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UEFA Euro 2000
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Football without frontiers
Tournament details
Host countriesBelgium
Netherlands
Dates10 June – 2 July
Teams16
Venue(s)8 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions France (2nd title)
Runners-up Italy
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored85 (2.74 per match)
Attendance1,122,833 (36,220 per match)
Top scorer(s)Netherlands Patrick Kluivert
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Savo Milošević
(5 goals each)
Best player(s)France Zinedine Zidane
← 1996
2004 →

The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Football Championship, which is held every four years and organised by UEFA, association football's governing body in Europe.[1]

The finals of Euro 2000 were co-hosted (the first time this happened) by Belgium and the Netherlands, between 10 June and 2 July 2000. Spain and Austria also bid to host the event.[2] The final tournament was contested by 16 nations. With the exception of the national teams of the hosts, Belgium and the Netherlands, the finalists had to go through a qualifying round to reach the final stage. France won the tournament, by defeating Italy 2–1 in the final, via a golden goal.[3]

The finals saw the first major UEFA competition contested in the King Baudouin Stadium (formerly the Heysel Stadium) since the events of the 1985 European Cup Final and the Heysel Stadium disaster, with the opening game being played in the rebuilt stadium.

Summary

One of the biggest surprises of the tournament was Portugal, winning Group A with three wins, including a 3–0 win against Germany, with Sérgio Conceição scoring a hat-trick,[4] and a 3–2 win over England, in which they came back from 2–0 down.[5] Romania was the other qualifier from the group, beating England with a late penalty in their last group game.[6]

Belgium had a surprise exit in the group stage, winning the tournament's first game against Sweden,[7] but losing to Turkey and Italy.[8][9] They finished third in Group B, behind Italy and Turkey. The other co-host and favourite, the Netherlands, progressed as expected from Group D, along with World Cup winners France. The Netherlands won the group, by beating France in their last group match.[10] Also in Group D, Denmark's three losses with eight goals conceded and none scored set a new record for the worse team performance in the group stages of a Euros. Group C was memorable for the match between Yugoslavia and Spain. Spain needed a win to ensure progression, but found themselves trailing 3–2, after Slobodan Komljenović scored in the 75th minute. The Spanish side rescued their tournament by scoring twice in injury time to record a 4–3 victory.[11] Yugoslavia managed to go through as well, despite losing because Norway and Slovenia played to a draw.[12]

France and Italy before the final on 2 July

Italy and Portugal maintained their perfect records in the quarter-finals, beating Romania and Turkey, respectively, and the Netherlands started a goal-avalanche against Yugoslavia, winning 6–1. Spain fell 2–1 to France; Raul missed a late penalty that ended Spanish hopes.

Italy eliminated the Netherlands in the semi-finals, despite going down to ten men and facing two penalty kicks. Italian goalkeeper Francesco Toldo, who had been drafted into the starting XI as Gianluigi Buffon missed the tournament through injury, made two saves in the penalty shootout (in addition to his penalty save in normal time) to carry the Italians to the final.

In the other semi-final, Portugal lost in extra time to France after Zinedine Zidane converted a controversial penalty kick. Several Portuguese players challenged the awarding of the penalty for a handball and were given lengthy suspensions for shoving the referee.[13] France won the tournament, defeating Italy 2–1 in the final with a golden goal by David Trezeguet after equalising with a last-minute goal, and became the first team to win the European championship while being world champion.[14]

In Britain, Match of the Day named Stefano Fiore's goal against Belgium the Goal of the Tournament, ahead of Patrick Kluivert's against France and Zinedine Zidane's against Spain.[15]

Qualification

UEFA Euro 2000 finalists and their results
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

Qualification for the tournament took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups and each played the others in their group, on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically for the final tournament. The eight other runners-up played an additional set of play-off matches to determine the last four qualifiers. Belgium and the Netherlands automatically qualified for the tournament as co-hosts.

