Ruud Gullit lifts the trophy after winning the cup with the Netherlands

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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.

Qualification

The following teams participated in the final tournament:

• Italy
• Denmark
• Spain
• USSR
• England
• Netherlands
• Republic of Ireland

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For details concerning the qualifying phase see, 1988 European Football Championship (qualifying). The qualifying round for the 1988 European Football Championship consisted of 32 teams divided into seven groups; three of four teams and four of five teams. ...

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

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Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 1988 European Football Championship (squads). Below are the rosters for the 1988 European Football Championship tournament in West Germany. ...

First round

All times local (CET). Central European Time (CET) is one of the names of UTC+1 time zone, 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. ...

Half-time scores are in brackets.

Group A

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA West Germany 5 3 2 1 0 5 1 Italy 5 3 2 1 0 4 1 Spain 2 3 1 0 2 3 5 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

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June 11, 1988 Rheinstadion was a multi-use stadium in Dusseldorf, Germany. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... Andreas Brehme (born November 9, 1960 in Hamburg) is a German football coach and former football defender. ... Roberto Mancini (born November 27, 1964 in Jesi, Ancona) is an Italian football (soccer) player and manager, currently the head coach of Inter Milan in Italys Serie A. On the club level, Mancini played for Bologna (1981-82), Sampdoria (1982-97), Lazio (1997-2000), and Leicester City (2001). ... June 11 is the 162nd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (163rd in leap years), with 203 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

June 14, 1988 Niedersachsenstadion was a multi-use stadium in Hannover, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Michael Laudrup (born June 15, 1964 in Frederiksberg, Copenhagen, Denmark) is a Danish former professional football player and current coach of childhood club Brøndby IF in the Danish Superliga. ... José Miguel González Martín del Campo, also known as Míchel, (born March 23, 1963 in Madrid) is a Spanish football midfielder. ... Flemming Povlsen (born December 3, 1966) is a former Danish international football striker. ... Emilio Butragueño Santos (born July 22, 1963 in Madrid) was a Spanish football forward. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (166th in leap years), with 200 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

June 17, 1988 Parkstadion is the former home of FC Schalke 04. ... Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Jürgen Klinsmann in 2005 Jürgen Klinsmann (born July 30, 1964) is a German football manager (coach) and former football player. ... Waldstadion The CommerzBank Arena(in the past known as Waldstadion but is still called Waldstadion) is a 52,000 seat stadium in Frankfurt, Germany that is primarily used for soccer and American football. ... Skyline of Frankfurt at night is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ... Gianluca Vialli (born July 9, 1964 in Cremona) is an Italian football striker and manager. ... June 17 is the 168th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (169th in leap years), with 197 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Group B

Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA Soviet Union 5 3 2 1 0 5 2 Netherlands 4 3 2 0 1 4 2 Rep. of Ireland 4 3 1 1 1 2 2 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

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June 15, 1988 First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... First International Italy 3 - 0 Republic of Ireland (Turin, Italy; 21 March 1926) Largest win Republic of Ireland 8 - 0 Malta (Dublin, Ireland; 16 November 1983) Worst defeat Brazil 7 - 0 Republic of Ireland (Uberlândia, Brazil; 27 May 1982) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1990) Best result Quarterfinals... Categories: UEFA European championship stadiums ... Stuttgart, a city located in southern Germany, is the capital of the state of Baden-Württemberg with a population of approximately 590,000 as of September 2005 in the city and around 3 million in the metropolitan area. ... Ray Houghton ( Glasgow, January 9, 1962) was an industrious footballer best known for his spell with the last great Liverpool team of the 1980s and his goals in big international fixtures for the Republic of Ireland. ... Categories: Football (soccer) stubs | UEFA European championship stadiums ... Cologne Cathedral with Hohenzollern Bridge Cologne (German: (help· info) ; Kölsch: Kölle) is Germanys fourth-largest city after Berlin, Hamburg and Munich and is the largest city both in the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the largest... June 15 is the 166th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (167th in leap years), with 199 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

