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UEFA Euro 2004
Campeonato Europeu de Futebol 2004
(in Portuguese)
UEFA Euro 2004 logo.svg
Vive O 2004!
Tournament details
Host countryPortugal
Dates12 June – 4 July
Teams16
Venue(s)10 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Greece (1st title)
Runners-up Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played31
Goals scored77 (2.48 per match)
Attendance1,160,802 (37,445 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Milan Baroš (5 goals)
Best player(s)Greece Theodoros Zagorakis
2000
2008

The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly referred to as 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.[1][2] A total of 31 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 qualifying tournament, 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: Traditional powerhouses 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. For the first time in a major European football tournament, the last match featured the same teams as the opening match.[3] Portugal were again defeated by Greece with a goal from Angelos Charisteas.[4] Greece's triumph was unexpected, considering that they had only qualified for two other major tournaments, the UEFA Euro 1980 and the 1994 FIFA World Cup, where they failed to win a single match. As winners, Greece earned the right to represent Europe at the 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup.

During the opening ceremony, one of the tableaux depicted a ship – symbolising the voyages of the Portuguese explorers – sailing through a sea that transformed into the flags of all competing countries.[5] In the closing ceremony, Portuguese-Canadian singer Nelly Furtado performed her single and official tournament theme song, "Força".

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Aveiro is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 sq mi): it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal. Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important populated regions by density in the North Region, and primary centre of the Intermunicipal Community of Aveiro and Baixo Vouga. Administratively, the president of the municipal government is José Ribau Esteves, elected by coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Social Centre, who governs the ten civil parishes.

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France national football team

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Bid process

Portugal were announced as hosts for UEFA Euro 2004 on 12 October 1999, in Aachen, Germany, beating Spain and the joint bid of Austria and Hungary.[1]

Summary

Group A opened with a shock as Greece, ranked outsiders from start, defeated the hosts 2–1. Giorgos Karagounis put the Greeks ahead after only seven minutes and Angelos Basinas made it 2–0 from the penalty spot on 51 minutes. A stoppage-time goal by Cristiano Ronaldo proved no more than a consolation.[6] Greece then drew with Spain[7] before losing to Russia in their last group stage game.[8] Portugal recovered from their opening defeat by defeating Russia 2–0, who had their keeper Sergei Ovchinnikov sent off.[9] Nuno Gomes scored the winning goal against Spain,[10] which ensured Portugal finished top of Group A. Greece advanced to the quarter-finals as runners-up, ahead of Spain on goals scored.[11]

Opening ceremony at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto
Opening ceremony at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto

France, the holders, scored twice in stoppage time to go from 1–0 down to beat England 2–1. Zinedine Zidane scored both goals; the second from the penalty spot.[12] England's other two games were memorable for the performances of their young star Wayne Rooney. Only 18 at the time, Rooney's goal-scoring ability proved instrumental in victories over Switzerland (3–0) and Croatia (4–2).[13][14] France and England qualified from the group as winners and runners-up respectively.[15]

Group C featured a three-way tie between Sweden, Denmark and Italy. All matches between the three sides had ended in draws and all three had beaten Bulgaria.[16][17][18] Italy were ultimately eliminated on the number of goals scored after Sweden and Denmark drew 2–2 and qualified as group winners and runners-up.[19][20] The Italians accused Sweden and Denmark of fixing their match,[21] as both sides knew that a 2–2 result would advance them both over Italy, but UEFA dismissed the complaint.[22]

The Czech Republic won Group D as the only team to win all three of their group matches. They defeated Latvia 2–1,[23] the Netherlands 3–2,[24] and Germany 2–1.[25] It was another disappointing European campaign for the Germans, who failed to advance from the group stage for the second consecutive time.[26] The Netherlands claimed a quarter-final berth as runners-up.[27]

Swedish striker Henrik Larsson taking a free kick against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals
Swedish striker Henrik Larsson taking a free kick against the Netherlands in the quarter-finals

In the first quarter-final between England and Portugal, the English opened the score after only two minutes through Michael Owen. Portugal's constant attacking pressure from then on resulted in Hélder Postiga's 83rd-minute equaliser. In the dying minutes, Owen hit the Portuguese crossbar and Sol Campbell headed in the rebound, but the goal was ruled out by referee Urs Meier for a foul on the Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo. The sides exchanged goals in extra-time, sending the match to a penalty shoot-out. Portugal won 6–5, as Ricardo saved from Darius Vassell and then scored the winning goal himself.[28]

The Greeks, meanwhile, continued to stun everybody. Firm defensive play and an Angelos Charisteas goal on 65 minutes helped Greece defeat France 1–0 and progress to the semi-finals.[29] This victory made Greece the first team to defeat both the holders and the hosts in the same tournament. Sweden and the Netherlands played out an exciting but goalless encounter, even after a dramatic period of extra-time in which Freddie Ljungberg hit the inside of the Dutch goalpost. The Dutch progressed after winning the penalty shoot-out 5–4, their first victory on penalties in a major tournament.[30] The last quarter-final match saw the Czechs dispatch Denmark, as a two-goal effort from Milan Baroš helped seal a 3–0 win.[31]

Angelos Charisteas (first from left with white shirt), scoring Greece's winner against Portugal in the final.
Angelos Charisteas (first from left with white shirt), scoring Greece's winner against Portugal in the final.

Portugal and the Netherlands faced each other in the first semi-final. Cristiano Ronaldo put the hosts in the lead from a corner kick midway through the first half, and just before the hour mark Maniche made it 2–0 with a spectacular goal from the corner of the penalty area. An own goal from Jorge Andrade gave the Netherlands a glimmer of hope. The game ended 2–1 to Portugal and the hosts,[32] after their opening day failure, were through to the final of the European Championship for the first time. The Czech Republic looked likely candidates to face the hosts in the final. They were favourites to take the trophy, having won all four of their games. However, they would have to see off the upstart Greeks to do so. The Czechs had several chances, including a shot from Tomáš Rosický that struck the bar. The game remained goalless until the dying moments of the first half of extra time, when Traianos Dellas headed home the winner, the first and only silver goal in a European Championship.[33]

The final was a repeat of the opening game of the tournament and Portugal were hoping to avenge their defeat. Portugal attacked and dominated possession but once again, sturdy defending and goalkeeping from Greece kept the hosts off the scoreboard. Just before the hour mark, Greece earned a corner kick from which Angelos Charisteas scored. Portugal continued to press after the goal but even with five minutes of stoppage time, they could not find an equaliser. Greece won the match 1–0 and were crowned European champions,[34] a title that they were given a 150–1 chance of winning before the tournament.[35] All of Greece's wins in the knockout stage came in an identical manner: a 1–0 win, with the goal being a header off a cross from the right wing. Portugal became the first host nation to lose in a European Championship final.

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Henrik Larsson

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Edward Henrik Larsson is a Swedish professional football coach and former player, formerly an assistant manager of Barcelona. Playing as a striker, Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. In 1992, he moved to Helsingborg IF where in his first season his partnership up front with Mats Magnusson helped the club win promotion to Allsvenskan after 24 seasons in the lower tiers. He moved to Feyenoord in November 1993, staying for four years before leaving in 1997. During his time in the Dutch Eredivisie, he won two KNVB Cups with Feyenoord. He also broke into the Swedish national football team, and helped them finish in third place at the 1994 World Cup.

