1988 in association football

Events March 27 – Cameroon wins the 1988 African Cup of Nations by defeating Nigeria: 1–0. The only goal in Casablanca's Stade Mohammed V is scored by Emmanuel Kundé from a penalty kick. June 25 – Thanks to goals from captain Ruud Gullit and top goalscorer Marco van Basten, the Netherlands defeat the Soviet Union (2–0) in the final of UEFA Euro 1988 in Munich. July 12 – Italian club Juventus receive The UEFA Plaque in Geneva (Switzerland) as first club in European football history to win the three main UEFA club competitions. 1988 Copa Libertadores – won by Nacional after defeating Newell's Old Boys on an aggregate score of 3–1. England – FA Cup – Wimbledon won 1–0 over Liverpool. The Football League celebrates its Centenary. With great surprise worldwide FIFA gives the 1994 FIFA World Cup to United States. August 24 – The Faroe Islands record their first international victory, defeating Canada 1–0. September 14 – Thijs Libregts makes his debut as the manager of Dutch national team with a 1–0 win over Wales, replacing successful coach Rinus Michels. October 1 – Soviet Union wins the Olympic gold medal in football by defeating Brazil: 2–1 after extra time in Seoul's Olympic Stadium. December 11 – Uruguay's Nacional wins the Intercontinental Cup in Tokyo, Japan by defeating Dutch PSV Eindhoven on penalties (7–6), after the match ended in 2–2.

National club championships winners

Asia

Europe

North and South America

International tournaments African Cup of Nations in Morocco (March 13 – 27 1988) Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea (September 17 – October 1, 1988) UEFA European Football Championship in West Germany (June 10 – 25 1988) and

Games of national teams

Births

January 3 January: Crispin Olando, Kenyan international footballer 4 January: Anestis Argyriou, Greek footballer Maximilian Riedmüller, German footballer 8 January: Vitaliy Hoshkoderya, Ukrainian footballer Adrián López, Spanish footballer Michael Mancienne, English footballer 9 January: Marc Crosas, Spanish footballer 20 January: Uwa Elderson Echiéjilé, Nigerian international Jougle (Jougle Manoel Rodrigues), Brazilian footballer Jeffrén Suárez, Spanish footballer 23 January: Marko Šimić, Croatian junior international 28 January: Alaa Ali, Egyptian footballer (d. 2019)

February 3 February: Pouria Gheidar, Iranian footballer 4 February: Sergei Yuvenko, Russian professional football player 12 February: Nicolás Otamendi, Argentine international football player 23 February: Nicolás Gaitán, Argentine international football player 24 February: Levi Hanssen, New Zealand/Faroe Islands footballer 26 February: İsmail Baydil, Turkish footballer 28 February: Jorge Gastélum, Mexican footballer 29 February: Mikel Balenziaga, Spanish footballer Fabiano Ribeiro de Freitas, Brazilian footballer Scott Golbourne, English footballer Benedikt Höwedes, German footballer Viktor Prodell, Swedish footballer Evgeni Cheremisin, Russian footballer Hamza Ziad, Algerian footballer

March 18 March: Matthieu Onoseke, Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer 21 March: Lee Cattermole, English footballer

April 3 April: Tim Krul, Dutch international 11 April: Oleg Sibalov, Russian professional football player

May 4 May: Michael Ludäscher, Swiss footballer 12 May: Araújo (Rodrigo Araújo Gomes Costa), Brazilian footballer 17 May: Jennison Myrie-Williams, English youth international 23 May: Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer 25 May: Adrián González Morales, Spanish junior international 29 May: Alex Porfirio, Brazilian footballer

June 1 June: Javier Hernández, Mexican international football player 15 June: Cristopher Toselli, Chilean footballer 24 June: Micah Richards, England international footballer

July 2 July: Abderahmane Hachoud, Algerian international footballer 6 July: Gustavo Mencia, Paraguayan footballer 8 July: Enoch Oteng, Belgian footballer 11 July: Bongane Twala, South African footballer 18 July: Elvin Mammadov, Azerbaijani international 19 July: Azrul Azmi, Malaysian footballer

August 1 August: Yousef Al-Reshedi, Saudi Arabian footballer 5 August: Eddie Nolan, Irish international footballer 6 August: José Márquez, Guatemalan footballer 27 August: Sergio Villarreal, Colombian former professional footballer 28 August: Ray Jones, English footballer (d. 2007)

September 2 September: Javi Martínez, Spanish international footballer 5 September: Nuri Şahin, Turkish footballer Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian association footballer 13 September: Luis Rentería, Panamanian international footballer (died 2014) 18 September: Mateusz Jeleń, Polish footballer Ferdinand Sinaga, Indonesian international 23 September: Anthony Straker, English footballer 25 September: Chinta Chandrashekar Rao, Indian footballer

October 7 October – Diego Costa, Spanish international 14 October Will Atkinson, English footballer Mario Titone, Italian footballer 15 October: Mesut Özil, German international football player

November 7 November: Andri Abubakar, Indonesian footballer 15 November: Sascha Imholz, Swiss footballer 23 November: Juha-Pekka Inkeröinen, Finnish club footballer

December 10 December: Wilfried Bony, Ivorian international footballer Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer Neven Subotić, Serbian international footballer

Deaths

January 27 – Kemal Faruki, Turkish football player (77) February 8 – Pietro Arcari, Italian forward, winner of the 1934 FIFA World Cup and one of four Italian players who won the FIFA World Cup while never being capped. (78) February 26 – Euclydes Barbosa, Brazilian defender, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (82) March 13 – Rodolpho Barteczko, Brazilian striker, semi-finalist at the 1938 FIFA World Cup. (77) March 16 – Erich Probst, Austrian football player (60) October 19 – Marcos Carneiro de Mendonça, Brazilian goalkeeper, the inaugural goalkeeper for Brazil National Football Team and winner of the 1919 South American Championship and 1922 South American Championship. (93)

References

External links Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation VoetbalStats

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