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1988 Malta International Football Tournament

{{Infobox International Football Competition

| tourney_name = Malta International Football Tournament

| year = 1988

| othertitles =

| image =

| size =

| caption =

| country = Malta

| dates = {{nowrap|7–13 February}}

| num_teams = 4

| venues = 1

| cities = 1

| champion_other = {{fb|GDR}}

| count = 1

| second_other = {{fb|MLT}}

| third_other = {{fb|FIN}}

| fourth_other = {{fb|TUN}}

| matches = 6

| goals = 16

| attendance =

| top_scorer = {{flagicon|GDR}} Damian Halata
{{flagicon|MLT}} Carmel Busuttil
{{flagicon|FIN}} Mika Lipponen
(3 goals)

| prevseason = 1987

| nextseason = 1989

}}

The 1988 Malta International Football Tournament (known as the Rothmans Tournament for sponsorship reasons) was the third edition of the Malta International Tournament. The competition was played between 8 and 12 February, with games hosted at the National Stadium in Ta' Qali.{{cite web |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rothmans88.html |title=Rothmans Tournament 1988 (Malta) |publisher=Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation |date=8 December 1999 |accessdate=16 June 2022 |archive-date=1 October 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221001230230/https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/rothmans88.html |url-status=live }}

Matches

{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL

|name_GDR={{fb|GDR|name=East Germany Olympic}}

|name_MLT={{fb|MLT}}

|name_TUN={{fb|TUN}}

|name_FIN={{fb|FIN}}

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|team2=MLT

|team3=FIN

|team4=TUN

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|win_MLT=2 |draw_MLT=0 |loss_MLT=1 |gf_MLT=4 |ga_MLT=2 |status_MLT=H

|win_FIN=1 |draw_FIN=0 |loss_FIN=2 |gf_FIN=3 |ga_FIN=4

|win_TUN=0 |draw_TUN=0 |loss_TUN=3 |gf_TUN=1 |ga_TUN=10

|result1=C

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|teamwidth=180

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}}

{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|1988|2|7|df=y}}

|time = 15:15 (+1:00)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MLT}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=9000 Report]

|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}

|goals1 = Busuttil {{goal|32||35}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance = 4,940

|referee = Edgar Azzopardi (Malta)

}}

Note: Carmel Busuttil set the goal-scoring record for Malta (8 goals)

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|1988|2|7|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = East Germany Olympic {{flagicon|GDR}}

|score = 5–0

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/tunisia-v-east-germany-07-february-1988-240908/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TUN}}

|goals1 = Bredow {{goal|12}}
Peschke {{goal|36}}
Halata {{goal|39}}
Lindner {{goal|52}}
Mothes {{goal|82}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance = 5,000

|referee =

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|1988|2|10|df=y}}

|time = 13:15 (UTC+1:00)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|MLT}}

|score = 2–1

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=8963 Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TUN}}

|goals1 = Vella {{goal|59}}
Busuttil {{goal|71}}

|goals2 = Maâloul {{goal|60}}

|stadium = National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance = 4,000

|referee = Victor Mintoff (Malta)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|1988|2|10|df=y}}

|time =

|team1 = East Germany Olympic {{flagicon|GDR}}

|score = 2–0

|report = [https://www.11v11.com/matches/east-germany-v-finland-10-february-1988-240914/ Report]

|team2 = {{fb|FIN}}

|goals1 = Halata {{goal|51}}
März {{goal|70}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance =

|referee =

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|1988|2|13|df=y}}

|time = 13:15 (UTC+1:00)

|team1 = {{fb-rt|FIN}}

|score = 3–0

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=8964 Report]

|team2 = {{fb|TUN}}

|goals1 = Lipponen {{goal|35||42||74}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance = 1,000

|referee = Patrick Fenech (Malta)

}}

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{{Football box

|date = {{Start date|1988|2|13|df=y}}

|time = 15:15 (UTC+1:00)

|team1 = East Germany Olympic {{flagicon|GDR}}

|score = 1–0

|report = [https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=9110 Report]

|team2 = {{fb|MLT}}

|goals1 = Halata {{goal|43}}

|goals2 =

|stadium = National Stadium, Ta' Qali

|attendance = 3,000

|referee =

}}

Winner

{{winners|fb|1988 Malta International Football Tournament|East Germany|name=East Germany Olympic|First}}

Statistics

=Goalscorers=

{{goalscorers

|matches=6|goals=16

|3 goals=

|1 goal=

}}

{{small|Source: EU-Football{{cite web |url=https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=MIT-1 |title=Rothmans Tournament 1988 results |work=EU-Football.info |access-date=16 June 2022 |archive-date=16 June 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220616175405/https://eu-football.info/_tournament.php?id=MIT-1 |url-status=live }}}}

See also

References

{{reflist}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Malta International Tournament}}

Category:1987–88 in Maltese football

Category:1987–88 in German football

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