Soccer World Cup 1990 / Netherlands

This article covers the Dutch national team at the 1990 World Cup .

qualification

The current European champion Netherlands had to deal with their eternal rival Germany in Europe group 4 . Together they qualified. It was the first time that the Netherlands had taken part in a World Cup since the 1978 World Cup .

Dutch qualifying matches

• Netherlands 1-0 Wales
• Germany 0-0 Netherlands
• Netherlands 1-1 Germany
• Finland 0-1 Netherlands
• Wales 1-2 Netherlands
• Netherlands 3-0 Finland

Dutch contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven	04.10.1956	4th	0	0	0
16	Joop Hiele	Feyenoord Rotterdam	December 25, 1958	0	0	0	0
22nd	Stanley Menzo	Ajax Amsterdam	October 15, 1963	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Berry van Aerle	PSV Eindhoven	December 8, 1962	4th	0	0	0
4th	Ronald Koeman	FC Barcelona	03/21/1963	4th	1	0	0
5	Adri van Tiggelen	RSC Anderlecht	06/16/1957	4th	0	0	0
13	Graeme Rutjes	KV Mechelen	03/26/1960	1	0	0	0
18th	Henk cutter	Roda Kerkrade	07/07/1966	1	0	0	0
21st	Danny Blind	Ajax Amsterdam	08/01/1961	0	0	0	0
midfield player
3	Frank Rijkaard	AC Milan	09/30/1962	4th	0	2	1
6th	Jan Wouters	Ajax Amsterdam	07/17/1960	4th	0	1	0
7th	Erwin Koeman	KV Mechelen	09/20/1961	1	0	0	0
8th	Gerald Vanenburg	PSV Eindhoven	05.03.1964	1	0	0	0
10	Ruud Gullit	AC Milan	09/01/1962	4th	1	0	0
11	Richard Witschge	Ajax Amsterdam	09/20/1969	4th	0	0	0
14th	John van 't Schip	Ajax Amsterdam	12/30/1963	2	0	0	0
20th	Aron Winter	Ajax Amsterdam	03/01/1967	1	0	0	0
striker
9	Marco van Basten	AC Milan	October 31, 1964	4th	0	1	0
12	Wim Kieft	PSV Eindhoven	11/12/1962	4th	1	1	0
15th	Bryan Roy	Ajax Amsterdam	02/12/1970	0	0	0	0
17th	Hans Gillhaus	Aberdeen FC	05/11/1963	3	0	0	0
19th	John van Loen	Roda Kerkrade	02/04/1965	1	0	0	0
Trainer
	Leo Beenhakker		08/02/1942

Dutch games at the 1990 World Cup

Preliminary round (Group F)

• Netherlands 1-1 Egypt - Goals: 1-0 Kieft (58th min.), 1: 1 Abdelghani (82nd min. From a penalty kick)
• Netherlands 0-0 England
• Netherlands 1-1 Ireland - Goals: 1-0 Gullit (10th min.), 1-1 Quinn (71st min.)

The Netherlands qualified tied on points and goals with Ireland . The lot had to decide in order to find the opponent for the round of 16.

Round of 16

• Netherlands 1-2 Germany - goals: 0-1 Klinsmann (50th min.), 0-2 Brehme (84th min.), 1-2 Ronald Koeman (88th min., Penalty kick)

The dramatic round of 16 game against Germany will be remembered above all because of the explosive early stages of the game. In the 22nd minute, Frank Rijkaard and Rudi Völler received the red card. When leaving the square, Völler was spat at by the passing Rijkaard, who has since been dubbed the Dutch Lama in Germany . In this game, as in the preliminary round, the Netherlands were never able to match the performance of the European Championship of 1988 and were eliminated in the second round.