Leverkusen 3–2 Sporting CP: UEFA Champions League, 20 September 2000

The match

Leverkusen and Sporting CP finished 3–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 20 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Leverkusen.

Leverkusen won the match by 1 goal.

Goals and key incidents

André Cruz scored in minute 12 (Sporting CP). Carsten Ramelow scored in minute 65 (Leverkusen). Thomas Brdaric scored in minute 73 (Leverkusen).

Oliver Neuville scored in minute 77 (Leverkusen). Sá Pinto scored in minute 78 (Sporting CP).

João Pinto was sent off in minute 40.

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 7 November 2000, when Sporting CP finished 0–0 against Leverkusen. 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 BayArena, Leverkusen.

The recorded attendance was 22,500 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Leverkusen 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 Leverkusen 2–3 Real Madrid on 27 September 2000.

Sporting CP 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 Spartak Moskva 3–1 Sporting CP on 27 September 2000.