UEFA Euro 1988 Final

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 Netherlands at the Olympiastadion in Munich. The Dutch won the match 2–0, with goals coming from captain Ruud Gullit and tournament top scorer Marco van Basten; Gullit scored the opening goal with a header in the first half, from a Van Basten assist. At 2–0, Hans van Breukelen saved a penalty from Igor Belanov, a penalty that he had given away for bringing down Sergey Gotsmanov.[3][4]

UEFA Euro 1988 Final
Match programme cover
EventUEFA Euro 1988
Soviet Union Netherlands
0 2
Date25 June 1988 (1988-06-25)
VenueOlympiastadion, Munich
RefereeMichel Vautrot (France)[1]
Attendance62,770[2]

Van Basten's goal, in which he volleyed right-footed over Rinat Dasayev from the tightest of angles on the right of the penalty area from Arnold Muhren's looping ball from the left, would later be described as one of the greatest goals in the history of the European Championships.[5][6][7][8]

Despite appearing in the FIFA World Cup Finals of 1974 and 1978, this was the first international tournament won by the Netherlands, and the only time the Netherlands have ever reached the final of UEFA Euro. For Russia, this is still the country's latest attempt to win the second European trophy, and the latest time they reached the final of the competition.

Match

Details
Soviet Union 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 62,770[2]

Soviet Union
Netherlands
GK1Rinat Dasayev (c)
RB5Anatoliy Demyanenko 31'
CB7Sergei Aleinikov
CB3Vagiz Khidiyatullin 42'
LB6Vasyl Rats
RM8Hennadiy Lytovchenko 33'
CM9Oleksandr Zavarov
CM15Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
LM18Sergey Gotsmanov 68'
CF10Oleh Protasov 71'
CF11Igor Belanov
Substitutes:
DF19Sergei Baltacha 68'
MF20Viktor Pasulko 71'
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
GK1Hans van Breukelen
RB6Berry van Aerle 50'
CB17Frank Rijkaard
CB4Ronald Koeman
LB2Adri van Tiggelen
RM7Gerald Vanenburg
CM20Jan Wouters 37'
CM8Arnold Mühren
LM13Erwin Koeman
CF10Ruud Gullit (c)
CF12Marco van Basten
Substitutes:
GK16Joop Hiele
DF18Wilbert Suvrijn
MF11John van 't Schip
FW9John Bosman
FW14Wim Kieft
Manager:
Rinus Michels

Linesmen:[1]
Gérard Biguet (France)
Rémi Harrel (France)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level
  • Five named substitutes, of which up to two may be used

References
  1. "Netherlands - USSR 2:0 (EURO 1988 Germany, Final)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
  2. "European Football Championship 1988 FINAL". euro2000.org. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
  3. "European Championships 1988". ESPN. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  4. "Van Basten ends Dutch wait". UEFA.com. 5 October 2003. Retrieved 3 November 2019.
  5. Humphrey, Jake. "Which is the best Euro Goal Ever?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  6. "10 Greatest Goals in the European Championships". FourFourTwo. 8 May 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2008.
  7. "Holland 2 USSR 0". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  8. "Van Basten, a Dutch goal machine". FIFA.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
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