2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2004
Tournament details
Host country Germany
Dates27 May – 8 June
Teams8 (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 played16
Goals scored52 (3.25 per match)
Attendance110,353 (6,897 per match)
Top scorer(s)Sweden Johan Elmander
Italy Alberto Gilardino
(4 goals each)
Best player(s)Italy Alberto Gilardino
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International football competition

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

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

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Serbia and Montenegro 3–2 Croatia
Lazović 37'
Lovre 47'
Ivanović 86'		 Report Eduardo 49'
Kranjčar 68'
Italy 1–2 Belarus
Gilardino 58' Report Kirenkin 6'
A. Hleb 44'
Attendance: 3,712
Belarus 1–1 Croatia
Kirylchyk 82' Report Lučić 38'
Italy 2–1 Serbia and Montenegro
Sculli 30', 53' Report Vukčević 86'
Attendance: 4,675
Italy 1–0 Croatia
De Rossi 21' Report
Attendance: 5,468
Belarus 1–2 Serbia and Montenegro
Shkabara 13' Report Lazović 47' (pen.)
Milovanović 55'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 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
Auer 21'
Hitzlsperger 63'		 Report D. Degen 75'
Attendance: 12,240
Sweden 3–1 Portugal
Elmander 40', 50'
Ishizaki 71'		 Report Almeida 28'
Germany 1–2 Sweden
Auer 84' Report Jönsson 49'
Elmander 62'
Switzerland 2–2 Portugal
Vonlanthen 57'
Baykal 86'		 Report Carlos Martins 66' (pen.)
Almeida 71'
Attendance: 2,507
Germany 1–2 Portugal
Schweinsteiger 41' Report Almeida 24'
Lourenço 78'
Attendance: 13,400
Switzerland 1–3 Sweden
Barnetta 21' Report Jaggy 40' (o.g.)
Rosenberg 62', 88'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 June – Bochum
 
 
 Sweden1 (5)
 
8 June – Bochum
 
 Serbia and Montenegro (p)1 (6)
 
 Italy3
 
5 June – Oberhausen
 
 Serbia and Montenegro0
 
 Italy3
 
 
 Portugal1
 
Olympic play-off
 
 
8 June – Oberhausen
 
 
 Portugal (a.e.t.)3
 
 
 Sweden2

Semi-finals

Italy 3–1 Portugal
Gilardino 19', 77'
Pinzi 24'		 Report Oliveira 28'
Attendance: 7,709

Olympic play-off

Portugal 3–2 (a.e.t.) Sweden
Viana 76' (pen.)
J. Ribeiro 84'
Carlitos 114'		 Report Elmander 45+1'
Rosenberg 90'

Final

Italy 3–0 Serbia and Montenegro
De Rossi 32'
Bovo 83'
Gilardino 85'		 Report
Attendance: 20,092
GK 1 Marco Amelia
DF 5 Daniele Bonera downward-facing red arrow 90+5'
DF 13 Andrea Barzagli
DF 14 Cesare Bovo
DF 3 Emiliano Moretti
MF 17 Giandomenico Mesto
MF 8 Angelo Palombo
MF 6 Daniele De Rossi Yellow card 29'
MF 15 Marco Donadel Yellow card 28' downward-facing red arrow 88'
FW 11 Giuseppe Sculli downward-facing red arrow 74'
FW 9 Alberto Gilardino
Substitutions:
MF 19 Simone Del Nero Yellow card 80' upward-facing green arrow 74'
MF 10 Matteo Brighi upward-facing green arrow 88'
DF 2 Cristian Zaccardo upward-facing green arrow 90+5'
Coach:
Italy Claudio Gentile
GK 1 Nikola Milojević
DF 19 Branislav Ivanović Red card 90+2'
DF 6 Marko Baša
DF 16 Milan Biševac Yellow card 50'
MF 15 Dejan Milovanović downward-facing red arrow 63'
MF 2 Dragan Stančić
MF 14 Bojan Miladinović downward-facing red arrow 83'
MF 10 Miloš Marić
MF 3 Nikola Mijailović Yellow card 11' Yellow-red card 34'
FW 7 Danko Lazović
FW 21 Radomir Đalović downward-facing red arrow 45'
Substitutions:
FW 17 Simon Vukčević upward-facing green arrow 45'
MF 11 Igor Matić Yellow card 87' upward-facing green arrow 63'
DF 13 Bojan Neziri upward-facing green arrow 83'
Coach:
Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Petrović

Assistant referees:
Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain)
Mark Simons (Belgium)
Fourth official:
Matthew David Messias (England)

Goalscorers

Medal table and Olympic qualifiers

  • 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
1st place, gold medalist(s)  Italy 5 4 0 1 10 4 +6 12 Gold medal
2nd place, silver medalist(s)  Serbia and Montenegro 5 2 1 2 7 9 −2 7 Silver medal
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  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
Source: [ ]
(H) Hosts

External links

  • Results Archive at UEFA.com
  • RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com