Norway at the UEFA European Championship

Norway qualified for one UEFA European Championship so far (as of 2020), 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	3	2	0	1	6	5	+1	6
FR Yugoslavia	3	1	1	1	7	7	0	4
Norway	3	1	1	1	1	1	0	4
Slovenia	3	0	2	1	4	5	−1	2

Spain vs Norway

13 June 2000

18:00

Spain	0–1	Norway
	Report	Iversen  65'

Feijenoord Stadion, Rotterdam

Attendance: 41,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Spain

Norway

GK 22 José Francisco Molina RB 2 Míchel Salgado  69' CB 6 Fernando Hierro (c) CB 18 Paco LB 3 Agustín Aranzábal RM 17 Joseba Etxeberria  17'  72' CM 4 Pep Guardiola CM 21 Juan Carlos Valerón  80' LM 8 Fran  72' CF 10 Raúl CF 20 Ismael Urzaiz Substitutions: MF 16 Gaizka Mendieta  72' FW 11 Alfonso  72' MF 7 Iván 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 2 André Bergdølmo  32' CM 19 Eirik Bakke CM 11 Bent Skammelsrud CM 7 Erik Mykland RF 18 Steffen Iversen  89' CF 9 Tore André Flo  71' LF 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær Substitutions: DF 16 Dan Eggen  59' FW 17 John Carew  71' MF 21 Vidar 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	FR 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 16 Dan Eggen CB 3 Bjørn Otto Bragstad LB 2 André Bergdølmo CM 19 Eirik Bakke  66'  76' CM 11 Bent Skammelsrud (c) CM 7 Erik Mykland  31' RF 18 Steffen Iversen  71' CF 9 Tore André Flo LF 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær Substitutions: DF 22 Stig Inge Bjørnebye  35' FW 17 John Carew  71' MF 6 Roar Strand  76' Manager: Nils Johan Semb

GK 22 Ivica Kralj RB 13 Slobodan Komljenović CB 5 Miroslav Đukić CB 14 Niša Saveljić LB 3 Goran Đorović RM 10 Dragan Stojković (c)  84' CM 7 Vladimir Jugović  81' CM 4 Slaviša Jokanović  28'  89' LM 17 Ljubinko Drulović  81' CF 8 Predrag Mijatović  87' CF 9 Savo Milošević Substitutions: MF 21 Albert Nađ  84' FW 20 Mateja Kežman  88'  87' MF 16 Dejan Govedarica  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 6 Aleksander Knavs RM 7 Džoni Novak CM 8 Aleš Čeh (c) CM 11 Miran Pavlin  44' LM 19 Amir Karić AM 10 Zlatko Zahovič CF 13 Mladen Rudonja CF 17 Ermin Šiljak  86' Substitutions: MF 18 Milenko Ačimovič  83' FW 20 Milan Osterc  86' Manager: Srečko Katanec

GK 1 Thomas Myhre RB 2 André Bergdølmo CB 16 Dan Eggen CB 3 Bjørn Otto Bragstad LB 22 Stig Inge Bjørnebye RM 18 Steffen Iversen CM 7 Erik Mykland  24' CM 8 Ståle Solbakken (c) LM 20 Ole Gunnar Solskjær  59' CF 17 John Carew  61' CF 9 Tore André Flo Substitutions: MF 19 Eirik Bakke  61'  82' MF 6 Roar 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
1960	Did not qualify
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
1992
1996
2000	Group Stage	3	1	1	1	1	1
2004	Did not qualify
2008
2012
2016
2021
Total	1/16	3	1	1	1	1	1

Player records

Most appearances

No.	Name	Matches	Euros
1	Eirik Bakke	3	2000
	André Bergdølmo	3	2000
	Bjørn Otto Bragstad	3	2000
	John Carew	3	2000
	Dan Eggen	3	2000
	Tore André Flo	3	2000
	Steffen Iversen	3	2000
	Thomas Myhre	3	2000
	Erik Mykland	3	2000
	Ole Gunnar Solskjær	3	2000
11	Stig Inge Bjørnebye	2	2000
	Vegard Heggem	2	2000
	Bent Skammelsrud	2	2000
	Roar Strand	2	2000

Top goalscorers

No.	Name	Goals	Euros
1	Steffen Iversen	1	2000

References

1. "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.