2000 European Football Championship

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The 2000 European Football Championship or Euro 2000 was co-hosted by The Netherlands and Belgium. It was the 11th edition of the European Football Championship, held every four years and endorsed by UEFA. The final tournament took place between June 10 and July 2, 2000.

The final tournament was disputed between 16 nations. 14 of these had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage. Belgium and The Netherlands qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.

The qualifying round was played throughout 1998 and 1999. There were nine qualifying groups of five or six countries each, played in a home-and-away format. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically. The rest of the runners-up played an additional set of playoff matches amongst each other.

Table of contents

1 Venues 1.1 The Netherlands 1.2 Belgium 2 Qualifying Round 2.3 Group Phase 2.4 Play-offs 3 Final Tournament 3.5 Group Stage 3.6 Group Matches 3.6.1 Group A 3.6.2 Group B 3.6.3 Group C 3.6.4 Group D 4 Quarter-finals 5 Semi-finals 6 Final 7 Top Scorers 8 The Winning Squad

Venues

The Netherlands

• Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam - Capacity: 50,000
• De Kuip, Rotterdam - Capacity: 50,000
• Philips Stadion, Eindhoven - Capacity: 33,000
• Gelredome, Arnhem - Capacity 30,000

Belgium

• King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels - Capacity: 50,000
• Jan Breydel Stadium, Brugge - Capacity: 30,000
• Sclessin Stadium, Liege - Capacity: 30,000
• Stade Communal, Charleroi - Capacity: 30,000

Qualifying Round

Group Phase

Group 1								Group 2
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Italy	15	8	4	3	1	13	5	Norway	25	10	8	1	1	21	9
Denmark	14	8	4	2	2	11	8	Slovenia	17	10	5	2	3	12	14
Switzerland	14	8	4	2	2	9	5	Greece	15	10	4	3	3	13	8
Wales	9	8	3	0	5	7	16	Latvia	13	10	3	4	3	13	12
Belarus	3	8	0	3	5	4	10	Albania	7	10	1	4	5	8	14
								Georgia	5	10	1	2	7	8	18

Group 3								Group 4
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Germany	19	8	6	1	1	20	4	France	21	10	6	3	1	17	10
Turkey	17	8	5	2	1	15	6	Ukraine	20	10	5	5	0	14	4
Finland	10	8	3	1	4	13	13	Russia	19	10	6	1	3	22	12
Northern Ireland	5	8	1	2	5	4	19	Iceland	15	10	4	3	3	12	7
Moldavia	4	8	0	4	4	7	17	Armenia	8	10	2	2	6	8	15
								Andorra	0	10	0	0	10	3	28

Group 5								Group 6
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Sweden	22	8	7	1	0	10	1	Spain	21	8	7	0	1	42	5
England	13	8	3	4	1	14	4	Israel	13	8	4	1	3	25	9
Poland	13	8	4	1	3	12	8	Austria	13	8	4	1	3	19	20
Bulgaria	8	8	2	2	4	6	8	Cyprus	12	8	4	0	4	12	21
Luxembourg	0	8	0	0	8	2	23	San Marino	0	8	0	0	8	1	44

Group 7								Group 8
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Romania	24	10	7	3	0	25	3	Yugoslavia	17	8	5	2	1	18	8
Portugal	23	10	7	2	1	32	4	Republic of Ireland	16	8	5	1	2	14	6
Slovakia	17	10	5	2	3	12	9	Croatia	15	8	4	3	1	13	9
Hungary	12	10	3	3	4	14	10	Macedonia	8	8	2	2	4	13	14
Azerbaijan	4	10	1	1	8	6	26	Malta	0	8	0	0	8	6	27
Liechtenstein	4	10	1	1	8	2	39

Group 9
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Czech Republic	30	10	10	0	0	26	5
Scotland	18	10	5	3	2	15	10
Estonia	11	10	3	2	5	15	17
Bosnia	11	10	3	2	5	14	17
Lithuania	11	10	3	2	5	8	16
Faeroe Islands	3	10	0	3	7	4	17

Portugal didn't dispute the play-off because they qualified automatically as best runners-up. Belgium and The Netherlands qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.

