The
UEFA Euro 1988 Final was a football match played on 25 June 1988 to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 1988. The match was contested by the Soviet Union, playing in what would turn out to be the nation's last European Championship, and the
NetherlandsThe Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
at the
OlympiastadionOlympiastadion is a stadium located in Munich, Germany. Situated at the heart of the Olympiapark München in northern Munich, the stadium was built as the main venue for the 1972 Summer Olympics....
in
MunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
. The Dutch won the match 2–0, with goals coming from captain
Ruud GullitOON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...
and tournament top scorer
Marco van Basten.
Hans van Breukelen blocked the low penalty shot of
Igor BelanovIhor Ivanovych Belanov is a retired Ukrainian footballer who played as a striker.He made a name for himself at Dynamo Kyiv, winning five major titles and being named European Footballer of the Year in 1986...
. Van Basten's goal would later be described as one of the greatest goals in the history of the European Championships.
Match details
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|GK ||
1 ||Rinat Dasayev
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|RB ||
5 ||Anatoliy Demyanenko ||
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|CB ||
3 ||
Vagiz KhidiyatullinVagiz Nazirovich Khidiyatullin is a former footballer who played as central defender...
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|CB ||
7 ||
Sergei AleinikovSergei Yevgenyevich Aleinikov is a former football player from Belarus, now coach.-Career:He played for the USSR national football team, making 77 appearances for the USSR, scoring six goals, from 1984–91, when USSR made the final of Euro 88, losing to the Netherlands 0-2...
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|LB ||
6 ||
Vasiliy RatsVasyl Karlovych Rats is a former Ukrainian football midfielder of Hungarian ethnicity. He participated in two World Cups with the USSR national team.-Club career:...
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|RM ||
8 ||Hennadiy Litovchenko ||
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|CM ||
9 ||
Aleksandr ZavarovOleksandr Anatoliyovych Zavarov, also spell Aleksandr Anatoljević Zavarov – is a former football midfielder and the former head coach at FC Arsenal Kyiv. In 1986 he was named the best footballer in the USSR and Ukraine and the 6th best footballer in Europe according to France Football...
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15||
Alexei MikhailichenkoOleksiy Oleksandrovych Mykhaylychenko , is a Ukrainian football coach and former professional football player. He currently holds an administrative position in his home club, Dynamo Kyiv, as director of sport...
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|LM ||
18||
Sergey GotsmanovSergey Anatolyevich Gotsmanov is a former Belarusian footballer who played for the USSR in the 1980s.-Dinamo Minsk:...
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|CF ||
10||Oleh Protasov || ||
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|CF ||
11||
Igor BelanovIhor Ivanovych Belanov is a retired Ukrainian footballer who played as a striker.He made a name for himself at Dynamo Kyiv, winning five major titles and being named European Footballer of the Year in 1986...
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16 ||
Viktor ChanovViktor Viktorovich Chanov , is a former football goalkeeper. Throughout the 1980s in the former USSR, Chanov played mainly for FC Dynamo Kyiv.-Career in the USSR:...
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12 ||
Vyacheslav SukristovVyacheslav Vasilyevich Sukristovas is a former Soviet and Lithuanian footballer and a current manager.-Honours:* UEFA Euro 1988 runner-up.* Soviet Top League bronze: 1987....
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|DF ||
13 ||
Tengiz SulakvelidzeTengiz Grigorjević Sulakvelidze is a former Georgian footballer.-Honours:* Olympic bronze medalist: 1980.* Soviet Top League winner: 1978.* Soviet Cup winner: 1979.* UEFA Cup Winners' Cup winner: 1981....
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|MF ||
19 ||
Sergei Pavlovich BaltachaSergei Pavlovich Baltacha is a former professional football player who won 45 full caps for the Soviet Union and made nearly 300 appearances for Dynamo Kiev....
