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The 2004 UEFA European Football Championship, commonly called EURO 2004, was held in Portugal between 12 June and 4 July 2004. The UEFA European Championship is a quadrennial football competition between national teams organised by UEFA, the sports governing body in Europe. This was the first time that the competition was held in Portugal.Qualifying for EURO 2004 took place from September 2002 to November 2003. Fifty teams were divided into ten groups and each team played the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top teams automatically qualified for EURO 2004, and the ten group runners-up took part in play-offs to determine another five teams. Together with the host nation of Portugal, who did not need to go through the qualifying process (as is usual), 16 nations competed in EURO 2004.
The final was played on July 4, and was almost a replay of the opening game: the host Portugal versus Greece. Greece won 1-0 with a single goal from a corner via Angelos Charisteas' head on the 57th minute. The success of Greece, who had never won a single match in their previous appearances in any finals tournament, was totally unexpected ( Bloomberg reports that UK bookmakerA bookmaker or a bookie is an organisation or a person that takes bets and may pay winnings depending upon results and, depending on the nature of the bet, the odds. Bookmaking may be legal or illegal, and may be regulated; in the United Kingdom it was ats gave them 100-1 odds at winning prior to the tournament), but their organisation and solid defensive play took their opponents and the rest of the football world by surprise.
1 Qualifying
For details of qualifying matches check 2004 UEFA European Championship (qualifying).
2 Teams
The participant teams of the Euro 2004 final tournament were:
- BulgariaOn May 19, 2004 Bulgaria coach Plamen Markov named a 23-man squad for the Euro 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4. Squad Key: Pld Games played; Y Yellow cards; Y/R Yellow/Red cards; R Red cards Date format: dd. yyyy Qua
- CroatiaOn June 2, 2004, Croatia coach Otto Baric named his final 23-man squad: Squad Key: Pld Games played; Y Yellow cards; Y/R Yellow/Red cards; R Red cards Date format: dd. yyyy Qualifying Group 8 Play-off Croatia won 2 1 on aggregate. Final tournament Group B
- Czech RepublicOn May 19, 2004 Czech Republic coach Karel Bruckner named a 24-man squad for the Euro 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4. The official 23-man squad was named on June 2 after Miroslav MatuSovic was left out. Squad Key: P
- DenmarkOn June 1, 2004 Denmark coach Morten Olsen named a 23-man squad. Squad Key: Pld Games played; Y Yellow cards; Y/R Yellow/Red cards; R Red cards Date format: dd. yyyy Qualifying Group 2 Final tournament Group C Quarter-finals Denmark.
- EnglandOn May 17, 2004 England coach Sven-Goran Eriksson named a 23-man squad for the Euro 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4. Squad Key: Pld Games played; Y Yellow cards; Y/R Yellow/Red cards; R Red cards Date format: dd.
- France
- Germany
- Greece
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