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UEFA Euro 2004
Campeonato da Europa de Futebol 2004 Template:Pt icon
UEFA Euro 2004 official logo
Live 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)
Attendance1,156,473 (37,306 per match)
Top scorer(s)Czech Republic Milan Baroš (5 goals)
Best player(s)Greece Theodoros Zagorakis
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The 2004 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as UEFA Euro 2004 or Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial football competition contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of UEFA. The final tournament was hosted in Portugal for the first time, after their bid was selected on 12 October 1999, over rival bids from Spain and Austria/Hungary.[1][2] It took place from 12 June to 4 July 2004, and matches were played in ten venues across eight cities: Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, Leiria, Lisbon and Porto.

As in the 1996 and 2000 editions, the final tournament was contested by 16 teams – the hosts plus the 15 teams that successfully overcame 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 knocked out during the group stage, while France, the defending champions, were eliminated in the quarter-finals by Greece. The Portuguese team recovered from an opening defeat to Greece to reach the final, eliminating England and the Netherlands along the way. For the first time in a major football tournament, the last match featured the same teams as the opening match,[3] and as in their previous encounter, Portugal were beaten 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.

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".

Summary

Opening ceremony at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto

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. An injury time goal from 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, meanwhile, 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 first place in Group A. Greece advanced to the quarter-finals as runners-up, ahead Spain on goals scored.[11]

France, the holders, and England ended their Group B encounter in furious fashion as the French scored twice in injury time to go from 1–0 down to 2–1 winners. Zinedine Zidane scored in the first minute of injury time and two minutes later, an error by the English defence gave a France penalty and Zidane fired in the winner.[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]

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

Group C featured a three-way tie between Sweden, Denmark and Italy for first spot. 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 between the three sides, after Sweden and Denmark drew 2–2 and qualified to the quarter-finals as group winners and runners-up.[19][20] The Italians went so far as to accuse 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 disregarded such an idea.[22]

The Czech Republic took the first place in Group D after becoming 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 Germany, which failed to advance from the group stage for the second consecutive time.[26] The Netherlands claimed a quarter-final berth as runners-up.[27]

In the first quarter-final match 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. A controversial incident came in the dying minutes when Owen hit the Portuguese crossbar, resulting in a Sol Campbell header that appeared to have given England the lead again, but was ruled out for what the referee Urs Meier deemed 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 goalkeeper Ricardo saved a penalty from Darius Vassell, and then scored himself the winning goal.[28]

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

The Greeks, meanwhile, continued to stun everybody. Firm defensive play and an Angelos Charisteas goal on 65 minutes helped them defeat France 1–0 and send Greece through 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 encounter, but neither side could find a breakthrough and the match ended goalless, even after a dramatic extra-time, in which Sweden, through Fredrik Ljungberg, came as close to scoring as hitting the inside of the Dutch goalpost. The Dutch ultimately progressed after winning the penalty shoot-out 5–4, their first ever 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]

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 for Portugal with a spectacular goal from the corner of the penalty area. An own goal from Jorge Andrade gave the Netherlands a glimmer of hope. Portugal came close to scoring a third goal that was only stopped by Wilfred Bouma's blocking attempt. The game ended 2–1 to Portugal and the hosts,[32] after their opening day failure, were through to the final of their European Championship. The Czech Republic looked likely candidates to face the hosts in the final. They were favorites to take the trophy, having won all four 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 opening day loss. Portugal furiously attacked and dominated the possession but once again, sturdy defending and goalkeeping from Greece kept the Portuguese 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 injury 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.

Qualification

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

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.

Country Qualified as Date qualification was secured Previous appearances in tournament1, 2
 Portugal 00Hosts 13 October 1999 3 (1984, 1996, 2000)
 France 01Group 1 winner 10 September 2003 5 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Denmark 02Group 2 winner 11 October 2003 6 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Czech Republic 03Group 3 winner 10 September 2003 5 (1960,3 1976,3 1980,3 1996, 2000)
 Sweden 04Group 4 winner 10 September 2003 2 (1992, 2000)
 Germany 05Group 5 winner 11 October 2003 8 (1972,4 1976,4 1980,4 1984,4 1988,4 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Greece 06Group 6 winner 11 October 2003 1 (1980)
 England 07Group 7 winner 11 October 2003 6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Bulgaria 08Group 8 winner 10 September 2003 1 (1996)
 Italy 09Group 9 winner 11 October 2003 5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000)
  Switzerland 10Group 10 winner 11 October 2003 1 (1996)
 Croatia 11Play-off winner 19 November 2003 1 (1996)
 Latvia 12Play-off winner 19 November 2003 0 (debut)
 Netherlands 13Play-off winner 19 November 2003 6 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Spain 14Play-off winner 19 November 2003 6 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000)
 Russia 15Play-off winner 19 November 2003 7 (1960,5 1964,5 1968,5 1972,5 1988,5 1992,6 1996)
1 Bold indicates champion for that year
2 Italic indicates host for that year

