UEFA Euro 2004
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| UEFA Euro 2004 | |
|---|---|
| Image:Euro2004 logo.JPG | |
| Tournament details | |
| Host nation | Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal |
| Dates | June 12 – July 4 |
| Teams | 16 (from 51 associations) |
| Venues | 10 (in 8 host cities) |
| Champions | Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (1 title) |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches | 31 |
| Goals scored | 77 (2.48 per match) |
| Attendance | 1,156,473 (37,306 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Milan Baroš (5) |
| Best Player | Image:Flag of Greece.svg Theodoros Zagorakis |
The UEFA Euro 2004 (or just Euro 2004) was the twelfth edition of UEFA's quadriennial European Football Championship and was held in Portugal, for the first time, between June 12 and July 4, 2004. Like in the previous two editions, in England and Netherlands/Belgium, sixteen teams contested the final tournament after going through a qualification round which began in 2002. The tournament took place in ten venues located in eight cities — Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, Leiria, Lisbon and Porto.
During the tournament there were several surprises: the German, Italian and Spanish national football teams were knocked out during the group stage; the title-holders France were eliminated in the quarterfinals by unfancied Greece, and the Portuguese hosts managed a winning streak towards the final, following their opening defeat, by beating Spain, England and The Netherlands along the way. For the first time, the final featured the same teams as the opening match, with the hosts losing both of them also for the first time. Portugal was beaten by Greece on both occasions. Greece's triumph was even more outstanding considering that in their only other appearance, back in 1980, they did not win a single game.
During the opening ceremony, the Portuguese portrayed a ship, symbolizing the voyages of the Portuguese explorers, sailing through a sea which gave place to the flags of all competing countries.[1] Such was the enthusiasm that overtook the Greek fans that the ship became the symbol of the Greek victory, as Greeks chanted for the "Pirate Ship" (πειρατικό), as the Greek National Team was instantly named.[2]
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[edit] Qualifying
Qualification for the tournament took place from September 2002 to November 2003. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups of five and each team played two matches against each other, on a home-and-away basis. The first-placed teams from each group qualified automatically and the runners-up took part in a two-match play-off to select the remaining five teams that would join the host nation in the final tournament.
[edit] Teams
The sixteen teams that participated in the final tournament were:
[edit] Venues
[edit] Match officials
Twelve referees were selected for the tournament:[3]
[edit] Mascot
The tournament's official mascot was a boy named Kinas (derived from quinas (English: inescutcheons), one of the symbols of the Portuguese national flag) who wore a Portuguese kit (red shirt and green shorts) and was constantly playing with a football.
[edit] Squads
- For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2004 UEFA European Football Championship squads.
[edit] First round
[edit] Notes
- Tie-breakers [4]
- 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.
[edit] Group A
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
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| Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Image:Flag of Spain.svg Spain | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Image:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 |
[edit] Group B
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image:Flag of France.svg France | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| Image:Flag of England.svg England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | +4 |
| Image:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | −2 |
| Image:Flag of Switzerland.svg Switzerland | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | −5 |
[edit] Group C
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 |
| Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 |
| Image:Flag of Italy.svg Italy | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 |
| Image:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 |
[edit] Group D
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 4 | +3 |
| Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | +2 |
| Image:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 |
| Image:Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | −4 |
[edit] Knockout stages
The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament involving the eight teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round. The successive rounds were: Quarter-finals, Semi-finals, Final. For each game in the knockout stage, a draw was followed by up to thirty minutes of extra time (two fifteen minute halves); if a team scored in the first half of extra time and were still leading after 15 minutes extra time, the team leading would win on a silver goal, if no player scored in the first half of extra time, the full half-hour would be played. If scores were still level after 30 minutes extra time there would be a penalty shootout (at least five penalties each, and more if necessary) to determine who progressed to the next round. Scores after extra time are indicated by (AET), and penalty shoot outs are indicated by (PSO).
| Quarter finals | Semi finals | Final | ||||||||
| 24 June - Lisbon (Estádio da Luz) | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal (pen) | 2 (6) | |||||||||
| 30 June – Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade) | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of England.svg England | 2 (5) | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 2 | |||||||||
| 26 June - Loulé (Estádio do Algarve) | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | 1 | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | 0 (4) | |||||||||
| 4 July – Lisbon (Estádio da Luz) | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands (pen) | 0 (5) | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 June - Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade) | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 1 | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of France.svg France | 0 | |||||||||
| 1 July - Porto (Estádio do Dragão) | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | 1 | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece (aet) | 1 | |||||||||
| 27 June - Porto (Estádio do Dragão) | ||||||||||
| Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 0 | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | 3 | |||||||||
| Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | 0 | |||||||||
[edit] Quarter-finals
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1) .
| 2004-06-24 19:45 | |||
| Portugal Image:Flag of Portugal.svg | 2 – 2 (a.e.t.) (6 – 5 PSO) | Image:Flag of England.svg England | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
| Postiga Image:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Rui Costa Image:Soccerball shade.svg 110' | Owen Image:Soccerball shade.svg 3' Lampard Image:Soccerball shade.svg 115' |
| 2004-06-25 19:45 | |||
| France Image:Flag of France.svg | 0 – 1 | Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 45,390 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
| Charisteas Image:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
| 2004-06-26 19:45 | |||
| Sweden Image:Flag of Sweden.svg | 0 – 0 (a.e.t.) (4 – 5 PSO) | Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Estádio do Algarve, Faro-Loulé Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
| 2004-06-27 19:45 | |||
| Czech Republic Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg | 3 – 0 | Image:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 41,092 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia) |
| Koller Image:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Baroš Image:Soccerball shade.svg 63' Image:Soccerball shade.svg 65' |
[edit] Semi-finals
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)
| 2004-06-30 19:45 | |||
| Portugal Image:Flag of Portugal.svg | 2 – 1 | Image:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 46,679 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
| Ronaldo Image:Soccerball shade.svg 26' Maniche Image:Soccerball shade.svg 58' | Andrade Image:Soccerball shade.svg 63' (o.g.) |
| 2004-07-01 19:45 | |||
| Greece Image:Flag of Greece.svg | 1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Image:Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic | Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 42,449 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
| Dellas Image:Soccerball shade.svg 105+1' |
[edit] Final
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)
| 2004-07-04 19:45 | |||
| Portugal Image:Flag of Portugal.svg | 0 – 1 | Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 62,865 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
| Charisteas Image:Soccerball shade.svg 57' |
| Euro 2004 Champions |
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| Image:Flag of Greece.svg Greece First title |
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Top scoring players
Euro 2004 Top Scorers [5]
[edit] Top scoring teams
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[edit] Fastest goal
2 Minutes : Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia vs Greece)
[edit] Awards
- UEFA Team of the Tournament
- Golden Boot
- UEFA Player of the Tournament
[edit] References
[edit] External links
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