Turkey 3-0 Netherlands

The Netherlands' hopes of qualifying automatically for Euro 2016 were ended by a heavy defeat in Turkey.

Midfielder Oguzhan Ozyakup raced on to an Arda Turan through ball to put the home side ahead with a chipped finish.

Turan doubled the lead by stealing the ball from a dithering Daley Blind before firing past the weak hands of Jasper Cillessen at the near post.

Burak Yilmaz added a third late on to seal a result that means the Dutch can only finish third in Group A.

But to achieve that the Netherlands must now rely on Turkey dropping points in their last two games.

Iceland confirmed their place at an international tournament for the first time when they secured the point they needed against Kazakhstan. The Czech Republic also qualified automatically after beating Latvia 2-1.

Whoever finishes behind the top two will be guaranteed a place in a two-legged play-off against another of the third-placed sides.

That is the only path open to the Dutch, but their fate is now out of their own hands after Turkey leapfrogged them with a convincing win.

It was the Netherlands' heaviest competitive defeat since 1996, when they lost 4-1 to England at Wembley in Euro '96.

"This whole qualification campaign has been incredibly difficult," said striker Robin van Persie. "We still have a chance, but it is no longer in our hands and that is terrible.''

What next for Netherlands?

Netherlands play Kazakhstan away on 10 October before their final group match at home to Czech Republic three days later, while Turkey may have a more difficult run-in, playing Czech Republic away and Iceland at home.

The last time the Dutch failed to qualify for a major tournament was the 2002 World Cup. Before that, they were absent from the 1982 and 1986 stagings and from the 1984 European Championship.

Lineup, Bookings (7) & Substitutions (6)

Turkey

23 Babacan
02 Ozbayrakli Booked
04 Aziz
03 Balta Booked
18 Erkin
08 Inan
16 Tufan Booked
05 Calhanoglu (Topal - 66' )
07 Ozyakup Booked (Sahan - 83' )
10 Turan Booked (Sen - 57' )
17 Yilmaz

Substitutes

01 Recep Kivrak
06 Potuk
09 Bulut
11 Töre
12 Günok
13 Tasdemir
14 Ekici
15 Topal
19 Karadeniz
20 Sen
21 Sahan
22 Gülüm

Netherlands

01 Cillessen
02 Van der Wiel Booked
04 Bruma
03 de Vrij (Wijnaldum - 45' )
05 Riedewald
08 Klaassen
06 Blind (de Jong - 74' )
10 Sneijder
11 Narsingh (Promes - 68' )
09 van Persie Booked
07 Depay

Substitutes

12 Tete
13 van Dijk
14 Kongolo
15 de Jong
16 Anita
17 Promes
18 Wijnaldum
19 Huntelaar
20 Afellay
21 Lens
22 Krul
23 Zoet

Ref: Antonio Miguel Mateu Lahoz

Match Stats

Possession32 68

Shots

7 13

On target

4 4

Corners

2 5

Fouls

12 9

Live Text Commentary

Full time

Full Time Match ends, Turkey 3, Netherlands 0.

90:00 +5:05 Full time

Full Time Second Half ends, Turkey 3, Netherlands 0.

90:00 +2:50

Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Sener Ozbayrakli.

90:00 +1:57

Attempt missed. Robin van Persie (Netherlands) left footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses the top left corner. Assisted by Memphis Depay.

89:08

Delay over. They are ready to continue.

88:09

Delay in match Hakan Balta (Turkey) because of an injury.

87:13

Corner, Netherlands. Conceded by Burak Yilmaz.

86:38 Booking

Booking Ozan Tufan (Turkey) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

86:21

Memphis Depay (Netherlands) wins a free kick on the left wing.

86:21

Foul by Ozan Tufan (Turkey).

84:59 Goal scored

Goal! Goal! Turkey 3, Netherlands 0. Burak Yilmaz (Turkey) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Caner Erkin.

83:00

Foul by Luuk de Jong (Netherlands).

83:00

Sener Ozbayrakli (Turkey) wins a free kick in the defensive half.

82:17 Substitution

Substitution Substitution, Turkey. Olcay Sahan replaces Oguzhan Ozyakup.