Galatasaray 3–2 Monaco: UEFA Champions League, 12 September 2000

The match

Galatasaray and Monaco finished 3–2 in the UEFA Champions League on 12 September 2000. The match was played in the first group stage in Istanbul.

Galatasaray won the match by 1 goal.

Goals and key incidents

Jardel scored in minute 16 (Galatasaray). Gheorghe Hagi scored in minute 29 (Galatasaray). Bruno Irles scored in minute 50 (Monaco).

Marco Simone scored a penalty in minute 61 (Monaco). Capone scored in minute 80 (Galatasaray).

Gheorghe Hagi was sent off in minute 69.

Ousmane Dabo was sent off in minute 71.

Competition and tie context

The same sides also met on 25 October 2000, when Monaco finished 4–2 against Galatasaray. That is a separate match result in this competition campaign.

The fixture was played in Group D 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 Ali Sami Yen, Istanbul.

The recorded attendance was 17,905 spectators.

The teams’ wider campaign

Galatasaray came into this fixture after a Galatasaray 2–2 St. Gallen result on 22 August 2000 in the same competition campaign. Their next match in that campaign was Sturm Graz 3–0 Galatasaray on 20 September 2000.

Their next match in that campaign was Monaco 0–1 Rangers on 20 September 2000.