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20 ||
Viktor PasulkoViktor Vasyl'ovych Pasulko is a retired ex-USSR football player. Pasulko played most of his career as a midfielder in various teams. Last 10 years of his career he spent in Germany playing for a lower division teams...
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Valeri LobanovskyValeriy Vasylyovych Lobanovskyi was a Ukrainian football manager. He is most famous for his spells managing Dynamo Kyiv, the Ukraine national football team, and the USSR national football team. In 1975 his Dynamo Kyiv team became the first side from the Soviet Union to win a major European...
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NETHERLANDS:
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Hans van Breukelen
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|RB ||
6||
Berry van Aerle ||
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|CB ||
4 ||
Ronald KoemanRonald Koeman is a former Dutch footballer, and the current manager of Feyenoord. He is the younger brother of former Feyenoord coach Erwin Koeman and the son of former Dutch international Martin Koeman...
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|CB ||
17||
Frank RijkaardFranklin Edmundo Rijkaard is a Dutch football manager of Dutch and Surinamese descent and former player. Rijkaard has played for Ajax, Real Zaragoza and Milan, and represented his national side 73 times, scoring 10 goals. In his coaching career, he has been at the helm of the Dutch national side,...
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2 ||
Adri van TiggelenAdrianus A. "Adri" van Tiggelen is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a left defender.His career in football was intimately connected to Sparta Rotterdam, in which he began as a professional footballer, going on to manage the side in several categories and capacities, but he also played with...
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|RM ||
7 ||
Gerald VanenburgGerald Mervin Vanenburg is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a right winger.He amassed Eredivisie totals of 372 games and 112 goals for Ajax and PSV combined, winning fifteen major titles between the two clubs, including the 1988 European Cup with the latter...
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|CM ||
8 ||
Arnold MührenArnold Johannes Hyacinthus Mühren is a Dutch football manager and former midfielder. His older brother Gerrie, also a midfield player, won three European Cup titles with Ajax in the early 1970s...
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|CM ||
20||
Jan Wouters ||
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|LM ||
13||
Erwin KoemanErwin Koeman is a former football player and Dutch football manager. Currently he is the manager of FC Utrecht in the Dutch Eredivisie. He is the son of Dutch international footballer Martin Koeman, and, alongside his younger brother Ronald, has also represented the Netherlands...
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|CF ||
10||
Ruud GullitOON is a Dutch football manager and former football player, who played professionally in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the captain of the Netherlands national team that was victorious at Euro 88 and was also a member of the squad for the 1990 World Cup. He was named the European Footballer of the...
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|CF ||
12||
Marco van Basten
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|GK ||
16||
Joop Hiele
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|DF ||
18||
Wilbert SuvrijnWilbert Suvrijn is a retired Dutch footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also operate as a defensive midfielder.-Club career:...
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|MF ||
11||
John van 't SchipJohannes Nicolaas "John" van 't Schip is a former Dutch international footballer. He is the manager for the A-League team Melbourne Heart.- Early life :Born in Fort St...
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|FW ||
9 ||
John BosmanJohannes "John" Jacobus Bosman is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a striker.A prolific goalscorer for both club and country, he played professionally for 19 years, most notably with Ajax and Anderlecht , surpassing the 100-goal mark with both clubs and winning a total of eight major...
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14||
Wim KieftWillem "Wim" Cornelis Nicolaas Kieft is a retired Dutch footballer who played as a centre forward.A prolific goalscorer whose main asset resided in his heading ability, he played in his country for two of the most important clubs, Ajax Amsterdam and PSV Eindhoven, with equal team and individual...
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Manager:
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Rinus MichelsMarinus Jacobus Hendricus Michels OON was a Dutch association football player and coach...
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Assistant referees:
Gérard BiguetGérard Biguet is a retired French football referee, known for having refereed one match at the 1992 UEFA European Football Championship: CIS versus Germany.-References:*...
Rémi Harrel
Fourth official:
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