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.
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 2
Bracket
Semi-finals
West Germany vs Netherlands
GK 1 Eike ImmelRB 6 Uli BorowkaCB 5 Matthias Herget CB 4 Jürgen KohlerLB 3 Andreas BrehmeRM 10Olaf ThonCM 20Wolfgang RolffCM 8 Lothar Matthäus (c)LM 11Frank Mill CF 9 Rudi VöllerCF 18Jürgen KlinsmannSubstitutions:DF 15Hans Pflügler MF 7 Pierre Littbarski Manager:Franz Beckenbauer GK 1 Hans van Breukelen RB 6 Berry van AerleCB 17Frank RijkaardCB 4 Ronald KoemanLB 2 Adri van TiggelenRM 7 Gerald VanenburgCM 20Jan WoutersCM 8 Arnold Mühren LM 13Erwin Koeman CF 12Marco van BastenCF 10Ruud Gullit (c)Substitutions:FW 14Wim Kieft DF 18Wilbert Suvrijn Manager:Rinus Michels
Linesmen: Ștefan Dan Petrescu (Romania) Ion Crăciunescu (Romania)
Soviet Union vs Italy
GK 1 Rinat Dasayev (c)RB 4 Oleh Kuznetsov CB 3 Vagiz KhidiyatullinCB 2 Volodymyr Bezsonov LB 6 Vasyl RatsRM 9 Oleksandr ZavarovCM 8 Hennadiy LytovchenkoCM 18Sergey Gotsmanov CM 7 Sergei AleinikovLM 15Oleksiy MykhaylychenkoCF 10Oleh ProtasovSubstitutions:DF 5 Anatoliy Demyanenko Manager:Valeriy Lobanovskyi GK 1 Walter ZengaRB 3 Giuseppe Bergomi (c)CB 6 Riccardo Ferri CB 2 Franco Baresi LB 8 Paolo Maldini RM 17Roberto DonadoniCM 9 Carlo AncelottiCM 11Fernando De Napoli LM 14Giuseppe GianniniCF 18Roberto Mancini CF 20Gianluca VialliSubstitutions:FW 16Alessandro Altobelli DF 10Luigi De Agostini Manager:Azeglio Vicini
Linesmen: Frans Van Den Wijngaert (Belgium) Jean-François Crucke (Belgium)
Final
References
External links
UEFA Euro 1988 official history