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2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

The teams competing in Group 8 of the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition were Croatia, Republic of Ireland, Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Malta.

Standings

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Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
  Croatia 8 6 2 0 25 7 +18 20
  Yugoslavia 8 5 2 1 29 10 +19 17
  Republic of Ireland 8 4 2 2 13 12 +1 14
  Malta 8 1 0 7 8 23 −15 3
  Macedonia 8 1 0 7 2 25 −23 3
           
Croatia   — 5–1 4–0 1–0 2–2
Republic of Ireland   2–2 — 3–0* 2–1 0–2
Macedonia   0–2 0–1 — 1–0 0–8
Malta   0–3 1–3 5–1 — 1–5
Yugoslavia   2–6 1–1 2–0 7–0 —

* Match originally ended as a 0–0 draw, but UEFA later awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Republic of Ireland due to Macedonia including ineligible players in their squad.

Matches

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All times are CET.

Republic of Ireland  2 – 2  Croatia
Conlon   2'
Baker   62'		 Report Šokota   60', 81'
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)
Macedonia  1 – 0  Malta
Ignatov   47' (pen.) Report
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
Malta  0 – 3  Croatia
Report Leko   48'
Bišćan   62'
Deranja   85'
Referee: Muhittin Bosat (Turkey)
Republic of Ireland  2 – 1  Malta
Clare   31'
Worrell   90'		 Report Licari   27'
Bridgewater Centre Park, Arklow
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)
Croatia  4 – 0  Macedonia
Pilipović   59'
Šokota   66', 87'
Leko   69'		 Report
Referee: Florin Chivulete (Romania)
Malta  5 – 1  Macedonia
Mallia   13', 36'
Zahra   61'
M. Galea   69'
Grima   83'		 Report Dimitrovski   73'
Yugoslavia  1 – 1  Republic of Ireland
Ivić   8' Report Kilbane   90'
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)
Malta  1 – 5  Yugoslavia
Zahra   9' Report Drulić   21', 57', 90'
Camenzuli   53' (o.g.)
Pantelić   67'
Referee: Gary Stephen Willard (England)
Macedonia  0 – 2  Croatia
Report Smoje   37'
Leko   56'
Referee: Wolfgang Sowa (Austria)
Yugoslavia  7 – 0  Malta
Đokaj   12'
Paunović   22'
Kežman   39'
Drulić   41', 82'
Vukomanović   49'
Pantelić   72'		 Report
Kalochori Stadium, Thessaloniki (Greece)
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)
Republic of Ireland  3 – 0
(awarded)		  Macedonia
Report
Referee: Sergejs Braga (Latvia)

Originally ended 0–0. Later awarded as 3–0 win for Republic of Ireland due to Macedonia fielding a suspended player.

Yugoslavia  2 – 6  Croatia
Ivić   33'
Ilić   50'		 Report Šerić   6'
Mikić   49', 90'
Deranja   65'
Šokota   68', 85'
Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)
Croatia  1 – 0  Malta
Pilipović   24' Report
Referee: Jan Hald (Denmark)
Republic of Ireland  0 – 2  Yugoslavia
Report Đokaj   55', 81'
Croatia  5 – 1  Republic of Ireland
Pilipović   12'
Šokota   22'
Mikić   24'
Balaban   88', 90'		 Report Hawkins   41'
Referee: Leif Sundell (Sweden)
Yugoslavia  2 – 0  Macedonia
Jelić   29', 36' Report
Macedonia  0 – 8  Yugoslavia
Report Lazetić   7', 57'
Kežman   31', 33', 66'
Tanasijević   55'
Jelić   69', 85'
Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)
Malta  1 – 3  Republic of Ireland
Mamo   88' Report Lee   37'
Mahon   71'
Fenn   86'
Referee: Anton Getzov (Bulgaria)
Croatia  2 – 2  Yugoslavia
Šokota   46'
Vranješ   52'		 Report Bošković   44'
Francišković   75'

Goalscorers

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8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal
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