Football World Cup 1998 / Netherlands

This article covers the Dutch national football team at the 1998 World Cup .

qualification

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	26: 4	19th
2	Belgium	20:11	18th
3	Turkey	21: 9	14th
4th	Wales	20:21	7th
5	San Marino	0:42	0

Wales	-	Netherlands	1: 3
Netherlands	-	Wales	7: 1
Belgium	-	Netherlands	0: 3
Netherlands	-	San Marino	4-0
Turkey	-	Netherlands	1-0
San Marino	-	Netherlands	0: 6
Netherlands	-	Belgium	3: 1
Netherlands	-	Turkey	0-0

Dutch contingent

No.	Surname	Club before the start of the World Cup	birthday	Games	Gates
goalkeeper
1	Edwin van der Sar	Ajax Amsterdam	October 29, 1970	7th	0	0	0
18th	Ed de Goey	Chelsea FC	December 20, 1966	0	0	0	0
22nd	Ruud Hesp	FC Barcelona	10/31/1965	0	0	0	0
Defender
2	Michael Reiziger	FC Barcelona	05/03/1973	4th	0	1	0
3	Jaap Stam	PSV Eindhoven	07/17/1972	7th	0	2	0
4th	Frank de Boer	Ajax Amsterdam	05/15/1970	7th	1	0	0
5	Arthur Numan	PSV Eindhoven	December 14, 1969	6th	0	2	1
13	André Ooijer	PSV Eindhoven	07/11/1974	0	0	0	0
15th	Winston Bogarde	FC Barcelona	10/22/1970	2	0	1	0
midfield player
6th	Wim Jonk	PSV Eindhoven	October 12, 1966	6th	0	1	0
7th	Ronald de Boer	Ajax Amsterdam	05/15/1970	7th	0	0	0
10	Clarence Seedorf	real Madrid	04/01/1976	4th	0	1	0
11	Phillip Cocu	PSV Eindhoven	October 29, 1970	7th	2	0	0
12	Boudewijn Zenden	PSV Eindhoven	08/15/1976	4th	1	0	0
16	Edgar Davids	Juventus Turin	03/13/1973	6th	1	2	0
19th	Giovanni van Bronckhorst	Feyenoord Rotterdam	02/05/1975	0	0	0	0
20th	Aron Winter	Inter Milan	03/01/1967	4th	0	0	0
striker
8th	Dennis Bergkamp	Arsenal FC	05/10/1969	7th	3	0	0
9	Patrick Kluivert	AC Milan	07/01/1976	4th	2	0	1
14th	Marc Overmars	Arsenal FC	03/29/1973	6th	1	0	0
17th	Pierre van Hooijdonk	Nottingham Forest	11/29/1969	3	1	1	0
21st	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink	Leeds United	March 27, 1972	2	0	0	0
Trainer
	Guus Hiddink		11/08/1946

Games of the Dutch team

Preliminary round

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Netherlands	7: 2	5
2	Mexico	7: 5	5
3	Belgium	3: 3	3
4th	South Korea	2: 9	1

• Netherlands - Belgium 0: 0 (0: 0)

Stadium: Stade de France ( Saint-Denis )

Spectators: 75,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina ( Italy )

Goals: none

• Netherlands - South Korea 5: 0 (2: 0)

Stadium: Stade Vélodrome ( Marseille )

Spectators: 55,000

Referee: Ryszard Wojcik ( Poland )

Goals: 1: 0 Cocu (38.), 2: 0 Overmars (42.), 3: 0 Bergkamp (71.), 4: 0 van Hooijdonk (80.), 5: 0 R. de Boer (83.)

• Netherlands - Mexico 2: 2 (2: 0)

Stadium: Stade Geoffroy-Guichard ( Saint-Étienne )

Spectators: 30,600

Referee: Abdul Al-Zaid ( Saudi Arabia )

Goals: 1-0 Cocu (4th), 2-0 R. de Boer (18th), 2: 1 Peláez (75th), 2-2 Hernández (90th)

In Group E, Mexico and the Netherlands fought head-to-head for group victory. After Oranje disappointed in the first game against neighboring Belgium, Dennis Bergkamp's team turned up against South Korea and won 5-0. In the last group game, the Netherlands and Mexico finally drew 2-2, while the Belgians also ended their last game with a draw and thus missed the knockout stage.

Round of 16

33,500

Stade de Toulouse ( Toulouse )

Netherlands

Yugoslavia

José María Garcia Aranda ( Spain )

2: 1 (1: 0)

1: 0 Bergkamp (38th) 1: 1 Komljenović (48th) 2: 1 Davids (92nd + ')

The Netherlands progressed happily against Yugoslavia. The winning goal came in the 90th minute; The Yugoslavs had previously missed a penalty when the score was 1: 1.

Quarter finals

55,000

Stade Vélodrome ( Marseille )

Netherlands

Argentina

Arturo Brizio Carter ( Mexico )

2: 1 (1: 1)

1: 0 Kluivert (12th) 1: 1 López (17th) 2: 1 Bergkamp (89th)

In a high-class game between the Netherlands and Argentina, Oranje got the upper hand 2-1. Player of the day was Dennis Bergkamp, ​​who prepared the 1-0 and scored the 2-1 winning goal in stoppage time.

Semifinals

54,000

Stade Vélodrome ( Marseille )

Brazil

Netherlands

Ali Bujsaim ( UAE )

1: 1 n.V. (1: 1, 0: 0), 4: 2 i. E.

1: 0 Ronaldo (46.) 1: 1 Kluivert (87.) Penalty: Ronaldo hit F. de Boer hit Rivaldo hit Bergkamp hit Emerson hit Cocu held Dunga hit R. de Boer held

Brazil had better nerves in the semi-final against the Netherlands and were able to prevail on penalties. During regular time, Ronaldo gave the Seleção the lead. Patrick Kluivert equalized with three minutes to go, forcing the penalty shoot-out after extra time went goalless. While in Brazil all shooters converted, Ronald de Boer and Phillip Cocu failed to Claudio Taffarel.

3rd place match

45,500

Prince Park Stadium ( Paris )

Netherlands

Croatia

Epifanio González Chávez ( Paraguay )

1: 2 (1: 2)

0: 1 Prosinečki (13th) 1: 1 Zenden (21st) 1: 2 Šuker (35th)

In the small final between Croatia and the Netherlands, the World Cup debutant from the Balkans prevailed. The scorer of the 2-1 winning goal was again Davor Šuker, who secured the sole lead in the scorers list and thus became the top scorer of the 1998 World Cup. The Netherlands showed the disappointment after the semi-final defeat. In the end, Croatia deservedly came in third.