1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

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1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final match programme.jpg
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
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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.

Route to the final[]

Further information: 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
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 Goal 53' Report
Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Attendance: 39,446
Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
Mechelen
Ajax
GK 1 Belgium Michel Preud'homme
RB 6 Belgium Koen Sanders Yellow card 61'
SW 3 Belgium Lei Clijsters (c)
CB 4 Netherlands Graeme Rutjes
LB 9 Belgium Geert Deferm
RM 5 Netherlands Wim Hofkens Substituted off 73'
CM 2 Belgium Marc Emmers
LM 8 Netherlands Erwin Koeman
RW 7 Belgium Pascal De Wilde Substituted off 60'
CF 11 Netherlands Piet den Boer Yellow card 81'
LW 10 Israel Eli Ohana
Substitutes:
RW 16 Belgium Paul de Mesmaeker Substituted in 60'
CM 15 Belgium Paul Theunis Substituted in 73'
MF 17 West Germany
DF 14 Belgium
GK 16 Belgium Pierre Drouguet
Manager:
Netherlands Aad de Mos
KV Mechelen vs Ajax 1988-05-11.svg
GK 1 Netherlands Stanley Menzo
RB 2 Netherlands Danny Blind Red card 16'
SW 3 Netherlands Jan Wouters Yellow card 90'
CB 5 Netherlands Frank Verlaat Substituted off 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) Substituted off 57'
CF 9 Netherlands John Bosman
LW 11 Netherlands Rob Witschge
Substitutes:
GK Netherlands Lloyd Doesburg
MF Scotland Ally Dick
MF 14 Netherlands Richard Witschge
RW 16 Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp Substituted in 57'
CF 13 Netherlands Henny Meijer Substituted in 73'
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

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