UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying

Qualifying for the UEFA Euro 2000 final tournament, took place throughout 1998 and 1999. Forty-nine teams were divided into nine groups. All teams played against each other, within their groups, on a home-and-away basis. The winner of each group and the best runner-up qualified automatically for the final tournament. The rest of the runners-up played an additional set of playoff matches amongst each other.

UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates4 June 1998 – 17 November 1999
Teams49
Tournament statistics
Matches played228
Goals scored652 (2.86 per match)
Top scorer(s)Spain Raúl (11 goals)
UEFA European Qualifiers
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Championship

Belgium and the Netherlands qualified automatically as co-hosts of the event.

Qualified teams
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
 BelgiumCo-host14 July 19953 (1972, 1980, 1984)
 NetherlandsCo-host14 July 19955 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 Czech Republic[upper-alpha 2]Group 9 winner9 June 19994 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996)
 NorwayGroup 2 winner8 September 19990 (debut)
 SwedenGroup 5 winner8 September 19991 (1992)
 SpainGroup 6 winner8 September 19995 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996)
 ItalyGroup 1 winner9 October 19994 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996)
 Germany[upper-alpha 3]Group 3 winner9 October 19997 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 FranceGroup 4 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996)
 RomaniaGroup 7 winner9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
 FR Yugoslavia[upper-alpha 4]Group 8 winner9 October 19994 (1960, 1968, 1976, 1984)[upper-alpha 5]
 PortugalBest runner-up9 October 19992 (1984, 1996)
 DenmarkPlay-off winner17 November 19995 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 EnglandPlay-off winner17 November 19995 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996)
 SloveniaPlay-off winner17 November 19990 (debut)
 TurkeyPlay-off winner17 November 19991 (1996)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
  3. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  4. From 1960 to 1984, FR Yugoslavia competed as Yugoslavia.
  5. FR Yugoslavia were initially to appear in 1992 (after qualifying as Yugoslavia), but were replaced after being banned by the United Nations from all international sport.

Qualification seeding

The draw occurred on 18 January 1998, in Ghent, Belgium. The 49 participating teams were divided into five drawing pots based on the newly introduced 1997-edition of the UEFA national team coefficient ranking, which calculated an average of the team's points per game achieved combined in the Euro 1996 and 1998 World Cup qualifiers. The seeding list was however subject to some few minor modifications:[1][2]

  • Germany were seeded first and not fifth as the defending champions (title holders).
  • Netherlands (ranked 11th) and Belgium (ranked 18th) were not seeded, as they did not participate in the qualifying tournament due to already having qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts. Consequently, all teams ranked below them moved up one or two seeding places higher than their rankings.

Nine groups were formed by drawing one team from each of the five pots. The remaining four teams from pot five, were subsequently drawn into four of the groups (randomly selected); meaning that the four groups with six teams featured two teams from pot five.

Teams in bold eventually qualified for the final tournament, teams in bold italic qualified for the final tournament through the play-offs, and teams in italic participated in the play-offs but did not qualify for the final tournament.

Pot 1
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Germany (title holders)2.351
 Spain2.602
 Romania2.453
 Russia2.394
 England2.375
 Scotland2.306
 FR Yugoslavia2.307
 Italy2.288
 Norway2.229
Pot 2
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Bulgaria2.2210
 Croatia2.1111
 Denmark2.1112
 Portugal2.1013
 Austria2.0514
 France2.0015
 Czech Republic1.8516
 Turkey1.8117
 Greece1.7818
Pot 3
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Republic of Ireland1.7519
  Switzerland1.6920
 Sweden1.6721
 Lithuania1.6522
 Ukraine1.6523
 Slovakia1.5024
 Finland1.4425
 Israel1.3826
 Georgia1.3827
Pot 4
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Poland1.2828
 Hungary1.2529
 Northern Ireland1.2030
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1.1231
 Latvia1.1032
 Macedonia1.0033
 Cyprus0.9434
 Wales0.3835
 Iceland0.7836
Pot 5
TeamCoeff[3]Seed[2]
 Belarus0.7537
 Slovenia0.6738
 Armenia0.6539
 Albania0.6040
 Faroe Islands0.6041
 Luxembourg0.5542
 Moldova0.5043
 Azerbaijan0.2244
 Estonia0.2045
 Malta0.2046
 Liechtenstein0.0547
 San Marino0.0048
 AndorraNR49

Note: The UEFA national team coefficient ranking automatically had taken into account in its ranking calculation, that France automatically qualified as hosts for the 1998 FIFA World Cup, meaning that the coefficient for France only factored their UEFA Euro 1996 qualifying record. Similarly, the coefficient considered only the 1998 FIFA World Cup qualification record for England, FR Yugoslavia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. England automatically qualified as hosts of UEFA Euro 1996 while FR Yugoslavia were suspended due to UN sanctions. Bosnia and Herzegovina made their European qualification debut. Andorra made their qualification debut after being admitted to UEFA in November 1996.