Seeding

The draw for the group stage took place on 30 November 2003 at the Pavilhão Atlântico in Lisbon, Portugal, where the 16 finalists were divided into four groups.[38]

The pot allocations were based on the UEFA national team coefficient which measured performance of teams in the 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying and UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying.[38] 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.[39] As host country, Portugal were unranked and automatically placed in Group A. The remaining 15 teams were split into four pots, with title-holders France seeded alongside Sweden and the Czech Republic in the first pot.[38] For reference, the European zonal rankings calculated for FIFA World Rankings from 19 November 2003 are given in tables below.

1 Hosts were automatically assigned to Group A, i.e. Pot 1.
2 Defending champions were automatically assigned to Pot 1.

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),[40] Estádio Municipal de Braga (Braga),[41] Estádio do Algarve (Faro-Loulé),[42] Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (Leiria),[43] Estádio da Luz (Lisbon),[44] Estádio José Alvalade (Lisbon),[45] and Estádio do Dragão (Porto)[46] – and three underwent renovation works – Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (Coimbra),[47] Estádio D. Afonso Henriques (Guimarães),[48] and Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (Porto).[49] The Estádio da Luz was the largest stadium with a tournament capacity of 65,000 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 sixteen teams in 1996. As of the Euro 2016, the final tournament will be contested by twenty-four teams and matches will be played in ten venues.[50]

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

Lisbon Lisbon Porto
Estádio da Luz Estádio José Alvalade Estádio do Dragão
Capacity: 65,000 Capacity: 52,000 Capacity: 52,000
Estádio da Luz Estádio José Alvalade Estádio do Dragão
Aveiro Coimbra Braga
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Estádio Municipal de Braga
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000
Estádio Municipal de Aveiro Estádio Cidade de Coimbra Estádio Municipal de Braga
Guimarães Faro/Loulé Porto Leiria
Estádio D. Afonso Henriques Estádio do Algarve Estádio do Bessa Século XXI Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa
Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000 Capacity: 30,000
Estádio Municipal de Guimarães Estádio do Algarve Estádio do Bessa Século XXI Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa

Ticketing

A total of 1.2 million tickets were available for the 31 matches of the final tournament,[51] 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%).[52] Public sales for an initial batch of 450,000 tickets (38%) were launched on 28 April 2003,[53] in a ceremony in Lisbon which gathered former European football stars Eusébio and Ruud Gullit.[54] Ticket prices were divided in three categories, ranging from €35 (group matches) to €270 (final).[52]

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.[52]

Between 1 August and 24 November 2003, available tickets were placed again on sale in a first-come, first-served basis.[55] 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.[56] Every national association was awarded 20% of the venue capacity for each of their team's matches.[52] From 1 to 30 April 2004, surplus tickets from UEFA or national associations were made available to the public for the last time.[57] Ticket distribution began in May, after sales were officially closed.[52]

Broadcasting

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 broadcasting rights

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.[58][59]

Team base camps

Each team were given a base camp between their matches, approved by the Portuguese Football Federation.[60][61]

