2004 European Football Championship

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Image:Euro2004.jpg 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. The tournament is unique in having the opening and closing matches featuring the same two nations.

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.

Image:Greeks celebrating Euro 2004 victory dsc06432.jpg 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 in the 57th minute. The success of Greece, who had never won a single match in their previous appearances in any finals tournament, was totally unexpected (Bloomberg reports that UK bookmakers gave them 100-1 odds at winning prior to the tournament), but their organisation, passing ability and solid defensive play took their opponents and the rest of the football world by surprise.

During the opening ceremony, the Portuguese portrayed a ship, symbolizing the trips of Vasco da Gama. Such was the enthusiasm that overtook the Greek fans, that the ship became the symbol of the Greek victory, as Greeks where chanting for the 'Pirate Ship', as the Greek National Team was instantly named, into the early morning hours.

Contents 1 Qualifying 2 Teams 3 Squads 4 Stadiums 5 First round 5.1 Notes 5.2 Group A 5.3 Group B 5.4 Group C 5.5 Group D 6 Quarter-finals 7 Semi-finals 8 Final 9 Top scoring players 10 Top scoring teams 11 External links

Qualifying

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

Teams

The participant teams of the Euro 2004 final tournament were:

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Squads

For a list of all the squads that appeared in the final tournament see, 2004 European Football Championship (squads).

Stadiums

Image:Portugal stadiums small.png (stadium name, city – spectator capacity)

• Estádio Algarve, Faro–Loulé – 30,000
• Estádio Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra – 30,000
• Estádio D. Afonso Henriques (King Afonso Henriques Stadium), Guimarães – 30,000
• Estádio da Luz, Lisbon – 65,000
• Estádio do Bessa Século XXI, Porto – 30,000
• Estádio do Dragão (Dragon Stadium), Porto – 52,000
• Estádio Dr. Magalhães 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 + 01:00)
• Half-time scores are in brackets
• Abbreviations:
  • Pld: games played
  • W: won
  • D: drawn
  • L: lost
  • GF: goals for
  • GA: goals against
  • GD: goal difference
  • Pts: points
• Tie-breakers
  • For teams which finish level on points, the following tie-breakers 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 obtained divided by number of matches played);
  7. fair play conduct in EURO 2004;
  8. drawing of lots.

Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Template:PORf	6	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2
2. Template:GREf	4	3	1	1	1	4	4	0
3. Template:ESPf	4	3	1	1	1	2	2	0
4. Template:RUSf	3	3	1	0	2	2	4	-2

June 12, 2004
Portugal	1 – 2 (0-1)	Greece	17:00	Estádio do Dragão	Details
Spain	1 – 0 (0-0)	Russia	19:45	Estádio do Algarve	Details
June 16, 2004
Greece	1 – 1 (0-1)	Spain	17:00	Estádio do Bessa Século XXI	Details
Russia	0 – 2 (0-1)	Portugal	19:45	Estádio da Luz	Details
June 20, 2004
Spain	0 – 1 (0-0)	Portugal	19:45	Estádio José Alvalade	Details
Russia	2 – 1 (2-1)	Greece	19:45	Estádio do Algarve	Details

Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Template:FRAf	7	3	2	1	0	7	4	+3
2. Template:ENGf	6	3	2	0	1	8	4	+4
3. Template:CROf	2	3	0	2	1	4	6	-2
4. Template:SUIf	1	3	0	1	2	1	6	-5

June 13, 2004
Switzerland	0 – 0 (0-0)	Croatia	17:00	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	Details
France	2 – 1 (0-1)	England	19:45	Estádio da Luz	Details
June 17, 2004
England	3 – 0 (1-0)	Switzerland	17:00	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	Details
Croatia	2 – 2 (0-1)	France	19:45	Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa	Details
June 21, 2004
Croatia	2 – 4 (1-2)	England	19:45	Estádio da Luz	Details
Switzerland	1 – 3 (1-1)	France	19:45	Estádio Cidade de Coimbra	Details

