UEFA Euro 2004

The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship (or just Euro 2004) was the twelfth tournament of the UEFA European Football Championship, a football tournament held all four years for European nations. It was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. The UEFA Euro was given to Portugal in 1999. Winner was Greece after a 1:0 versus Portugal.The qualification was held in 10 groups of five in the years 2002 and 2003.

Countries that directly qualified for UEFA Euro 2004
The qualification was held in 10 groups of five in the years 2002 and 2003. 
Group 1:France
Group 2:Denmark
Group 3:Czech Republic
Group 4:Sweden
Group 5:Germany
Group 6:Greece
Group 7:England
Group 8:Bulgaria
Group 9:Italy
Group10:Switzerland

Play offs
The teams on the second place of the groups held a Play off round.

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 Venues 

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 Referees
Twelve referees were selected for the tournament:

 Kim Milton Nielsen
 Mike Riley
 Gilles Veissière
 Markus Merk

 Pierluigi Collina
 Terje Hauge
 Lucílio Batista
 Valentin Ivanov

 Ľuboš Micheľ
 Manuel Mejuto González
 Anders Frisk
 Urs Meier

Results
All times are Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).

First round
Tie-breaking criteria
For teams that finish equal in points, the following rules are used:Euro 2004 Tiebreakers – Explained
 greater number of points in the matches between the teams in question;
 greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
 greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
 greater goal difference in all group games;
 greater number of goals scored in all group games;
 higher coefficient derived from Euro 2004 and 2002 World Cup qualifiers (points reached divided by number of matches played);
 fair play conduct in Euro 2004;
 drawing

Group A

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12 June 20041 – 21 – 016 June 20041 – 10 – 220 June 20040 – 12 – 1

Group B

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13 June 20040 – 02 – 117 June 20043 – 02 – 221 June 20042 – 41 – 3

Group C

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14 June 20040 – 05 – 018 June 20040 – 21 – 122 June 20042 – 12 – 2

Group D

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15 June 20042 – 11 – 119 June 20040 – 02 – 323 June 20043 – 01 – 2

Knock out stage

Statistics

Top scorers

5 goals

 Milan Baroš

4 goals
 Wayne Rooney
 Ruud van Nistelrooy

3 goals

 Jon Dahl Tomasson
 Frank Lampard

 Zinedine Zidane
 Angelos Charisteas

 Henrik Larsson

2 goals

 Marek Heinz
 Jan Koller
 Thierry Henry

 Antonio Cassano
 Rui Costa
 Maniche

 Cristiano Ronaldo
 Zlatan Ibrahimović

1 goal

 Martin Petrov
 Niko Kovač
 Dado Pršo
 Milan Rapaić
 Igor Tudor
 Vladimír Šmicer
 Jesper Grønkjær
 Steven Gerrard
 Michael Owen
 Paul Scholes
 David Trezeguet

 Michael Ballack
 Torsten Frings
 Angelos Basinas
 Traianos Dellas
 Giorgos Karagounis
 Zisis Vryzas
 Simone Perrotta
 Māris Verpakovskis
 Wilfred Bouma
 Roy Makaay

 Nuno Gomes
 Hélder Postiga
 Dmitri Bulykin
 Dmitri Kirichenko
 Fernando Morientes
 Juan Carlos Valerón
 Marcus Allbäck
 Mattias Jonson
 Fredrik Ljungberg
 Johan Vonlanthen

Own goals

 Igor Tudor (playing against France)
 Jorge Andrade (playing against the Netherlands)

UEFA Team of the tournament
 Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards  Petr Čech Antonios Nikopolidis  Sol Campbell Ricardo Carvalho Ashley Cole Traianos Dellas Olof Mellberg Giourkas Seitaridis Gianluca Zambrotta  Michael Ballack Luís Figo Frank Lampard Maniche Pavel Nedvěd Theodoros Zagorakis Zinedine Zidane  Milan Baroš Angelos Charisteas Henrik Larsson Ruud van Nistelrooy Cristiano Ronaldo Wayne Rooney Jon Dahl Tomasson

References

Other websites

 UEFA Euro 2004 history at UEFA.com
 UEFA Euro 2004 coverage at BBC Sport
 Official website (archived) 

Category:2004 in Europe
Category:UEFA Euro 2004

Category:Football in Portugal
Category:UEFA European Championship tournaments
Category:2000s in Portugal
Category:June events
Category:July 2004 events