Real Madrid 1–0 Spartak Moskva: UEFA Champions League, 20 September 2000

The match

Real Madrid and Spartak Moskva finished 1–0 in the UEFA Champions League on 20 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Madrid.

Real Madrid won the match by 1 goal.

Goals and key incidents

Iván Helguera scored in minute 51 (Real Madrid).

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 7 November 2000, when Spartak Moskva finished 1–0 against Real Madrid. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.

The fixture was played in Group A of the first group stage. The match result belongs to this stage of the competition in the 2000/01 season.

Venue and attendance

The UEFA match record identifies the venue as Estadio Santiago Bernabéu, Madrid.

The recorded attendance was 35,000 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Real Madrid came into this fixture after a Sporting CP 2–2 Real Madrid result on 12 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Leverkusen 2–3 Real Madrid on 27 September 2000.

Spartak Moskva came into this fixture after a Spartak Moskva 2–0 Leverkusen result on 12 September 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Spartak Moskva 3–1 Sporting CP on 27 September 2000.