UEFA Euro 2004
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) |
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 |
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 |
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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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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
- 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 |
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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 |
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)