UEFA Euro 1988 Final

See also: UEFA Euro 1988

UEFA Euro 1988 Final

Soviet Union Netherlands 0 2
Event	UEFA Euro 1988
Date	25 June 1988 (1988-06-25)
Venue	Olympiastadion, Munich
Referee	Michel Vautrot (France)
Attendance	72,308
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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.

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.

Match details

1988-06-25 15:30	Soviet Union	0–2	Netherlands	Olympiastadion, Munich Attendance: 72,308 Referee: Michel Vautrot (France)
		(Report)	Gullit  32' van Basten  54'

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:

External links

• UEFA Euro 1988 Final Official Report at uefa.com