2000 Helsingborgs IF season

Helsingborgs IF
2000 season
Manager Sweden Nanne Bergstrand
Allsvenskan 2nd
Champions League Group stage
Top goalscorer Álvaro Santos (12)
Highest home attendance 13,802
Average home league attendance 9,414
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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. Position Player
1 Sweden GK Sven Andersson
2 Sweden DF Mats Wejsfelt
3 Sweden DF Ola Nilsson
4 Sweden DF Roland Nilsson
5 Sweden DF Jozo Matovac
6 Norway MF Bjørn Johansen
7 Sweden MF Ulrik Jansson (captain)
8 Norway MF Lars Bakkerud
9 Brazil FW Álvaro
10 Sweden FW Hans Eklund
11 Sweden DF Erik Wahlstedt
No. Position Player
14 Sweden DF Nicklas Persson
15 Sweden MF Mattias Lindström
17 Sweden MF Michael Hansson
18 Norway FW Stig Johansen
19 Sweden DF Marcus Lindberg
20 Sweden FW Rade Prica
21 Sweden FW Marcus Ekenberg
22 Sweden GK Fredrik Larsson
23 Sweden DF Christoffer Andersson
30 Sweden DF Jesper Jansson

Results

Champions League

Second qualifying round

Helsingborg won 3–0 on aggregate.

Third qualifying round

Helsingborg won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

References