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{{Short description|8th European association football championship}}
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{{Infobox international football competition
| tourney_name = UEFA European Football Championship
| year = 1988
| other_titles = Fußball-Europameisterschaft<br />Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1988
| image = UEFA Euro 1988 logo.svg
| size = 200px
| caption = 
| country = West Germany
| dates = 10–25 June
| num_teams = 8
| venues = 8
| cities = 8
| champion = NED
| count = 1
| second = URS
| matches = 15
| goals = 34
| attendance = 849844
| top_scorer = {{fbicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]] {{nowrap|(5 goals)}}
| prevseason = [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]]
| nextseason = [[UEFA Euro 1992|1992]]
}}
The '''1988 UEFA European Football Championship''' final tournament was held in West Germany from 10 to 25 June 1988. It was the eighth [[UEFA European Championship]], which is held every four years and supported by [[UEFA]]. [[France national football team|France]] were the defending champions, but failed to qualify. The tournament crowned [[Netherlands national football team|the Netherlands]] as European champions for the first time.

Euro 1988 was a rare instance of a major football tournament ending without a single sending-off or goalless draw, nor any knockout matches going to extra time or penalties. This was the final European Championship to feature teams from [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]] and the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]], as the West and East Germans [[German reunification|reunified to become Germany in 1990]], and the Soviet Union [[Dissolution of the Soviet Union|disintegrated into 15 countries in 1991]].

==Bid process==
West Germany won the right to host the tournament with five votes ahead of a joint bid from Norway, Sweden and Denmark, which earned one vote, and a bid from England.<ref>{{Cite book|first1=Dietrich |last1=Schulze-Marmeling |first2=Hubert |last2=Dahlkamp|title=Die Geschichte der Fußball-Europameisterschaft 1960–2008|publisher=Verlag Die Werkstatt|location=Göttingen|date=2007|language=de|isbn=978-3-89533-553-2}}</ref> Because the [[Eastern Bloc]] disagreed that [[West Berlin]] was part of the [[West Germany|Federal Republic of Germany]], the [[German Football Association]] ruled out playing Championship matches in West Berlin. This secured the participation of Eastern European members of UEFA.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.upi.com/Archives/1985/02/21/Political-football-divides-Germanys/7388477810000/ |title=Political football divides Germanys |publisher=[[United Press International|UPI]] |date=21 February 1985 |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-toronto-star-dfb-wont-submit-to-pre/166870621/ |title=German soccer body rejects Berlin as site for tournament |newspaper=[[Toronto Star]] |agency=[[Associated Press]] |date=28 February 1985 |page=H2 |via=Newspapers.com}}</ref> In the [[1974 FIFA World Cup]], however, West Berlin had hosted three games.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tables/74f.html |title=World Cup 1974 (West Germany, June 13–July 7) |first1=Karel |last1=Stokkermans |first2=Sergio Henrique |last2=Jarreta |website=[[RSSSF]] |date=22 October 1999 |access-date=28 February 2025}}</ref> As a compromise, the [[Berlin Olympic Stadium]] hosted a [[Four Nations Tournament (1988)|Four Nations Tournament]] in 1988, with West Germany playing against the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]], [[Argentina national football team|Argentina]] and [[Sweden men's national football team|Sweden]].<ref name="Hausmann">{{Cite news |last=Hausmann |first=Jörg |date=28 March 2008 |title=Der zu Recht vergessene EM-Testlauf |trans-title=The rightly forgotten European Championship test run |language=de |work=[[T-Online]] |url=http://www.t-online.de/sport/id_14639564/der-zu-recht-vergessene-em-testlauf.html |archive-date=8 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160408223948/http://www.t-online.de/sport/id_14639564/der-zu-recht-vergessene-em-testlauf.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|first=José Luis|last=Pierrend|title=Four Nations Tournament (West-Berlin, West Germany 1988)|url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesf/fournations88.html|website=[[RSSSF]]|date=28 July 2016|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

==Overview==
===Group matches===
The first group pitted two pre-tournament favourites [[Germany national football team|West Germany]] and [[Italy national football team|Italy]] together, along with [[Spain men's national football team|Spain]] and [[Denmark national football team|Denmark]]. The West German team had won the [[UEFA Euro 1980|1980 European Championship]] and were the runners-up in each of the last two World Cups in [[1982 FIFA World Cup|1982]] and [[1986 FIFA World Cup|1986]], although in [[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]] they failed to qualify from their group. With such results and additionally as the host they were commonly considered the main favourite of the tournament.

