth	debut	society	Calls	Gates	Last use	Sp.	goal
goal
23	Angela Christ	03/06/1989	1997	PSV / FC Eindhoven	11	0	07/03/2013	0	0	0	0	0
01	Loes Geurts	01/12/1986	2005	Vittsjö GIK	87	0	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
16	Sari van Veenendaal	04/03/1990	2011	FC Twente Enschede	6th	0	06/29/2013	0	0	0	0	0
Defense
02	Dyanne Bito	08/10/1981	2000	SC Telstar VVNH	139	6th	07/17/2013	3	0	1	0	0
03	Daphne Koster	03/13/1981	1997	Ajax Amsterdam	136	6th	07/17/2013	3	0	1	0	0
22nd	Mirte Roelvink	11/23/1985	2010	FSV Gütersloh	8th	0	07/03/2013	0	0	0	0	0
15th	Leonne Stentler	04/23/1986	2009	Ajax Amsterdam	17th	0	07/03/2013	0	0	0	0	0
17th	Siri Worm	04/20/1992	2012	FC Twente Enschede	6th	0	07/14/2013	1	0	0	0	0
midfield
04th	Merel van Dongen	02/11/1993	2013	Alabama Crimson Tide	1	0	07/03/2013	0	0	0	0	0
10	Daniëlle van de Donk	08/05/1991	2010	PSV / FC Eindhoven	21st	1	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
06th	Anouk Hoogendijk	05/06/1985	2004	Ajax Amsterdam	94	8th	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
11	Lieke Martens	12/16/1992	2011	FCR 2001 Duisburg	27	7th	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
14th	Renée Slegers	02/08/1989	2009	Linköpings FC	35	5	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
08th	Sherida Spitse	May 29, 1990	2006	FC Twente Enschede	82	12	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
07th	Kirsten van de Ven	05/11/1985	2004	Tyresö FF	72	15th	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
attack
18th	Anouk Dekker	11/15/1986	2009	FC Twente Enschede	20th	2	07/17/2013	2	0	0	0	0
05	Claudia van den Heiligenberg	03/25/1985	2007	SC Telstar VVNH	86	7th	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
20th	Desiree van Lunteren	12/30/1992	2012	Ajax Amsterdam	6th	1	07/03/2013	0	0	0	0	0
09	Manon Melis	08/31/1986	2004	LdB FC Malmö	101	45	07/17/2013	3	0	0	0	0
12	Maayke Heuver	07/26/1990	2012	FC Twente Enschede	12	1	03/13/2013	0	0	0	0	0
21st	Chantal de Ridder	01/19/1989	2007	Ajax Amsterdam	47	11	07/03/2013	0	0	0	0	0
13	Sylvia Smit	07/04/1986	2004	PEC Zwolle	107	30th	07/17/2013	1	0	0	0	0
19th	Mandy Versteeg	02/23/1990	2012	Ajax Amsterdam	4th	0	07/14/2013	1	0	0	0	0
Coaching staff
Roger Reijners		02/10/1964	2010	Bondscoach
Remarks: As of July 14, 2013 (after the game against Norway)

European Championship finals

The Dutch team met Germany , Iceland and Norway for the first time in group B at an EM . After a 0-0 win against defending champions Germany, where the Dutch had the better chances to score, the other two games were lost 0-1, so that the Dutch were eliminated as the bottom of the group and were the only team unable to score.

Pl.	country	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Norway	3	2	1	0	003: 100	+2	07th
2.	Germany	3	1	1	1	003: 100	+2	04th
3.	Iceland	3	1	1	1	002: 400	−2	04th
4th	Netherlands	3	0	1	2	000: 200	−2	01

Thursday, July 11, 2013, 8:30 p.m. in Växjö
Germany	-	Netherlands	0-0
Sunday, July 14, 2013, 6:00 p.m. in Kalmar
Norway	-	Netherlands	1: 0 (0: 0)
Wednesday, July 17, 2013, 6 p.m. in Växjö
Netherlands	-	Iceland	0: 1 (0: 1)

Individual evidence

1. ^ The FA names Salford as the venue [1] , the Uefa Manchester [2]
2. ↑ Four afvallers onsoranje.nl: EK-selectie vrouwen  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
3. ↑ onsoranje.nl: Definitive EK-selectie Oranje ( Memento of the original dated December 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
4. ↑ uefa.com: Van Dongen replaces Van den Berg
5. ↑ uefa.com: The Netherlands have to do without Pieëte
6. ↑ Back numbers according to [3] , the positions partly differ from those on the association website.