European Football Championship 1988 / Soviet Union

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This article is about the USSR national football team during the 1988 European Football Championship

European Championship qualification

The USSR looked like the sure winner of this group for a long time until they only managed to tie at home against disappointing defending champions France. This loss of points brought the GDR back into play and the decision to win the group now had to be made in a direct duel in East Berlin. The late compensation by Alejnikau gave the USSR the tickets for the finals, so to speak, which were finally secured with a victory in the last game against Iceland.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union  8th  5  3  0 014: 300 +11 13: 30
 2. Germany Democratic Republic 1949GDR GDR  8th  4th  3  1 013: 400  +9 11: 50
 3. FranceFrance France  8th  1  4th  3 004: 700  −3 06:10
 4th IcelandIceland Iceland  8th  2  2  4th 004:140 −10 06:10
 5. NorwayNorway Norway  8th  1  2  5 005:120  −7 04:12

Game results

09/24/1986 Reykjavík Iceland - USSR 1: 1 (1: 1)
10/11/1986 Paris France - USSR 0: 2 (0: 0)
October 29, 1986 Simferopol USSR - Norway 4: 0 (3: 0)
04/29/1987 Kiev USSR - GDR 2: 0 (1: 0)
06/03/1987 Oslo Norway - USSR 0: 1 (0: 1)
09/09/1987 Moscow USSR - France 1: 1 (0: 1)
10/10/1987 East Berlin GDR - USSR 1: 1 (1: 0)
10/28/1987 Simferopol USSR - Iceland 2: 0 (1: 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 Rinat Dassayev (C)Captain of the crew Spartak Moscow July 13, 1957 5 - - -
16 Viktor Chanov Dynamo Kiev July 21, 1959 1 - - -
Defense
02 Vladimir Bessonov Dynamo Kiev March 5, 1958 3 - 1 -
03 Wagis Chidijatullin Spartak Moscow March 3, 1959 5 - 2 -
04th Oleh Kuznetsov Dynamo Kiev March 22, 1963 4th - 1 -
05 Anatoly Demyanenko Dynamo Kiev 19th February 1959 4th - - -
12 Ivan Vishniewski Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk February 21, 1957 - - - -
13 Tengis Sulakwelidse Dinamo Tbilisi July 23, 1956 2 - - -
14th Vyacheslav Sukristov FK Žalgiris Vilnius January 1, 1961 - - - -
19th Sergei Baltacha Dynamo Kiev 17th February 1958 1 - - -
midfield
06th Vasily Raz Dynamo Kiev March 25, 1961 5 1 - -
07th Syarhej Alejnikau FK Dinamo Minsk November 7, 1961 5 1 - -
08th Hennadij Lytovchenko Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk September 11, 1963 4th 1 2 -
09 Alexander Savarov Dynamo Kiev April 20, 1961 5 - - -
15th Oleksiy Mychajlychenko Dynamo Kiev March 30, 1963 5 1 - -
18th Sergei Gozmanov FK Dinamo Minsk March 27, 1959 4th - 1 -
attack
10 Oleg Protasov Dynamo Kiev 4th February 1964 5 2 1 -
11 Igor Belanov Dynamo Kiev September 25, 1960 4th - 1 -
17th Sergei Dmitriev Zenith Leningrad March 19, 1964 - - - -
20th Viktor Passulko Spartak Moscow January 1, 1961 2 1 - -
Trainer
Valeri Lobanowski January 6, 1939

Preliminary round ( group 2 )

The USSR only gave up one point in the preliminary round when they drew against the Irish and thus won the group ahead of the eventual European champions Netherlands.

Pl. country Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR  3  2  1  0 005: 200  +3 05: 10
 2. NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands  3  2  0  1 004: 200  +2 04: 20
 3. IrelandIreland Ireland  3  1  1  1 002: 200  ± 0 03: 30
 4th EnglandEngland England  3  0  0  3 002: 700  −5 00: 60
June 12, 1988 in Cologne (Müngersdorfer Stadion)
Netherlands - USSR 0: 1 (0: 0)
June 15, 1988 in Hanover (Lower Saxony Stadium)
Ireland - USSR 1: 1 (1: 0)
June 18, 1988 in Frankfurt (Waldstadion)
England - USSR 1: 3 (1: 2)

Semifinals

June 22, 1988 in Stuttgart ( Neckarstadion )
Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR - ItalyItaly Italy 2: 0 (0: 0)

final

June 25, 1988 in Munich ( Olympiastadion )
NetherlandsNetherlands Netherlands - Soviet UnionSoviet Union USSR 2: 0 (1: 0)

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