2000 Helsingborgs IF season

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Helsingborgs IF
2000 season
Manager Flag of Sweden.svg Nanne Bergstrand
Allsvenskan 2nd
Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer Álvaro Santos (12)
Highest home attendance13,802
Average home league attendance9,414
  1999
2001  

Season summary

Helsingborg stunned the footballing world when they defeated Italian giants Inter Milan 1-0 on aggregate to become the first Swedish club to reach the Champions League group stages. Unfortunately, Helsingborg's luck ran out in the group stage and they were soundly beaten in their first three matches; they recovered to chalk up respectable draws against Paris Saint-Germain and that season's European champions, Bayern Munich, but finished bottom of their group and failed to even drop down into the UEFA Cup.

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First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.Pos.NationPlayer
1 GK Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Sven Andersson
2 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Mats Wejsfelt
3 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Ola Nilsson
4 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Roland Nilsson
5 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Jozo Matovac
6 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Bjørn Johansen
7 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Ulrik Jansson (captain)
8 MF Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Lars Bakkerud
9 FW Flag of Brazil.svg  BRA Álvaro
10 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Hans Eklund
11 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Erik Wahlstedt
No.Pos.NationPlayer
14 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Nicklas Persson
15 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Mattias Lindström
17 MF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Michael Hansson
18 FW Flag of Norway.svg  NOR Stig Johansen
19 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Marcus Lindberg
20 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Rade Prica
21 FW Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Marcus Ekenberg
22 GK Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Fredrik Larsson
23 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Christoffer Andersson
30 DF Flag of Sweden.svg  SWE Jesper Jansson

Results

Champions League

Second qualifying round

2 August 2000 BATE Borisov Flag of Belarus.svg 0–3 Flag of Sweden.svg Helsingborg Dynama Stadium, Minsk
19:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre [ dead link ]
Álvaro Soccerball shade.svg11'
C. Andersson Soccerball shade.svg24'
Wahlstedt Soccerball shade.svg85'
Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)

Helsingborg won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Helsingborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

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