UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Football Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.

Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top team in each group automatically qualified for Euro 2004, and the ten group runners-up were paired off against each other to determine another five places in the finals.

Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the event.

Qualified teams

  Qualified – directly

  Qualified – after Play-offs

  Did not qualify – Play-offs

  Did not qualify – First Round

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

UEFA Euro 2004 qualification coefficients were sixth in the list of criteria to separate teams that finished level on points in their group in Euro 2004. The coefficients were calculated as the points earned per game in qualification for both Euro 2004 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Country	Euro 2004 group	Coefficient
France	B	3.000
Portugal	A	2.400
Sweden	C	2.389
Czech Republic	D	2.333
Italy	C	2.313
Spain	A	2.313
England	B	2.313
Germany	D	2.188
Netherlands	D	2.167
Croatia	B	2.125
Denmark	C	2.056
Russia	A	2.056
Bulgaria	C	1.889
Switzerland	B	1.611
Greece	A	1.563
Latvia	D	1.250

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.
2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question.
4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question.
5. If two or more teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1) to 4) would be reapplied. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6) and 7) would apply.
6. Results of all group matches: 1. Superior goal difference 2. Higher number of goals scored 3. Higher number of goals scored away from home 4. Fair play conduct.
7. Drawing of lots.

Seedings

The draw was made on 25 January 2002. France were seeded first as holders. The other seedings were determined by points per game in the qualifiers for 2000 European Championship and the 2002 World Cup. Belgium and Netherlands did not have to qualify for UEFA Euro 2000 as hosts, so only their record in World Cup 2002 was used.

Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the tournament and therefore did not take part in the qualification process.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D	Pot E
France Sweden Spain Czech Republic Germany Republic of Ireland Romania Italy Belgium Turkey	Russia Croatia FR Yugoslavia Netherlands Denmark Poland England Ukraine Slovenia Scotland	Norway Austria Slovakia Israel Switzerland Iceland Bulgaria Finland Greece Hungary	Cyprus Bosnia and Herzegovina Belarus Wales Estonia Latvia Northern Ireland North Macedonia Georgia Lithuania	Armenia Albania Moldova Faroe Islands Azerbaijan Liechtenstein Malta San Marino Luxembourg Andorra

Summary

  Winner of each group qualified directly for the UEFA Euro 2004

  The Runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs)

  Other teams were eliminated after the first round

Hosts

• Portugal

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Group 10
France	Denmark	Czech Republic	Sweden	Germany	Greece	England	Bulgaria	Italy	Switzerland
Slovenia	Norway	Netherlands	Latvia	Scotland	Spain	Turkey	Croatia	Wales	Russia
Israel Cyprus Malta	Romania Bosnia and Herzegovina Luxembourg	Austria Moldova Belarus	Poland Hungary San Marino	Iceland Lithuania Faroe Islands	Ukraine Armenia Northern Ireland	Slovakia North Macedonia Liechtenstein	Belgium Estonia Andorra	Serbia and Montenegro Finland Azerbaijan	Republic of Ireland Albania Georgia

Groups

Legend
Countries that directly qualified for UEFA Euro 2004
Countries that advanced to the play-offs

Group 1

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts France 8 8 0 0 29 2 +27 24 Slovenia 8 4 2 2 15 12 +3 14 Israel 8 2 3 3 9 11 −2 9 Cyprus 8 2 2 4 9 18 −9 8 Malta 8 0 1 7 5 24 −19 1

Cyprus – 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 France 5–0 – 3–0 6–0 5–0 Israel 2–0 1–2 – 2–2 0–0 Malta 1–2 0–4 0–2 – 1–3 Slovenia 4–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 –

Group 2

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Denmark 8 4 3 1 15 9 +6 15 Norway 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14 Romania 8 4 2 2 21 9 +12 14 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 4 1 3 7 8 −1 13 Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 0 21 −21 0

Bosnia and Herzegovina – 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 Denmark 0–2 – 2–0 1–0 2–2 Luxembourg 0–1 0–2 – 0–2 0–7 Norway 2–0 2–2 1–0 – 1–1 Romania 2–0 2–5 4–0 0–1 –

Group 3

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Czech Republic 8 7 1 0 23 5 +18 22 Netherlands 8 6 1 1 20 6 +14 19 Austria 8 3 0 5 12 14 −2 9 Moldova 8 2 0 6 5 19 −14 6 Belarus 8 1 0 7 4 20 −16 3

Austria – 5–0 2–3 2–0 0–3 Belarus 0–2 – 1–3 2–1 0–2 Czech Republic 4–0 2–0 – 5–1 3–1 Moldova 1–0 2–1 0–2 – 1–2 Netherlands 3–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 –

Group 4

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Sweden 8 5 2 1 19 3 +16 17 Latvia 8 5 1 2 10 6 +4 16 Poland 8 4 1 3 11 7 +4 13 Hungary 8 3 2 3 15 9 +6 11 San Marino 8 0 0 8 0 30 −30 0

