• Source: 1988 in association football

The following are the association football events of the year 1988 throughout the world.




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






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International tournaments


African Cup of Nations in Morocco (March 13 – 27 1988)
Cameroon
Nigeria
Algeria
Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea (September 17 – October 1, 1988)
Soviet Union
Brazil
West Germany
UEFA European Football Championship in West Germany (June 10 – 25 1988)
Netherlands
Soviet Union
West Germany and Italy




Games of national teams


Netherlands




Births






= January

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1 January:
Diego Basto, Colombian footballer
Sékou Fadiga, Ivorian footballer
Isaac Mattia, South Sudanese footballer
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
13 January: Daniel Scheinig, German 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)
29 January: Bohdan Karkovskyi, Ukrainian former professional footballer




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3 February: Pouria Gheidar, Iranian footballer
4 February: Sergei Yuvenko, Russian professional football player
12 February:
Linda Bengtsson, Swedish footballer
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




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3 March: Eike Mund, German footballer
18 March: Matthieu Onoseke, Democratic Republic of the Congo footballer
11 March: Joaelton (Joaelton Jonathan Sampaio), Brazilian footballer
12 March: Aarón Torlà, Spanish footballer
21 March: Lee Cattermole, English footballer




= April

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2 April: Edinaldo (Edinaldo Malcher de França Filho), Brazilian footballer
3 April: Tim Krul, Dutch international
11 April: Oleg Sibalov, Russian professional football player
12 April: Fred Santana, Brazilian footballer
23 April: Vitali Seletskiy, Russian professional football coach and former player




= May

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2 May; Ahn Il-joo, South Korean professional footballer
4 May:
Artur Gieraga, Polish footballer
Michael Ludäscher, Swiss footballer
6 May: Maximilian Pfaffinger, German former footballer
12 May: Araújo (Rodrigo Araújo Gomes Costa), Brazilian footballer
14 May: Kumron Chinsri, Thai professional footballer
15 May: Ruslan Tarala, former Russian professional footballer
17 May: Jennison Myrie-Williams, English youth international
21 May: Jonny Howson, English footballer
23 May: Angelo Ogbonna, Italian footballer
25 May: Adrián González Morales, Spanish junior international
29 May:
Łukasz Bocian, Polish footballer
Alex Porfirio, Brazilian footballer




= June

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1 June: Javier Hernández, Mexican international football player
9 June: Martín Castillo, Mexican professional footballer
15 June: Cristopher Toselli, Chilean footballer
22 June: Silvio Arango, Colombian former footballer
23 June: Adrian Chomiuk, Polish footballer
24 June: Micah Richards, England international footballer




= July

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2 July: Abderahmane Hachoud, Algerian international footballer
6 July: Gustavo Mencia, Paraguayan footballer
8 July:
Enoch Oteng, Belgian footballer
Cédric De Troetsel, Belgian retired footballer
11 July: Bongane Twala, South African footballer
18 July: Elvin Mammadov, Azerbaijani international
19 July: Azrul Azmi, Malaysian footballer
24 July: Irina Birvagen, Kazakhstani former footballer




= August

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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)
31 August: Faber Cañaveral, Colombian professional footballer




= September

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2 September: Javi Martínez, Spanish international footballer
5 September:
Nuri Şahin, Turkish footballer
Felipe Caicedo, Ecuadorian association footballer
12 September: Aleksei Buryanov, former Russian professional footballer
13 September: Luis Rentería, Panamanian international footballer (died 2014)
18 September:
Mateusz Jeleń, Polish footballer
Tobias Scheifler, German former professional footballer
Ferdinand Sinaga, Indonesian international
19 September: José Pedro Sousa, Portuguese football
23 September: Anthony Straker, English footballer
25 September: Chinta Chandrashekar Rao, Indian footballer
28 September: Alex Marello, Canadian professional soccer player
30 September: Manfred Ekwe-Ebele, French footballer




= October

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4 October: Marcos Román, Nicaraguan professional footballer
7 October: Diego Costa, Spanish international
12 October: Abdou Boinaheri, French international footballer
13 October: Marco Gasparri, Italian professional footballer
14 October
Will Atkinson, English footballer
Mario Titone, Italian footballer
15 October: Mesut Özil, German international football player
16 October: Luizinho, Brazilian footballer




= November

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7 November: Andri Abubakar, Indonesian footballer
12 November: B Zoramthara, Indian professional footballer
15 November: Sascha Imholz, Swiss footballer
17 November: Salome Khubuluri, Georgian footballer
18 November: Andreas Niederquell, German former footballer
20 November: Soheil Rahmani, Iranian footballer
23 November: Juha-Pekka Inkeröinen, Finnish club footballer
24 November: Michel Mondeguer, Democratic Republic of the Congo former professional footballer




= December

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5 December
Cristian Machín, Uruguayan footballer
Kamil Cholerzyński, Polish professional footballer
9 December: Ibrahim Morad, Emirati footballer
10 December:
Wilfried Bony, Ivorian international footballer
Mitchell Donald, Dutch footballer
Neven Subotić, Serbian international footballer
17 December: Thaísa Moreno, Brazilian footballer
21 December: Anastasios Christofileas, Greek professional footballer
27 December: Achmad Syaful Amry, Indonesian former 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


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