UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 1

Standings and results for Group 1 of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament.

Standings

Legend
Group winners and best runner-up among all groups directly qualify for the finals
Remaining group runners-up advance to the play-offs
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | +8 15
 Denmark | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | +3 14
  Switzerland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 14
 Wales | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 9 9
 Belarus | 0 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 6 3
  Belarus Denmark Italy Switzerland Wales
Belarus  0–0 0–0 0–1 1–2
Denmark  1–0 1–2 2–1 1–2
Italy  1–1 2–3 2–0 4–0
Switzerland   2–0 1–1 0–0 2–0
Wales  3–2 0–2 0–2 0–2

Matches

5 September 1998
Belarus  0–0  Denmark
(Report)
Dinamo, Minsk
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Georg Dardenne (Germany)

5 September 1998
Wales  0–2  Italy
Report Fuser  19'
Vieri  77'
Anfield, Liverpool, England[1]
Attendance: 23,160
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

10 October 1998
Italy  2–0   Switzerland
Del Piero  19', 61' (Report)
Stadio del Friuli, Udine
Attendance: 35,247
Referee: Alain Sars (France)

10 October 1998
Denmark  1–2  Wales
Frederiksen  58' (Report) Williams  59'
Bellamy  86'
Parken, København
Attendance: 36,009
Referee: Sándor Piller (Hungary)

14 October 1998
Wales  3–2  Belarus
Robinson  14'
Coleman  53'
Symons  84'
(Report) Gurenko  20'
Belkevich  48'
Ninian Park, Cardiff
Attendance: 21,508
Referee: Lawrence Sammut (Malta)

14 October 1998
Switzerland   1–1  Denmark
Chapuisat  58' (Report) Tobiasen  90'
Hardturm Stadion, Zürich
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Miroslav Radoman (Yugoslavia)

27 March 1999
Belarus  0–1   Switzerland
(Report) Fournier  72'
Dinamo, Minsk
Attendance: 35,000
Referee: Oğuz Sarvan (Turkey)

27 March 1999
Denmark  1–2  Italy
Sand  58' (Report) Inzaghi  1'
Conte  70'
Parken, København
Attendance: 41,429
Referee: Antonio López Nieto (Spain)

31 March 1999
Italy  1–1  Belarus
Inzaghi  31' (pen.) (Report) Belkevich  24'
Stadio del Conero, Ancona
Attendance: 20,735
Referee: Michel Piraux (Belgium)

31 March 1999
Switzerland   2–0  Wales
Chapuisat  4', 70' (Report)
Letzigrund Stadion, Zürich
Attendance: 13,500
Referee: Miroslav Liba (Czech Republic)

5 June 1999
Denmark  1–0  Belarus
Heintze  23' (Report)
Parken, København
Attendance: 24,876
Referee: Lucilio Batista (Portugal)

5 June 1999
Italy  4–0  Wales
Vieri  7'
Inzaghi  37'
Maldini  40'
Chiesa  89'
(Report)
Stadio DallAra, Bologna
Attendance: 12,392
Referee: Edgar Steinborn (Germany)

9 June 1999
Switzerland   0–0  Italy
(Report)
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 13,124
Referee: Graham Poll (England)

9 June 1999
Wales  0–2  Denmark
(Report) Tommason  84'
Tøfting  89' (pen.)
Anfield, Liverpool, England[1]
Attendance: 10,956
Referee: Armand Ancion (Belgium)

4 September 1999
Denmark  2–1   Switzerland
A. Nielsen  54'
Tomasson  81'
(Report) Türkyilmaz  79'
Parken, København
Attendance: 41,667
Referee: Ryszard Wójcik (Poland)

4 September 1999
Belarus  1–2  Wales
Baranov  30' (Report) Saunders  42'
Giggs  86'
Dinamo, Minsk
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway)

