# UEFA Euro 2004 Group C

Group C of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 14 June and was completed on 22 June. The group consisted of Italy, Denmark, Sweden and Bulgaria.
Sweden won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Denmark. Italy and Bulgaria failed to advance.
Three teams – Italy, Denmark and Sweden – all finished with five points, with each team having defeated Bulgaria but drawn their two other games. As all results between the three teams in question were draws, both the points won in these games and the goal difference accrued in these games still left the teams undivided. The decisive tiebreaker was therefore the goals scored during the games between one another: Italy having scored the fewest goals of the three teams were therefore eliminated.
This became so with a 2–2 result between Denmark and Sweden in the last group game, a result that Italy knew would eliminate them and one that representatives of both teams denied would happen in advance of the game, Sweden co-coach Lars Lagerbäck quoted as saying in response to Italian questions on the likelihood of this score occurring: "I don't think it will end 2–2 — that is a very unusual result".

## 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 |
| C1 | Sweden | 1 | Group 4 winner | 10 September 2003 | 3rd | 2000 | Semi-finals (1992) | 3 | 18 |
| C2 | Bulgaria | 4 | Group 8 winner | 10 September 2003 | 2nd | 1996 | Group stage (1996) | 18 | 40 |
| C3 | Denmark | 3 | Group 2 winner | 11 October 2003 | 7th | 2000 | Winners (1992) | 14 | 15 |
| C4 | Italy | 2 | Group 9 winner | 11 October 2003 | 6th | 2000 | Winners (1968) | 5 | 10 |
Notes
* ↑ The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.

## Standings

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Sweden | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 2 | Denmark | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | +2 | 5 | Advance to knockout stage |
| 3 | Italy | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | +1 | 5 | |
| 4 | Bulgaria | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 9 | −8 | 0 | |
* 1 2 3 Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head goals for: Sweden 3, Denmark 2, Italy 1.'"`UNIQ--ref-00000009-QINU`"'
In the quarter-finals,
* The winner of Group C, Sweden, advanced to play the runner-up of Group D, Netherlands.
* The runner-up of Group C, Denmark, advanced to play the winner of Group D, Czech Republic.

## Matches
### Denmark vs Italy

| Denmark | Italy |
| GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen |
| RB | 6 | Thomas Helveg | 67' |
| CB | 4 | Martin Laursen |
| CB | 3 | René Henriksen (c) |
| LB | 5 | Niclas Jensen |
| CM | 15 | Daniel Jensen |
| CM | 17 | Christian Poulsen | | 76' |
| RW | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl |
| AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson | 29' |
| LW | 10 | Martin Jørgensen | | 72' |
| CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand | | 69' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Claus Jensen | | 69' |
| FW | 20 | Kenneth Perez | | 72' |
| DF | 18 | Brian Priske | | 76' |
| Manager: ||
| Morten Olsen ||
| GK | 1 | Gianluigi Buffon |
| RB | 2 | Christian Panucci |
| CB | 13 | Alessandro Nesta |
| CB | 5 | Fabio Cannavaro (c) | 62' |
| LB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| CM | 4 | Cristiano Zanetti | | 57' |
| CM | 20 | Simone Perrotta |
| RW | 16 | Mauro Camoranesi | | 68' |
| AM | 10 | Francesco Totti | 90' |
| LW | 7 | Alessandro Del Piero | | 64' |
| CF | 9 | Christian Vieri |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Gennaro Gattuso | 81' | 57' |
| FW | 18 | Antonio Cassano | 70' | 64' |
| MF | 14 | Stefano Fiore | | 68' |
| Manager: ||
| Giovanni Trapattoni ||
* Man of the Match:
* Thomas Sørensen (Denmark)
* Assistant referees:
* Rafael Guerrero Alonso (Spain)
* Oscar Martínez Samaniego (Spain)
* Fourth official:
* Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