The Italians had not played at Euro 1984, though they had finished fourth in the 1980 tournament, for which they were the hosts; they had also won the 1982 World Cup, albeit followed by a middling performance in 1986. Spain and Denmark contested the second semi-final of the 1984 edition, in which Spain prevailed on penalty-kicks, but then lost the final to hosts, [[France national football team|France]] (who failed to qualify in 1988). Both Spain and Denmark played in the 1986 World Cup, and met there again, in a Round of 16 match of the knockout stage which Spain won 5–1.

The Germans and Italians played out the opening game. This game was tightly contested. [[Roberto Mancini]] capitalised on a defensive error on the left-hand side of the German goal and the striker squeezed in a shot from a tight angle low to the left corner. Just three minutes later, Italy's goalkeeper, [[Walter Zenga]] was penalised for taking more than four steps with the ball and [[Andreas Brehme]] scored the resulting free-kick from the edge of the penalty area with a low shot to the right corner. Both teams settled for a 1–1 draw.

Spain defeated Denmark again, this time 3–2. [[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Míchel]] opened the scoring after five minutes with a shot to the left corner from inside the penalty area and [[Michael Laudrup]] equalised 20 minutes later with a left foot shot from the edge of the penalty area to the left corner. Spain dominated the next hour and [[Emilio Butragueño]] scored with a low shot through the goalkeepers legs and then [[Rafael Gordillo]] putting the Spanish 3–1 to the good with a free-kick which deceived the goalkeeper. A late surge saw [[Flemming Povlsen]] reduce the scoreline with a header in off the left post, but was not enough for the Danes, who now needed to win both their remaining games to be certain of a place in the semi-finals.

In the remaining games the West Germans swept aside the Danes and Spanish. [[Jürgen Klinsmann]] and [[Olaf Thon]] scored to dispatch the former 2–0 while two goals from [[Rudi Völler]] were enough to beat Spain 2–0. The second goal was particularly notable. [[Lothar Matthäus]] ran 40 yards into the Spanish penalty box before back-heeling the ball for the oncoming Völler, following up his run, to strike the ball with the outside of his foot and into the corner of the goal.

The Italians won a difficult match against the Spanish 1–0, courtesy of a goal from [[Gianluca Vialli]], a low cross-shot to the net on 73 minutes. In the last game, against an already eliminated Denmark, the Italians prevailed 2–0.

The second group witnessed a surprising set of results. In the opening game, one of the pre-tournament favourites [[England national football team|England]] lost 1–0 to [[Republic of Ireland national football team|Ireland]]. [[Ray Houghton]] scored a looping header after six minutes after the English defence failed to clear a cross. The English applied strong pressure as the game wore on. [[Gary Lineker]] was unusually sluggish, missing a series of chances and hitting the crossbar – he was later diagnosed with [[hepatitis B]].<ref>{{cite news |first=Rob |last=Smyth |title=On Second Thoughts: Rob Smyth on England at Euro 88 |url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2008/jun/09/englandfootballteam |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=24 June 2016}}</ref> In the other opening game, the Soviet Union defeated the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] 1–0 through a [[Vasyl Rats]] goal, despite the Dutch dominating for long periods.

England met the Netherlands in [[Düsseldorf]]; both needed to win. England started strongly with Lineker hitting a post and [[Glenn Hoddle]] striking the post with a free-kick. The English defence, weakened by the absence of [[Terry Butcher]], conceded the first of three goals to [[Marco van Basten]] on 44 minutes. Van Basten turned Butcher's replacement [[Tony Adams (footballer)|Tony Adams]] and beat [[Peter Shilton]] – playing his 100th game for England – to give his side a 1–0 lead. England rallied after the break. Lineker and [[Bryan Robson]] exchanged a kick one-two pass allowing Robson to burst into the box and lift the ball over [[Hans van Breukelen]] after 53 minutes. The score remained until Van Basten turned Tony Adams inside out to finish from 18 yards on 71 minutes. The striker pounced from close-range after a corner to seal a 3–1 win four minutes later.