8 September 1999
Italy  2–3  Denmark
Fuser  10'
Vieri  34'
(Report) Jørgensen  39' (pen.)
Wieghorst  57'
Tomasson  63'
Stadio San Paolo, Napoli
Attendance: 48,919
Referee: Dick Jol (Netherlands)

8 September 1999
Switzerland   2–0  Belarus
Türkyilmaz  68', 86' (pen.) (Report)
Stade Olympique de la Pontaise, Lausanne
Attendance: 12,500
Referee: Leslie Irvine (Republic of Ireland)

9 October 1999
Belarus  0–0  Italy
(report)
Dinamo, Minsk
Attendance: 32,000
Referee: Claude Colombo (France)

9 October 1999
Wales  0–2   Switzerland
(Report) Ray  16'
Bühlmann  59'
Racecourse Ground, Wrexham
Attendance: 5,064
Referee: Spiridon Papadakos (Greece)

Goalscorers

Pos Player Country Goals
1 Jon Dahl Tomasson  Denmark 3
Filippo Inzaghi  Italy
Christian Vieri  Italy
Stéphane Chapuisat   Switzerland
Kubilay Türkyilmaz   Switzerland
2 Valyantsin Byalkevich  Belarus 2
Alessandro Del Piero  Italy
Diego Fuser  Italy
1 goal

 Belarus
 Denmark

 Italy
  Switzerland

 Wales

Squads

The following players made at least one appearance for their respective team in the qualifying campaign.

Belarus

Coach - Belarus Mikhail Vergeyenko

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Andrei Satsunkevich GK March 18, 1966 (age 32) 2 Belarus FC Dinamo Minsk
Yury Afanasenko GK August 19, 1973 (age 25) 1 Russia FC Alania Vladikavkaz
Belarus FC Dinamo Minsk
Valeri Shantalosau GK March 15, 1966 (age 32) 1 Russia Lokomotiv Nizhny Novgorod
Gennady Tumilovich GK September 3, 1971 (age 27) 4 Russia FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi
Erik Yakhimovich DF September 6, 1968 (age 29) 7 Russia FC Dynamo Moscow
Andrei Ostrovsky DF September 13, 1973 (age 24) 8 (1 as sub) Russia FC Dynamo Moscow
Syarhey Shtanyuk DF August 13, 1973 (age 25) 2 Russia FC Dynamo Moscow
Vyacheslav Geraschenko DF July 25, 1972 (age 26) 3 (1 as sub) Russia FC Chernomorets Novorossiysk
Andrei Lavrik DF December 7, 1974 (age 23) 7 Russia FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Alyaksandar Lukhvich DF February 21, 1970 (age 28) 6 Russia FC Torpedo Moscow
Vadim Skripchenko DF November 26, 1975 (age 22) 1 (as a sub) Belarus FC BATE Borisov
Sergei Gurenko DF/MF September 30, 1972 (age 25) 8 Russia FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Miroslav Romaschenko DF/MF September 9, 1977 (age 24) 1 Russia FC Spartak Moscow
Alyaksandr Khatskevich MF October 19, 1973 (age 24) 4 Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv
Vasili Baranov MF November 27, 1974 (age 23) 8 Russia Spartak Moscow
Valyantsin Byalkevich MF January 27, 1973 (age 25) 5 Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv
Uladzimir Makowski MF April 23, 1977 (age 21) 8 (1 as sub) Ukraine FC Dynamo Kyiv
Maksim Romaschenko MF July 31, 1976 (age 22) 8 (5 as sub) Russia FC Dynamo Moscow
Syarhyey Hyerasimets MF October 13, 1965 (age 32) 2 (1 as sub) Russia FC Zenit St. Petersburg
Lithuania FK Žalgiris Kaunas
Pyotr Kachura MF August 2, 1972 (age 26) 2 (both as sub) England Sheffield United
Alyaksandr Chayka MF January 27, 1976 (age 22) 4 (1 as sub) Russia FC Alania Vladikavkaz
Radaslaw Arlowski MF March 9, 1970 (age 28) 4 Russia FC Torpedo Moscow
Alyaksandr Kulchiy MF November 1, 1973 (age 24) 4 (2 as sub) Russia FC Dynamo Moscow
Igor Tarlovsky MF September 21, 1974 (age 23) 3 Belarus Dinamo-93 Minsk
Russia FC Alania Vladikavkaz
Mikalay Ryndzyuk ST February 2, 1978 (age 20) 1 (as a sub) Russia FC Lokomotiv Moscow
Belarus FC BATE Borisov

