2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship

2004 UEFA Under-17 Championship

Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	4-15 May
Teams	8
Venue(s)	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	51 (3.19 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hatem Ben Arfa Bruno Gama Shane Paul Marc Pedraza (3 goals each)
Best player	Cesc Fàbregas
← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship was the third edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. France hosted the championship, during May 4-15. Host France defeated Spain in the final to win the competition for the first time.

Squads

Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship squads

Qualifying

There were two qualifying rounds.

• Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship first qualifying round
• Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Football Championship second qualifying round

Group stage

Group A

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Spain	3	2	0	1	5	2	+3	6
Turkey	3	1	0	2	6	5	+1	3
Northern Ireland	3	0	0	3	3	12	-9	0

4 May 2004 16:00 CET	Spain	1 – 0	Turkey	Stade Georges Boulogne, Amboise Referee: Joeri Van De Velde (BEL)
	Marquitos  40'	Report

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4 May 2004 18:00 CET	France	3 – 0	Northern Ireland	Les Allées, Blois Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
	Benzema  73' Ben Arfa  76' Songo'o  79'	Report

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6 May 2004 18:00 CET	Northern Ireland	2 – 5	Turkey	Stade Jules Ladoumègue, Romorantin-Lanthenay Referee: Marek Mikolajewski (POL)
	Turner  42' (pen.) O'Connor  82'	Report	14', 36' Ergin  22' Yilmaz  23' Cafercan  74' Oğuz

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6 May 2004 19:00 CET	France	1 – 0	Spain	Les Allées, Blois Referee: Christoforos Zografos (GRE)
	Mario  18' (o.g.)	Report

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9 May 2004 17:30 CET	Turkey	1 – 2	France	Stade Georges Boulogne, Amboise Referee: Radek Matejek (CZE)
	Cafercan  83'	Report	42' Ben Arfa  69' Menez

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9 May 2004 17:30 CET	Northern Ireland	1 – 4	Spain	Stade Guy Drut, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Referee: Modou Sowe (GAM)
	Doherty  49'	Report	27', 35', 42' Pedraza  66' Capel

Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Portugal	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
Austria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Ukraine	3	0	0	3	1	8	-7	0

4 May 2004 15:00 CET	Ukraine	0 – 2	England	Stade Péteseilles, Avoine Referee: Christoforos Zografos (GRE)
		Report	60' Paul  79' Doyle

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4 May 2004 20:00 CET	Austria	0 – 0	Portugal	Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours Referee: Modou Sowe (GAM)
		Report

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6 May 2004 15:00 CET	Ukraine	1 – 2	Austria	Stade Guy Drut, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
	Dorosh  5'	Report	9' (pen.), 11' Gramann

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6 May 2004 15:00 CET	England	3 – 1	Portugal	Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours Referee: Radek Matejek (CZE)
	Paul  4', 56' Davies  79'	Report	8' Pereira

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9 May 2004 20:00 CET	Portugal	4 – 0	Ukraine	Stade Péteseilles, Avoine Referee: Marek Mikolajewski (POL)
	Bruno Gama  11', 22' (pen.) Rui Gomes  51' Fausto  82'	Report

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9 May 2004 20:00 CET	England	1 – 0	Austria	Les Allées, Blois Referee: Joeri Van De Velde (BEL)
	Porter  54'	Report

Knockout stage

Semifinals

12 May 2004 17:30 CET	France	3 – 1	Portugal	Les Allées, Blois Referee: Marek Mikolajewski (POL)
	Nasri  52' Menez  56' Ben Arfa  62'	Report	27' Pereira

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12 May 2004 19:30 CET	England	1 – 2	Spain	Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours Referee: Joeri Van De Velde (BEL)
	Reid  18'	Report	10' Marquitos  80' (pen.) Fàbregas

Third Place Playoff

15 May 2004 15:30 CET	Portugal	4 – 4	England	Stade Gaston Petit, Châteauroux Referee: Marijo Strahonja (CRO)
	Fausto  13' João Pedro  24', 98' Bruno Gama  59'	Report	25', 97' (pen.) Walker  45' Reid  62' Davies
		Penalties
	Bruno Gama Rui Gomes Barbosa João Pedro	3 - 2	Walker Doyle James Porter Wheater

Final

15 May 2004 19:00 CET	France	2 – 1	Spain	Stade Gaston Petit, Châteauroux Referee: Christoforos Zografos (GRE)
	Constant  1' Nasri  79'	Report	63' Piqué

2004 UEFA Under-17 Championship
France First title

References

• UEFA.com
• RSSSF.com