Norway at the UEFA European Championship

Norway qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2014), the Euro 2000 tournament. During the qualifiers, they enforced direct qualification by ending first in their group with Slovenia, Greece, Latvia, Albania and Georgia.

At the championship in Belgium and the Netherlands, Norway was drawn into group C together with Spain, Yugoslavia and Slovenia. With their last group match against Slovenia ending on 0–0 and the simultaneously played other group match Yugoslavia vs. Spain standing 3–2 after the regular playing time, it appeared Norway (with 4 points) would finish second in their group, ahead of Spain (3 points). However, after an unlikely 3–4 comeback from Spain during the extra time Norway saw themselves eliminated. Norway coach Nils Johan Semb worded this as his team having been "at 12 seconds from the quarter-finals".[1]

Euro 2000

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Spain 320165+16
 Yugoslavia 31117704
 Norway 31111104
 Slovenia 302145−12

Spain vs Norway

13 June 2000
18:00
Spain  0–1  Norway
Report Iversen  65'
Spain
Norway
GK 22 José Francisco Molina
RB 2 Míchel Salgado YC 69'
CB 6 Fernando Hierro (c)
CB 18Paco
LB 3 Agustín Aranzábal
RM 17Joseba Etxeberria YC 17'  72'
CM 4 Pep Guardiola
CM 21Juan Carlos Valerón  80'
LM 8 Fran  72'
CF 10 Raúl
CF 20 Ismael Urzaiz
Substitutions:
MF 16Gaizka Mendieta  72'
FW 11 Alfonso  72'
MF 7Iván Helguera  80'
Manager:
José Antonio Camacho
GK 1 Thomas Myhre
RB 14 Vegard Heggem
CB 4 Henning Berg (c)  59'
CB 3 Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB 2André Bergdølmo YC 32'
CM 19 Eirik Bakke
CM 11Bent Skammelsrud
CM 7 Erik Mykland
RF 18 Steffen Iversen  89'
CF 9 Tore André Flo  71'
LF 20Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutions:
DF 16Dan Eggen  59'
FW 17John Carew  71'
MF 21Vidar Riseth  89'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)[2]

Assistant referees:
Kurt Ertl (Germany)
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Dick Jol (Netherlands)

Norway vs Yugoslavia

18 June 2000
20:45
Norway  0–1  Yugoslavia
Report Milošević  8'
Stade Maurice Dufrasne, Liège
Attendance: 27,250
Referee: Hugh Dallas (Scotland)
Norway
Yugoslavia
GK 1 Thomas Myhre
RB 14 Vegard Heggem  35'
CB 16Dan Eggen
CB 3 Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB 2André Bergdølmo
CM 19 Eirik Bakke YC 66'  76'
CM 11Bent Skammelsrud (c)
CM 7 Erik Mykland YC 31'
RF 18 Steffen Iversen  71'
CF 9 Tore André Flo
LF 20Ole Gunnar Solskjær
Substitutions:
DF 22Stig Inge Bjørnebye  35'
FW 17John Carew  71'
MF 6Roar Strand  76'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb
GK 22 Ivica Kralj
RB 13 Slobodan Komljenović
CB 5 Miroslav Đukić
CB 14Niša Saveljić
LB 3 Goran Đorović
RM 10Dragan Stojković (c)  84'
CM 7 Vladimir Jugović YC 81'
CM 4Slaviša Jokanović YC 28'  89'
LM 17 Ljubinko Drulović YC 81'
CF 8 Predrag Mijatović  87'
CF 9 Savo Milošević
Substitutions:
MF 21Albert Nađ  84'
FW 20 Mateja Kežman Red card 88'  87'
MF 16Dejan Govedarica YC 90+2'  89'
Manager:
Vujadin Boškov

Man of the Match:
Dragan Stojković (Yugoslavia)[3]

Assistant referees:
Eddie Foley (Republic of Ireland)
Roland Van Nylen (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Slovenia vs Norway

21 June 2000
18:00
Slovenia  0–0  Norway
Report
GelreDome, Arnhem
Attendance: 22,500
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Slovenia
Norway
GK 12 Mladen Dabanovič
CB 3 Željko Milinovič
CB 5 Marinko Galič  83'
CB 6Aleksander Knavs
RM 7Džoni Novak
CM 8 Aleš Čeh (c)
CM 11Miran Pavlin YC 44'
LM 19 Amir Karić
AM 10 Zlatko Zahovič
CF 13 Mladen Rudonja
CF 17Ermin Šiljak  86'
Substitutions:
MF 18Milenko Ačimovič  83'
FW 20Milan Osterc  86'
Manager:
Srečko Katanec
GK 1 Thomas Myhre
RB 2André Bergdølmo
CB 16Dan Eggen
CB 3 Bjørn Otto Bragstad
LB 22Stig Inge Bjørnebye
RM 18 Steffen Iversen
CM 7 Erik Mykland YC 24'
CM 8 Ståle Solbakken (c)
LM 20Ole Gunnar Solskjær YC 59'
CF 17 John Carew  61'
CF 9 Tore André Flo
Substitutions:
MF 19Eirik Bakke  61'  82'
MF 6Roar Strand  82'
Manager:
Nils Johan Semb

Man of the Match:
Erik Mykland (Norway)[1]

Assistant referees:
Philip Sharp (England)
Emanuel Zammit (Malta)
Fourth official:
Vítor Melo Pereira (Portugal)

Overview

Year Round GP W D* L GS GA
France 1960Did not qualify
Spain 1964
Italy 1968
Belgium 1972
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1976
Italy 1980
France 1984
West Germany 1988
Sweden 1992
England 1996
BelgiumNetherlands 2000Group Stage311111
Portugal 2004Did not qualify
AustriaSwitzerland 2008
PolandUkraine 2012
France 2016
Total1/14311111

References

  1. 1 2 "12 seconds from the quarter-finals". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 21 June 2000. Archived from the original on 29 August 2000. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  2. "Spain unable to breach Norway defence". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 13 June 2000. Archived from the original on 4 March 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
  3. "Not a great advert". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2000. Archived from the original on 8 March 2001. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
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