Dutch national soccer team for women / European championships

Netherlands
Koninkrijk der Nederlanden

European Championship record scorer:	Vivianne Miedema (4)
European Championship record player:	Daniëlle van de Donk , Lieke Martens and Sherida Spitse (9 each)
Rank:	9
Organizer:	2017
Balance sheet
14 European Championship games 8 wins 2 draws 4 defeats 19:10 goals
statistics
First European Championship game Netherlands 2-0 Ukraine Turku ( FIN ); August 23, 2009
Biggest European Championship victory Netherlands 3-0 England Enschede ( NLD ); 3rd August 2017
Biggest European Championship defeats Netherlands 1: 2 Finland Helsinki ( FIN ); 26 August 2009 Netherlands 1: 2 aet England Tampere ( FIN ); 6 September 2009 Netherlands 0-1 Norway Kalmar ( SWE ); 14 July 2013 Netherlands 0-1 Iceland Växjö ( SWE ); 17th July 2013
successes
European Championship
Participation in the finals	3 ( first : 2009 )
Best results	European Champion 2017
Best results in the countries where the UEFA European Football Championships are held
(As of August 6, 2017)

The article contains a detailed description of the Dutch national football team for women in European championships and the qualifications for them. The Netherlands always took part in the qualification and twice reached the finals by sport. In 2017, the KNVB hosted the final round, which was held for the first time with 16 teams and was automatically qualified for it. The Dutch women had already participated in the unofficial European Championship in Italy in 1979, but were eliminated in the group stage. In 2017 the Dutch women were able to use their home advantage and win the title for the first time.

Overview

year	Host country	Participation until ...	opponent	Result	Trainer	Comments and special features
1984	no finals	not qualified	-	-		In the qualification of Denmark failed.
1987	Norway	not qualified	-	-		In the qualification of defending champion Sweden failed.
1989	Germany	not qualified	-	-		In the quarter-finals of defending champion Norway failed
1991	Denmark	not qualified	-	-		In the quarter-finals to eventual host Denmark failed
1993	Italy	not qualified	-	-		In the quarter-finals to eventual winners Norway failed
1995	no finals	not qualified	-	-		Failed in the qualification against Iceland , which did not reach the final round either.
1997	Norway / Sweden	not qualified	-	-		Failed in the qualification to Russia , France and Iceland , which could not qualify either.
2001	Germany	not qualified	-	-		In the qualification of France , Sweden and Spain failed, but which also could not qualify.
2005	England	not qualified	-	-		In the qualification of Denmark and Norway failed.
2009	Finland	Semifinals	England	-	Vera Pauw	Defeat in extra time.
2013	Sweden	Preliminary round	Germany , Iceland , Norway	-	Roger Reijners	Eliminated as last group
2017	Netherlands	final	Denmark	European champion	Sarina Wiegman	Automatically qualifies as a host.

The tournaments

EM 1984

Only 16 teams had registered for the first European Championship and the qualification groups were divided according to geographical criteria. The team trained by Bert van Lingen had to play against Belgium , Germany and Denmark . On September 25, 1982, they played their first qualifying match against neighboring Belgium, in which Sjaan Fortuin scored the first competitive goal for the Dutch women in the first minute. However, the lead could not be defended and so the Belgians were 3-2 ahead in the end. After that they won 2-1 against the Danes in Groningen and achieved two draws against Germany, but the last game in Denmark was lost 2-0 and thus the qualification for the final round was missed. Instead, Denmark was allowed to play two games against England in the semi-finals , but lost both. The best goalscorers for the Netherlands were Wil de Visser and Loes Camper with three goals each.

EM 1987 in Norway

Qualification for the next European championship began in March 1985, for which only 16 teams had registered. This time there was no geographical division of the qualification groups. Nevertheless, the Dutch met neighbors Belgium again, as well as defending champions Sweden and France this time . The Dutch women won all their home games and in France, but the defeats in Belgium and Sweden only made it to second place. The best goalscorer for the Netherlands was Jeanny Allott , who scored the first three goals in the 5-3 win against France alone. Group winners Sweden then lost the title to host Norway in the first final round.

EM 1989 in Germany

Qualification for the next finals began just three months after the final. The Dutch women were now trained by Piet Buter and again Sweden was one of the qualifying opponents , also for the first time Ireland and Scotland , but they withdrew the team after two games, so that the 4-0 of the Dutch women against the Scottish women was taken out of the standings. The Dutch had started the qualification with a goalless draw in Sweden, but then won all games without conceding a goal and were qualified for the first quarter-finals. Here they met defending champion Norway , who was only second in his qualifying group, and lost both games. This time Marjoke de Bakker was the best Dutch goalscorer with five goals . In contrast, the group runner-up Sweden was able to prevail against Denmark, which had distanced the Norwegians in its group. Norway then lost their title to Germany in the finals.

