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]

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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-finalsFinal
 
      
 
22 June – Stuttgart
 
 
 Soviet Union2
 
25 June – Munich
 
 Italy0
 
 Soviet Union0
 
21 June – Hamburg
 
 Netherlands2
 
 West Germany1
 
 
 Netherlands2
 

Semi-finals

West Germany vs Netherlands
See also: Germany–Netherlands football rivalry
West Germany 1–2 Netherlands
 Report
Attendance: 56,115
Referee: Ioan Igna (Romania)
West Germany
Netherlands
GK1Eike Immel
RB6Ulrich Borowka
CB5Matthias Herget 44'
CB4Jürgen Kohler
LB3Andreas Brehme
RM10Olaf Thon
CM20Wolfgang Rolff
CM8Lothar Matthäus (c)
LM11Frank Mill 79'
CF9Rudi Völler
CF18Jürgen Klinsmann
Substitutions:
DF15Hans Pflügler 44'
MF7Pierre Littbarski 79'
Manager:
Franz Beckenbauer
GK1Hans van Breukelen 60'
RB6Berry van Aerle
CB17Frank Rijkaard
CB4Ronald Koeman
LB2Adri van Tiggelen
RM7Gerald Vanenburg
CM20Jan Wouters
CM8Arnold Mühren 58'
LM13Erwin Koeman 89'
CF12Marco van Basten
CF10Ruud Gullit (c)
Substitutions:
FW14Wim Kieft 58'
DF18Wilbert Suvrijn 89'
Manager:
Rinus Michels

Assistant referees:
Ștefan Dan Petrescu (Romania)
Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Soviet Union vs Italy
Soviet Union 2–0 Italy
 Report
Attendance: 61,606
Soviet Union
Italy
GK1Rinat Dasayev (c)
RB4Oleh Kuznetsov 2'
CB3Vagiz Khidiyatullin
CB2Volodymyr Bezsonov 32' 36'
LB6Vasyl Rats
RM9Oleksandr Zavarov
CM8Hennadiy Lytovchenko
CM18Sergey Gotsmanov 44'
CM7Sergei Aleinikov
LM15Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
CF10Oleh Protasov
Substitutions:
DF5Anatoliy Demyanenko 36'
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
GK1Walter Zenga
RB3Giuseppe Bergomi (c)
CB6Riccardo Ferri 85'
CB2Franco Baresi 33'
LB8Paolo Maldini 65'
RM17Roberto Donadoni
CM9Carlo Ancelotti
CM11Fernando De Napoli 78'
LM14Giuseppe Giannini
CF18Roberto Mancini 46'
CF20Gianluca Vialli
Substitutions:
FW16Alessandro Altobelli 46'
DF10Luigi De Agostini 65'
Manager:
Azeglio Vicini

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

Final
Main article: UEFA Euro 1988 Final
Soviet Union 0–2 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 62,770[2]
Soviet Union
Netherlands
GK1Rinat Dasayev (c)
RB5Anatoliy Demyanenko 31'
CB7Sergei Aleinikov
CB3Vagiz Khidiyatullin 42'
LB6Vasyl Rats
RM8Hennadiy Lytovchenko 33'
CM9Oleksandr Zavarov
CM15Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko
LM18Sergey Gotsmanov 68'
CF10Oleh Protasov 71'
CF11Igor Belanov
Substitutes:
DF19Sergei Baltacha 68'
MF20Viktor Pasulko 71'
Manager:
Valeriy Lobanovskyi
GK1Hans van Breukelen
RB6Berry van Aerle 50'
CB17Frank Rijkaard
CB4Ronald Koeman
LB2Adri van Tiggelen
RM7Gerald Vanenburg
CM20Jan Wouters 37'
CM8Arnold Mühren
LM13Erwin Koeman
CF10Ruud Gullit (c)
CF12Marco van Basten
Substitutes:
GK16Joop Hiele
DF18Wilbert Suvrijn
MF11John van 't Schip
FW9John Bosman
FW14Wim Kieft
Manager:
Rinus Michels

Linesmen:[3]
Gérard Biguet (France)
Rémi Harrel (France)

References
  1. "Blast from the Past – Euro 1988 Final: USSR 0-2 Netherlands". Goal.com. Perform Group. 7 June 2012. Retrieved 27 June 2013.
  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.
  3. "Netherlands - USSR 2:0 (EURO 1988 Germany, Final)". worldfootball.net. HEIM:SPIEL. Retrieved 27 December 2017.
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