The UEFA Euro 1988 qualifying Group 5 was one of the seven qualifying groups to determine which teams would compete at the UEFA Euro 1988 finals tournament.
Group 5 consisted of five teams: Netherlands, Greece, Hungary, Poland, and Cyprus, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format, with the top team qualifying for the final tournament.
The Netherlands won the group and qualified for the finals, finishing five points clear of Greece.
There were 60 goals scored in 21 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.
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