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2004 European Football Championship (tournament details)

see 2004 European Football Championship for more information

Notes

• All times local (UTC + 0100)
• Abbreviations:
  • Pld: games played
  • W: won
  • D: drawn
  • L: lost
  • GF: goals for
  • GA: goals against
  • Pts: points
  • HT: half-time
  • FT: full time
  • ET: extra time
  • Ref: referee
  • pen: penalty kick
  • s/o: sent off
  • og: own goal
• Tie-breakers
  • For teams which finish level on points, the following tie-breakers are used:
  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.

First round

Group A

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Portugal	3	2	0	1	4	2	6
Greece	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
Russia	3	1	0	2	2	4	3

12 June
	Portugal	1 – 2	Greece		Dragão (1700)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
	Ronaldo 90'+3'		Karagounis 7'
			Basinas (pen) 51'
	Match stats
	Spain	1 – 0	Russia		Algarve (1945)
		(HT: 0-0)			Ref: Urs Meier (Swi)
	Valeron 60'		s/o: Sharonov 88'
	Match stats
16 June
	Greece	1 – 1	Spain		Bessa (1700)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Luboš Michel (Slo)
	Charisteas 66'		Morientes 28'
	Match stats
	Russia	0 – 2	Portugal		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Terje Hauge (Nor)
	s/o: Ovchinnikov 45'		Maniche 7'
			Rui Costa 89'
	Match stats
20 June
	Spain	0 – 1	Portugal		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
			Gomes 57'
	Match stats
	Russia	2 – 1	Greece		Algarve (1945)
		(HT: 2–1)			Ref: Gilles Veissière (Fra)
	Kirichenko 2'		Vryzas 43'
	Bulykin 17'
	Match stats

Group B

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
France	3	2	1	0	7	4	7
England	3	2	0	1	8	4	6
Croatia	3	0	2	1	4	6	2
Switzerland	3	0	1	2	1	6	1

13 June
	Switzerland	0 – 0	Croatia		Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (1700)
		(HT: 0-0)			Ref: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Por)
	s/o: Vogel 50'
	Match stats
	France	2 – 1	England		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
	Zidane 90'+1'		Lampard 38'
	Zidane (pen) 90'+3'
	Match stats
17 June
	England	3 – 0	Switzerland		Cidade de Coimbra (1700)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Valentin Ivanov (Rus)
	Rooney 23'		s/o: Haas 60'
	Rooney 75'
	Gerrard 82'
	Match stats
	Croatia	2 – 2	France		Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
	Rapaić (pen) 48'		Tudor (og) 22'
	Pršo 52'		Trezeguet 64'
	Match stats
21 June
	Croatia	2 – 4	England		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 1–2)			Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
	Kovač 5'		Scholes 40'
	Tudor 73'		Rooney 45' + 1'
			Rooney 68'
			Lampard 79'
	Match stats
	Switzerland	1 – 3	France		Cidade de Coimbra (1945)
		(HT: 1–1)			Ref: Luboš Michel (Slo)
	Vonlanthen 26'		Zidane 20'
			Henry 76'
			Henry 84'
	Match stats

Group C

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	3	1	2	0	8	3	5
Denmark	3	1	2	0	4	2	5
Italy	3	1	2	0	3	2	5
Bulgaria	3	0	0	3	1	9	0

Italy, Denmark and Sweden are separated by goals scored in games involving those teams. Sweden finish first having scored 3 goals, Denmark second with 2 goals, and Italy finish third with only 1 goal in their games with Sweden and Denmark

14 June
	Denmark	0 – 0	Italy		D. Afonso Henriques (1700)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (Spa)
	Match stats
	Sweden	5 – 0	Bulgaria		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Michael Riley (Eng)
	Ljungberg 32'
	Larsson 57'
	Larsson 58'
	Ibrahimovic (pen) 78'
	Allbäck 90'+1'
	Match stats
18 June
	Bulgaria	0 – 2	Denmark		Municipal de Braga (1700)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Lucílio Cardoso Cortez Batista (Por)
	s/o: S. Petrov 83'		Tomasson 44'
			Grønkjær 90'+2'
	Match stats
	Italy	1 – 1	Sweden		Dragão (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Urs Meier (Swi)
	Cassano 37'		Ibrahimovic 85'
	Match stats
22 June
	Italy	2 – 1	Bulgaria		D. Afonso Henriques (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Valentin Ivanov (Rus)
	Perrotta 48'		M. Petrov (pen) 45'
	Cassano 90'+4'
	Match stats
	Denmark	2 – 2	Sweden		Bessa (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
	Tomasson 28'		Larsson (pen) 47'
	Tomasson 65'		Jonson 89'
	Match stats

