1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final

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.

1988 European Cup Winners' Cup final

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
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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 53'	Report

Stade de la Meinau, Strasbourg

Attendance: 39,446

Referee: Dieter Pauly (West Germany)

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

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