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1988 UEFA European Football Championship
UEFA Fußball-Europameisterschaft; Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1988
	; UEFA Euro 1988 official logo
Tournament details
Host country	West Germany
Dates	10 June – 25 June
Teams	8
Venue(s)	8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Netherlands (1st title)
Runner-up	Soviet Union
Tournament statistics
Matches played	15
Goals scored	34 (2.27 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Marco van Basten (5 goals)
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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 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.

[edit] Qualification

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

[edit] Teams

UEFA Euro 1988 finalists.

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

As with the 1986 World Cup, there were some protests about England's involvement in the tournament, due to the role of English Liverpool FC fans in the Heysel Stadium Disaster.

[edit] Venues

Munich	Gelsenkirchen	Hamburg	Frankfurt
Olympiastadion	Parkstadion	Volksparkstadion	Waldstadion
Capacity: 69,000	Capacity: 62,000	Capacity: 61,200	Capacity: 61,000

Düsseldorf	Hanover	Stuttgart	Cologne
Rheinstadion	Niedersachsenstadion	Neckarstadion	Müngersdorfer Stadion
Capacity: 55,850	Capacity: 50,423	Capacity: 50,000	Capacity: 47,000

[edit] Match officials

[edit] Squads

For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see UEFA Euro 1988 squads

[edit] Results

[edit] Group stage

All times local (CET)

[edit] Group A

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
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, Düsseldorf 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	Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne Attendance: 53,951 Referee: Bruno Galler (Switzerland)
	Altobelli 67' De Agostini 87'	(Report)

[edit] Group B

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Soviet Union	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	Soviet Union	Müngersdorfer Stadion, Cologne Attendance: 60,000 Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
		(Report)	Rats 52'

15 June 1988 17:15	England	1 – 3	Netherlands	Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf 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	Soviet Union	Niedersachsenstadion, Hanover Attendance: 38,308 Referee: Emilio Soriano Aladren (Spain)
	Whelan 38'	(Report)	Protasov 74'

18 June 1988 15:30	England	1 – 3	Soviet Union	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'

[edit] Knockout stage

Semi-finals		Final

21 June – Hamburg (Volksparkstadion)
West Germany	1
Netherlands	2

		25 June – Munich (Olympiastadion)
		Netherlands	2
		Soviet Union	0



22 June – Stuttgart (Neckarstadion)
Italy	0
Soviet Union	2

[edit] 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	Soviet Union	2 – 0	Italy	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart Attendance: 61,606 Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)
	Litovchenko 58' Protasov 62'	(Report)

[edit] Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 Final

25 June 1988 15:30	Soviet Union	0 – 2	Netherlands	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 72,308 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
		(Report)	Gullit 32' Van Basten 54'

Euro 1988 Champions
Netherlands First title

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Goalscorers

5 goals

Marco van Basten

2 goals

1 goal

[edit] Fastest goal

3 minutes

Sergei Aleinikov (USSR vs England)

[edit] External links

Alternative report on final

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