1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final

1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final

File:1988 European Cup Winners' Cup Final match programme.jpg Match programme cover
Event	1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
Mechelen Ajax 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 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

11 May 1988

20:15 CEST

Mechelen	1–0	Ajax
Den Boer File:Soccerball shade.svg 53'	Report

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 39,446

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Mechelen

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Ajax

GK 1 Michel Preud'homme RB 6 Koen Sanders Yellow card 61' CB 3 Lei Clijsters (c) CB 4 Graeme Rutjes LB 9 Geert Deferm RM 5 Wim Hofkens downward-facing red arrow 73' CM 2 Marc Emmers LM 8 Erwin Koeman RW 7 Pascal De Wilde downward-facing red arrow 60' LW 10 Eli Ohana CF 11 Piet den Boer Yellow card 81' Substitutes: FW 16 Paul de Mesmaeker upward-facing green arrow 60' MF 15 Paul Theunis upward-facing green arrow 73' DF 14 Raymond Jaspers GK 16 Pierre Drouguet MF 17 Joachim Benfeld Manager: Aad de Mos

File:KV Mechelen vs Ajax 1988-05-11.svg

GK 1 Stanley Menzo RB 2 Danny Blind Red card 16' CB 3 Jan Wouters Yellow card 90' CB 5 Frank Verlaat downward-facing red arrow 73' LB 4 Peter Larsson RM 8 Aron Winter CM 6 Arnold Scholten LM 10 Arnold Mühren RW 7 John van 't Schip (c) downward-facing red arrow 57' LW 11 Rob Witschge CF 9 John Bosman Substitutes: FW 16 Dennis Bergkamp upward-facing green arrow 57' FW 13 Henny Meijer upward-facing green arrow 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

• 1987–88 European Cup Winners' Cup
• 1988 European Cup Final
• 1988 UEFA Cup Final
• AFC Ajax in European football

External links

• UEFA Cup Winners' Cup results at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
• Match summary at Racingstub.com