UEFA Euro 2000 Group A

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.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings November 1999[nb 1]	FIFA Rankings June 2000
A1	Germany[nb 2]	1	Group 3 winner	9 October 1999	8th	1996	Winners (1972, 1980, 1996)	7	6
A2	Romania	2	Group 7 winner	9 October 1999	3rd	1996	Group stage (1984, 1996)	2	11
A3	Portugal	3	Best runner-up	9 October 1999	3rd	1996	Semi-finals (1984)	11	15
A4	England	4	Play-off winner	17 November 1999	6th	1996	Third place (1968), Semi-finals (1996)	17	12

Notes

1. The UEFA rankings of November 1999 were used for seeding for the final draw.
2. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal	3	3	0	0	7	2	+5	9	Advance to knockout stage
2	Romania	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
3	England	3	1	0	2	5	6	−1	3
4	Germany	3	0	1	2	1	5	−4	1

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers

In the quarter-finals,

• The winner of Group A, Portugal, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, Turkey.
• The runner-up of Group A, Romania, advanced to play the winner of Group B, Italy.

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Germany vs Romania

Germany	1–1	Romania
Scholl 28'	Report	Moldovan 5'

12 June 2000 (2000-06-12)

18:00

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège

Attendance: 28,500

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Germany

Romania

GK 1 Oliver Kahn SW 10 Lothar Matthäus  78' CB 4 Thomas Linke  46' CB 6 Jens Nowotny RWB 2 Markus Babbel LWB 17 Christian Ziege DM 16 Jens Jeremies AM 7 Mehmet Scholl AM 8 Thomas Häßler  73' CF 20 Oliver Bierhoff (c) CF 11 Paulo Rink Substitutions: DF 3 Marko Rehmer  46' MF 14 Dietmar Hamann  73' MF 18 Sebastian Deisler  78' Manager: Erich Ribbeck

GK 12 Bogdan Stelea SW 6 Gheorghe Popescu RB 2 Dan Petrescu  69' CB 3 Liviu Ciobotariu CB 4 Iulian Filipescu LB 13 Cristian Chivu CM 8 Dorinel Munteanu CM 5 Constantin Gâlcă AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c)  49'  73' CF 9 Viorel Moldovan  85' CF 11 Adrian Ilie  49' Substitutions: DF 22 Cosmin Contra  69' FW 7 Adrian Mutu  73' MF 15 Ioan Lupescu  85' Manager: Emerich Jenei

Man of the Match: Mehmet Scholl (Germany)[1] Assistant referees: Jens Larsen (Denmark) Roland Van Nylen (Belgium) Fourth official: Gilles Veissière (France)

Portugal vs England

Portugal	3–2	England
Figo 22' João Pinto 37' Nuno Gomes 59'	Report	Scholes 3' McManaman 18'

12 June 2000 (2000-06-12)

20:45

Philips Stadion, Eindhoven

Attendance: 31,500

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Portugal

England

GK 1 Vítor Baía (c)  89' RB 14 Abel Xavier CB 2 Jorge Costa CB 5 Fernando Couto LB 13 Dimas Teixeira CM 17 Paulo Bento CM 4 José Luís Vidigal AM 10 Rui Costa  85' RF 7 Luís Figo CF 21 Nuno Gomes  89' LF 8 João Pinto  75' Substitutions: MF 11 Sérgio Conceição  75' DF 16 Beto  85' MF 19 Capucho  89' Manager: Humberto Coelho

GK 1 David Seaman RB 2 Gary Neville CB 5 Tony Adams  82' CB 4 Sol Campbell LB 3 Phil Neville RM 7 David Beckham CM 8 Paul Scholes CM 14 Paul Ince  44' LM 11 Steve McManaman  58' CF 9 Alan Shearer (c) CF 10 Michael Owen  46' Substitutions: FW 19 Emile Heskey  46' MF 17 Dennis Wise  58' DF 6 Martin Keown  82' Manager: Kevin Keegan

Man of the Match: Luís Figo (Portugal)[2] Assistant referees: Leif Lindberg (Sweden) Emanuel Zammit (Malta) Fourth official: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Romania vs Portugal

Romania	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Costinha 90+4'

17 June 2000 (2000-06-17)

18:00

GelreDome, Arnhem

Attendance: 28,400

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Romania

Portugal

GK 12 Bogdan Stelea RB 22 Cosmin Contra  27' CB 4 Iulian Filipescu CB 6 Gheorghe Popescu LB 13 Cristian Chivu DM 5 Constantin Gâlcă RM 2 Dan Petrescu  22'  64' LM 8 Dorinel Munteanu AM 10 Gheorghe Hagi (c)  16' CF 9 Viorel Moldovan  69' CF 11 Adrian Ilie  78' Substitutions: MF 14 Florentin Petre  64' FW 18 Ionel Ganea  69' FW 16 Laurenţiu Roşu  78' Manager: Emerich Jenei

