UEFA Euro 2000 statistics

These are the statistics for UEFA Euro 2000, held in Belgium and Netherlands.

Goalscorers

There were 85 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.74 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

Nuno Gomes

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Dejan Govedarica (against Netherlands)

Source: UEFA^[1]

Assists

Best goalkeepers

3 clean sheets

2 clean sheets

1 clean sheet

Source: statbunker^[2]

Awards

UEFA Best XI of the Tournament^[3]

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Fabien Barthez Francesco Toldo	Laurent Blanc Marcel Desailly Lilian Thuram Fabio Cannavaro Paolo Maldini Alessandro Nesta Frank de Boer	Patrick Vieira Zinedine Zidane Demetrio Albertini Edgar Davids Rui Costa Luís Figo Pep Guardiola	Savo Milošević Thierry Henry Francesco Totti Patrick Kluivert Nuno Gomes Raúl

Golden Boot

Savo Milošević (5 goals)
Patrick Kluivert (5 goals)

UEFA Player of the Tournament

Zinedine Zidane

Man of the Match

Rank	Player	Team	Opponent(s)	Awards
1	Thierry Henry	France	vs Denmark (GS), vs Czech Republic (GS), vs Italy (F)	3
2	Luis Figo	Portugal	vs England (GS), vs Turkey (QF)	2
	Erik Mykland	Norway	vs Spain (GS), vs Slovenia (GS)
	Zinedine Zidane	France	vs Spain (QF), vs Portugal (SF)
5	Frank de Boer	Netherlands	vs Denmark (GS)	1
	Sérgio Conceição	Portugal	vs Germany (GS)
	Fernando Couto	Portugal	vs Romania (GS)
	Edgar Davids	Netherlands	vs France (GS)
	Pep Guardiola	Spain	vs FR Yugoslavia (GS)
	Filippo Inzaghi	Italy	vs Turkey (GS)
	Patrick Kluivert	Netherlands	vs FR Yugoslavia (QF)
	Henrik Larsson	Sweden	vs Italy (GS)
	Freddie Ljungberg	Sweden	vs Turkey (GS)
	Émile Mpenza	Belgium	vs Sweden (GS)
	Dorinel Munteanu	Romania	vs England (GS)
	Pavel Nedvěd	Czech Republic	vs Netherlands (GS)
	Alessandro Nesta	Italy	vs Romania (QF)
	Raúl	Spain	vs Slovenia (GS)
	Mehmet Scholl	Germany	vs Romania (GS)
	Alan Shearer	England	vs Germany (GS)
	Vladimír Šmicer	Czech Republic	vs Denmark (GS)
	Dragan Stojković		vs Norway (GS)
	Hakan Şükür	Turkey	vs Belgium (GS)
	Francesco Toldo	Italy	vs Netherlands (SF)
	Francesco Totti	Italy	vs Belgium (GS)
	Zlatko Zahovič	Slovenia	vs FR Yugoslavia (GS)

Source: UEFA Technical Study Group^[4]

Scoring

Overview

Total number of goals scored: 85
Average goals per match: 2.74
Total number of braces: 3
Nuno Gomes, Savo Milošević, Vladimír Šmicer
Total number of hat-tricks: 2
Sérgio Conceição, Patrick Kluivert
Total number of penalty kicks awarded: 12
Total number of penalty kicks scored: 8
* Alan Shearer in a match against Romania
Ionel Ganea in a match against England
Filippo Inzaghi in a match against Turkey
Gaizka Mendieta in a match against FR Yugoslavia
Frank de Boer in a match against Czech Republic
Karel Poborský in a match against France
Gaizka Mendieta in a match against France
Zinedine Zidane in a match against Portugal
Total number of penalty kicks missed or saved: 4
* Arif Erdem in a match against Portugal, stopped by Vítor Baía
Raúl in a match against France, over the bar
Frank de Boer in a match against Italy, stopped by Francesco Toldo
Patrick Kluivert in a match against Italy, hit the post
Penalty kick success rate: 66.67%
Own goals scored: 1
Dejan Govedarica

