2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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.

2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2004
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 →

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

Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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

Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship 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

27 May 2004

18:15

Serbia and Montenegro	3–2	Croatia
Lazović 37' Lovre 47' Ivanović 86'	Report	Eduardo 49' Kranjčar 68'

Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen

Attendance: 4,100

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

27 May 2004

20:45

Italy	1–2	Belarus
Gilardino 58'	Report	Kirenkin 6' A. Hleb 44'

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 3,712

Referee: Matt Messias (England)

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29 May 2004

15:30

Belarus	1–1	Croatia
Kirylchyk 82'	Report	Lučić 38'

Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen

Attendance: 2,000

Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic)

29 May 2004

20:45

Italy	2–1	Serbia and Montenegro
Sculli 30', 53'	Report	Vukčević 86'

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 4,675

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

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1 June 2004

20:45

Italy	1–0	Croatia
De Rossi 21'	Report

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 5,468

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

1 June 2004

20:45

Belarus	1–2	Serbia and Montenegro
Shkabara 13'	Report	Lazović 47' (pen.) Milovanović 55'

Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen

Attendance: 3,500

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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

28 May 2004

18:15

Germany	2–1	Switzerland
Auer 21' Hitzlsperger 63'	Report	D. Degen 75'

Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz

Attendance: 12,240

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

28 May 2004

20:45

Sweden	3–1	Portugal
Elmander 40', 50' Ishizaki 71'	Report	Almeida 28'

Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim

Attendance: 3,800

Referee: Alexandru Tudor (Romania)

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30 May 2004

18:15

Germany	1–2	Sweden
Auer 84'	Report	Jönsson 49' Elmander 62'

Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim

Attendance: 18,650

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

30 May 2004

20:45

Switzerland	2–2	Portugal
Vonlanthen 57' Baykal 86'	Report	Carlos Martins 66' (pen.) Almeida 71'

Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz

Attendance: 2,507

Referee: Matt Messias (England)

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2 June 2004

18:15

Germany	1–2	Portugal
Schweinsteiger 41'	Report	Almeida 24' Lourenço 78'

Stadion am Bruchweg, Mainz

Attendance: 13,400

Referee: Grzegorz Gilewski (Poland)

2 June 2004

18:15

Switzerland	1–3	Sweden
Barnetta 21'	Report	Jaggy 40' (o.g.) Rosenberg 62', 88'

Carl-Benz-Stadion, Mannheim

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic)

Knockout stage

	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

5 June 2004

18:15

Sweden	1–1 (a.e.t.)	Serbia and Montenegro
Stefanidis 36'	Report	Marić 90+1'
Penalties
Ishizaki Jönsson Holmén Dorsin Rosenberg Stefanidis	5–6	Delibašić Vukčević Milovanović Đalović Miladinović Marić

Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen

Attendance: 4,500

Referee: Matt Messias (England)

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5 June 2004

20:45

Italy	3–1	Portugal
Gilardino 19', 77' Pinzi 24'	Report	Oliveira 28'

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 7,709

Referee: Michal Beneš (Czech Republic)

Olympic play-off

8 June 2004

18:15

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

Niederrheinstadion, Oberhausen

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Bertrand Layec (France)

Final

8 June 2004

21:00

Italy	3–0	Serbia and Montenegro
De Rossi 32' Bovo 83' Gilardino 85'	Report

Ruhrstadion, Bochum

Attendance: 20,092

Referee: Luis Medina Cantalejo (Spain)

GK 1 Marco Amelia DF 5 Daniele Bonera  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  29' MF 15 Marco Donadel  28'  88' FW 11 Giuseppe Sculli  74' FW 9 Alberto Gilardino Substitutions: MF 19 Simone Del Nero  80'  74' MF 10 Matteo Brighi  88' DF 2 Cristian Zaccardo  90+5' Coach: Claudio Gentile

GK 1 Nikola Milojević DF 19 Branislav Ivanović  90+2' DF 6 Marko Baša DF 16 Milan Biševac  50' MF 15 Dejan Milovanović  63' MF 2 Dragan Stančić MF 14 Bojan Miladinović  83' MF 10 Miloš Marić MF 3 Nikola Mijailović  11'  34' FW 7 Danko Lazović FW 21 Radomir Đalović  45' Substitutions: FW 17 Simon Vukčević  45' MF 11 Igor Matić  87'  63' DF 13 Bojan Neziri  83' Coach: Vladimir Petrović

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

Goalscorers

4 goals Alberto Gilardino Johan Elmander 3 goals Hugo Almeida Markus Rosenberg 2 goals Benjamin Auer Daniele De Rossi Giuseppe Sculli Danko Lazović 1 goal Alexander Hleb Raman Kirenkin Pavel Kirylchyk Aleh Shkabara Niko Kranjčar Mario Lučić Eduardo da Silva Thomas Hitzlsperger Bastian Schweinsteiger Cesare Bovo Giampiero Pinzi

1 goal, cont. Carlitos Luis Lourenço Carlos Martins Pedro Oliveira Jorge Ribeiro Hugo Viana Branislav Ivanović Goran Lovre Miloš Marić Dejan Milovanović Simon Vukčević Stefan Ishizaki Jon Jönsson Babis Stefanidis Tranquillo Barnetta David Degen Baykal Kulaksızoğlu Johan Vonlanthen Own goals Kim Jaggy (for Sweden)

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
	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

Source: [ ]
(H) Hosts

External links

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