UEFA Euro 2004 Group A

Group A of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 12 June and was completed on 20 June. The group consisted of hosts Portugal, Spain, Russia and Greece.

Portugal won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Greece. Spain and Russia failed to advance. Greece and Portugal faced each other again in the tournament final, with Greece again emerging victorious.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings November 2003[nb 1]	FIFA Rankings June 2004
A1	Portugal	1	Host	12 October 1999	4th	2000	Semi-finals (1984, 2000)	2	22
A2	Greece	4	Group 6 winner	11 October 2003	2nd	1980	Group stage (1980)	23	35
A3	Spain	2	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	7th	2000	Winners (1964)	6	3
A4	Russia[nb 2]	3	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	8th	1996	Winners (1960)	13	31

Notes

1. The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.
2. From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Standings

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4[a]
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4[a]
4	Russia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

1. Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

In the quarter-finals,

• The winner of Group A, Portugal, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, England.
• The runner-up of Group A, Greece, advanced to play the winner of Group B, France.

Matches

All times Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

Portugal vs Greece

12 June 2004 (2004-06-12)

17:00

Portugal	1–2	Greece
Ronaldo 90+3'	Report	Karagounis 7' Basinas 51' (pen.)

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 48,761

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Portugal

Greece

GK 1 Ricardo RB 2 Paulo Ferreira CB 4 Jorge Andrade CB 5 Fernando Couto (c) LB 3 Rui Jorge CM 18 Maniche CM 6 Costinha  21'  66' RW 7 Luís Figo AM 10 Rui Costa  46' LW 11 Simão  46' CF 9 Pauleta  57' Substitutions: FW 17 Cristiano Ronaldo  46' MF 20 Deco  46' FW 21 Nuno Gomes  66' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis  76' CB 5 Traianos Dellas CB 19 Michalis Kapsis LB 14 Takis Fyssas RM 20 Giorgos Karagounis  39'  46' CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c) CM 6 Angelos Basinas LM 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos  68' CF 9 Angelos Charisteas  74' CF 15 Zisis Vryzas Substitutions: MF 21 Kostas Katsouranis  46' FW 11 Demis Nikolaidis  68' MF 23 Vassilis Lakis  74' Manager: Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match: Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)[1] Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Narciso Pisacreta (Italy) Fourth official: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Spain vs Russia

12 June 2004 (2004-06-12)

19:45

Spain	1–0	Russia
Valerón 60'	Report

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Attendance: 28,182

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Spain

Russia

GK 23 Iker Casillas RB 5 Carles Puyol CB 6 Iván Helguera CB 3 Carlos Marchena  66' LB 15 Raúl Bravo CM 4 David Albelda  85' CM 8 Rubén Baraja  43'  59' RW 17 Joseba Etxeberria AM 7 Raúl (c)  78' LW 14 Vicente CF 10 Fernando Morientes  59' Substitutions: MF 16 Xabi Alonso  59' MF 21 Juan Carlos Valerón  59' FW 9 Fernando Torres  78' Manager: Iñaki Sáez

GK 1 Sergei Ovchinnikov RB 16 Vadim Evseev CB 4 Alexey Smertin (c)  29' CB 13 Roman Sharonov  27'  88' LB 17 Dmitri Sennikov DM 22 Evgeni Aldonin  32'  68' RM 8 Rolan Gusev  12'  46' CM 15 Dmitri Alenichev CM 10 Aleksandr Mostovoi LM 7 Marat Izmailov  74' CF 9 Dmitri Bulykin Substitutions: MF 2 Vladislav Radimov  90'  46' FW 3 Dmitri Sychev  68' MF 5 Andrei Karyaka  74' Manager: Georgi Yartsev

Man of the Match: Vicente (Spain)[2] Assistant referees: Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland) Francesco Buragina (Switzerland) Fourth official: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Greece vs Spain

16 June 2004 (2004-06-16)

17:00

Greece	1–1	Spain
Charisteas 66'	Report	Morientes 28'

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 25,444

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Greece

Spain

GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis CB 5 Traianos Dellas CB 19 Michalis Kapsis LB 14 Takis Fyssas  86' RM 20 Giorgos Karagounis  27'  53' CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c)  61' CM 21 Kostas Katsouranis  7' LM 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos  24'  49' CF 9 Angelos Charisteas CF 15 Zisis Vryzas  90' Substitutions: FW 11 Demis Nikolaidis  49' MF 10 Vassilios Tsiartas  53' DF 3 Stylianos Venetidis  86' Manager: Otto Rehhagel