The Irish and Soviets led the group after two games through a 1–1 draw in [[Hanover]]. [[Ronnie Whelan]] scored a spectacular left-foot volley from 18 yards to put the Irish into the lead. [[Oleh Protasov]] equalised with a low shot as the Soviets exerted late pressure.

Needing to defeat the Irish to progress, the Dutch won the game 1–0 through a late [[Wim Kieft]] goal. The ball deflected into his path and he delivered a looping header which spun into the right corner of the Irish net with nine minutes remaining just after [[Paul McGrath (footballer)|Paul McGrath]] hit a Dutch post with a header. In the other game, the Soviets soundly thrashed England. A mistake from Hoddle allowed [[Sergei Aleinikov]] to score after three minutes. Adams equalised and England had chances to go ahead, but a goal before half-time and late in the game assured the Soviet Union would finish in first place in the group.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1212-euro-2016/13312-classic-matches-england-v-ussr-euro-68-88 |title=When Saturday Comes - Classic matches ~ England v USSR, Euro 68 & 88 |website=Wsc.co.uk |date=9 July 2012 |access-date=24 June 2016 |archive-date=1 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701074939/http://www.wsc.co.uk/wsc-daily/1212-euro-2016/13312-classic-matches-england-v-ussr-euro-68-88 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Semi-finals and final===
The first semi-final was significant as rivals West Germany played the Netherlands. It was only the third time the two sides had faced each other since the [[1974 FIFA World Cup Final]]; the West Germans winning a first round match in the 1980 European Championship, and a 2–2 draw in a [[1978 FIFA World Cup]] second round group match. The game was tight, and the West Germans broke the deadlock on 55 minutes with a Matthäus penalty after a foul on Klinsmann. The lead was held for 20 minutes until [[Jürgen Kohler]] brought down Van Basten. [[Ronald Koeman]] converted the spot-kick to level the match. With the match headed for [[extra time]], a through ball caught the Germans out and Van Basten finished clinically with a shot as he slid along the floor, beating the goalkeeper and Kohler to the ball in the 88th minute for a 2–1 win. It gave the Dutch their first competitive victory against the Germans and the first appearance in the competition's final. The victory was marred by the reaction of Dutch defender Koeman who wiped the shirt of Olaf Thon, given to him after the match, on his backside in front of the German fans. The player apologised afterwards.

The other semi-final was another unpredictable result. Italy were strong favourites to reach the final and had beaten the Soviets 4–1 in a friendly just two months earlier. Despite controlling the play and having the majority of the chances, the Italians were undone by poor finishing and a strong, tough opposition who sought to stop their more skilful opponents from playing through hard tackles and a defensive strategy. The hard work-rate of the Soviets paid off and in just four second-half minutes, counter-attacks saw two goals from [[Hennadiy Lytovchenko]] and Oleg Protasov. The first one from Lytovchenko was initially blocked, but with quick reactions he beat Franco Baresi to the ball to fire the second shot into the far corner. The second from Protasov was a looping shot that floated over Zenga for a 2–0 victory. It would be the Soviet Union's fourth appearance in a [[List of UEFA European Football Championship finals|European Championship final]].

The final was played on 25 June between the Soviet Union, in what would turn out to be the nation's last European Championship match, and the Netherlands at the [[Olympiastadion (Munich)|Olympiastadion]] in [[Munich]]. The Dutch won the match 2–0, with goals by captain [[Ruud Gullit]] and tournament top scorer Marco van Basten. Hans van Breukelen blocked a low penalty shot of [[Igor Belanov]]. Van Basten's goal, a sharply hit volley across the goal off an incoming looping pass, would later be described as one of the greatest goals in the history of the European Championships.<ref>{{cite news |first=Jake |last=Humphrey |title=Which is the best Euro Goal Ever? |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/euro2008/2008/06/football_focus_needs_you_with.html |website=BBC Sport |access-date=23 October 2008 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |url=http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features/4468,10-greatest-goals-in-the-european-championships.aspx |title=10 Greatest Goals in the European Championships |magazine=[[FourFourTwo]] |publisher=Future plc |date=8 May 2008 |access-date=24 August 2017 |archive-date=23 October 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023055746/http://au.fourfourtwo.com/features/4468,10-greatest-goals-in-the-european-championships.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Qualification==
{{main|UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying}}