Average goals per match: 2.74
Top scorer(s): 5 - Patrick Kluivert, Savo Milošević
Most goals scored by a team: 13 – Netherlands, France
Fewest goals scored by a team: 0 – Denmark
Most goals conceded by a team: 13 – FR Yugoslavia
Fewest goals conceded by a team: 1 – Norway
First goal of the tournament: Bart Goor vs. Sweden
Last goal of the tournament: David Trezeguet vs. Italy
Fastest goal in a match: 3 minutes – Paul Scholes vs. Portugal
Latest goal in a match without extra time: 90+6 minutes – Alfonso vs. FR Yugoslavia
Latest goal in a match with extra time: 117 minutes – Zinedine Zidane vs. Portugal

Wins and losses

Most wins: 5 - France, Italy
Fewest wins: 0 - Denmark, Germany, Slovenia, Sweden
Most losses: 3 - Denmark
Fewest losses: - 0 - Netherlands

Discipline

Sanctions against foul play at UEFA Euro 2000 are in the first instance the responsibility of the referee, but when he deems it necessary to give a caution, or dismiss a player, UEFA keeps a record and may enforce a suspension. Referee decisions are generally seen as final. However, UEFA's disciplinary committee may additionally penalise players for offences unpunished by the referee.

Overview

Red cards

A player receiving a red card is automatically suspended for the next match. A longer suspension is possible if the UEFA disciplinary committee judges the offence as warranting it. In keeping with the FIFA Disciplinary Code (FDC) and UEFA Disciplinary Regulations (UDR), UEFA does not allow for appeals of red cards except in the case of mistaken identity. The FDC further stipulates that if a player is sent off during his team's final Euro 2008 match, the suspension carries over to his team's next competitive international(s).^[5] For Euro 2000 these were the qualification matches for the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Any player who was suspended due to a red card that was earned in Euro 2000 qualifying was required to serve the balance of any suspension unserved by the end of qualifying either in the Euro 2000 finals (for any player on a team that qualified, whether he had been selected to the final squad or not) or in World Cup qualifying (for players on teams that did not qualify).

Yellow cards

Any player receiving a single yellow card during two of the three group stage matches plus the quarter-final match was suspended for the next match. A single yellow card does not carry over to the semi-finals. This means that no player will be suspended for final unless he gets sent off in semi-final or he is serving a longer suspension for an earlier incident. Suspensions due to yellow cards will not carry over to the World Cup qualifiers.^[6] Yellow cards and any related suspensions earned in the Euro 2004 qualifiers are neither counted nor enforced in the final tournament.

In the event a player is sent off for two bookable offences, only the red card is counted for disciplinary purposes. However, in the event a player receives a direct red card after being booked in the same match, then both cards are counted. If the player was already facing a suspension for two tournament bookings when he was sent off, this would result in separate suspensions that would be served consecutively. The one match ban for the yellow cards would be served first unless the player's team is eliminated in the match in which he was sent off. If the player's team is eliminated in the match in which he was serving his ban for the yellow cards, then the ban for the sending off would be carried over to the World Cup qualifiers.

Additional punishment

For serious transgressions, a longer suspension may be handed down at the discretion of the UEFA disciplinary committee. The disciplinary committee is also charged with reviewing any incidents that were missed by the officials and can award administrative red cards and suspensions accordingly. However, just as appeals of red cards are not considered, the disciplinary committee is also not allowed to review transgressions that were already punished by the referee with something less than a red card. For example, if a player is booked but not sent off for a dangerous tackle, the disciplinary committee cannot subsequently deem the challenge to be violent conduct and then upgrade the card to a red. However, if the same player then spits at the opponent but is still not sent off, then the referee's report would be unlikely to mention this automatic red card offence. Video evidence of the spitting incident could then be independently reviewed.

Unlike the rules in many domestic competitions, there is no particular category of red card offence that automatically results in a multi-game suspension. In general however, extended bans are only assessed for red cards given for serious foul play, violent conduct, spitting or perhaps foul and abusive language. Also, unlike many sets of domestic rules second and subsequent red cards also do not automatically incur an extended ban, although a player's past disciplinary record (including prior competition) might be considered by the disciplinary committee when punishing him. As a rule, only automatic red card offenses are considered for longer bans. A player who gets sent off for picking up two yellow cards in the same match will not have his automatic one-match ban extended by UEFA on account of what he did to get the second booking, because the referee has deemed him as not to have committed an automatic red card offense.