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Michael James Owen is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker for Liverpool, Real Madrid, Newcastle United, Manchester United and Stoke City, as well as for the England national team. Since retiring from football in 2013, he has become a racehorse breeder and owner and regularly features as a sports pundit and commentator.

Hélder Postiga

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Darius Vassell

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Qualification

The draw for the qualifying round was held on 25 January 2002 at the Europarque Congress Centre, in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups of five and each team played two matches against all its opponents, on a home-and-away basis. Qualification matches took place from September 2002 to November 2003. The first-placed teams from each group qualified automatically to the final tournament, whereas the ten runners-up took part in a two-legged play-off to select the remaining five teams that would join the host nation in the final tournament.[36][37]

Qualified teams

Ten of the sixteen finalists participated in the previous tournament in 2000. Latvia made its first appearance in a major football competition, while Greece returned to the European Championship finals after a 24-year absence. Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia and Switzerland also took part in their second tournament finals since their debut in 1996.

As of 2022, this was the last time that Bulgaria qualified for the European Championship finals, the only time that Latvia qualified, as well as the last time that Poland failed to qualify.

Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[A]
 Portugal Host 12 October 1999 3 (1984, 1996, 2000)
 France Group 1 winner 10 September 2003 5 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Czech Republic[B] Group 3 winner 10 September 2003 5 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000)
 Sweden Group 4 winner 10 September 2003 2 (1992, 2000)
 Bulgaria Group 8 winner 10 September 2003 1 (1996)
 Denmark Group 2 winner 11 October 2003 6 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Germany[C] Group 5 winner 11 October 2003 8 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Greece Group 6 winner 11 October 2003 1 (1980)
 England Group 7 winner 11 October 2003 6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Italy Group 9 winner 11 October 2003 5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000)
 Switzerland Group 10 winner 11 October 2003 1 (1996)
 Croatia Play-off winner 19 November 2003 1 (1996)
 Latvia Play-off winner 19 November 2003 0 (debut)
 Netherlands Play-off winner 19 November 2003 6 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Spain Play-off winner 19 November 2003 6 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000)
 Russia[D] Play-off winner 19 November 2003 7 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996)
  1. ^ Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. ^ From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
  3. ^ From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  4. ^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Final draw

The 16 qualified finalists were drawn from four seeded pots into four groups. The pot allocations were based on the 2003-edition of the UEFA national team coefficient ranking, which measured performance of teams in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying. The coefficient was calculated by dividing the number of all points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of all matches played. Results from the final tournaments, play-off matches and friendly games were all ignored.[38] As host country, Portugal were automatically placed in position A1, and would hereby play the opening match of the final tournament. The remaining 15 teams were split into four pots, with title-holders France seeded alongside Sweden and the Czech Republic in the first pot.[39][40]

Pot 1[a]
Team Coeff Rank[38]
 France (holders)[b] 3.000 1
 Sweden 2.389 3
 Czech Republic 2.333 4
Pot 2
Team Coeff Rank[38]
 Italy 2.313 5
 Spain 2.313 6
 England 2.313 7
 Germany 2.188 9
Pot 3
Team Coeff Rank[38]
 Netherlands 2.167 10
 Croatia 2.125 11
 Russia 2.056 13
 Denmark 2.056 14
Pot 4
Team Coeff Rank[38]
 Bulgaria 1.889 18
 Switzerland 1.611 22
 Greece 1.563 23
 Latvia 1.250 32
  Automatically selected as a top-seeded team into pot 1, irrespective of their ranking position.
  1. ^ Hosts Portugal (coefficient 2.400; rank 2nd) belonged to Pot 1 irrespective of their ranking position. Ahead of the draw, they were automatically assigned to group position A1, and consequently removed from pot 1.
  2. ^ Defending champions France (coefficient 3.000; rank 1st) were automatically assigned to Pot 1 irrespective of their ranking position, and could be drawn into either Group B, C or D.

The Pot 1 teams were assigned to the first positions of their groups. For the purpose of determining the exact match schedules in each group, the 2nd/3rd/4th group positions were drawn separately for all other teams drawn from pot 2-4. The draw started by using pot 4 to draw one team to each of the four groups in alphabetic order from A to D. This same procedure was followed for pot 3 and pot 2. Finally the three remaining teams from pot 1 were drawn in alphabetic order into group B, C and D.[41]

The draw resulted in the following groups:[42][41]

Group A
Pos Team
A1  Portugal
A2  Greece
A3  Spain
A4  Russia
Group B
Pos Team
B1  France
B2  England
B3  Switzerland
B4  Croatia
Group C
Pos Team
C1  Sweden
C2  Bulgaria
C3  Denmark
C4  Italy
Group D
Pos Team
D1  Czech Republic
D2  Latvia
D3  Germany
D4  Netherlands

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Venues

The final tournament was played in ten venues located in eight different cities. Lisbon and Porto, the two biggest cities, had two venues each, while Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Faro-Loulé, Guimarães and Leiria had one venue. In order to meet UEFA's requirements on venue capacity and infrastructure, seven new stadiums were built – Estádio Municipal de Aveiro (Aveiro),[43] Estádio Municipal de Braga (Braga),[44] Estádio Algarve (Faro-Loulé),[45] Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (Leiria),[46] Estádio da Luz (Lisbon),[47] Estádio José Alvalade (Lisbon),[48] and Estádio do Dragão (Porto)[49] – and three underwent renovation works – Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (Coimbra),[50] Estádio D. Afonso Henriques (Guimarães),[51] and Estádio do Bessa (Porto).[52] The Estádio da Luz was the largest stadium with a tournament capacity of 65,647 seats, and served as the venue for the final. The opening ceremony and match took place at the Estádio do Dragão.

This was the first European Championship where matches took place in more than eight venues since the tournament was expanded to 16 teams in 1996.[53]

The table below lists stadium capacity for the final tournament, which may not correspond to their effective maximum capacity.

Lisbon Aveiro
Estádio da Luz Estádio José Alvalade Estádio Municipal de Aveiro
Capacity: 65,647 Capacity: 50,095 Capacity: 32,830
Porto Faro/Loulé
Estádio do Dragão Estádio do Bessa Estádio Algarve
Capacity: 50,033 Capacity: 28,263 Capacity: 30,305
Estádio do Algarve.jpg
Braga Guimarães Coimbra Leiria
Estádio Municipal de Braga Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Capacity: 30,286 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 29,622 Capacity: 28,642
Estádio de Guimarães.JPG

Ticketing

A total of 1.2 million tickets were available for the 31 matches of the final tournament,[54] of which 77% were to be sold to the general public, and the remainder reserved for sponsors and partners (13%), media (5%), and corporate hospitality (5%).[55] Public sales for an initial batch of 450,000 tickets (38%) were launched on 28 April 2003,[56] in a ceremony in Lisbon which gathered former European football stars Eusébio and Ruud Gullit.[57] Ticket prices were divided in three categories, ranging from €35 (group matches) to €270 (final).[55]

