1988 in association football

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

Africa

Asia

Europe

• Greenland was not affiliated with UEFA and never has been, but it's part of the sovereign state of Denmark which is located in Europe.

North and South America

Oceania

International tournaments

• African Cup of Nations in Morocco (March 13 – 27 1988) 1. 1. 1.
• Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea (September 17 – October 1, 1988) 1. 1. 1.
• UEFA European Football Championship in West Germany (June 10 – 25 1988) 1. 1.
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Games of national teams

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Births

January

• 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
• 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

February

• 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

March

• 3 March: Eike Mund, German footballer
• 11 March: Joaelton (Joaelton Jonathan Sampaio), Brazilian footballer
• 12 March: Aarón Torlà, Spanish footballer
• 21 March: Lee Cattermole, English footballer

April

• 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

• 2 May; Ahn Il-joo, South Korean professional footballer
• 4 May:
  • Artur Gieraga, Polish footballer
  • Michael Ludäscher, Swiss 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

• 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

• 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
• 24 July: Irina Birvagen, Kazakhstani former footballer

August

• 5 August: Eddie Nolan, Irish international footballer
• 6 August: José Márquez, Guatemalan footballer
• 28 August: Ray Jones, English footballer (d. 2007)
• 31 August: Faber Cañaveral, Colombian professional footballer

September

• 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:
  • 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

October

• 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

November

• 7 November: Andri Abubakar, Indonesian 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

December

• 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

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)

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