Norway at the UEFA European Championship

Norway qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2014), the Euro 2000 tournament. During the qualifiers, they enforced direct qualification by ending first in their group with Slovenia, Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia.

At the championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, Norway was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Slovenia. With their last group match against Slovenia ending on 0–0 and the simultaneously played other group match Yugoslavia vs. Spain standing 3–2 after the regular playing time, it appeared Norway (with 4 points) would finish second in their group, ahead of Spain (3 points). However, after an unlikely 3–4 comeback from Spain during the extra time Norway saw themselves eliminated. Norway coach Nils Johan Semb worded this as his team having been "at 12 seconds from the quarter-finals".^[1]

Euro 2000

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Spain vs Norway

13 June 2000

18:00

Spain	0–1	Norway
	Report	Iversen 65'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 41,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Spain

Norway


GK	22	José Francisco Molina
RB	2	Míchel Salgado	69'
CB	6	Fernando Hierro (c)
CB	18	Paco
LB	3	Agustín Aranzábal
RM	17	Joseba Etxeberria	17'	72'
CM	4	Pep Guardiola
CM	21	Juan Carlos Valerón		80'
LM	8	Fran		72'
CF	10	Raúl
CF	20	Ismael Urzaiz
Substitutions:
MF	16	Gaizka Mendieta		72'
FW	11	Alfonso		72'
MF	7	Iván Helguera		80'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho


GK	1	Thomas Myhre
RB	14	Vegard Heggem
CB	4	Henning Berg (c)		59'
CB	3	Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB	2	André Bergdølmo	32'
CM	19	Eirik Bakke
CM	11	Bent Skammelsrud
CM	7	Erik Mykland
RF	18	Steffen Iversen		89'
CF	9	Tore André Flo		71'
LF	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutions:
DF	16	Dan Eggen		59'
FW	17	John Carew		71'
MF	21	Vidar Riseth		89'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)^[2]

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Norway vs Yugoslavia

18 June 2000

20:45

Norway	0–1	Yugoslavia
	Report	Milošević 8'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 27,250

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Norway

Yugoslavia


GK	1	Thomas Myhre
RB	14	Vegard Heggem		35'
CB	16	Dan Eggen
CB	3	Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB	2	André Bergdølmo
CM	19	Eirik Bakke	66'	76'
CM	11	Bent Skammelsrud (c)
CM	7	Erik Mykland	31'
RF	18	Steffen Iversen		71'
CF	9	Tore André Flo
LF	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutions:
DF	22	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		35'
FW	17	John Carew		71'
MF	6	Roar Strand		76'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb


GK	22	Ivica Kralj
RB	13	Slobodan Komljenović
CB	5	Miroslav Đukić
CB	14	Niša Saveljić
LB	3	Goran Đorović
RM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)		84'
CM	7	Vladimir Jugović	81'
CM	4	Slaviša Jokanović	28'	89'
LM	17	Ljubinko Drulović	81'
CF	8	Predrag Mijatović		87'
CF	9	Savo Milošević
Substitutions:
MF	21	Albert Nađ		84'
FW	20	Mateja Kežman	88'	87'
MF	16	Dejan Govedarica	90+2'	89'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov

Man of the Match:
Dragan Stojković (Yugoslavia)^[3]

Assistant referees:
Eddie Foley (Republic of Ireland)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Slovenia vs Norway

21 June 2000

18:00

Slovenia	0–0	Norway
	Report

GelreDome, Arnhem

Attendance: 22,500

Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Slovenia

Norway


GK	12	Mladen Dabanovič
CB	3	Željko Milinovič
CB	5	Marinko Galič		83'
CB	6	Aleksander Knavs
RM	7	Džoni Novak
CM	8	Aleš Čeh (c)
CM	11	Miran Pavlin	44'
LM	19	Amir Karić
AM	10	Zlatko Zahovič
CF	13	Mladen Rudonja
CF	17	Ermin Šiljak		86'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Milenko Ačimovič		83'
FW	20	Milan Osterc		86'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec


GK	1	Thomas Myhre
RB	2	André Bergdølmo
CB	16	Dan Eggen
CB	3	Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB	22	Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM	18	Steffen Iversen
CM	7	Erik Mykland	24'
CM	8	Ståle Solbakken (c)
LM	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	59'
CF	17	John Carew		61'
CF	9	Tore André Flo
Substitutions:
MF	19	Eirik Bakke		61'	82'
MF	6	Roar Strand		82'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)^[1]

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Overview

Year	Round	GP	W	D*	L	GS	GA
1960	Did not qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	1	1
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
Total	1/14	3	1	1	1	1	1

References

^ ^a ^b "12 seconds from the quarter-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ "Spain unable to breach Norway defence". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
^ "Not a great advert". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2000. Archived from the original on 8 March 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[12sec-1] "12 seconds from the quarter-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[2] "Spain unable to breach Norway defence". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

[3] "Not a great advert". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2000. Archived from the original on 8 March 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

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