# 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

The 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.
Italy won the competition for the fifth time. Italy's Alberto Gilardino won the Golden Player award.
The top three teams in this competition qualified for Athens 2004 Olympics, along with hosts Greece U21s.

## Qualification

The 48 national teams were divided into ten groups (two groups of four + eight groups of 5). The records of the ten group runners-up were then compared. The top six joined the ten winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.

## Matches
### Group stage
#### Group A

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
| Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Croatia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |

#### Group B

| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
| Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
| Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
| Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |

### Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 5 June – Bochum | 5 June – Bochum |
| Sweden | 1 (5) |
| Sweden | 1 (5) | 8 June – Bochum | 8 June – Bochum |
| Serbia and Montenegro (p) | 1 (6) | 8 June – Bochum | 8 June – Bochum |
| Serbia and Montenegro (p) | 1 (6) | Italy | 3 |
| 5 June – Oberhausen | 5 June – Oberhausen | | Italy | 3 |
| 5 June – Oberhausen | 5 June – Oberhausen | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 |
| Italy | 3 | Serbia and Montenegro | 0 |
| Portugal | 1 | | |
| Portugal | 1 | Olympic play-off | Olympic play-off |
| | | 8 June – Oberhausen | 8 June – Oberhausen |
| | | Portugal (a.e.t.) | 3 |
| | | Sweden | 2 |

#### Final

| GK | 1 | Marco Amelia |
| DF | 5 | Daniele Bonera | | 90+5' |
| DF | 13 | Andrea Barzagli |
| DF | 14 | Cesare Bovo |
| DF | 3 | Emiliano Moretti |
| MF | 17 | Giandomenico Mesto |
| MF | 8 | Angelo Palombo |
| MF | 6 | Daniele De Rossi | 29' |
| MF | 15 | Marco Donadel | 28' | 88' |
| FW | 11 | Giuseppe Sculli | | 74' |
| FW | 9 | Alberto Gilardino |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 19 | Simone Del Nero | 80' | 74' |
| MF | 10 | Matteo Brighi | | 88' |
| DF | 2 | Cristian Zaccardo | | 90+5' |
| Coach: ||
| Claudio Gentile ||
| GK | 1 | Nikola Milojević |
| DF | 19 | Branislav Ivanović | 90+2' |
| DF | 6 | Marko Baša |
| DF | 16 | Milan Biševac | 50' |
| MF | 15 | Dejan Milovanović | | 63' |
| MF | 2 | Dragan Stančić |
| MF | 14 | Bojan Miladinović | | 83' |
| MF | 10 | Miloš Marić |
| MF | 3 | Nikola Mijailović | 11' 34' |
| FW | 7 | Danko Lazović |
| FW | 21 | Radomir Đalović | | 45' |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 17 | Simon Vukčević | | 45' |
| MF | 11 | Igor Matić | 87' | 63' |
| DF | 13 | Bojan Neziri | | 83' |
| Coach: ||
| Vladimir Petrović ||
* Assistant referees:
* Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)
* Mark Simons (Belgium)
* Fourth official:
* Matthew David Messias (England)

## Medal table and Olympic qualifiers

* Greece (as hosts), Italy, Serbia & Montenegro and Portugal qualify for the Olympic games finals.
See Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
| | Italy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Gold medal |
| | Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Silver medal |
| | Portugal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | Bronze medal |
| 4 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | Fourth place |
| 5 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 6 | Germany (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 7 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |
| 8 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 | Eliminated in group stage |