UEFA Euro 2004 facts for kids

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UEFA Euro 2004

Tournament details
Host country	Portugal
Dates	12 June – 4 July
Teams	16
Venue(s)	10 (in 8 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	Greece (1st title)
Runners-up	Portugal
Tournament statistics
Matches played	31
Goals scored	77 (2.48 per match)
Attendance	1,156,473 (37,306 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Milan Baroš (5 goals)
Best player	Theodoros Zagorakis
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The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, often called Euro 2004, was a major football tournament for national teams in Europe. It happens every four years. In 2004, the event took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4.

Portugal was chosen to host the UEFA Euro in 1999. The big surprise winner was Greece, who beat the host country Portugal 1-0 in the final game. Before the main tournament, teams had to play qualification matches in 2002 and 2003.

Teams That Qualified for Euro 2004

Teams played in 10 groups of five during 2002 and 2003 to earn a spot in Euro 2004. The winners of each group automatically qualified.

• Group 1: France
• Group 2: Denmark
• Group 3: Czech Republic
• Group 4: Sweden
• Group 5: Germany
• Group 6: Greece
• Group 7: England
• Group 8: Bulgaria
• Group 9: Italy
• Group 10: Switzerland

Play-off Matches

The teams that finished second in their qualification groups played extra matches called "play-offs." The winners of these play-offs also got to go to Euro 2004.

Team #1	Agg.	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

Stadiums and Cities

Euro 2004 games were played in 10 different stadiums across 8 cities in Portugal. Some of the main cities included Lisbon, Porto, and Faro.

• Lisbon had two stadiums: Estádio da Luz (capacity: 65,000) and Estádio José Alvalade (capacity: 52,000).
• Porto also had two stadiums: Estádio do Dragão (capacity: 52,000) and Estádio do Bessa Século XXI (capacity: 30,000).
• Other cities with stadiums included Aveiro, Coimbra, Braga, Guimarães, Faro/Loulé, and Leiria. Each of these stadiums could hold around 30,000 fans.

Referees

Twelve referees were chosen to make sure the games were played fairly during the tournament:

Tournament Results

All game times were based on Western European Summer Time (UTC+1).

Group Stage

Teams were divided into four groups (A, B, C, D). They played against every other team in their group. The top two teams from each group moved on to the next round.

How Ties Were Broken

If teams had the same number of points in their group, these rules decided who went through:

1. More points from games played between the tied teams.
2. Better goal difference in games between the tied teams.
3. More goals scored in games between the tied teams.
4. Better goal difference in all group games.
5. More goals scored in all group games.
6. A higher "coefficient" score from past Euro and World Cup qualifiers.
7. Fair play (how few yellow or red cards a team got).
8. Drawing lots (picking names out of a hat).

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

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

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

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

After the group stage, the tournament moved to the knockout stage. This meant that if a team lost, they were out of the competition. Games could go into extra time or even penalty shootouts if scores were tied.

	Quarter-finals				Semi-finals				Final
	24 June – Lisbon (Estádio da Luz)
	Portugal	2 (6)
					30 June – Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)
	England	2 (5)
					Portugal	2
	26 June – Loulé (Estádio do Algarve)
					Netherlands	1
	Sweden	0 (4)
									4 July – Lisbon (Estádio da Luz)
	Netherlands (pen.)	0 (5)
									Portugal	0
	25 June – Lisbon (Estádio José Alvalade)
									Greece	1
	France	0
					1 July – Porto (Estádio do Dragão)
	Greece	1
					Greece (a.e.t.)	1
	27 June – Porto (Estádio do Dragão)
					Czech Republic	0
	Czech Republic	3
	Denmark	0

Top Scorers

These players scored the most goals during Euro 2004:

5 goals

4 goals

• Wayne Rooney
• Ruud van Nistelrooy

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

Own goals

UEFA Team of the Tournament

After the tournament, a special team was chosen with the best players from Euro 2004.

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

Images for kids

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  Opening ceremony at the Estádio do Dragão in Porto

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

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

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  UEFA Euro 2004 finalists and their result.

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  Theodoros Zagorakis, named UEFA Player of the Tournament.

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  The UEFA Euro 2004 mascot, Kinas.

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  Estádio da Luz in Lisbon.

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  Estádio José Alvalade in Lisbon.

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  Estádio do Dragão in Porto.

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  Estádio Municipal de Aveiro.

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  Estádio Cidade de Coimbra.

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  Estádio Municipal de Braga.

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  Estádio D. Afonso Henriques in Guimarães.

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  Estádio do Algarve in Faro/Loulé.

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  Estádio do Bessa Século XXI in Porto.

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  Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa in Leiria.

See also

In Spanish: Eurocopa 2004 para niños