1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

The 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Mechelen of Belgium and the defending champions, Ajax of Netherlands. It was the final match of the 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup and the 28th European Cup Winners' Cup final. The final was held at Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg, France. Mechelen won the match 1–0 thanks to a goal by Piet den Boer.

1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
Match programme cover
Event1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Mechelen Ajax
1 0
Date11 May 1988
VenueStade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
RefereeDieter Pauly (West Germany)
Attendance39,446

Route to the final
Further information: 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Mechelen Round Ajax
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo București 3–0 1–0 (H) 2–0 (A) First round Dundalk 6–0 4–0 (H) 2–0 (A)
St Mirren 2–0 0–0 (H) 2–0 (A) Second round Hamburger SV 3–0 1–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
Dinamo Minsk 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Young Boys 2–0 1–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
Atalanta 4–2 2–1 (H) 2–1 (A) Semi-finals Marseille 4–2 3–0 (A) 1–2 (H)

Match

Details
Mechelen 1–0 Ajax
den Boer  53' Report
Attendance: 39,446
Mechelen
Ajax
GK1 Michel Preud'homme
RB6 Koen Sanders 61'
SW3 Lei Clijsters (c)
CB4 Graeme Rutjes
LB9 Geert Deferm
RCM5 Wim Hofkens 73'
CM2 Marc Emmers
LCM8 Erwin Koeman
RW7 Pascal de Wilde 60'
CF11 Piet den Boer 81'
LW10 Eli Ohana
Substitutes:
RW16 Paul de Mesmaeker 60'
CM15 Paul Theunis 73'
MF17 Joachim Benfeld
DF14 Raymond Jaspers
GK16 Pierre Drouguet
Manager:
Aad de Mos
GK1 Stanley Menzo
RB2 Danny Blind 16'
SW3 Jan Wouters 90'
CB5 Frank Verlaat 73'
LB4 Peter Larsson
RCM8 Aron Winter
CM6 Arnold Scholten
LCM10 Arnold Mühren
RW7 John van 't Schip (c) 57'
CF9 John Bosman
LW11 Rob Witschge
Substitutes:
GK Lloyd Doesburg
MF Ally Dick
MF14 Richard Witschge
RW16 Dennis Bergkamp 57'
CF13 Henny Meijer 73'
Manager:
Barry Hulshoff

Assistant referees:
Karl-Heinz Tritschler (West Germany)
Aron Schmidhuber (West Germany)

Match rules

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra time if necessary.
  • Penalty shoot-out if scores still level.
  • Five named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

See also

References
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