"I'd like to be part of bringing that back, to win and play European football, to show the ambition and spirit in the club and of course to become a strong team in the Premier League," Koeman, who joined the club last week, told British media.
"If we need players to make the team better, a budget is available to make a strong team... But for sure, to bring Everton back to fighting for the European positions (is a target)."
Everton's poor form last season saw them finish 11th and cost manager Roberto Martinez his job, with Koeman highlighting a lack of confidence within a team which squandered several two-goal leads throughout the campaign as their biggest problem.
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"If I could say something then it was about confidence -- it makes a big difference... There was a lack of that confidence in several players and if you don't have that level of confidence then sometimes football is difficult," Koeman said.
(Reporting by Shravanth Vijayakumar in Bengaluru; Editing by John O'Brien)
