The 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between KV 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
KV MechelenRound AjaxOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd legOpponentAgg.1st leg2nd leg Dinamo București3–01–0 (H)2–0 (A)First round Dundalk6–04–0 (H)2–0 (A) St Mirren2–00–0 (H)2–0 (A)Second round Hamburger SV3–01–0 (A)2–0 (H) Dinamo Minsk2–11–0 (H)1–1 (A)Quarter-finals Young Boys2–01–0 (A)1–0 (H) Atalanta4–22–1 (H)2–1 (A)Semi-finals Marseille4–23–0 (A)1–2 (H)
Match Details
GK 1 Michel Preud'hommeRB 6 Koen Sanders CB 3 Lei Clijsters (c)CB 4 Graeme RutjesLB 9 Geert DefermRM 5 Wim Hofkens CM 2 Marc EmmersLM 8 Erwin KoemanRW 7 Pascal De Wilde LW 10 Eli OhanaCF 11 Piet den Boer Substitutes:GK Pierre DrouguetDF 14 Raymond JaspersMF 15 Paul Theunis FW 16 Paul De Mesmaeker MF 17 Joachim BenfeldManager: Aad de Mos GK 1 Stanley Menzo RB 2 Danny Blind CB 3 Jan Wouters CB 5 Frank Verlaat LB 4 Peter LarssonRM 8 Aron WinterCM 6 Arnold ScholtenLM 10 Arnold MührenRW 7 John van 't Schip (c) LW 11 Rob WitschgeCF 9 John BosmanSubstitutes:GK Lloyd DoesburgFW 13 Henny Meijer MF 14 Richard WitschgeMF Ally DickFW 16 Dennis Bergkamp Manager: 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 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup 1988 European Cup Final 1988 UEFA Cup Final AFC Ajax in European football
References
External links UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation Match summary at Racingstub.com