1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final

1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final
Event 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Mechelen Ajax
Belgium Netherlands
1 0
Date 11 May 1988
Venue Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
Referee Dieter Pauly (West Germany)
Attendance 39,446

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.

In the United Kingdom, the match was not televised live but highlights were shown on ITV's Midweek Sports Special[1] with Brian Moore commentating; this was later shown on the British version of ESPN Classic.

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 Hamburg 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 5–1 3–0 (A) 2–1 (H)

Match

Details

Mechelen Belgium 1–0 Netherlands Ajax
Den Boer  53' Report
Attendance: 39,446
Mechelen
Ajax
GK1Belgium Michel Preud'homme
RB6Belgium Koen SandersYellow card 61'
SW3Belgium Leo Clijsters (c)
CB4Netherlands Graeme Rutjes
LB9Belgium Geert Deferm
RCM5Netherlands Wim Hofkens 73'
CM2Belgium Marc Emmers
LCM8Netherlands Erwin Koeman
RW7Belgium Pascal De Wilde 60'
CF11Netherlands Piet Den BoerYellow card 81'
LW10Israel Eli Ohana
Substitutes:
RW16Belgium Paul De Mesmaeker 60'
CM15Belgium Paul Theunis 73'
MF West Germany Joachim Benfeld
DF Belgium Raymond Jaspers
GK Belgium Pierre Drouguet
Manager:
Netherlands Aad De Mos
GK1Netherlands Stanley Menzo
RB2Netherlands Danny BlindRed card 16'
SW3Netherlands Jan WoutersYellow card 90'
CB5Netherlands Frank Verlaat 73'
LB4Sweden Peter Larsson
RCM8Netherlands Aron Winter
CM6Netherlands Arnold Scholten
LCM10Netherlands Arnold Mühren
RW7Netherlands John Van 't Schip (c) 57'
CF9Netherlands John Bosman
LW11Netherlands Rob Witschge
Substitutes:
GK Netherlands Lloyd Doesburg
MF Scotland Ally Dick
MF14 Netherlands Richard Witschge
RW16Netherlands Dennis Bergkamp 57'
CF13Netherlands Henny Meijer 73'
Manager:
Netherlands Barry Hulshoff

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

  1. ↑ "Television and radio", The Times, 11 May 1988
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