1988 European Football Championship

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Image:Euro 88.jpgImage:Gullit1988.jpg The 1988 European Football Championship (Euro 88) final tournament was held in West Germany. It was the 8th edition of the European Football Championship, held every four years and supported by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 10 and June 25, 1988.

At the time, only eight countries could dispute the final tournament. Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the event. The holders, France, failed to qualify.

Contents 1 Qualification 2 Venues 3 Squads 4 First round 4.1 Group A 4.2 Group B 5 Semi-finals 6 Final 7 Tournament Statistics 7.1 Goal Scorers 7.2 Fastest Goal 7.3 Average Goals 8 The Winning Squad

Qualification

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

• Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy
• Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark
• Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain
• Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR
• Image:Flag of England.svg England
• Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
• Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Republic of Ireland

West Germany automatically qualified for the tournament as hosts

For details concerning the qualifying phase see, 1988 European Football Championship (qualifying).

Venues

• Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf - Capacity: 55,850
• Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover - Capacity: 50,423
• Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen - Capacity: 62,000
• Waldstadion, Frankfurt - Capacity: 61,000
• Olympiastadion, Munich - Capacity: 69,000
• Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne - Capacity: 47,000
• Neckarstadion, Stuttgart - Capacity: 50,000
• Volksparkstadion, Hamburg - Capacity: 61,200

Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1988 European Football Championship (squads).

First round

All times local (CET).

Half-time scores are in brackets.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 0 3 0 0 3 2 7

West Germany 1 - 1 Italy Denmark 2 - 3 Spain West Germany 2 - 0 Denmark Italy 1 - 0 Spain West Germany 2 - 0 Spain Italy 2 - 0 Denmark

June 10, 1988

West Germany	1 - 1 (0-0)	Italy	20:15 - Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Ref: Keith Hackett (England) Attendance: 62,552
Brehme 55'		Mancini 52'

June 11, 1988

Denmark	2 - 3 (1-1)	Spain	15:30 - Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover Ref: Albert Thomas (Netherlands) Attendance: 60,366
M. Laudrup 24'		Míchel 5'
Povlsen 82'		Butragueño 53'
		Gordillo 66'

June 14, 1988

West Germany	2 - 0 (1-0)	Denmark	17:15 - Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Ref: Bob Valentine (Scotland) Attendance: 64,812
Klinsmann 10'
Thon 85'
Italy	1 - 0 (0-0)	Spain	20:15 - Waldstadion, Frankfurt Ref: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) Attendance: 51,790
Vialli 73'

June 17, 1988

West Germany	2 - 0 (1-0)	Spain	20:15 - Olympiastadion, Munich Ref: Michel Vautrot (France) Attendance: 72,308
Völler 29'
Völler 51'
Italy	2 - 0 (0-0)	Denmark	20:15 - Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne Ref: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) Attendance: 53,951
Altobelli 67'
De Agostini 87'

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Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Rep. of Ireland 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 Image:Flag of England.svg England 0 3 0 0 3 2 7

England 0 - 1 Rep. of Ireland Netherlands 0 - 1 Soviet Union England 1 - 3 Netherlands Rep. of Ireland 1 - 1 Soviet Union England 1 - 3 Soviet Union Rep. of Ireland 0 - 1 Netherlands

June 12, 1988

England	0 - 1 (0-1)	Rep. of Ireland	15:30 - Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Ref: Siegfried Kirschen (East Germany) Attendance: 51,573
		Houghton 6'
Netherlands	0 - 1 (0-0)	Soviet Union	20:15 - Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne Ref: Dieter Pauly (West Germany) Attendance: 60,000
		Rats 52'

June 15, 1988

England	1 - 3 (0-1)	Netherlands	17:15 - Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf Ref: Paolo Casarin (Italy) Attendance: 63,940
Robson 53'		van Basten 44'
		van Basten 71'
		van Basten 75'
Rep. of Ireland	1 - 1 (1-0)	Soviet Union	20:15 - Niedersachsenstadion, Hannover Ref: Emilio Soriano Aladrén (Spain) Attendance: 38,308
Whelan 38'		Protasov 74'

June 18, 1988

England	1 - 3 (1-2)	Soviet Union	15:30 - Waldstadion, Frankfurt Ref: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal) Attendance: 53,000
Adams 16'		Aleinikov 3'
		Mikhailichenko 28'
		Pasulko 72'
Rep. of Ireland	0 - 1 (0-0)	Netherlands	15:30 - Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Ref: Horst Brummeier (Austria) Attendance: 70,800
		Kieft 82'

Semi-finals

June 21, 1988

Image:Flag of Germany.svg West Germany	1 - 2 (0-0)	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	20:15 - Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Ref: Ioan Igna (Romania) Attendance: 61,330
Matthäus (p) 55'		R. Koeman (p) 74'
		van Basten 88'

June 22, 1988

Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	2 - 0 (0-0)	Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy	20:15 - Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Ref: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) Attendance: 61,606
Litovtchenko 58'
Protasov 62'

Final

June 25, 1988

Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Soviet Union	0 - 2 (0-1)	Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands	15:30 - Olympiastadion, Munich Ref: Michel Vautrot (France) Attendance: 72,308
		Gullit 32'
		van Basten 54'

Euro 1988 Champions: Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg NETHERLANDS First title

Tournament Statistics

Goal Scorers

5 Goals

• Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Marco van Basten

2 Goals

• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Rudi Völler
• Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Oleg Protasov

1 Goal

• Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Michael Laudrup - Flemming Povlsen
• Image:Flag of England.svg Tony Adams - Bryan Robson
• Image:Flag of Germany.svg Andreas Brehme - Jürgen Klinsmann - Lothar Matthäus - Olaf Thon
• Image:Flag of Italy.svg Alessandro Altobelli - Luigi De Agostini - Roberto Mancini - Gianluca Vialli
• Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud Gullit - Wim Kieft - Ronald Koeman
• Image:Flag of Ireland.svg Ray Houghton - Ronnie Whelan
• Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg Sergei Aleinikov - Gennadi Litovtchenko - Alexei Mikhailichenko - Victor Pasulko - Vassili Rats
• Image:Flag of Spain.svg Emilio Butragueño - Rafael Gordillo - Míchel

Fastest Goal

3 Minutes

Sergei Aleinikov (England vs USSR)

Average Goals

2.26 Per Game

The Winning Squad

Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands
Number	Player	Club in 1988
Goalkeepers
1	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven
16	Joop Hiele	Feyenoord
Defenders
2	Adrie van Tiggelen	Anderlecht
3	Sjaak Troost	Feyenoord
4	Ronald Koeman	PSV Eindhoven
6	Berry van Aerle	PSV Eindhoven
15	Wim Koevermans	Fortuna Sittard
17	Frank Rijkaard	Zaragoza
18	Wilbert Suvrijn	Roda Kerkrade
Midfielders
5	Aron Winter	Ajax
7	Gerald Vanenburg	PSV Eindhoven
8	Arnold Mühren	Ajax
10	Ruud Gullit	AC Milan
13	Erwin Koeman	KV Mechelen
20	Jan Wouters	Ajax
Forwards
9	Johnny Bosman	Ajax
11	John van't Schip	Ajax
12	Marco van Basten	AC Milan
14	Wim Kieft	PSV Eindhoven
19	Hendrik Krüzen	FC Den Bosch
Coach: Rinus Michels

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