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England: Group stage
How England performed
England's route to the 2000 UEFA European Championship, co-hosted by Belgium and the Netherlands, was a long one. A group campaign of three wins, four draws and a defeat, which included a Scholes hat-trick against Poland and a Shearer hat-trick in a 6–0 win over Luxembourg, led to a play-off against Scotland. Scholes scored both goals in a 2–0 first-leg win in Scotland, and although England lost the return 1–0 at home, they went through 2–1 on aggregate.
At the finals, Kevin Keegan's side, captained by Alan Shearer, led Portugal 2–0 through Scholes and McManaman inside 17 minutes but lost 3–2. Shearer's goal then gave England a 1–0 win over Germany. In the final group fixture England led Romania 2–1 at half-time through a Shearer penalty and Owen, but Romania won 3–2 with a penalty in the 89th minute. England went out at the group stage with one win and two defeats, five goals scored and six conceded, a step back from the semi-final finish of 1996.
England fixtures
Sweden
2–1
England
England lost
England: Shearer 1'
Sweden: Andersson 30', Mjällby 32'
England
0–0
Bulgaria
England drew
Luxembourg
0–3
England
England won
England: Owen 18', Shearer 39' pen, Southgate 88'
Luxembourg: None
England
3–1
Poland
England won
England: Scholes 12', Scholes 22', Scholes 70'
Poland: Brzęczek 29'
England
0–0
Sweden
England drew
Bulgaria
1–1
England
England drew
England: Shearer 14'
Bulgaria: Markov 17'
England
6–0
Luxembourg
England won
England: Shearer 10', Shearer 27', McManaman 29', Shearer 34', McManaman 43', Owen 90'
Luxembourg: None
Poland
0–0
England
England drew
Scotland
0–2
England
England won
England: Scholes 21', Scholes 42'
Scotland: None
England
0–1
Scotland
England lost
England: None
Scotland: Hutchison 38'
Portugal
3–2
England
England lost
England: Scholes 3', McManaman 17'
Portugal: Figo 22', Pinto 37', Nuno Gomes 59'
England
1–0
Germany
England won
England: Shearer 53'
Germany: None
England
2–3
Romania
England lost
England: Shearer 41' pen, Owen 45+4'
Romania: Chivu 22', Munteanu 48', Ganea 89' pen
England statistics
Full England squad
| No. | Player | Pos | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Seaman | GK | Arsenal | – |
| 2 | Gary Neville | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 3 | Phil Neville | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 4 | Sol Campbell | DF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 5 | Tony Adams | DF | Arsenal | – |
| 6 | Martin Keown | DF | Arsenal | – |
| 7 | David Beckham | MF | Manchester United | – |
| 8 | Paul Scholes | MF | Manchester United | 6 |
| 9 | Alan Shearer C | FW | Newcastle United | 8 |
| 10 | Michael Owen | FW | Liverpool | 3 |
| 11 | Steve McManaman | MF | Real Madrid | 3 |
| 12 | Gareth Southgate | DF | Aston Villa | 1 |
| 13 | Nigel Martyn | GK | Leeds United | – |
| 14 | Paul Ince | MF | Middlesbrough | – |
| 15 | Gareth Barry | DF | Aston Villa | – |
| 16 | Steven Gerrard | MF | Liverpool | – |
| 17 | Dennis Wise | MF | Chelsea | – |
| 18 | Nick Barmby | MF | Everton | – |
| 19 | Emile Heskey | FW | Liverpool | – |
| 20 | Kevin Phillips | FW | Sunderland | – |
| 21 | Robbie Fowler | FW | Liverpool | – |
| 22 | Richard Wright | GK | Ipswich Town | – |
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