1988 European Cup Final

Event	1987–88 European Cup
PSV Eindhoven Benfica 0 0
After extra time PSV Eindhoven won 6–5 on penalties
Date	25 May 1988
Venue	Neckarstadion, Stuttgart
Referee	Luigi Agnolin (Italy)
Attendance	64,000
← 1987 1989 →

The 1988 European Cup final was a football match played between PSV Eindhoven of the Netherlands and Benfica of Portugal to decide the champion of the 1987–88 European Cup. PSV won 6–5 on penalties after a goalless draw after extra time. The match was played at Neckarstadion, Stuttgart, on 25 May 1988. According to PSV player Berry van Aerle, it was not a particularly good match, with both teams very cautious. However, it was exciting until the end and concluded in a tense penalty shoot-out.^[1]

For PSV, this win secured a treble of the Dutch Cup, the Dutch Championship and the European Cup. Five members of the PSV side were also part of the Netherlands team that went on to win UEFA Euro 1988 in West Germany that summer.^[1]

Road to the final

PSV Eindhoven				Round	Benfica
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg		Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Galatasaray	3–2	3–0 (H)	0–2 (A)	First round	Partizani Tirana	4–0	4–0 (H)	w/o (A)
Rapid Wien	4–1	2–1 (A)	2–0 (H)	Second round	AGF	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Girondins de Bordeaux	1–1 (a)	1–1 (A)	0–0 (H)	Quarter-finals	Anderlecht	2–1	2–0 (H)	0–1 (A)
Real Madrid	1–1 (a)	1–1 (A)	0–0 (H)	Semi-finals	Steaua București	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)

Match

Details

25 May 1988

20:15 CEST

PSV Eindhoven	0–0 (a.e.t.)	Benfica
	Report
Penalties
Koeman Kieft Nielsen Vanenburg Lerby Janssen	6–5	Elzo Dito Redouane Pacheco Mozer Veloso

Neckarstadion, Stuttgart

Attendance: 64,000

Referee: Luigi Agnolin (Italy)

PSV Eindhoven

Benfica

GK 1 Hans van Breukelen RB 2 Eric Gerets (c) CB 3 Ivan Nielsen CB 4 Ronald Koeman LB 5 Jan Heintze CM 6 Søren Lerby  106' LM 7 Berry van Aerle RM 8 Gerald Vanenburg CM 9 Edward Linskens CF 10 Wim Kieft CF 11 Hans Gillhaus  105+2' Substitutes: DF 12 Adick Koot FW 13 Eric Viscaal MF 14 Anton Janssen  105+2' MF 15 Willy van de Kerkhof GK 16 Patrick Lodewijks Manager: Guus Hiddink

GK 1 Silvino RB 2 António Veloso CB 3 Dito LB 4 Álvaro CB 5 Carlos Mozer CM 6 Elzo RM 7 Chiquinho Carlos LM 8 António Pacheco CF 9 Rui Águas  56' CM 10 Shéu (c) CF 11 Mats Magnusson  112' Substitutes: GK 12 Manuel Bento DF 13 Samuel MF 14 Adelino Nunes FW 15 Hajry Redouane  112' FW 16 Wando  56' Manager: Toni