UEFA Euro 1988 Final

UEFA Euro 1988 Final

The Olympiastadion held the final
Event	UEFA Euro 1988
Soviet Union Netherlands 0 2
Date	25 June 1988
Venue	Olympiastadion, Munich
Referee	Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance	72,308

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, a header in the first half and tournament top scorer Marco van Basten. At 2-0, Hans van Breukelen saved a penalty from Igor Belanov, a penalty that he had given away for bringing down Sergey Gotsmanov.^[1]

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.^[2][3][4][5]

Match details

Soviet Union  v  Netherlands

1988-06-25 15:30

Soviet Union	0–2	Netherlands
	(Report)	Gullit  32' van Basten  54'

Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 72,308 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)

USSR	Netherlands

GK 1 Rinat Dasayev (c) RB 5 Anatoliy Demyanenko CB 7 Sergei Aleinikov CB 3 Vagiz Khidiyatullin LB 6 Vasiliy Rats RM 8 Hennadiy Litovchenko CM 9 Aleksandr Zavarov CM 15 Alexei Mikhailichenko LM 18 Sergey Gotsmanov  68' CF 11 Igor Belanov CF 10 Oleh Protasov  71' Substitutes: GK 16 Viktor Chanov DF 12 Vyacheslav Sukristov DF 13 Tengiz Sulakvelidze MF 19 Sergei Pavlovich Baltacha  68' MF 20 Viktor Pasulko  71' Manager: Valeri Lobanovsky

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen 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 LM 13 Erwin Koeman CF 12 Marco van Basten CF 10 Ruud Gullit (c) Substitutes: GK 16 Joop Hiele DF 18 Wilbert Suvrijn MF 11 John van 't Schip FW 9 John Bosman FW 14 Wim Kieft Manager: Rinus Michels

Assistant referees: Gérard Biguet Rémi Harrel Fourth official:

References

1. "European Championships 1988". ESPN. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
2. Humphrey, Jake. "Which is the best Euro Goal Ever?". BBC Sport. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
3. "10 Greatest Goals in the European Championships". FourFourTwo. 2008-05-08. Retrieved 2008-10-23.
4. "Holland 2 USSR 0". Goal.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
5. "Van Basten, a Dutch goal machine". FIFA.com. Retrieved 27 June 2013.

External links

• UEFA Euro 1988 Final Official Report at uefa.com