2000 Helsingborgs IF season

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

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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

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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

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Champions League

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Second qualifying round

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2 August 2000 BATE Borisov   0–3   Helsingborg Dynama Stadium, Minsk
19:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre
Álvaro   11'
C. Andersson   24'
Wahlstedt   85'
Referee: Meir Levi (Israel)

Helsingborg won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

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Helsingborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

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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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