In a first phase lasting until 16 June 2003, supporters could apply for tickets via UEFA's tournament website or through forms available at the Portuguese Football Federation and match venues. Applicants could request a maximum of four tickets per match but were limited to one match per day. In parallel to individual match tickets, UEFA created a new category of tickets called "Follow My Team", which allowed supporters to see all the matches of their favourite team (group stage and, if qualified, knockout stage matches). If there were oversubscribed matches by the end of the first phase of sales, a match-specific draw would take place to select the successful applicants.[55]

Between 1 August and 24 November 2003, available tickets were placed again on sale in a first-come, first-served basis.[58] After the draw for the group stage on 30 November, a third phase of public sales began on 9 December, which included a second batch of tickets (39%) that could be bought until March 2004 through the national associations of the finalist teams.[59] Every national association was awarded 20% of the venue capacity for each of their team's matches.[55] From 1 to 30 April 2004, surplus tickets from UEFA or national associations were made available to the public for the last time.[60] Ticket distribution began in May, after sales were officially closed.[55]

Team base camps

Each team was provided a base camp for residence and daily training between tournament matches. An initial list of 25 bases approved by the Portuguese Football Federation, following a selection process started in November 2001, was announced by the organisation on 5 February 2003.[61]

Team Base camp
Bulgaria Póvoa de Varzim
Croatia Coruche
Czech Republic Sintra
Denmark Portimão
England Oeiras
France Santo Tirso
Germany Almancil
Greece Vila do Conde
Italy Lisbon
Latvia Anadia
Netherlands Albufeira
Portugal Alcochete
Russia Vilamoura
Spain Braga
Sweden Estoril
Switzerland Óbidos

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Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro, Portugal

Aveiro is a city and a municipality in Portugal. In 2021, the population was 80,880, in an area of 197.58 square kilometres (76.29 sq mi): it is the second most populous city in the Centro Region of Portugal. Along with the neighbouring city of Ílhavo, Aveiro is part of an urban agglomeration that includes 120,000 inhabitants, making it one of the most important populated regions by density in the North Region, and primary centre of the Intermunicipal Community of Aveiro and Baixo Vouga. Administratively, the president of the municipal government is José Ribau Esteves, elected by coalition between the Social Democratic Party and the Democratic Social Centre, who governs the ten civil parishes.

Braga

Braga

Braga is a city and a municipality, capital of the northwestern Portuguese district of Braga and of the historical and cultural Minho Province. Braga Municipality had a resident population of 193,333 inhabitants, representing the seventh largest municipality in Portugal by population. Its area is 183.40 km2. Its agglomerated urban area extends to the Cávado River and is the most populated urban area in Portugal outside Lisbon and Porto Metropolitan Areas.

Coimbra

Coimbra

Coimbra is a city and a municipality in Portugal. The population of the municipality at the 2011 census was 143,397, in an area of 319.40 square kilometres (123.3 sq mi). The fourth-largest agglomerated urban area in Portugal after Lisbon, Porto, and Braga, it is the largest city of the district of Coimbra and the Centro Region. About 460,000 people live in the Região de Coimbra, comprising 19 municipalities and extending into an area of 4,336 square kilometres (1,674 sq mi).

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro

Estádio Municipal de Aveiro

The Estádio Municipal de Aveiro is a football stadium in Aveiro, Portugal. It was designed for the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament by Portuguese architect Tomás Taveira. It has a capacity of 32,830 spectators, making it the fifth largest football stadium in Portugal.

Estádio Municipal de Braga

Estádio Municipal de Braga

The Municipal Stadium of Braga is an all-seater football stadium located in Braga, Portugal, and the current home of Sporting Clube de Braga. It has a capacity of 30,286 spectators, making it the seventh largest football stadium in Portugal. The stadium was designed by Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura who was awarded the Pritzker Architecture Prize in part for this design.

Estádio Algarve

Estádio Algarve

The Estádio Algarve, also known as Estádio Faro/Loulé, is an association football stadium located between Faro and Loulé municipalities, in the Algarve region of Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 30,305 and was purposely built for the UEFA Euro 2004 championship.

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

The Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa is a football stadium in Leiria, Portugal, built as a venue for the UEFA Euro 2004 finals held in Portugal. It is the home for Leiria's main football club, União de Leiria. It was designed by Tomás Taveira in 2003. The stadium contains different coloured seats as well as an athletics track and has a capacity of 24 000. The stadium has also hosted the Supertaça Cândido de Oliveira in 2006 and 2007 and the final of the league cup Taça da Liga in 2009,2021,2022 and 2023.

Estádio da Luz

Estádio da Luz

The Estádio da Luz, officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, its owner.

Estádio José Alvalade

Estádio José Alvalade

Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was built adjacent to the site of the older stadium. The stadium is named after José Alvalade (1885–1918), the founder and first club member of Sporting CP in the early twentieth century.

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra

Estádio Cidade de Coimbra is a stadium in Coimbra, Portugal. This stadium belongs to the Municipality of Coimbra and is mainly used by the Académica de Coimbra's football team.

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

Estádio D. Afonso Henriques

The Estádio D. Afonso Henriques is a football stadium in the city of Guimarães, Portugal.

Estádio do Bessa

Estádio do Bessa

The Estádio do Bessa is a football stadium located in the Boavista area of Porto, Portugal, used by Boavista F.C.

Squads

Each national team had to submit a squad of 23 players, three of whom must be goalkeepers, at least ten days before the opening match of the tournament. If a player became injured or ill severely enough to prevent his participation in the tournament before his team's first match, he would be replaced by another player.

Match officials

On 4 December 2003, UEFA revealed the twelve referees and four fourth officials.[62] Each refereeing team was composed by one main referee and two assistant referees from the same country. In April 2004, the UEFA Referees Committee replaced Russian assistant referee Gennady Krasyuk with Yuri Dupanov of Belarus.[63] The switch was made after Krasyuk incorrectly disallowed a second goal from Paul Scholes for offside in the Champions League round of 16 second leg between Manchester United and Porto.[64]

Country Referee Assistant referees Matches refereed
 Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen Jens Larsen
Jørgen Jepsen
Croatia 2–2 France (group B)
Netherlands 3–0 Latvia (group D)
 England Mike Riley Philip Sharp
Glenn Turner
Sweden 5–0 Bulgaria (group C)
Latvia 0–0 Germany (group D)
 France Gilles Veissière Frédéric Arnault
Serge Vallin
Russia 2–1 Greece (group A)
Czech Republic 2–1 Latvia (group D)
 Germany Markus Merk Christian Schräer
Jan-Hendrik Salver
France 2–1 England (group B)
Denmark 2–2 Sweden (group C)
Portugal 0–1 Greece (Final)
 Italy Pierluigi Collina Marco Ivaldi
Narciso Pisacreta
Portugal 1–2 Greece (group A)
Croatia 2–4 England (group B)
Greece 1–0 Czech Republic (semi-final)
 Norway Terje Hauge Ole Hermann Borgan
Steinar Holvik
Russia 0–2 Portugal (group A)
Germany 1–2 Czech Republic (group D)
 Portugal Lucílio Batista José Cardinal
Paulo Januário
Switzerland 0–0 Croatia (group B)
Bulgaria 0–2 Denmark (group C)
 Russia Valentin Ivanov Gennady Krasyuk
Vladimir Eniutin
Belarus Yuri Dupanov
England 3–0 Switzerland (group B)
Italy 2–1 Bulgaria (group C)
Czech Republic 3–0 Denmark (quarter-final)
 Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ Igor Šramka
Martin Balko
Greece 1–1 Spain (group A)
Switzerland 1–3 France (group B)
Sweden 0–0 Netherlands (quarter-final)
 Spain Manuel Mejuto González Oscar Martínez Samaniego
Rafael Guerrero Alonso
Denmark 0–0 Italy (group C)
Netherlands 2–3 Czech Republic (group D)
 Sweden Anders Frisk Kenneth Petersson
Peter Ekström
Spain 0–1 Portugal (group A)
Germany 1–1 Netherlands (group D)
France 0–1 Greece (quarter-final)
Portugal 2–1 Netherlands (semi-final)
 Switzerland Urs Meier Francesco Buragina
Rudolf Käppeli
Spain 1–0 Russia (group A)
Italy 1–1 Sweden (group C)
Portugal 2–2 England (quarter-final)
Country Fourth official
 Belgium Frank De Bleeckere
 Greece Kyros Vassaras
 Luxembourg Alain Hamer
 Scotland Stuart Dougal

