The match went on to penalty kicks in which Gheorghe Popescu scored the winning goal to win the cup.

The 1999–2000 UEFA Cup season was the 29th edition of the UEFA Cup competition. The final took place at Parken Stadium in Copenhagen and was won by Galatasaray, who defeated Arsenal in the final. Leeds qualified for the UEFA Cup through finishing fourth in the,The violence occurred at 21:00 in Istanbul's,Turkish accounts of the events stated that Leeds fans had been taunting people from local bars, which led to the,The first moments of the fight are unclear with witness accounts of the brawl either being started by Leeds fans throwing beer glasses at Galatasaray fans and insulting the.In 2002, after an adjournment from 2001 where some of the defendants failed to appear in court,Because of the stabbings, Leeds United banned Galatasaray fans from attending the second leg at.The day after the violence; flowers, scarves and shirts were laid outside the Elland Road gates in tribute.Before the second leg, Ridsdale took out advertisements in British newspapers calling for calm, with the messages in the adverts also being translated into Turkish. Four people were stabbed in the scuffles, which also involved fans from other clubs and were viewed by the media as part of a retaliation for the killing of two Leeds United fans by Galatasaray supporters the month before. On the day of,The events are used by some football supporters to antagonize Leeds fans.

The two-legged final matches are listed in the order they were played.

The "UCL" note by a … Despite this,Leeds lost the tie 4–2 on aggregate. Liverpool won the 2000–01 UEFA Cup with a golden goal in the final against Alavés for their third title in the competition. The game was scoreless through the first ninety minutes and stayed that way through thirty minutes of extra time. It has been used by,2000 fights between English and Turkish football fans.Further information on the follow-up riots in Copenhagen:"UEFA Europa League 1999/00 – All matches","UEFA Champions League, UEFA Cup 1999–2000","Tragedy that awaited two fans on a journey to hell","Four charged with murder; Leeds boss hits out","Turkey still angry over fans' behaviour","Leeds relief, Turkish anger at fans ban","Leeds head call for justice on 10th anniversary of Istanbul killings","Grieving Leeds Faces Galatasaray Rematch – It Is a Matter of Life Or Death, Sometimes","Soldiers join hooligans to attack Turks in Cup clash","Leeds Utd v Man Utd: Police condemn 'shocking' violence","Two police officers injured and 21 fans arrested at Leeds v Manchester United Carling Cup match","Millwall vow to ban odious fan for life after sick Galatasaray taunts to Leeds supporters","Manchester United give Galatasaray's rowdy supporters the slip at the airport ahead of Champions League clash","Wesley Sneijder apologises for tweeting knife set on anniversary of fatal Leeds fans stabbings","Wesley Sneijder apologises to Leeds' fans after posting tweet of Galatasaray-branded knife set on 15th anniversary of fan stabbing",https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2000_UEFA_Cup_semi-final_violence&oldid=964787553,Articles with deprecated sources from September 2019,Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. 2000 UEFA Cup final highlights - Galatasaray-Arsenal - YouTube

It completed a cup treble for the club, as they also won the FA Cup and the League Cup that season. The events of the da The 2000 UEFA Cup semi-final violence in Istanbul, Turkey, between fans of English football team Leeds United and Turkish team Galatasaray before the first match of the UEFA Cup semi-final on 5 April 2000, led to two Leeds fans being stabbed to death by Galatasaray fans. The competition was marred by violence involvin…