UEFA Euro 2004
| Campeonato da Europa de Futebol 2004 | |
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| 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, better known as Euro 2004, was the 12th European Football Championship, a quadrennial football tournament for European national teams. It was hosted in Portugal, for the first time, between 12 June and 4 July 2004, following its selection by UEFA, in 1999, above the rival bids from Spain and Austria–Hungary.[1] As in the previous tournaments in England and Netherlands–Belgium, sixteen teams contested the final tournament after going through a qualification round, which began in late 2002. The tournament took place in ten venues located in eight cities: Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, Leiria, Porto and Lisbon.
The tournament was rich in surprises: Germany, Italy and Spain were knocked out during the group stage; the title-holders France were eliminated in the quarter-finals by underdogs Greece, and the Portuguese hosts recovered from their opening defeat to reach the final, eliminating Spain, England and 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, for the first time as well, as Portugal were beaten by Greece on both occasions. Greece's triumph was even more outstanding considering that they had only qualified for two other major tournaments, in 1980 and 1994 and their win in the opening match in 2004 was the first time they had even won a game in a major tournament.
During the opening ceremony, one of the tableaux depicted a ship, symbolizing the voyages of the Portuguese explorers, sailing through a sea which gave way to the flags of all competing countries.[2] The ship caught the imagination of the Greek media and public, and the Greek team was dubbed the "Pirate Ship" (πειρατικό) for the manner in which the unfancied team "stole" the title from under the noses of the established sides. Portuguese-Canadian pop singer Nelly Furtado performed her single and official theme song "Força", which represented Portuguese folk music and culture.
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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.
Teams
The sixteen teams that participated in the final tournament were:
UEFA Euro 2004 finalists.
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Venues
| Lisbon | Lisbon | Porto |
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| Estádio da Luz | Estádio José Alvalade | Estádio do Dragão |
| Capacity: 65,647 | Capacity: 50,466 | Capacity: 50,476 |
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| Aveiro | Coimbra | |
| Estádio Municipal de Aveiro | Estádio Cidade de Coimbra | |
| Capacity: 30,970 | Capacity: 30,210 | |
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| Braga | Guimarães | |
| Estádio Municipal de Braga | Estádio D. Afonso Henriques | |
| Capacity: 30,154 | Capacity: 30,146 | |
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| Faro/Loulé | Porto | Leiria |
| Estádio Algarve | Estádio do Bessa Século XXI | Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa |
| Capacity: 30,002 | Capacity: 28,263 | Capacity: 23,850 |
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Match officials
Twelve referees were selected for the tournament:[3]
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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.
Seeding
| Pot 1 | Pot 2 | Pot 3 | Pot 4 |
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Squads
- For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2004 UEFA European Football Championship squads.
Summary
Group stage
Group A opened with a shock as Greece, ranked outsiders from start, defeated the hosts 2-1. Giorgos Karagounis put them ahead after only seven minutes and Angelos Basinas made it 2-0 from the penalty spot on 51 minutes. An injury time goal from Cristiano Ronaldo proved no more than a consolation. The Greeks then drew with Spain before losing to Russia in their last game. Greece and Spain finished with identical records but the Greeks were given second place on the basis of more goals scored. Portugal, meanwhile, recovered from their opening-game defeat and took first place in Group A.
France, the holders, and England ended their Group B encounter in furious fashion as the French scored twice in injury time to go from 1-0 down to 2-1 winners; Zinedine Zidane scored in the first minute of injury time and two minutes later, an error by the English defence gave a France penalty and Zidane fired in the winner. England's other two games were memorable for the performances of their young star Wayne Rooney. Only 18 at the time, Rooney's goal-scoring ability proved instrumental in victories over Switzerland (3-0) and Croatia (4-2). England and France qualified from the group.
Group C featured a bizarre three-way tie between Sweden, Denmark, and Italy for first spot. All matches between the three sides had ended in draws and all three had beaten Bulgaria. Italy were ultimately eliminated on the number of goals scored between the three sides after Sweden and Denmark drew 2-2. The Italians went so far as to accuse Sweden and Denmark of fixing their match as both sides knew that a 2-2 result would advance them both over Italy but UEFA disregarded such an idea.[4]
The Czech Republic were only team to finish the groups stages perfectly; they defeated Latvia, the Netherlands, and Germany. It was another disappointing European campaign for Germany, which failed to advance from the group stage once again. The Netherlands claimed the runner-up place in Group D.
Quarter-finals and semi-finals
In the first quarter-final between England and Portugal, the English opened the scoring after only two minutes through Michael Owen. Portugal's constant attacking pressure from then on resulted in Hélder Postiga's 83rd minute equaliser. A controversial incident came in the dying minutes when Michael Owen hit the Portuguese crossbar, resulting in a Sol Campbell header, which appeared to have given England the lead again, but his header was ruled out for what the referee Urs Meier deemed a foul on the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo Pereira. The sides exchanged goals in extra-time, sending the match to penalty kicks and Portugal won 6-5; Portugal's goalkeeper Ricardo saved a penalty from Darius Vassell and then scored the winning goal.
