UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying Group 2

Standings and results for Group 2 of the UEFA Euro 2000 qualifying tournament.

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Norway	10	8	1	1	21	9	+12	25	Qualify for final tournament		—	4–0	1–0	1–3	2–2	1–0
2	Slovenia	10	5	2	3	12	14	−2	17	Advance to play-offs		1–2	—	0–3	1–0	2–0	2–1
3	Greece	10	4	3	3	13	8	+5	15			0–2	2–2	—	1–2	2–0	3–0
4	Latvia	10	3	4	3	13	12	+1	13			1–2	1–2	0–0	—	0–0	1–0
5	Albania	10	1	4	5	8	14	−6	7			1–2	0–1	0–0	3–3	—	2–1
6	Georgia	10	1	2	7	8	18	−10	5			1–4	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–0	—

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Qualification tiebreakers

Matches

Georgia	1–0	Albania
A. Arveladze 66'	Report

5 September 1998

19:00 UTC+5

Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 25,000

Referee: Claude Détruche (Switzerland)

Greece	2–2	Slovenia
Machlas 55' (pen.) Frantzeskos 58'	Report	Zahovič 18', 72'

6 September 1998

20:00 UTC+3

Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 28,908

Referee: Alfredo Trentalange (Italy)

Norway	1–3	Latvia
Solbakken 17'	Report	Pahars 11' Štolcers 53' Zemļinskis 64' (pen)

6 September 1998

20:15 UTC+2

Ulleval, Oslo

Attendance: 11,031

Referee: Sergei Shmolik (Belarus)

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Latvia	1–0	Georgia
Štolcers 2'	Report

10 October 1998

18:30 UTC+3

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 1,900

Referee: Constantin Zotta (Romania)

Slovenia	1–2	Norway
Zahovič 24'	Report	Flo 45' Rekdal 80'

10 October 1998

20:00 UTC+2

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 6,200

Referee: Andreas Schluchter (Switzerland)

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Greece	3–0	Georgia
Machlas 12' Liberopoulos 15' Ouzounidis 36'	Report

14 October 1998

18:00 UTC+3

Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 12,681

Referee: Atanas Uzunov (Bulgaria)

Norway	2–2	Albania
Rekdal 81' H. Berg 86'	Report	Bushi 37' Tare 52'

14 October 1998

19:00 UTC+2

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 17,770

Referee: Gerd Grabher (Austria)

Slovenia	1–0	Latvia
Udovič 86'	Report

14 October 1998

20:00 UTC+2

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 3,292

Referee: Karen Nalbandyan (Armenia)

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Albania	0–0	Greece
	Report

18 November 1998

15:00 UTC+1

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 18,670

Referee: Victor José Esquinas Torres (Spain)

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Georgia	1–1	Slovenia
Janashia 42'	Report	Knavs 52'

27 March 1999

20:00 UTC+4

Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Greece	0–2	Norway
	Report	Solskjær 37', 86'

27 March 1999

19:30 UTC+2

Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 42,566

Referee: Leslie Irvine (Northern Ireland)

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Latvia	0–0	Greece
	Report

31 March 1999

20:00 UTC+3

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

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Latvia	0–0	Albania
	Report

28 April 1999

19:00 UTC+3

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 2,700

Referee: Eric Romain (Belgium)

Georgia	1–4	Norway
Janashia 57'	Report	Iversen 16' Flo 25', 35' Solskjær 37'

28 April 1999

21:00 UTC+5

Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 14,000

Referee: Sándor Puhl (Hungary)

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Norway	1–0	Georgia
Iversen 4'	Report

30 May 1999

19:15 UTC+2

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 18,236

Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)

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Georgia	1–2	Greece
Ketsbaia 55'	Report	Frantzeskos 85' Machlas 89'

5 June 1999

21:00 UTC+5

Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 7,400

Referee: William Young (Scotland)

Albania	1–2	Norway
Tare 16'	Report	Iversen 3' Flo 83'

5 June 1999

18:00 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 12,000

Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)

Latvia	1–2	Slovenia
Pahars 18'	Report	Zahovič 27', 43' (pen.)

