UEFA Euro 2004
The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship (or just Euro 2004) was the twelfth tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship, a football tournament held all four years for European nations. It was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. The UEFA Euro was given to Portugal in 1999. Winner was Greece after a 1:0 versus Portugal.The qualification was held in 10 groups of five in the years 2002 and 2003.
| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Host country | Portugal |
| Dates | 12 June – 4 July |
| Teams | 16 |
| Venue(s) | 10 (in 8 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Greece (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Portugal |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Goals scored | 77 (2.48 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,156,473 (37,306 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) |  Milan Baroš (5 goals) |
| Best player(s) | Theodoros Zagorakis |
Countries that directly qualified for UEFA Euro 2004
The qualification was held in 10 groups of five in the years 2002 and 2003.
- Group 1:France
- Group 2:Denmark
- Group 3:Czech Republic
- Group 4:Sweden
- Group 5:Germany
- Group 6:Greece
- Group 7:England
- Group 8:Bulgaria
- Group 9:Italy
- Group10:Switzerland
Play offs
The teams on the second place of the groups held a Play off round.
| Team 1 | Agg. | Team 2 | 1st leg | 2nd leg |
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Scotland  |
1–6 |  Netherlands |
1–0 | 0–6 |
Croatia  |
2–1 |  Slovenia |
1–1 | 1–0 |
Russia  |
1–0 |  Wales |
0–0 | 1–0 |
Latvia  |
3–2 |  Turkey |
1–0 | 2–2 |
Spain  |
5–1 |  Norway |
2–1 | 3–0 |
Venues
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Lisbon | Lisbon | Porto | |
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| Estádio da Luz | Estádio José Alvalade | Estádio do Dragão | ||
| Capacity: 65,000 | Capacity: 52,000 | Capacity: 52,000 | ||
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| Aveiro | Coimbra | Braga | ||
| Estádio Municipal de Aveiro | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | Estádio Municipal de Braga | ||
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | ||
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| Guimarães | Faro/Loulé | Porto | Leiria | |
| Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | Estádio do Algarve | Estádio do Bessa Século XXI | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa | |
| Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | |
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Referees
Twelve referees were selected for the tournament:
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Results
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).
Tie-breaking criteria
For teams that finish equal in points, the following rules are used:[1]
- greater number of points in the matches between the teams in question;
- greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
- greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
- greater goal difference in all group games;
- greater number of goals scored in all group games;
- higher coefficient derived from Euro 2004 and 2002 World Cup qualifiers (points reached divided by number of matches played);
- fair play conduct in Euro 2004;
- drawing
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portugal |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 6 |
| Greece |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Spain |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Russia |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 |
| 12 June 2004 | ||
| Portugal | 1 – 2 | Greece |
| Spain | 1 – 0 | Russia |
| 16 June 2004 | ||
| Greece | 1 – 1 | Spain |
| Russia | 0 – 2 | Portugal |
| 20 June 2004 | ||
| Spain | 0 – 1 | Portugal |
| Russia | 2 – 1 | Greece |
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 France |
3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 7 |
 England |
3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 | 6 |
| Croatia |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 | 2 |
 Switzerland |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 | 1 |
| 13 June 2004 | ||
| Switzerland | 0 – 0 | Croatia |
| France | 2 – 1 | England |
| 17 June 2004 | ||
| England | 3 – 0 | Switzerland |
| Croatia | 2 – 2 | France |
| 21 June 2004 | ||
| Croatia | 2 – 4 | England |
| Switzerland | 1 – 3 | France |
Group C
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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 Sweden |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 |
 Denmark |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 |
 Italy |
3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 |
 Bulgaria |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 |
| 14 June 2004 | ||
| Denmark | 0 – 0 | Italy |
| Sweden | 5 – 0 | Bulgaria |
| 18 June 2004 | ||
| Bulgaria | 0 – 2 | Denmark |
| Italy | 1 – 1 | Sweden |
| 22 June 2004 | ||
| Italy | 2 – 1 | Bulgaria |
| Denmark | 2 – 2 | Sweden |
Group D
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| Czech Republic |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 9 |
| Netherlands |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
 Germany |
3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
| Latvia |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 | 1 |
| 15 June 2004 | ||
| Czech Republic | 2 – 1 | Latvia |
| Germany | 1 – 1 | Netherlands |
| 19 June 2004 | ||
| Latvia | 0 – 0 | Germany |
| Netherlands | 2 – 3 | Czech Republic |
| 23 June 2004 | ||
| Netherlands | 3 – 0 | Latvia |
| Germany | 1 – 2 | Czech Republic |
Knock out stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 24 June – Lisbon (Estádio da Luz) | ||||||||||
| Portugal |
2 (6) | |||||||||
| 30 June – Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade) | ||||||||||
| England |
2 (5) | |||||||||
| Portugal |
2 | |||||||||
| 26 June – Loulé (Estádio do Algarve) | ||||||||||
| Netherlands |
1 | |||||||||
| Sweden |
0 (4) | |||||||||
| 4 July – Lisbon (Estádio da Luz) | ||||||||||
| Netherlands (pen.) |
0 (5) | |||||||||
| Portugal |
0 | |||||||||
| 25 June – Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade) | ||||||||||
| Greece |
1 | |||||||||
| France |
0 | |||||||||
| 1 July – Porto (Estádio do Dragão) | ||||||||||
| Greece |
1 | |||||||||
| Greece (a.e.t.) |
1 | |||||||||
| 27 June – Porto (Estádio do Dragão) | ||||||||||
| Czech Republic |
0 | |||||||||
| Czech Republic |
3 | |||||||||
| Denmark |
0 | |||||||||
Statistics
Top scorers
- 5 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
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- 1 goal
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- Own goals[2]
- Igor Tudor (playing against France)
- Jorge Andrade (playing against the Netherlands)
UEFA Team of the tournament
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
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| Petr Čech Antonios Nikopolidis |
Sol Campbell Ricardo Carvalho Ashley Cole Traianos Dellas Olof Mellberg Giourkas Seitaridis.svg.png.webp){kind=small} Gianluca Zambrotta |
Michael Ballack Luís Figo Frank Lampard Maniche Pavel Nedvěd Theodoros Zagorakis Zinedine Zidane |
Milan Baroš Angelos Charisteas Henrik Larsson Ruud van Nistelrooy Cristiano Ronaldo Wayne Rooney Jon Dahl Tomasson |
References
- Euro 2004 Tiebreakers – Explained
- "Own goals against". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). Archived from the original on 7 July 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
Other websites
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 2004 UEFA European Championship.
- UEFA Euro 2004 history at UEFA.com
- UEFA Euro 2004 coverage at BBC Sport
- Official website (archived) (in Portuguese, French, German, Spanish, Italian, Russian, and Japanese)
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