2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

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The teams competing in Group 8 of the 2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualifying competition were Croatia, Republic of Ireland, Yugoslavia, Macedonia and Malta.

Standings[edit]

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Croatia 8 6 2 0 25 7 +18 20
 Yugoslavia 8 5 2 1 29 10 +19 17
 Republic of Ireland 8 4 2 2 13 12 +1 14
 Malta 8 1 0 7 8 23 −15 3
 Macedonia 8 1 0 7 2 25 −23 3
  Croatia Republic of Ireland North Macedonia Malta Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Croatia  — 5–1 4–0 1–0 2–2
Republic of Ireland  2–2 — 3–0* 2–1 0–2
Macedonia  0–2 0–1 — 1–0 0–8
Malta  0–3 1–3 5–1 — 1–5
Yugoslavia  2–6 1–1 2–0 7–0 —

* Match originally ended as a 0–0 draw, but UEFA later awarded the match as a 3–0 forfeit win to Republic of Ireland due to Macedonia including ineligible players in their squad.

Matches[edit]

All times are CET.

Republic of Ireland 2 – 2 Croatia
Conlon 2'
Baker 62'		 Report Šokota 60', 81'
Referee: Pascal Garibian (France)
Macedonia 1 – 0 Malta
Ignatov 47' (pen.) Report
Referee: Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland)
Malta 0 – 3 Croatia
Report Leko 48'
Bišćan 62'
Deranja 85'
Referee: Muhittin Bosat (Turkey)
Republic of Ireland 2 – 1 Malta
Clare 31'
Worrell 90'		 Report Licari 27'
Bridgewater Centre Park, Arklow
Referee: Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia)
Croatia 4 – 0 Macedonia
Pilipović 59'
Šokota 66', 87'
Leko 69'		 Report
Referee: Florin Chivulete (Romania)
Malta 5 – 1 Macedonia
Mallia 13', 36'
Zahra 61'
M. Galea 69'
Grima 83'		 Report Dimitrovski 73'
Yugoslavia 1 – 1 Republic of Ireland
Ivić 8' Report Kilbane 90'
Referee: Luc Huyghe (Belgium)
Malta 1 – 5 Yugoslavia
Zahra 9' Report Drulić 21', 57', 90'
Camenzuli 53' (o.g.)
Pantelić 67'
Referee: Gary Stephen Willard (England)
Macedonia 0 – 2 Croatia
Report Smoje 37'
Leko 56'
Referee: Wolfgang Sowa (Austria)
Yugoslavia 7 – 0 Malta
Đokaj 12'
Paunović 22'
Kežman 39'
Drulić 41', 82'
Vukomanović 49'
Pantelić 72'		 Report
Kalochori Stadium, Thessaloniki (Greece)
Referee: Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania)
Republic of Ireland 3 – 0
(awarded)		 Macedonia
Report
Referee: Sergejs Braga (Latvia)

Originally ended 0–0. Later awarded as 3–0 win for Republic of Ireland due to Macedonia fielding a suspended player.

Yugoslavia 2 – 6 Croatia
Ivić 33'
Ilić 50'		 Report Šerić 6'
Mikić 49', 90'
Deranja 65'
Šokota 68', 85'
Referee: Livio Bazzoli (Italy)
Croatia 1 – 0 Malta
Pilipović 24' Report
Referee: Jan Hald (Denmark)
Republic of Ireland 0 – 2 Yugoslavia
Report Đokaj 55', 81'
Yugoslavia 2 – 0 Macedonia
Jelić 29', 36' Report
Macedonia 0 – 8 Yugoslavia
Report Lazetić 7', 57'
Kežman 31', 33', 66'
Tanasijević 55'
Jelić 69', 85'
Referee: Paulo Paraty (Portugal)
Malta 1 – 3 Republic of Ireland
Mamo 88' Report Lee 37'
Mahon 71'
Fenn 86'
Referee: Anton Getzov (Bulgaria)

Goalscorers[edit]

8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
1 own goal

External links[edit]

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