Norway at the UEFA European Championship

Norway qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2020), the Euro 2000 tournament. During the qualifiers, they enforced direct qualification by ending first in their group with Slovenia, Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia.

At the championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, Norway was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Slovenia. With their last group match against Slovenia ending on 0–0 and the simultaneously played other group match Yugoslavia vs. Spain standing 3–2 after the regular playing time, it appeared Norway (with 4 points) would finish second in their group, ahead of Spain (3 points). However, after an unlikely 3–4 comeback from Spain during the extra time Norway saw themselves eliminated. Norway coach Nils Johan Semb worded this as his team having been "at 12 seconds from the quarter-finals".[1]

Euro 2000
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 320165+16
 FR Yugoslavia 31117704
 Norway 31111104
 Slovenia 302145−12

Spain vs Norway
Spain 0–1 Norway
Report Iversen  65'
Attendance: 41,500
Spain
Norway
GK22José Francisco Molina
RB2Míchel Salgado 69'
CB6Fernando Hierro (c)
CB18Paco
LB3Agustín Aranzábal
RM17Joseba Etxeberria 17' 72'
CM4Pep Guardiola
CM21Juan Carlos Valerón 80'
LM8Fran 72'
CF10Raúl
CF20Ismael Urzaiz
Substitutions:
MF16Gaizka Mendieta 72'
FW11Alfonso 72'
MF7Iván Helguera 80'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho
GK1Thomas Myhre
RB14Vegard Heggem
CB4Henning Berg (c) 59'
CB3Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB2André Bergdølmo 32'
CM19Eirik Bakke
CM11Bent Skammelsrud
CM7Erik Mykland
RF18Steffen Iversen 89'
CF9Tore André Flo 71'
LF20Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutions:
DF16Dan Eggen 59'
FW17John Carew 71'
MF21Vidar Riseth 89'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)[2]

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

Norway vs Yugoslavia
Norway 0–1 FR Yugoslavia
Report Milošević  8'
Attendance: 27,250
Norway
Yugoslavia
GK1Thomas Myhre
RB14Vegard Heggem 35'
CB16Dan Eggen
CB3Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB2André Bergdølmo
CM19Eirik Bakke 66' 76'
CM11Bent Skammelsrud (c)
CM7Erik Mykland 31'
RF18Steffen Iversen 71'
CF9Tore André Flo
LF20Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutions:
DF22Stig Inge Bjørnebye 35'
FW17John Carew 71'
MF6Roar Strand 76'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb
GK22Ivica Kralj
RB13Slobodan Komljenović
CB5Miroslav Đukić
CB14Niša Saveljić
LB3Goran Đorović
RM10Dragan Stojković (c) 84'
CM7Vladimir Jugović 81'
CM4Slaviša Jokanović 28' 89'
LM17Ljubinko Drulović 81'
CF8Predrag Mijatović 87'
CF9Savo Milošević
Substitutions:
MF21Albert Nađ 84'
FW20Mateja Kežman 88' 87'
MF16Dejan Govedarica 90+2' 89'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov

Man of the Match:
Dragan Stojković (Yugoslavia)[3]

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

Slovenia vs Norway
Slovenia 0–0 Norway
Report
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Slovenia
Norway
GK12Mladen Dabanovič
CB3Željko Milinovič
CB5Marinko Galič 83'
CB6Aleksander Knavs
RM7Džoni Novak
CM8Aleš Čeh (c)
CM11Miran Pavlin 44'
LM19Amir Karić
AM10Zlatko Zahovič
CF13Mladen Rudonja
CF17Ermin Šiljak 86'
Substitutions:
MF18Milenko Ačimovič 83'
FW20Milan Osterc 86'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec
GK1Thomas Myhre
RB2André Bergdølmo
CB16Dan Eggen
CB3Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB22Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM18Steffen Iversen
CM7Erik Mykland 24'
CM8Ståle Solbakken (c)
LM20Ole Gunnar Solskjær 59'
CF17John Carew 61'
CF9Tore André Flo
Substitutions:
MF19Eirik Bakke 61' 82'
MF6Roar Strand 82'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)[1]

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

Overview
Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
1960Did not qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000Group Stage311111
2004Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2021
Total1/16311111

Player records

Most appearances
No. Name Matches Euros
1Eirik Bakke32000
André Bergdølmo32000
Bjørn Otto Bragstad32000
John Carew32000
Dan Eggen32000
Tore André Flo32000
Steffen Iversen32000
Thomas Myhre32000
Erik Mykland32000
Ole Gunnar Solskjær32000
11Stig Inge Bjørnebye22000
Vegard Heggem22000
Bent Skammelsrud22000
Roar Strand22000

Top goalscorers
No. Name Goals Euros
1 Steffen Iversen12000

References
  1. "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.
  2. "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.
  3. "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.
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