Summary History of Euro 1988

Euro 1988

Champion : Netherlands
Runner-up : Soviet Union
Host : Germany

Top Scorer : Marco van Basten (Netherlands) 5 goals

Germany as Euro 1988’s host was using competition format same as in 1984. Netherlands became champion after defeat Soviet Union 2-0. Netherlands goals came from Marco van Basten’s heading and Ruud Gullit.

Euro 88 was a rare incidence of a major football tournament being completed without a single player being sent off, any knockout matches going into extra time or penalty shoot out and having at least one goal scored in every match.

Venues :

Munich	Gelsenkirchen	Hamburg
Olympiastadion	Parkstadion	Volksparkstadion
Frankfurt	Düsseldorf	Hanover
Waldstadion	Rheinstadion	Niedersachsenstadion
Stuttgart	Cologne
Neckarstadion	Müngersdorfer Stadion

Source : Wikipedia

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