UEFA Euro 2000 Group B

Last updated

Group B of UEFA Euro 2000 began on 10 June and ended on 19 June 2000. Italy won the group ahead of Turkey. Belgium and Sweden were eliminated.

Contents

Teams

Draw positionTeamPotMethod of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
UEFA Rankings
November 1999 [nb 1]
FIFA Rankings
June 2000
B1Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 1Co-host14 July 19954th 1984 Runners-up (1980)830
B2Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2 Group 5 winner8 September 19992nd 1992 Semi-finals (1992)416
B3Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 4 Play-off winner17 November 19992nd 1996 Group stage (1996)1835
B4Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 3 Group 1 winner9 October 19995th 1996 Winners (1968)1314

Notes

  1. The UEFA rankings of November 1999 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification
1Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 330062+49Advance to knockout stage
2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 311132+14
3Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium (H)31022533
4Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 30122421
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host

In the quarter-finals,

Matches

Belgium vs Sweden

Belgium  Flag of Belgium (civil).svg2–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  • Goor Soccerball shade.svg43'
  • É. Mpenza Soccerball shade.svg46'
Report
King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 46,700
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body belgium2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts belgium2000h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks belgium1994h.png
Kit socks long.svg
Belgium
Kit left arm sweden2000h.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body sweden2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm sweden2000h.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts sweden2000h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks sweden2000h.png
Kit socks long.svg
Sweden
GK1 Filip De Wilde
SW4 Lorenzo Staelens (c)
RB2 Éric Deflandre
CB3 Joos Valgaeren
LB17 Philippe Léonard Sub off.svg 72'
DM6 Yves Vanderhaeghe
RM11 Gert Verheyen Yellow card.svg 65'Sub off.svg 88'
LM8 Bart Goor
AM7 Marc Wilmots
CF9 Émile Mpenza
CF10 Branko Strupar Sub off.svg 69'
Substitutions:
FW16 Luc Nilis Yellow card.svg 77'Sub on.svg 69'
DF18 Nico Van Kerckhoven Yellow card.svg 90'Sub on.svg 72'
DF15 Jacky Peeters Sub on.svg 88'
Manager:
Robert Waseige
BEL-SWE 2000-06-10.svg
GK1 Magnus Hedman
RB2 Roland Nilsson Sub off.svg 46'
CB3 Patrik Andersson (c)Yellow card.svg 45' Yellow-red card.svg 81'
CB4 Joachim Björklund
LB14 Olof Mellberg
DM17 Johan Mjällby
RM11 Niclas Alexandersson
CM15 Daniel Andersson Sub off.svg 70'
LM9 Freddie Ljungberg
CF19 Kennet Andersson
CF10 Jörgen Pettersson Sub off.svg 50'
Substitutions:
DF5 Teddy Lučić Sub on.svg 46'
FW20 Henrik Larsson Sub on.svg 50'
FW18 Yksel Osmanovski Sub on.svg 70'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg

Man of the Match:
Émile Mpenza (Belgium) [1]

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Philip Sharp (England)
Fourth official:
Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Turkey vs Italy

Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg1–2Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Report
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Kit left arm tur00.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body tur00.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm tur00.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts tur00.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks 3 stripes white.png
Kit socks long.svg
Turkey
Kit left arm torinohome2009.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body italy2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm torinohome2009.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Italy
GK1 Rüştü Reçber
CB3 Ogün Temizkanoğlu (c)
CB4 Fatih Akyel
CB5 Alpay Özalan
DM2 Tayfur Havutçu
RM22 Ümit Davala Sub off.svg 76'
CM7 Okan Buruk Sub off.svg 88'
CM11 Tayfun Korkut
LM19 Abdullah Ercan
AM10 Sergen Yalçın Sub off.svg 81'
CF9 Hakan Şükür
Substitutions:
MF8 Tugay Kerimoğlu Sub on.svg 76'
FW6 Arif Erdem Sub on.svg 81'
MF16 Ergün Penbe Sub on.svg 88'
Manager:
Mustafa Denizli
TUR-ITA 2000-06-11.svg
GK12 Francesco Toldo
CB5 Fabio Cannavaro
CB13 Alessandro Nesta
CB3 Paolo Maldini (c)
RWB17 Gianluca Zambrotta
LWB11 Gianluca Pessotto Sub off.svg 62'
CM4 Demetrio Albertini
CM8 Antonio Conte
AM18 Stefano Fiore Sub off.svg 75'
CF20 Francesco Totti Sub off.svg 83'
CF9 Filippo Inzaghi
Substitutions:
DF15 Mark Iuliano Sub on.svg 62'
FW10 Alessandro Del Piero Sub on.svg 75'
MF7 Angelo Di Livio Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Dino Zoff