Denmark

Coach - Sweden Bo Johansson

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Peter Schmeichel GK November 18, 1963 (age 34) 6 England Manchester United
Mogens Krogh GK October 31, 1963 (age 34) 2 Denmark Brøndby IF
Ole Tobiasen DF July 8, 1975 (age 23) 3 Netherlands Ajax
Marc Rieper DF June 5, 1968 (age 30) 3 Scotland Celtic
Jes Høgh DF May 7, 1966 (age 32) 7 Turkey Fenerbahçe
Jan Heintze DF August 17, 1963 (age 35) 8 Germany Bayer Leverkusen
Thomas Helveg DF June 24, 1971 (age 27) 6 Italy A.C. Milan
Michael Schjønberg DF January 19, 1967 (age 31) 1 (as a sub) Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Søren Colding DF September 2, 1972 (age 26) 7 (3 as sub) Denmark Brøndby IF
René Henriksen DF August 27, 1969 (age 29) 5 Denmark AB
Allan Nielsen MF March 13, 1971 (age 27) 6 England Tottenham Hotspur
Claus Thomsen MF May 31, 1970 (age 28) 2 Germany VfL Wolfsburg
Morten Wieghorst MF February 25, 1971 (age 27) 2 (both as sub) Scotland Celtic
Martin Jørgensen MF October 6, 1975 (age 22) 8 Italy Udinese
Thomas Gravesen MF March 11, 1976 (age 22) 2 (both as sub) Germany Hamburger SV
Brian Steen Nielsen MF December 28, 1968 (age 29) 4 (2 as sub) Denmark AB
Per Frandsen MF February 6, 1970 (age 28) 3 (1 as sub) England Bolton Wanderers
Bjarne Goldbæk MF October 6, 1968 (age 29) 5 (1 as sub) England Chelsea
Stig Tøfting MF August 14, 1969 (age 29) 5 (2 as sub) Germany MSV Duisburg
Jesper Grønkjær MF August 12, 1977 (age 21) 3 Netherlands Ajax
Jon Dahl Tomasson ST August 29, 1976 (age 22) 5 (1 as sub) Netherlands Feyenoord
Søren Frederiksen ST November 26, 1972 (age 25) 3 (1 as a sub) Denmark AaB
Peter Møller ST March 23, 1972 (age 26) 1 Spain Real Oviedo
Søren Andersen ST January 31, 1970 (age 28) 1 (as a sub) England Bristol City
Mikkel Beck ST May 12, 1973 (age 25) 2 (1 as a sub) England Middlesbrough
England Derby County
Ebbe Sand ST July 19, 1972 (age 26) 7 (2 as sub) Germany Schalke
Miklos Molnar ST April 10, 1970 (age 28) 3 (2 as sub) Spain Sevilla

