UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 5

Standings and results for Group 5 of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
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[a]	Advance to play-offs		0–0	—	3–1	0–0	6–0
3	Poland	8	4	1	3	12	8	+4	13[a]			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
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers
Notes:

1. Head-to-head points: England 4, Poland 1.

Matches

Sweden	2–1	England
A. Andersson 30' Mjällby 32'	Report	Shearer 1'

5 September 1998

18:00 UTC+02:00

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 35,394

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Bulgaria	0–3	Poland
	Report	Czereszewski 19', 44' Iwan 48'

6 September 1998

20:30 UTC+03:00

Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas

Attendance: 17,100

Referee: Marc Batta (France)

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England	0–0	Bulgaria
	Report

10 October 1998

15:00 UTC+01:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 72,974

Referee: László Vágner (Hungary)

Poland	3–0	Luxembourg
Brzęczek 18' Juskowiak 33' Trzeciak 65'	Report

10 October 1998

20:00 UTC+02:00

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Attendance: 8,300

Referee: Bujar Pregja (Albania)

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Bulgaria	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Larsson 62'

14 October 1998

19:30 UTC+03:00

Neftochimik Stadium, Burgas

Attendance: 12,021

Referee: Bernd Heynemann (Germany)

Luxembourg	0–3	England
	Report	Owen 18' Shearer 38' (pen.) Southgate 88'

14 October 1998

20:30 UTC+02:00

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 8,054

Referee: Sotirios Vorgias (Greece)

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England	3–1	Poland
Scholes 12', 22', 70'	Report	Brzęczek 28'

27 March 1999

15:00 UTC

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 73,836

Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Sweden	2–0	Luxembourg
Mjällby 34' Larsson 86'	Report

27 March 1999

15:00 UTC+01:00

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 37,728

Referee: Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine)

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Luxembourg	0–2	Bulgaria
	Report	Stoichkov 18' Yordanov 38'

31 March 1999

20:00 UTC+02:00

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 3,004

Referee: Milan Mitrovič (Slovenia)

Poland	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Ljungberg 36'

31 March 1999

20:30 UTC+02:00

National Stadium, Chorzów

Attendance: 28,860

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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Poland	2–0	Bulgaria
Hajto 15' Iwan 62'	Report

4 June 1999

20:30 UTC+02:00

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Attendance: 6,266

Referee: Stefano Braschi (Italy)

England	0–0	Sweden
	Report

5 June 1999

15:00 UTC+01:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 75,824

Referee: José Encinar (Spain)

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Bulgaria	1–1	England
Markov 18'	Report	Shearer 15'

9 June 1999

19:25 UTC+03:00

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 17,500

Referee: Mario van der Ende (Netherlands)

Luxembourg	2–3	Poland
Birsens 76' Vanek 82'	Report	Siadaczka 22' Wichniarek 45' Iwan 68'

9 June 1999

20:00 UTC+02:00

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 2,806

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

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England	6–0	Luxembourg
Shearer 12' (pen.), 28', 34' McManaman 30', 44' Owen 90'	Report

4 September 1999

15:00 UTC+01:00

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 68,772

Referee: Sergey Shmolik (Belarus)

Sweden	1–0	Bulgaria
Alexandersson 65'	Report

4 September 1999

18:00 UTC+02:00

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 35,640

Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

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Luxembourg	0–1	Sweden
	Report	Alexandersson 39'

8 September 1999

20:00 UTC+02:00

Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg City

Attendance: 4,228

Referee: Attila Hanácsek (Hungary)

Poland	0–0	England
	Report

8 September 1999

20:30 UTC+02:00

Stadion Wojska Polskiego, Warsaw

Attendance: 14,025

Referee: Günther Benkö (Austria)

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Sweden	2–0	Poland
K. Andersson 64' Larsson 90+3'	Report

9 October 1999

15:00 UTC+02:00

Råsunda Stadium, Solna

Attendance: 35,037

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Bulgaria	3–0	Luxembourg
Borimirov 40' I. Petkov 68' R. Hristov 78'	Report

9 October 1999

18:00 UTC+03:00

Bulgarian Army Stadium, Sofia

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Ladislav Gadoši (Slovakia)

Goalscorers

There were 44 goals scored in 20 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

6 goals

• Alan Shearer

3 goals

• Paul Scholes
• Tomasz Iwan
• Henrik Larsson

2 goals

• Steve McManaman
• Michael Owen
• Jerzy Brzęczek
• Sylwester Czereszewski
• Niclas Alexandersson
• Johan Mjällby

1 goal

• Daniel Borimirov
• Rumen Hristov
• Georgi Markov
• Ivaylo Petkov
• Hristo Stoichkov
• Ivaylo Yordanov
• Gareth Southgate
• Marc Birsens
• Jean-Pierre Vanek
• Tomasz Hajto
• Andrzej Juskowiak
• Rafał Siadaczka
• Mirosław Trzeciak
• Artur Wichniarek
• Andreas Andersson
• Kennet Andersson
• Freddie Ljungberg