Qualified teams

See also: UEFA Euro 2000 squads

The following 16 teams participated in the tournament:

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1
 Belgium 00Co-hosts 18 January 1998 3 (1972, 1980, 1984)
 Netherlands 01Co-hosts 18 January 1998 5 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 Italy 02Group 1 winner 9 October 1999 4 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996)
 Norway 03Group 2 winner 8 September 1999 0 (debut)
 Germany4 04Group 3 winner 9 October 1999 7 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 France 05Group 4 winner 9 October 1999 4 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996)
 Sweden 06Group 5 winner 8 September 1999 1 (1992)
 Spain 07Group 6 winner 8 September 1999 5 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 Romania 08Group 7 winner 9 October 1999 2 (1984, 1996)
 Yugoslavia3 10Group 8 winner 9 October 1999 4 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984)
 Czech Republic2 11Group 9 winner 9 June 1999 4 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996)
 Portugal 12Best runner-up 9 October 1999 2 (1984, 1996)
 Denmark 13Play-offs 17 November 1999 5 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 England 14Play-offs 17 November 1999 5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 Slovenia 15Play-offs 17 November 1999 0 (debut)
 Turkey 16Play-offs 17 November 1999 1 (1996)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year; Italic indicates host for that year
2 as Czechoslovakia before 1996
3 as SFR Yugoslavia before 2000 (qualified in 1992 but was banned by UN from all international sport.)
4 as West Germany before 1992

Seeding

The composition of pots 1 to 3 was based on the teams' UEFA coefficient at the end of 1999.[16][17] The finals draw took place on 12 December 1999.[18]

Seeded Pot 1 Pot 2 Pot 3

Venues

Rotterdam
Amsterdam
Eindhoven
Arnhem
Bruges
Brussels
Liège
Charleroi
 Netherlands Rotterdam Netherlands Amsterdam
Feijenoord Stadion
Capacity: 50,000[19] 		Amsterdam Arena
Capacity: 50,000[19]
Netherlands Eindhoven Netherlands Arnhem
Philips Stadion
Capacity: 33,000[19] 		GelreDome
Capacity: 30,000[19]
Belgium Brussels Belgium Bruges Belgium Liège Belgium Charleroi
King Baudouin Stadium
Capacity: 50,000[19] 		Jan Breydel Stadium
Capacity: 30,000[19] 		Stade Maurice Dufrasne
Capacity: 30,000[19] 		Stade du Pays de Charleroi
Capacity: 30,000[19]

Note: Capacity figures are those for matches at UEFA Euro 2000 and are not necessarily the total capacity that the stadium is capable of holding.

Broadcasting

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 broadcasting rights

Match ball

Adidas Terrestra Silverstream was unveiled as the official match ball of the competition in December 1999 at Constant Vanden Stock Stadium, Anderlecht's home arena by Edwin van der Sar and Zinedine Zidane.[20][21]

Match officials

On 15 February 2000, UEFA appointed 12 referees, 16 assistant referees and four fourth officials for the competition, including a referee and an assistant referee from the Confederation of African Football.[22] The event saw assistant referees being allowed to intervene an ongoing game, in particular to help the match official apply the 10-metre rule when deciding free-kicks – as well as warn the referee instantly if he had booked or ejected the wrong player, something that was not possible in previous tournaments.[23] Also, fourth officials were given a larger role in assisting to take command of the match if any decisions are gone unnoticed by the referee or an assistant referee.[23]

Referees Assistant referees Fourth officials
Austria Günter Benkö Belarus Yury Dupanau Belgium Michel Piraux
Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen Belgium Roland Van Nylen Greece Kyros Vassaras
Egypt Gamal Al-Ghandour Bulgaria Ivan Lekov Norway Terje Hauge
England Graham Poll Denmark Jens Larsen Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ
France Gilles Veissière England Philip Sharp
Germany Markus Merk France Jacques Poudevigne
Italy Pierluigi Collina Germany Kurt Ertl
Netherlands Dick Jol Italy Sergio Zuccolini
Portugal Vítor Melo Pereira Mali Dramane Dante
Scotland Hugh Dallas Malta Emanuel Zammit
Spain José García-Aranda Netherlands Jaap Pool
Sweden Anders Frisk Republic of Ireland Eddie Foley
Switzerland Urs Meier Romania Nicolae Grigorescu
Slovakia Igor Šramka
Spain Carlos Martín Nieto
Sweden Leif Lindberg
Turkey Turgay Güdü

Results

Nationale-Nederlanden building in Rotterdam with "breakthrough" featuring Edgar Davids.