Group D

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Czech Rep.	3	3	0	0	7	4	9
Netherlands	3	1	1	1	6	4	4
Germany	3	0	2	1	2	3	2
Latvia	3	0	1	2	1	5	1

15 June
	Czech Republic	2 – 1	Latvia		Municipal de Aveiro (1700)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Gilles Veissière (Fra)
	Baroš 73'		Verpakovskis 45'+1'
	Heinz 85'
	Match stats
	Germany	1 – 1	Netherlands		Dragão (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
	Frings 30'		van Nistelrooy 81'
	Match stats
19 June
	Latvia	0 – 0	Germany		Bessa (1700)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Michael Riley (Eng)
	Match stats
	Netherlands	2 – 3	Czech Republic		Municipal de Aveiro (1945)
		(HT: 2–1)			Ref: Manuel Enrique Mejuto González (Spa)
	Bouma 3'		Koller 23'
	van Nistelrooy 19'		Baroš 71'
			Šmicer 88'
	Match stats
23 June
	Netherlands	3 – 0	Latvia		Municipal de Braga (1945)
		(HT: 2–0)			Ref: Kim Milton Nielsen (Den)
	van Nistelrooy (pen) 27'
	van Nistelrooy 35'
	Makaay 84'
	Match stats
	Germany	1 – 2	Czech Republic		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 1–1)			Ref: Terje Hauge (Nor)
	Ballack 21'		Heinz 30'
			Baroš 77'
	Match stats

Quarter-finals

Games in the knock-out stage that are level after 90 minutes go to silver goal extra time: if a team is leading at the end of the first half of extra time then the game ends. If the teams remain level after extra time, a penalty shoot-out will determine the winner.

24 June
QF1:	Portugal	2 – 2	England		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 0–1)			Ref: Urs Meier (Swi)
		(FT: 1–1)
		(ET: 2–2)
	Postiga 83'		Owen 3'
	Rui Costa 110'		Lampard 115'
	Portugal win 6–5 on penalties
	Penalty Shoot-Out
		0–0	miss – Beckham
	Deco – goal	1–0
		1–1	goal – Owen
	Simão – goal	2–1
		2–2	goal – Lampard
	Rui Costa – miss	2–2
		2–3	goal – Terry
	Ronaldo – goal	3–3
		3–4	goal – Hargreaves
	Maniche – goal	4–4
	Sudden Death Penalty Shoot-Out
		4–5	goal – A. Cole
	Postiga – goal	5–5
		5–5	save – Vassell
	Ricardo – goal	6–5
	Match stats
25 June
QF2:	France	0 – 1	Greece		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
			Charisteas 65'
	Match stats
26 June
QF3:	Sweden	0 – 0	Netherlands		Algarve (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Luboš Michel (Slo)
		(FT: 0–0)
		(ET: 0–0)
	Netherlands win 4–5 on penalties
	Penalty Shoot-Out
	Källström – goal	1–0
		1–1	goal – van Nistelrooy
	Larsson – goal	2–1
		2–2	goal – Heitinga
	Ibrahimovic – miss	2–2
		2–3	goal – Reiziger
	Ljungberg – goal	3–3
		3–3	miss – Cocu
	Wilhelmsson – goal	4–3
		4–4	goal – Makaay
	Sudden Death Penalty Shoot-Out
	Mellberg – save	4–4
		4–5	goal – Robben
	Match stats
27 June
QF4:	Czech Republic	3 – 0	Denmark		Dragão (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Valentin Ivanov (Rus)
	Koller 49'
	Baroš 63'
	Baroš 65'
	Match stats

Semi-finals

30 June
SF1:	Portugal	2 – 1	Netherlands		José Alvalade (1945)
		(HT: 1–0)			Ref: Anders Frisk (Swe)
	Ronaldo 26'		Andrade (og) 63'
	Maniche 58'
	Match stats
1 July
SF2:	Greece	1 - 0	Czech Republic		Dragão (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Pierluigi Collina (Ita)
		(FT: 0–0)
	Dellas 105' (silver goal)
	Match stats

Final

4 July
	Portugal	0 - 1	Greece		Luz (1945)
		(HT: 0–0)			Ref: Markus Merk (Ger)
			Charisteas 57'
	Match stats
	EURO 2004 champions: GREECE