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Referee (association football)

Referee (association football)

In association football, the referee is the person responsible for interpreting and enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. The referee is the final decision-making authority on all facts connected with play, and is the match official with the authority to start and stop play and impose disciplinary action against players and coaches during a match.

Assistant referee (association football)

Assistant referee (association football)

In association football, an assistant referee is an official empowered with assisting the referee in enforcing the Laws of the Game during a match. Although assistants are not required under the Laws, at most organised levels of football the match officiating crew consists of the referee and at least two assistant referees. The responsibilities of the various assistant referees are listed in Law 6, "The Other Match Officials". In the current Laws the term "assistant referee" technically refers only to the two officials who generally patrol the touchlines, with the wider range of assistants to the referee given other titles.

Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes

Paul Scholes is an English football coach, pundit, former player, and co-owner of Salford City. He spent his entire professional playing career with Manchester United, for whom he scored over 150 goals in more than 700 appearances between 1993 and 2013. He is widely regarded as one of the best midfielders of his generation and one of the greatest Manchester United players of all time.

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club, commonly referred to as Man United, or simply United, is a professional football club based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England. The club competes in the Premier League, the top division in the English football league system. Nicknamed the Red Devils, it was founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, but changed its name to Manchester United in 1902. After a spell playing in Clayton, Manchester, the club moved to its current stadium, Old Trafford, in 1910.

FC Porto

FC Porto

Futebol Clube do Porto, MHIH, OM, commonly known as FC Porto or simply Porto, is a Portuguese professional sports club based in Porto. It is best known for the professional football team playing in the Primeira Liga, the top flight of Portuguese football.

Danish Football Association

Danish Football Association

The Danish Football Union is the governing body of football in Denmark. It is the organization of Danish football clubs and runs the professional Danish football leagues, alongside the men's and women's national teams. Based in the city of Brøndby, it is a founding member of both FIFA and UEFA. The DBU has also been the governing body of futsal in Denmark since 2008.

Kim Milton Nielsen

Kim Milton Nielsen

Kim Milton Nielsen is a Danish former international football referee. An IT manager by trade, Nielsen is noted for his impressive height of 1.96 m, making him taller than most players. Nielsen began refereeing at 15 years of age, as he wanted to know the Laws of Football. A decade later, he began taking charge of Danish top-flight games, and he was awarded his FIFA international badge in 1988 when he was still in his late 20s.

The Football Association

The Football Association

The Football Association is the governing body of association football in England and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. Formed in 1863, it is the oldest football association in the world and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the amateur and professional game in its territory.

Mike Riley (referee)

Mike Riley (referee)

Michael "Mike" Anthony Riley is an English former professional football referee, who has refereed matches in the English Football League, Premier League, and for FIFA. Riley currently serves as the general manager of the Professional Game Match Officials Limited.

Philip Sharp (referee)

Philip Sharp (referee)

Philip Sharp is a former English Premier League assistant referee and one of only 10 match officials from the United Kingdom to have officiated in a FIFA World Cup Final.

French Football Federation

French Football Federation

The French Football Federation is the governing body of football in France. It was formed in 1919 and is based in the capital, Paris. The FFF was a founding member of FIFA and is responsible for overseeing all aspects of the game of football in France, both professional and amateur. The French Football Federation is a founding member of UEFA and joined FIFA in 1907 after replacing the USFSA, who were founding members.

Gilles Veissière

Gilles Veissière

Gilles Veissière is a football referee from France, best known for supervising two matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup in South Korea and Japan. He also led two matches at the 2000 and 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, and has refereed numerous UEFA Champions League matches. He was selected for the FIFA Europe vs. Rest of the World match to accompany the World Cup draw in Marseille in 1997.

Group stage

UEFA Euro 2004 finalists and their result
UEFA Euro 2004 finalists and their result

UEFA announced the match schedule for the final tournament on 10 March 2003, in Porto, Portugal. In a change from the previous tournament schedule, where two quarter-final matches were played per day, over two days, the quarter-finals at the Euro 2004 were to be played over four consecutive days, with one match per day.[65][66]

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following tie-breaking criteria were applied:[67][68]

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the matches played between the teams in question;
  2. Superior goal difference resulting from the matches played between the teams in question;
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the matches played between the teams in question;
  4. Superior goal difference in all group matches;
  5. Higher number of goals scored in all group matches;
  6. If on the last round of the group stage, two teams are facing each other and each has the same number of points, as well as the same number of goals scored and conceded, and the score finishes level in their match, their ranking is determined by a penalty shoot-out. (This criterion is not used if more than two teams have the same number of points.);
  7. Higher coefficient derived from 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying (points obtained divided by number of matches played);
  8. Fair play conduct of the team in the final tournament;
  9. Drawing of lots.

Euro 2004 marked the introduction of the penalty shoot-out as a tiebreaker between two teams in the group stage, although no match required the use of this procedure. The same procedure was used in future European Championship tournaments.

Group A

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[a]
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[a]
4  Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: UEFA
(H) Host
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.
Portugal 1–2 Greece
  • Ronaldo 90+3'
Report
Attendance: 48,761
Spain 1–0 Russia
Report
Attendance: 28,182

Greece 1–1 Spain
Report
Attendance: 25,444
Russia 0–2 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 59,273
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Spain 0–1 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 47,491
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Russia 2–1 Greece
Report
Attendance: 24,347

Group B

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  France 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7 Advance to knockout stage
2  England 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
3  Croatia 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
4  Switzerland 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
Source: UEFA
Switzerland 0–0 Croatia
Report
France 2–1 England
Report
Attendance: 62,487
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

England 3–0 Switzerland
Report
Croatia 2–2 France
Report

Croatia 2–4 England
Report
Attendance: 57,047
Switzerland 1–3 France
Report

Group C

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Denmark 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5[a]
3  Italy 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5[a]
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head goals for: Sweden 3, Denmark 2, Italy 1.[69]
Denmark 0–0 Italy
Report
Sweden 5–0 Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 31,652
Referee: Mike Riley (England)

