UEFA Euro 2004

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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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.

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

Braga Guimarães Porto Aveiro Coimbra Leiria Lisbon Faro/Loulé

Lisbon

Porto

Estádio da Luz

Estádio José Alvalade

Estádio do Dragão

Capacity: 65,000

Capacity: 52,000

Aveiro

Coimbra

Braga

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra

Estádio Municipal de Braga

Capacity: 30,000

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Estádio do Algarve

Estádio do Bessa Século XXI

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

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
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

Statistics

Top scorers

5 goals

Milan Baroš

4 goals

3 goals

Henrik Larsson

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals^[2]

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

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.
Benfica's Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Estádio do Dragão in Porto, Portugal
Estádio do Algarve, Faro, Portugal
Estadio Municipal de Braga*Eduardo Souto de Moura 2000/2003 2011-08-17

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)

[1] Euro 2004 Tiebreakers – Explained

[2] "Own goals against". UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations). Archived from the original on 7 July 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.

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