UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 3

Standings and results for Group 3 of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Finland	3–2	Moldova
Kolkka 8' Johansson 44' Paatelainen 63'	Report	Oprea 10', 12'

5 September 1998

19:00 UTC+3

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 18,717

Referee: Graham Barber (England)

Turkey	3–0	Northern Ireland
Oktay 18', 58' Tayfur 50'	Report

5 September 1998

20:30 UTC+3

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 19,840

Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

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Northern Ireland	1–0	Finland
Rowland 36'	Report

10 October 1998

15:00 UTC+1

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 10,002

Referee: Zoran Arsić (FR Yugoslavia)

Turkey	1–0	Germany
Şükür 70'	Report

10 October 1998

20:00 UTC+3

Atatürk Stadium, Bursa

Attendance: 17,505

Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

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Moldova	1–3	Germany
Guzun 6'	Report	Kirsten 19', 35' Bierhoff 38'

14 October 1998

20:30 UTC+3

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

Attendance: 5,400

Referee: Juan Fernández Marín (Spain)

Turkey	1–3	Finland
Ogün 74'	Report	Paatelainen 5' Johansson 51' Litmanen 90+6'

14 October 1998

20:30 UTC+3

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 20,420

Referee: Václav Krondl (Czech Republic)

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Northern Ireland	2–2	Moldova
Dowie 49' Lennon 63'	Report	Gaidamașciuc 22' Testemițanu 56'

18 November 1998

20:00 UTC

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 11,142

Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

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Northern Ireland	0–3	Germany
	Report	Bode 11', 43' Morrow 62' (o.g.)

27 March 1999

15:00 UTC

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 14,270

Referee: Graziano Cesari (Italy)

Turkey	2–0	Moldova
Şükür 34' Sergen 90'	Report

27 March 1999

19:00 UTC+2

Ali Sami Yen Stadium, Istanbul

Attendance: 19,454

Referee: Konrad Plautz (Austria)

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Germany	2–0	Finland
Jeremies 31' Neuville 37'	Report

31 March 1999

20:30 UTC+2

Frankenstadion, Nuremberg

Attendance: 40,758

Referee: Sergei Khusainov (Russia)

Moldova	0–0	Northern Ireland
	Report

31 March 1999

19:00 UTC+3

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

Attendance: 9,237

Referee: Edo Trivković (Croatia)

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Germany	6–1	Moldova
Bierhoff 2', 56', 82' Kirsten 27' Bode 38' Scholl 71'	Report	Șișchin 76'

4 June 1999

20:30 UTC+2

BayArena, Leverkusen

Attendance: 21,000

Referee: Jorge Monteiro Coroado (Portugal)

Finland	2–4	Turkey
Tihinen 10' Paatelainen 14'	Report	Tayfur 25', 84' Şükür 34', 87'

5 June 1999

19:00 UTC+3

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 36,042

Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

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Moldova	0–0	Finland
	Report

9 June 1999

19:00 UTC+3

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

Attendance: 6,100

Referee: Florenzo Treossi (Italy)

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Finland	1–2	Germany
Salli 63'	Report	Bierhoff 2', 17'

4 September 1999

20:00 UTC+3

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 20,184

Referee: Antonio Jesús Lõpez Nieto (Spain)

Northern Ireland	0–3	Turkey
	Report	Arif 45', 46', 48'

4 September 1999

15:00 UTC+1

Windsor Park, Belfast

Attendance: 7,270

Referee: Alain Sars (France)

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Germany	4–0	Northern Ireland
Bierhoff 2' Ziege 16', 33', 45'	Report

8 September 1999

20:30 UTC+2

Westfalenstadion, Dortmund

Attendance: 41,000

Referee: Georgios Bikas (Greece)

Moldova	1–1	Turkey
Epureanu 3'	Report	Tayfur 76'

8 September 1999

20:30 UTC+3

Stadionul Republican, Chişinău

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

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Germany	0–0	Turkey
	Report

9 October 1999

19:30 UTC+2

Olympiastadion, Munich

Attendance: 63,572

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Finland	4–1	Northern Ireland
Johansson 9' Hyypiä 63' Kolkka 73', 83'	Report	Whitley 59'

9 October 1999

19:00 UTC+3

Olympic Stadium, Helsinki

Attendance: 8,217

Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

Goalscorers

There were 59 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.95 goals per match.

7 goals

• Oliver Bierhoff

4 goals

• Tayfur Havutçu
• Hakan Şükür

3 goals

• Jonatan Johansson
• Joonas Kolkka
• Mixu Paatelainen
• Marco Bode
• Ulf Kirsten
• Christian Ziege
• Arif Erdem

2 goals

• Igor Oprea
• Oktay Derelioğlu

1 goal

• Sami Hyypiä
• Jari Litmanen
• Janne Salli
• Hannu Tihinen
• Jens Jeremies
• Oliver Neuville
• Mehmet Scholl
• Sergiu Epureanu
• Vladimir Gaidamașciuc
• Alexandru Guzun
• Gheorghe Stratulat
• Ion Testemițanu
• Iain Dowie
• Neil Lennon
• Keith Rowland
• Jeff Whitley
• Ogün Temizkanoğlu
• Sergen Yalçın

1 own goal

• Steve Morrow (against Germany)