All times local (CEST/UTC+2)

Group stage

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
 Romania 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 England 3 1 0 2 5 6 −1 3
 Germany 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
12 June 2000
Germany  1–1  Romania
Portugal  3–2  England
17 June 2000
Romania  0–1  Portugal
England  1–0  Germany
20 June 2000
England  2–3  Romania
Portugal  3–0  Germany

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 3 3 0 0 6 2 +4 9
 Turkey 3 1 1 1 3 2 +1 4
 Belgium 3 1 0 2 2 5 −3 3
 Sweden 3 0 1 2 2 4 −2 1
10 June 2000
Belgium  2–1  Sweden
11 June 2000
Turkey  1–2  Italy
14 June 2000
Italy  2–0  Belgium
15 June 2000
Sweden  0–0  Turkey
19 June 2000
Turkey  2–0  Belgium
Italy  2–1  Sweden

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group C
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
13 June 2000
Spain  0–1  Norway
Yugoslavia  3–3  Slovenia
18 June 2000
Slovenia  1–2  Spain
Norway  0–1  Yugoslavia
21 June 2000
Yugoslavia  3–4  Spain
Slovenia  0–0  Norway

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Netherlands 3 3 0 0 7 2 +5 9
 France 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6
 Czech Republic 3 1 0 2 3 3 0 3
 Denmark 3 0 0 3 0 8 −8 0
11 June 2000
France  3–0  Denmark
Netherlands  1–0  Czech Republic
16 June 2000
Czech Republic  1–2  France
Denmark  0–3  Netherlands
21 June 2000
Denmark  0–2  Czech Republic
France  2–3  Netherlands

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 knockout stage

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.

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Format

Any game in the knockout stage that was undecided by the end of the regular 90 minutes, was followed by up to 30 minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves). In extra time, the golden goal rule was applied, whereby the match would immediately end upon either team scoring, with the team having scored being declared the winner. If scores were still level after 30 minutes of extra time, there would be a penalty shoot-out to determine who progressed to the next round. As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

Qualified teams

The top two placed teams from each of the four groups qualified for the knockout stage.

Group Winners Runners-up
A  Portugal  Romania
B  Italy  Turkey
C  Spain  FR Yugoslavia
D  Netherlands  France

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
25 June – Bruges
 
 
 Spain1
 
28 June – Brussels
 
 France2
 
 France (g.g.)2
 
24 June – Amsterdam
 
 Portugal1
 
 Turkey0
 
2 July – Rotterdam
 
 Portugal2
 
 France (g.g.)2
 
24 June – Brussels
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy2
 
29 June – Amsterdam
 
 Romania0
 
 Italy (p)0 (3)
 
25 June – Rotterdam
 
 Netherlands0 (1)
 
 Netherlands6
 
 
 FR Yugoslavia1
 

Quarter-finals

In the first quarter-final, Portugal defeated Turkey thanks to a brace from striker Nuno Gomes. Italy beat Romania by the same scoreline, with Francesco Totti and Filippo Inzaghi scoring a goal apiece.

The Netherlands thrashed FR Yugoslavia 6–1 in the third match, Patrick Kluivert (3) and Marc Overmars (2) amongst the scorers. In the final game, Spain's European dream came to an end with a 2–1 loss to France: Gaizka Mendieta's penalty goal was sandwiched by goals from Zinedine Zidane and Youri Djorkaeff. Raúl failed to convert a last-minute penalty kick that would have sent the match to extra time.

