2000 Helsingborgs IF season

Helsingborgs IF

2000 season
Manager	Nanne Bergstrand
Allsvenskan	2nd
Champions League	Group stage
Top goalscorer	Álvaro Santos (12)
Highest home attendance	13,802
Average home league attendance	9,414

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. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  SWE Sven Andersson 2 DF  SWE Mats Wejsfelt 3 DF  SWE Ola Nilsson 4 DF  SWE Roland Nilsson 5 DF  SWE Jozo Matovac 6 MF  NOR Bjørn Johansen 7 MF  SWE Ulrik Jansson (captain) 8 MF  NOR Lars Bakkerud 9 FW  BRA Álvaro 10 FW  SWE Hans Eklund 11 DF  SWE Erik Wahlstedt

No. Pos. Nation Player 14 DF  SWE Nicklas Persson 15 MF  SWE Mattias Lindström 17 MF  SWE Michael Hansson 18 FW  NOR Stig Johansen 19 DF  SWE Marcus Lindberg 20 FW  SWE Rade Prica 21 FW  SWE Marcus Ekenberg 22 GK  SWE Fredrik Larsson 23 DF  SWE Christoffer Andersson 30 DF  SWE Jesper Jansson

Results

Second qualifying round

26 July 2000	Helsingborg	0–0	BATE Borisov	Olympia, Helsingborg
19:00 (CET)		Report MatchCentre		Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)

2 August 2000	BATE Borisov	0–3	Helsingborg	Dynama 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	Internazionale	Olympia, Helsingborg
20:45 (CET)	Hansson  82'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Zoran Arsić (Serbia and Montenegro)

23 August 2000	Internazionale	0–0	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	1–3	Bayern Munich	Olympia, Helsingborg
	Johansen  90'	Report MatchCentre	Scholl  7' Salihamidžić  48' Jancker  55'	Referee: Graham Barber (England)

19 September 2000	Paris Saint-Germain	4–1	Helsingborg	Parc 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	Helsingborg	Lerkendal 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	Rosenborg	Olympia, Helsingborg
	Jansson  32' Álvaro  77'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

24 October 2000	Bayern Munich	0–0	Helsingborg	Olympic Stadium, Munich
		Report MatchCentre		Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

8 November 2000	Helsingborg	1–1	Paris Saint-Germain	Olympia, Helsingborg
	Persson  71'	Report MatchCentre	Anelka  34'	Referee: Graham Poll (England)

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