Italy

Coach - Italy Dino Zoff

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Angelo Peruzzi GK February 16, 1970 (age 28) 1 Italy Juventus
Gianluigi Buffon GK January 28, 1978 (age 20) 7 Italy Parma
Christian Panucci DF April 12, 1973 (age 25) 8 Spain Real Madrid
Gianluca Pessotto DF August 11, 1970 (age 28) 1 Italy Juventus
Fabio Cannavaro DF September 13, 1973 (age 24) 8 Italy Parma
Mark Iuliano DF August 12, 1973 (age 25) 1 Italy Juventus
Michele Serena DF March 10, 1970 (age 28) 1 Spain Atlético Madrid
Moreno Torricelli DF January 23, 1970 (age 28) 1 Italy Fiorentina
Paolo Maldini DF June 26, 1968 (age 30) 6 Italy A.C. Milan
Alessandro Nesta DF March 19, 1976 (age 22) 4 Italy Lazio
Paolo Negro DF April 16, 1972 (age 30) 2 Italy Lazio
Dino Baggio MF July 24, 1971 (age 27) 5 Italy Parma
Diego Fuser MF November 11, 1968 (age 29) 6 Italy Parma
Demetrio Albertini MF August 23, 1971 (age 27) 5 Italy A.C. Milan
Luigi Di Biagio MF June 3, 1971 (age 27) 4 (1 as sub) Italy Roma
Italy Internazionale
Eusebio Di Francesco MF September 8, 1969 (age 28) 7 (1 as a sub) Italy Roma
Jonathan Bachini MF June 5, 1975 (age 23) 1 (as a sub) Italy Udinese
Antonio Conte MF July 31, 1969 (age 29) 6 (2 as sub) Italy Juventus
Giuliano Giannichedda MF September 21, 1974 (age 23) 2 (both as sub) Italy Udinese
Angelo Di Livio MF July 26, 1966 (age 32) 2 (both as sub) Italy Juventus
Italy Fiorentina
Francesco Moriero MF March 31, 1969 (age 29) 1 Italy Internazionale
Christian Vieri ST July 12, 1973 (age 25) 5 Italy Lazio
Italy Internazionale
Alessandro Del Piero ST November 9, 1974 (age 23) 3 (1 as a sub) Italy Juventus
Roberto Baggio ST February 18, 1967 (age 31) 2 (both as sub) Italy Internazionale
Francesco Totti ST September 27, 1976 (age 21) 4 (2 as sub) Italy Roma
Filippo Inzaghi ST August 9, 1973 (age 25) 7 Italy Juventus
Enrico Chiesa ST December 29, 1970 (age 27) 5 (2 as sub) Italy Parma
Italy Fiorentina
Vincenzo Montella ST June 18, 1974 (age 24) 1 (as a sub) Italy Roma

Switzerland

Coach - France Gilbert Gress

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Andreas Hilfiker GK February 11, 1969 (age 29) 2 Germany 1. FC Nuremberg
Martin Brunner GK April 23, 1963 (age 35) 2 Switzerland Lausanne
Stefan Huber GK June 14, 1966 (age 32) 3 Switzerland FC Basel
Pascal Zuberbühler GK January 8, 1971 (age 27) 1 Switzerland FC Basel
Stefan Wolf DF January 31, 1971 (age 27) 3 (1 as a sub) Switzerland Servette
Régis Rothenbühler DF October 11, 1970 (age 27) 3 (1 as a sub) Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax
Stéphane Henchoz DF September 7, 1974 (age 24) 6 England Blackburn Rovers
England Liverpool
Ramon Vega DF June 14, 1971 (age 27) 1 England Tottenham Hotspur
Patrick Müller DF December 17, 1976 (age 21) 8 (2 as sub) Switzerland Grasshoppers
Sébastien Jeanneret DF December 12, 1973 (age 24) 6 Switzerland Neuchâtel Xamax
Switzerland Servette
Bernt Haas DF April 8, 1978 (age 20) 3 (2 as sub) Switzerland Grasshoppers
Marc Hodel DF November 6, 1970 (age 27) 5 Switzerland FC Zürich
Switzerland Grasshoppers
Christophe Jaquet DF April 2, 1976 (age 22) 1 Switzerland Yverdon-Sport
Johann Vogel MF March 8, 1977 (age 21) 8 Netherlands PSV Eindhoven
Ciriaco Sforza MF March 2, 1970 (age 28) 7 Germany 1. FC Kaiserslautern
Raphaël Wicky MF April 26, 1977 (age 21) 8 Germany Werder Bremen
Fabio Celestini MF October 31, 1975 (age 22) 3 (2 as sub) Switzerland Lausanne
David Sesa MF July 10, 1973 (age 25) 7 (1 as a sub) Italy Lecce
Sébastien Fournier MF March 5, 1970 (age 32) 3 Switzerland Servette
Francesco Di Jorio MF September 22, 1973 (age 24) 5 (2 as sub) Switzerland FC Zürich
Italy Salernitana
Patrick de Napoli MF November 17, 1975 (age 22) 1 (as a sub) Switzerland FC Zürich
Switzerland Grasshoppers
Alexandre Comisetti MF July 21, 1973 (age 25) 5 (2 as sub) Switzerland Grasshoppers
France AJ Auxerre
Patrick Bühlmann MF August 16, 1971 (age 27) 4 (1 as a sub) Switzerland Servette
Thomas Wyss MF August 29, 1966 (age 32) 2 (both as sub) Switzerland FC Luzern
Frédéric Chassot ST March 31, 1969 (age 29) 1 (as a sub) Switzerland FC Zürich
Stéphane Chapuisat ST June 28, 1969 (age 29) 7 Germany Borussia Dortmund
Switzerland Grasshoppers
Kubilay Türkyilmaz ST March 4, 1967 (age 31) 2 (1 as a sub) Switzerland FC Locarno
Switzerland FC Luzern
Alexandre Rey ST September 22, 1972 (age 25) 1 Switzerland Servette