The Greeks, meanwhile, continued to stun everybody. Firm defensive play and an Angelos Charisteas goal on 65 minutes helped them defeat France 1-0 and send them through to the semi-finals. This victory made Greece the first team to defeat both the holders and the hosts in the same tournament. Sweden and the Netherlands played out an exciting encounter but neither side could find a breakthrough and the match ended goalless after extra-time. The Dutch progressed after winning the penalty shootout 5-4, their first ever victory on penalties. The last quarter-final saw the Czechs dispatch Denmark as a two-goal effort from Milan Baroš helped seal a 3-0 win.
Portugal and the Netherlands faced each other in the first semi-final. Ronaldo put the hosts into the lead from a corner kick midway through the first half and just before the hour mark a spectacular goal from Maniche made it 2-0 for Portugal. An own goal from Jorge Andrade gave the Netherlands a glimmer of hope. Portugal came close to scoring a third goal that was only stopped by Philip Cocu's blocking attempt. The game ended 2-1 to Portugal and the hosts, after their opening day failure, were through to the final of their European Championship. The Czech Republic looked likely candidates to face the hosts in the final but they would have to see off the upstart Greeks to do so. The Czechs had several chances, including a shot from Tomáš Rosický that struck the bar. The game remained goalless until the dying moments of the first half of extra-time when Traianos Dellas headed home the winner, the first and only silver goal in a European Championship.
Final
The final was a repeat of the opening game of the tournament and Portugal were hoping to avenge their opening day loss. Portugal furiously attacked and dominated the possession but once again, sturdy defending and goalkeeping from Greece kept the Portuguese hosts off the scoreboard. Just before the hour mark, Greece earned a corner kick from which Angelos Charisteas scored. Portugal continued to press after the goal but even with five minutes of injury-time added, they could not find an equaliser. Greece won the match 1–0 and were crowned as European champions, a title that they were given a 150–1 chance [5] of winning before the tournament.
Results
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).
First round
Tie-breaking criteria
For teams that finish level on points, the following tie-breakers are used:[6]
- 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.
If two teams playing in the final group game have identical records going into that match, and the match ends in a draw, then a penalty shootout would be played, rather than using the above criteria. Euro 2004 marked the introduction of this procedure, although it did not need to be used. The same procedure was also used at Euro 2008.
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 |
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 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 |
Knockout stage
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.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 24 June - Lisbon (Estádio da Luz) | ||||||||||
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2 (6) | |||||||||
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0 (5) | |||||||||
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| Greece (a.e.t.) |
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| Czech Republic |
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Quarter-finals
| 24 June 2004 19:45 |
Portugal |
2 – 2 (a.e.t.) | England |
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 65,000 Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland) |
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Postiga  83'Rui Costa 110' |
Owen 3' Lampard 115' |
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| Deco Simão Rui Costa  Ronaldo Maniche Postiga Ricardo |
6–5 | Beckham Owen Lampard Terry Hargreaves Cole Vassell |
| 25 June 2004 19:45 |
France |
0 – 1 | Greece |
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 45,390 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
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| Charisteas 65' |
| 26 June 2004 19:45 |
Sweden |
0 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Netherlands |
Estádio do Algarve, Faro-Loulé Attendance: 30,000 Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) |
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| Källström Larsson Ibrahimović Ljungberg Wilhelmsson Mellberg |
4 – 5 | van Nistelrooy Heitinga Reiziger Cocu Makaay Robben |
| 27 June 2004 19:45 |
Czech Republic |
3 – 0 | Denmark |
Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 41,092 Referee: Valentin Ivanov (Russia) |
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| Koller 49' Baroš 63' 65' |
Semi-finals
| 30 June 2004 19:45 |
Portugal |
2 – 1 | Netherlands |
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon Attendance: 46,679 Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden) |
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| Ronaldo 26' Maniche 58' |
Andrade 63' (o.g.) |
| 1 July 2004 19:45 |
Greece |
1 – 0 (a.e.t.) | Czech Republic |
Estádio do Dragão, Porto Attendance: 42,449 Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy) |
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Dellas  105+1' |
Final
| 4 July 2004 19:45 |
Portugal |
0 – 1 | Greece |
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 62,865 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany) |
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| Charisteas 57' |
Statistics
Goalscorers
Euro 2004 Top Scorers [7]
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Awards
- UEFA Team of the Tournament
| Goalkeepers | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards |
| Petr Čech |
Sol Campbell |
Michael Ballack |
Milan Baroš |
| Antonios Nikopolidis |
Ashley Cole |
Luís Figo |
Angelos Charisteas |
| Traianos Dellas |
Frank Lampard |
Henrik Larsson |
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| Olof Mellberg |
Maniche |
Cristiano Ronaldo |
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| Ricardo Carvalho |
Pavel Nedvěd |
Wayne Rooney |
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| Giourkas Seitaridis |
Theodoros Zagorakis |
Jon Dahl Tomasson |
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| Gianluca Zambrotta |
Zinedine Zidane |
Ruud van Nistelrooy |
- Golden Boot
- UEFA Player of the Tournament
- Theodoros Zagorakis
Discipline
At UEFA Euro 2004, players may be suspended from playing in subsequent matches upon the collection of a certain number of yellow or red cards. If a player is shown a red card – whether as a result of two bookable offences or a straight red – that player is suspended from playing in his team's next match. If his team is eliminated from the competition before the end of his suspension, the games carry over to the 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification matches. A player is also suspended for one match for picking up two yellow cards in separate matches. However, any yellow cards accumulated are annulled once a team is eliminated from the tournament or reaches the semi-finals.
