Football On 5 - International Football

International Football

From 1997 to 2007, Channel 5 showed many away qualifying matches involving the home nations. England were shown playing in Poland (twice), Luxembourg, Bulgaria and Albania. This was the high point of Football on 5's early coverage as they showed all the qualifying campaign for Euro 2000 for England

They also showed Scotland games which included their crucial final qualifier for World Cup '98 at home to Latvia, plus trips to Lithuania, Faroe Islands, Czech Republic, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia, Latvia, San Marino, Croatia and Belgium. They also showed the second leg of their Euro 2004 play-off with Holland

Many Ireland away matches were shown in qualification for the 2002 World Cup, these included the away matches against Holland, Portugal, Cypurs, Andorra, and Estonia. This stopped in 2002, but was resumed with Ireland's away match in Israel in 2005.They showed the second leg of their Euro 2004 play-off with Holland

Wales' Euro 2000 qualifiers away to Italy and Bulgaria were and they showed the first Wales football match at the Millenium Stadium against Brazil in 2000. They also covered a Northern Ireland's match in Moldova which was their only match on the network.

Channel 5 won the terrestrial UK rights for the FIFA Confederations Cup in 2001, 2003 and 2005 showing a selection of matches including each final along with games featuring any English or Scottish teams who participate in the FIFA World Club Cup. Channel 5's coverage of the FIFA Confederations Cup ended after the 2005 tournament as BBC Sport won the rights and covered the event on BBC Red Button or BBC Three. .