page_title: UEFA Euro 2004
section_title: Awards
hierarchical_section_title: UEFA Euro 2004 / Statistics / Awards
caption_attribution_description: Former Greek national football team captain, Theodoros Zagorakis.
context_page_description: The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2004 or simply Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of UEFA member associations. The final tournament was hosted for the first time in Portugal, from 12 June to 4 July 2004. A total of thirty-one matches were played in ten venues across eight cities – Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, Leiria, Lisbon, and Porto.
  As in 1996 and 2000, the final tournament was contested by 16 teams – the hosts plus the 15 teams that came through the qualification round, which began in September 2002. Latvia secured their first participation in a major tournament after overcoming Turkey in the play-offs, while Greece returned to the European Championship after 24 years.
  The tournament was rich in surprises and upsets: Germany, Spain, and Italy were eliminated in the group stage, while defending champions France were knocked out in the quarter-finals by Greece. Portugal recovered from an opening defeat against Greece to reach the final, eliminating England and the Netherlands along the way.
context_section_description: UEFA Team of the Tournament
  The UEFA Technical Team was charged with naming a squad composed of the 23 best players over the course of the tournament. The group of eight analysts watched every game at the tournament before making their decision after the final. Five players from the winning Greek team were named to the team of the tournament. Michael Ballack and Gianluca Zambrotta were the only players to be included whose teams were knocked out in the group stage.
  Golden Boot
  The Golden Boot was awarded to Milan Baroš, who scored five goals in all three group stage matches and in the quarter-finals against Denmark.
   Milan Baroš (5 goals)
  UEFA Player of the Tournament
   Theodoros Zagorakis
caption: Theodoros Zagorakis, UEFA Player of the Tournament
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