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Quiz: How much do you remember about Euro 88?

The tournament, which was won by the Netherlands, featured the Republic of Ireland for the first time.

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IF COVID-19 HADN’T put such a dent in the sporting calendar, we’d now be just over a week out from the start of the 2020 European Championship.

Instead we’ll have to wait until next year to see the continent’s best international teams vying for supremacy, but in the meantime we want to test your knowledge of the competition’s history.

It began in 1960, but given that it represented the Republic of Ireland’s first appearance at a major tournament, we’ve decided to kick things off with Euro 88.

Jack Charlton’s side were one of just eight teams who competed in West Germany that summer, but let’s see what else you can remember…

Ireland's qualification for Euro 88 was confirmed when Scotland recorded an unexpected victory over which team?
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Belgium
Denmark

Bulgaria
The defending champions failed to qualify for the 1988 European Championship – who were the team in question?
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France
Czechoslovakia

Portugal
In terms of caps, who was the most experienced member of the Ireland squad that went to the tournament?
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Frank Stapleton
Packie Bonner

Kevin Moran
Can you name this member of the England squad?
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Gary Stevens
Tony Dorigo

Neil Webb
Which city played host to Ireland's 1-0 win against England?
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Stuttgart
Hanover

Gelsenkirchen
The Netherlands won the final at the expense of Soviet Union, despite losing their opening game of the tournament against which team?
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England
West Germany

Soviet Union
The venue for the final was also the home of which of these German top-flight clubs at the time?
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Eintracht Frankfurt
Bayern Munich

Hertha Berlin
Marco van Basten finished the tournament as top scorer with five goals, including a hat-trick against which team?
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Ireland
England

Soviet Union
Van Basten, Oleg Protasov and Rudi Voller were the only players to score more than once at Euro 88. Who was Voller playing his club football for at the time?
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Werder Bremen
Marseille

Roma
Can you name the 19-year-old rising star of Italian football who was selected in the Team of the Tournament?
Paolo Maldini
Roberto Mancini

Roberto Baggio
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    Mute David Clarke
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    Jun 3rd 2020, 9:48 PM

    8. Hasnt been a better Irish jersey since either.

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 9:52 PM

    @David Clarke: a thing of beauty

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 9:55 PM

    @David Clarke: agreed. That Dutch jersey, though! The greatest ever.

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 9:55 PM

    @David Clarke: i don’t know, 1993 away would be my favourite

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:51 PM

    @The Bloody Nine: Dutch and German jerseys were the dogs ballix

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    Jun 4th 2020, 9:54 AM

    @David Clarke: or team

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 9:53 PM

    10.Brilliant tournament,England favourites in some quarters and getting tore apart.The Dutch at their best,the last great Soviet side,West Germans always at the business end of tournaments and the memories of our lads to last a lifetime

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:04 PM

    @John Fagan: Ronny Whelan’s goal against the Soviets was only gorgeous

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:10 PM

    @my name: not bad but the Van Basten strike in the final from Arnold Muhren’s cross was the best goal scored in any Euros

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:15 PM

    @John Fagan: I’m obviously biased

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:28 PM

    @my name: missed it…we were doing the wave at the far end of the ground…..the shame

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:48 PM

    @Eamonn Duggan: you need to retire from the internet making statements like that. Some craic had though all the same ?

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:06 PM

    Got a 4 but considering I was minus one years of age that’s a victory.

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 11:05 PM

    @King B: Nipper!

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:14 PM

    We could have won that tournament

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:25 PM

    @Fergus Mac Gabhann: hard to know, Italy in the semifinals, Holland only really got going after they beat Ireland.

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    Jun 4th 2020, 12:54 AM

    @Fergus Mac Gabhann: Maybe, but our style of play was brutal. Better for the game overall that a skillful Dutch team won it.

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    Jun 4th 2020, 12:45 PM

    @Tom kenny: Holland beat Germany in the semi

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    Jun 4th 2020, 7:11 PM

    @Niall Lee: my mistake

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:46 PM

    10/10.my fav tournament.pity RTE wouldnt show a complete re-run of our 3 games with half time anyalsis etc.recently got the dutch jersey a thing of beauty.loved that irish top too,had it as a 7 year old!!

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 11:57 PM

    I had to wait until the Ireland v England match was over to go to Holles St to have my baby!

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 11:05 PM

    8 ..was at it great craic …Ireland outstanding v USSR ..Galvin Should definitely been given a penalty that day ..another bad decision against us

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    Jun 4th 2020, 2:57 AM

    9. That 1-1 draw against Soviets still haunts me when we should have won 4-0, and denied clear penalties. Oh danger here. A piece of muck steered the Dutch header passed Bonner. No luck at all. Mind you, we were blessed against England, blessed when Scotland played Bulgaria, so I suppose it evened out in the end.

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:03 PM

    9/10. I always hated Rudi Voller anyway!

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:17 PM

    @Dave WR: Same. That was a dirty one thrown in!

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:27 PM

    You scored 10 out of 10!
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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:13 PM

    8/10 not too bad.

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    Jun 4th 2020, 12:09 AM

    The 42 are obsessed with banging on about the jack charlton era of irish football

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    Jun 4th 2020, 12:18 AM

    @Despacito 2: and?

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    Jun 4th 2020, 12:34 AM

    Not a lot. I was two

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    Jun 4th 2020, 12:52 AM

    10/10, happy days! I’ll admit that two were either/or guesses but I was sure of the other 8

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    Jun 4th 2020, 12:15 AM

    10

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    Jun 3rd 2020, 10:20 PM

    An easy 10/10.great times. Loved that irish & dutch top.recently got the dutch one for €20 delivered.

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    Jun 17th 2020, 9:31 AM

    @Nigel Delaney: where?

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    Jun 4th 2020, 10:31 AM

    10 out of 10. Back of the net.

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    Jun 4th 2020, 8:53 PM

    9. Hadn’t a clue what club Rudi Voller was at.

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