Wales

Coach - England Bobby Gould/Wales Mark Hughes

Name Position Birth Date/Age at start of campaign Games in campaign Club
Paul Jones GK April 18, 1967 (age 31) 8 England Southampton
Mark Crossley GK June 16, 1969 (age 29) 1 (as a sub) England Nottingham Forest
Darren Barnard DF November 30, 1971 (age 26) 7 England Barnsley
Kit Symons DF March 8, 1971 (age 27) 4 England Fulham
Adrian Williams DF August 16, 1971 (age 27) 3 England Wolverhampton Wanderers
Chris Coleman DF June 10, 1970 (age 28) 7 England Fulham
Steve Jenkins DF July 16, 1972 (age 26) 2 (1 as sub) England Huddersfield Town
Rob Page DF September 3, 1974 (age 23) 3 England Watford
Andy Melville DF November 29, 1968 (age 29) 3 England Sunderland
England Fulham
Andy Legg DF July 28, 1966 (age 32) 1 (as a sub) England Cardiff City
Mark Delaney DF May 13, 1976 (age 22) 1 England Aston Villa
John Robinson MF August 29, 1971 (age 27) 8 (1 as sub) England Charlton Athletic
Andy Johnson MF May 2, 1974 (age 24) 4 England Nottingham Forest
Gary Speed MF September 8, 1969 (age 28) 7 England Newcastle United
Robbie Savage MF October 18, 1974 (age 23) 5 (1 as sub) England Leicester City
Ryan Giggs MF November 29, 1973 (age 24) 4 England Manchester United
Mark Pembridge MF November 29, 1970 (age 27) 6 (3 as sub) Portugal Benfica
England Everton
Carl Robinson MF October 13, 1976 (age 21) 1 (as a sub) England Wolverhampton Wanderers
John Oster MF December 8, 1978 (age 19) 1 England Sunderland
Matt Jones MF September 1, 1980 (age 18) 1 (as a sub) England Leeds United
Nathan Blake ST January 27, 1972 (age 26) 6 England Bolton Wanderers
England Blackburn Rovers
Dean Saunders ST June 21, 1964 (age 34) 8 (1 as sub) Portugal Benfica
England Bradford City
Mark Hughes ST November 1, 1963 (age 34) 6 England Southampton
Craig Bellamy ST July 13, 1979 (age 19) 4 (3 as sub) England Norwich City
Iwan Roberts ST June 26, 1968 (age 30) 1 (as a sub) England Norwich City

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Match played in Liverpool due to the lack of proper stadia against a major opponent