German A-Juniors football championship 1987/88

The German A-Juniors football championship in 1988 was the 20th edition of this competition. The champions were VfB Stuttgart , who defeated Bayer 04 Leverkusen 4-1 in the final.

Participating teams

The 16 national association champions took part in the A youth championship.

Regional Association North	Regional Association West	Regional Association Southwest	Regional Association South	Berlin
Schleswig-Holstein : VfB Kiel Hamburg : Hamburger SV Bremen : Werder Bremen Lower Saxony : Hannover 96	Westphalia : TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus Middle Rhine : TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen Lower Rhine : Bayer 05 Uerdingen	Rhineland : Eintracht Trier Southwest : 1. FC Kaiserslautern Saarland : 1. FC Saarbrücken	Hessen : Eintracht Frankfurt Baden : Karlsruher SC South Baden : SV Kuppenheim Württemberg : VfB Stuttgart Bavaria : TSV 1860 Munich	Berlin : Tennis Borussia Berlin

Round of 16

1st leg: Sun 05.06. 2nd leg: Sun 12.06.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hannover 96	4-0	SV Kuppenheim	3-0	1-0
SV Werder Bremen	5: 3	Tennis Borussia Berlin	2: 1	3: 2
TSV 1860 Munich	3-0	1. FC Saarbrücken	0-0	3-0
VfB Stuttgart	6-0	TuS Paderborn-Neuhaus	2-0	4-0
Eintracht Frankfurt	6: 2	VfB Kiel	2: 1	4: 1
FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen	1: 1 (5: 4 on account )	1. FC Kaiserslautern	0: 1	1-0
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	8-0	SV Eintracht Trier	2-0	6-0
Hamburger SV	3: 4	Karlsruher SC	1: 1	2: 3

Quarter finals

1st leg: Sun 19.06. Second leg: Sun 26.06.

	total		First leg	Return leg
Hannover 96	3: 6	SV Werder Bremen	1: 4	2: 2
TSV 1860 Munich	2: 3	VfB Stuttgart	2: 1	0: 2
Eintracht Frankfurt	5: 5 (3: 1 i.E. )	FC Bayer 05 Uerdingen	2-0	3: 5
TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	5: 1	Karlsruher SC	4-0	1: 1

Semifinals

1st leg: Sun 03.07. 2nd leg: Sun 10.07.

	total		First leg	Return leg
SV Werder Bremen	3: 3 (3: 4 on behalf )	VfB Stuttgart	1: 1	2: 2
Eintracht Frankfurt	2: 3	TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen	2-0	0: 3

final

VfB Stuttgart		TSV Bayer 04 Leverkusen
	Friday, July 15, 1988 in Stuttgart ( Neckarstadion ) Result: 4: 1 (1: 1) Spectators: 5,900 Referee: Norbert Brückner ( Darmstadt )
	Frank Welz - Thomas Gradwohl - Hans-Jörg Lang, Thomas Fritz - Michael Mayer , Jens Keller , Dietmar Bufka, Robert Marche (75th Frank Seitz), Thomas Richter - Irsen Latifovic , Dragan Terzić Trainer: Walter Güntner	Dirk Heinen - Frank Holdinghausen - Markus Petersen (34th Manfred Horatz), Michael Ronca - Markus von Ahlen , Terje Olsen , Frank von Skwarczinsky, Osman Akyol, Thomas Plaggenborg (73rd Oliver Pagé ) - Karsten Jädtke, Marcus Feinbier Trainer: Jürgen Gelsdorf
	1: 1 Thomas Richter (27th) 2: 1 Dragan Terzic (49th) 3: 1 Michael Mayer (74th) 4: 1 Irsen Latifovic (80th)	0: 1 Marcus Feinbier (13th)
	Judge	Ronca, Plaggenborg, Holdinghausen, Feinbier, von Ahlen
		Ronca
		Time penalties: Feinbier, Ronca

Individual evidence

• Kicker sports magazine : Born in 1988 , Olympia-Verlag GmbH, ISSN  0023-1290