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.

UEFA Euro 2004

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)
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
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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
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

200px Braga Guimarães Porto Aveiro Coimbra Leiria Lisbon Faro/Loulé	Lisbon	Lisbon	Porto
	Estádio da Luz	Estádio José Alvalade	Estádio do Dragão
	Capacity: 65,000	Capacity: 52,000	Capacity: 52,000
	Estádio da Luz	Estádio José Alvalade	Estádio do Dragão
	Aveiro	Coimbra	Braga
	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	Estádio Municipal de Braga
	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 30,000	Capacity: 30,000
	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	Estádio Municipal de Braga
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
Estádio Municipal de Guimarães	Estádio do Algarve	Estádio do Bessa Século XXI

Referees

Twelve referees were selected for the tournament:

Kim Milton Nielsen Mike Riley Gilles Veissière Markus Merk

Pierluigi Collina Terje Hauge Lucílio Batista Valentin Ivanov

Ľuboš Micheľ Manuel Mejuto González Anders Frisk Urs Meier

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;
2. greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
4. greater goal difference in all group games;
5. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
6. higher coefficient derived from Euro 2004 and 2002 World Cup qualifiers (points reached divided by number of matches played);
7. fair play conduct in Euro 2004;
8. 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
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
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

Top scorers

5 goals

• Milan Baroš

4 goals

• Wayne Rooney
• Ruud van Nistelrooy

3 goals

Jon Dahl Tomasson Frank Lampard

Zinedine Zidane Angelos Charisteas

Henrik Larsson

2 goals

Marek Heinz Jan Koller Thierry Henry

Antonio Cassano Rui Costa Maniche

Cristiano Ronaldo Zlatan Ibrahimović

1 goal

Martin Petrov Niko Kovač Dado Pršo Milan Rapaić Igor Tudor Vladimír Šmicer Jesper Grønkjær Steven Gerrard Michael Owen Paul Scholes David Trezeguet

Michael Ballack Torsten Frings Angelos Basinas Traianos Dellas Giorgos Karagounis Zisis Vryzas Simone Perrotta Māris Verpakovskis Wilfred Bouma Roy Makaay

Nuno Gomes Hélder Postiga Dmitri Bulykin Dmitri Kirichenko Fernando Morientes Juan Carlos Valerón Marcus Allbäck Mattias Jonson Fredrik Ljungberg Johan Vonlanthen

Own goals

• Igor Tudor (playing against France)
• Jorge Andrade (playing against the Netherlands)

UEFA Team of the tournament

Goalkeepers	Defenders	Midfielders	Forwards
Petr Čech Antonios Nikopolidis	Sol Campbell Ricardo Carvalho Ashley Cole Traianos Dellas Olof Mellberg Giourkas Seitaridis 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

UEFA Euro 2004 Media

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  Opening ceremony at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto

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  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.

• Benfica's Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal

• Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal

• Porto Estádio do Dragão 2.jpg

  Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal

• Estádio do Algarve, Faro, Portugal

• Estadio Municipal de Braga*Eduardo Souto de Moura 2000/2003 2011-08-17

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)