June 18, 1988 First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... Rheinstadion was a multi-use stadium in Dusseldorf, Germany. ... Düsseldorf is the capital city of the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and (together with Cologne and the Ruhr Area) the economic center of Western Germany. ... © http://soccer-europe. ... Marcel van Basten known as Marco van Basten (born October 31, 1964 in Utrecht) is a former Dutch football player who played for Ajax Amsterdam and A.C. Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Marcel van Basten known as Marco van Basten (born October 31, 1964 in Utrecht) is a former Dutch football player who played for Ajax Amsterdam and A.C. Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... Marcel van Basten known as Marco van Basten (born October 31, 1964 in Utrecht) is a former Dutch football player who played for Ajax Amsterdam and A.C. Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... First International Italy 3 - 0 Republic of Ireland (Turin, Italy; 21 March 1926) Largest win Republic of Ireland 8 - 0 Malta (Dublin, Ireland; 16 November 1983) Worst defeat Brazil 7 - 0 Republic of Ireland (Uberlândia, Brazil; 27 May 1982) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1990) Best result Quarterfinals... Niedersachsenstadion was a multi-use stadium in Hannover, Germany. ... Map of Germany showing Hanover Hanover (in German: Hannover [haˈnoːfɐ]), on the river Leine, is the capital of the state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen), Germany. ... Ronnie Whelan (born Dublin, 25th September 1961) was a footballer who was an integral part of the dominant Liverpool side of the 1980s. ... Oleg Protasov (Cyrillic:Олег Протасов, born February 4, 1964 in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine) is a football (soccer) striker, a key member of the USSR national team throughout the 1980s. ... June 18 is the 169th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (170th in leap years), with 196 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

First international Scotland 0 - 0 England (Partick, Scotland; 30 November 1872) Largest win Ireland 0 - 13 England (Belfast, Northern Ireland; 18 February 1882) Worst defeat Hungary 7 - 1 England (Budapest, Hungary; 23 May 1954) World Cup Appearances 12 (First in 1950) Best result Winners, 1966 European Championship Appearances 7 (First... Waldstadion The CommerzBank Arena(in the past known as Waldstadion but is still called Waldstadion) is a 52,000 seat stadium in Frankfurt, Germany that is primarily used for soccer and American football. ... Skyline of Frankfurt at night is the largest city in the German state of Hesse and the fifth-largest city in Germany. ... Tony Alexander Adams MBE, (born October 10, 1966) is an English football player and manager. ... Alexei (Oleksiy) Mikhailichenko (born March 30, 1963 in Kiev) is a former Soviet Ukrainian professional footballer who played for Dynamo Kyiv, Sampdoria and Rangers. ... First International Italy 3 - 0 Republic of Ireland (Turin, Italy; 21 March 1926) Largest win Republic of Ireland 8 - 0 Malta (Dublin, Ireland; 16 November 1983) Worst defeat Brazil 7 - 0 Republic of Ireland (Uberlândia, Brazil; 27 May 1982) World Cup Appearances 3 (First in 1990) Best result Quarterfinals... Parkstadion is the former home of FC Schalke 04. ... Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. ... Wim Kieft played for Ajax Amsterdam, PSV, Pisa and the National team of the Netherlands. ...

Semi-finals

June 21, 1988 June 21 is the 172nd day of the year (173rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 193 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

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

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Final

June 25, 1988 June 25 is the 176th day of the year (177th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 189 days remaining. ... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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

Euro 1988 Champions: NETHERLANDS First title

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Tournament Statistics

Goal Scorers

5 Goals

• Marco van Basten

2 Goals

• Rudi Völler
• Oleg Protasov

1 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

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Fastest Goal

3 Minutes

Sergei Aleinikov (England vs USSR)