Man of the Match:
Filippo Inzaghi (Italy) [2]

Assistant referees:
Eddie Foley (Republic of Ireland)
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Terje Hauge (Norway)

Italy vs Belgium

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
Kit left arm torinohome2009.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body italy2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm torinohome2009.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Italy
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body belgium2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts belgium2000h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks belgium1994h.png
Kit socks long.svg
Belgium
GK12 Francesco Toldo
CB5 Fabio Cannavaro
CB13 Alessandro Nesta
CB15 Mark Iuliano
RWB17 Gianluca Zambrotta Yellow card.svg 47'
LWB3 Paolo Maldini (c)
CM4 Demetrio Albertini
CM8 Antonio Conte Yellow card.svg 44'
AM18 Stefano Fiore Sub off.svg 83'
CF20 Francesco Totti Sub off.svg 63'
CF9 Filippo Inzaghi Sub off.svg 77'
Substitutions:
FW10 Alessandro Del Piero Sub on.svg 63'
FW21 Marco Delvecchio Sub on.svg 77'
MF16 Massimo Ambrosini Sub on.svg 83'
Manager:
Dino Zoff
ITA-BEL 2000-06-14.svg
GK1 Filip De Wilde
SW4 Lorenzo Staelens (c)
RB2 Éric Deflandre
CB3 Joos Valgaeren
LB18 Nico Van Kerckhoven Sub off.svg 46'
DM6 Yves Vanderhaeghe
RM11 Gert Verheyen Sub off.svg 67'
LM8 Bart Goor
AM7 Marc Wilmots Yellow card.svg 70'
CF9 Émile Mpenza
CF10 Branko Strupar Sub off.svg 58'
Substitutions:
MF22 Marc Hendrikx Sub on.svg 46'
FW16 Luc Nilis Sub on.svg 58'
FW21 Mbo Mpenza Sub on.svg 67'
Manager:
Robert Waseige

Man of the Match:
Francesco Totti (Italy) [3]

Assistant referees:
Carlos Martín Nieto (Spain)
Ivan Lekov (Bulgaria)
Fourth official:
Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Sweden vs Turkey

Sweden  Flag of Sweden.svg0–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Report
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 27,000
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)
Kit left arm sweden2000h.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body sweden2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm sweden2000h.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts sweden2000h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks sweden2000h.png
Kit socks long.svg
Sweden
Kit left arm turkey2000.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body turkey2000.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm turkey2000.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts turkey2000.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks color 3 stripes red.png
Kit socks long.svg
Turkey
GK1 Magnus Hedman
RB6 Gary Sundgren
CB4 Joachim Björklund
CB14 Olof Mellberg
LB5 Teddy Lučić
DM17 Johan Mjällby (c)Yellow card.svg 68'
RM11 Niclas Alexandersson Sub off.svg 63'
CM9 Freddie Ljungberg
LM7 Håkan Mild
CF19 Kennet Andersson Sub off.svg 46'
CF20 Henrik Larsson Sub off.svg 78'
Substitutions:
FW10 Jörgen Pettersson Sub on.svg 46'
MF16 Anders Andersson Sub on.svg 63'
MF13 Magnus Svensson Sub on.svg 78'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg
SWE-TUR 2000-06-15.svg
GK1 Rüştü Reçber
RB22 Ümit Davala Sub off.svg 45'
CB3 Ogün Temizkanoğlu (c)Sub off.svg 59'
CB4 Fatih Akyel
CB5 Alpay Özalan
LB20 Hakan Ünsal
DM14 Suat Kaya Yellow card.svg 5'
RM7 Okan Buruk
LM15 Mustafa Izzet Sub off.svg 58'
CF6 Arif Erdem
CF9 Hakan Şükür
Substitutions:
MF11 Tayfun Korkut Sub on.svg 45'
MF10 Sergen Yalçın Sub on.svg 58'
MF8 Tugay Kerimoğlu Sub on.svg 59'
Manager:
Mustafa Denizli

Man of the Match:
Freddie Ljungberg (Sweden) [4]

Assistant referees:
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Terje Hauge (Norway)