Portugal vs Turkey

Portugal 2–0 Turkey
  • Nuno Gomes 44', 56'
 Report
Attendance: 42,000
Portugal
Turkey
GK 1 Vítor Baía (c)
CB 2 Jorge Costa
CB 5 Fernando Couto Yellow card 37'
CB 13 Dimas
CM 15 Costinha Yellow card 41' downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 17 Paulo Bento
RW 11 Sérgio Conceição
AM 10 Rui Costa Yellow card 39' downward-facing red arrow 87'
LW 7 Luís Figo
CF 8 João Pinto Yellow card 29'
CF 21 Nuno Gomes downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
MF 6 Paulo Sousa Yellow card 60' upward-facing green arrow 46'
FW 9 Ricardo Sá Pinto upward-facing green arrow 75'
MF 19 Capucho upward-facing green arrow 87'
Manager:
Humberto Coelho
GK 1 Rüştü Reçber
CB 4 Fatih Akyel
CB 3 Ogün Temizkanoğlu (c) Yellow card 82' downward-facing red arrow 84'
CB 5 Alpay Özalan Red card 30'
RWB 11 Tayfun Korkut
LWB 16 Ergün Penbe
CM 2 Tayfur Havutçu
CM 7 Okan Buruk Yellow card 32' downward-facing red arrow 62'
CM 20 Hakan Ünsal Yellow card 56'
CF 6 Arif Erdem downward-facing red arrow 62'
CF 9 Hakan Şükür
Substitutions:
DF 14 Suat Kaya upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 17 Oktay Derelioğlu upward-facing green arrow 62'
MF 10 Sergen Yalçın upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Mustafa Denizli

Man of the Match:
Luís Figo (Portugal)[24]

Assistant referees:
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Markus Merk (Germany)

Italy vs Romania

Italy 2–0 Romania
 Report
Attendance: 41,000
Italy
Romania
GK 12 Francesco Toldo
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro
CB 13 Alessandro Nesta
CB 15 Mark Iuliano
RWB 17 Gianluca Zambrotta
LWB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 18 Stefano Fiore
CM 4 Demetrio Albertini Yellow card 38'
AM 8 Antonio Conte downward-facing red arrow 55'
CF 9 Filippo Inzaghi
CF 20 Francesco Totti downward-facing red arrow 75'
Substitutions:
DF 11 Gianluca Pessotto upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 14 Luigi Di Biagio upward-facing green arrow 55'
FW 10 Alessandro Del Piero upward-facing green arrow 75'
Manager:
Dino Zoff
GK 12 Bogdan Stelea
RB 4 Iulian Filipescu
CB 17 Miodrag Belodedici
CB 3 Liviu Ciobotariu
LB 13 Cristian Chivu
RM 14 Florentin Petre
CM 5 Constantin Gâlcă downward-facing red arrow 68'
CM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c) Yellow card 55' Yellow-red card 59'
LM 8 Dorinel Munteanu
CF 9 Viorel Moldovan downward-facing red arrow 54'
CF 7 Adrian Mutu
Substitutions:
FW 18 Ionel Ganea upward-facing green arrow 54'
MF 15 Ioan Lupescu upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Emerich Jenei

Man of the Match:
Alessandro Nesta (Italy)[25]

Assistant referees:
Jacques Poudevigne (France)
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Netherlands vs FR Yugoslavia

Netherlands 6–1 FR Yugoslavia
 Report
Attendance: 44,000
Netherlands
FR Yugoslavia
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar downward-facing red arrow 65'
RB 15 Paul Bosvelt Yellow card 48'
CB 3 Jaap Stam
CB 4 Frank de Boer (c)
LB 19 Arthur Numan
RM 11 Marc Overmars
CM 7 Philip Cocu
CM 8 Edgar Davids
LM 5 Boudewijn Zenden downward-facing red arrow 86'
CF 9 Patrick Kluivert downward-facing red arrow 60'
CF 10 Dennis Bergkamp
Substitutions:
FW 21 Roy Makaay upward-facing green arrow 60'
GK 22 Sander Westerveld upward-facing green arrow 65'
MF 16 Ronald de Boer upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Frank Rijkaard
GK 22 Ivica Kralj
RB 13 Slobodan Komljenović
CB 5 Miroslav Đukić
CB 11 Siniša Mihajlović
LB 14 Niša Saveljić downward-facing red arrow 56'
RM 10 Dragan Stojković (c) downward-facing red arrow 52'
CM 16 Dejan Govedarica
CM 7 Vladimir Jugović
LM 17 Ljubinko Drulović downward-facing red arrow 70'
CF 8 Predrag Mijatović
CF 9 Savo Milošević
Substitutions:
MF 6 Dejan Stanković upward-facing green arrow 52'
MF 19 Jovan Stanković upward-facing green arrow 56'
FW 18 Darko Kovačević upward-facing green arrow 70'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov

