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?

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?

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?

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?

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?

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?