2004 European Football Championship Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description

The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called EURO 2004, was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. The UEFA European Championship is a quadrennial football competition between national teams organised by UEFA, the sports governing body in Europe. This was the first time that the competition was held in Portugal.

Qualifying for EURO 2004 took place from September 2002 to November 2003. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups and each team played the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top teams automatically qualified for EURO 2004, and the ten group runners-up took part in play-offs to determine another five teams. Together with the host nation of Portugal, who did not need to go through the qualifying process (as is usual), 16 nations competed in EURO 2004.

The final was played on July 4, and was almost a replay of the opening game: the host Portugal versus Greece. Greece won 1-0 with a single goal from a corner via Angelos Charisteas' head on the 57th minute. The success of Greece, who had never won a single match in their previous appearances in any finals tournament, was extremely unexpected (Bloomberg reports that UK bookmakers gave them 100-1 odds at winning prior to the tournament), but their organisation and solid defensive play took their opponents and the rest of the football world by surprise.

Table of contents

1 Qualification 2 Team squads 3 Stadiums 4 First round 4.1 Notes 4.2 Group A 4.3 Group B 4.4 Group C 4.5 Group D 5 Quarter-finals 6 Semi-finals 7 Final 8 Top scoring players 9 Top scoring teams 10 External links

Qualification

Portugal qualified automatically, as it was the host of the competition. The 15 teams that qualified alongside Portugal were:

• Bulgaria
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• England
• France
• Germany
• Greece
• Italy
• Latvia
• Netherlands
• Russia
• Spain
• Sweden
• Switzerland

For details of qualifying matches check 2004 UEFA European Championship (qualifying).

Team squads

See 2004 UEFA European Championship (team squads) for details.

Stadiums

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• Estádio Algarve, Faro–Loulé – 30,000
• Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra – 30,000
• Estádio D. Afonso Henriques (King Afonso Henriques Stadium), Guimarăes – 30,000
• Estádio da Luz, Lisbon – 65,000
• Estádio do Bessa Século XXI, Porto – 30,000
• Estádio do Dragăo (Dragon Stadium), Porto – 52,000
• Estádio Dr. Magalhăes Pessoa, Leiria – 30,000
• Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon – 52,000
• Estádio Municipal de Aveiro, Aveiro – 30,000
• Estádio Municipal de Braga, Braga – 30,000

First round

Notes

• All times local (UTC + 0100)
• Abbreviations:
  • Pld: games played
  • W: won
  • D: drawn
  • L: lost
  • GF: goals for
  • GA: goals against
  • Pts: points
  • HT: half-time
  • FT: full time
  • ET: extra time
  • Ref: referee
  • pen: penalty kick
  • s/o: sent off
  • og: own goal
• Tie-breakers
  • For teams which finish level on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  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 obtained divided by number of matches played);
• fair play conduct in EURO 2004;
• drawing of lots.

Group A

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Portugal	3	2	0	1	4	2	6
Greece	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Russia	3	1	0	2	2	4	3

12 June
	Portugal	1 – 2	Greece		Dragăo (1700)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
	Ronaldo 90'+3'		Karagounis 7'
			Basinas (pen) 51'
	Match stats
	Spain	1 – 0	Russia		Algarve (1945)
		(HT: 0-0)			Ref: Urs Meier (Swi)
	Valeron 60'		s/o: Sharonov 88'
	Match stats
16 June
	Greece	1 – 1	Spain		Bessa (1700)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Luboš Michel; (Slo)
	Charisteas 66'		Morientes 28'
	Match stats
	Russia	0 – 2	Portugal		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Terje Hauge (Nor)
	s/o: Ovchinnikov 45'		Maniche 7'
			Rui Costa 89'
	Match stats
20 June
	Spain	0 – 1	Portugal		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
			Gomes 57'
	Match stats
	Russia	2 – 1	Greece		Algarve (1945)
		(HT: 2–1)			Ref: Gilles Veissičre (Fra)
	Kirichenko 2'		Vryzas 43'
	Bulykin 17'
	Match stats

Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	7	4	7
England	3	2	0	1	8	4	6
Croatia	3	0	2	1	4	6	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	6	1

13 June
	Switzerland	0 – 0	Croatia		Dr. Magalhăes Pessoa (1700)
		(HT: 0-0)			Ref: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Por)
	s/o: Vogel 50'
	Match stats
	France	2 – 1	England		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
	Zidane 90'+1'		Lampard 38'
	Zidane (pen) 90'+3'
	Match stats
17 June
	England	3 – 0	Switzerland		Cidade de Coimbra (1700)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Valentin Ivanov (Rus)
	Rooney 23'		s/o: Haas 60'
	Rooney 75'
	Gerrard 82'
	Match stats
	Croatia	2 – 2	France		Dr. Magalhăes Pessoa (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
	Rapaić (pen) 48'		Tudor (og) 22'
	Pršo; 52'		Trezeguet 64'
	Match stats
21 June
	Croatia	2 – 4	England		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 1–2)			Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
	Kovač 5'		Scholes 40'
	Tudor 73'		Rooney 45' + 1'
			Rooney 68'
			Lampard 79'
	Match stats
	Switzerland	1 – 3	France		Cidade de Coimbra (1945)
		(HT: 1–1)			Ref: Luboš Michel; (Slo)
	Vonlanthen 26'		Zidane 20'
			Henry 76'
			Henry 84'
	Match stats

Group C

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	5
Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	5
Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	5
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	0

