October
Scotland dashed Belgian qualification hopes by winning (2-0) at Glasgow. Michel Preud’homme played his first match for Belgium as official starting goalkeeper.
On October 5, 1987, France’s Patrick Battiston announced his international retirement.
Republic of Ireland defeated Bulgaria (2-0) in a key qualifier to maintain their hopes. Irish veteran Liam Brady was sent off in this match and received a four match suspension that virtually dashed his Euro 88 hopes should Ireland qualify.
Denmark defeated Wales (1-0) to qualify from their Group.
England defeated Turkey (8-0) at Wembley.
Ruud Gullit inspired the Dutch with a (2-0) in Poland by scoring both goals.
Anonio Cabrini played his last ever International in Italy’s scoreless match vs. Switzerland.
Zdenek Nehoda played in his farewell match in a Friendly vs. Poland at the end of the month. He played for the first 12 minutes.
Holland’s win over Cyprus at the end of the month was marred by the early injury to the Cypriot goalkeeper after flares were thrown from the stands. The result was nullified and ordered replayed.
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Date: October 6, 1987
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Toluca - Estadio Don Nemesio Diez (La Bombonera)
Attendance: 12,000
Mexico 4-Canada 0 (Javier Hernandez 20, Miguel Espana 44, Paul Moreno 53, Carlos Hermosillo 86)
Date: October 7, 1987
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Bucharest, Ghencea Stadionul (Steaua)
Attendance: 10,000
Romania 2-Greece 2 (Mihai Tirlea 72, Ladislau Boloni 75 / Nikos Anastopoulos 31, Petros Xanthopoulos 66)
Date: October 10, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 3
Venue: Berlin-Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Sportpark
Attendance: 20,000
East Germany 1-USSR 1 (Ulf Kirsten 44 / Sergei Aleinikov 80)
Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005
(Sergei Aleinikov,Alexei Mikhailichenko and Matthias Liebers, October 10, 1987, EC Qualifier, East Germany 1-USSR 1)
Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer
(USSR squad, October 10, 1987, EC Qualifier, East Germany 1-USSR 1)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 1
Venue: Sevilla- Estadio Ramón Sánchez Pizjuán
Attendance: 62,000
Spain 2-Austria 0 (Michel 59 pen, Manuel Sanchis 63)
Photo From: Don Balon Extra, Eurocopa 88
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Austria 0)
Photo From: Marca, October 15, 1987
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Austria 0)
Photo From: Marca, October 15, 1987
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Austria 0)
Photo From: Marca, October 15, 1987
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Austria 0)
Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer (special thanks to Jose Luis Carbonell)
(Spain squad, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Spain 2-Austria 0)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 7
Venue: Glasgow -Hampden Park
Attendance: 20,052
Scotland 2-Belgium 0 (Ally McCoist 14, Paul McStay 79)
Photo From: World Soccer , November 1987
(Eric Gerets and Ian Wilson, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Scotland 2-Belgium 0)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 7
Venue: Dublin-Lansdowne Road
Attendance: 26,000
Republic of Ireland 2-Bulgaria 0 (Paul McGrath 52, Kevin Moran 85)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 6
Venue: Copenhagen -Idrætsparken
Attendance: 44,500
Denmark 1-Wales 0 (Preben Elkjaer 50)
Photo From: European Football Yearbook, 88-89, Editor Mike Hammond
(Michael Laudrup, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Denmark 1-Wales 0)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4
Venue: London - Wembley
Attendance: 45,528
England 8-Turkey 0 (John Barnes 1,28, Gary Lineker 8,42,71, Bryan Robson 59, Peter Beardsley 62, Neil Webb 88)
Photo From: World Soccer, April 2003
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, England 8-Turkey 0)
Photo From: World Soccer , November 1987
(England squad, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, England 8-Turkey 0
