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Football tournament group stage

Group C of UEFA Euro 2000 began on 13 June and ended on 21 June 2000. Spain won the group ahead of FR Yugoslavia. Norway and Slovenia were eliminated.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings November 1999	FIFA Rankings June 2000
C1	Spain	1	Group 6 winner	8 September 1999	6th	1996	Winners (1964)	1	4
C2	Norway	2	Group 2 winner	8 September 1999	1st	—	Debut	3	7
C3	FR Yugoslavia	3	Group 8 winner	9 October 1999	5th	1984	Runners-up (1960, 1968)	9	10
C4	Slovenia	4	Play-off winner	17 November 1999	1st	—	Debut	36	46

Notes

The UEFA rankings of November 1999 were used for seeding for the final draw.
From 1960 to 1984, FR Yugoslavia competed as Yugoslavia.
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.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Spain	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	FR Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4	Advance to knockout stage
3	Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
4	Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:

^ Head-to-head result: Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia.

In the quarter-finals,

The winner of Group C, Spain, advanced to play the runner-up of Group D, France.
The runner-up of Group C, FR Yugoslavia, advanced to play the winner of Group D, Netherlands.

Matches

All times Central European Summer Time (UTC+2)

Spain vs Norway

13 June 2000 (2000-06-13)18:00

Spain	0–1	Norway
	Report	Iversen 65'

Feijenoord Stadion, RotterdamAttendance: 41,000Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Spain

Norway


GK	22	José Francisco Molina
RB	2	Míchel Salgado	69'
CB	6	Fernando Hierro (c)
CB	18	Paco
LB	3	Agustín Aranzábal
RM	17	Joseba Etxeberria	17'	72'
CM	4	Pep Guardiola
CM	21	Juan Carlos Valerón		80'
LM	8	Fran		72'
CF	10	Raúl
CF	20	Ismael Urzaiz
Substitutions:
MF	16	Gaizka Mendieta		72'
FW	11	Alfonso		72'
MF	7	Iván Helguera		80'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho


GK	1	Thomas Myhre
RB	14	Vegard Heggem
CB	4	Henning Berg (c)		59'
CB	3	Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB	2	André Bergdølmo	32'
CM	19	Eirik Bakke
CM	11	Bent Skammelsrud
CM	7	Erik Mykland
RF	18	Steffen Iversen		89'
CF	9	Tore André Flo		71'
LF	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutions:
DF	16	Dan Eggen		59'
FW	17	John Carew		71'
MF	21	Vidar Riseth		89'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Dick Jol (Netherlands)

FR Yugoslavia vs Slovenia

13 June 2000 (2000-06-13)20:45

FR Yugoslavia	3–3	Slovenia
Milošević 67', 73' Drulović 70'	Report	Zahovič 23', 57' Pavlin 52'

Stade du Pays de Charleroi, CharleroiAttendance: 18,500Referee: Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

FR Yugoslavia

Slovenia


GK	22	Ivica Kralj
RB	2	Ivan Dudić
CB	5	Miroslav Đukić
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović	56' 60'
LB	21	Albert Nađ
RM	6	Dejan Stanković		36'
CM	7	Vladimir Jugović
CM	4	Slaviša Jokanović
LM	17	Ljubinko Drulović
CF	8	Predrag Mijatović (c)		82'
CF	18	Darko Kovačević		52'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Dragan Stojković		36'
FW	9	Savo Milošević		52'
FW	20	Mateja Kežman		82'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov


GK	12	Mladen Dabanovič
CB	3	Željko Milinovič
CB	5	Marinko Galič
CB	4	Darko Milanič (c)	32'
RM	7	Džoni Novak
CM	8	Aleš Čeh
CM	11	Miran Pavlin		74'
LM	19	Amir Karić		78'
AM	10	Zlatko Zahovič
CF	13	Mladen Rudonja
CF	9	Sašo Udovič		64'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Milenko Ačimovič		64'
MF	21	Zoran Pavlović		74'
FW	20	Milan Osterc		78'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec

Man of the Match:
Zlatko Zahovič (Slovenia)

Assistant referees:
Nicolae Grigorescu (Romania)
Dramane Dante (Mali)
Fourth official:
Graham Poll (England)

Slovenia vs Spain

18 June 2000 (2000-06-18)18:00

Slovenia	1–2	Spain
Zahovič 59'	Report	Raúl 4' Etxeberria 60'

Amsterdam Arena, AmsterdamAttendance: 51,300Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Slovenia

Spain


GK	12	Mladen Dabanovič
CB	3	Željko Milinovič
CB	5	Marinko Galič
CB	4	Darko Milanič (c)	24'	68'
RM	7	Džoni Novak	53'
CM	8	Aleš Čeh
CM	11	Miran Pavlin	11'	82'
LM	19	Amir Karić	85'
AM	10	Zlatko Zahovič
CF	13	Mladen Rudonja
CF	9	Sašo Udovič		46'
Substitutions:
FW	20	Milan Osterc		46'
DF	6	Aleksander Knavs		68'
MF	18	Milenko Ačimovič		82'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec


GK	1	Santiago Cañizares
RB	2	Míchel Salgado
CB	6	Fernando Hierro (c)
CB	5	Abelardo
LB	3	Agustín Aranzábal	62'
RM	17	Joseba Etxeberria
CM	4	Pep Guardiola		81'
CM	21	Juan Carlos Valerón		89'
LM	16	Gaizka Mendieta
CF	10	Raúl
CF	11	Alfonso		71'
Substitutions:
FW	20	Ismael Urzaiz		71'
MF	7	Iván Helguera	82'	81'
MF	15	Vicente Engonga		89'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho

Man of the Match:
Raúl (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Jaap Pool (Netherlands)
Fourth official:
Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Norway vs FR Yugoslavia

18 June 2000 (2000-06-18)20:45

Norway	0–1	FR Yugoslavia
	Report	Milošević 8'

Stade Maurice Dufrasne, LiègeAttendance: 28,750Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)

Norway

FR Yugoslavia


GK	1	Thomas Myhre
RB	14	Vegard Heggem		35'
CB	16	Dan Eggen
CB	3	Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB	2	André Bergdølmo
CM	19	Eirik Bakke	66'	76'
CM	11	Bent Skammelsrud (c)
CM	7	Erik Mykland	31'
RF	18	Steffen Iversen		71'
CF	9	Tore André Flo
LF	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutions:
DF	22	Stig Inge Bjørnebye		35'
FW	17	John Carew		71'
MF	6	Roar Strand		76'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb


GK	22	Ivica Kralj
RB	13	Slobodan Komljenović
CB	5	Miroslav Đukić
CB	14	Niša Saveljić
LB	3	Goran Đorović
RM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)		84'
CM	7	Vladimir Jugović	71'
CM	4	Slaviša Jokanović	28'	89'
LM	17	Ljubinko Drulović	81'
CF	8	Predrag Mijatović		87'
CF	9	Savo Milošević
Substitutions:
MF	21	Albert Nađ	90+2'	84'
FW	20	Mateja Kežman	88'	87'
MF	16	Dejan Govedarica	89'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov

Man of the Match:
Dragan Stojković (FR Yugoslavia)

Assistant referees:
Eddie Foley (Republic of Ireland)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

FR Yugoslavia vs Spain

21 June 2000 (2000-06-21)18:00

FR Yugoslavia	3–4	Spain
Milošević 30' Govedarica 50' Komljenović 75'	Report	Alfonso 38', 90+5' Munitis 51' Mendieta 90+4' (pen.)

Jan Breydel Stadium, BrugesAttendance: 26,611Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

FR Yugoslavia

Spain


GK	22	Ivica Kralj
RB	13	Slobodan Komljenović	27'
CB	5	Miroslav Đukić
CB	11	Siniša Mihajlović
LB	3	Goran Đorović		13'
RM	10	Dragan Stojković (c)	56'	68'
CM	7	Vladimir Jugović		46'
CM	4	Slaviša Jokanović	63'
LM	17	Ljubinko Drulović
CF	8	Predrag Mijatović
CF	9	Savo Milošević
Substitutions:
MF	19	Jovan Stanković	45'	13'
MF	16	Dejan Govedarica		46'
DF	14	Niša Saveljić	87'	68'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov


GK	1	Santiago Cañizares
RB	2	Míchel Salgado		46'
CB	5	Abelardo (c)
CB	18	Paco		64'
LB	12	Sergi	62'
RM	16	Gaizka Mendieta
CM	4	Pep Guardiola
CM	7	Iván Helguera
LM	8	Fran		22'
CF	10	Raúl
CF	11	Alfonso
Substitutions:
FW	17	Joseba Etxeberria		22'
FW	9	Pedro Munitis		46'
FW	20	Ismael Urzaiz		64'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho

Man of the Match:
Pep Guardiola (Spain)

Assistant referees:
Jacques Poudevigne (France)
Turgay Güdü (Turkey)
Fourth official:
Michel Piraux (Belgium)

Slovenia vs Norway

21 June 2000 (2000-06-21)18:00

Slovenia	0–0	Norway
	Report

GelreDome, ArnhemAttendance: 21,000Referee: Graham Poll (England)

Slovenia

Norway


GK	12	Mladen Dabanovič
CB	3	Željko Milinovič
CB	5	Marinko Galič		83'
CB	6	Aleksander Knavs
RM	7	Džoni Novak
CM	8	Aleš Čeh (c)
CM	11	Miran Pavlin	44'
LM	19	Amir Karić
AM	10	Zlatko Zahovič
CF	13	Mladen Rudonja
CF	17	Ermin Šiljak		86'
Substitutions:
MF	18	Milenko Ačimovič		83'
FW	20	Milan Osterc		86'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec


GK	1	Thomas Myhre
RB	2	André Bergdølmo
CB	16	Dan Eggen
CB	3	Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB	22	Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM	18	Steffen Iversen
CM	7	Erik Mykland	24'
CM	8	Ståle Solbakken (c)
LM	20	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	59'
CF	17	John Carew		61'
CF	9	Tore André Flo
Substitutions:
MF	19	Eirik Bakke		61'	82'
MF	6	Roar Strand			82'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

References

"Spain unable to breach Norway defence". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"A typical derby match". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 1 February 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Slovenia prove their quality". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2000. Archived from the original on 17 June 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Not a great advert". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2000. Archived from the original on 8 March 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"Fine line between disaster and heroism". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2000. Archived from the original on 13 February 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
"12 seconds from the quarter-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.

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