2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA U-21 Championship 2004 was the 14th staging of UEFA

UEFA

The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....

's European Under-21 Football Championship

UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship

The European Under-21 Football Championship is a football competition organised by the sport's European governing body, UEFA. It is held every two years. The competition has existed in its current form since 1978. It was preceded by the Under 23 Challenge Cup which ran from 1967 to 1970...

. The final tournament was hosted by Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

between 27 May and 8 June 2004.

Italy U-21s
Italy national under-21 football team
The Italy national under-21 football team is the national under-21 football team of Italy and is controlled by the Italian Football Federation.The team competes in the UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years...

won the competition for the fifth time. Italy's Alberto Gilardino

Alberto Gilardino

Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....

won the Golden Player award.

The top three teams in this competition qualified for Athens 2004 Olympics

Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August, , and ended on 28 August.The men's tournament is played by U-23 national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad...

, 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.

Group A

1
Team
	3	2	0	1	4	3
6
	3	2	0	1	6	5
6
	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4
	3	0	1	2	3	5	−2	1

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Group B

5
Team
	3	3	0	0	8	3
9
	3	1	1	1	5	6	−1	4
	3	1	0	2	4	5	−1	3
	3	0	1	2	4	7	−3	1

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Olympic play-off

Final


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	1	Marco Amelia Marco Amelia Marco Amelia, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Serie A club Milan. He was part of the Italian squad that won the 2006 FIFA World Cup.-Early career:Amelia grew up as part of the Roma youth system...
	3	Emiliano Moretti Emiliano Moretti Emiliano Moretti is an Italian football defender, who currently plays for Genoa C.F.C..-Club career:Moretti started his career with local club Lodigiani, and in 2000 transferred to AC Fiorentina. He made his Serie A debut in March 2001, and was a member of the team that won the 2001 Coppa Italia....
	5	Daniele Bonera Daniele Bonera Daniele Bonera is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Milan.-Brescia:Bonera started his career for Brescia Calcio, making his first team debut in 1999–2000, in Serie B league...
	6	Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi Daniele De Rossi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma. He is the current Roma's vice-captain and nicknamed as Capitan Futuro due to his high probabality as heir-apparent to Francesco Totti's captain armband.With Roma he has won the Coppa Italia...
	8	Angelo Palombo Angelo Palombo Angelo Palombo is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie B club Sampdoria. Tenacious in the tackle and hard-working on the pitch, he is known for his play-making skills and never-say-die attitude...
	9	Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....
	11	Giuseppe Sculli Giuseppe Sculli Giuseppe Sculli is an Italian footballer who plays for Lazio.-Juventus:Sculli made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2002 for Modena against A.C...
	13	Andrea Barzagli Andrea Barzagli Andrea Barzagli, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Juventus.- Club career :...
	14	Cesare Bovo Cesare Bovo Cesare Bovo is an Italian footballer who plays as a defender for Serie A club Genoa.-Lecce & youth career:Bovo grew up playing in the renowned AS Roma youth system, and was sold on a co-ownership bid to Serie B club Lecce in the 2002/2003 season, which Bovo was exchanged with Mauro Rizzo who both...
	15	Marco Donadel Marco Donadel Marco Donadel is an Italian football Midfielder, currently playing for S.S.C. Napoli. He is known for his powerful long range shots.-Club career:...
	17	Giondomenico Mesto
Substitutions:
	19	Simone Del Nero Simone Del Nero Simone Del Nero, is an Italian footballer who plays as a left midfielder. He currently plays in Serie A with Lazio, after joining on a free five-year deal from Serie B club Brescia.-Club career:...
	10	Matteo Brighi Matteo Brighi Matteo Brighi is an Italian football player. He currently plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Atalanta. Brighi was named Serie A Young Footballer of the Year in 2002. Brighi is noted for his stamina, tackling, and aerial abilities.-Club career:Brighi started his career at Rimini...
	2	Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo Cristian Zaccardo, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer, who plays for Italian Serie A club Parma...
Coach:
Claudio Gentile Claudio Gentile Claudio Gentile is an Italian football coach and former defender of the 1970s and 1980s. Gentile appeared for Italy in two World Cup tournaments, including playing in the winning Italian team in the 1982 final. His club career was notably spent with Juventus for whom he made almost 300 league...

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SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO: | 1 Nikola Milojević

Nikola Milojevic

Nikola Milojević is a Serbian football goalkeeper playing with FK Borac Čačak in the Serbian SuperLiga since summer 2010.-Career:...

2 Dragan Stančić

Dragan Stancic

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3 Nikola Mijailović 6 Marko Baša

Marko Baša

Marko Baša is a Montenegrin football player who plays for Lille.-Lille:...

7 Danko Lazović

Danko Lazovic

Danko Lazović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club Zenit as a second striker or a winger.-Feyenoord:...

10 Miloš Marić

Miloš Maric

Miloš Marić is a Serbian football midfielder, currently playing for Lierse S.K. in Belgium.-Career:...

14 Bojan Miladinović

Bojan Miladinovic

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15 Dejan Milovanović

Dejan Milovanovic

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16 Milan Biševac

Milan Biševac

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19 Branislav Ivanović

Branislav Ivanovic

Branislav Ivanović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League and the Serbia national team....

21 Radomir Đalović Substitutions: 17 Simon Vukčević

Simon Vukcevic

Simon Vukčević is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers....

11 Igor Matić

Igor Matic

Igor Matić is a Serbian football midfielder playing with FK Mogren Budva in the Montenegrin First League....

13 Bojan Neziri

Bojan Neziri

Bojan Neziri is a Serbian football defender who plays for FK Inđija in the Serbian SuperLiga since January 2011.-Career:...