Bulgaria 0–2 Denmark
Report
Italy 1–1 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 44,926

Italy 2–1 Bulgaria
Report
Denmark 2–2 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 26,115
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Group D

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 7 4 +3 9 Advance to knockout stage
2  Netherlands 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
3  Germany 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
4  Latvia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
Source: UEFA
Czech Republic 2–1 Latvia
Report
Germany 1–1 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 48,197
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Latvia 0–0 Germany
Report
Attendance: 22,344
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Netherlands 2–3 Czech Republic
Report

Netherlands 3–0 Latvia
Report
Germany 1–2 Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 46,849
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

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Penalty shoot-out (association football)

Penalty shoot-out (association football)

A penalty shoot-out is a tie-breaking method in association football to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well as extra time have expired. In a penalty shoot-out, each team takes turns shooting at goal from the penalty mark, with the goal defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper. Each team has five shots which must be taken by different kickers; the team that makes more successful kicks is declared the victor. Shoot-outs finish as soon as one team has an insurmountable lead. If scores are level after five pairs of shots, the shootout progresses into additional "sudden-death" rounds. Balls successfully kicked into the goal during a shoot-out do not count as goals for the individual kickers or the team, and are tallied separately from the goals scored during normal play. Although the procedure for each individual kick in the shoot-out resembles that of a penalty kick, there are some differences. Most notably, neither the kicker nor any player other than the goalkeeper may play the ball again once it has been kicked.

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)

Listed below are the dates and results for the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for UEFA teams.

Portugal national football team

Portugal national football team

The Portugal national football team has represented Portugal in international men's football competition since 1921. The national team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Portugal, and its primary training ground and technical headquarters, Cidade do Futebol, is located in Oeiras. The head coach of the team is Roberto Martínez, who replaced Fernando Santos in January 2023 following his stepping down after the 2022 World Cup, and the captain is Cristiano Ronaldo, who also holds the team records for most caps and most goals.

Greece national football team

Greece national football team

The Greece national football team represents Greece in men's international football matches and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Starting in 2023, Greece play their home matches in Nea Filadelfeia, a suburb of Athens, at the newly built Agia Sophia Stadium. Greece is one of only ten national teams to have been crowned UEFA European Champions.

Russia national football team

Russia national football team

The Russia national football team represents the Russian Federation in men's international football. It is controlled by the Russian Football Union, the governing body for football in Russia. Russia's home ground is the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow and their head coach is Valery Karpin.

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo

Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays as a forward for and captains both Saudi Professional League club Al Nassr and the Portugal national team. Widely regarded as one of the greatest players of all time, Ronaldo has won five Ballon d'Or awards and four European Golden Shoes, the most by a European player. He has won 32 trophies in his career, including seven league titles, five UEFA Champions Leagues, the UEFA European Championship and the UEFA Nations League. Ronaldo holds the records for most appearances (183), goals (140), and assists (42) in the Champions League, goals in the European Championship (14), men's international goals (122), and men's international appearances (198). He is one of the few players to have made over 1,100 professional career appearances, and has scored over 800 official senior career goals for club and country.

Giorgos Karagounis

Giorgos Karagounis

Georgios Karagkounis, known as Giorgos Karagounis, is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.

Angelos Basinas

Angelos Basinas

Angelos Basinas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He could also operate as a central midfielder and a centre back. He is best remembered for his key role in the Greece national team that won the 2004 European Championship. He provided the corner kick through which Angelos Charisteas scored the winning goal in the final against Portugal.

Penalty kick (association football)

Penalty kick (association football)

A penalty kick is a method of restarting play in association football, in which a player is allowed to take a single shot at the goal while it is defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper. It is awarded when an offence punishable by a direct free kick is committed by a player in their own penalty area. The shot is taken from the penalty mark, which is 11 m from the goal line and centred between the touch lines.

Estádio do Dragão

Estádio do Dragão

The Estádio do Dragão is an all-seater football stadium in Porto, Portugal, and the home ground of FC Porto since 2003. It has a seating capacity of 50,033, making it the third largest football stadium in Portugal.

Porto

Porto

Porto or Oporto is the second-largest city in Portugal, the capital of the Oporto District, and one of the Iberian Peninsula's major urban areas. Oporto city proper, which is the entire municipality of Porto, is small compared to its metropolitan area, with an estimated population of just 231,800 people in a municipality with only 41.42 km2. Porto's metropolitan area has around 1.7 million people (2021) in an area of 2,395 km2 (925 sq mi), making it the second-largest urban area in Portugal. It is recognized as a global city with a Gamma + rating from the Globalization and World Cities Research Network.

Pierluigi Collina

Pierluigi Collina

Pierluigi Collina is an Italian former football referee. He was named "The World's Best Referee" by the International Federation of Football History & Statistics six consecutive times from 1998-2003.

Knockout stage

The Greek national team at the trophy ceremony.
The Greek national team at the trophy ceremony.

The knockout stage was a single-elimination tournament involving the eight teams that advanced from the group stage. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round, culminating in the final to decide the champions. Any game in the knockout stage that was not decided by the end of the regular 90 minutes was followed by up to 30 minutes of extra time (two 15-minute halves).

For the first time in an international football tournament, the silver goal system was applied, whereby the team that led the game at the half-time break during the extra time period would be declared the winner.[70] If the scores were still level after the initial 15 minutes of extra time, play would continue for a further 15 minutes. If the teams could still not be separated after the extra time, there would be a penalty shoot-out (at least five penalties each) to determine which team progressed to the next round.[70] The silver goal replaced the golden goal from the previous two championships and was used in the semi final between Greece and the Czech Republic.

As with every tournament since UEFA Euro 1984, there was no third place play-off.

All times are local, WEST (UTC+1).

Bracket

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
24 June – Lisbon (Luz)
 
 
 Portugal (p)2 (6)
 
30 June – Lisbon (Alvalade)
 
 England2 (5)
 
 Portugal2
 
26 June – Faro/Loulé
 
 Netherlands1
 
 Sweden0 (4)
 
4 July – Lisbon (Luz)
 
 Netherlands (p)0 (5)
 
 Portugal0
 
25 June – Lisbon (Alvalade)
 
 Greece1
 
 France0
 
1 July – Porto (Dragão)
 
 Greece1
 
 Greece (s.g.)1
 
27 June – Porto (Dragão)
 
 Czech Republic0
 
 Czech Republic3
 
 
 Denmark0
 

Quarter-finals


France 0–1 Greece
Report
Attendance: 45,390
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)


Czech Republic 3–0 Denmark
Report
Attendance: 41,092

Semi-finals

Portugal 2–1 Netherlands
Report
Attendance: 46,679
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Greece 1–0 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Report
Attendance: 42,449

Final

Portugal 0–1 Greece
Report
Attendance: 62,865
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

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UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage

UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage

The knockout stage of UEFA Euro 2004 was a single-elimination tournament involving the eight teams that qualified from the group stage of the tournament. There were three rounds of matches, with each round eliminating half of the teams entering that round, culminating in the final to decide the champions. The knockout stage began with the quarter-finals on 24 June and ended with the final on 4 July 2004 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon. Greece won the tournament with a 1–0 victory over the host nation Portugal.

