2000 Helsingborgs IF season

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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[]

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. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Sweden SWE Sven Andersson
2 DF Sweden SWE Mats Wejsfelt
3 DF Sweden SWE Ola Nilsson
4 DF Sweden SWE Roland Nilsson
5 DF Sweden SWE Jozo Matovac
6 MF Norway NOR Bjørn Johansen
7 MF Sweden SWE Ulrik Jansson (captain)
8 MF Norway NOR Lars Bakkerud
9 FW Brazil BRA Álvaro
10 FW Sweden SWE Hans Eklund
11 DF Sweden SWE Erik Wahlstedt
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Sweden SWE Nicklas Persson
15 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Lindström
17 MF Sweden SWE Michael Hansson
18 FW Norway NOR Stig Johansen
19 DF Sweden SWE Marcus Lindberg
20 FW Sweden SWE Rade Prica
21 FW Sweden SWE Marcus Ekenberg
22 GK Sweden SWE Fredrik Larsson
23 DF Sweden SWE Christoffer Andersson
30 DF Sweden SWE Jesper Jansson

Results[]

Champions League[]

Second qualifying round[]

26 July 2000 Helsingborg Sweden 0–0 Belarus BATE Borisov Olympia, Helsingborg
19:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre		 Referee: (Ukraine)
2 August 2000 BATE Borisov Belarus 0–3 Sweden Helsingborg Dynama Stadium, Minsk
19:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre		 Álvaro Goal 11'
C. Andersson Goal 24'
Wahlstedt Goal 85'		 Referee: (Israel)

Helsingborg won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round[]

9 August 2000 Helsingborg Sweden 1–0 Italy Internazionale Olympia, Helsingborg
20:45 (CET) Hansson Goal 82' Report
MatchCentre		 Referee: (Serbia and Montenegro)
23 August 2000 Internazionale Italy 0–0 Sweden Helsingborg San Siro, Milan
21:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre		 Referee: Vladimír Hriňák (Slovakia)

Helsingborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage[]

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

References[]

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