| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Date | Competition | Round | Match | Sum. Video | Full Video | Match Report |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9/7/1988 | UEFA Cup | 1 | Sporting Portugal - Ajax 4 - 2 (3 - 1) |
| 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) |
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| 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) |
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| 3/1/1978 | Europa Cup I | Quarter Final | Ajax - Juventus 1 - 1 (0 - 0) |