# Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in Athens and four other cities in Greece from 11 to 28 August. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium on 28 August 2004.

## Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics football tournament.
| Means of qualification | Berths | Qualified |
| Host nation | 1 | Greece |
| 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship | 3 | Italy (winner) Serbia and Montenegro (runner-up) Portugal (third-place) |
| AFC Preliminary Competition | 3 | Iraq Japan South Korea |
| CAF Preliminary Competition | 4 | Ghana Mali Morocco Tunisia |
| CONCACAF Preliminary Competition | 2 | Mexico (winner) Costa Rica (runner-up) |
| 2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament | 2 | Argentina (winner) Paraguay (runner-up) |
| OFC Preliminary Competition | 1 | Australia |
| Total | 16 | |

## Venues

* Olympic Stadium, Athens
* Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
* Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
* Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
* Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
* Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
| Athens | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Patras |
| Olympic Stadium | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Pampeloponnisiako Stadium |
| Capacity: 71,030 | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Capacity: 23,558 |
| Piraeus | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Thessaloniki |
| Karaiskakis Stadium | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Kaftanzoglio Stadium |
| Capacity: 33,334 | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Capacity: 27,770 |
| Heraklion | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Volos |
| Pankritio Stadium | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Panthessaliko Stadium |
| Capacity: 26,240 | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Olympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) | Capacity: 22,700 |

## Match officials
### Africa

* Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
* Divine Evehe (Cameroon)

### Asia

* Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)

### North and Central America

* Benito Archundia (Mexico)
* Carlos Batres (Guatemala)

### South America

* Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
* Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
* Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

### Europe

* Massimo De Santis (Italy)
* Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
* Éric Poulat (France)
* Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

### Oceania

* Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)

## Seeding

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 June 2004. Argentina, Greece, Japan and Morocco were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart.
| Pot 1: Host, Top-Seeded teams from Africa, Americas and Asia | Pot 2: Non-top seeded teams from Asia and Oceania | Pot 3: Non-top seeded teams from Americas | Pot 4: Non-top seeded teams from Africa | Pot 5: Non-top seeded teams from Europe |
| Greece (assigned to A1)  Japan (assigned to Group B)  Argentina (assigned to Group C)  Morocco (assigned to Group D) | Iraq  South Korea  Australia | Costa Rica  Mexico  Paraguay | Ghana  Mali  Tunisia | Italy  Serbia and Montenegro  Portugal |

## Group stage

* Teams highlighted in green went through to the knockout stage.

### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Mali | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | +2 | 5 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 | South Korea | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 5 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Mexico | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Greece | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | |

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Paraguay | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 4 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Ghana | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Japan | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 | |

### Group C

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Argentina | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | +9 | 9 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | +3 | 4 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Tunisia | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 | |
| 4 | Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 | |

### Group D

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Iraq | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 4 | +3 | 6 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Qualified for the quarterfinals |
| 3 | Morocco | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Portugal | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 | |

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Gold medal match | Gold medal match |
| 21 August – Athens Karaiskakis | 21 August – Athens Karaiskakis | | | |
| Mali | 0 | | | |
| Mali | 0 | 24 August – Athens Karaiskakis | 24 August – Athens Karaiskakis | | |
| Italy (a.e.t.) | 1 | 24 August – Athens Karaiskakis | 24 August – Athens Karaiskakis | |
| Italy (a.e.t.) | 1 | Italy | 0 | |
| 21 August – Patras | 21 August – Patras | | Italy | 0 | |
| 21 August – Patras | 21 August – Patras | Argentina | 3 | |
| Argentina | 4 | Argentina | 3 | |
| Argentina | 4 | | | | 28 August – Athens Olympic | 28 August – Athens Olympic |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | 28 August – Athens Olympic | 28 August – Athens Olympic |
| Costa Rica | 0 | | | | Argentina | 1 |
| 21 August – Heraklion | 21 August – Heraklion | | | | | Argentina | 1 |
| 21 August – Heraklion | 21 August – Heraklion | | | | Paraguay | 0 |
| Iraq | 1 | | | | Paraguay | 0 |
| Iraq | 1 | 24 August – Thessaloniki | 24 August – Thessaloniki | | | |
| Australia | 0 | 24 August – Thessaloniki | 24 August – Thessaloniki | | | |
| Australia | 0 | Iraq | 1 | | | |
| 21 August – Thessaloniki | 21 August – Thessaloniki | | Iraq | 1 | | | |
| 21 August – Thessaloniki | 21 August – Thessaloniki | Paraguay | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Paraguay | 3 | Paraguay | 3 | | Bronze medal match | Bronze medal match |
| Paraguay | 3 | | | | 27 August – Thessaloniki | 27 August – Thessaloniki |
| South Korea | 2 | | | | 27 August – Thessaloniki | 27 August – Thessaloniki |
| South Korea | 2 | | | | Italy | 1 |
| | | | | | Iraq | 0 |

### Gold medal match

Source for cards:
Team details :
| Argentina | Paraguay |

## Final ranking

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 1 | Argentina (ARG) | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 18 |
| 2 | Paraguay (PAR) | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 |
| 3 | Italy (ITA) | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 |
| 4 | Iraq (IRQ) | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 |
| 5 | Mali (MLI) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| 6 | South Korea (KOR) | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 | Australia (AUS) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 | Costa Rica (CRC) | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 |
| 9 | Ghana (GHA) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Morocco (MAR) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Mexico (MEX) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Tunisia (TUN) | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 13 | Japan (JPN) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
| 14 | Portugal (POR) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| 15 | Greece (GRE) | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
| 16 | Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |

## Statistics
### Goalscorers

With eight goals, Carlos Tevez of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 101 goals were scored by 65 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.

#### 8 goals

* Carlos Tevez

#### 5 goals

* José Cardozo

#### 4 goals

* Alberto Gilardino
* Tenema N'Diaye
* Fredy Bareiro

#### 3 goals

* John Aloisi

#### 2 goals

* César Delgado
* Ahmad Elrich
* Stephen Appiah
* Giannis Taralidis
* Emad Mohammed
* Hawar Mulla Mohammed
* Salih Sadir
* Yoshito Ōkubo
* Shinji Ono
* Omar Bravo
* Bouabid Bouden
* Cho Jae-jin
* Lee Chun-soo
* Ali Zitouni

#### 1 goal

* Andrés D'Alessandro
* Gabriel Heinze
* Kily González
* Lucho González
* Mariano González
* Mauro Rosales
* Javier Saviola
* Tim Cahill
* Pablo Brenes
* Álvaro Saborío
* José Villalobos
* Emmanuel Pappoe
* William Tiero
* Dimitrios Papadopoulos
* Ieroklis Stoltidis
* Razzaq Farhan
* Mahdi Karim
* Younis Mahmoud
* Cesare Bovo
* Daniele De Rossi
* Giampiero Pinzi
* Yūki Abe
* Daiki Takamatsu
* Mamadi Berthe
* Rafael Márquez Lugo
* Salaheddine Aqqal
* Carlos Gamarra
* Pablo Giménez
* Aureliano Torres
* Hugo Almeida
* José Bosingwa
* Ricardo Costa
* Jorge Ribeiro
* Cristiano Ronaldo
* Miloš Krasić
* Srđan Radonjić
* Simon Vukčević
* Kim Dong-jin
* Kim Jung-woo
* José Clayton
* Mohamed Jedidi

#### Own goals

* Loukas Vyntra (playing against South Korea)
* Adama Tamboura (playing against South Korea)
* Haidar Jabar (playing against Portugal)
* Fernando Meira (playing against Costa Rica)