Team Group Arrival Last match Base camp Match venues
 Bulgaria C 22 June Póvoa de Varzim
(near Porto) 		Braga, Guimarães and Lisbon (group stage)
 Croatia B 8 June 21 June Coruche
(near Lisbon) 		Leiria and Lisbon (group stage)
 Czech Republic D 1 July Sintra
(near Lisbon) 		Aveiro and Lisbon (group stage)
Porto (quarter-finals)
Porto (semi-finals)
 Denmark C 27 June Portimão
(near Faro) 		Braga, Guimarães and Porto (group stage)
Porto (quarter-finals)
 England B 24 June Oeiras
(near Lisbon) 		Coimbra and Lisbon (group stage)
Lisbon (quarter-finals)
 France B 25 June Santo Tirso
(near Porto) 		Coimbra, Leiria and Lisbon (group stage)
Lisbon (quarter-finals)
 Germany D 12 June 23 June Almancil
(near Loulé) 		Lisbon and Porto (group stage)
 Greece A 4 July Vila do Conde
(near Porto) 		Porto and Faro/Loulé (group stage)
Lisbon (quarter-finals)
Porto (semi-finals)
Lisbon (Final)
 Italy C 22 June Lisbon Guimarães and Porto (group stage)
 Latvia D 23 June Anadia
(near Aveiro) 		Aveiro, Braga and Porto (group stage)
 Netherlands D 30 June Albufeira
(near Faro) 		Aveiro, Braga and Porto (group stage)
Faro/Loulé (quarter-finals)
Lisbon (semi-finals)
 Portugal A 4 July Alcochete
(near Lisbon) 		Lisbon and Porto (group stage)
Lisbon (quarter-finals)
Lisbon (semi-finals)
Lisbon (Final)
 Russia A 20 June Vilamoura
(near Faro) 		Faro/Loulé and Lisbon (group stage)
 Spain A 20 June Braga Faro/Loulé and Porto (group stage)
 Sweden C 26 June Estoril
(near Lisbon) 		Lisbon and Porto (group stage)
Faro/Loulé (quarter-finals)
  Switzerland B 21 June Óbidos
(near Leiria) 		Coimbra and Leiria (group stage)

Match ball

Main article: Adidas Roteiro

The official match ball was presented during the final draw ceremony on 30 November 2003 in Lisbon.[62][63] It was produced by Adidas and named Adidas Roteiro, after the logbook (Template:Lang-pt) used by the Portuguese maritime explorers, such as Vasco da Gama.[62] 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 homogenous design.[62] 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".[62] Roteiro was also used at the 2004 AFC Asian Cup,[64] and during the mid-season of the 2004–05 German Bundesliga.[65]

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.[62] France midfielder Zinedine Zidane believed the ball would "improve the game".[65] 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".[66] Notable players of the Italy national team, such as Francesco Totti, Andrea Pirlo and goalkeeper Gianluigi Buffon also voiced criticisms.[67]

Squads

For the list of all squads that played in the tournament, see UEFA Euro 2004 squads.

Match officials

On 4 December 2003, UEFA revealed the twelve referees and four fourth officials.[68] Each refereeing team was composed by one main referee and two assistant referees from the same country.

Country Referee Assistant referees Matches refereed
Denmark Denmark Kim Milton Nielsen Jens Larsen
Jørgen Jepsen 		Croatia 2–2 France (group B)
Netherlands 3–0 Latvia (group D)
England England Mike Riley Philip Sharp
Glenn Turner 		Sweden 5–0 Bulgaria (group C)
Latvia 0–0 Germany (group D)
France France Gilles Veissière Frédéric Arnault
Serge Vallin 		Russia 2–1 Greece (group A)
Czech Republic 2–1 Latvia (group D)
Germany Germany Markus Merk Christian Schraer
Jan-Henrik Salver 		France 2–1 England (group B)
Denmark 2–2 Sweden (group C)
Portugal 0–1 Greece (Final)
Italy 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 Norway Terje Hauge Ole Hermann Borgan
Steinar Holvik 		Russia 0–2 Portugal (group A)
Germany 1–2 Czech Republic (group D)
Portugal Portugal Lucílio Batista José Cardinal
Paulo Januário 		Switzerland 0–0 Croatia (group B)
Bulgaria 0–2 Denmark (group C)
Russia Russia Valentin Ivanov Gennady Krasyuk
Vladimir Eniutin 		England 3–0 Switzerland (group B)
Italy 2–1 Bulgaria (group C)
Czech Republic 3–0 Denmark (quarter-final)
Slovakia Slovakia Ľuboš Micheľ Igor Sramka
Martin Balko 		Greece 1–1 Spain (group A)
Switzerland 1–3 France (group B)
Sweden 0–0 Netherlands (quarter-final)
Spain Spain Manuel Mejuto González Oscar Martínez Samaniego
Rafael Guerrero Alonso 		Denmark 0–0 Italy (group C)
Netherlands 2–3 Czech Republic (group D)
Sweden 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 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 Belgium Frank De Bleeckere
Greece Greece Kyros Vassaras
Luxembourg Luxembourg Alain Hamer
Scotland Scotland Stuart Dougal