Group C

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Template:SWEf	5	3	1	2	0	8	3	+5
2. Template:DENf	5	3	1	2	0	4	2	+2
3. Template:ITAf	5	3	1	2	0	3	2	+1
4. Template:BULf	0	3	0	0	3	1	9	-8

June 14, 2004
Denmark	0 – 0 (0-0)	Italy	17:00	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	Details
Sweden	5 – 0 (1-0)	Bulgaria	19:45	Estádio José Alvalade	Details
June 18, 2004
Bulgaria	0 – 2 (0-1)	Denmark	17:00	Estádio Municipal de Braga	Details
Italy	1 – 1 (1-0)	Sweden	19:45	Estádio do Dragão	Details
June 22, 2004
Italy	2 – 1 (0-1)	Bulgaria	19:45	Estádio D. Afonso Henriques	Details
Denmark	2 – 2 (1-0)	Sweden	19:45	Estádio do Bessa Século XXI	Details

Group D

Team	Pts	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
1. Template:CZEf	9	3	3	0	0	7	4	+3
2. Template:NEDf	4	3	1	1	1	6	4	+2
3. Template:GERf	2	3	0	2	1	2	3	-1
4. Template:LVAf	1	3	0	1	2	1	5	-4

June 15, 2004
Czech Republic	2 – 1 (0-1)	Latvia	17:00	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	Details
Germany	1 – 1 (1-0)	Netherlands	19:45	Estádio do Dragão	Details
June 19, 2004
Latvia	0 – 0 (0-0)	Germany	17:00	Estádio do Bessa Século XXI	Details
Netherlands	2 – 3 (0-0)	Czech Republic	19:45	Estádio Municipal de Aveiro	Details
June 23, 2004
Netherlands	3 – 0 (2-0)	Latvia	19:45	Estádio Municipal de Braga	Details
Germany	1 – 2 (1-1)	Czech Republic	19:45	Estádio José Alvalade	Details

Quarter-finals

June 24, 2004
Portugal	1 – 1 (0-1)	England	19:45	Estádio da Luz	Details
After extra time:	2 – 2 (1-1)	Penalty shootout: 6 – 5
June 25, 2004
France	0 – 1 (0-0)	Greece	19:45	Estádio José Alvalade	Details
June 26, 2004
Sweden	0 – 0 (0-0)	Netherlands	19:45	Estádio do Algarve	Details
After extra time:	0 – 0 (0-0)	Penalty shootout: 4 – 5
June 27, 2004
Czech Republic	3 – 0 (0-0)	Denmark	19:45	Estádio do Dragão	Details

Semi-finals

June 30, 2004
Portugal	2 – 1 (1-0)	Netherlands	19:45	Estádio José Alvalade	Details
July 1, 2004
Greece	0 – 0 (0-0)	Czech Republic	19:45	Estádio do Dragão	Details
After extra time:	1 – 0	Match decided on silver goal

Final

July 4, 2004
Portugal	0 – 1 (0-0)	Greece	19:45	Estádio da Luz	Details

Euro 2004 Champions: Image:Flag of Greece.svg GREECE First title

Top scoring players

5 goals

• Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Baroš

4 goals

• Image:Flag of England.svg Wayne Rooney
• Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Ruud van Nistelrooy

3 goals

• Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Jon Dahl Tomasson
• Image:Flag of England.svg Frank Lampard
• Image:Flag of France.svg Zinedine Zidane
• Image:Flag of Greece.svg Angelos Charisteas
• Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Henrik Larsson

2 goals

• Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Marek Heinz
• Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Jan Koller
• Image:Flag of France.svg Thierry Henry
• Image:Flag of Italy.svg Antonio Cassano
• Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Cristiano Ronaldo - Maniche - Rui Costa
• Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Zlatan Ibrahimovic

Top scoring teams

10 goals

• Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic
• Image:Flag of England.svg England

8 goals

• Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal
• Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden

7 goals

• Image:Flag of France.svg France
• Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece
• Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands

External links

• BBC coverage
• Photo Gallery of Lisbon during Euro 2004

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