EM 1991 in Denmark

In qualifying for the following European Championship finals, the Dutch women, trained by Bert van Lingen again, met Ireland again and Northern Ireland for the first time . The Dutch did not concede a goal again, won three games and only lost a point when they went 0-0 in Ireland. They scored a total of 17 goals, only one less than Denmark and defending champions Germany, who played two more games. Denmark were then opponents in the quarter-finals and since both teams could not score a goal in their home game in regular time, there was an extra time in the second game in Denekamp in which the Danes scored the decisive goal. Again Marjoke de Bakker was the best Dutch goalscorer, this time with six goals. Denmark was then allowed to host the finals and failed in the semifinals against Norway on penalties , but were able to win the game for third place against Italy.

EM 1993 in Italy

23 teams have already participated in the qualification for the following European Championship. To qualify for the quarter-finals, the Netherlands had to play in the group stage against Greece and Romania , which they had not played before. The Dutch started the qualification under Bert van Lingen, after the first game - a 3-0 win against Greece - Jan Derks took over the responsibility. Under him they also won the second game against Greece and played twice against Romania. Since Romania only reached 0-0 in Greece, the Dutch women were group winners again and qualified for the quarter-finals. Here they met Norway and lost both games 3-0. Norway then became European champions for the second time in the finals. The best goalscorer this time was Nathalie Geeris with three goals.

EM 1995

A month later, 29 teams began qualifying for the next European Championship, which was held again and for the last time without a final. The Dutch met Iceland for the first time , against which both games were lost, and, as before, Greece, against which both games were won. The Dutch were eliminated in second place, Iceland could not prevail against England in the quarter-finals. The best Dutch goalscorer was Rianne van Dam with two goals.

European Championship 1997 in Norway

One year after the premature end, the qualification for the next European Championship finals began for which 34 teams had already registered. Due to the different strengths of the teams entered, the qualification was divided into two categories. The 16 strongest teams, including the Netherlands, now coached by Ruud Dokter , played for the direct qualification, the 18 weaker teams for the opportunity to play in the higher category in the next qualification. Opponents were as before Iceland and this time France and Russia . The Dutch only won the game against eventual group winners Russia and made two draws (in France and against Russia), but lost three games. So they only finished last and had to play in relegation games against the Czech Republic , but both were won. The best Dutch goalscorer with two goals was the player named “Korbmacher”, whose first name is unknown even to the KNVB. Russia had qualified directly for the finals as group winners, France succeeded in the playoffs against Finland , while Iceland failed in the playoffs to defending champions Germany. At the finals, France and Russia were drawn into a group again, but failed in the group stage, which took place for the first time at a finals.

EM 2001 in Germany

In qualifying for the 2001 European Championship, the Dutch women again played in the higher category and met France again, as well as Sweden this time and Spain for the first time . No game could be won, points were only achieved in three draw games, the other three were lost and only the last place was occupied again. In the relegation, membership of the A category was secured with two victories against Hungary . Three players with two goals each were the best Dutch goalscorers this time. Group winners were France, which qualified directly for the finals, but failed there in the group stage. Sweden had to go into the playoffs against Finland as second in the group and prevailed there before reaching the finals in the final, which was lost to the host and defending champion Germany. Spain, however, failed in the playoffs to Denmark, which then failed in the semifinals to Sweden.

EM 2005 in England

For the EM 2005 the host was determined in advance for the first time and England was awarded the contract for the event. In Category A, 20 teams played in four groups of five and the Netherlands met old friends: Denmark, Norway, Spain and Belgium. The Dutch, now trained by Frans de Kat , could only win both games against their neighbors - each with 3-0 - and achieve a goalless draw in Spain. Since all other games were lost and only one goal was achieved, it was only enough for fourth place. No player scored more than one goal. Even before the last game, Remy Reynierse had taken over the position of bonds coach on an interim basis. In October 2004 he was replaced by Vera Pauw , who had previously coached the Scottish women's national football team and who brought about a change in Dutch women's football by initiating the women 's honor division in 2007 . Group winners Denmark - three points ahead of Norway - qualified directly for the finals, Norway then succeeded in the playoffs against Iceland . At the finals, Norway made it to the final, but lost it again to Germany, while Denmark failed in the preliminary round.

