1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final

A football match contested between Belgium and the Netherlands
Football match
1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final
Match programme cover
Event1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Mechelen Ajax
Belgium Netherlands
1 0
Date11 May 1988
VenueStade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
RefereeDieter Pauly (West Germany)
Attendance39,446
1987
1989

The 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between Mechelen of Belgium and the defending champions, Ajax of the 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 played at Stade de la Meinau in Strasbourg, France, on 11 May 1988. Mechelen won the match 1–0 thanks to a goal by Piet den Boer who headed the ball low into the net after a cross by Eli Ohana from the left.

Route to the final

Belgium Mechelen Round Netherlands Ajax
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Romania Dinamo București 3–0 1–0 (H) 2–0 (A) First round Republic of Ireland Dundalk 6–0 4–0 (H) 2–0 (A)
Scotland St Mirren 2–0 0–0 (H) 2–0 (A) Second round West Germany Hamburger SV 3–0 1–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
Soviet Union Dinamo Minsk 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Switzerland Young Boys 2–0 1–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
Italy Atalanta 4–2 2–1 (H) 2–1 (A) Semi-finals France Marseille 4–2 3–0 (A) 1–2 (H)

Match

Details

Mechelen Belgium1–0Netherlands Ajax
Den Boer 53' Report
Mechelen
Ajax
GK 1 Belgium Michel Preud'homme
RB 6 Belgium Koen Sanders Yellow card 61'
CB 3 Belgium Lei Clijsters (c)
CB 4 Netherlands Graeme Rutjes
LB 9 Belgium Geert Deferm
RM 5 Netherlands Wim Hofkens downward-facing red arrow 73'
CM 2 Belgium Marc Emmers
LM 8 Netherlands Erwin Koeman
RW 7 Belgium Pascal De Wilde downward-facing red arrow 60'
LW 10 Israel Eli Ohana
CF 11 Netherlands Piet den Boer Yellow card 81'
Substitutes:
FW 16 Belgium Paul de Mesmaeker upward-facing green arrow 60'
MF 15 Belgium Paul Theunis upward-facing green arrow 73'
DF 14 Belgium Raymond Jaspers
GK 16 Belgium Pierre Drouguet
MF 17 West Germany Joachim Benfeld
Manager:
Netherlands Aad de Mos
GK 1 Netherlands Stanley Menzo
RB 2 Netherlands Danny Blind Red card 16'
CB 3 Netherlands Jan Wouters Yellow card 90'
CB 5 Netherlands Frank Verlaat downward-facing red arrow 73'
LB 4 Sweden Peter Larsson
RM 8 Netherlands Aron Winter
CM 6 Netherlands Arnold Scholten
LM 10 Netherlands Arnold Mühren
RW 7 Netherlands John van 't Schip (c) downward-facing red arrow 57'
LW 11 Netherlands Rob Witschge
CF 9 Netherlands John Bosman
Substitutes:
FW 16 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 13 Netherlands Henny Meijer upward-facing green arrow 73'
GK Netherlands Lloyd Doesburg
MF Scotland Ally Dick
MF 14 Netherlands Richard Witschge
Manager:
Netherlands 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

External links

  • UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
  • Match summary at Racingstub.com
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