GK 1 Vítor Baía (c) RB 20 Carlos Secretário CB 2 Jorge Costa CB 5 Fernando Couto LB 13 Dimas Teixeira CM 17 Paulo Bento CM 4 José Luís Vidigal AM 10 Rui Costa  87' RF 7 Luís Figo  30' CF 21 Nuno Gomes  56' LF 8 João Pinto  56' Substitutions: FW 9 Ricardo Sá Pinto  56' MF 11 Sérgio Conceição  56' MF 15 Costinha  87' Manager: Humberto Coelho

Man of the Match: Fernando Couto (Portugal)[3] Assistant referees: Jacques Poudevigne (France) Dramane Dante (Mali) Fourth official: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

England vs Germany

See also: England–Germany football rivalry

England	1–0	Germany
Shearer 53'	Report

17 June 2000 (2000-06-17)

20:45

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

Attendance: 29,000

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

England

Germany

GK 1 David Seaman RB 2 Gary Neville CB 4 Sol Campbell CB 6 Martin Keown LB 3 Phil Neville RM 7 David Beckham  41' CM 8 Paul Scholes  71' CM 14 Paul Ince LM 17 Dennis Wise CF 9 Alan Shearer (c) CF 10 Michael Owen  61' Substitutions: MF 16 Steven Gerrard  61' MF 18 Nick Barmby  71' Manager: Kevin Keegan

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) SW 10 Lothar Matthäus CB 2 Markus Babbel  89' CB 6 Jens Nowotny RWB 18 Sebastian Deisler  72' LWB 17 Christian Ziege CM 14 Dietmar Hamann CM 16 Jens Jeremies  43'  78' AM 7 Mehmet Scholl CF 19 Carsten Jancker CF 9 Ulf Kirsten  70' Substitutions: FW 11 Paulo Rink  70' MF 13 Michael Ballack  72' MF 5 Marco Bode  78' Manager: Erich Ribbeck

Man of the Match: Alan Shearer (England)[4] Assistant referees: Sergio Zuccolini (Italy) Carlos Martín Nieto (Spain) Fourth official: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

England vs Romania

England	2–3	Romania
Shearer 41' (pen.) Owen 45'	Report	Chivu 22' Munteanu 48' Ganea 89' (pen.)

20 June 2000 (2000-06-20)

20:45

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, Charleroi

Attendance: 30,000

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

England

Romania

GK 13 Nigel Martyn RB 2 Gary Neville CB 4 Sol Campbell CB 6 Martin Keown LB 3 Phil Neville RM 7 David Beckham CM 8 Paul Scholes  81' CM 14 Paul Ince LM 17 Dennis Wise  75' CF 9 Alan Shearer (c)  64' CF 10 Michael Owen  66' Substitutions: FW 19 Emile Heskey  66' MF 18 Nick Barmby  75' MF 12 Gareth Southgate  81' Manager: Kevin Keegan

GK 12 Bogdan Stelea RB 22 Cosmin Contra  44' CB 4 Iulian Filipescu  71' CB 6 Gheorghe Popescu (c)  32' LB 13 Cristian Chivu  18' RM 2 Dan Petrescu  40' CM 5 Constantin Gâlcă  68' CM 8 Dorinel Munteanu LM 11 Adrian Ilie  45'  74' CF 9 Viorel Moldovan CF 7 Adrian Mutu Substitutions: DF 17 Miodrag Belodedici  32' FW 16 Laurenţiu Roşu  68' FW 18 Ionel Ganea  74' Manager: Emerich Jenei

Man of the Match: Dorinel Munteanu (Romania)[5] Assistant referees: Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Yuri Dupanov (Belarus) Fourth official: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Portugal vs Germany

Portugal	3–0	Germany
Conceição 35', 54', 71'	Report

20 June 2000 (2000-06-20)

20:45

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 44,000

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Portugal

Germany

GK 12 Pedro Espinha  90' RB 16 Beto  27' CB 2 Jorge Costa CB 5 Fernando Couto (c) LB 3 Rui Jorge RM 11 Sérgio Conceição CM 6 Paulo Sousa  72' CM 15 Costinha LM 19 Capucho CF 9 Ricardo Sá Pinto CF 18 Pauleta  67' Substitutions: FW 21 Nuno Gomes  67' MF 4 José Luís Vidigal  72' GK 22 Quim  90' Manager: Humberto Coelho

GK 1 Oliver Kahn (c) SW 10 Lothar Matthäus RB 3 Marko Rehmer CB 4 Thomas Linke LB 6 Jens Nowotny CM 13 Michael Ballack  25'  46' CM 14 Dietmar Hamann RW 18 Sebastian Deisler  27' AM 7 Mehmet Scholl  60' LW 5 Marco Bode CF 19 Carsten Jancker  26'  69' Substitutions: FW 11 Paulo Rink  90'  46' MF 8 Thomas Häßler  60' FW 9 Ulf Kirsten  69' Manager: Erich Ribbeck

Man of the Match: Sérgio Conceição (Portugal)[6] Assistant referees: Jaap Pool (Netherlands) Roland Van Nylen (Belgium) Fourth official: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

See also

• England at the UEFA European Championship
• Germany at the UEFA European Championship
• Portugal at the UEFA European Championship
• Romania at the UEFA European Championship