UEFA Euro 2004 Group A

Group A of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 12 June and was completed on 20 June. The group consisted of hosts Portugal, Spain, Russia and Greece.

Portugal won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Greece. Spain and Russia failed to advance.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
4  Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.

Matches

Portugal vs Greece

12 June 2004 (2004-06-12)
17:00
Portugal  1–2  Greece
Ronaldo  90+3' Report
Estádio do Dragão, Porto
Attendance: 48,761
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Portugal
Greece
GK 1 Ricardo
RB 2 Paulo Ferreira
CB 4 Jorge Andrade
CB 5 Fernando Couto (c)
LB 3 Rui Jorge
CM 18Maniche
CM 6 Costinha YC 21'  66'
RW 7 Luís Figo
AM 10Rui Costa  46'
LW 11Simão  46'
CF 9 Pauleta YC 57'
Substitutions:
FW 17Cristiano Ronaldo  46'
MF 20Deco  46'
FW 21Nuno Gomes  66'
Manager:
Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis
RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis YC 76'
CB 5 Traianos Dellas
CB 19Michalis Kapsis
LB 14Takis Fyssas
RM 20Giorgos Karagounis YC 39'  46'
CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
CM 6 Angelos Basinas
LM 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos  68'
CF 9 Angelos Charisteas  74'
CF 15Zisis Vryzas
Substitutions:
MF 21Kostas Katsouranis  46'
FW 11Demis Nikolaidis  68'
MF 23Vassilis Lakis  74'
Manager:
Germany Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match:
Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)[1]

Assistant referees:
Marco Ivaldi (Italy)
Narciso Pisacreta (Italy)
Fourth official:
Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Spain vs Russia

12 June 2004 (2004-06-12)
19:45
Spain  1–0  Russia
Valerón  60' Report
Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 28,182
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Spain
Russia
GK 23Iker Casillas
RB 5 Carles Puyol
CB 6 Iván Helguera
CB 3 Carlos Marchena YC 66'
LB 15Raúl Bravo
CM 4 David Albelda YC 85'
CM 8 Rubén Baraja YC 43'  59'
RW 17Joseba Etxeberria
AM 7 Raúl (c)  78'
LW 14Vicente
CF 10Fernando Morientes  59'
Substitutions:
MF 16Xabi Alonso  59'
MF 21Juan Carlos Valerón  59'
FW 9 Fernando Torres  78'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez
GK 1 Sergei Ovchinnikov
RB 16Vadim Evseev
CB 4 Alexey Smertin (c) YC 29'
CB 13Roman Sharonov Yellow cardYellow cardRed card 27', 88'
LB 17Dmitri Sennikov
DM 22Evgeni Aldonin YC 32'  68'
RM 8 Rolan Gusev YC 12'  46'
CM 15Dmitri Alenichev
CM 10Aleksandr Mostovoi
LM 7 Marat Izmailov  74'
CF 9 Dmitri Bulykin
Substitutions:
MF 2 Vladislav Radimov YC 90'  46'
FW 3 Dmitri Sychev  68'
MF 5 Andrei Karyaka  74'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev

Man of the Match:
Vicente (Spain)[2]

Assistant referees:
Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland)
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Greece vs Spain

16 June 2004 (2004-06-16)
17:00
Greece  1–1  Spain
Charisteas  66' Report Morientes  28'
Estádio do Bessa, Porto
Attendance: 25,444
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Greece
Spain
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis
RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis
CB 5 Traianos Dellas
CB 19Michalis Kapsis
LB 14Takis Fyssas  86'
RM 20Giorgos Karagounis YC 27'  53'
CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c) YC 61'
CM 21Kostas Katsouranis YC 7'
LM 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos YC 24'  49'
CF 9 Angelos Charisteas
CF 15Zisis Vryzas YC 90'
Substitutions:
FW 11Demis Nikolaidis  49'
MF 10Vassilios Tsiartas  53'
DF 3 Stylianos Venetidis  86'
Manager:
Germany Otto Rehhagel
GK 23Iker Casillas
RB 5 Carles Puyol
CB 6 Iván Helguera YC 37'
CB 3 Carlos Marchena YC 16'
LB 15Raúl Bravo
CM 4 David Albelda
CM 8 Rubén Baraja
RW 17Joseba Etxeberria  46'
AM 7 Raúl (c)  80'
LW 14Vicente
CF 10Fernando Morientes  65'
Substitutions:
MF 19Joaquín  46'
MF 21Juan Carlos Valerón  65'
FW 9 Fernando Torres  80'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez

Man of the Match:
Raúl (Spain)[3]

Assistant referees:
Igor Sramka (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Portugal

16 June 2004 (2004-06-16)
19:45
Russia  0–2  Portugal
Report
Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Attendance: 59,273
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Russia
Portugal
GK 1 Sergei Ovchinnikov Red card 45'
RB 16Vadim Evseev YC 21'
CB 4 Alexey Smertin (c) YC 16'
CB 21Aleksei Bugayev
LB 17Dmitri Sennikov
DM 22Evgeni Aldonin  45+2'
RM 15Dmitri Alenichev YC 90+2'
CM 20Dmitri Loskov
CM 7 Marat Izmailov  72'
LM 5 Andrei Karyaka  79'
CF 11Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Substitutions:
GK 12Vyacheslav Malafeev  45+2'
MF 19Vladimir Bystrov  72'
FW 9 Dmitri Bulykin  79'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev
GK 1 Ricardo
RB 13Miguel
CB 4 Jorge Andrade
CB 16Ricardo Carvalho YC 24'
LB 14Nuno Valente
CM 18Maniche
CM 6 Costinha
RW 7 Luís Figo (c)  78'
AM 20Deco YC 85'
LW 11Simão  63'
CF 9 Pauleta  57'
Substitutions:
FW 21Nuno Gomes  57'
MF 10Rui Costa  63'
FW 17Cristiano Ronaldo  78'
Manager:
Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Maniche (Portugal)[4]

Assistant referees:
Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)
Steinar Holvik (Norway)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Spain vs Portugal

20 June 2004 (2004-06-20)
19:45
Spain  0–1  Portugal
Report Nuno Gomes  57'
Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon
Attendance: 47,491
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Spain
Portugal
GK 23Iker Casillas
RB 5 Carles Puyol YC 74'
CB 6 Iván Helguera
CB 22Juanito YC 68'  79'
LB 15Raúl Bravo
CM 16Xabi Alonso
CM 4 David Albelda YC 8'  65'
RW 19Joaquín  71'
AM 7 Raúl (c)
LW 14Vicente
CF 9 Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
MF 8 Rubén Baraja  65'
FW 11Albert Luque  71'
FW 10Fernando Morientes  79'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez
GK 1 Ricardo
RB 13Miguel
CB 4 Jorge Andrade
CB 16Ricardo Carvalho
LB 14Nuno Valente
CM 6 Costinha
CM 18Maniche
RW 7 Luís Figo (c)  77'
AM 20Deco
LW 17Cristiano Ronaldo  84'
CF 9 Pauleta YC 7'  46'
Substitutions:
FW 21Nuno Gomes YC 65'  46'
MF 8 Petit  77'
DF 5 Fernando Couto  84'
Manager:
Brazil Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Deco (Portugal)[5]

Assistant referees:
Kenneth Petersson (Sweden)
Peter Ekström (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Greece

20 June 2004 (2004-06-20)
19:45
Russia  2–1  Greece
 Report Vryzas  43'
Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé
Attendance: 24,347
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Russia
Greece
GK 12Vyacheslav Malafeev YC 88'
RB 14Aleksandr Anyukov YC 28'
CB 13Roman Sharonov YC 15'  56'
CB 21Aleksei Bugayev
LB 16Vadim Evseev
RM 8 Rolan Gusev
CM 15Dmitri Alenichev (c) YC 65'
CM 2 Vladislav Radimov YC 71'
LM 5 Andrei Karyaka YC 39'  46'
CF 9 Dmitri Bulykin  46'
CF 18Dmitri Kirichenko
Substitutions:
FW 3 Dmitri Sychev  46'
MF 6 Igor Semshov  46'
DF 17Dmitri Sennikov  56'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev
GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis
RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis
CB 5 Traianos Dellas YC 86'
CB 19Michalis Kapsis
LB 3 Stylianos Venetidis  89'
CM 6 Angelos Basinas  42'
CM 21Kostas Katsouranis
CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
RW 9 Angelos Charisteas
LW 22Dimitris Papadopoulos  70'
CF 15Zisis Vryzas YC 45'
Substitutions:
MF 10Vassilios Tsiartas  42'
FW 11Demis Nikolaidis  70'
DF 14Takis Fyssas  89'
Manager:
Germany Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match:
Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia)[6]

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Arnault (France)
Serge Vallin (France)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

References

  1. ↑ "Theodoros Zagorakis". Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Vicente Rodríguez". Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ↑ "Raúl González". Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ↑ "Maniche". Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Deco". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  6. ↑ "Dmitri Kirichenko". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
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