Soccer Nostalgia: International Season 1988/89, Part 5 (November 1988)

November

Romania won its second WC qualifier vs. Greece (3-0). It was Greek Manager Miltos Papapostolou’s last match.

On November 12, 1988, at Milan, a Poland Selection played against an Italian League XI, which ended in 2-2 tie.

After the match, Poland’s Andrzej Rudy fled and sought assylum to the west.

New Greece Manager Alekos Sofianidis led his side to victory over Hungary (3-0).

Belgium earned an important away point in a scoreless tie vs. Czechoslovakia.

Italy defeated Holland (1-0) in a friendly. Roberto Baggio palyed his first match for Italy in that match.

In his first match as National Team Manager, Michel Platini’s France lost (2-3) in Yugoslvia. Platini recalled retired former internationals Jean Tigana and Patrick Battiston to add some experience to a young team.

For Yugoslavia, Safet Susic made his comeback for the National Team. He had last played for his Nation in 1984.

Spain defeated a weakened Republci of Ireland (2-0) in their respective first qualifiers.

David O’Leary was recalled by the Republic of Ireland, after settling his differences with Manager Jackie Charlton.

On December 8, 1988, Bernd Stange was dismissed as East Germany manager, following their loss vs. Turkey (1-3) on November 30^th.

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Date: November 2, 1988

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 3

Venue: Vienna-Praterstadion

Attendance: 27,000

Austria 3-Turkey 2 (Toni Polster 38, Andreas Herzog 42, 54 / Feyyaz Ucar 61, Tanju Colak 81)

Photo From: Österreichs Fußball Länderspiele Chronik 1902 – 1993, Author: Anton Egger

(Austria squad, November 2, 1988, World Cup Qualifier, Austria 3-Turkey 2)

Date: November 2, 1988

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Cøpenhagen-Idrætsparken

Attendance: 34,600

Denmark 1-Bulgaria 1 (Lars Elstrup 8 / Anijo Sadkov 38)

Date: November 2, 1988

Competition: Copa Juan Pinto Durán

Venue: Concepción, Estadio Regional

Attendance: 16,301

Chile 1-Uruguay 1 (Rubén Alberto Espinoza 88 pen / Daniel Vidal 86)

Date: November 2, 1988

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 5

Venue: Limassol-Tsíreio Stádio (Tsirion Stadium)

Attendance: 7,767

Cyprus 0-Norway 3 (Goran Sorloth 57, 78, Kjetil Osvold 90)

Date: November 2, 1988

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 1

Venue: Bucharest, Ghencea Stadionul (Steaua)

Attendance: 15,000

Romania 3-Greece 0 (Dorin Mateut 26, Gheorge Hagi 40 pn, Ioan Sabau 84)

Date: November 3, 1988

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Kuwait

Attendance: 20,000

Kuwait 0-Finland 0

Date: November 4, 1988

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Bratislava -Tehelne Pole Stadion (Slovan Bratislava)

Attendance: 2,813

Czechoslovakia 3-Norway 2 (Stanislav Griga 15, Vladimir Weiss 42, Milan Luhovy 45 / Goran Sorloth 43, Simon Agdestein 53)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechoslovakia squad, November 4, 1988, Czechoslovakia 3-Norway 2)

Date: November 5, 1988

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 2

Venue: Tirana- Stadiumi Kombetar ‘Qemal Stafa’

Attendance: 20, 000

Albania 1-Sweden 2 (Ylli Shehu 33 / Hans Holmqvist 67, Johnny Ekström 72)

Date: November 6, 1988

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Kuwait

Attendance: 15,000

Kuwait 0-Finland 0

Date: November 9, 1988

Competition: Copa Juan Pinto Durán

Venue: Montevideo- Estadio Centenario

Attendance: 6,470

Uruguay 3-Chile 1 (Ruben Da Silva 70 pen, Enrique Báez 79, Sergio Martínez 87 / Rubén Alberto Espinoza 89)

Date: November 10, 1988

Competition: Friendly

Venue:

Attendance:

Honved Budapest (Hungary) 1-Hungary 5 (????)

Date: November 11, 1988

Competition: World Cup Qualifier-Africa, First Round

Attendance:

Venue: Durban

Sudan 1-Angola 2 (Oussana / Dias, Zaccarias)

Date: November 12, 1988

Competition: Charity Match

Venue: Milan-Stadio Giuseppe Meazza (San Siro)

Attendance:

Italian League XI 2-Polish League XI 2 (Mauro Tassoti 40, Diego Maradona 83 / Robert warzycha 28, dariusz Wdowczyk 55)

Photo From: Calcio 2000, Issue 28, March 2000

(Lothar Matthaus and Diego Maradona, November 12, 1988, Italian League XI 2-Polish League XI 2)

Date: November 13, 1988

Competition: World Cup Qualifier-CONCACAF

Venue: Tegucigalpa

Attendance:

Honduras 1-Trinidad and Tobago 1 (Flóres / Charles)

Date: November 15, 1988

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Pireaus- Yorgos Karaiskaki Stadion (Olympiakos)

Attendance: 12,000

Greece 3-Hungary 0 (Kostas Lagonidis 4, Jiotis Tsalouchidis 53, 55)

Date: November 16, 1988

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 7

Venue: Bratislava -Tehelne Pole Stadion (Slovan Bratislava)

Attendance: 48,000

Czechsolovakia 0-Belgium 0

Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer

(Belgium squad, November 16, 1988, World Cup Qualifier, Czechsolovakia 0-Belgium 0)

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(Belgium squad, November 16, 1988, World Cup Qualifier, Czechsolovakia 0-Belgium 0)

Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat

(Czechsolovakia squad, November 16, 1988, World Cup Qualifier, Czechsolovakia 0-Belgium 0)

Date: November 16, 1988

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Riyadh- King Fahd Stadium

Attendance: 8,000

Saudi Arabia 1-England 1 (Abdullah 15 / Tony Adams 54)

Photo From: World Soccer, August 1989

(November 16, 1988, Saudi Arabia 1-England 1)

Date: November 16, 1988

Competition: Friendly

Venue: Roma – Lo Stadio Olimpico

Attendance: 27,878

Italy 1-Holland 0 (GianlucaVialli 44)

Photo From: France Football, Issue 2231, January 10, 1989

(November 16, 1988, Italy 1-Holland 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, February 1990

(Gianluca Vialli, November 16, 1988, Italy 1-Holland 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, February 1990

(Giuseppe Bergomi, November 16, 1988, Italy 1-Holland 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, February 1990

(Gianluca Vialli, November 16, 1988, Italy 1-Holland 0)

Photo From: World Soccer, November 1989

(Roberto Baggio, November 16, 1988, Italy 1-Holland 0)

Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989

(Holland squad, November 16, 1988, Italy 1-Holland 0)

Date: November 16, 1988

Competition: UEFA World Cup Qualifier-Group 6

Venue: Sevilla -Estadio Benito Villamarin (Betis)

Attendance: 50,000

Spain 2-Republic of Ireland 0 (Manolo 53, Emilio Butragueno 65)