Average Goals

2.26 Per Game

The Winning Squad

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

International football
FIFA | World Cup | Women's World Cup | Confederations Cup | World Rankings | Player of the Year Image File history File links Flag_of_the_Netherlands. ... Johannes Franciscus Hans van Breukelen (born October 4, 1956 in Utrecht) is a former footballer from the Netherlands. ... Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. ... Feyenoord Rotterdam is a popular Dutch football club from the city of Rotterdam. ... Royal Sporting Club Anderlecht, usually known as Anderlecht, is a Belgian football club from the Brussels Capital Region. ... Feyenoord Rotterdam is a popular Dutch football club from the city of Rotterdam. ... Image © soccer-europe. ... Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. ... Hubertus Aegidius Hermanus Berry van Aerle (born December 8, 1962 in Helmond) is a former Dutch footballer. ... Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. ... Fortuna Sittard is a football club in Sittard, the Netherlands. ... Frank Rijkaard Image © http://soccer-europe. ... Real Zaragoza is a Spanish football team from Zaragoza in Aragón. ... Roda JC Kerkrade is a Dutch football club located in Kerkrade, a place in the south of The Netherlands near the German border. ... Aron Winter (born March 1, 1967 in Paramaribo, Surinam) is a retired Dutch footballer. ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced Ah-yahx), is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. ... Arnold Johannes Hyacinthus Mühren (born June 2, 1951 in Volendam) is a former Dutch footballer. ... Amsterdamsche Football Club Ajax (Euronext: AJAX) also referred to as Ajax Amsterdam, AFC Ajax, or simply Ajax (pronounced Ah-yahx), is a football club from Amsterdam, Netherlands. ... Gullit was captain of the Netherlands team that won the 1988 European Football Championship Ruud Gullit (born September 1, 1962) was a Dutch star football player of the 80s and 90s. ... AC Milan is an Italian football club. ... Erwin Koeman (born September 20, 1961 in Zaandam) is a Dutch football manager and former player. ... K.V. Mechelen is a Belgian football club from Mechelen in Antwerp. ... Jan Wouters (born July 17, 1960 in Utrecht, Netherlands) is a former professional football midfielder, currently first team coach at Rangers F.C.. 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Milan in the 1980s and early 1990s. ... AC Milan is an Italian football club. ... Wim Kieft played for Ajax Amsterdam, PSV, Pisa and the National team of the Netherlands. ... Philips Sport Vereniging (English: Philips Sports Union), widely known either as PSV or PSV Eindhoven, is a sports club from Eindhoven, the Netherlands. ... FC Den Bosch is football club from s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. ... Marinus Jacobus Hendricus Rinus Michels (born February 9, 1928) is a Dutch football coach. ... Football (soccer) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ... The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, universally known by its acronym FIFA, is the international governing body of football (soccer). ... 1990 copy of the World Cup Trophy awarded to West Germany. ... The FIFA Womens World Cup is the most important competition in international football for women. ... The Confederations Cup The FIFA Confederations Cup is a football (soccer) tournament for national teams, held every four years (previously every two years) by FIFA. It is contested by the winners of each of the six FIFA confederation championships (CAF, CONMEBOL, UEFA, AFC, OFC, CONCACAF), along with the FIFA World... The FIFA World Rankings were introduced in August 1993 to make it possible to publish comparisons of the relative strengths of internationally active teams at regular intervals. ... The FIFA World Player of the Year is a football award given annually to the male and female player who is thought to be the best in the world, based on votes by coaches and captains of international teams. ... ██ Asia: AFC – Asian Cup Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1357x628, 19 KB) Summary This image is copy of World Map FIFA.png I added divisions in UK - England, Scotland & Wales. ... Asian Football Confederation Logo The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of football in Asia. ... The AFC Asian Cup, formerly known as the Asian Nations Cup is the main national football competition of the AFC nations. ... ██ Africa: CAF – African Cup of Nations CAF Logo The Confederation of African Football (CAF; French: Confédération Africaine de Football) represents international football in Africa, and organises the African Nations Cup as well as the African Champions League. ... The African Cup of Nations is the main international football competition for CAF nations. ... ██ North America: CONCACAF – Gold Cup CONCACAF (the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football), also known as The Football Confederation, is the continent-wide governing body for association football in North America, Central America and the Caribbean. ... The CONCACAF Gold Cup is the main national soccer competition of the CONCACAF nations. ... ██ South America: CONMEBOL – Copa América CONMEBOL or CSF (CONfederación sudaMEricana de FútBOL, South American Football Confederation) is the governing body of football in South America. ... The Copa América is the main national football competition of the CONMEBOL nations. ... ██ Oceania: OFC – OFC Nations Cup Oceania Football Confederation logo since 1998 The Oceania Football Confederation is one of the six continental confederations of international football. ... The Oceania Cup is the biennial football competition held among the Oceanian nations. ... ██ Europe: UEFA – European Championship UEFA logo The Union of European Football Associations, almost always referred to by the acronym UEFA (pronounced you-AY-fuh), is the administrative and controlling body for European football. ... The UEFA European Championship is the main national football competition of the UEFA nations. ...
European Football Championship
France 1960 | Spain 1964 | Italy 1968 | Belgium 1972 | Yugoslavia 1976 | Italy 1980 | France 1984 | West Germany 1988 | Sweden 1992 | England 1996 | Belgium/Netherlands 2000 | Portugal 2004 | Austria/Switzerland 2008 | 2012 The UEFA European Championship is the main national football competition of the UEFA nations. ... The 1976 European Football Championship (Euro 76) final tournament was held in Yugoslavia. ... The 1996 European Football Championship (or simply Euro 96) was hosted by England. ... The 2000 UEFA European Championship, or Euro 2000, was the 11th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a competition between the national football teams of Europe held every four years and organised by UEFA, footballs governing body in Europe. ... The 2008 European Football Championship will take place in Austria and Switzerland, from 7 to 29 June 2008. ... Organization of the 2012 European Football Championship was initially contested for by five bids representing seven countries : Croatia/Hungary (joint bid), Greece, Italy, Poland/Ukraine (joint bid), and Turkey. ...