Man of the Match:
Patrick Kluivert (Netherlands)[26]

Assistant referees:
Carlos Martín Nieto (Spain)
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Fourth official:
Günter Benkö (Austria)

Spain vs France

See also: France–Spain football rivalry
Spain 1–2 France
 Report
Attendance: 26,614
Spain
France
GK 1 Santiago Cañizares
RB 2 Míchel Salgado Yellow card 64'
CB 5 Abelardo (c)
CB 18 Paco Yellow card 71'
LB 3 Agustín Aranzábal
RM 16 Gaizka Mendieta downward-facing red arrow 57'
CM 4 Pep Guardiola Yellow card 61'
CM 7 Iván Helguera downward-facing red arrow 77'
LM 9 Pedro Munitis downward-facing red arrow 73'
CF 11 Alfonso Yellow card 55'
CF 10 Raúl
Substitutions:
FW 20 Ismael Urzaiz upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 17 Joseba Etxeberria upward-facing green arrow 73'
MF 14 Gerard upward-facing green arrow 77'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho
GK 16 Fabien Barthez
RB 15 Lilian Thuram
CB 8 Marcel Desailly
CB 5 Laurent Blanc
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
CM 4 Patrick Vieira
CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c) Yellow card 60'
RW 6 Youri Djorkaeff
AM 10 Zinedine Zidane
LW 12 Thierry Henry downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 21 Christophe Dugarry
Substitutions:
FW 9 Nicolas Anelka upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre

Man of the Match:
Zinedine Zidane (France)[27]

Assistant referees:
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Philip Sharp (England)
Fourth official:
Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Semi-finals

France and Italy both emerged victorious from their semi-finals against difficult opposition to reach the final. France beat Portugal 2–1 after extra-time; Nuno Gomes gave Portugal the lead in the 19th minute, which they held until just after half-time, when Thierry Henry equalised. The game went to extra-time and looked to be heading for a penalty shootout until Zidane struck the golden goal in the 117th minute.

Italy drew 0–0 in normal time with the Netherlands and it remained the same through extra-time. The game went to penalties and Italy won the penalty shoot-out 3–1. The Netherlands had a particularly dismal showing from the penalty spot this game, with Frank de Boer having a penalty saved and Kluivert hitting the post during normal time, in addition to the failure of the Dutch to convert three out of their four penalties taken during the shoot-out. Perhaps most infamous was Jaap Stam's attempt during the shoot-out (which ballooned well over the crossbar), described by the BBC as "one of the worst spot kicks ever".[28]

France vs Portugal

France 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal
 Report
Attendance: 48,000
France
Portugal
GK 16 Fabien Barthez
RB 15 Lilian Thuram
CB 8 Marcel Desailly Yellow card 39'
CB 5 Laurent Blanc
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu
CM 4 Patrick Vieira Yellow card 23'
CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
CM 17 Emmanuel Petit downward-facing red arrow 87'
AM 10 Zinedine Zidane
CF 9 Nicolas Anelka downward-facing red arrow 72'
CF 12 Thierry Henry downward-facing red arrow 105'
Substitutions:
FW 13 Sylvain Wiltord upward-facing green arrow 72'
MF 11 Robert Pires upward-facing green arrow 87'
FW 20 David Trezeguet upward-facing green arrow 105'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre
GK 1 Vítor Baía (c)
RB 14 Abel Xavier
CB 5 Fernando Couto
CB 2 Jorge Costa Yellow card 55'
LB 13 Dimas Yellow card 62' downward-facing red arrow 91'
CM 15 Costinha
CM 4 José Luís Vidigal Yellow card 44' downward-facing red arrow 61'
RW 11 Sérgio Conceição
AM 10 Rui Costa downward-facing red arrow 78'
LW 7 Luís Figo Yellow card 54'
CF 21 Nuno Gomes Red card 117'
Substitutions:
MF 17 Paulo Bento upward-facing green arrow 61'
FW 8 João Pinto Yellow card 107' upward-facing green arrow 78'
DF 3 Rui Jorge upward-facing green arrow 91'
Manager:
Humberto Coelho

