West Germany v USSR, 21 September 1988
| Score | 1-0 to West Germany |
| Referee | Bruno Galler |
| Competition | International Friendly |
| Venue | Rheinstadion, Dusseldorf |
| Attendance | 16,000 |
View West Germany v USSR head to head
1
West Germany
Manager: Franz Beckenbauer
Goals:
| Sergei Shmatovalenko | own goal | 57 |
|
Starting lineup:
Goalkeeper
Bodo Illgner
Defender
Matthias Herget
Defender
Jürgen Kohler
Defender
Hans Pflugler
Defender/Midfielder
Stefan Reuter
Midfielder
Pierre Littbarski
(captain)
Midfielder
Andreas Möller
Midfielder
Wolfgang Rolff
Forward
Herbert Waas
Substitutions:
| Knut Reinhardt for Hans Pflugler | 46 |
| Guido Buchwald for Jürgen Kohler | 64 |
0
USSR
Goals:
Starting lineup:
Viktor Chanov
Goalkeeper
Anatoli Demianenko
Defender
Oleg Kuznetzov
Defender
Andrei Zygmantovich
Defender
Sergei Aleinikov
Midfielder
Fedor Cherenkov
Midfielder
Gennadi Litovchenko
Midfielder
Igor Belanov
Forward
Oleg Blokhin
Forward
Oleg Protasov
Forward
Substitutions:
| Sergei Gotzmanov for Oleg Blokhin | 46 |
| Vasili Rats for Fedor Cherenkov | 46 |
| Vyacheslav Sukristovas for Sergei Shmatovalenko | 70 |