UEFA Euro 1988
| 1988 UEFA European Football Championship | |
| UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1988 |
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| Tournament details | |
| Host country |  West Germany |
| Teams | 8 |
| Venue(s) | 8 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
Champions  |
 Netherlands (1st title) |
Runners-up  |
 USSR |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 15 |
| Goals scored | 34 (2.27 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Marco van Basten (5 goals) |
The 1988 UEFA European Football Championship 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 10 June and 25 June 1988.
At the time, only eight countries could compete in the 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.
Euro 88 was a rare incidence of a major football tournament being completed without a single player being sent off, any knockout matches going into extra time or penalties and having at least one goal scored in every match.
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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:
Denmark
England
Italy- Netherlands
Republic of Ireland (first appearance)
Spain- USSR
- West Germany (hosts)
As with the 1986 World Cup, there were some protests about England's involvement in the tournament, due to the role of English fans in the Heysel Stadium Disaster. While there was perhaps a more realistic chance of England being expelled from this tournament than there had been two years previously (since the non-UEFA countries had been more sympathetic towards England), expelling them would have meant allowing Yugoslavia (runners-up in their qualifying group) into the tournament in their stead, and the political turmoil in that country made them an even more unattractive prospect than England to most.
Venues
- Olympiastadion, Munich – Capacity: 69,000
- Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen – Capacity: 62,000
- Volksparkstadion, Hamburg – Capacity: 61,200
- Waldstadion, Frankfurt – Capacity: 61,000
- Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf – Capacity: 55,850
- Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover – Capacity: 50,423
- Neckarstadion, Stuttgart – Capacity: 50,000
- Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne – Capacity: 47,000
Match officials
Horst Brummeier
Alexis Ponnet
Siegfried Kirschen- Keith Hackett
Michel Vautrot- Paolo Casarin
- Bep Thomas
José Rosa dos Santos
Ioan Igna
Bob Valentine- Emilio Soriano Aladren
Erik Fredriksson
Bruno Galler- Dieter Pauly
Squads
- For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1988 UEFA European Football Championship squads
Results
Group stage
All times local (CET)
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| West Germany |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | +4 | 5 |
| Italy |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 5 |
| Spain |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 2 |
| Denmark |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| 10 June 1988 20:15 |
West Germany |
1 – 1 | Italy |
Rheinstadion, Dusseldorf Attendance: 62,552 Referee: Keith Hackett (England) |
Brehme  55' |
(Report) | Mancini 52' |
| 11 June 1988 15:30 |
Denmark |
2 – 3 | Spain |
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 60,366 Referee: Bep Thomas (Netherlands) |
| Laudrup 24' Povlsen 82' |
(Report) | Míchel 5' Butragueño 52'Gordillo 67' |
| 14 June 1988 17:15 |
West Germany |
2 – 0 | Denmark |
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 64,812 Referee: Bob Valentine (Scotland) |
| Klinsmann 10' Thon 85' |
(Report) |
| 14 June 1988 20:15 |
Italy |
1 – 0 | Spain |
Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 51,790 Referee: Erik Fredriksson (Sweden) |
| Vialli 73' |
(Report) |
| 17 June 1988 20:15 |
West Germany |
2 – 0 | Spain |
Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 72,308 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France) |
| Völler 29' 51' |
(Report) |
| 17 June 1988 20:15 |
Italy |
2 – 0 | Denmark |
Rhein Energie Stadion, Cologne Attendance: 53,951 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland) |
| Altobelli 67' De Agostini 87' |
(Report) |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USSR |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | +3 | 5 |
| Netherlands |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 4 |
| Republic of Ireland |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| England |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 7 | −5 | 0 |
| 12 June 1988 15:30 |
England |
0 – 1 | Republic of Ireland |
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 51,573 Referee: Kirschen (East Germany) |
| (Report) | Houghton 6' |
| 12 June 1988 20:15 |
Netherlands |
0 – 1 | USSR |
Rhein Energie Stadion, Cologne Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany) |
| (Report) | Rats 52' |
| 15 June 1988 17:15 |
England |
1 – 3 | Netherlands |
Rheinstadion, Dusseldorf Attendance: 63,940 Referee: Paolo Casarin (Italy) |
| Robson 53' |
(Report) | Van Basten 44' 71' 75' |
| 15 June 1988 20:15 |
Republic of Ireland |
1 – 1 | USSR |
Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 38,308 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain) |
| Whelan 38' |
(Report) | Protasov 74' |
| 18 June 1988 15:30 |
England |
1 – 3 | USSR |
Waldstadion, Frankfurt Attendance: 53,000 Referee: José Rosa dos Santos (Portugal) |
| Adams 16' |
(Report) | Aleinikov 3' Mikhailichenko 28'Pasulko 73' |
| 18 June 1988 15:30 |
Republic of Ireland |
0 – 1 | Netherlands |
Parkstadion, Gelsenkirchen Attendance: 60,800 Referee: Horst Brummeier (Austria) |
| (Report) | Kieft 82' |
Knockout stage
| Semi-finals | Final | ||||||
| 21 June – Hamburg (Volksparkstadion) | |||||||
| West Germany |
1 | ||||||
| Netherlands |
2 | ||||||
| 25 June – Munich (Olympiastadion) | |||||||
| Netherlands |
2 | ||||||
| USSR |
0 | ||||||
| 22 June – Stuttgart (Neckarstadion) | |||||||
| Italy |
0 | ||||||
| USSR |
2 | ||||||
Semi-finals
| 21 June 1988 20:15 |
West Germany |
1 – 2 | Netherlands |
Volksparkstadion, Hamburg Attendance: 61,330 Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania) |
| Matthäus 55' (pen.) |
(Report) | R. Koeman 74' (pen.) van Basten 88' |
| 22 June 1988 20:15 |
USSR |
2 – 0 | Italy |
Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 61,606 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium) |
| Litovchenko 58' Protasov 62' |
(Report) |
Final
| 25 June 1988 15:30 |
USSR |
0 – 2 | Netherlands |
Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 72,308 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France) |
| (Report) | Gullit 32' Van Basten 54' |
| Euro 1988 Champions |
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Netherlands First title |
Statistics
Goalscorers
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Fastest goal
- 3 minutes
Sergei Aleinikov (USSR vs England)
External links
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UEFA Euro 1988 finalists
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