1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final

1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final
Match programme cover
Event1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Mechelen Ajax
1 0
Date11 May 1988
VenueStade de la Meinau, Strasbourg
RefereeDieter Pauly (West Germany)
Attendance39,446

The 1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final was a football match contested between 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

Further information: 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Mechelen Round Ajax
Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg Opponent Agg. 1st leg 2nd leg
Dinamo București 3–0 1–0 (H) 2–0 (A) First round Dundalk 6–0 4–0 (H) 2–0 (A)
St Mirren 2–0 0–0 (H) 2–0 (A) Second round Hamburger SV 3–0 1–0 (A) 2–0 (H)
Dinamo Minsk 2–1 1–0 (H) 1–1 (A) Quarter-finals Young Boys 2–0 1–0 (A) 1–0 (H)
Atalanta 4–2 2–1 (H) 2–1 (A) Semi-finals Marseille 4–2 3–0 (A) 1–2 (H)

Match

Details

Mechelen 1–0 Ajax
Den Boer 53' Report
Attendance: 39,446
Mechelen
Ajax
GK 1 Michel Preud'homme
RB 6 Koen Sanders  61'
CB 3 Lei Clijsters (c)
CB 4 Graeme Rutjes
LB 9 Geert Deferm
RM 5 Wim Hofkens  73'
CM 2 Marc Emmers
LM 8 Erwin Koeman
RW 7 Pascal De Wilde  60'
LW 10 Eli Ohana
CF 11 Piet den Boer  81'
Substitutes:
FW 16 Paul de Mesmaeker  60'
MF 15 Paul Theunis  73'
DF 14 Raymond Jaspers
GK 16 Pierre Drouguet
MF 17 Joachim Benfeld
Manager:
Aad de Mos
GK 1 Stanley Menzo
RB 2 Danny Blind  16'
CB 3 Jan Wouters  90'
CB 5 Frank Verlaat  73'
LB 4 Peter Larsson
RM 8 Aron Winter
CM 6 Arnold Scholten
LM 10 Arnold Mühren
RW 7 John van 't Schip (c)  57'
LW 11 Rob Witschge
CF 9 John Bosman
Substitutes:
FW 16 Dennis Bergkamp  57'
FW 13 Henny Meijer  73'
GK Lloyd Doesburg
MF Ally Dick
MF 14 Richard Witschge
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

References

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