Summary
  Group winners and the best ranked runner-up qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2000
  The remaining runners-up advanced to the play-offs
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9

Italy
Norway
Germany
France
Sweden
Spain
Romania
FR Yugoslavia
Czech Republic

Denmark
Slovenia
Turkey
Ukraine
England
Israel
Portugal
Republic of Ireland
Scotland

Switzerland

Wales

Belarus
Greece

Latvia

Albania

Georgia
Finland

Northern Ireland

Moldova
Russia

Iceland

Armenia

Andorra
Poland

Bulgaria

Luxembourg
Austria

Cyprus

San Marino
Slovakia

Hungary

Azerbaijan

Liechtenstein
Croatia

Macedonia

Malta
Bosnia and Herzegovina

Lithuania

Estonia

Faroe Islands

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:[4]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played among the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference in matches played among the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the matches played among the teams in question;
  4. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. Higher number of away goals scored in all group matches;
  7. Fair play conduct in all group matches (1 point for a single yellow card, 3 points for a red card as a consequence of two yellow cards, 3 points for a direct red card, 4 points for a yellow card followed by a direct red card).

Groups

Group 1
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Denmark Switzerland Wales Belarus
1  Italy 8 4 3 1 13 5 +8 15 Qualify for final tournament — 2–3 2–0 4–0 1–1
2  Denmark 8 4 2 2 11 8 +3 14[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 1–2 — 2–1 1–2 1–0
3   Switzerland 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14[lower-alpha 1] 0–0 1–1 — 2–0 2–0
4  Wales 8 3 0 5 7 16 −9 9 0–2 0–2 0–2 — 3–2
5  Belarus 8 0 3 5 4 10 −6 3 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Denmark 4, Switzerland 1.

Group 2
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Norway Slovenia Greece Latvia Albania Georgia (country)
1  Norway 10 8 1 1 21 9 +12 25 Qualify for final tournament — 4–0 1–0 1–3 2–2 1–0
2  Slovenia 10 5 2 3 12 14 −2 17 Advance to play-offs 1–2 — 0–3 1–0 2–0 2–1
3  Greece 10 4 3 3 13 8 +5 15 0–2 2–2 — 1–2 2–0 3–0
4  Latvia 10 3 4 3 13 12 +1 13 1–2 1–2 0–0 — 0–0 1–0
5  Albania 10 1 4 5 8 14 −6 7 1–2 0–1 0–0 3–3 — 2–1
6  Georgia 10 1 2 7 8 18 −10 5 1–4 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group 3
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Turkey Finland Northern Ireland Moldova
1  Germany 8 6 1 1 20 4 +16 19 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 2–0 4–0 6–1
2  Turkey 8 5 2 1 15 6 +9 17 Advance to play-offs 1–0 — 1–3 3–0 2–0
3  Finland 8 3 1 4 13 13 0 10 1–2 2–4 — 4–1 3–2
4  Northern Ireland 8 1 2 5 4 19 −15 5 0–3 0–3 1–0 — 2–2
5  Moldova 8 0 4 4 7 17 −10 4 1–3 1–1 0–0 0–0 —
Source: UEFA

Group 4
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Ukraine Russia Iceland Armenia Andorra
1  France 10 6 3 1 17 10 +7 21 Qualify for final tournament — 0–0 2–3 3–2 2–0 2–0
2  Ukraine 10 5 5 0 14 4 +10 20 Advance to play-offs 0–0 — 3–2 1–1 2–0 4–0
3  Russia 10 6 1 3 22 12 +10 19 2–3 1–1 — 1–0 2–0 6–1
4  Iceland 10 4 3 3 12 7 +5 15 1–1 0–1 1–0 — 2–0 3–0
5  Armenia 10 2 2 6 8 15 −7 8 2–3 0–0 0–3 0–0 — 3–1
6  Andorra 10 0 0 10 3 28 −25 0 0–1 0–2 1–2 0–2 0–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group 5
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sweden England Poland Bulgaria Luxembourg
1  Sweden 8 7 1 0 10 1 +9 22 Qualify for final tournament — 2–1 2–0 1–0 2–0
2  England 8 3 4 1 14 4 +10 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 0–0 — 3–1 0–0 6–0
3  Poland 8 4 1 3 12 8 +4 13[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 0–0 — 2–0 3–0
4  Bulgaria 8 2 2 4 6 8 −2 8 0–1 1–1 0–3 — 3–0
5  Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 2 23 −21 0 0–1 0–3 2–3 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: England 4, Poland 1.

Group 6
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Spain Israel Austria Cyprus San Marino
1  Spain 8 7 0 1 42 5 +37 21 Qualify for final tournament — 3–0 9–0 8–0 9–0
2  Israel 8 4 1 3 25 9 +16 13[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 1–2 — 5–0 3–0 8–0
3  Austria 8 4 1 3 19 20 −1 13[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–1 — 3–1 7–0
4  Cyprus 8 4 0 4 12 21 −9 12 3–2 3–2 0–3 — 4–0
5  San Marino 8 0 0 8 1 44 −43 0 0–6 0–5 1–4 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Israel 4, Austria 1.

