Helsingborgs IF
2000 season
ManagerSweden Nanne Bergstrand
Allsvenskan2nd
Champions LeagueGroup stage
Top goalscorerÁlvaro Santos (12)
Highest home attendance13,802
Average home league attendance9,414

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 Sweden SWE Sven Andersson
2 DF Sweden SWE Mats Wejsfelt
3 DF Sweden SWE Ola Nilsson
4 DF Sweden SWE Roland Nilsson
5 DF Sweden SWE Jozo Matovac
6 MF Norway NOR Bjørn Johansen
7 MF Sweden SWE Ulrik Jansson (captain)
8 MF Norway NOR Lars Bakkerud
9 FW Brazil BRA Álvaro
10 FW Sweden SWE Hans Eklund
11 DF Sweden SWE Erik Wahlstedt
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 DF Sweden SWE Nicklas Persson
15 MF Sweden SWE Mattias Lindström
17 MF Sweden SWE Michael Hansson
18 FW Norway NOR Stig Johansen
19 DF Sweden SWE Marcus Lindberg
20 FW Sweden SWE Rade Prica
21 FW Sweden SWE Marcus Ekenberg
22 GK Sweden SWE Fredrik Larsson
23 DF Sweden SWE Christoffer Andersson
30 DF Sweden SWE Jesper Jansson

Results

Champions League

Second qualifying round

26 July 2000 Helsingborg Sweden 0–0 Belarus BATE Borisov Olympia, Helsingborg
19:00 (CET) Report
MatchCentre		 Referee: Igor Ishchenko (Ukraine)
2 August 2000 BATE Borisov Belarus 0–3 Sweden 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 won 1–0 on aggregate.

Group stage

References

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