UEFA Euro 1988 knockout stage

The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 1988 was a single-elimination tournament involving the four teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were two rounds of matches: a semi-final stage leading to the final to decide the champions. The knockout stage began with the semi-finals on 21 June and ended with the final on 25 June 1988 at the Olympiastadion in Munich. The Netherlands won the tournament with a 2–0 victory over the Soviet Union.^[1]

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Format

Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by thirty minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the two groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group	Winners	Runners-up
1	West Germany	Italy
2	Soviet Union	Netherlands

Bracket

Semi-finals		Final

22 June – Stuttgart

Soviet Union	2
		25 June – Munich
Italy	0
		Soviet Union	0
21 June – Hamburg
		Netherlands	2
West Germany	1

Netherlands	2

Semi-finals

West Germany vs Netherlands

21 June 1988

20:15

West Germany	1–2	Netherlands
Matthäus 55' (pen.)	Report	R. Koeman 74' (pen.) Van Basten 88'

Volksparkstadion, Hamburg

Attendance: 56,115

Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)

West Germany

Netherlands


GK	1	Eike Immel
RB	6	Ulrich Borowka
CB	5	Matthias Herget	44'
CB	4	Jürgen Kohler
LB	3	Andreas Brehme
RM	10	Olaf Thon
CM	20	Wolfgang Rolff
CM	8	Lothar Matthäus (c)
LM	11	Frank Mill	79'
CF	9	Rudi Völler
CF	18	Jürgen Klinsmann
Substitutions:
DF	15	Hans Pflügler	44'
MF	7	Pierre Littbarski	79'
Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer


GK	1	Hans van Breukelen	60'
RB	6	Berry van Aerle
CB	17	Frank Rijkaard
CB	4	Ronald Koeman
LB	2	Adri van Tiggelen
RM	7	Gerald Vanenburg
CM	20	Jan Wouters
CM	8	Arnold Mühren		58'
LM	13	Erwin Koeman		89'
CF	12	Marco van Basten
CF	10	Ruud Gullit (c)
Substitutions:
FW	14	Wim Kieft		58'
DF	18	Wilbert Suvrijn		89'
Manager:
Rinus Michels

Linesmen:
Ștefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)
Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Soviet Union vs Italy

22 June 1988

20:15

Soviet Union	2–0	Italy
Lytovchenko 58' Protasov 62'	Report

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 61,606

Referee: Alexis Ponnet (Belgium)

Soviet Union

Italy


GK	1	Rinat Dasayev (c)
RB	4	Oleh Kuznetsov	2'
CB	3	Vagiz Khidiyatullin
CB	2	Volodymyr Bezsonov	32'	36'
LB	6	Vasyl Rats
RM	9	Oleksandr Zavarov
CM	8	Hennadiy Lytovchenko
CM	18	Sergey Gotsmanov	44'
CM	7	Sergei Aleinikov
LM	15	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
CF	10	Oleh Protasov
Substitutions:
DF	5	Anatoliy Demyanenko		36'
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi


GK	1	Walter Zenga
RB	3	Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
CB	6	Riccardo Ferri	85'
CB	2	Franco Baresi	33'
LB	8	Paolo Maldini		65'
RM	17	Roberto Donadoni
CM	9	Carlo Ancelotti
CM	11	Fernando De Napoli	78'
LM	14	Giuseppe Giannini
CF	18	Roberto Mancini		46'
CF	20	Gianluca Vialli
Substitutions:
FW	16	Alessandro Altobelli		46'
DF	10	Luigi De Agostini		65'
Manager:
Azeglio Vicini

Linesmen:
Frans Van Den Wijngaert (Belgium)
Jean-François Crucke (Belgium)

Final

25 June 1988

15:30

Soviet Union	0–2	Netherlands
	Report	Gullit 32' Van Basten 54'

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 62,770^[2]

Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

Soviet Union

Netherlands


GK	1	Rinat Dasayev (c)
RB	5	Anatoliy Demyanenko	31'
CB	7	Sergei Aleinikov
CB	3	Vagiz Khidiyatullin	42'
LB	6	Vasyl Rats
RM	8	Hennadiy Lytovchenko	33'
CM	9	Oleksandr Zavarov
CM	15	Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
LM	18	Sergey Gotsmanov		68'
CF	10	Oleh Protasov		71'
CF	11	Igor Belanov
Substitutes:
DF	19	Sergei Baltacha		68'
MF	20	Viktor Pasulko		71'
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi


GK	1	Hans van Breukelen
RB	6	Berry van Aerle	50'
CB	17	Frank Rijkaard
CB	4	Ronald Koeman
LB	2	Adri van Tiggelen
RM	7	Gerald Vanenburg
CM	20	Jan Wouters	37'
CM	8	Arnold Mühren
LM	13	Erwin Koeman
CF	10	Ruud Gullit (c)
CF	12	Marco van Basten
Manager:
Rinus Michels

Linesmen:^[3]
Gérard Biguet (France)
Rémi Harrel (France)
Reserve referee:
Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

References

^ "Blast from the Past – Euro 1988 Final: USSR 0-2 Netherlands". Goal.com. Perform Group. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
^ "European Football Championship 1988 FINAL". euro2000.org. Union of European Football Associations. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 26 December 2017.
^ "Финал VI чемпионата Европы 1988 г. – Нидерланды 2 : 0 СССР" [Final of the VI European Championship 1988: Netherlands 2–0 USSR]. russia-matches.ucoz.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 20 February 2021.

External links

UEFA Euro 1988 official history

[1] "Blast from the Past – Euro 1988 Final: USSR 0-2 Netherlands". Goal.com. Perform Group. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

[attendance-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.

[officials-3] "Финал VI чемпионата Европы 1988 г. – Нидерланды 2 : 0 СССР" [Final of the VI European Championship 1988: Netherlands 2–0 USSR]. russia-matches.ucoz.ru (in Russian). Retrieved 20 February 2021.

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