UEFA Euro 1988 · ESN FGA Intelligence Archive

📊 Final Standings

Group A		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
🇩🇪	West Germany	3	2	1	0	5	1	5
🇮🇹	Italy	3	2	1	0	4	1	5
🇪🇸	Spain	3	0	0	3	2	7	0
🇩🇰	Denmark	3	1	0	2	5	7	2

Group B		P	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
🇳🇱	Netherlands	3	2	0	1	4	2	4
🇸🇺	USSR	3	2	1	0	5	2	5
🇮🇪	Rep. of Ireland	3	1	1	1	2	3	3
🇬🇧	England	3	0	0	3	2	7	0

🇩🇪 Group A Matches

Group A · Round 1 10 Jun 1988 · Düsseldorf

🇩🇪

West Germany

FRG

1–1

🇮🇹

Italy

ITA

Group A · Round 1 11 Jun 1988 · Köln 📼 E03

🇩🇰

Denmark

DEN

3–2

🇪🇸

Spain

ESP

Group A · Round 2 14 Jun 1988 · Gelsenkirchen

🇩🇪

West Germany

FRG

2–0

🇩🇰

Denmark

DEN

Group A · Round 2 15 Jun 1988 · Düsseldorf

🇮🇹

Italy

ITA

1–0

🇪🇸

Spain

ESP

Group A · Round 3 17 Jun 1988 · München 📼 E14+E15

🇩🇪

West Germany

FRG

2–0

🇪🇸

Spain

ESP

Group A · Round 3 17 Jun 1988 · Frankfurt 📼 E12+E13

🇮🇹

Italy

ITA

2–0

🇩🇰

Denmark

DEN

🇬🇧 Group B Matches

Group B · Round 1 12 Jun 1988 · Stuttgart 📼 E01

🇬🇧

England

ENG

0–1

🇮🇪

Rep. of Ireland

IRL

Group B · Round 1 12 Jun 1988 · Hannover 📼 E08

🇸🇺

USSR

URS

1–0

🇳🇱

Netherlands

NED

Group B · Round 2 15 Jun 1988 · Düsseldorf 📼 E07

🇬🇧

England

ENG

1–3

🇳🇱

Netherlands

NED

Group B · Round 2 15 Jun 1988 · Hannover 📼 E02

🇸🇺

USSR

URS

1–1

🇮🇪

Rep. of Ireland

IRL

Group B · Round 3 18 Jun 1988 · Gelsenkirchen 📼 E09

🇳🇱

Netherlands

NED

1–0

🇮🇪

Rep. of Ireland

IRL

Group B · Round 3 18 Jun 1988 · Frankfurt 📼 E04

🇬🇧

England

ENG

1–3

🇸🇺

USSR

URS

👑 Knockout Stage

Semi-finals

21 Jun 1988 · Hamburg

🇩🇪West Germany1

🇳🇱Netherlands2

Matthäus 55' · Koeman 74'pen, Van Basten 88'

▶ 1H ▶ 2H

22 Jun 1988 · Stuttgart

🇮🇹Italy0

🇸🇺USSR2

Litovchenko 59', Protasov 63'

▶ E05 — Watch USSR vs Italy

🏅 Final · 25 Jun 1988 · München

🏅 FINAL — Olympiastadion, München · 71,765 📼 E06 · FULL MATCH

🇳🇱

Netherlands

NED

2 – 0

CHAMPIONS

🇸🇺

USSR

URS

Gullit 32' (Rijkaard assist) · Van Basten 54' (Impossible volley from Arnold Mühren cross)

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📋 FGA Match Report — England vs Netherlands (E07)

🇬🇧 England 1–3 Netherlands 🇳🇱

Group B R2 · 15 Jun 1988 · Rheinstadion, Düsseldorf · 63,000 · Ref: Paolo Casarin (ITA)

Van Basten 44' 71' 75' (hat-trick) · Robson 53'

320

Events logged

Players tagged

12/16

Metric codes used

👤 Analyst: Jim Totime 📅 Started: 3 Jul 2026 🎥 Method: ffmpeg 10-sec segments · MATCH_FULL (all players, all qualifying metrics) ⚠️ 1988 single-camera broadcast — blind-side gaps expected on both back lines

Event share per team

🇳🇱 209 (65%)

111 (35%) 🇬🇧

The Dutch dominance in the event log mirrors the match: nearly 2 of every 3 qualifying FGA actions came from Netherlands players.

Top metric codes (match-wide)

DMA

OMS

CRK

OBI_S

SII_A / CHR

Player event leaderboard — Top 10 by logged volume

#	Player	Team	Events	Avg Quality	Dominant metrics
1	Ruud Gullit	🇳🇱 NED	71	7.17	DMA (28) · SPI (14) · OBI_S (13)
2	Marco van Basten	🇳🇱 NED	39	7.13	CLM (13) · OBI_P (5) · SII_A (5) — hat-trick
3	Bryan Robson	🇬🇧 ENG	32	6.50	DMA (16) · CRK (5) · SII_A (4) — England's engine
4	Arnold Mühren	🇳🇱 NED	27	6.81	CRK (20!) · DMA (7) — creative passing hub at 37 y/o
5	Peter Shilton	🇬🇧 ENG	24	7.50	OMS (23) — highest avg quality in the match
6	Frank Rijkaard	🇳🇱 NED	17	6.59	DMA (8) · CHR (5)
7	Hans van Breukelen	🇳🇱 NED	17	7.35	OMS (17)
8	Gary Lineker	🇬🇧 ENG	14	5.79	OBI_T (6) · SII_A (4) — isolated, starved of service
9	John Barnes	🇬🇧 ENG	11	6.73	DMA (8)
10	Ronald Koeman	🇳🇱 NED	9	6.78	CRK (3) · SOA (3)

Key reading — Gullit over Van Basten. The hat-trick belongs to Van Basten but the event log belongs to Gullit: 71 logged events vs 39, nearly double. Van Basten's value concentrates in CLM (13 calm finishing/composure events) — efficient, clinical, low-volume. Gullit is everywhere: DMA, SPI, OBI_S. Two different profiles of dominance in one match.

Confidence rule applies. All composite scores from this workbook carry the MATCH_SPREAD_PENDING flag by design — FGA requires 3 separate matches per sub-component before a score is transferable. This is 1 of 3. Mühren's CRK (20 events) and Shilton's OMS (23) are the strongest single-match samples.

📄 Source workbook: Empire_FGA_NED_ENG_Euro88.xlsx · 320 events · 9 sheets · EVENT_LOG A1:J603 Analyst: Jim Totime · ESN FGA

📼 ESN Archive Index — All 15 Files

E01

England vs Rep. of Ireland

Group B R1 · 12 Jun 1988 · 0–1

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E02

USSR vs Rep. of Ireland

Group B R2 · 15 Jun 1988 · 1–1

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E03

Denmark vs Spain