2000 Helsingborgs IF season

Helsingborgs IF
2000 season
Manager Nanne Bergstrand
Allsvenskan2nd
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerÁlvaro Santos (12)
Highest home attendance13,802
Average home league attendance9,414

Season summary

Helsingborg stunned the footballing world when they defeated Italian giants Inter Milan 1-0 on aggregate to become the first Swedish club to reach the Champions League group stages. Unfortunately, Helsingborg's luck ran out in the group stage and they were soundly beaten in their first three matches; they recovered to chalk up respectable draws against Paris Saint-Germain and that season's European champions, Bayern Munich, but finished bottom of their group and failed to even drop down into the UEFA Cup.

First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SWE Sven Andersson
2 DF  SWE Mats Wejsfelt
3 DF  SWE Ola Nilsson
4 DF  SWE Roland Nilsson
5 DF  SWE Jozo Matovac
6 MF  NOR Bjørn Johansen
7 MF  SWE Ulrik Jansson (captain)
8 MF  NOR Lars Bakkerud
9 FW  BRA Álvaro
10 FW  SWE Hans Eklund
11 DF  SWE Erik Wahlstedt
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF  SWE Nicklas Persson
15 MF  SWE Mattias Lindström
17 MF  SWE Michael Hansson
18 FW  NOR Stig Johansen
19 DF  SWE Marcus Lindberg
20 FW  SWE Rade Prica
21 FW  SWE Marcus Ekenberg
22 GK  SWE Fredrik Larsson
23 DF  SWE Christoffer Andersson
30 DF  SWE Jesper Jansson

Results

Second qualifying round

26 July 2000 Helsingborg 0–0 BATE Borisov Olympia, Helsingborg
19:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre
Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)

Helsingborg won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Helsingborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

26 September 2000 Rosenborg 6–1 Helsingborg Lerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Johnsen  20', 29', 78'
Strand  50', 51'
S. Johansen  64' (o.g.)
Report MatchCentre Prica  90' Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

References

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