1988 UEFA EUROPEAN FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

The '1988 UEFA European Football Championship' ('Euro 88') final tournament was held in West Germany. It was the eighth European Football Championship, which is 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. The tournament eventually crowned Netherlands as European champions for the first, and so far only time.

Contents

Qualification

Teams

Venues

Match officials

Squads

Group stages

Group A

Group B

Knockout stages

Semi-finals

Final

Statistics

Goal scorers

Fastest goal

Winning squad

Qualification

:''For details concerning the qualifying phase see, 1988 UEFA European Football Championship qualifying''

Teams

The following eight teams that participated in the final tournament were:

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★ (hosts)
This edition marked the first time that Republic of Ireland qualified for this tournament.

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

Match officials

; Austria

★ Horst Brummeier


; Belgium

★ Alexis Ponnet


; East Germany

★ Siegfried Kirschen


; England

★ Keith Hackett


; France

★ Michel Vautrot


; Italy

★ Paolo Casarin


; Netherlands

★ Bep Thomas
; Portugal

★ José Rosa dos Santos


; Romania

★ Ioan Igna


; Scotland

★ Bob Valentine


; Spain

★ Emilio Soriano Aladren


; Sweden

★ Erik Fredriksson


; Switzerland

★ Bruno Galler


; West Germany

★ Dieter Pauly

Squads

:''For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1988 UEFA European Football Championship squads''

Group stages

''All times local (CET)''

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD '5' 3 2 1 0 5 1 +4 '5' 3 2 1 0 4 1 +3 '2' 3 1 0 2 3 5 −2 '0' 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5

'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'

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Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD '5' 3 2 1 0 5 2 +3 '4' 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 '3' 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 '0' 3 0 0 3 2 7 −5

'England' '0–1' 'Republic of Ireland' 'Netherlands' '0–1' 'USSR' 'England' '1–3' 'Netherlands' 'Republic of Ireland' '1–1' 'USSR' 'England' '1–3' 'USSR' 'Republic of Ireland' '0–1' 'Netherlands'

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Knockout stages

Semi-finals

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Final

Euro 1988 Champions
'Netherlands' 'First title'

Statistics

Goal scorers

;Five goals

★ Marco van Basten


;Two goals

★ Rudi Völler

★ Oleg Protasov


;One goal

★ Michael Laudrup

★ Flemming Povlsen

★ Tony Adams

★ Bryan Robson

★ Andreas Brehme

★ Jürgen Klinsmann

★ Lothar Matthäus

★ Olaf Thon

★ Alessandro Altobelli

★ Luigi De Agostini

★ Roberto Mancini

★ Gianluca Vialli

★ Ruud Gullit

★ Wim Kieft

★ Ronald Koeman

★ Ray Houghton

★ Ronnie Whelan

★ Sergei Aleinikov

★ Gennadi Litovtchenko

★ Alexei Mikhailichenko

★ Victor Pasulko

★ Vassili Rats

★ Emilio Butragueño

★ Rafael Gordillo

★ Míchel

Fastest goal

;3 Minutes
Sergei Aleinikov (England vs USSR)

Winning squad

Netherlands
Number	Player	Club in 1988
Goalkeepers
1	Hans van Breukelen	PSV Eindhoven
16	Joop Hiele	Feyenoord
Defenders
2	Adri 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	John Bosman	Ajax
11	John van't Schip	Ajax
12	Marco van Basten	AC Milan
14	Wim Kieft	PSV Eindhoven
19	Hendrie Krüzen	FC Den Bosch
Coach: Rinus Michels