If UEFA suspends a player after his team's elimination from the tournament, or for more games than the team ends up playing without him prior to the final or their elimination (whichever comes first), then the remaining suspension must be served during World Cup qualifying. For a particularly grave offence UEFA has the power to impose a lengthy ban against the offender.

Disciplinary statistics

Total number of yellow cards : 122
Average yellow cards per match: 3.93
Total number of red cards : 10
Average red cards per match: 0.32
First yellow card: Gheorghe Hagi and Adrian Ilie against Germany
First red card: Patrik Andersson against Belgium
Most yellow cards: 13 – Netherlands Portugal
Fewest yellow cards: 2 – Sweden
Most yellow cards in a match: 9 - Italy vs. Netherlands

By individual

Red cards

Ten red cards were shown over the course of the tournament's 31 matches, an average of 0.32 red cards per match.

1 red card

Yellow cards

122 yellow cards were shown over the course of the tournament's 31 matches, an average of 3.94 yellow cards per match

3 yellow cards

2 yellow cards

1 yellow card

1 yellow card (cont.)

By referee

Referee	Matches	Red	Yellow	Red Cards
Markus Merk	3	2	19	1 straight red 1 second yellow
Vítor Melo Pereira	3	2	3	1 straight red 1 second yellow
Günter Benkö	3^[7]	2	9	2 straight red
Dick Jol	3	1	15	1 straight red
Pierluigi Collina	3	1	13	1 straight red
Anders Frisk	3	0	11
Gilles Veissière	2	1	9	1 second yellow
Hugh Dallas	2	1	7	1 straight red
Urs Meier	2	0	11
Gamal Al-Ghandour	2	0	9
Graham Poll	2	0	7
Kim Milton Nielsen	2	0	5
José García Aranda	2	0	4

By team

Team	Matches	Red	Yellow	Red Cards	Suspensions
FR Yugoslavia	4	3	11	S. Mihajlović vs Slovenia M. Kežman vs Norway S. Jokanović vs Spain	S. Mihajlović vs Norway M. Kežman vs Spain S. Jokanović vs Netherlands
Portugal	6	1	13	Nuno Gomes vs France (semi-final)	L. Figo vs Estonia (WCQ) Nuno Gomes vs Estonia (WCQ) J. Pinto vs Estonia (WCQ)
Italy	6	1	11	G. Zambrotta vs Netherlands (semi-final)	G. Zambrotta vs Netherlands (semi-final) G. Zambrotta vs France (final)
Romania	4	1	11	G. Hagi vs Italy (quarter-final)	A. Ilie vs Italy (quarter-final) D. Petrescu vs Italy (quarter-final) G. Hagi vs Lithuania (WCQ)
Czech Republic	3	1	9	R. Látal vs Netherlands	R. Látal vs France K. Poborský vs Bulgaria (WCQ)
Belgium	3	1	6	F. De Wilde vs Turkey	F. De Wilde vs Croatia (WCQ)
Turkey	4	1	5	A. Özalan vs Portugal (quarter-final)	A. Özalan vs Moldova (WCQ)
Sweden	3	1	2	P. Andersson vs Belgium	P. Andersson vs Turkey
Netherlands	5	0	13		G. Van Bronckhorst vs France E. Davids vs Republic of Ireland (WCQ)
Spain	4	0	9		M. Salgado vs Bosnia and Herzegovina (WCQ)
France	6	0	8		M. Desailly vs Italy (final) P. Vieira vs Italy (final)
Germany	3	0	6
Slovenia	3	0	6		D. Milanič vs Norway M. Pavlin vs Faroe Islands (WCQ)
Denmark	3	0	5
Norway	4	0	5		E. Mykland vs Armenia (WCQ)
England	4	0	3

Clean sheets

Most clean sheets (team): 3 - Italy, Netherlands, Portugal
Fewest clean sheets (team): 0 – Belgium, Denmark, Germany, Romania, Spain

Overall statistics

In the following tables:

Pld = total games played
W = total games won
D = total games drawn (tied)
L = total games lost
Pts = total points accumulated (teams receive three points for a win, one point for a draw and no points for a loss)
APts = average points per game
GF = total goals scored (goals for)
AGF = average goals scored per game
GA = total goals conceded (goals against)
AGA = average goals conceded per game
GD = goal difference (GF−GA)
CS = clean sheets
ACS = average clean sheets
YC = yellow cards
AYC = average yellow cards
RC = red cards
ARC = average red cards

BOLD indicates that this nation has the highest
Italics indicates the host nation

Nation	Pld	W	D	L	Pts	APts	GF	AGF	GA	AGA	GD	CS	ACS	YC	AYC	RC	ARC
Belgium	3	1	0	2	3	1	2	0.66	5	1.66	-3	0	0	6	2	1	0.33
Czech Republic	3	1	0	2	3	1	3	1	3	1	0	1	0.33	9	3	0	0
Denmark	3	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	8	2.66	-8	0	0	5	1.66	0	0
England	3	1	0	2	3	1	5	1.66	6	2	-1	1	0.33	3	1	0	0
France	6	5	0	1	15	2.5	13	2.16	7	1.16	+6	1	0.16	8	1.33	0	0
Germany	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	1	0.33	5	1.66	-4	0	0	5	1.66	0	0
Italy	6	4	1	1	13	2.17	9	1.5	4	0.66	+5	3	0.50	11	1.83	1	0.16
Netherlands	5	4	1	0	13	2.60	13	2.60	3	0.60	+10	3	0.60	13	2.16	0	0
Norway	3	1	1	1	4	1.33	1	0.33	1	0.33	0	2	0.66	5	1.66	0	0
Portugal	5	4	0	1	12	2.4	10	2	4	0.8	+6	3	0.60	13	2.60	0	0
Romania	4	1	1	2	4	1	4	1	6	1.5	-2	0	0	11	2.74	1	0.25
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	2	0.66	4	1.33	5	1.66	-1	1	0.33	6	2	0	0
Spain	4	2	0	2	6	1.50	7	1.75	7	1.75	0	0	0	9	2.25	0	0
Sweden	3	0	1	2	1	0.33	2	0.66	4	1.33	-2	1	0.33	2	0.66	1	0.33
Turkey	4	1	1	2	4	1.00	3	0.75	4	1	-1	2	0.50	6	1.50	1	0.25
FR Yugoslavia	4	1	1	2	4	1	8	2	13	3.25	-5	1	0.25	10	2.50	3	0.75
Total	31	27	8	27	89	2.87	85	2.74	85	2.74	0	19	0.61	122	3.93	8	0.25

Notes

^ ^a ^b Quim was substituted on for Pedro Espinha in the 90th minute of Portugal's 3–0 win in Group A against Germany

References

^ "Leading goalscorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 July 2000. Archived from the original on 11 July 2000. Retrieved 12 July 2012.
^ "Euro 2000 Clean sheets". statbunker.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.
^ "UEFA Euro 2008 Information" (PDF). UEFA. p. 88. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2008.
^ "UEFA Euro 2000 Man of the Match winners" (PDF). Retrieved 31 January 2024.
^ Article 38.2 f) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code
^ Article 38.4 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code
^ Euro 2000. One of Benko's appearances was as a replacement for Kim Milton Nielsen during the match between Belgium and Turkey.

[POR_clean_sheets-3] Quim was substituted on for Pedro Espinha in the 90th minute of Portugal's 3–0 win in Group A against Germany

[1] "Leading goalscorers". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 2 July 2000. Archived from the original on 11 July 2000. Retrieved 12 July 2012.

[player_clean_sheets-2] "Euro 2000 Clean sheets". statbunker.com. Retrieved 3 January 2022.

[team-4] "UEFA Euro 2008 Information" (PDF). UEFA. p. 88. Archived (PDF) from the original on 27 November 2007. Retrieved 30 June 2008.

[MOTM-5] "UEFA Euro 2000 Man of the Match winners" (PDF). Retrieved 31 January 2024.

[6] Article 38.2 f) of the FIFA Disciplinary Code

[7] Article 38.4 of the FIFA Disciplinary Code

[8] Euro 2000. One of Benko's appearances was as a replacement for Kim Milton Nielsen during the match between Belgium and Turkey.

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