EM 2009 in Finland

The Netherlands had also applied to host the European Championships in 2009 , but Finland was subject to the award . For the first time, twelve teams took part in the tournament. The qualification mode has also been changed. Only the 20 weakest national teams contested the first qualifying round. The Netherlands did not have to intervene until the second round and met defending champions Germany in a group of five, against whom the qualification started with a 1: 5. Other opponents were Switzerland , Belgium and Wales , against which both games were won. The Dutch secured second place with a 3-0 win against Belgium, as Germany won their last game in Switzerland with this result. As one of the two worst runners-up in the group, the Dutch had to compete in the playoffs against the other worst runners-up, the Spanish, and won both games 2-0. This was the first time they qualified for the finals. The best Dutch goalscorers were Manon Melis with seven goals in the group matches and Karin Stevens with four goals, three of them in the playoffs. The third-placed Swiss women, on the other hand, as the second-worst third, did not qualify for the playoffs.

In the finals, the Dutch won the opening game against Ukraine , which also took part for the first time, 2-0, with Kirsten van de Ven scoring the first final goal for the "Vrouwen A-elftal" in the fourth minute. A 2-1 defeat against hosts Finland followed, but a 2-1 win against Denmark made it into second place and thus qualified for the knockout round. Here they met France, but neither scored a goal in 120 minutes, so it came to penalties . While only two of seven Dutch shooters failed, three French women shot at the post or over the goal. The EM newcomer was surprisingly in the semi-finals and met England. After a goalless first half, both scored a goal between the 61st and 64th minutes. It stayed that way until the end, so it was extended. In this, the English scored the decisive goal four minutes before the end. In the final against Germany, England was left behind again and lost 6-2. Vera Pauw initially remained in office, but stopped working as a bond coach in March 2010 after differences with the association's management. Her successor was initially Ed Engelkes and then in November 2010 Roger Reijner .

EM 2013 in Sweden

Scene from the game against Germany with Loes Geurts and Daphne Koster

The Netherlands had also applied to host the EM 2013 , but this time it was defeated by Sweden . Again the qualification was started by the weaker teams, but this time only by the eight weakest teams. The Netherlands did not have to intervene again until the second round and met England and, for the first time, Croatia , Serbia and Slovenia . The Dutch women couldn't win against England (0-0 and 0-1) and finished second behind England, but were also directly qualified as the best runner-up in the group. The top scorer for the Dutch women was again Manon Melis, this time with eight goals, four of which she scored in the 6-0 win against Serbia in the first game.

In the finals, for which the Dutch were considered the secret favorites, the team started with a goalless draw against defending champions Germany, but were at times the better team. Against Norway and Iceland, however, followed by 1-0 defeats, so that the team was eliminated as the bottom group and the only team without a goal. The two group opponents Germany and Norway then met again in the final with the usual result. In the subsequent qualification for the 2015 World Cup , the upward trend that had been interrupted at the European Championships continued and the Dutch women were able to qualify for a World Cup finals for the first time, with Vivianne Miedema , who was only 18 years old, becoming the top scorer. At the World Cup, the team failed in the round of 16 to defending champion Japan and the KNVB parted ways with Reijners. His successor was the former international Sarina Wiegman on an interim basis before Arjan van der Laan took over the post in October 2015 and began his tenure with a 2-1 win in France.

EM 2017 in the Netherlands

Starting grid in the final

Shanice van de Sanden (NED) in a duel with Elise Thorsnes (NOR) in the group match on July 16, 2017

After two unsuccessful attempts, the Netherlands was awarded the contract for the 2017 European Championship in December 2014 , which took place for the first time with 16 teams and prevailed against six competitors. As hosts, you were automatically qualified. At the draw that took place on November 8th, the Dutch women were assigned to pot 1 together with defending champions Germany, France and England and were placed as group heads in group 1. The draw was drawn from Norway, Denmark and neighboring Belgium, which took part for the first time. The Dutch women prevailed in the group stage with three wins. In the quarter-finals they then eliminated the Olympic champions Sweden and in the semi-finals England, where they achieved their highest victory in a European Championship finals. Like their opponents in the preliminary round, Denmark, they were in the final for the first time. In a high-scoring final, they fell behind in the 6th minute and thus for the first time in this final round, but four minutes later they equalized and took the lead in the 28th minute. Although they conceded the equalizer five minutes later, they were able to add two goals in the second half, while the Danes failed to score another goal. Vivianne Miedema scored the last goal a minute before the end of the game. With a total of four goals, all of which she scored in the knockout round, she was not only the second best goalscorer of the tournament, but is now also the best European championship scorer in the Netherlands. With the victory, they not only won the European Championship title for the first time, but also eight games in a row for the first time and improved by five places to 7th place in the FIFA world rankings published on September 1, 2017, placing them in the top 10 for the first time . Lieke Martens was not only voted the best player of the tournament, but a few days later also European Footballer of the Year .

