sport aid - Germany / Federal Republic of Germany 1988 - 60 Pfennig

The issue of special stamps with surcharges in favor of the »Stiftung Deutsche Sporthilfe«, whose patron is the Federal President, is to help the social tasks and tasks of the foundation in all areas of sport. The sports brands are this year in the sign of the Olympic Games and the European Football Championship; they show football, tennis, art jumping, clay pigeon shooting, figure skating (pairs) and hammer throwing. The German Football Association (DFB) is today with about 4.8 million members of the largest sports association in the Federal Republic and at the same time one of the members in the World Football Association (FIFA), which includes 158 countries. After the football tournaments at the 1936 and 1972 Olympic Games and the 1974 World Cup, the finals of the European Championship in 1988 will once again be a major football event on German soil. Another highlight of football sports in 1988 will be the Olympiaturnier in Korea. In addition to the team of the German Football Association, which has automatic start right as host, seven other teams participate. DFB team principal Franz Beckenbauer, with 103 international matches record national player of the DFB, was involved in 1972 for the first time winning the European title. At that time the experts spoke of the "best team ever". For the second time European champion was the team of the German Football Association 1980th At the final in Rome Horst Hrubesch both goals to win the 2-1 win over Belgium. The "EURO '88" will take place between 10 and 25 June 1988 in eight cities (Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Gelsenkirchen, Hamburg, Hanover, Cologne, Munich, Stuttgart) of the Federal Republic. About 150,000 visitors from abroad are expected to attend this tournament.