Coach:

Vladimir Petrović

Assistant referees:

Victoriano Giraldez Carrasco (Spain)

Mark Simons (Belgium)

Fourth official:

Matthew David Messias

Matt Messias

Matthew David Messias is an English former football referee, who operated in the Football League, the Premier League, and also for UEFA and FIFA. He was first based in York during his time as an official, subsequently moving to Barnsley, also in the county of Yorkshire...

(England

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

)

Goalscorers

4 goals Alberto Gilardino

Alberto Gilardino

Alberto Gilardino, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian World Cup-winning footballer who plays as a striker for Serie A club Fiorentina and the Italian national team....

Johan Elmander

Johan Erik Calvin Elmander is a Swedish footballer who plays as a striker for Galatasaray and the Sweden national football team. He joined in a free transfer after his contract with English club Bolton Wanderers in the Premier League expired...

3 goals Hugo Almeida

Hugo Almeida

Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Beşiktaş J.K. in Turkey, as a centre forward.After failing to establish himself at F.C...

Markus Rosenberg

Nils Markus Rosenberg , born 27 September 1982 in Malmö) is a Swedish footballer currently playing for German side Werder Bremen. As of 11 February 2009, Rosenberg, who is nicknamed "Sillen" , has played 30 games and scored six times for the Swedish national team.-Early career:Rosenberg started his...

2 goals Benjamin Auer

Benjamin Auer

Benjamin Auer is a German footballer who is a centre-forward.-Career:As a child he played for the HSV Landau, before moving to his first major youth team, FSV Offenbach. At the age of 15 he moved to Kaiserslautern, for whom he played until 1999...

Daniele De Rossi

Daniele De Rossi, Ufficiale OMRI is an Italian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Serie A club Roma. He is the current Roma's vice-captain and nicknamed as Capitan Futuro due to his high probabality as heir-apparent to Francesco Totti's captain armband.With Roma he has won the Coppa Italia...

Giuseppe Sculli

Giuseppe Sculli is an Italian footballer who plays for Lazio.-Juventus:Sculli made his Serie A debut on 14 September 2002 for Modena against A.C...

Danko Lazović

Danko Lazovic

Danko Lazović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Russian Premier League club Zenit as a second striker or a winger.-Feyenoord:...

1 goal Alexander Hleb Raman Kirenkin Pavel Kirylchyk Aleh Shkabara Niko Kranjčar

Niko Kranjcar

Niko Kranjčar is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Croatia national team.He represented two of the biggest clubs in his homeland, playing for Dinamo Zagreb before sparking controversy by making a move to their fierce rivals Hajduk Split in 2005...

Mario Lučić Eduardo da Silva

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Thomas Hitzlsperger

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Bastian Schweinsteiger

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Cesare Bovo

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Giampiero Pinzi

Giampiero Pinzi is an Italian footballer who currently plays as a midfielder for Udinese.-Udinese:Pinzi began his career with Lazio and was promoted in 1999 to the Serie A team. After one year with S.S. Lazio in the Serie A signed with League rival Udinese Calcio.-Chievo:on 17 July 2009 A.C...

1 goal, cont. Carlitos

Carlos Alberto Alves Garcia

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Luis Lourenço Carlos Martins Pedro Oliveira Jorge Ribeiro

Jorge Ribeiro

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Hugo Viana

Hugo Miguel Ferreira Gomes Viana is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Sporting de Braga as a central midfielder.His main assets are good set-pieces and passing skills...

Branislav Ivanović

Branislav Ivanovic

Branislav Ivanović is a Serbian footballer who plays for Chelsea in the Premier League and the Serbia national team....

Goran Lovre

Goran Lovre is a Serbian football player playing for Barnsley. He also has Belgian descendance....

Miloš Marić

Miloš Maric

Miloš Marić is a Serbian football midfielder, currently playing for Lierse S.K. in Belgium.-Career:...

Dejan Milovanović

Dejan Milovanovic

Dejan Milovanović is a Serbian footballer who plays as a central midfielder for Greek side Panionios G.S.S. on loan from French club R.C. Lens....

Simon Vukčević

Simon Vukcevic

Simon Vukčević is a Montenegrin footballer who plays for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers....

Stefan Ishizaki

Stefan Ishizaki is a Swedish footballer of Japanese descent, playing for Elfsborg.-AIK:Born to a Japanese father and a Swedish mother, he started his career in Djurgårdens IF, however he shortly moved to Rågsveds IF instead and stayed with the club until 1999 when he signed a contract with major...

Jon Jönsson Babis Stefanidis

Babis Stefanidis

Charalambos "Babis" Stefanidis is a Swedish professional football player of Greek heritage, who is currently playing for IF Brommapojkarna. Stefanidis is an offensive midfielder, who normally plays on the right wing....

Tranquillo Barnetta

Tranquillo Barnetta is a Swiss footballer who plays as a midfielder for Bayer Leverkusen and the Swiss national team. He usually plays out wide as a winger but can also play in a more withdrawn role as a defensive midfielder....

David Degen

David Degen is a Swiss footballer currently playing for BSC Young Boys, mostly as a right midfielder, in the Swiss Super League. He is half Dutch as his mother is from the Netherlands...

Baykal Kulaksızoğlu Johan Vonlanthen

Own goals Kim Jaggy

Kim Jaggy

Kim Jaggy is a Swiss footballer of Haitian descent who currently plays as a left back for FC Wil.- Club career :Jaggy made his debut for Swiss league side Grasshopper in the 1999/2000 season and stayed with them for 10 seasons...

(for Sweden)

Olympic Qualifiers

Greece (as hosts), Italy, Serbia & Montenegro and Portugal qualify for the Olympic games finals.

See Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

External links

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

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