Match Information
Competition UEFA Cup
Season 1988-89
Round 1
Date
Home Ajax
Away Sporting Portugal
Final Score (regular time) 1 - 2
Halftime Score 0 - 1
Referees Adolf Prokop
Spectators 15,000
Stadium
De Meer (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
Average age of starting lineup 23.52
Number of official Ajax 1 matches of starting lineup 726
Ajax (match selection)
Player Active Position Remark
Stanley Menzo Start Keeper
Marciano Vink Start Defender
Peter Larsson Start Defender
Jan Wouters Start Defender
Mark Verkuyl Start Defender
Aron Winter Start Midfielder
Wim Jonk Start Midfielder
Richard Witschge Start Midfielder
John van 't Schip Start Forward
Stefan Pettersson Start Forward
Rob Witschge Start Forward
Hans Werdekker Bench
Arnold Scholten Bench
Ajax (unavailable)
Player Active Remark
Dennis Bergkamp Injured
Danny Blind Suspension
Ron Willems Injured
Ajax Minute Sporting Portugal
First half
21 Goal Silas
Second half
Substistuted Wim Jonk out, in Hans Werdekker 46
Yellow card Jan Wouters 52
Substistuted Marciano Vink out, in Arnold Scholten 57
Goal Mark Verkuyl 80
87 Goal Maside
Unknown
Yellow card Damas
Yellow card Fernando Mendes
Last 10 confrontations with Sporting Portugal
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Full Video Match Report
9/7/1988 UEFA Cup 1 Sporting Portugal - Ajax 4 - 2 (3 - 1)
Last 10 matches refereed by Adolf Prokop
Date Competition Round Match Sum. Video Full Video Match Report
8/10/1986 Amsterdam 7x 2 Ajax - Manchester United 1 - 0 (1 - 0)
8/8/1986 Amsterdam 7x 1 Ajax - Botafogo 1 - 1
(penalties: 4 - 5)
10/24/1984 UEFA Cup 2 Ajax - Bohemians Prague 1 - 0 (1 - 0)
9/29/1981 Europa Cup II 1 Tottenham Hotspur - Ajax 3 - 0 (0 - 0)
8/5/1979 Amsterdam 7x Final Ajax - AZ '67 1 - 2 (1 - 1)
8/3/1979 Amsterdam 7x Semi Final Ajax - Arsenal 0 - 0
(penalties: 4 - 3)
3/1/1978 Europa Cup I Quarter Final Ajax - Juventus 1 - 1 (0 - 0)