England's European Championship Record

Holland & Belgium 2000

England were drawn in Qualifying Group 5 along with Sweden, Poland, Bulgaria and Luxembourg.
The group winner qualified for the Finals.
The second placed teams from each group advanced to a play-off match.

Qualifying Matches

Date	Venue	Match	Result
05 Sep 1998	Stockholm	Sweden v England	2-1
06 Sep 1998	Burgas	Bulgaria v Poland	0-3
10 Oct 1998	Warsaw	Poland v Luxembourg	3-0
10 Oct 1998	London	England v Bulgaria	0-0
14 Oct 1998	Burgas	Bulgaria v Sweden	0-1
14 Oct 1998	Luxembourg	Luxembourg v England	0-3
27 Mar 1999	Gothenburg	Sweden v Luxembourg	2-0
27 Mar 1999	London	England v Poland	3-1
31 Mar 1999	Luxembourg	Luxembourg v Bulgaria	0-2
31 Mar 1999	Chorzow	Poland v Sweden	0-1
04 Jun 1999	Warsaw	Poland v Bulgaria	2-0
05 Jun 1999	London	England v Sweden	0-0
09 Jun 1999	Luxembourg	Luxembourg v Poland	2-3
09 Jun 1999	Sofia	Bulgaria v England	1-1
04 Sep 1999	Stockholm	Sweden v Bulgaria	1-0
04 Sep 1999	London	England v Luxembourg	6-0
08 Sep 1999	Luxembourg	Luxembourg v Sweden	0-1
08 Sep 1999	Warsaw	Poland v England	0-0
09 Oct 1999	Stockholm	Sweden v Poland	2-0
10 Oct 1999	Sofia	Bulgaria v Luxembourg	3-0

Standings

Group 5	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Sweden	8	7	1	0	10	1	22
England	8	3	4	1	14	4	13
Poland	8	4	1	3	12	8	12
Bulgaria	8	2	2	4	6	8	8
Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	2	23	0

England finished in second place and advanced to a play-off match.

Qualifying Play-Off

Played over two legs. The aggregate match winner qualified for the Finals.

Date Venue Match Result

13 Nov 1999 Glasgow Scotland v England 0-2

17 Nov 1999 London England v Scotland 0-1

England won 2-1 on aggregate and qualified for the Finals.

Final Tournament

England were drawn in Group A, along with Germany, Portugal and Romania.
The top 2 places in the group qualified for the Quarter Finals.

First Round Matches - Group A

Date	Venue	Match	Result	Att	Referee
12 Jun 2000	Liege	Germany v Romania	1-1	28,500	Nielsen (DEN)
12 Jun 2000	Eindhoven	Portugal v England	3-2	31,500	Frisk (SWE)
17 Jun 2000	Arnhem	Romania v Portugal	0-1	21,000	Veissiere (FRA)
17 Jun 2000	Charleroi	England v Germany	1-0	27,700	Collina (ITA)
20 Jun 2000	Charleroi	England v Romania	2-3	27,000	Meier (SUI)
20 Jun 2000	Rotterdam	Portugal v Germany	3-0	44,000	Jol (HOL)

Standings

Group A	Ply	W	D	L	F	A	Pts
Portugal	3	3	0	0	7	2	9
Romania	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
England	3	1	0	2	5	6	3
Germany	3	0	1	2	1	5	1

England finished in third place and were eliminated from the tournament.