Turkey vs Belgium

Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg2–0Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium
Report
Kit left arm turkey2000.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body turkey2000.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm turkey2000.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts turkey2000.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks color 3 stripes red.png
Kit socks long.svg
Turkey
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body belgium2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts belgium2000h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks belgium1994h.png
Kit socks long.svg
Belgium
GK1 Rüştü Reçber
RB5 Alpay Özalan
CB3 Ogün Temizkanoğlu (c)
LB4 Fatih Akyel
DM14 Suat Kaya
RM11 Tayfun Korkut Yellow card.svg 50'
LM19 Abdullah Ercan
AM7 Okan Buruk Sub off.svg 77'
AM8 Tugay Kerimoğlu Sub off.svg 37'
CF6 Arif Erdem Sub off.svg 87'
CF9 Hakan Şükür
Substitutions:
MF2 Tayfur Havutçu Sub on.svg 37'
MF16 Ergün Penbe Sub on.svg 77'
DF13 Osman Özköylü Yellow card.svg 88'Sub on.svg 87'
Manager:
Mustafa Denizli
TUR-BEL 2000-06-19.svg
GK1 Filip De Wilde Red card.svg 84'
SW4 Lorenzo Staelens (c)
RB2 Éric Deflandre
CB3 Joos Valgaeren
LB18 Nico Van Kerckhoven
DM6 Yves Vanderhaeghe Yellow card.svg 44'
RM11 Gert Verheyen Sub off.svg 63'
LM8 Bart Goor Sub off.svg 59'
AM7 Marc Wilmots
CF9 Émile Mpenza Yellow card.svg 63'
CF16 Luc Nilis Sub off.svg 79'
Substitutions:
MF22 Marc Hendrikx Sub on.svg 59'
FW10 Branko Strupar Sub on.svg 63'
FW20 Gilles De Bilde Sub on.svg 79'
Manager:
Robert Waseige

Man of the Match:
Hakan Şükür (Turkey) [5]

Assistant referees:
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Fourth official:
Günter Benkö (Austria) [note 1]

Italy vs Sweden

Italy  Flag of Italy.svg2–1Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Report
Philips Stadion, Eindhoven
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)
Kit left arm torinohome2009.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body italy2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm torinohome2009.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks long.svg
Italy
Kit left arm sweden2000h.png
Kit left arm.svg
Kit body sweden2000h.png
Kit body.svg
Kit right arm sweden2000h.png
Kit right arm.svg
Kit shorts sweden2000h.png
Kit shorts.svg
Kit socks sweden2000h.png
Kit socks long.svg
Sweden
GK12 Francesco Toldo
CB2 Ciro Ferrara
CB6 Paolo Negro
CB15 Mark Iuliano Sub off.svg 46'
RWB11 Gianluca Pessotto
LWB3 Paolo Maldini (c)Sub off.svg 42'
CM7 Angelo Di Livio Sub off.svg 64'
CM14 Luigi Di Biagio
CM16 Massimo Ambrosini
CF10 Alessandro Del Piero
CF19 Vincenzo Montella
Substitutions:
DF13 Alessandro Nesta Sub on.svg 42'
DF5 Fabio Cannavaro Sub on.svg 46'
MF18 Stefano Fiore Sub on.svg 64'
Manager:
Dino Zoff
ITA-SWE 2000-06-19.svg
GK1 Magnus Hedman
RB14 Olof Mellberg
CB3 Patrik Andersson (c)
CB4 Joachim Björklund
LB8 Tomas Gustafsson Sub off.svg 75'
DM17 Johan Mjällby Sub off.svg 56'
RM13 Magnus Svensson Sub off.svg 52'
LM7 Håkan Mild
AM9 Freddie Ljungberg
CF18 Yksel Osmanovski
CF20 Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
MF11 Niclas Alexandersson Sub on.svg 52'
MF15 Daniel Andersson Sub on.svg 56'
FW19 Kennet Andersson Sub on.svg 75'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg

Man of the Match:
Henrik Larsson (Sweden) [6]

Assistant referees:
Jacques Poudevigne (France)
Dramane Dante (Mali)
Fourth official:
Gilles Veissière (France)

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Nielsen suffered an injury in the 39th minute and was replaced by fourth official Günter Benkö (Austria).

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">UEFA Euro 2000</span> 11th European association football championship

The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe.

The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2000 started with the first quarter-final on 24 June and ended with the final on 2 July 2000.

