THERE was Euro 2016 woe for Saints pair Virgil van Dijk and Maarten Stekelenburg tonight.

They were powerless to prevent the Netherlands crashing out of the tournament as Robin van Persie scored an own goal in a home defeat by the 10-man Czech Republic.

Van Dijk, left, started the game at centre half but was taken off just two minutes before van Persie’s own goal, while Stekelenburg sat on the bench throughout after winning a call up over the weekend due to an injury to Newcastle’s Tim Krul.

The Dutch needed to win and for Iceland to beat Turkey to earn a play-off spot, but Van Persie’s error saw them go 3-0 down despite Mark Suchy seeing red.

Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Van Persie replied to goals from Pavel Kaderabek and Josef Sural but instead it was Turkey who secured third place.

Fatih Terim’s side beat Iceland 1-0.

That results means Turkey qualify for next summer’s tournament in France as the best third-placed team out of all nine qualifying groups.

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