GK 23 Iker Casillas RB 5 Carles Puyol CB 6 Iván Helguera  37' CB 3 Carlos Marchena  16' LB 15 Raúl Bravo CM 4 David Albelda CM 8 Rubén Baraja RW 17 Joseba Etxeberria  46' AM 7 Raúl (c)  80' LW 14 Vicente CF 10 Fernando Morientes  65' Substitutions: MF 19 Joaquín  46' MF 21 Juan Carlos Valerón  65' FW 9 Fernando Torres  80' Manager: Iñaki Sáez

Man of the Match: Raúl (Spain)[3] Assistant referees: Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia) Fourth official: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Portugal

16 June 2004 (2004-06-16)

19:45

Russia	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Maniche 7' Rui Costa 89'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 59,273

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Russia

Portugal

GK 1 Sergei Ovchinnikov  45' RB 16 Vadim Evseev  21' CB 4 Alexey Smertin (c)  16' CB 21 Aleksei Bugayev LB 17 Dmitri Sennikov DM 22 Evgeni Aldonin  45+2' RM 15 Dmitri Alenichev  90+2' CM 20 Dmitri Loskov CM 7 Marat Izmailov  72' LM 5 Andrei Karyaka  79' CF 11 Aleksandr Kerzhakov Substitutions: GK 12 Vyacheslav Malafeev  45+2' MF 19 Vladimir Bystrov  72' FW 9 Dmitri Bulykin  79' Manager: Georgi Yartsev

GK 1 Ricardo RB 13 Miguel CB 4 Jorge Andrade CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho  24' LB 14 Nuno Valente CM 18 Maniche CM 6 Costinha RW 7 Luís Figo (c)  78' AM 20 Deco  85' LW 11 Simão  63' CF 9 Pauleta  57' Substitutions: FW 21 Nuno Gomes  57' MF 10 Rui Costa  63' FW 17 Cristiano Ronaldo  78' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match: Maniche (Portugal)[4] Assistant referees: Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway) Steinar Holvik (Norway) Fourth official: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Spain vs Portugal

See also: Portugal–Spain football rivalry

20 June 2004 (2004-06-20)

19:45

Spain	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Nuno Gomes 57'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,491

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Spain

Portugal

GK 23 Iker Casillas RB 5 Carles Puyol  74' CB 6 Iván Helguera CB 22 Juanito  68'  79' LB 15 Raúl Bravo CM 16 Xabi Alonso CM 4 David Albelda  8'  65' RW 19 Joaquín  71' AM 7 Raúl (c) LW 14 Vicente CF 9 Fernando Torres Substitutions: MF 8 Rubén Baraja  65' FW 11 Albert Luque  71' FW 10 Fernando Morientes  79' Manager: Iñaki Sáez

GK 1 Ricardo RB 13 Miguel CB 4 Jorge Andrade CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho LB 14 Nuno Valente CM 6 Costinha CM 18 Maniche RW 7 Luís Figo (c)  77' AM 20 Deco LW 17 Cristiano Ronaldo  84' CF 9 Pauleta  7'  46' Substitutions: FW 21 Nuno Gomes  65'  46' MF 8 Petit  77' DF 5 Fernando Couto  84' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match: Deco (Portugal)[5] Assistant referees: Kenneth Petersson (Sweden) Peter Ekström (Sweden) Fourth official: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Greece

20 June 2004 (2004-06-20)

19:45

Russia	2–1	Greece
Kirichenko 2' Bulykin 17'	Report	Vryzas 43'

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Attendance: 24,347

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Russia

Greece

GK 12 Vyacheslav Malafeev  88' RB 14 Aleksandr Anyukov  28' CB 13 Roman Sharonov  15'  56' CB 21 Aleksei Bugayev LB 16 Vadim Evseev RM 8 Rolan Gusev CM 15 Dmitri Alenichev (c)  65' CM 2 Vladislav Radimov  71' LM 5 Andrei Karyaka  39'  46' CF 9 Dmitri Bulykin  46' CF 18 Dmitri Kirichenko Substitutions: FW 3 Dmitri Sychev  46' MF 6 Igor Semshov  46' DF 17 Dmitri Sennikov  56' Manager: Georgi Yartsev

GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis CB 5 Traianos Dellas  86' CB 19 Michalis Kapsis LB 3 Stylianos Venetidis  89' CM 6 Angelos Basinas  42' CM 21 Kostas Katsouranis CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c) RW 9 Angelos Charisteas LW 22 Dimitris Papadopoulos  70' CF 15 Zisis Vryzas  45' Substitutions: MF 10 Vassilios Tsiartas  42' FW 11 Demis Nikolaidis  70' DF 14 Takis Fyssas  89' Manager: Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match: Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia)[6] Assistant referees: Frédéric Arnault (France) Serge Vallin (France) Fourth official: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

See also

• Greece at the UEFA European Championship
• Portugal at the UEFA European Championship
• Russia at the UEFA European Championship
• Spain at the UEFA European Championship