Hungary – 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 Latvia 3–1 – 0–2 3–0 0–0 Poland 0–0 0–1 – 5–0 0–2 San Marino 0–5 0–1 0–2 – 0–6 Sweden 1–1 0–1 3–0 5–0 –

Group 5

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany 8 5 3 0 13 4 +9 18 Scotland 8 4 2 2 12 8 +4 14 Iceland 8 4 1 3 11 9 +2 13 Lithuania 8 3 1 4 7 11 −4 10 Faroe Islands 8 0 1 7 7 18 −11 1

Faroe Islands – 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 Germany 2–1 – 3–0 1–1 2–1 Iceland 2–1 0–0 – 3–0 0–2 Lithuania 2–0 0–2 0–3 – 1–0 Scotland 3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 –

Group 6

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Greece 8 6 0 2 8 4 +4 18 Spain 8 5 2 1 16 4 +12 17 Ukraine 8 2 4 2 11 10 +1 10 Armenia 8 2 1 5 7 16 −9 7 Northern Ireland 8 0 3 5 0 8 −8 3

Armenia – 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–2 Greece 2–0 – 1–0 0–2 1–0 Northern Ireland 0–1 0–2 – 0–0 0–0 Spain 3–0 0–1 3–0 – 2–1 Ukraine 4–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 –

Group 7

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts England 8 6 2 0 14 5 +9 20 Turkey 8 6 1 1 17 5 +12 19 Slovakia 8 3 1 4 11 9 +2 10 North Macedonia 8 1 3 4 11 14 −3 6 Liechtenstein 8 0 1 7 2 22 −20 1

England – 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 Liechtenstein 0–2 – 1–1 0–2 0–3 North Macedonia 1–2 3–1 – 0–2 1–2 Slovakia 1–2 4–0 1–1 – 0–1 Turkey 0–0 5–0 3–2 3–0 –

Group 8

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Bulgaria 8 5 2 1 13 4 +9 17 Croatia 8 5 1 2 12 4 +8 16 Belgium 8 5 1 2 11 9 +2 16 Estonia 8 2 2 4 4 6 −2 8 Andorra 8 0 0 8 1 18 −17 0

Andorra – 0–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 Belgium 3–0 – 0–2 2–1 2–0 Bulgaria 2–1 2–2 – 2–0 2–0 Croatia 2–0 4–0 1–0 – 0–0 Estonia 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 –

Group 9

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 9

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Italy 8 5 2 1 17 4 +13 17 Wales 8 4 1 3 13 10 +3 13 Serbia and Montenegro 8 3 3 2 11 11 0 12 Finland 8 3 1 4 9 10 −1 10 Azerbaijan 8 1 1 6 5 20 −15 4

Azerbaijan – 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 Finland 3–0 – 0–2 3–0 0–2 Italy 4–0 2–0 – 1–1 4–0 Serbia and Montenegro 2–2 2–0 1–1 – 1–0 Wales 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 –

Group 10

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 10

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Switzerland 8 4 3 1 15 11 +4 15 Russia 8 4 2 2 19 12 +7 14 Republic of Ireland 8 3 2 3 10 11 −1 11 Albania 8 2 2 4 11 15 −4 8 Georgia 8 2 1 5 8 14 −6 7

Albania – 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 Georgia 3–0 – 1–2 1–0 0–0 Republic of Ireland 2–1 2–0 – 1–1 1–2 Russia 4–1 3–1 4–2 – 4–1 Switzerland 3–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 –

Play-offs

Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Scotland	1–6	Netherlands	1–0	0–6
Croatia	2–1	Slovenia	1–1	1–0
Russia	1–0	Wales	0–0	1–0
Latvia	3–2	Turkey	1–0	2–2
Spain	5–1	Norway	2–1	3–0

Top goalscorers

There were 566 goals scored by 302 different players and 14 own goals. This list reflects the players who scored, at least, 4 goals.

9 goals

• Ermin Šiljak

7 goals

• Raúl

6 goals

• Jan Koller
• Thierry Henry
• David Trezeguet
• Sylvain Wiltord
• Filippo Inzaghi
• Māris Verpakovskis

5 goals

• Wesley Sonck
• Dimitar Berbatov
• Jon Dahl Tomasson
• David Beckham
• Michael Owen
• Eiður Guðjohnsen
• Alessandro Del Piero
• Ruud van Nistelrooy
• Alexander Frei
• Marcus Allbäck

4 goals

• Shota Arveladze
• Michael Ballack
• Fredi Bobic
• Zoltán Gera
• Krisztián Lisztes
• Imre Szabics
• Patrick Kluivert
• Dmitri Bulykin
• Ionel Ganea
• Adrian Mutu
• Szilárd Németh
• Mattias Jonson
• Simon Davies
• John Hartson

See also

• 2004 UEFA European Championship
• 2004 UEFA European Championship (team squads)

External links

• UEFA official archive