Marco van Basten - Goals in International Matches


The outstanding Dutch player scored 24 international goals in 58 matches for his National Team. All matches are friendlies unless stated otherwise.
Born: 31-10-1964
Country:  Netherlands
Caps:	58	(W31-D15-L12 - GF88-GA39 - %66.38)
Goals:	24	(% 0.41 per match)
Age First Cap:	 18 yr 311 d	 7- 9-1983 vs. Iceland 3-0
Age Last Cap:	 27 yr 348 d	14-10-1992 vs. Poland 2-2
National Team Career:  9 yr  37 d


Cap  Goals	Date	Venue   	Opponent       Score	Competition

 1             7- 9-83  Groningen       Iceland         3-0     European Champ. Qual.
 2   1   1    21- 9-83  Brussel         Belgium         1-1
 3   1   2    12-10-83  Dublin          Ireland         3-2     European Champ. Qual.
 4       2    17-10-84  Rotterdam       Hungary         1-2     World Cup Qualifier
 5       2    14-11-84  Wien            Austria         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
 6       2    23-12-84  Lefkosia        Cyprus          1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 7   1   3    27- 2-85  Rotterdam       Cyprus          7-1     World Cup Qualifier
 8       3    14- 5-85  Budapest        Hungary         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
 9       3     4- 9-85  Heerenveen      Bulgaria        1-0
10       3    16-10-85  Bruxelles       Belgium         0-1     World Cup Qualifier
11   1   4    12- 3-86  Leipzig         East Germany    1-0
12       4    10- 9-86  Praha           Czechoslovakia  0-1
13   1   5    15-10-86  Budapest        Hungary         1-0     European Champ. Qual.
14       5    19-11-86  Amsterdam       Poland          0-0     European Champ. Qual.
15   1   6    25- 3-87  Rotterdam       Greece          1-1     European Champ. Qual.
16       6    29- 4-87  Rotterdam       Hungary         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
17       6     9- 9-87  Rotterdam       Belgium         0-0
18       6    14-10-87  Zabrze          Poland          2-0     European Champ. Qual.
19       6     1- 6-88  Amsterdam       Romania         2-0
20       6    12- 6-88  Köln            Soviet Union    0-1     European Championship
21   3   9    15- 6-88  Düsseldorf      England         3-1     European Championship
22       9    18- 6-88  Gelsenkirchen   Ireland         1-0     European Championship
23   1  10    21- 6-88  Hamburg         West Germany    2-1     European Championship
24   1  11    25- 6-88  München         Soviet Union    2-0     European Championship
25      11    14- 9-88  Amsterdam       Wales           1-0     World Cup Qualifier
26      11    19-10-88  München         West Germany    0-0     World Cup Qualifier
27      11    16-11-88  Roma            Italy           0-1
28   1  12    22- 3-89  Eindhoven       Soviet Union    2-0
29   1  13    26- 4-89  Rotterdam       West Germany    1-1     World Cup Qualifier
30      13    31- 5-89  Helsinki        Finland         1-0     World Cup Qualifier
31      13    11-10-89  Wrexham         Wales           2-1     World Cup Qualifier
32      13    15-11-89  Rotterdam       Finland         3-0     World Cup Qualifier
33      13    21- 2-90  Rotterdam       Italy           0-0
34   1  14    30- 5-90  Wien            Austria         2-3
35   1  15     3- 6-90  Zagreb          Yugoslavia      2-0
36      15    12- 6-90  Palermo         Egypt           1-1     World Cup
37      15    16- 6-90  Cagliari        England         0-0     World Cup
38      15    21- 6-90  Palermo         Ireland         1-1     World Cup
39      15    24- 6-90  Milano          West Germany    1-2     World Cup
40      15    26- 9-90  Palermo         Italy           0-1
41      15    17-10-90  Porto           Portugal        0-1     European Champ. Qual.
42   1  16    21-11-90  Rotterdam       Greece          2-0     European Champ. Qual.
43   5  21    19-12-90  Ta'Qali         Malta           8-0     European Champ. Qual.
44   1  22    13- 3-91  Rotterdam       Malta           1-0     European Champ. Qual.
45   1  23    17- 4-91  Rotterdam       Finland         2-0     European Champ. Qual.
46      23     5- 6-91  Helsinki        Finland         1-1     European Champ. Qual.
47      23    16-10-91  Rotterdam       Portugal        1-0     European Champ. Qual.
48      23     4-12-91  Thessaloniki    Greece          2-0     European Champ. Qual.
49      23    27- 5-92  Sittard         Austria         3-2
50   1  24    30- 5-92  Utrecht         Wales           4-0
51      24     5- 6-92  Lens            France          1-1
52      24    12- 6-92  Göteborg        Scotland        1-0     European Championship
53      24    15- 6-92  Göteborg        CIS             0-0     European Championship
54      24    18- 6-92  Göteborg        Germany         3-1     European Championship
55      24    22- 6-92  Göteborg        Denmark         2-2 [1] European Championship
56      24     9- 9-92  Eindhoven       Italy           2-3
57      24    23- 9-92  Oslo            Norway          1-2     World Cup Qualifier
58      24    14-10-92  Rotterdam       Poland          2-2     World Cup Qualifier

[1] lost 4-5 on penalties
 
Total Record
 
    GP    GW   GD   GL   GF  GA     Pts  Percentage
    58    31   15   12   88- 39      77      66.38
 
24 Goals in 58 Matches (0.41 per match)

Records by Opponent  Gls  Pd  W  D  L  GF-GA  Pts

Austria                1   3  1  0  2   5- 6    2
Belgium                1   3  0  2  1   1- 2    2
Bulgaria                   1  1  0  0   1- 0    2
CIS                        1  0  1  0   0- 0    1
Cyprus                 1   2  2  0  0   8- 1    4
Czech Republic             1  0  0  1   0- 1    0
Denmark                    1  0  1  0   2- 2    1
East Germany           1   1  1  0  0   1- 0    2
Egypt                      1  0  1  0   1- 1    1
England                3   2  1  1  0   3- 1    3
Finland                1   4  3  1  0   7- 1    7
France                     1  0  1  0   1- 1    1
Germany                    1  1  0  0   3- 1    2
Greece                 2   3  2  1  0   5- 1    5
Hungary                1   4  3  0  1   5- 2    6
Iceland                    1  1  0  0   3- 0    2
Ireland                1   3  2  1  0   5- 3    5
Italy                      4  0  1  3   2- 5    1
Malta                  6   2  2  0  0   9- 0    4
Norway                     1  0  0  1   1- 2    0
Poland                     3  1  2  0   4- 2    4
Portugal                   2  1  0  1   1- 1    2
Romania                    1  1  0  0   2- 0    2
Scotland                   1  1  0  0   1- 0    2
Soviet Union           2   3  2  0  1   4- 1    4
Wales                  1   3  3  0  0   7- 1    6
West Germany           2   4  1  2  1   4- 4    4
Yugoslavia             1   1  1  0  0   2- 0    2


Types of Matches and Goals

                      Goals Matches
Friendlies        	 6   16
World Cup Qualifier	 2   14
World Cup         	 0    4
European Champ. Qual.   11   15
European Championship    5    9

Total                	24   58


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