In extreme cases of ill-discipline, UEFA may choose to have a disciplinary panel examine the incident in order to determine whether or not further suspension is required.
The following players were suspended for one or more games as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulation:
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| Roman Sharonov |
 in Group A v Spain |
Group A v Portugal | Suspension due to second yellow card of match |
| Giorgos Karagounis |
 in Group A v Portugal in Group A v Spain |
Group A v Russia | |
| Zisis Vryzas |
in Group A v Portugal in Group A v Russia |
Quarter-final v France | |
| Giourkas Seitardis |
in Group A v Portugal in Semi-final v Czech Republic |
Final v Portugal | |
| Sergei Ovchinnikov |
in Group A v Portugal |
Group A v Greece | |
| Alexey Smertin |
in Group A v Spain in Group A v Portugal |
Group A v Greece | |
| Vladislav Radimov |
in Group A v Spain in Group A v Greece |
World Cup qualifying v Slovakia | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 3 |
| Dmitri Alenichev |
in Group A v Portugal in Group A v Greece |
World Cup qualifying v Slovakia | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 3 |
| Carlos Marchena |
in Group A v Russia in Group A v Greece |
World Cup qualifying v Herzegovina | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 5 |
| David Albelda |
in Group A v Russia in Group A v Portugal |
World Cup qualifying v Herzegovina | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 5 |
| Pauleta |
in Group A v Greece in Group A v Spain |
Quarter-final v England | |
| Ricardo Carvalho |
in Group A v Russia in Quarter-final v England |
Semi-final v Netherlands | |
| Costinha |
in Group A v Greece in Quarter-final v England |
Semi-final v Netherlands | |
| Deco |
in Group A v Russia in Quarter-final v England |
Semi-final v Netherlands | |
| Johann Vogel |
in Group B v Croatia |
Group B v France | Suspension due to second yellow card of match |
| Bernt Haas |
in Group B v England |
Group B v France | Suspension due to second yellow card of match |
| Benjamin Huggel |
in Group B v Croatia in Group B v France |
World Cup qualifying v Faroe Islands | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 4 |
| Rosen Kirilov |
in Group C v Sweden in Group C v Italy |
Group C v Denmark | |
| Stiliyan Petrov |
in Group C v Denmark |
Quarter-final v Italy | Suspension due to second yellow card of match |
| Tobias Linderoth |
in Group C v Bulgaria in Group C v Italy |
Group C v Denmark | |
| Erik Edman |
in Group C v Italy in Group C v Denmark |
Quarter-final v Netherlands | |
| Zlatan Ibrahimović |
in Group C v Bulgaria in Quarter-final v Netherlands |
World Cup qualifying v Malta | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 8 |
| Fabio Cannavaro |
in Group C v Denmark in Group C v Sweden |
Group C v Bulgaria | |
| Gennaro Gattuso |
in Group C v Denmark in Group C v Sweden |
Group C v Bulgaria | |
| Francesco Totti |
Spat on Christian Poulsen in Group C v Denmark |
Three games suspension | The disciplinary committee suspended Totti after seeing a video where he committed the offence. |
| Ilian Stoyanov |
in Group C v Denmark in Group C v Italy |
World Cup qualifying v Iceland | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 8 |
| Martin Petrov |
in Group C v Denmark in Group C v Italy |
World Cup qualifying v Iceland | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 8 |
| John Heitinga |
in Group D v Czech Republic |
Group D v Latvia | Suspension due to second yellow card of match |
| Nuno Valente |
in Semi-final v Netherlands in Final v Greece |
World Cup qualifying v Latvia | Suspension to be served in World Cup qualifying Group 3 |
See also
- Vive O 2004!, the official album for UEFA Euro 2004
References
- ↑ "Euro Championships lowdown". BBC Sport (British Broadcasting Corporation). 29 November 2003. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/3248986.stm. Retrieved 26 April 2010.
- ↑ Euro 2004 Build-up in Pictures
- ↑ UEFA Euro 2004 referees
- ↑ Sweden-Denmark Controversy
- ↑ Guardian: Memorable Sporting Moments of the Decade
- ↑ Euro 2004 Tiebreakers - Explained
- ↑ Euro 2004 Top Scorers - Stan James
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