Play-offs

1st Leg - November 13, 1999			2nd Leg - November 17, 1999
Home Team	Away Team	Score	Home Team	Away Team	Score
Scotland	England	0-2	England	Scotland	0-1
Israel	Denmark	0-5	Denmark	Israel	3-0
Slovenia	Ukraine	2-1	Ukraine	Slovenia	1-1
Republic of Ireland	Turkey	1-1	Turkey	Republic of Ireland	0-0

Final Tournament

Group Stage

Group A								Group B
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Portugal	9	3	3	0	0	7	2	Italy	9	3	3	0	0	6	2
Romania	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	Turkey	4	3	1	1	1	3	2
England	3	3	1	0	2	5	6	Belgium	3	3	1	0	2	2	5
Germany	1	3	0	1	2	1	5	Sweden	1	3	0	1	2	2	4

Group C								Group D
Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
Spain	6	3	2	0	1	6	5	Netherlands	9	3	3	0	0	7	2
Yugoslavia	4	3	1	1	1	7	7	France	6	3	2	0	1	7	4
Norway	4	3	1	1	1	1	1	Czech Republic	3	3	1	0	2	3	3
Slovenia	2	3	0	2	1	4	5	Denmark	0	3	0	0	3	0	8

Group Matches

Group A

Monday June 12, 2000 18:00 CET Sclessin Stadium, Liege
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (DEN)

Germany	1	-	1	(1-1)	Romania
Scholl 28'					Moldovan 5'

20:45 CET Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Referee: Anders Frisk (SWE)

Portugal	3	-	2	(2-2)	England
Figo 22'					Scholes 3'
Joao Pinto 37'					McManaman 17'
Nuno Gomes 59'

Saturday June 17, 2000 18:00 CET Gelredome, Arnhem
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (FRA)

Portugal	1	-	0	(0-0)	Romania
Costinha 94'

20:45 CET Stade Communal, Charleroi
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)

England	1	-	0	(0-0)	Germany
Shearer 53'

Tuesday June 20, 2000 20:45 CET De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee: Dick Jol (NET)

Portugal	3	-	0	(1-0)	Germany
Sergio Conceicao 35'
Sergio Conceicao 54'
Sergio Conceicao 71'

20:45 CET Stade Communal, Charleroi
Referee: Urs Meier (SWI)

Romania	3	-	2	(1-2)	England
Chivu 22'					Shearer 40' pen
Munteanu 48'					Owen 45'
Ganea 88' pen

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Group B

Saturday June 10, 2000 20:45 CET King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels - Opening Match
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Belgium	2	-	1	(1-0)	Sweden
Goor 43'					Mjaellby 53'
Mpenza 46'

Sunday June 11, 2000 14:30 CET Gelredome, Arnhem
Referee: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Italy	2	-	1	(0-0)	Turkey
Conte 52'					Okan 61'
Inzaghi 70' pen

Wednesday June 14, 2000 20:45 CET King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee: Garcia Aranda (SPA)

Italy	2	-	0	(1-0)	Belgium
Totti 6'
Fiore 68'

Thursday June 15, 2000 20:45 CET Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Referee: Dick Jol (NET)

Sweden

0

-

0

Turkey

Monday June 19, 2000 20:45 CET King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (DEN)

Turkey	2	-	0	(1-0)	Belgium
Hakan Suekuer 45'
Hakan Suekuer 70'

20:45 CET Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Referee: Vitor Pereira (POR)

Italy	2	-	1	(1-0)	Sweden
Di Biagio 39'					Larsson 77'
Del Piero 88'

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Group C

Tuesday June 13, 2000 18:30 CET De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (EGY)

Norway	1	-	0	(0-0)	Spain
Iversen 66'

20:45 CET Stade Communal, Charleroi
Referee: Vitor Pereira (POR)

Yugoslavia	3	-	3	(0-1)	Slovenia
Milosevic 67'					Zahovic 23'
Drulovic 70'					Pavlin 52'
Milosevic 73'					Zahovic 57'

Sunday June 18, 2000 18:00 CET Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Spain	2	-	1	(1-0)	Slovenia
Raul 4'					Zahovic 58'
Etxeberria 60'

20:45 CET Sclessin Stadium, Liege
Referee: Hugh Dallas (SCO)

Yugoslavia	1	-	0	(1-0)	Norway
Milosevic 8'

Wednesday June 21, 2000 18:00 CET Jan Breydel Stadium, Brugge
Referee: Gilles Veissiere (FRA)

Spain	4	-	3	(1-1)	Yugoslavia
Alfonso 39'					Milosevic 30'
Munitis 52'					Govedarica 51'
Mendieta 94' pen					Komljenovic 75'
Alfonso 95'

18:00 CET Gelredome, Arnhem
Referee: Graham Poll (ENG)

Slovenia

0

-

0

Norway

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Group D

Sunday June 11, 2000 18:00 CET Jan Breydel Stadium, Brugge
Referee: Guenter Benkoe (AUT)

France	3	-	0	(1-0)	Denmark
Blanc 16'
Henry 64'
Wiltord 92'

20:45 CET Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)

Netherlands	1	-	0	(0-0)	Czech Republic
F. De Boer 89' pen

Friday June 16, 2000 18:00 CET Jan Breydel Stadium, Brugge
Referee: Graham Poll (ENG)

France	2	-	1	(1-1)	Czech Republic
Henry 7'					Poborsky 35' pen
Djorkaeff 60'

20:45 CET De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee: Urs Meier (SWI)

