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 | |
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Host country | Portugal |
Dates | 12 June – 4 July |
Teams | 16 |
Venue(s) | 10 (in 8 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Greece (1st title) |
Runner-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 | Theodoros Zagorakis |
← 2000 2008 → |
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
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 | ||
Aveiro | Coimbra | Braga | ||
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | Estádio Municipal de Braga | ||
Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | Capacity: 30,000 | ||
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 | |
Referees
Twelve referees were selected for the tournament:
Results
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).
First round
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 |
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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 |
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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
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
- Own goals[2]
- Igor Tudor (playing against France)
- Jorge Andrade (playing against the Netherlands)
UEFA Team of the tournament
UEFA Euro 2004 Media
Opening ceremony at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto
Swedish striker Henrik Larsson taking a free kick against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals
Angelos Charisteas (first from left with white shirt), scoring Greece's winner against Portugal in the final.
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
- 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)