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Finland vs West Germany match report

Date, kick-off time:
Wednesday, 31 August 1988, 20:00 (UTC+3:00)
National teams, score:
Finland
0-4
West Germany
Competition:
1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification, Group 4
Referee:
Vadim Zhuk, Minsk /
Soviet Union
Attendance, venue:
31 693, Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Goals:
0-1 (7') Rudi Völler, 0-2 (15') Rudi Völler, 0-3 (52') Lothar Matthäus, 0-4 (87') Karl-Heinz Riedle
Finland national football team line-up in match Nr.463
Managed by head coach Jukka Vakkila
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Kari Laukkanen  
22
24
SV Stuttgarter Kickers, Stuttgart
Jari Europaeus  
34
25
Östers IF, Växjö
Jyrki Hännikäinen   43' 
13
23
TPS, Turku
43' Mika Lipponen  
36
24
FC Twente, Enschede
Aki Lahtinen  
52
29
OTP, Oulu
Erkka Petäjä  
41
24
Östers IF, Växjö
Marko Myyry  
17
20
SV Meppen, Meppen
Esa Pekonen  Captain 
55
26
AIK Solna, Solna
Kari Ukkonen   62' 
31
27
RSC Anderlecht, Anderlecht
62' Jarmo Alatensiö  
11
24
IK Brage, Borlänge
Ari Hjelm  
50
26
SV Stuttgarter Kickers, Stuttgart
Jari Rantanen   77'
33
26
Leicester City FC, Leicester
Mika-Matti Paatelainen  
11
21
Dundee United FC, Dundee
West Germany national football team line-up in match Nr.548
Managed by team manager Franz Beckenbauer
Player
Caps
Age
Club
Bodo Illgner  
4
21
1. FC Köln, Köln
Holger Fach  
1
25
FC Bayer 05, Uerdingen
Andreas Brehme  
41
27
FC Inter, Milano
Jürgen Kohler  
20
22
1. FC Köln, Köln
Guido Buchwald   27' 
21
27
VfB Stuttgart, Stuttgart
27' Wolfgang Rolff  
35
28
TSV Bayer 04, Leverkusen
Armin Görtz  
2
29
1. FC Köln, Köln
Lothar Matthäus  Captain 
66
27
FC Inter, Milano
Thomas Häßler  
1
22
1. FC Köln, Köln
Pierre Littbarski  
58
28
1. FC Köln, Köln
Rudi Völler  
54
28
AS Roma SpA, Roma
Dieter Eckstein   76' 
7
24
1. FC Nürnberg, Nürnberg
76' Karl-Heinz Riedle  
1
22
SV Werder, Bremen
Historical data sources
Deister-und Weserzeitung (Hameln), №204, 01 Sep 1988; Zeitungsarchiv Deister-und Weserzeitung
Hamburger Abendblatt (Hamburg), №204, 01 Sep 1988; Zeitungsarchiv Hamburger Abendblatt
Comments

aj - posted on 13 December 2010 at 21:56:38

77’ Rantanen

MOVCHAN21 - posted on 17 February 2014 at 22:14:31

Captain Finland-Esa Pekonen
Finland vs West Germany post-match head-to-head
WP
10.7
P
14
W
1
D
1
L
12
GF
11
GA
64
GF/P
0.786
GA/P
4.571
Av attendance
18 364
WP - winning percentage, P - played, W - wins, D - draws, L - losses, GF - goals for, GA - goals against, Av - average
Match stats
Finland:
players - 13 (from 11 clubs)
goals - 0 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 25.171 (born 1958-1967)
average caps - 31.231
cautions - 1, expulsions - 0
West Germany:
players - 13 (from 8 clubs)
goals - 4 (penalties - 0, hat-tricks - 0)
average age - 25.944 (born 1959-1967)
average caps - 23.923
cautions - 0, expulsions - 0
Finland national team matches
Previous match:
Friendly International
Finland vs Soviet Union 0-0
Turku, Wednesday 17 August 1988
Next match:
1990 FIFA World Cup Qualification
Wales vs Finland 2-2
Swansea, Wednesday 19 October 1988
Finland football results
West Germany national team matches
Previous match:
1988 UEFA European Championship
West Germany vs Netherlands 1-2
Hamburg, Tuesday 21 June 1988
Next match:
Friendly International
West Germany vs Soviet Union 1-0
Dusseldorf, Wednesday 21 September 1988
West Germany football results
Top West Germany goal scorers
1. Gerd Müller (1967 - 1974) - 68 goals
2. Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1977 - 1986) - 45 goals
... Rudi Völler (1983 - 1988) - 29 goals
... Lothar Matthäus (1985 - 1988) - 8 goals
... Karl-Heinz Riedle (1988) - 1 goal
(correct as of August 31, 1988)
top West Germany goal scorers
Brief match report
Wed. 31 Aug 1988
Helsingin Olympiastadion, Helsinki
Finland 0-4 West Germany
Goals: Völler 7, Völler 15, Matthäus 52, Riedle 87

Finland: Laukkanen, Europaeus, Hännikäinen (Lipponen 43), Lahtinen, Petäjä, Myyry, Pekonen (c), Ukkonen (Alatensiö 62), Hjelm, Rantanen, Paatelainen. Managed by Vakkila.
Booked: Rantanen 77.

West Germany: Illgner, Fach, Brehme, Kohler, Buchwald (Rolff 27), Görtz, Matthäus (c), Häßler, Littbarski, Völler, Eckstein (Riedle 76). Managed by Beckenbauer.

Att: 31 693,
Ref: Zhuk (Soviet Union)

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