1988 Rous Cup Explained
| Year: | 1988 |
| Dates: | 17–24 May |
| Num Teams: | 3 |
| Confederations: | 2 |
| Venues: | 2 |
| Cities: | 2 |
| Champion: | England |
| Second: | Colombia |
| Third: | Scotland |
| Matches: | 3 |
| Goals: | 3 |
| Prevseason: | 1987 |
| Nextseason: | 1989 |
The 1988 Rous Cup was the fourth staging of the Rous Cup international football competition, based around the England–Scotland football rivalry. For the second year in succession, a third team was invited to create a three-team tournament.
After having Brazil's participation in the previous year, the FA again invited South American opposition to participate, this time Colombia.
England won the competition for a second time after being the only team to win a game; the two other matches ended in draws.
Results
All times listed are British Summer Time (UTC+1)
Scotland vs Colombia
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England vs Scotland
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England vs Colombia
Final standings
| Team | | | | | | | | |
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| 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 3 |
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | –1 | 1 |
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Goalscorers
- 1 goal:
