2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2004 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Germany |
Dates | 27 May – 8 June |
Teams | 8 (finals) 48 (qualifying) |
Venue(s) | 4 (in 4 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Italy (5th title) |
Runners-up | Serbia and Montenegro |
Third place | Portugal |
Fourth place | Sweden |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 52 (3.25 per match) |
Attendance | 110,353 (6,897 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Johan Elmander Alberto Gilardino (4 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Alberto Gilardino |
← 2002 2006 → |
The 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.
Italy won the competition for the fifth time. Italy's Alberto Gilardino won the Golden Player award.
The top three teams in this competition qualified for Athens 2004 Olympics, along with hosts Greece U21s.
Qualification
[edit]The 48 national teams were divided into ten groups (two groups of four + eight groups of 5). The records of the ten group runners-up were then compared. The top six joined the ten winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
Squads
[edit]Matches
[edit]Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Italy | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 |
Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 |
Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
Croatia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Italy | 2–1 | Serbia and Montenegro |
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Sculli 30', 53' | Report | Vukčević 86' |
Belarus | 1–2 | Serbia and Montenegro |
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Shkabara 13' | Report | Lazović 47' (pen.) Milovanović 55' |
Group B
[edit]Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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Sweden | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 |
Portugal | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 |
Germany | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 |
Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
Germany | 2–1 | Switzerland |
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Auer 21' Hitzlsperger 63' |
Report | D. Degen 75' |
Switzerland | 2–2 | Portugal |
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Vonlanthen 57' Baykal 86' |
Report | Carlos Martins 66' (pen.) Almeida 71' |
Knockout stage
[edit]Semi-finals | Final | |||||
5 June – Bochum | ||||||
Sweden | 1 (5) | |||||
8 June – Bochum | ||||||
Serbia and Montenegro (p) | 1 (6) | |||||
Italy | 3 | |||||
5 June – Oberhausen | ||||||
Serbia and Montenegro | 0 | |||||
Italy | 3 | |||||
Portugal | 1 | |||||
Olympic play-off | ||||||
8 June – Oberhausen | ||||||
Portugal (a.e.t.) | 3 | |||||
Sweden | 2 |
Semi-finals
[edit]Sweden | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Serbia and Montenegro |
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Stefanidis 36' | Report | Marić 90+1' |
Penalties | ||
Ishizaki Jönsson Holmén Dorsin Rosenberg Stefanidis |
5–6 | Delibašić Vukčević Milovanović Đalović Miladinović Marić |
Olympic play-off
[edit]Portugal | 3–2 (a.e.t.) | Sweden |
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Viana 76' (pen.) J. Ribeiro 84' Carlitos 114' |
Report | Elmander 45+1' Rosenberg 90' |
Final
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Assistant referees:
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Goalscorers
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Medal table and Olympic qualifiers
[edit]- Greece (as hosts), Italy, Serbia & Montenegro and Portugal qualify for the Olympic games finals.
See Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Final result |
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Italy | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 4 | +6 | 12 | Gold medal | |
Serbia and Montenegro | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | −2 | 7 | Silver medal | |
Portugal | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 11 | −2 | 7 | Bronze medal | |
4 | Sweden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | +4 | 10 | Fourth place |
5 | Belarus | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | Eliminated in group stage |
6 | Germany (H) | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
7 | Croatia | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 | |
8 | Switzerland | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
(H) Hosts
External links
[edit]- Results Archive at UEFA.com
- RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com
- 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- 2003–04 in German football
- UEFA European Under-21 Championship
- International association football competitions hosted by Germany
- 2003–04 in European football
- Football qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics
- May 2004 sports events in Germany
- June 2004 sports events in Germany
- 2004 in youth association football