Football World Cup 1978 / Netherlands

The Dutch national football team at the 1978 World Cup in Argentina :

qualification

The vice world champion of the soccer world championship in 1974 was able to qualify for the tournament in Argentina without much effort. He lost just one point in a 2-2 draw against Northern Ireland . This resulted in the Netherlands qualifying quite early. Belgium was drawn into the Dutch group as in 1974 , but this time not an equal opponent.

rank	country	Gates	Points
1.	Netherlands	11: 3	11: 1
2.	Belgium	7: 6	6: 6
3.	Northern Ireland	7: 6	5: 7
4th	Iceland	2:12	2:10

Iceland	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 1)
Netherlands	-	Northern Ireland	2: 2 (0: 1)
Belgium	-	Netherlands	0: 2 (0: 1)
Netherlands	-	Iceland	4: 1 (3: 0)
Northern Ireland	-	Netherlands	0: 1 (0: 0)
Netherlands	-	Belgium	1: 0 (1: 0)

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
8th	Jan Jongbloed	Roda Kerkrade	11/25/1940	5	0	0	0
19th	Pim Doesburg	Sparta Rotterdam	October 28, 1943	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Jan Poortvliet	PSV Eindhoven	09/21/1955	6th	0	0	0
4th	Adrie van Kraay	PSV Eindhoven	08/01/1953	2	0	0	0
5	Ruud Krol	Ajax Amsterdam	March 24, 1949	7th	0	1	0
7th	Piet Wildschut	FC Twente Enschede	10/25/1957	3	0	0	0
15th	Hugo Hovenkamp	AZ Alkmaar	05.10.1950	0	0	0	0
17th	Wim Rijsbergen	Feyenoord Rotterdam	January 18, 1952	3	0	0	0
20th	Wim Suurbier	FC Schalke 04	January 16, 1945	4th	0	1	0
22nd	Ernie Brandts	PSV Eindhoven	02/03/1956	4th	2	0	0
midfield player
3	Dick Schoenaker	Ajax Amsterdam	11/30/1952	1	0	0	0
6th	Wim Jansen	Feyenoord Rotterdam	10/28/1946	7th	0	0	0
9	Arie Haan	RSC Anderlecht	11/16/1948	6th	2	1	0
11	Willy van de Kerkhof	PSV Eindhoven	16.09.1951	7th	1	1	0
13	Johan Neeskens	FC Barcelona	09/15/1951	5	0	0	0
14th	Johan Boskamp	RWD Molenbeek	10/21/1948	1	0	0	0
striker
10	René van de Kerkhof	PSV Eindhoven	16.09.1951	7th	1	1	0
12	Rob Rensenbrink	RSC Anderlecht	07/03/1947	7th	5	0	0
16	Johnny rep	SC Bastia	11/25/1951	7th	3	1	0
18th	Dick Nanninga	Roda Kerkrade	January 17, 1949	3	1	1	1
21st	Harry Lubse	PSV Eindhoven	09/21/1951	0	0	0	0
Trainer
	Ernst Happel		11/29/1925

• The Austrian Happel, who was under contract with the Belgian first division club FC Bruges , was only signed by the Dutch association for the duration of the preparation and the course of the tournament.

Dutch games at the 1978 World Cup

Preliminary round

• Netherlands 3-0 Iran - Goals: 1-0 Rensenbrink (39th minute from a penalty kick), 2-0 Rensenbrink (62nd minute), 3-0 Rensenbrink (79th minute from a penalty kick)
• Netherlands 0-0 Peru
• Netherlands 2-3 Scotland - Goals: Rensenbrink 1-0 (34th minute from a penalty kick), 1: 1 Dalglish (43rd minute), 1: 2 Gemmill (46th minute from a penalty kick), 1: 3 Gemmill (67th min.), 2: 3 rep (71th min.)

Only through the better goal difference did the Netherlands reach the next round in front of the Scots tied with points .

Second final round (Group A)

• Netherlands - Austria 5-1 - goals: 1-0 Brandts (6th min.), 2-0 Rensenbrink (35th minute from a penalty kick), 3-0 Rep (36th min.), 4-0 Rep (53rd minute) . Min.), 4: 1 Obermayer (80. Min.), 5: 1 W. van de Kerkhof (83. Min.)
• Netherlands 2-2 Germany - goals: 0-1 Abramczik (3rd min.), 1: 1 Haan (26th min.), 1: 2 Müller (70th min.), 2-2 R. van de Kerkhof (83. min.)
• Netherlands - Italy 2-1 - Goals: 0-1 Brandts (19th min. - own goal), 1: 1 Brandts (50th min.), 2: 1 Haan (75th min.)

final

• Netherlands 1-3 Argentina - Goals: 0-1 Kempes (38th min.), 1: 1 Nanninga (80th min.), 1-2 Kempes (105th min.), 1-3 Bertoni (115th min .) .)

The Netherlands became vice world champions for the second time in a row.