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
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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. 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

Champions League

Second qualifying round

Helsingborg v BATE Borisov

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

BATE Borisov v Helsingborg

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

Helsingborg v Internazionale

9 August 2000	Helsingborg	1–0	Internazionale	Olympia, Helsingborg
20:45 (CET)	Hansson 82'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Zoran Arsić (Serbia and Montenegro)

Internazionale v Helsingborg

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

Helsingborg v Bayern Munich

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

Paris Saint-Germain v Helsingborg

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)

Rosenborg v Helsingborg

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)

Helsingborg v Rosenborg

18 October 2000	Helsingborg	2–0	Rosenborg	Olympia, Helsingborg
	Jansson 32' Álvaro 77'	Report MatchCentre		Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

Bayern Munich v Helsingborg

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

Helsingborg v Paris Saint-Germain

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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