### Sweden vs Bulgaria

| Sweden | Bulgaria |
| GK | 1 | Andreas Isaksson |
| RB | 2 | Teddy Lučić | | 41' |
| CB | 3 | Olof Mellberg (c) |
| CB | 15 | Andreas Jakobsson |
| LB | 5 | Erik Edman |
| DM | 6 | Tobias Linderoth | 52' |
| RM | 7 | Mikael Nilsson |
| CM | 8 | Anders Svensson | | 77' |
| LM | 9 | Freddie Ljungberg |
| CF | 10 | Zlatan Ibrahimović | 65' | 81' |
| CF | 11 | Henrik Larsson |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Christian Wilhelmsson | | 41' |
| MF | 16 | Kim Källström | | 77' |
| FW | 20 | Marcus Allbäck | | 81' |
| Managers: ||
| Lars Lagerbäck Tommy Söderberg ||
| GK | 1 | Zdravko Zdravkov |
| RB | 2 | Vladimir Ivanov | 70' |
| CB | 3 | Rosen Kirilov | 22' |
| CB | 18 | Predrag Pažin |
| LB | 4 | Ivaylo Petkov | 18' |
| RM | 13 | Georgi Peev |
| CM | 19 | Stiliyan Petrov (c) |
| CM | 15 | Marian Hristov |
| LM | 17 | Martin Petrov | | 84' |
| CF | 21 | Zoran Janković | 23' | 62' |
| CF | 9 | Dimitar Berbatov | | 76' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 10 | Velizar Dimitrov | | 62' |
| FW | 16 | Vladimir Manchev | | 76' |
| FW | 11 | Zdravko Lazarov | | 84' |
| Manager: ||
| Plamen Markov ||
* Man of the Match:
* Henrik Larsson (Sweden)
* Assistant referees:
* Glenn Turner (England)
* Philip Sharp (England)
* Fourth official:
* Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

### Bulgaria vs Denmark

| Bulgaria | Denmark |
| GK | 1 | Zdravko Zdravkov |
| RB | 2 | Vladimir Ivanov | | 51' |
| CB | 3 | Rosen Kirilov | 4' |
| CB | 22 | Ilian Stoyanov | 50' |
| LB | 4 | Ivaylo Petkov | | 40' |
| RM | 13 | Georgi Peev |
| CM | 15 | Marian Hristov | 82' |
| CM | 19 | Stiliyan Petrov (c) | 77' 83' |
| LM | 17 | Martin Petrov | 84' |
| SS | 21 | Zoran Janković | | 81' |
| CF | 9 | Dimitar Berbatov |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 5 | Zlatomir Zagorčić | 80' | 40' |
| FW | 11 | Zdravko Lazarov | | 51' |
| MF | 8 | Milen Petkov | | 81' |
| Manager: ||
| Plamen Markov ||
| GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen |
| RB | 6 | Thomas Helveg |
| CB | 4 | Martin Laursen |
| CB | 3 | René Henriksen (c) |
| LB | 5 | Niclas Jensen | 10' |
| CM | 15 | Daniel Jensen |
| CM | 7 | Thomas Gravesen |
| AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson |
| RW | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl | | 23' |
| LW | 10 | Martin Jørgensen | | 72' |
| CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand | 58' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær | | 23' |
| MF | 14 | Claus Jensen | | 72' |
| Manager: ||
| Morten Olsen ||
* Man of the Match:
* Thomas Gravesen (Denmark)
* Assistant referees:
* Paulo Januário (Portugal)
* José Cardinal (Portugal)
* Fourth official:
* Gilles Veissière (France)

### Italy vs Sweden

| Italy | Sweden |
| GK | 1 | Gianluigi Buffon |
| RB | 2 | Christian Panucci |
| CB | 5 | Fabio Cannavaro (c) | 46' |
| CB | 13 | Alessandro Nesta |
| LB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta | 58' |
| RM | 8 | Gennaro Gattuso | 39' | 76' |
| CM | 21 | Andrea Pirlo |
| LM | 20 | Simone Perrotta |
| AM | 18 | Antonio Cassano | | 70' |
| CF | 9 | Christian Vieri |
| CF | 7 | Alessandro Del Piero | | 82' |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 14 | Stefano Fiore | | 70' |
| DF | 15 | Giuseppe Favalli | | 76' |
| MF | 16 | Mauro Camoranesi | | 82' |
| Manager: ||
| Giovanni Trapattoni ||
| GK | 1 | Andreas Isaksson |
| RB | 7 | Mikael Nilsson |
| CB | 3 | Olof Mellberg (c) |
| CB | 15 | Andreas Jakobsson |
| LB | 5 | Erik Edman | 54' | 77' |
| DM | 6 | Tobias Linderoth | 75' |
| RM | 21 | Christian Wilhelmsson | | 67' |
| CM | 8 | Anders Svensson | | 55' |
| LM | 9 | Freddie Ljungberg |
| CF | 10 | Zlatan Ibrahimović |
| CF | 11 | Henrik Larsson |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 16 | Kim Källström | | 55' |
| FW | 18 | Mattias Jonson | | 67' |
| FW | 20 | Marcus Allbäck | | 77' |
| Managers: ||
| Lars Lagerbäck Tommy Söderberg ||
* Man of the Match:
* Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)
* Assistant referees:
* Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland)
* Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
* Fourth official:
* Markus Merk (Germany)