Single-elimination tournament

Single-elimination tournament

A single-elimination, knockout, or sudden death tournament is a type of elimination tournament where the loser of each match-up is immediately eliminated from the tournament. Each winner will play another in the next round, until the final match-up, whose winner becomes the tournament champion. Each match-up may be a single match or several, for example two-legged ties in European sports or best-of series in American pro sports. Defeated competitors may play no further part after losing, or may participate in "consolation" or "classification" matches against other losers to determine the lower final rankings; for example, a third place playoff between losing semi-finalists. In a shootout poker tournament, there are more than two players competing at each table, and sometimes more than one progressing to the next round. Some competitions are held with a pure single-elimination tournament system. Others have many phases, with the last being a single-elimination final stage, often called playoffs.

Penalty shoot-out (association football)

Penalty shoot-out (association football)

A penalty shoot-out is a tie-breaking method in association football to determine which team is awarded victory in a match that cannot end in a draw, when the score is tied after the normal time as well as extra time have expired. In a penalty shoot-out, each team takes turns shooting at goal from the penalty mark, with the goal defended only by the opposing team's goalkeeper. Each team has five shots which must be taken by different kickers; the team that makes more successful kicks is declared the victor. Shoot-outs finish as soon as one team has an insurmountable lead. If scores are level after five pairs of shots, the shootout progresses into additional "sudden-death" rounds. Balls successfully kicked into the goal during a shoot-out do not count as goals for the individual kickers or the team, and are tallied separately from the goals scored during normal play. Although the procedure for each individual kick in the shoot-out resembles that of a penalty kick, there are some differences. Most notably, neither the kicker nor any player other than the goalkeeper may play the ball again once it has been kicked.

UEFA Euro 1984

UEFA Euro 1984

The 1984 UEFA European Football Championship final tournament was held in France from 12 to 27 June 1984. It was the seventh UEFA European Championship, a competition held every four years and endorsed by UEFA.

UTC+01:00

UTC+01:00

UTC+01:00 is an identifier for a time offset from UTC of +01:00. In ISO 8601, the associated time would be written as 2019-02-07T23:28:34+01:00. This time is used in:Central European Time West Africa Time Western European Summer Time British Summer Time Irish Standard Time

Estádio da Luz

Estádio da Luz

The Estádio da Luz, officially named Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica, is a multi-purpose stadium located in Lisbon, Portugal. It is used mostly for association football matches, hosting the home games of Portuguese club S.L. Benfica, its owner.

Portugal national football team

Portugal national football team

The Portugal national football team has represented Portugal in international men's football competition since 1921. The national team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation (FPF), the governing body for football in Portugal. Portugal's home matches are played at various stadiums throughout Portugal, and its primary training ground and technical headquarters, Cidade do Futebol, is located in Oeiras. The head coach of the team is Roberto Martínez, who replaced Fernando Santos in January 2023 following his stepping down after the 2022 World Cup, and the captain is Cristiano Ronaldo, who also holds the team records for most caps and most goals.

Estádio José Alvalade

Estádio José Alvalade

Estádio José Alvalade is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, home of Sporting Clube de Portugal. It was built adjacent to the site of the older stadium. The stadium is named after José Alvalade (1885–1918), the founder and first club member of Sporting CP in the early twentieth century.

England national football team

England national football team

The England national football team has represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by The Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA. England competes in the three major international tournament contested by European nations: the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, and the UEFA Nations League.

Estádio Algarve

Estádio Algarve

The Estádio Algarve, also known as Estádio Faro/Loulé, is an association football stadium located between Faro and Loulé municipalities, in the Algarve region of Portugal. The stadium has a capacity of 30,305 and was purposely built for the UEFA Euro 2004 championship.

Netherlands national football team

Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands national football team has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands, which is a part of UEFA, under the jurisdiction of FIFA. They were sometimes regarded as the greatest national team of the respective generations. Most of the Netherlands home matches are played at the Johan Cruyff Arena, De Kuip, Philips Stadion and De Grolsch Veste.

Sweden national football team

Sweden national football team

The Sweden national football team represents Sweden in men's international football and it is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body of football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Friends Arena in Solna and the team is coached by Janne Andersson. From 1945 to late 1950s, they were considered one of the greatest teams in Europe.

Statistics

Goalscorers

There were 77 goals scored in 31 matches, for an average of 2.48 goals per match.

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Source: UEFA[71][72]

Awards

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.[73][74] 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.[74][75]

Theodoros Zagorakis, UEFA Player of the Tournament
Theodoros Zagorakis, UEFA Player of the Tournament
Goalkeepers Defenders Midfielders Forwards
Czech Republic Petr Čech
Greece Antonios Nikopolidis
England Sol Campbell
England Ashley Cole
Greece Traianos Dellas
Greece Giourkas Seitaridis
Italy Gianluca Zambrotta
Portugal Ricardo Carvalho
Sweden Olof Mellberg
Czech Republic Pavel Nedvěd
England Frank Lampard
France Zinedine Zidane
Germany Michael Ballack
Greece Theodoros Zagorakis
Portugal Luís Figo
Portugal Maniche
Czech Republic Milan Baroš
Denmark Jon Dahl Tomasson
England Wayne Rooney
Greece Angelos Charisteas
Netherlands Ruud van Nistelrooy
Portugal Cristiano Ronaldo
Sweden Henrik Larsson
Golden Boot

The Golden Boot was awarded to Milan Baroš, who scored all five of his goals in three group stage matches and in the quarter-finals against Denmark.

UEFA Player of the Tournament

Prize money

Overall, CHF200 million was awarded to the 16 teams, a boost from the CHF120 million in the previous event.[78] Below is a complete list of the allocations:[79]

  • Prize for participating: CHF7.5 million

Extra payment based on teams performance:

  • Winner: CHF10 million
  • Runner-up: CHF6 million
  • Semi-finals: CHF4 million
  • Quarter-finals: CHF3 million
  • Group stage (per match):
    • Win: CHF1 million
    • Draw: CHF500,000

Discipline

If a player was shown a red card – whether as a result of two bookable offences or a straight red – he would become suspended from playing in his team's next match. A player would also become suspended for one match for picking up two yellow cards in separate matches. However, any yellow cards accumulated would be cancelled once a team was eliminated from the tournament or reached the semi-finals. In extreme cases of ill-discipline, UEFA could choose to have a disciplinary panel examine the incident in order to determine whether or not further suspension would be required.