Results

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.[69]

Group stage

Tie-breaking criteria

If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers are used to determine the final ranking:[70]

  1. greater number of points in the matches between the teams in question;
  2. greater goal difference in matches between the teams in question;
  3. greater number of goals scored in matches between the teams in question;
  4. greater goal difference in all group games;
  5. greater number of goals scored in all group games;
  6. higher coefficient derived from Euro 2004 and 2002 World Cup qualifiers (points obtained divided by number of matches played);
  7. fair play conduct in Euro 2004;
  8. drawing of lots.

If two teams playing the final group match have identical records going into that match, and it ends in a draw, then a penalty shoot-out would be played, rather than using the above criteria.[70] Euro 2004 marked the introduction of this procedure, although it did not need to be used. The same procedure was also used at Euro 2008.

Group A

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group A
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Portugal 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6
 Greece 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
 Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4
 Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
12 June 2004
Portugal  1–2  Greece
Spain  1–0  Russia
16 June 2004
Greece  1–1  Spain
Russia  0–2  Portugal
20 June 2004
Spain  0–1  Portugal
Russia  2–1  Greece

Group B

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group B
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 France 3 2 1 0 7 4 +3 7
 England 3 2 0 1 8 4 +4 6
 Croatia 3 0 2 1 4 6 −2 2
  Switzerland 3 0 1 2 1 6 −5 1
13 June 2004
Switzerland  0–0  Croatia
France  2–1  England
17 June 2004
England  3–0   Switzerland
Croatia  2–2  France
21 June 2004
Croatia  2–4  England
Switzerland  1–3  France

Group C

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group C
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5
 Denmark 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5
 Italy 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5
 Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
14 June 2004
Denmark  0–0  Italy
Sweden  5–0  Bulgaria
18 June 2004
Bulgaria  0–2  Denmark
Italy  1–1  Sweden
22 June 2004
Italy  2–1  Bulgaria
Denmark  2–2  Sweden

Group D

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Group D
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Czech Republic 3 3 0 0 7 4 +3 9
 Netherlands 3 1 1 1 6 4 +2 4
 Germany 3 0 2 1 2 3 −1 2
 Latvia 3 0 1 2 1 5 −4 1
15 June 2004
Czech Republic  2–1  Latvia
Germany  1–1  Netherlands
19 June 2004
Latvia  0–0  Germany
Netherlands  2–3  Czech Republic
23 June 2004
Netherlands  3–0  Latvia
Germany  1–2  Czech Republic

Knockout stage

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage

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.[71] 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.[71]

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

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

Quarter-finals

Portugal 2–2 (a.e.t.) England
Postiga 83'
Rui Costa 110'		 Report Owen 3'
Lampard 115'
Penalties
Deco soccer ball with check mark
Simão soccer ball with check mark
Rui Costa soccer ball with red X
Ronaldo soccer ball with check mark
Maniche soccer ball with check mark
Postiga soccer ball with check mark
Ricardo soccer ball with check mark		 6–5 soccer ball with red X Beckham
soccer ball with check mark Owen
soccer ball with check mark Lampard
soccer ball with check mark Terry
soccer ball with check mark Hargreaves
soccer ball with check mark Cole
soccer ball with red X Vassell
Attendance: 65,000
France 0–1 Greece
Report Charisteas 65'
Attendance: 45,390
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Sweden 0–0 (a.e.t.) Netherlands
Report
Penalties
Källström soccer ball with check mark
Larsson soccer ball with check mark
Ibrahimović soccer ball with red X
Ljungberg soccer ball with check mark
Wilhelmsson soccer ball with check mark
Mellberg soccer ball with red X		 4–5 soccer ball with check mark Van Nistelrooy
soccer ball with check mark Heitinga
soccer ball with check mark Reiziger
soccer ball with red X Cocu
soccer ball with check mark Makaay
soccer ball with check mark Robben
Attendance: 27,286
Czech Republic 3–0 Denmark
Koller 49'
Baroš 63', 65'		 Report
Attendance: 41,092

