UEFA Euro 2008 squads
No Pos Player Date of birth ( age ) Caps Goals Club
1 1 GK Edwin van der Sar ( captain ) 29 October 1970 ( 37 ) 125 0 Manchester United
2 2 DF André Ooijer 11 July 1974 ( 33 ) 37 2 Blackburn Rovers
3 2 DF John Heitinga 15 November 1983 ( 24 ) 36 5 Ajax
4 2 DF Joris Mathijsen 5 April 1980 ( 28 ) 32 2 Hamburger SV
5 3 MF Giovanni van Bronckhorst 5 February 1975 ( 33 ) 78 4 Feyenoord
6 3 MF Demy de Zeeuw 26 May 1983 ( 25 ) 15 0 AZ
7 4 FW Robin van Persie 6 August 1983 ( 24 ) 24 7 Arsenal
8 3 MF Orlando Engelaar 24 August 1979 ( 28 ) 6 0 Twente
9 4 FW Ruud van Nistelrooy 1 July 1976 ( 31 ) 61 31 Real Madrid
10 3 MF Wesley Sneijder 9 June 1984 ( 23 ) 45 9 Real Madrid
11 4 FW Arjen Robben 23 January 1984 ( 24 ) 33 9 Real Madrid
12 2 DF Mario Melchiot 4 November 1976 ( 31 ) 21 0 Wigan Athletic
13 1 GK Henk Timmer 3 December 1971 ( 36 ) 5 0 Feyenoord
14 2 DF Wilfred Bouma 15 June 1978 ( 29 ) 33 2 Aston Villa
15 2 DF Tim de Cler 8 November 1978 ( 29 ) 15 0 Feyenoord
16 1 GK Maarten Stekelenburg 22 September 1982 ( 25 ) 11 0 Ajax
17 3 MF Nigel de Jong 30 November 1984 ( 23 ) 23 0 Hamburger SV
18 4 FW Dirk Kuyt 22 July 1980 ( 27 ) 38 7 Liverpool
19 4 FW Klaas-Jan Huntelaar 12 August 1983 ( 24 ) 12 7 Ajax
20 3 MF Ibrahim Afellay 2 April 1986 ( 22 ) 5 0 PSV
Group C -- Netherlands
Manager : Marco van Basten Ryan Babel was ruled out of the Dutch squad on 31 May after he was injured in training ; he was replaced by Khalid Boulahrouz . [ 8 ]
The following is a list of squads for each nation competing at UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland. The tournament started on 7 June and the final took place in Vienna on 29 June 2008. Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom had to be goalkeepers, by 28 May 2008. If a player was injured severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he could be replaced by another player. All caps, goals, ages, and clubs of players are correct as of 7 June 2008, the first day of the tournament.