The following players were suspended for one or more games as a result of red cards or yellow card accumulation:

Player Offence(s) Suspension(s)
Russia Roman Sharonov Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group A v Spain Group A v Portugal
Greece Giorgos Karagounis Yellow card in Group A v Portugal
Yellow card in Group A v Spain
Group A v Russia
Yellow card in quarter-final v France
Yellow card in semi-final v Czech Republic
Final v Portugal
Greece Zisis Vryzas Yellow card in Group A v Portugal
Yellow card in Group A v Russia
Quarter-final v France
Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov Red card in Group A v Portugal Group A v Greece
Russia Alexey Smertin Yellow card in Group A v Spain
Yellow card in Group A v Portugal
Group A v Greece
Spain Carlos Marchena Yellow card in Group A v Russia
Yellow card in Group A v Greece
Group A v Portugal
Switzerland Johann Vogel Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group B v Croatia Group B v England
Switzerland Bernt Haas Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group B v England Group B v France
Bulgaria Rosen Kirilov Yellow card in Group C v Sweden
Yellow card in Group C v Denmark
Group C v Italy
Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group C v Denmark Group C v Italy
Sweden Tobias Linderoth Yellow card in Group C v Bulgaria
Yellow card in Group C v Italy
Group C v Denmark
Sweden Erik Edman Yellow card in Group C v Italy
Yellow card in Group C v Denmark
Quarter-final v Netherlands
Italy Fabio Cannavaro Yellow card in Group C v Denmark
Yellow card in Group C v Sweden
Group C v Bulgaria
Italy Gennaro Gattuso Yellow card in Group C v Denmark
Yellow card in Group C v Sweden
Group C v Bulgaria
Italy Francesco Totti Spat on Christian Poulsen in Group C v Denmark Group C v Sweden
Group C v Bulgaria
World Cup qualifying v Norway
Netherlands John Heitinga Yellow card Yellow-red card in Group D v Czech Republic Group D v Latvia

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Czech Republic national football team

Czech Republic national football team

The Czech Republic national football team, recognised by FIFA as Czechia, represents the Czech Republic in international football. The team is controlled by the Football Association of the Czech Republic (FAČR). Historically, the team participated in FIFA and UEFA competitions as Bohemia and Czechoslovakia.

Milan Baroš

Milan Baroš

Milan Baroš is a Czech footballer who plays as a striker. He currently plays for FK Vigantice at amateur level.

England national football team

England national football team

The England national football team has represented England in international football since the first international match in 1872. It is controlled by The Football Association (FA), the governing body for football in England, which is affiliated with UEFA and comes under the global jurisdiction of world football's governing body FIFA. England competes in the three major international tournament contested by European nations: the FIFA World Cup, the UEFA European Championship, and the UEFA Nations League.

Netherlands national football team

Netherlands national football team

The Netherlands national football team has represented the Netherlands in international men's football matches since 1905. The men's national team is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association (KNVB), the governing body for football in the Netherlands, which is a part of UEFA, under the jurisdiction of FIFA. They were sometimes regarded as the greatest national team of the respective generations. Most of the Netherlands home matches are played at the Johan Cruyff Arena, De Kuip, Philips Stadion and De Grolsch Veste.

Denmark national football team

Denmark national football team

The Denmark men’s national football team represents Denmark and Greenland in men's international football competitions. It is controlled by the Danish Football Association (DBU), the governing body for the football clubs which are organised under DBU. Denmark's home stadium is Parken Stadium in the Østerbro district of Copenhagen; their head coach is Kasper Hjulmand.

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Jon Dahl Tomasson

Jon Dahl Tomasson is a Danish football manager and former player who is the current head coach of EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.

Frank Lampard

Frank Lampard

Frank James Lampard is an English professional football manager and former player who was most recently the manager of Premier League club Everton. He is widely regarded as one of Chelsea’s greatest ever players, and one of the greatest midfielders of his generation. He has the record of the most goals by a midfielder in the Premier League and of scoring the highest number of goals from outside the box (41). He ranked highly on a number of statistics for Premier League players for the ten years from 1 December 2000, including most games and most wins.

France national football team

France national football team

The France national football team represents France in men's international football matches. It is governed by the French Football Federation, the governing body for football in France. It is a member of UEFA in Europe and FIFA in global competitions. The team's colors and imagery reference two national symbols: the French red-white-blue tricolour and Gallic rooster. The team is colloquially known as Les Bleus. They play home matches at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis and train at INF Clairefontaine in Clairefontaine-en-Yvelines.

Greece national football team

Greece national football team

The Greece national football team represents Greece in men's international football matches and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation, the governing body for football in Greece. Starting in 2023, Greece play their home matches in Nea Filadelfeia, a suburb of Athens, at the newly built Agia Sophia Stadium. Greece is one of only ten national teams to have been crowned UEFA European Champions.

Angelos Charisteas

Angelos Charisteas

Angelos Charisteas is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a forward and politician. Since 2019, he works as Sporting Director for Aris.

Henrik Larsson

Henrik Larsson

Edward Henrik Larsson is a Swedish professional football coach and former player, formerly an assistant manager of Barcelona. Playing as a striker, Larsson began his career with Högaborgs BK. In 1992, he moved to Helsingborg IF where in his first season his partnership up front with Mats Magnusson helped the club win promotion to Allsvenskan after 24 seasons in the lower tiers. He moved to Feyenoord in November 1993, staying for four years before leaving in 1997. During his time in the Dutch Eredivisie, he won two KNVB Cups with Feyenoord. He also broke into the Swedish national football team, and helped them finish in third place at the 1994 World Cup.

Marek Heinz

Marek Heinz

Marek Heinz is a Czech former professional football striker.

Marketing

Logo, mascot and official song

UEFA Euro 2004 mascot, Kinas
UEFA Euro 2004 mascot, Kinas

The official tournament logo was created by Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper agency and unveiled on 13 May 2002 at a ceremony held in Lisbon's Belém Cultural Center.[80] It represents a football in the centre of a heart, surrounded by seven green dots. The football – displaying typical Portuguese folk artistic motifs on its panels – and the heart – shaped in the traditional style of the filigree art from Viana do Castelo – conveyed the football passion of the host country. The seven dots represent significant Portuguese elements and achievements, such as the number of castles in the national coat of arms or the conquest of the seven seas during the Age of Discoveries. The logo's colour palette was based on the Portuguese flag and its warm tones recall the light and sun associated with the Portuguese landscape and climate.[81][82] The competition slogan used was "Vive O 2004!" (English: Live 2004!).[83][84]

The official mascot was a boy named Kinas – derived from quinas (English: inescutcheons), one of the symbols of the Portuguese coat of arms[85] – who wore a football kit with the Portuguese colours (red shirt and green shorts) and was constantly playing with a football. He possessed the knowledge and talent of generations of highly gifted football players, and embodied the energy and passion of football.[86] Created by Warner Bros., Kinas was officially unveiled on 29 March 2003 at the Casa de Serralves, in Porto, Portugal.[85]

The official song, called "Força" (English: Strength), was written and performed by Portuguese-Canadian singer Nelly Furtado.[87] The song was taken from her second studio album, Folklore, and released as its third single, soon after the start of the tournament. Furtado was selected to sing the official song of the tournament, because of her familial connection to the host country (her parents are both Portuguese from the Azores).[88] She wrote "Força" with "the passion the Portuguese people have for football" in mind.[88] The song was played at every match, and performed live by Furtado at the closing ceremony prior to the final.[89][90]

Match ball

The official match ball was presented during the final draw ceremony on 30 November 2003 in Lisbon.[91][92] It was produced by Adidas and named Adidas Roteiro, after the logbook (Portuguese: roteiro) used by Portuguese maritime explorers such as Vasco da Gama.[91] Roteiro was the first official tournament football to employ the new thermal-bonding technique in its production, which resulted in a seamless surface and a more homogeneous design.[91] Portuguese Football Federation president Gilberto Madaíl praised the ball, stating: "Adidas has delivered a stunning, modern and state-of the-art Portuguese football. This is very much how we envisage the UEFA Euro 2004 event to be".[91] Roteiro was also used at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup,[93] and during the mid-season of the 2004–05 German Bundesliga.[94]

