Estonia national football team 2000

The 2000 season was the ninth full year of competitive football in the Baltic country as an independent nation. The Estonia national football team played thirteen matches in 2000, after not having qualified for Euro 2000 in Belgium and the Netherlands. A new manager was appointed to the team: Dutchman Arno Pijpers.

Results

Brazil U-20 vs Estonia
 Brazil [2]0 – 1 Estonia
Ustritski  80'
Attendance: 6,000

Finland vs Estonia
 Finland4 – 2 Estonia
Kottila  12',  56'
Tuomela  14'
Kuqi  60'		 Report Zelinski  71' (pen.)
Oper  84'
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Abdul Halim Hamid (Malaysia)

Thailand vs Estonia
 Thailand2 – 1 Estonia
Thonkanya  23', 35' Report Reim  67' (pen.)
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Abdul Halim Hamid (Malaysia)

Brazil U-20 vs Estonia
 Brazil [4]1 – 0 Estonia
Coradini Vivian  36'
Attendance: 6,000

Luxembourg vs Estonia
 Luxembourg1 – 1 Estonia
Vanek  90' Report Oper  84'
Attendance: 1,100
Referee: Roelof Luinge (Netherlands)

Estonia vs Belarus
 Estonia2 – 0 Belarus
Oper  82' Report
Attendance: 550
Referee: Petteri Kari (Finland)

Estonia vs Georgia
 Estonia1 – 0 Georgia
Piiroja  17' Report
Attendance: 450
Referee: Sten Kaldma (Estonia)

Estonia vs Andorra
 Estonia1 – 0 Andorra
Reim  64' (pen.) Report
Attendance: 1,695
Referee: Zoran Arsić (Yugoslavia)

Estonia vs Portugal
 Estonia1 – 3 Portugal
Oper  84' Report Rui Costa  15'
Figo  49'
Sá Pinto  57'
Attendance: 1,695
Referee: Charles Agius (Malta)

Andorra vs Estonia
 Andorra1 – 2 Estonia
González  90+1' (pen.) Report Reim  54'
Oper  65'
Attendance: 650
Referee: Dani Koren (Israel)

Ireland vs Estonia
 Republic of Ireland2 – 0 Estonia
Kinsella  25'
Dunne  50'		 Report
Attendance: 34,962
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Estonia vs Kyrgyzstan
 Estonia1 – 0 Kyrgyzstan
Anniste  55' Report
Attendance: 800

Hong Kong vs Estonia
 Hong Kong1 – 2 Estonia
Chan Ho-Man  20' Report Zelinski  53', 58'
Attendance: 1,500
Referee: Kacuhiko Matsumura (Japan)

Notes
  1. Game played during the 2000 King's Cup in Thailand.
  2. Brazil played with its U20-team, led by coach Sérgio Farias, and therefore the game is not a full FIFA international.
  3. Third place match during the 2000 King's Cup in Thailand.
  4. Brazil once again played with its U20-team, and therefore the game is not a full FIFA international.
  5. Qualification match in UEFA Group 2 for the 2002 FIFA World Cup in Japan and South Korea

References
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