1988 European Cup final

1988 European Cup final
Event	1987–88 European Cup
	After extra time ; PSV Eindhoven won 6–5 on penalties
Date	25 May 1988
Venue	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Referee	Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance	64,000
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The 1988 European Cup final was a football match played between PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands and Benfica of Portugal to decide the champion of the 1987–88 European Cup. PSV won 6–5 on penalties after a goalless draw after extra time. The match was played at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 25 May 1988. According to PSV player Berry van Aerle, it was not a particularly good match, with both teams very cautious. However, it was exciting until the end and concluded in a tense penalty shoot-out.^[1]

For PSV, this win secured a treble of the Dutch Cup, the Dutch Championship and the European Cup. Five members of the PSV side were also part of the Netherlands team that went on to win UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany that summer.^[1]

Road to the final edit

PSV Eindhoven				Round	Benfica
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	First round	Partizani Tirana	4–0	4–0 (H)	w/o (A)
Rapid Wien	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	AGF	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Girondins de Bordeaux	1–1 (a)	1–1 (A)	0–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Anderlecht	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Real Madrid	1–1 (a)	1–1 (A)	0–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Steaua București	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)

Match edit

Willy van de Kerkhof (left) and Hans van Breukelen (who saved the decisive penalty) celebrating the title

Details edit

25 May 1988

20:15 CEST

PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica
	Report
Penalties
Koeman Kieft Nielsen Vanenburg Lerby Janssen	6–5	Elzo Dito Redouane Pacheco Mozer Veloso

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 64,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

PSV Eindhoven

Benfica



GK	1	Hans van Breukelen
RB	2	Eric Gerets (c)
CB	3	Ivan Nielsen
CB	4	Ronald Koeman
LB	5	Jan Heintze
CM	6	Søren Lerby	106'
LM	7	Berry van Aerle
RM	8	Gerald Vanenburg
CM	9	Edward Linskens
CF	10	Wim Kieft
CF	11	Hans Gillhaus		105+2'
Substitutes:
DF	12	Adick Koot
FW	13	Eric Viscaal
MF	14	Anton Janssen		105+2'
MF	15	Willy van de Kerkhof
GK	16	Patrick Lodewijks
Manager:
Guus Hiddink



GK	1	Silvino
RB	2	António Veloso
CB	3	Dito
LB	4	Álvaro
CB	5	Carlos Mozer
CM	6	Elzo
RM	7	Chiquinho Carlos
LM	8	António Pacheco
CF	9	Rui Águas	56'
CM	10	Shéu (c)
CF	11	Mats Magnusson	112'
Substitutes:
GK	12	Manuel Bento
DF	13	Samuel
MF	14	Adelino Nunes
FW	15	Hajry Redouane	112'
FW	16	Wando	56'
Manager:
Toni

References edit

^ ^a ^b "Van Aerle relives PSV glory night against Benfica". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

External links edit

[berry-1] "Van Aerle relives PSV glory night against Benfica". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 4 April 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2016.

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