===Qualified teams===
Seven countries had to qualify for the final stage. West Germany qualified automatically as hosts of the event. The Republic of Ireland qualified for the first time for any major tournament. The holders, France, failed to qualify despite finishing third in the 1986 World Cup. As of 2024, this is the last time that France failed to qualify for the European Championship finals, and since the conversion to a group stage in the finals tournament, this remains the only time the previous tournament winners failed to qualify for the next competition.<ref>{{cite web|last=Magowan |first=Alistair |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/0/football/17988895 |title=Euro 1988: Valery Lobanovsky's last stand for Soviet Union |website=BBC Sport |date=12 May 2012 |access-date=17 June 2012}}</ref> Other notable absentees were Belgium (the 1980 runners-up and 1986 FIFA World Cup semi-finalists) and Portugal (semi-finalists of Euro 1984). The following eight teams qualified for the final tournament:

{{:UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying}}

{|
|- valign=top
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group 1|Group 1]]
|-
| align=center| {{fb|FRG}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ITA}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|DEN}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ESP}}
|}
|
{| class="wikitable"
|-
|+ [[#Group 2|Group 2]]
|-
| align=center| {{fb|ENG}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|IRL}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|NED}}
|-
| align=center| {{fb|USSR}}
|}
|}

==Venues==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|-
!rowspan="8" colspan="2"| {{Location map+|FRG and West Berlin|float=center|width=410|caption=|places=
{{Location map~|FRG and West Berlin|lat=48.173056|long=11.546667|label=[[Munich]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|FRG and West Berlin|lat=51.559167|long= 7.066667|label=[[Gelsenkirchen]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|FRG and West Berlin|lat=53.587158|long= 9.898617|label=[[Hamburg]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|FRG and West Berlin|lat=50.068611|long= 8.645278|label=[[Frankfurt]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|FRG and West Berlin|lat=51.260278|long= 6.734167|label=[[Düsseldorf]]|position=right}}
{{Location map~|FRG and West Berlin|lat=52.360067|long= 9.731197|label=[[Hanover]]|position=top}}
{{Location map~|FRG and West Berlin|lat=48.792269|long= 9.232031|label=[[Stuttgart]]|position=bottom}}
{{Location map~|FRG and West Berlin|lat=50.933497|long= 6.874997|label=[[Cologne]]|position=bottom}}}}
! [[Munich]]
! [[Gelsenkirchen]]
|-
| [[Olympiastadion (Munich)|Olympiastadion]]
| [[Parkstadion]]
|-
| Capacity: '''69,256'''
| Capacity: '''70,748'''
|-
| [[File:Olympiastadion Muenchen.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Parkstadion gelsenkirchen 2.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Hamburg]]
! [[Frankfurt]]
|-
| [[Volksparkstadion]]
| [[Waldstadion (Frankfurt)|Waldstadion]]
|-
| Capacity: '''61,330'''
| Capacity: '''61,056'''
|-
| [[File:Das Volksparkstadion 1983.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Waldstadionold1.jpg|200px]]
|-
! [[Düsseldorf]]
! [[Hanover]]
! [[Stuttgart]]
! [[Cologne]]
|-
| [[Rheinstadion]]
| [[Niedersachsenstadion]]
| [[MHPArena|Neckarstadion]]
| [[RheinEnergieStadion|Müngersdorfer Stadion]]
|-
| Capacity: '''68,400'''
| Capacity: '''60,366'''
| Capacity: '''70,705'''
| Capacity: '''60,584'''
|-
| [[File:Altes Rheinstadion.jpg|200px]]
| [[File:Hannover96 Nordtribüne.JPG|200px]]
| [[File:Gottlieb-Daimler-Stadion Stuttgart innen.JPG|200px]]
| [[File:Müngersdorfer.jpg|200px]]
|}

==Squads==
{{Main|UEFA Euro 1988 squads}}

Each national team had to submit a squad of 20 players.