Semi-finals

Portugal 2–1 Netherlands
Ronaldo 26'
Maniche 58'		 Report Andrade 63' (o.g.)
Attendance: 46,679
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Greece 1–0 (a.e.t.) Czech Republic
Dellas silver-colored soccer ball 105+1' Report
Attendance: 42,449

Final

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 Final
Portugal 0–1 Greece
Report Charisteas 57'
Attendance: 62,865
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)

Statistics

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 statistics

Goalscorers

Milan Baroš was the top goalscorer of the tournament with five goals.[72][73]

5 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals[74]

Penalty kicks

Not counting penalty shoot-outs, there were eight penalty kicks awarded during the tournament. England's David Beckham (in the match against France) was the only player who failed to convert his penalty.

Scored
Missed

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.[75] 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.[75][76]

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

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.[79] Below is a complete list of the allocations:[80]

  • 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

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 disciplinary record

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) Notes
Russia Roman Sharonov in Group A v Spain Group A v Portugal Suspension due to second yellow card of match
Greece Giorgos Karagounis in Group A v Portugal
in Group A v Spain 		Group A v Russia  
in quarter-final v France
in semi-final v Czech Republic 		Final v Portugal  
Greece Zisis Vryzas in Group A v Portugal
in Group A v Russia 		Quarter-final v France  
Russia Sergei Ovchinnikov in Group A v Portugal Group A v Greece  
Russia Alexey Smertin in Group A v Spain
in Group A v Portugal 		Group A v Greece  
Spain Carlos Marchena in Group A v Russia
in Group A v Greece 		Group A v Portugal
Switzerland Johann Vogel in Group B v Croatia Group B v England Suspension due to second yellow card of match
Switzerland Bernt Haas in Group B v England Group B v France Suspension due to second yellow card of match
Bulgaria Rosen Kirilov in Group C v Sweden
in Group C v Italy 		Group C v Denmark  
Bulgaria Stiliyan Petrov in Group C v Denmark Group C v Italy Suspension due to second yellow card of match
Sweden Tobias Linderoth in Group C v Bulgaria
in Group C v Italy 		Group C v Denmark  
Sweden Erik Edman in Group C v Italy
in Group C v Denmark 		Quarter-final v Netherlands  
Italy Fabio Cannavaro in Group C v Denmark
in Group C v Sweden 		Group C v Bulgaria  
Italy Gennaro Gattuso in Group C v Denmark
in Group C v Sweden 		Group C v Bulgaria  
Italy Francesco Totti Spat on Christian Poulsen in Group C v Denmark Three games suspension The disciplinary committee suspended Totti
after seeing a video where he committed the offence.
Netherlands John Heitinga in Group D v Czech Republic Group D v Latvia Suspension due to second yellow card of match

Marketing

Logo, slogan and theme song

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.[81] 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 – 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.[82][83] The competition slogan used was "Vive O 2004!" (Template:Lang-pt).[84][85]

The official theme song, called "Força" (Template:Lang-pt), was written and performed by Portuguese-Canadian singer Nelly Furtado.[86] 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).[87] She wrote "Força" with "the passion the Portuguese people have for football" in mind.[87] The song was played at every match, and performed live by Furtado at the closing ceremony prior to the final.[88][89]

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.[90] A total of twenty towns and cities were visited by the trophy tour caravan, including the ten that would host matches.[91]

Trophy tour stops and dates

Merchandise and mascot

Kinas, mascot of the UEFA Euro 2004

In November 2002, UEFA appointed Warner Bros. Consumer Products (WBCP) as the tournament's exclusive worldwide licensing agent.[92] As the global licensing rights owner, WBCP was responsible for negotiating product license 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.[93] Over 2,000 merchandise items were developed by the 28 licensees chosen by WBCP, and were distributed not only within Portugal but also in major European and Asian markets.[94]

The official mascot was a boy named Kinas – derived from quinas (Template:Lang-en), one of the symbols of the Portuguese coat of arms[95] – who wore a football kit with the Portuguese colors (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.[96] Created by Warner Bros., Kinas was officially unveiled on 29 March 2003 at the Casa de Serralves, in Porto, Portugal.[95]

Commemorative coins and stamps

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,[97] and CTT, the national postal service.[98]

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.[99] Eight sponsors were announced by UEFA in December 2002.[100]

Global sponsors National sponsors

See also

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