2000 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification Group 8

Football tournament qualification stage 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 Team Pld PlayedW WonD DrawL LostGF Goals ForGA Goals AgainstGD Goal DifferencePts Points21 CRO8620257+182021 FR Yugoslavia85212910+191721 IRL84221312+11421 MLT8107823−15321 MKD Macedonia8107225−233 CROIRLMKDMLTFR Yugoslaviastyle="text-align:right;"21 CRO— 5–1 4–0 1–0 2–2 style="text-align:right;"21 IRL 2–2— 3–0* 2–1 0–2style="text-align:right;"21 MKD Macedonia 0–2 0–1— 1–0 0–8style="text-align:right;"21 MLT 0–3 1–3 5–1— 1–5style="text-align:right;"21 FR 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 All times are CET. "Republic of Ireland v Croatia" 4 September 1998 20:30 21 IRL 2 – 2 21 CRO Conlon 2Baker 62 Šokota 60 81 Buckley Park, Kilkenny Pascal Garibian (France) Report "Macedonia v Malta" 6 September 1998 15:00 21 MKD Macedonia 1 – 0 21 MLT Ignatov 47 pen. Stadion Sileks, Kratovo Carlo Bertolini (Switzerland) Report "Malta v Croatia" 9 October 1998 19:00 21 MLT 0 – 3 21 CRO Leko 48Bišćan 62Deranja 85 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali Muhittin Bosat (Turkey) Report "Republic of Ireland v Malta" 13 October 1998 15:30 21 IRL 2 – 1 21 MLT Clare 31Worrell 90 Licari 27 Bridgewater Centre Park, Arklow Ladislav Gádoši (Slovakia) Report "Croatia v Macedonia" 14 October 1998 15:00 21 CRO 4 – 0 21 MKD Macedonia Pilipović 59Šokota 66 87Leko 69 Gradski stadion, Sisak Florin Chivulete (Romania) Report "Malta v Macedonia" 17 November 1998 14:30 21 MLT 5 – 1 21 MKD Macedonia Mallia 13 36Zahra 61M. Galea 69Grima 83 Dimitrovski 73 Victor Tedesco Stadium, Ħamrun Michal Beneš (Czech Republic) Report "Yugoslavia v Republic of Ireland" 18 November 1998 13:30 21 FR Yugoslavia 1 – 1 21 IRL Ivić 8 Kilbane 90 Fortress Stadium, Smederevo Luc Huyghe (Belgium) Report "Malta v Yugoslavia" 9 February 1999 15:00 21 MLT 1 – 5 21 FR Yugoslavia Zahra 9 Drulić 21 57 90Camenzuli 53 o.g.Pantelić 67 Gozo Stadium, Gozo Gary Stephen Willard (England) Report "Macedonia v Croatia" 5 June 1999 14:00 21 MKD Macedonia 0 – 2 21 CRO Smoje 37Leko 56 Stadion Sileks, Kratovo Wolfgang Sowa (Austria) Report "Yugoslavia v Malta" 8 June 1999 15:45 21 FR Yugoslavia 7 – 0 21 MLT Đokaj 12Paunović 22Kežman 39Drulić 41 82Vukomanović 49Pantelić 72 Kalochori Stadium, Thessaloniki (Greece) Algirdas Dubinskas (Lithuania) https://archive.today/20150406070808/http://en.archive.uefa.com/competitions/under21/history/season=2002/round=1470/match=65413/index.html Report "Republic of Ireland v Macedonia" 9 June 1999 20:30 21 IRL 3 – 0(awarded) 21 MKD Macedonia Terryland Park, Galway Sergejs Braga (Latvia) Report Originally ended 0–0. Later awarded as 3–0 win for Republic of Ireland due to Macedonia fielding a suspended player. "Yugoslavia v Croatia" 17 August 1999 20:00 21 FR Yugoslavia 2 – 6 21 CRO Ivić 33Ilić 50 Šerić 6Mikić 49 90Deranja 65Šokota 68 85 Partizan Stadium, Belgrade Livio Bazzoli (Italy) Report "Croatia v Malta" 21 August 1999 17:00 21 CRO 1 – 0 21 MLT Pilipović 24 Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb Jan Hald (Denmark) Report "Republic of Ireland v Yugoslavia" 31 August 1999 20:30 21 IRL 0 – 2 21 FR Yugoslavia Đokaj 55 81 Tolka Park, Dublin Vasyl Melnychuk (Ukraine) Report "Croatia v Republic of Ireland" 3 September 1999 17:00 21 CRO 5 – 1 21 IRL Pilipović 12Šokota 22Mikić 24Balaban 88 90 Hawkins 41 Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb Leif Sundell (Sweden) Report "Yugoslavia v Macedonia" 4 September 1999 16:30 21 FR Yugoslavia 2 – 0 21 MKD Macedonia Jelić 29 36 FK Obilić Stadium, Belgrade Yuri Baskakov (Russia) Report "Macedonia v Yugoslavia" 7 September 1999 16:00 21 MKD Macedonia 0 – 8 21 FR Yugoslavia Lazetić 7 57Kežman 31 33 66Tanasijević 55Jelić 69 85 Gjorče Petrov Stadium, Skopje Paulo Paraty (Portugal) Report "Malta v Republic of Ireland" 7 September 1999 18:00 21 MLT 1 – 3 21 IRL Mamo 88 Lee 37Mahon 71Fenn 86 Ta' Qali National Stadium, Ta' Qali Anton Getzov (Bulgaria) Report "Macedonia v Republic of Ireland" 8 October 1999 14:00 21 MKD Macedonia 0 – 1 21 IRL Rowlands 33 SRC Biljanini Izvori, Ohrid Tom Henning Øvrebø (Norway) Report "Croatia v Yugoslavia" 8 October 1999 16:00 21 CRO 2 – 2 21 FR Yugoslavia Šokota 46Vranješ 52 Bošković 44Francišković 75 Stadion Kranjčevićeva, Zagreb Domenico Messina (Italy) Report Goalscorers 8 goals CRO Tomo Šokota 5 goals FR Yugoslavia Goran Drulić 4 goals 22em FR Yugoslavia Branko Jelić FR Yugoslavia Mateja Kežman 3 goals 22em CRO Ivan Leko CRO Mihael Mikić CRO Renato Pilipović FR Yugoslavia Ardian Đokaj 2 goals 22em CRO Boško Balaban CRO Zvonimir Deranja MLT George Mallia MLT Antoine Zahra FR Yugoslavia Vladimir Ivić FR Yugoslavia Nikola Lazetić FR Yugoslavia Marko Pantelić 1 goal 22em CRO Igor Bišćan CRO Anthony Šerić CRO Dario Smoje CRO Jurica Vranješ IRL Stephen Baker IRL Barry Conlon IRL Daryl Clare IRL Neale Fenn IRL Colin Hawkins IRL Kevin Kilbane IRL Alan Lee IRL Alan Mahon IRL Martin Rowlands IRL David Worrell MKD Dejan Dimitrovski MKD Stojan Ignatov MLT Michael Galea MLT Massimo Grima MLT Malcolm Licari MLT Carlo Mamo FR Yugoslavia Branko Bošković FR Yugoslavia Ivica Francišković FR Yugoslavia Saša Ilić FR Yugoslavia Veljko Paunović FR Yugoslavia Jovan Tanasijević FR Yugoslavia Ivan Vukomanović 1 own goal MLT William Camenzuli (playing against Yugoslavia) External links Group 8 at UEFA.com Group 8