The new ball received mixed reactions from players and technical staffs. England midfielder David Beckham, who was asked by Adidas to test it, was pleased with Roteiro's performance, particularly in free-kicks.[91] France midfielder Zinedine Zidane believed the ball would "improve the game".[94] Several Spanish players, however, regarded it as "horrible, difficult to control and to pass", with Real Madrid footballer Iván Helguera describing it as a "beach ball".[95] Notable players of the Italy national team, such as Francesco Totti, Andrea Pirlo and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon also voiced criticisms.[96]

Trophy tour

During the two months ahead of the tournament, the Henri Delaunay Trophy travelled across Portugal to promote the European Championship finals in the host country. The tour began on 8 April 2004 at the Praça do Comércio in Lisbon, where the launching ceremony took place with the presence of Portuguese football legend and tournament ambassador Eusébio.[97] A total of twenty towns and cities were visited by the trophy tour caravan, including the ten that would host matches.[98]

Trophy tour stops and dates

Merchandise and memorabilia

In November 2002, UEFA appointed Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) as the tournament's exclusive worldwide licensing agent.[99] As the global licensing rights owner, WBCP was responsible for negotiating product licence contracts with third parties on the behalf of UEFA and delineate product sales strategies across the host country. Other tasks included setting up and managing marketing plans, product distribution and prices, and prevent illegal use of trademarks and product sales.[100] Over 2,000 merchandise items were developed by the 28 licencees chosen by WBCP, and were distributed not only within Portugal but also in major European and Asian markets.[101]

To celebrate Portugal's hosting of the Euro 2004 finals, commemorative coin and stamp collections were issued by the Imprensa Nacional-Casa da Moeda, the Portuguese national mint and printing house,[102] and CTT, the national postal service.[103]

Sponsorship

UEFA distinguishes between global sponsors and national sponsors. Global Euro sponsors can come from any country and have together exclusive worldwide sponsorship rights for a UEFA European Football Championship. National sponsors come from the host country and do only have sponsorship rights within that country.[104] Eight sponsors were announced by UEFA in December 2002.[105]

Global sponsors National sponsors

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Belém Cultural Center

Belém Cultural Center

The Belém Cultural Center is a complex of artistic venues located in Belém in the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It is the largest building with cultural facilities in Portugal, with over 140,000 m2 (1,500,000 sq ft) of usable space. The centre was initially built to accommodate the programme of Portugal's Presidency of the European Council in 1992, but with the long-term goal of providing permanent venues for conferences, exhibitions and performance arts, in addition to meeting halls, shops and cafés.

Filigree

Filigree

Filigree is a form of intricate metalwork used in jewellery and other small forms of metalwork.

Coat of arms of Portugal

Coat of arms of Portugal

The coat of arms of Portugal is the main heraldic insignia of Portugal. The present model was officially adopted on 30 June 1911, along with the present model of the Flag of Portugal. It is based on the coat of arms used by the Portuguese Kingdom since the Middle Ages. The coat of arms of Portugal is popularly referred as the Quinas.

Age of Discovery

Age of Discovery

The Age of Discovery or the Age of Exploration, part of the early modern period and largely overlapping with the Age of Sail, was a period from approximately the 15th century to the 17th century in European history, during which seafaring Europeans explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe.

Flag of Portugal

Flag of Portugal

The Flag of Portugal is the national flag of the Portuguese Republic. It is a rectangular bicolour with a field divided into green on the hoist, and red on the fly. The lesser version of the national coat of arms of Portugal is centered over the colour boundary at equal distance from the upper and lower edges. Its presentation was done on 1 December 1910, after the downfall of the constitutional monarchy on 5 October 1910. However, it was only on 30 June 1911, that the official decree approving this flag as the official flag was published. This new national flag for the First Portuguese Republic, was selected by a special commission whose members included Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro, João Chagas and Abel Botelho.

Força

Força

"Força" is a song by Canadian singer Nelly Furtado from her second studio album, Folklore (2003). Written by Furtado, Gerald Eaton, and Brian West, the track is sung mainly in English, with the chorus completely in Portuguese. The song was produced by Track & Field and received a positive reception from music critics. Released in June 2004 as the album's third single, served as the official song of the 2004 European Football Championship held in Portugal.

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Furtado

Nelly Kim Furtado is a Canadian singer and songwriter. Furtado has sold over 40 million records worldwide making her one of the most successful Canadian artists. She is widely known for her musical versatility and genre experimentation.

Folklore (Nelly Furtado album)

Folklore (Nelly Furtado album)

Folklore is the second studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado. It was released on 5 November 2003 through DreamWorks Records. While the album did not match the success of her previous album in such markets as the United States and Australia, it did however become a success in several European countries. Folklore spawned five singles: "Powerless ", "Try", "Força", "Explode" and "The Grass Is Green". The album has sold 2 million copies worldwide.

Azores

Azores

The Azores, officially the Autonomous Region of the Azores, is one of the two autonomous regions of Portugal. It is an archipelago composed of nine volcanic islands in the Macaronesia region of the North Atlantic Ocean, about 1,400 km (870 mi) west of Lisbon, about 1,500 km (930 mi) northwest of Morocco, and about 1,930 km (1,200 mi) southeast of Newfoundland, Canada.

Adidas Roteiro

Adidas Roteiro

Adidas Roteiro is a football made by German company Adidas. It was the official match ball of the UEFA Euro 2004 in Portugal and later, was the official match ball for the 2004 AFC Asian Cup held a month later in China. "Roteiro" means "road map" or "navigation chart" in Portuguese and was a reference to the discoveries made by the Portuguese in the 15th and 16th century, in particular Vasco da Gama. It is made by Adidas and it was presented on 1 December 2003 in Zabol.

Lisbon

Lisbon

Lisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 544,851 within its administrative limits in an area of 100.05 km2. Lisbon's urban area extends beyond the city's administrative limits with a population of around 2.7 million people, being the 11th-most populous urban area in the European Union. About 3 million people live in the Lisbon metropolitan area, making it the third largest metropolitan area in the Iberian Peninsula, after Madrid and Barcelona. It represents approximately 27% of the country's population. It is mainland Europe's westernmost capital city and the only one along the Atlantic coast. Lisbon lies in the western Iberian Peninsula on the Atlantic Ocean and the River Tagus. The westernmost portions of its metro area, the Portuguese Riviera, form the westernmost point of Continental Europe, culminating at Cabo da Roca.

Adidas

Adidas

Adidas AG is a German multinational corporation, founded and headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, that designs and manufactures shoes, clothing and accessories. It is the largest sportswear manufacturer in Europe, and the second largest in the world, after Nike. It is the holding company for the Adidas Group, which consists 8.33% stake of the football club Bayern München, and Runtastic, an Austrian fitness technology company. Adidas's revenue for 2018 was listed at €21.915 billion.

Broadcasting

Nineteen cameras were used in each of the ten venues to broadcast the live matches, with three additional cameras in the opening and knockout stage matches.[123][124]

Source: "UEFA Euro 2004", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, March 18th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UEFA_Euro_2004.

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