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 3
Venue: Paris-Parc Des Princes
Attendance: 11,308
France 1-Norway 1 (Philippe Fargeon 63 / Tom Sundby 76)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 143, November 1987
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, France 1-Norway 1)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 143, November 1987
(France squad, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, France 1-Norway 1)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Gelsenkirchen - Parkstadion
Attendance: 31,000
West Germany 1-Sweden 1 (Pierre Littbarski 17 / Glenn Hysén 62)
Photo From: Chronik des deutschen fussballs, 2005
(October 14, 1987, West Germany 1-Sweden 1)
Photo From: (Magazine Source unknown) / Contribution From a blog viewer
(West Germany squad, October 14, 1987, West Germany 1-Sweden 1)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 5
Venue: Budapest - Nepstadion
Attendance: 8,000
Hungary 3-Greece 0 (Lajos Detari 4, Gyorgy Bognar 12, Ferenc Meszaros 15)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 5
Venue: Zabrze, Stadion Sportowy KS Górnik
Attendance: 20,000
Poland 0-Holland 2 (Ruud Gullit 30,38)
Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989
(Holland squad, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Poland 0-Holland 2)
Photo from: Bialo Czerwoni 1921-2001, Author Andrzej Gowarzewski
(Poland squad, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Poland 0-Holland 2)
Date: October 14, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 4
Venue: Sarajevo, Stadion Grbavica
Attendance: 22,500
Yugoslavia 3-Northern Ireland 0 (Fadil Vokrri 13, 35, Faruk Hadzibegic 73 pen)
Photo from: European Football Yearbook, 88-89, Editor Mike Hammond
(October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 3-Northern Ireland 0)
Photo From: Nations of Europe, Volume II author Ron Hockings and Keir Radnedge, 1993
(Yugoslavia squad, October 14, 1987, EC Qualifier, Yugoslavia 3-Northern Ireland 0)
Date: October 17, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 2
Venue: Berne- Wankdorf Stadion
Attendance: 38,000
Switzerland 0-Italy 0
Date: October 18, 1987
Competition: Olympics Qualifier
Venue: San Salvador
Attendance:
El Salvador 2-USA 4 (??? / Hugo Pérez 2 goals, Brent Goulet, Frank Klopas)
Date: October 27, 1987
Competition: Friendly
Venue: Bratislava -Tehelne Pole Stadion
Attendance: 2,700
Czechoslovakia 3-Poland 1 (Vaclav Danek 27 pen, Tibor Micinec 47, Michal Bílek 67 / Ryszard Tarasiewicz 61)
Photo From: Gol 1987 # 44
(October 27, 1987, Czechoslovakia 3-Poland 1)
Photo From: se Lvickem na prsou-Authors O.Bartunek, J.Kalat
(Czechoslovakia squad, October 27, 1987, Czechoslovakia 3-Poland 1)
Date: October 28, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 1
Venue: Vlora, StadiuminFlamurtari
Attendance: 15,000
Albania 0-Romania 1 (Michael Klein 62)
Date: October 28, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 5
Venue: Rotterdam-De Kuip-Feyenoord Stadion
Attendance: 55,000
Holand 8-Cyprus 0 (Johnny Bosman 1,38,53,60,67, Ruud Gullit 20, Ronald Spelbos 42, John van't Schip 47)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 144, December 1987
(October 28, 1987, EC Qualifier, Holland 8-Cyprus 0)
Photo From: Onze, Issue 150, June 1988
(Johnny Bosman, October 28, 1987, EC Qualifier, Holland 8-Cyprus 0)
Photo From: Het Nederlands Elftal, De Histoire van Oranje, 1905-1989
(Holland squad, October 28, 1987, EC Qualifier, Holland 8-Cyprus 0)
Date: October 28, 1987
Competition: Olympics Qualifier
Venue: Szczecin, Pogon Stadion
Attendance: 3,000
Poland 0-Denmark 2 (Kim Vilfort 25,71)
Date: October 28, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 3
Venue: Magdeburg - Ernst-Grube-Stadion
Attendance: 10,000
East Germany 3-Norway 1 (Ulf Kirsten 14,54,Andreas Thom 34 / Jan Kristian Fjarestad 32)
Date: October 28, 1987
Competition: UEFA European Championship Qualifier-Group 3
Venue: Simferopol'-Stadion Lokomotyv
Attendance: 40,000
USSR 2-Iceland 0 (Igor Belanov 15, Oleg Protasov 50)
Photo From: Футбол - Футбол-Хоккей, Issue 44, November 1, 1987
(October 28, 1987, EC Qualifier, USSR 2-Iceland 0)