Italy, Denmark and Sweden are separated by goals scored in games involving those teams. Sweden finished first having scored 3 goals, Denmark second with 2 goals, and Italy finished third with only 1 goal in their games with Sweden and Denmark

14 June
	Denmark	0 – 0	Italy		D. Afonso Henriques (1700)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (Spa)
	Match stats
	Sweden	5 – 0	Bulgaria		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Michael Riley (Eng)
	Ljungberg 32'
	Larsson 57'
	Larsson 58'
	Ibrahimovic (pen) 78'
	Allbäck 90'+1'
	Match stats
18 June
	Bulgaria	0 – 2	Denmark		Municipal de Braga (1700)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Por)
	s/o: S. Petrov 83'		Tomasson 44'
			Grřnkjćr 90'+2'
	Match stats
	Italy	1 – 1	Sweden		Dragăo (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Urs Meier (Swi)
	Cassano 37'		Ibrahimovic 85'
	Match stats
22 June
	Italy	2 – 1	Bulgaria		D. Afonso Henriques (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Valentin Ivanov (Rus)
	Perrotta 48'		M. Petrov (pen) 45'
	Cassano 90'+4'
	Match stats
	Denmark	2 – 2	Sweden		Bessa (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
	Tomasson 28'		Larsson (pen) 47'
	Tomasson 65'		Jonson 89'
	Match stats

Group D

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Rep	3	3	0	0	7	4	9
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	4	4
Germany	3	0	2	1	2	3	2
Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	1

15 June
	Czech Republic	2 – 1	Latvia		Municipal de Aveiro (1700)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Gilles Veissičre (Fra)
	Baroš 73'		Verpakovskis 45'+1'
	Heinz 85'
	Match stats
	Germany	1 – 1	Netherlands		Dragăo (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
	Frings 30'		van Nistelrooy 81'
	Match stats
19 June
	Latvia	0 – 0	Germany		Bessa (1700)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Michael Riley (Eng)
	Match stats
	Netherlands	2 – 3	Czech Republic		Municipal de Aveiro (1945)
		(HT: 2–1)			Ref: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (Spa)
	Bouma 3'		Koller 23'
	van Nistelrooy 19'		Baroš 71'
			Šmicer; 88'
	Match stats
23 June
	Netherlands	3 – 0	Latvia		Municipal de Braga (1945)
		(HT: 2–0)			Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
	van Nistelrooy (pen) 27'
	van Nistelrooy 35'
	Makaay 84'
	Match stats
	Germany	1 – 2	Czech Republic		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 1–1)			Ref: Terje Hauge (Nor)
	Ballack 21'		Heinz 30'
			Baroš 77'
	Match stats

Quarter-finals

Games in the knock-out stage that are level after 90 minutes go to silver goal extra time: if a team is leading at the end of the first half of extra time then the game ends. If the teams remain level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will determine the winner.

24 June
QF1:	Portugal	2 – 2	England		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Urs Meier (Swi)
		(FT: 1–1)
		(ET: 2–2)
	Postiga 83'		Owen 3'
	Rui Costa 110'		Lampard 115'
	Portugal win 6–5 on penalties
	Penalty Shoot-Out
		0–0	miss – Beckham
	Deco – goal	1–0
		1–1	goal – Owen
	Simăo – goal	2–1
		2–2	goal – Lampard
	Rui Costa – miss	2–2
		2–3	goal – Terry
	Ronaldo – goal	3–3
		3–4	goal – Hargreaves
	Maniche – goal	4–4
	Sudden Death Penalty Shoot-Out
		4–5	goal – A. Cole
	Postiga – goal	5–5
		5–5	save – Vassell
	Ricardo – goal	6–5
	Match stats
25 June
QF2:	France	0 – 1	Greece		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
			Charisteas 65'
	Match stats
26 June
QF3:	Sweden	0 – 0	Netherlands		Algarve (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Luboš Michel; (Slo)
		(FT: 0–0)
		(ET: 0–0)
	Netherlands win 4–5 on penalties
	Penalty Shoot-Out
	Källström – goal	1–0
		1–1	goal – van Nistelrooy
	Larsson – goal	2–1
		2–2	goal – Heitinga
	Ibrahimovic – miss	2–2
		2–3	goal – Reiziger
	Ljungberg – goal	3–3
		3–3	miss – Cocu
	Wilhelmsson – goal	4–3
		4–4	goal – Makaay
	Sudden Death Penalty Shoot-Out
	Mellberg – save	4–4
		4–5	goal – Robben
	Match stats
27 June
QF4:	Czech Republic	3 – 0	Denmark		Dragăo (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Valentin Ivanov (Rus)
	Koller 49'
	Baroš 63'
	Baroš 65'
	Match stats

Semi-finals

30 June
SF1:	Portugal	2 – 1	Netherlands		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
	Ronaldo 26'		Andrade (og) 63'
	Maniche 58'
	Match stats
1 July
SF2:	Greece	1 - 0	Czech Republic		Dragăo (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
		(FT: 0–0)
	Dellas 105' (silver goal)
	Match stats

Final

4 July
	Portugal	0 - 1	Greece		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
			Charisteas 57'
	Match stats
	EURO 2004 champions: GREECE (squad)

Top scoring players

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
• Cristiano Ronaldo - Maniche - Rui Costa
• Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Top scoring teams

10 goals

• Czech Republic
• England

8 goals

• Portugal
• Sweden

7 goals

• France
• Greece

External links

• EURO 2004 official website
• UEFA official website

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