Man of the Match:
Zinedine Zidane (France)[29]

Assistant referees:
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Italy vs Netherlands

Italy 0–0 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Report
Penalties
 3–1
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Italy
Netherlands
GK 12 Francesco Toldo Yellow card 38'
RB 17 Gianluca Zambrotta Yellow card 15' Yellow-red card 34'
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro
CB 13 Alessandro Nesta
CB 15 Mark Iuliano Yellow card 16'
LB 3 Paolo Maldini (c) Yellow card 45'
RM 14 Luigi Di Biagio Yellow card 87'
CM 4 Demetrio Albertini downward-facing red arrow 77'
LM 18 Stefano Fiore downward-facing red arrow 83'
CF 10 Alessandro Del Piero
CF 9 Filippo Inzaghi downward-facing red arrow 67'
Substitutions:
FW 21 Marco Delvecchio upward-facing green arrow 67'
DF 11 Gianluca Pessotto upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 20 Francesco Totti upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Dino Zoff
GK 1 Edwin van der Sar
RB 15 Paul Bosvelt
CB 3 Jaap Stam Yellow card 93'
CB 4 Frank de Boer (c)
LB 12 Giovanni van Bronckhorst Yellow card 75'
RM 11 Marc Overmars
CM 7 Philip Cocu downward-facing red arrow 95'
CM 8 Edgar Davids Yellow card 50'
LM 5 Boudewijn Zenden Yellow card 28' downward-facing red arrow 77'
CF 9 Patrick Kluivert
CF 10 Dennis Bergkamp downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutions:
FW 14 Peter van Vossen upward-facing green arrow 77'
MF 6 Clarence Seedorf upward-facing green arrow 86'
MF 20 Aron Winter upward-facing green arrow 95'
Manager:
Frank Rijkaard

Man of the Match:
Francesco Toldo (Italy)[30]

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Philip Sharp (England)
Fourth official:
José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Final
France 2–1 (a.e.t./g.g.) Italy
 Report
Attendance: 48,100[31]
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
France
Italy
GK 16 Fabien Barthez
RB 15 Lilian Thuram Yellow card 58'
CB 8 Marcel Desailly
CB 5 Laurent Blanc
LB 3 Bixente Lizarazu downward-facing red arrow 86'
CM 4 Patrick Vieira
CM 7 Didier Deschamps (c)
RW 6 Youri Djorkaeff downward-facing red arrow 76'
AM 10 Zinedine Zidane
LW 12 Thierry Henry
CF 21 Christophe Dugarry downward-facing red arrow 58'
Substitutions:
FW 13 Sylvain Wiltord upward-facing green arrow 58'
FW 20 David Trezeguet upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 11 Robert Pires upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Roger Lemerre
GK 12 Francesco Toldo
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro Yellow card 42'
CB 13 Alessandro Nesta
CB 15 Mark Iuliano
RWB 11 Gianluca Pessotto
LWB 3 Paolo Maldini (c)
CM 4 Demetrio Albertini
CM 14 Luigi Di Biagio Yellow card 31' downward-facing red arrow 66'
AM 18 Stefano Fiore downward-facing red arrow 53'
SS 20 Francesco Totti Yellow card 90'
CF 21 Marco Delvecchio downward-facing red arrow 86'
Substitutions:
FW 10 Alessandro Del Piero upward-facing green arrow 53'
MF 16 Massimo Ambrosini upward-facing green arrow 66'
FW 19 Vincenzo Montella upward-facing green arrow 86'
Manager:
Dino Zoff

Man of the Match:
Thierry Henry (France)[31][a]

Assistant referees:[35]
Leif Lindberg (Sweden)
Jens Larsen (Denmark)
Fourth official:
José María García-Aranda (Spain)

