Just a month before, the two brothers had both won a major club trophy, and that with different clubs: after Erwin Koeman had lifted the European Cup Winners' Cup with rank outsiders and European debutants KV Mechelen from Belgium by beating Ajax in the final, Ronald did one better by lifting the Champions' Cup with PSV, defeating Benfica in the final in Stuttgart. Later Ronald would become the second player ever (after Miodrag Belodedici) to win the major European cup prize with two different teams, claiming the first ever European Champions' League win with Barcelona in 1992.
Together the two brothers obtained 109 Dutch caps (Ronald 78, Erwin 31), scoring 16 goals (Ronald 14, Erwin 2). Below we list all 26 matches of the Dutch national team in which both brothers played. It is of interest to note that the Dutch team had a better average performance in matches in which both played than in matches in which only one of the two (regardless whether Erwin or Ronald) made an appearance.
Cap Goals Date Venue Opponent Score Competition
EK RK T
1 27- 4-83 Utrecht Sweden 0-3
2 1 1 7- 9-83 Groningen Iceland 3-0 European Champ. Qual.
3 16-11-83 Rotterdam Spain 2-1 European Champ. Qual.
4 17-12-83 Rotterdam Malta 5-0 European Champ. Qual.
5 10- 9-86 Praha Czechoslovakia 0-1
6 1- 6-88 Amsterdam Romania 2-0
7 15- 6-88 Düsseldorf England 3-1 European Championship
8 18- 6-88 Gelsenkirchen Ireland 1-0 European Championship
9 1 2 21- 6-88 Hamburg West Germany 2-1 European Championship
10 25- 6-88 München Soviet Union 2-0 European Championship
11 14- 9-88 Amsterdam Wales 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
12 19-10-88 München West Germany 0-0 World Cup Qualifier
13 4- 1-89 Tel-Aviv Israel 2-0
14 26- 4-89 Rotterdam West Germany 1-1 World Cup Qualifier
15 31- 5-89 Helsinki Finland 1-0 World Cup Qualifier
16 1 1 4 15-11-89 Rotterdam Finland 3-0 World Cup Qualifier
17 21- 2-90 Rotterdam Italy 0-0
18 1 5 30- 5-90 Wien Austria 2-3
19 3- 6-90 Zagreb Yugoslavia 2-0
20 12- 6-90 Palermo Egypt 1-1 World Cup
21 16-10-91 Rotterdam Portugal 1-0 European Champ. Qual.
22 4-12-91 Thessaloniki Greece 2-0 European Champ. Qual.
23 12- 2-92 Faro Portugal 0-2
24 1 6 13-10-93 Rotterdam England 2-0 World Cup Qualifier
25 17-11-93 Poznań Poland 3-1 World Cup Qualifier
26 1 7 19- 1-94 Tunis Tunisia 2-2
Total Record
GP GW GD GL GF GA Pts Percentage
26 17 5 4 43- 17 39 75.00
Types of Matches and Goals
Goals Matches Goals by Player
Friendlies 2 9 (Ronald 2)
World Cup - 1
World Cup Qualifier 3 7 (Ronald 2, Erwin 1)
European Championship 1 4 (Ronald 1)
European Champ. Qual. 1 5 (Ronald 1)
Total 7 26 (Ronald 6, Erwin 1)
Prepared and maintained by Karel Stokkermans for the Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
Author: Karel Stokkermans
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Last updated: 20 Jan 2022
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