European Football Championship 1988 / Denmark

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This article deals with the Danish national football team during the 1988 European Football Championship

European Championship qualification

Denmark trembled at the European Championship finals, because with only four goals scored, there were three wins and two draws. This was enough to win the group in front of the disappointed teams from the ČSSR and Wales as well as the severed Finns. Wales could have ousted Denmark from first place if they had won their last group game against the ČSSR, but they lost this game 2-0 in Prague .

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. DenmarkDenmark Denmark  6th  3  2  1 004: 200  +2 08: 40
 2. CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia Czechoslovakia  6th  2  3  1 007: 500  +2 07: 50
 3. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Wales  6th  2  2  2 007: 500  +2 06: 60
 4th FinlandFinland Finland  6th  1  1  4th 004:100  −6 03: 90

Game results

October 29, 1986 Copenhagen Denmark - Finland 1: 0 (0: 0)
11/12/1986 Bratislava Czechoslovakia - Denmark 0-0
04/29/1987 Helsinki Finland - Denmark 0: 1 (0: 0)
06/03/1987 Copenhagen Denmark - Czechoslovakia 1: 1 (1: 0)
09/09/1987 Cardiff Wales - Denmark 1: 0 (1: 0)
10/14/1987 Copenhagen Denmark - Wales 1: 0 (0: 0)

European Championship finals

Squad

No. player Club before the start of the European Championship Date of birth Euro 1988
games / goals		 yellow cards Red cards
goalkeeper
01 Troels Rasmussen Aarhus GF April 7, 1961 1 - - -
16 Peter Schmeichel Brøndby IF November 18, 1963 2 - - -
Defense
02 John Sivebæk AS Saint-Etienne (FRA) October 25, 1961 2 - - -
03 Søren Busk Vienna Sport Club (AUT) April 10, 1953 1 - - -
04th Morten Olsen (C)Captain of the crew 1. FC Cologne (GER) August 14, 1949 3 - - -
05 Ivan Nielsen PSV Eindhoven (NED) October 9, 1956 3 - - -
12 Lars Olsen Brøndby IF 2nd February 1961 3 - - -
19th Bjørn Kristensen Aarhus GF October 10, 1963 1 - 1 -
midfield
06th Søren Lerby PSV Eindhoven (NED) February 1, 1958 2 - - -
07th John Helt Lyngby BK December 29, 1959 1 - - -
08th Per Frimann RSC Anderlecht (BEL) 4th June 1962 1 - - -
09 Jan Heintze PSV Eindhoven (NED) 17th August 1963 3 - - -
11 Michael Laudrup Juventus Turin (ITA) June 15, 1964 3 1 1 -
13 John Jensen Brøndby IF May 3, 1965 2 - - -
14th Jesper Olsen Manchester United (ENG) March 20, 1961 - - - -
17th Klaus Berggreen Torino Calcio (ITA) 3rd February 1958 2 - - -
20th Kim Vilfort Brøndby IF November 15, 1962 2 - - -
attack
10 Preben Elkjær Larsen Hellas Verona (ITA) September 11, 1957 2 - 1 -
15th Flemming Povlsen 1. FC Cologne (GER) 3rd December 1966 3 1 1 -
18th John Eriksen Servette FC Genève (SUI) November 20, 1957 2 - - -
Trainer
Josef Piontek GermanyGermany March 5, 1940

Preliminary round ( group 1 )

For Denmark, the tournament was over after the preliminary round. After a narrow defeat in the first game against feared opponents Spain ( European Championship '84 , World Cup '86 ), they then clearly lost 2-0 to hosts Germany and Italy.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Germany Federal RepublicFederal Republic of Germany BR Germany  3  2  1  0 005: 100  +4 05: 10
 2. ItalyItaly Italy  3  2  1  0 004: 100  +3 05: 10
 3. SpainSpain Spain  3  1  0  2 003: 500  −2 02: 40
 4th DenmarkDenmark Denmark  3  0  0  3 002: 700  −5 00: 60
For placement 1 and 2, the better goal difference from all group matches is decisive.
June 11, 1988 in Hanover (Lower Saxony Stadium)
Denmark - Spain 2: 3 (1: 1)
June 14, 1988 in Gelsenkirchen (Parkstadion)
BR Germany - Denmark 2: 0 (1: 0)
June 17, 1988 in Cologne (Müngersdorfer Stadion)
Italy - Denmark 2: 0 (0: 0)

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