Notes

  1. ^ While some UEFA sources credit Italy's Francesco Totti as the man of the match for the final,[32][33][34] UEFA's Technical Study Group named Thierry Henry as the award winner.[31]

References

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Quarter-finals

Turkey 0–2 Portugal
Report Nuno Gomes 44', 56'
Attendance: 44,000
Italy 2–0 Romania
Totti 33'
Inzaghi 43'		 Report
Attendance: 42,500
Netherlands 6–1 Yugoslavia
Kluivert 24', 38', 54'
Govedarica 51' (o.g.)
Overmars 78', 90+1'		 Report Milošević 90+2'
Attendance: 47,700
Spain 1–2 France
Mendieta 38' (pen.) Report Zidane 32'
Djorkaeff 44'
Attendance: 27,600

Semi-finals

France 2–1 (a.e.t.) Portugal
Henry 51'
Zidane gold-colored soccer ball 117'  (pen.)		 Report Nuno Gomes 19'
Attendance: 47,000
Italy 0–0 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Report
Penalties
Di Biagio soccer ball with check mark
Pessotto soccer ball with check mark
Totti soccer ball with check mark
Maldini soccer ball with red X		 3–1 soccer ball with red X F. de Boer
soccer ball with red X Stam
soccer ball with check mark Kluivert
soccer ball with red X Bosvelt
Attendance: 51,300
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 Final
France 2–1 (a.e.t.) Italy
Wiltord 90+3'
Trezeguet gold-colored soccer ball 103' 		Report Delvecchio 55'
Attendance: 48,200
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Statistics

Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 statistics

Patrick Kluivert and Savo Milošević were the top goalscorers with five goals each.[1]

Goalscorers

4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goal

Penalty kicks

Not counting penalty shoot-outs, eleven penalty kicks were awarded during the tournament.

Scored
Missed

Awards

UEFA Team of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
France Fabien Barthez
Italy Francesco Toldo 		France Laurent Blanc
France Marcel Desailly
France Lilian Thuram
Italy Fabio Cannavaro
Italy Paolo Maldini
Italy Alessandro Nesta
Netherlands Frank de Boer 		France Patrick Vieira
France Zinedine Zidane
Italy Demetrio Albertini
Netherlands Edgar Davids
Portugal Rui Costa
Portugal Luís Figo
Spain Pep Guardiola 		France Thierry Henry
Italy Francesco Totti
Netherlands Patrick Kluivert
Portugal Nuno Gomes
Serbia and Montenegro Savo Milošević
Spain Raúl
Golden Boot

UEFA Player of the Tournament

Prize money

A sum of CHF120 million was awarded to the 16 qualified teams in the competition.[2] Below is a complete list of the allocations:[2]

Extra payment based on teams performances:

  • Winner: CHF14.4 million
  • Runner-up: CHF13.2 million
  • Semi-finals: CHF10.2 million
  • Quarter-finals: CHF7.8 million
  • Group stage:
    • Third place: CHF5.4 million
    • Fourth place: CHF4.8 million

On 9 July 2000, UEFA refused to hand FR Yugoslavia their prize money of CHF7.8 million, because of alleged ties between the Football Association of FR Yugoslavia and Slobodan Milošević's government.[3] However, no connections were found and the Yugoslavian governing body later received their money with an additional bonus.[4]

Marketing

Slogan and theme song

The slogan of the competition was "Football without frontiers".[5][6] "Campione 2000" by E-Type was the official anthem of the event.[7]

Mascot

Benelucky, the Euro 2000 mascot

The official mascot for the tournament was Benelucky[8] (a pun on Benelux), named a lion-devil with its hair colour being a combination of the flag colours of both host nations. The lion is the national football emblem of the Netherlands and a devil is the emblem of Belgium (the team being nicknamed "the Red Devils").[9]

Sponsorship

UEFA distinguishes between global sponsors and national sponsors. Global Euro sponsors can come from any country and have exclusive worldwide sponsorship rights for a UEFA Euro championship. National (event) sponsors come from a host country and only have sponsorship rights within that country.[10]

Global sponsors Event sponsors
Belgium Netherlands

See also

References

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