### Italy vs Bulgaria

| Italy | Bulgaria |
| GK | 1 | Gianluigi Buffon |
| RB | 2 | Christian Panucci |
| CB | 13 | Alessandro Nesta |
| CB | 23 | Marco Materazzi | 44' | 83' |
| LB | 19 | Gianluca Zambrotta |
| RM | 20 | Simone Perrotta | | 68' |
| CM | 21 | Andrea Pirlo |
| LM | 14 | Stefano Fiore |
| RF | 18 | Antonio Cassano |
| CF | 11 | Bernardo Corradi | | 53' |
| LF | 7 | Alessandro Del Piero (c) |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 9 | Christian Vieri | | 53' |
| DF | 3 | Massimo Oddo | | 68' |
| FW | 17 | Marco Di Vaio | | 83' |
| Manager: ||
| Giovanni Trapattoni ||
| GK | 1 | Zdravko Zdravkov (c) |
| RB | 7 | Daniel Borimirov |
| CB | 18 | Predrag Pažin | | 64' |
| CB | 5 | Zlatomir Zagorčić |
| LB | 22 | Ilian Stoyanov | 66' |
| CM | 15 | Marian Hristov | | 79' |
| CM | 8 | Milen Petkov |
| RW | 11 | Zdravko Lazarov | 80' |
| AM | 21 | Zoran Janković | | 46' |
| LW | 17 | Martin Petrov | 45' |
| CF | 9 | Dimitar Berbatov |
| Substitutions: ||
| FW | 20 | Valeri Bojinov | 49' | 46' |
| DF | 6 | Kiril Kotev | | 64' |
| MF | 10 | Velizar Dimitrov | | 79' |
| Manager: ||
| Plamen Markov ||
* Man of the Match:
* Antonio Cassano (Italy)
* Assistant referees:
* Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
* Vladimir Eniutin (Russia)
* Fourth official:
* Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

### Denmark vs Sweden

| Denmark | Sweden |
| GK | 1 | Thomas Sørensen |
| RB | 6 | Thomas Helveg |
| CB | 4 | Martin Laursen |
| CB | 3 | René Henriksen (c) |
| LB | 5 | Niclas Jensen | 46' |
| CM | 15 | Daniel Jensen | 66' |
| CM | 7 | Thomas Gravesen |
| AM | 9 | Jon Dahl Tomasson |
| RW | 8 | Jesper Grønkjær |
| LW | 10 | Martin Jørgensen | 57' |
| CF | 11 | Ebbe Sand |
| Substitutions: ||
| DF | 2 | Kasper Bøgelund | 46' |
| MF | 19 | Dennis Rommedahl | 57' |
| MF | 17 | Christian Poulsen | 66' |
| Manager: ||
| Morten Olsen ||
| GK | 1 | Andreas Isaksson |
| RB | 7 | Mikael Nilsson |
| CB | 3 | Olof Mellberg (c) |
| CB | 15 | Andreas Jakobsson |
| LB | 5 | Erik Edman | 36' |
| DM | 17 | Anders Andersson | | 81' |
| RM | 18 | Mattias Jonson |
| CM | 16 | Kim Källström | 63' | 72' |
| LM | 9 | Freddie Ljungberg |
| CF | 10 | Zlatan Ibrahimović |
| CF | 11 | Henrik Larsson |
| Substitutions: ||
| MF | 21 | Christian Wilhelmsson | | 72' |
| FW | 20 | Marcus Allbäck | | 81' |
| Managers: ||
| Lars Lagerbäck Tommy Söderberg ||
* Man of the Match:
* Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)
* Assistant referees:
* Christian Schräer (Germany)
* Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
* Fourth official:
* Mike Riley (England)