==Match officials==
[[File:DBP 1988 1353 Sporthilfe Fußball.jpg|thumb|261px|Special stamp issued by [[Deutsche Bundespost]] for the tournament]]

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Referee
!colspan="2" | Linesmen
! Matches refereed
|-
| {{fba|AUT}}
| [[Horst Brummeier]]
| [[Heinz Holzmann]]
| [[Helmut Kohl (referee)|Helmut Kohl]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2#Republic of Ireland vs Netherlands|Republic of Ireland–Netherlands (group 2)]]
|-
| {{fba|BEL}}
| [[Alexis Ponnet]]
| [[Frans Van Den Wijngaert]]
| [[Jean-François Crucke]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 knockout stage#Soviet Union vs Italy|Soviet Union–Italy (semi-finals)]]
|-
| {{fba|GDR}}
| [[Siegfried Kirschen]]
| [[Klaus Peschel]]
| [[Manfred Roßner]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2#England vs Republic of Ireland|England–Republic of Ireland (group 2)]]
|-
| {{fba|ENG}}
| [[Keith Hackett]]
| [[Neil Midgley (referee)|Neil Midgley]]
| [[Brian Hill (referee)|Brian Hill]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1#West Germany vs Italy|West Germany–Italy (group 1)]]
|-
| {{fba|FRA|1974}}
| [[Michel Vautrot]]
| [[Gérard Biguet]]
| [[Rémi Harrel]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1#West Germany vs Spain|West Germany–Spain (group 1)]]<br />[[UEFA Euro 1988 Final|Soviet Union–Netherlands (final)]]
|-
| {{fba|ITA}}
| [[Paolo Casarin]]
| [[Carlo Longhi]]
| [[Pierluigi Magni]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2#England vs Netherlands|England–Netherlands (group 2)]]
|-
| {{fba|NED}}
| [[Bep Thomas]]
| [[John Blankenstein]]
| [[Jacob van der Niet]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1#Denmark vs Spain|Denmark–Spain (group 1)]]
|-
| {{fba|POR}}
| [[José Rosa dos Santos]]
| [[José Francisco Conceição Silva]]
| [[Fortunato Alves de Azevedo]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2#England vs Soviet Union|England–Soviet Union (group 2)]]
|-
| {{fba|ROU|1965}}
| [[Ioan Igna]]
| [[Ștefan Dan Petrescu]]
| [[Ion Crăciunescu]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 knockout stage#West Germany vs Netherlands|West Germany–Netherlands (semi-finals)]]
|-
| {{fba|SCO}}
| [[Bob Valentine (referee)|Bob Valentine]]
| [[Kenny Hope]]
| [[Andrew Waddell (referee)|Andrew Waddell]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1#West Germany vs Denmark|West Germany–Denmark (group 1)]]
|-
| {{fba|ESP}}
| [[Emilio Soriano Aladrén]]
| [[José Donato Pes Pérez]]
| [[José Mauro Socorro González]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2#Republic of Ireland vs Soviet Union|Republic of Ireland–Soviet Union (group 2)]]
|-
| {{fba|SWE}}
| [[Erik Fredriksson]]
| [[Bo Karlsson]]
| [[Christer Drottz]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1#Italy vs Spain|Italy–Spain (group 1)]]
|-
| {{fba|SUI}}
| [[Bruno Galler]]
| [[Renzo Peduzzi]]
| [[Philippe Mercier (referee)|Philippe Mercier]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1#Italy vs Denmark|Italy–Denmark (group 1)]]
|-
| {{fba|FRG}}
| [[Dieter Pauly]]
| [[Karl-Heinz Tritschler]]
| [[Aron Schmidhuber]]
| [[UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2#Netherlands vs Soviet Union|Netherlands–Soviet Union (group 2)]]
|}

'''[[Assistant referee (association football)#Fourth official|Fourth officials]]'''
{{Expand list|date=December 2019}}
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Country
! Fourth officials
|-
| {{fba|POL}}
| [[Michał Listkiewicz]]
|-
| {{fba|FRG}}
| [[Karl-Josef Assenmacher]]
|-
| {{fba|FRG}}
| [[Werner Föckler]]
|-
| {{fba|FRG}}
| [[Wolf-Günter Wiesel]]
|}

==Group stage==
[[File:Euro 1988.png|thumb|300px|Results for UEFA Euro 1988 finalists]]

The teams finishing in the top two of each group progressed to the semi-finals.