Group 7
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 7
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Romania Portugal Slovakia Hungary Azerbaijan Liechtenstein
1  Romania 10 7 3 0 25 3 +22 24 Qualify for final tournament — 1–1 0–0 2–0 4–0 7–0
2  Portugal 10 7 2 1 32 4 +28 23 0–1 — 1–0 3–0 7–0 8–0
3  Slovakia 10 5 2 3 12 9 +3 17 1–5 0–3 — 0–0 3–0 2–0
4  Hungary 10 3 3 4 14 10 +4 12 1–1 1–3 0–1 — 3–0 5–0
5  Azerbaijan 10 1 1 8 6 26 −20 4[lower-alpha 1] 0–1 1–1 0–1 0–4 — 4–0
6  Liechtenstein 10 1 1 8 2 39 −37 4[lower-alpha 1] 0–3 0–5 0–4 0–0 2–1 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Azerbaijan +3, Liechtenstein −3.

Group 8
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Republic of Ireland Croatia North Macedonia Malta
1  FR Yugoslavia 8 5 2 1 18 8 +10 17 Qualify for final tournament — 1–0 0–0 3–1 4–1
2  Republic of Ireland 8 5 1 2 14 6 +8 16 Advance to play-offs 2–1 — 2–0 1–0 5–0
3  Croatia 8 4 3 1 13 9 +4 15 2–2 1–0 — 3–2 2–1
4  Macedonia 8 2 2 4 13 14 −1 8 2–4 1–1 1–1 — 4–0
5  Malta 8 0 0 8 6 27 −21 0 0–3 2–3 1–4 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 9
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 9
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Czech Republic Scotland Bosnia and Herzegovina Lithuania Estonia Faroe Islands
1  Czech Republic 10 10 0 0 26 5 +21 30 Qualify for final tournament — 3–2 3–0 2–0 4–1 2–0
2  Scotland 10 5 3 2 15 10 +5 18 Advance to play-offs 1–2 — 1–0 3–0 3–2 2–1
3  Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 3 2 5 14 17 −3 11[lower-alpha 1] 1–3 1–2 — 2–0 1–1 1–0
4  Lithuania 10 3 2 5 8 16 −8 11[lower-alpha 1] 0–4 0–0 4–2 — 1–2 0–0
5  Estonia 10 3 2 5 15 17 −2 11[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 0–0 1–4 1–2 — 5–0
6  Faroe Islands 10 0 3 7 4 17 −13 3 0–1 1–1 2–2 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Bosnia and Herzegovina 7, Lithuania 6, Estonia 4.

Ranking of second-placed teams

The best runner-up of the entire group phase qualified automatically for the final tournament. To determine the best runner-up, a comparison was made between all of them. As some groups had five teams and others had six, matches played against fifth and sixth placed teams were discarded, despite the fact that only discarding matches against sixth-place teams would’ve been sufficient enough. After the best runner-up was found, all the others entered a random playoff to determine the last four qualifiers.

Portugal qualified automatically as best runner-up, beating Turkey on goal difference.

Pos Grp Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 7  Portugal 6 4 1 1 11 3 +8 13 Qualify for final tournament
2 3  Turkey 6 4 1 1 12 5 +7 13 Advance to play-offs
3 9  Scotland 6 3 1 2 9 6 +3 10
4 1  Denmark 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10
5 4  Ukraine 6 2 4 0 6 4 +2 10
6 8  Republic of Ireland 6 3 1 2 6 4 +2 10
7 6  Israel 6 2 1 3 12 9 +3 7
8 5  England 6 1 4 1 5 4 +1 7
9 2  Slovenia 6 2 1 3 6 12 −6 7
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: Counting only matches against teams ranked first to fourth in the group, 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored; 4) Away goals scored; 5) Drawing of lots.

Play-offs
Main article: UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying play-offs

The remaining eight runners-up entered a random playoff, disputed in two legs, home and away.

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Scotland  1–2  England 0–2 1–0
Israel  0–8  Denmark 0–5 0–3
Slovenia  3–2  Ukraine 2–1 1–1
Republic of Ireland  1–1 (a)  Turkey 1–1 0–0

Goalscorers

There were 652 goals scored in 228 matches, for an average of 2.86 goals per match.

11 goals

9 goals

8 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References
  1. "Football: Andorra and Bosnia join the long march to Euro 2000". independent. 17 January 1998. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  2. "European Championship 2000 Preliminary Competition". englandfootballonline.com. Archived from the original on 12 June 2022. Retrieved 16 August 2014.
  3. "UEFA European National Team Ranking Table 1997". England Football Online. 21 December 2001. Archived from the original on 4 April 2017. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  4. "European Championship 2000". RSSSF. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. 17 January 2004. Retrieved 17 July 2017.
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