The

UEFA Euro 2000 The 2000 UEFA European Football Championship, also known as Euro 2000, was the 11th UEFA European Championship, a football tournament held every four years and organised by UEFA, the sport's governing body in Europe. The finals tournament was ...

finals tournament took place in Belgium and the Netherlands between 10 June and 2 July 2000. The sixteen nations that qualified were required to name a squad of 22 players for the tournament by 1 June 2000. The ages listed are the players' ages on the tournament's opening day (10 June 2000).

Group A

England

Manager:

Kevin Keegan Joseph Kevin Keegan (born 14 February 1951) is an English former footballer and manager. Nicknamed "King Kev" or "Mighty Mouse", Keegan was recognised for his dribbling ability, as well as his finishing and presence in the air, and is regard ...

England named a 28-man preliminary squad on 16 May 2000. Jamie Redknapp and Ray Parlour were both ruled out of the tournament due to respective knee injuries, while

Andy Cole Andrew Alexander Cole (born 15 October 1971) is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker. His professional career lasted from 1988 to 2008, and is mostly remembered for his time with Manchester United, who paid a Brit ...

missed out because of a persistent toe injury. Keegan announced his final 22-man squad on 1 June with David James, Rio Ferdinand and Kieron Dyer also missing out.

Germany

Manager: Erich Ribbeck

Portugal

Manager:

Humberto Coelho Humberto Manuel de Jesus Coelho (born 20 April 1950) is a Portuguese retired footballer and manager. In a career mainly associated with Benfica, the central defender also competed professionally in France and the United States, during a 16- ...

Romania

Manager: Emerich Jenei

Group B

Belgium

Manager: Robert Waseige

Italy

Manager: Dino Zoff Italy named an initial 26-man squad for the tournament on 18 May 2000. Midfielders Dino Baggio and Diego Fuser, and defender Giuseppe Pancaro did not make the cut for the final 22, while forward

Christian Vieri Christian Vieri (; born 12 July 1973), commonly known as Bobo Vieri, is an Italian former professional footballer who played as a centre forward. Having been born in Italy, Vieri moved with his family to Australia as a child, before returning ...

was ruled out through injury. Goalkeeper

Gianluigi Buffon Gianluigi Buffon (; born 28 January 1978) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a Goalkeeper (association football), goalkeeper. Widely regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers of all time, he is ...

was originally named in the final 22, but suffered a broken hand in a warm-up friendly match against

Norway Norway, officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic countries, Nordic country located on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. The remote Arctic island of Jan Mayen and the archipelago of Svalbard also form part of the Kingdom of ...

on 3 June 2000; he was replaced in the squad by Christian Abbiati of A.C. Milan.

Sweden

Managers: Lars Lagerbäck and Tommy Söderberg

Turkey

Manager: Mustafa Denizli

Group C

FR Yugoslavia

Manager: Vujadin Boškov

Norway

Manager: Nils Johan Semb

Slovenia

Manager: Srečko Katanec

Spain

Manager: José Antonio Camacho

Group D

Czech Republic

Manager: Jozef Chovanec

Denmark

Manager: Bo Johansson

France

Manager: Roger Lemerre

Netherlands

Manager: Frank Rijkaard

References

External links

RSSSF
{{UEFA European Championship Squads

2000 2000 was designated as the International Year for the Culture of Peace and the World Mathematics, Mathematical Year. Popular culture holds the year 2000 as the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millennium, because of a tende ...