statistics

Players with the most appearances at European Championships

Games	player	Year (games)
9	Daniëlle van de Donk	2013 (3), 2017 (6)
	Lieke Martens	2013 (3), 2017 (6)
	Sherida Spitse	2009 (0), 2013 (3), 2017 (6)
8th	Dyanne Bito	2009 (5), 2013 (3)
	Anouk Dekker	2013 (2), 2017 (6)
	Loes Geurts	2009 (5), 2013 (3), 2017 (0)
	Anouk Hoogendijk	2009 (5), 2013 (3)
	Daphne Koster	2009 (5), 2013 (3)
	Manon Melis	2009 (5), 2013 (3)
	Kirsten van de Ven	2009 (5), 2013 (3)
6th	Kika van Es	2017 (6)
	Stefanie van der Gragt	2017 (6)
	Jackie Groenen	2017 (6)
	Vivianne Miedema	2017 (6)
	Shanice van de Sanden	2017 (6), 2009 (0)
	Sylvia Smit	2009 (5), 2013 (1)
	Sari van Veenendaal	2017 (6)
5	Petra Hogewoning	2009 (5)
	Annemieke Kiesel	2009 (5)
	Desiree van Lunteren	2013 (0), 2017 (5)
	Manoe Meulen	2009 (5)
	Karin Stevens	2009 (5)
4th	Claudia van den Heiligenberg	2009 (1), 2013 (3)

As of August 6, 2017

Vivianne Miedema , best European championship scorer in the Netherlands

Players with the most goals at European Championships

Gates	player	Year (goals)
4th	Vivianne Miedema	2017 (4)
3	Sherida Spitse	2009 (0), 2017 (3)
	Lieke Martens	2013 (0), 2017 (3)
2	Kirsten van de Ven	2009 (2) 2013 (0)
1	Daniëlle van de Donk	2013 (0), 2017 (1)
	Manon Melis	2009 (1), 2013 (0)
	Marlous Pieëte	2009 (1), 2013 (0)
	Sylvia Smit	2009 (1), 2013 (0)
	Karin Stevens	2009 (1)
	Shanice van de Sanden	2009 (0), 2017 (1)

As of August 6, 2017

Finals games

Tampere (2) Helsinki Lahti Turku Squid Vaxjo (2) Utrecht Rotterdam Tilburg Doetinchem Enschede (2)

Venues (green = positive balance, yellow = balanced balance, red = negative balance, number in brackets = number of games, if> 1)

The Dutch have played 14 final round games so far, eight of which have been won, two have ended in a draw and four have been lost. Two games had to be extended, only one of which was decided by a goal, but one on penalties. Once the Dutch played against the hosts and once against the defending champion. The most frequent opponents are Denmark (3 games) as well as England and Norway with two games each.

No.	Result	date	opponent	venue	occasion	comment
1	2-0	08/23/2009	Ukraine	Turku ( FIN )	Group game	First game against Ukraine
2	1: 2	08/26/2009	Finland	Helsinki ( FIN )	Group game
3	2: 1	08/29/2009	Denmark	Lahti ( FIN )	Group game
4th	0: 0 a.d., 5: 4 in E.	09/03/2009	France	Tampere ( FIN )	Quarter finals
5	1: 2 a.d.	09/06/2009	England	Tampere ( FIN )	Semifinals
6th	0-0	07/11/2013	Germany	Växjö ( SWE )	Group game
7th	0: 1	07/14/2013	Norway	Squid ( SWE )	Group game	100th international match by Manon Melis
8th	0: 1	07/17/2013	Iceland	Växjö ( SWE )	Group game	The Dutch women drop out as the bottom of the group
9	1-0	07/16/2017	Norway	Utrecht ( NLD )	Opening game
10	1-0	07/20/2017	Denmark	Rotterdam ( NLD )	Group game
11	2: 1	07/24/2017	Belgium	Tilburg ( NLD )	Group game
12	2-0	07/29/2017	Sweden	Doetinchem ( NLD )	Quarter finals
13	3-0	08/03/2017	England	Enschede ( NLD )	Semifinals
14th	4: 2	08/06/2017	Denmark	Enschede ( NLD )	final	First title for the Dutch women

Notes: The team in bold went into the tournament as defending champions.

See also

• Dutch women's national football team / World Championships
• Dutch national football team / European championships

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Won one game on penalties .
2. ↑ inofficial European Women Championship 1979
3. ↑ België - Nederland 3 - 2 ( Memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Speler: Korbmacher  ( 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.  
5. ↑ uefa.com: "Lieke Martens and Cristiano Ronaldo are the UEFA Player of the Year"