# 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. Greece and Portugal faced each other again in the tournament final, with Greece again emerging victorious.

## Teams

| Draw position | Team | Pot | Method of qualification | Date of qualification | Finals appearance | Last appearance | Previous best performance | UEFA Rankings November 2003 | FIFA Rankings June 2004 |
| A1 | Portugal | 1 | Host | 12 October 1999 | 4th | 2000 | Semi-finals (1984, 2000) | 2 | 22 |
| A2 | Greece | 4 | Group 6 winner | 11 October 2003 | 2nd | 1980 | Group stage (1980) | 23 | 35 |
| A3 | Spain | 2 | Play-off winner | 19 November 2003 | 7th | 2000 | Winners (1964) | 6 | 3 |
| A4 | Russia | 3 | Play-off winner | 19 November 2003 | 8th | 1996 | Winners (1960) | 13 | 31 |
Notes
* ↑ The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.
* ↑ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

## 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 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Spain | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | |
| 4 | Russia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | −2 | 3 | |
* 1 2 Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.
In the quarter-finals,
* The winner of Group A, Portugal, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, England.
* The runner-up of Group A, Greece, advanced to play the winner of Group B, France.

## Matches
### Portugal vs Greece

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

### Spain vs Russia

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

### Greece vs Spain

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

### Russia vs Portugal

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

### Spain vs Portugal

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

### Russia vs Greece

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