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]

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

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-finals				Final
	22 June – Stuttgart
	Soviet Union	2
					25 June – Munich
	Italy	0
					Soviet Union	0
	21 June – Hamburg
					Netherlands	2
	West Germany	1
	Netherlands	2

Semi-finals[]

West Germany vs Netherlands[]

West Germany

Netherlands

GK 1 Eike Immel RB 6 Ulrich Borowka CB 5 Matthias Herget  44' CB 4 Jürgen Kohler LB 3 Andreas Brehme RM 10 Olaf Thon CM 20 Wolfgang Rolff CM 8 Lothar Matthäus (c) LM 11 Frank Mill  79' CF 9 Rudi Völler CF 18 Jürgen Klinsmann Substitutions: DF 15 Hans Pflügler  44' MF 7 Pierre Littbarski  79' Manager: Franz Beckenbauer

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen  60' 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  58' LM 13 Erwin Koeman  89' CF 12 Marco van Basten CF 10 Ruud Gullit (c) Substitutions: FW 14 Wim Kieft  58' DF 18 Wilbert Suvrijn  89' Manager: Rinus Michels

Linesmen: (Romania) Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)

Soviet Union vs Italy[]

Soviet Union

Italy

GK 1 Rinat Dasayev (c) RB 4 Oleh Kuznetsov  2' CB 3 Vagiz Khidiyatullin CB 2 Volodymyr Bezsonov  32'  36' LB 6 Vasyl Rats RM 9 Oleksandr Zavarov CM 8 Hennadiy Lytovchenko CM 18 Sergey Gotsmanov  44' CM 7 Sergei Aleinikov LM 15 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko CF 10 Oleh Protasov Substitutions: DF 5 Anatoliy Demyanenko  36' Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi

GK 1 Walter Zenga RB 3 Giuseppe Bergomi (c) CB 6 Riccardo Ferri  85' CB 2 Franco Baresi  33' LB 8 Paolo Maldini  65' RM 17 Roberto Donadoni CM 9 Carlo Ancelotti CM 11 Fernando De Napoli  78' LM 14 Giuseppe Giannini CF 18 Roberto Mancini  46' CF 20 Gianluca Vialli Substitutions: FW 16 Alessandro Altobelli  46' DF 10 Luigi De Agostini  65' Manager: Azeglio Vicini

Linesmen: (Belgium) (Belgium)

Final[]

Soviet Union

Netherlands

GK 1 Rinat Dasayev (c) RB 5 Anatoliy Demyanenko  31' CB 7 Sergei Aleinikov CB 3 Vagiz Khidiyatullin  42' LB 6 Vasyl Rats RM 8 Hennadiy Lytovchenko  33' CM 9 Oleksandr Zavarov CM 15 Oleksiy Mykhaylychenko LM 18 Sergey Gotsmanov  68' CF 10 Oleh Protasov  71' CF 11 Igor Belanov Substitutes: DF 19 Sergei Baltacha  68' MF 20 Viktor Pasulko  71' Manager: Valeriy Lobanovskyi

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen RB 6 Berry van Aerle  50' CB 17 Frank Rijkaard CB 4 Ronald Koeman LB 2 Adri van Tiggelen RM 7 Gerald Vanenburg CM 20 Jan Wouters  37' CM 8 Arnold Mühren LM 13 Erwin Koeman CF 10 Ruud Gullit (c) CF 12 Marco van Basten 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

Linesmen:[3] Gérard Biguet (France) (France) Reserve referee: Michał Listkiewicz (Poland)

References[]

External links[]

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