5 June 1999

18:30 UTC+3

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 2,800

Referee: Juan Manuel Brito Arceo (Spain)

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Albania	0–1	Slovenia
	Report	Zahovič 26' (pen.)

9 June 1999

20:00 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 5,100

Referee: Adrian Stoica (Romania)

Greece	1–2	Latvia
Niniadis 37' (pen.)	Report	Verpakovskis 24' Zemļinskis 90' (pen.)

9 June 1999

21:00 UTC+3

Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 15,135

Referee: Lubomír Puček (Czech Republic)

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Slovenia	2–0	Albania
Zahovič 49' Osterc 80'	Report

18 August 1999

20:00 UTC+2

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 6,900

Referee: Joaquim da Silva (Portugal)

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Albania	3–3	Latvia
Bushi 29', 78' Muka 90'	Report	Astafjevs 20', 62' Štolcers 70'

4 September 1999

19:30 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 4,000

Referee: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Norway	1–0	Greece
Leonhardsen 34'	Report

4 September 1999

16:00 UTC+2

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 24,133

Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Slovenia	2–1	Georgia
Ačimovič 48' Zahovič 80'	Report	S. Arveladze 55'

4 September 1999

20:00 UTC+2

Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana

Attendance: 7,000

Referee: Jan Wegereef (Netherlands)

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Georgia	2–2	Latvia
S. Arveladze 30' Kavelashvili 52'	Report	Bleidelis 62' Stepanovs 90'

8 September 1999

19:00 UTC+5

Boris Paichadze National Stadium, Tbilisi

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Miroslav Radoman (FR Yugoslavia)

Norway	4–0	Slovenia
Istenič 15' (o.g.) Iversen 17' Solskjær 30' Leonhardsen 67'	Report

8 September 1999

19:15 UTC+2

Ullevaal, Oslo

Attendance: 24,288

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

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Greece	2–0	Albania
Tsiartas 1' Georgiadis 87'	Report

6 October 1999

21:00 UTC+3

Spiros Louis Stadium, Athens

Attendance: 11,384

Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia)

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Albania	2–1	Georgia
Rraklli 30' Kola 36'	Report	S. Arveladze 52'

9 October 1999

19:00 UTC+2

Qemal Stafa Stadium, Tirana

Attendance: 650

Referee: Alfred Micallef (Malta)

Latvia	1–2	Norway
Pahars 52'	Report	Solskjær 51' Flo 85'

9 October 1999

20:00 UTC+3

Daugava Stadium, Riga

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Dietmar Drabek (Austria)

Slovenia	0–3	Greece
	Report	Tsiartas 39' Georgiadis 43' Nikolaidis 81'

9 October 1999

16:45 UTC+2

Ljudski vrt, Maribor

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Gamal Al-Ghandour (Egypt)

Goalscorers

There were 75 goals scored in 30 matches, for an average of 2.5 goals per match.

8 goals

• Zlatko Zahovič

5 goals

• Tore André Flo
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær

4 goals

• Steffen Iversen

3 goals

• Alban Bushi
• Shota Arveladze
• Nikos Machlas
• Marians Pahars
• Andrejs Štolcers

2 goals

• Igli Tare
• Zaza Janashia
• Georgios Georgiadis
• Vassilios Tsiartas
• Vitālijs Astafjevs
• Mihails Zemļinskis
• Øyvind Leonhardsen
• Kjetil Rekdal

1 goal

• Bledar Kola
• Devi Muka
• Altin Rraklli
• Archil Arveladze
• Mikheil Kavelashvili
• Temur Ketsbaia
• Kostas Frantzeskos
• Nikos Liberopoulos
• Dimitris Mavrogenidis
• Demis Nikolaidis
• Andreas Niniadis
• Marinos Ouzounidis
• Imants Bleidelis
• Igors Stepanovs
• Māris Verpakovskis
• Henning Berg
• Ståle Solbakken
• Milenko Ačimovič
• Aleksander Knavs
• Milan Osterc
• Sašo Udovič

1 own goal

• Rudi Istenič (against Norway)