Group A of UEFA Euro 2000 began on 12 June and ended on 20 June 2000. Portugal won the group ahead of Romania, while England and Germany were surprisingly eliminated.

This page shows the standings and results for Group A of the UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying tournament.

Russia have participated in twelve UEFA European Championships, the second-most among all participants of the Euro after Germany, five of which were as the Soviet Union and one of which was representing the CIS. As the Soviet Union, their best performance was becoming champions in the inaugural 1960 edition in France, while their best performance as Russia came in the 2008 tournament held in Austria and Switzerland, when they reached the semi-finals.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2014 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group A</span>

The 2014 FIFA World Cup Brazil qualification UEFA Group A was a UEFA qualifying group for the 2014 FIFA World Cup. The group comprised Belgium, Croatia, Macedonia, Scotland, Serbia and Wales.

The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2008" or whichever year is appropriate. Prior to entering the tournament all teams other than the host nations compete in a qualifying process.

The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "Euro 2008" or whichever year is appropriate. Prior to entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations compete in a qualifying process.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Netherlands at the UEFA European Championship</span> Overview of the Netherlands at the UEFA European Championship

The Netherlands national football team has appeared in ten UEFA European Championship tournaments. They first participated in 1976, and won the title in 1988. With Belgium, the Netherlands co-hosted the 2000 tournament. The team did not enter the first tournament in 1960, and did not qualify in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1984, 2016.

The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between FIFA World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968.

The UEFA European Championship is the main football competition of the men's national teams governed by UEFA. Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations' Cup, changing to the current name in 1968. Starting with the 1996 tournament, specific championships are often referred to in the form "UEFA Euro (year)”. Prior to entering the tournament, all teams other than the host nations compete in a qualifying process.

Italy have participated in ten UEFA European Championships, and reached the final on four occasions. They became European champions at home in 1968, the first European Championship they qualified for, and finished as runners-up in 2000 and 2012, before winning their second continental championship at Euro 2020.

Portugal have participated in eight UEFA European Championship editions. Their first tournament was in 1984, and the side have advanced past the group stage in every edition they've participated in so far. Portugal have reached the semi-finals on five occasions, and reached the final as hosts in 2004, however losing to tournament underdogs Greece. They captured their first major tournament win after defeating hosts France 1–0 in the final of Euro 2016.

Turkey have participated at five UEFA European Championships so far; the first finals they qualified for was Euro 1996. Their best European performance to date was reaching the semi-finals in 2008, after winning their quarter-final match against Croatia on penalties.

The UEFA European Championship is one of the major competitive international football tournaments, first played in 1960, whose finals stage has been held every four years, with the sixteenth staging of the competition occurring in 2021.

The 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification UEFA Group H was one of the nine UEFA groups for 2018 FIFA World Cup qualification. The group consisted of six teams: Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Estonia, Cyprus, and Gibraltar.

The 2018–19 UEFA Nations League A was the top division of the 2018–19 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the inaugural season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. League A culminated with the Nations League Finals in June 2019, which crowned Portugal as the inaugural champions of the UEFA Nations League.

Group I of UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying was one of the ten groups to decide which teams would qualify for the UEFA Euro 2020 finals tournament. Group I consisted of six teams: Belgium, Cyprus, Kazakhstan, Russia, San Marino and Scotland, where they played against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

The 2022–23 UEFA Nations League A was the top division of the 2022–23 edition of the UEFA Nations League, the third season of the international football competition involving the men's national teams of the 55 member associations of UEFA. League A culminated with the Nations League Finals in June 2023 to determine the champions of the competition.

Group F of UEFA Euro 2024 qualifying is one of the ten groups to decide which teams will qualify for the UEFA Euro 2024 final tournament in Germany. Group F consists of five teams: Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Estonia and Sweden. The teams will play against each other home-and-away in a round-robin format.

References

  1. "Belgium start with a bang". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 10 June 2000. Archived from the original on 5 January 2001. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  2. "Zidane and Henry seek Man of the Match hat-trick". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 July 2000. Archived from the original on 4 February 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. "Italy defence the deciding factor". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2000. Archived from the original on 8 March 2001. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  4. "A strategic battle". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 15 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 December 2000. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  5. "Turks win with waiting game". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2000. Archived from the original on 9 March 2001. Retrieved 30 June 2013.
  6. "Superb entertainment". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 19 June 2000. Archived from the original on 21 February 2001. Retrieved 30 June 2013.