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. Position Player
1 GK Sven Andersson
2 DF Mats Wejsfelt
3 DF Ola Nilsson
4 DF Roland Nilsson
5 DF Jozo Matovac
6 MF Bjørn Johansen
7 MF Ulrik Jansson (captain)
8 MF Lars Bakkerud
9 FW Álvaro
10 FW Hans Eklund
11 DF Erik Wahlstedt
No. Position Player
14 DF Nicklas Persson
15 MF Mattias Lindström
17 MF Michael Hansson
18 FW Stig Johansen
19 DF Marcus Lindberg
20 FW Rade Prica
21 FW Marcus Ekenberg
22 GK Fredrik Larsson
23 DF Christoffer Andersson
30 DF Jesper Jansson

Results

Champions League

Second qualifying round
26 July 2000 Helsingborg 0–0 BATE BorisovOlympia, Helsingborg
19:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre		 Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
2 August 2000 BATE Borisov 0–3 HelsingborgDynama 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
9 August 2000 Helsingborg 1–0 InternazionaleOlympia, Helsingborg
20:45 (CET) Hansson  82' Report
MatchCentre		 Referee: Zoran Arsić (Serbia and Montenegro)
23 August 2000 Internazionale 0–0 HelsingborgSan Siro, Milan
21:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre		 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Helsingborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage
13 September 2000 Helsingborg 1–3 Bayern MunichOlympia, Helsingborg
Johansen  90' Report MatchCentre Scholl  7'
Salihamidžić  48'
Jancker  55'		 Referee: Graham Barber (England)
19 September 2000 Paris Saint-Germain 4–1 HelsingborgParc des Princes, Paris
Anelka  24'
Robert  63'
Christian  80'
El Karkouri  89'		 Report MatchCentre Johansen  45' Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
26 September 2000 Rosenborg 6–1 HelsingborgLerkendal Stadion, Trondheim
Johnsen  20', 29', 78'
Strand  50', 51'
S. Johansen  64' (o.g.)		 Report MatchCentre Prica  90' Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)
18 October 2000 Helsingborg 2–0 RosenborgOlympia, Helsingborg
Jansson  32'
Álvaro  77'		 Report MatchCentre Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)
24 October 2000 Bayern Munich 0–0 HelsingborgOlympic Stadium, Munich
Report MatchCentre Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
8 November 2000 Helsingborg 1–1 Paris Saint-GermainOlympia, Helsingborg
Persson  71' Report MatchCentre Anelka  34' Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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