''All times are local, [[Central European Summer Time|CEST]] ([[UTC+02:00|UTC+2]]).''

===Tiebreakers===
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
# Goal difference in all group matches
# Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
# Drawing of lots

===Group 1===
{{main|UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1}}
{{UEFA Euro 1988 group tables|Group 1|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1|1-1}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1|1-2}}
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{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1|1-3}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1|1-4}}
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{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1|1-5}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 1|1-6}}

===Group 2===
{{main|UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2}}
[[File:EK voetbal in West Duitsland Engeland tegen Nederland 1-3, Bestanddeelnr 934-2662.jpg|thumb|England v Netherlands match]]
{{UEFA Euro 1988 group tables|Group 2|only_pld_pts=no_hide_class_rules}}

{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2|2-1}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2|2-2}}
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{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2|2-3}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2|2-4}}
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{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2|2-5}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 Group 2|2-6}}

==Knockout stage==
{{main|UEFA Euro 1988 knockout stage}}

In the knockout phase, [[Overtime (sports)#Association football (soccer)|extra time]] would be played if scores were level after 90 minutes, and a [[Penalty shoot-out (association football)|penalty shoot-out]] if teams could not be separated after the additional period.

===Bracket===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 knockout stage|bracket}}

===Semi-finals===
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 knockout stage|sf1}}
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{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 knockout stage|sf2}}

===Final===
{{main|UEFA Euro 1988 final}}
{{#lst:UEFA Euro 1988 final|final}}

==Statistics==
===Goalscorers===
{{Goalscorers
|goals=34 |matches=15

|5 goals=
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]

|2 goals=
*{{fbicon|URS}} [[Oleh Protasov]]
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Rudi Völler]]

|1 goal=
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Michael Laudrup]]
*{{fbicon|DEN}} [[Flemming Povlsen]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Tony Adams]]
*{{fbicon|ENG}} [[Bryan Robson]]
*{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Alessandro Altobelli]]
*{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Luigi De Agostini]]
*{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Roberto Mancini]]
*{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Vialli]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Ruud Gullit]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Wim Kieft]]
*{{fbicon|NED}} [[Ronald Koeman]]
*{{fbicon|IRL}} [[Ray Houghton]]
*{{fbicon|IRL}} [[Ronnie Whelan]]
*{{fbicon|URS}} [[Sergei Aleinikov]]
*{{fbicon|URS}} [[Hennadiy Lytovchenko]]
*{{fbicon|URS}} [[Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko]]
*{{fbicon|URS}} [[Viktor Pasulko]]
*{{fbicon|URS}} [[Vasyl Rats]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Emilio Butragueño]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Rafael Gordillo]]
*{{fbicon|ESP}} [[Míchel (footballer, born 1963)|Míchel]]
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Andreas Brehme]]
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Jürgen Klinsmann]]
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
*{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Olaf Thon]]
}}

===Awards===
;UEFA Team of the Tournament<ref>{{Cite web|title=UEFA 1988 Team of the Tournament|url=https://www.uefa.com/euro2024/news/0253-0d7d771ae77b-33dd16358404-1000--euro-1988-team-of-the-tournament/|website=UEFA|date=1 January 2022|access-date=26 February 2025}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!style="width:25%"| Goalkeeper
!style="width:25%"| Defenders
!style="width:25%"| Midfielders
!style="width:25%"| Forwards
|- style="vertical-align:top;"
| {{fbicon|NED}} [[Hans van Breukelen]]
| {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Bergomi]]<br />{{fbicon|ITA}} [[Paolo Maldini]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Ronald Koeman]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Frank Rijkaard]]
| {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Giuseppe Giannini]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Jan Wouters]]<br />{{fbicon|FRG}} [[Lothar Matthäus]]
| {{fbicon|ITA}} [[Gianluca Vialli]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Ruud Gullit]]<br />{{fbicon|NED}} [[Marco van Basten]]
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
* {{Official website}}

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[[Category:Men's international association football competitions hosted by West Germany|1988]]
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[[Category:Football competitions in Munich|1988]]
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[[Category:June 1988 sports events in Europe]]