Netherlands	3	-	0	(0-0)	Denmark
Kluivert 57'					81' Schjonberg missed a penalty (wide)
R. De Boer 66'
Zenden 77'

Wednesday June 21, 2000 20:45 CET Sclessin Stadium, Liege\
Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (EGY)

Czech Republic	2	-	0	(0-0)	Denmark
Smicer 64'
Smicer 67'

20:45 CET Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Referee: Anders Frisk (SWE)

Netherlands	3	-	2	(1-2)	France
Kluivert 14'					Dugarry 8'
F. De Boer 51'					Trezeguet 31'
Zenden 59'

Quarter-finals

Saturday June 24, 2000 18:00 CET Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Referee: Dick Jol (NET)

Portugal	2	-	0	(1-0)	Turkey
Nuno Gomes 44'					45' Arif missed a penalty (Baia saved)
Nuno Gomes 56'

20:45 CET King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee: Vitor Pereira (POR)

Italy	2	-	0	(2-0)	Romania
Totti 33'
Inzaghi 42'

Sunday June 25, 2000 18:00 CET De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee: Garcia Aranda (SPA)

Netherlands	6	-	1	(2-0)	Yugoslavia
Kluivert 24'					Milosevic 90'
Kluivert 38'
Govedarica 51' own goal
Kluivert 54'
Overmars 78'
Overmars 90'

20:45 CET Jan Breydel Stadium, Brugge
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (ITA)

France	2	-	1	(2-1)	Spain
Zidane 33'					Mendieta 38' pen
Djorkaeff 44'					90' Raul missed a penalty (wide)

Semi-finals

Wednesday June 28, 2000 20:45 CET King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Referee: Guenter Benkoe (AUT)

France	2	-	1 AET	(0-1)	Portugal
Henry 51'					Nuno Gomes 19'
Zidane 117' pen (golden goal)

Thursday June 29, 2000 18:00 CET Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam
Referee: Markus Merk (GER)

Italy	0	-	0 AET	Netherlands
				39' F. De Boer missed a penalty (Toldo saved)
				62' Kluivert missed a penalty (left post)

Penalty shootout:

Italy	3	-	1	Netherlands
Di Biagio				F. de Boer: Toldo saved
Iuliano				Stam: wide
Totti				Kluivert
Maldini: van der Sar saved				Bosvelt: Toldo saved

Final

Sunday July 2, 2000 20:00 CET De Kuip, Rotterdam
Referee: Anders Frisk (SWE)

France	2	-	1 AET	(0-0)	Italy
Wiltord 90'					Delvecchio 55'
Trezeguet 103' (golden goal)

Top Scorers

5 goals

• Patrick KLUIVERT (NET)
• Savo MILOSEVIC (YUG)

4 goals

• NUNO GOMES (POR)

3 goals

• SERGIO CONCEICAO (POR)
• Thierry HENRY (FRA)
• Zlatko ZAHOVIC (SLO)

2 goals

• Boudewijn ZENDEN (NET)
• Marc OVERMARS (NET)
• FRANK DE BOER (NET)
• Youri DJORKAEFF (FRA)
• Sylvain WILTORD (FRA)
• David TREZEGUET (FRA)
• Zinedine ZIDANE (FRA)
• Francesco TOTTI (ITA)
• Filippo INZAGHI (ITA)
• Gaizka MENDIETA (SPA)
• ALFONSO (SPA)
• Hakan SUEKUER (TUR)
• Vladimir SMICER (CZE)
• Alan SHEARER (ENG)

The Winning Squad

France
Number	Player	Club in 2000
Goalkeepers
16	Fabien Barthez	Monaco
1	Bernard Lama	Paris Saint-Germain
22	Ulrich Rame	Bordeaux
Defenders
5	Laurent Blanc	Inter Milan
2	Vincent Candela	Roma
8	Marcel Desailly	Chelsea
18	Franck Leboeuf	Chelsea
3	Bixente Lizarazu	Bayern Munich
15	Lilian Thuram	Parma
Midfielders
7	Didier Deschamps	Chelsea
6	Youri Djorkaeff	Kaiserslautern
19	Christian Karembeu	Real Madrid
14	Johan Micoud	Bordeaux
17	Emmanuel Petit	Arsenal
11	Robert Pires	Marseille
4	Patrick Vieira	Arsenal
10	Zinedine Zidane	Juventus
Forwards
12	Thierry Henry	Arsenal
20	David Trezeguet	Monaco
13	Sylvain Wiltord	Bordeaux
9	Nicolas Anelka	Real Madrid
21	Christophe Dugarry	Bordeaux
Coach: Roger Lemerre

European Football Championship

France 1960 | Spain 1964 | Italy 1968 | Belgium 1972

Yugoslavia 1976 | Italy 1980 | France 1984

West Germany 1988 | Sweden 1992 | England 1996

Belgium/Netherlands 2000 | Portugal 2004

Austria/Switzerland 2008