The
final of UEFA Euro 2004 was a football match played on 4 July 2004 at the
Estádio da LuzThe Estádio da Luz , officially named the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica and commonly translated as Stadium of Light, is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, the home of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. It is also called A Catedral by Benfica's supporters.Luz is actually the area of Lisbon in which...
in
LisbonLisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region...
,
PortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...
to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2004. The match featured tournament hosts
PortugalThe Portuguese national football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation , finishing 4th at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The first appearance in the 1966 FIFA World Cup saw them reach the semifinal, losing 2 – 1 at Wembley to the eventual world champions England. Portugal finished in...
, who went into the match as favourites, and
GreeceThe Greece national football team represents Greece in international football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation. Greece spent most of their history in relative obscurity, having participated only twice in the final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European...
, playing in only their second
European ChampionshipThe UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
. Both teams had qualified for the knockout stage from Group A of the tournament's group stage, with Greece winning 2–1 in the teams' earlier meeting.
Greece won the final 1–0, defying odds of 80–1 from the beginning of the tournament, with
Angelos CharisteasAngelos Charisteas is a Greek football striker who currently plays for German club 1. FC Nuremberg...
scoring the winning goal in the 57th minute.
The
final of UEFA Euro 2004 was a football match played on 4 July 2004 at the
Estádio da LuzThe Estádio da Luz , officially named the Estádio do Sport Lisboa e Benfica and commonly translated as Stadium of Light, is a football stadium in Lisbon, Portugal, the home of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. It is also called A Catedral by Benfica's supporters.Luz is actually the area of Lisbon in which...
in
LisbonLisbon is the capital and largest city of Portugal. It is also the seat of the district of Lisbon and the main city of the Lisbon region...
,
PortugalPortugal , officially the Portuguese Republic , is a country located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of mainland Europe and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west and south and by Spain to the north and east...
to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2004. The match featured tournament hosts
PortugalThe Portuguese national football team is controlled by the Portuguese Football Federation , finishing 4th at the 2006 FIFA World Cup. The first appearance in the 1966 FIFA World Cup saw them reach the semifinal, losing 2 – 1 at Wembley to the eventual world champions England. Portugal finished in...
, who went into the match as favourites, and
GreeceThe Greece national football team represents Greece in international football and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation. Greece spent most of their history in relative obscurity, having participated only twice in the final tournaments of the FIFA World Cup and the UEFA European...
, playing in only their second
European ChampionshipThe UEFA European Football Championship is the main football competition of the men's national football teams governed by UEFA . Held every four years since 1960, in the even-numbered year between World Cup tournaments, it was originally called the UEFA European Nations Cup, changing to the current...
. Both teams had qualified for the knockout stage from Group A of the tournament's group stage, with Greece winning 2–1 in the teams' earlier meeting.
Greece won the final 1–0, defying odds of 80–1 from the beginning of the tournament, with
Angelos CharisteasAngelos Charisteas is a Greek football striker who currently plays for German club 1. FC Nuremberg...
scoring the winning goal in the 57th minute. The result came against the run of the play, with Portugal having the majority of the possession throughout the game, as well as four times as many shots as the Greeks.
Match details
POR
PORTUGAL: |
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| GK |
1 |
Ricardo Ricardo Alexandre Martins Soares Pereira, simply Ricardo , is a Portuguese footballer currently playing with Real Betis, as a goalkeeper.-Club career:...
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| RB |
13 |
MiguelLuís Miguel Brito Garcia Monteiro, simply Miguel , OIH , is a Portuguese footballer currently playing with Valencia CF, mainly as a right defender.-Club career:...
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| CB |
16 |
Ricardo CarvalhoRicardo Alberto Silveira Carvalho, OIH is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays as a central defender for English Premier League club Chelsea and the Portuguese national team....
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| CB |
4 |
Jorge AndradeJorge Manuel Almeida Gomes de Andrade, OIH, is a Portuguese football central defender, currently a free agent.-Club career:...
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| LB |
14 |
Nuno Valente Nuno Jorge Pereira da Silva Valente, OIH is a former Portuguese footballer, who played as a left back.-Club career:...
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| CM |
6 |
Costinha Francisco José Rodrigues da Costa Júnior, OIH , commonly known as Costinha , is a Portuguese footballer currently for Atalanta B.C...
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| CM |
18 |
ManicheNuno Ricardo de Oliveira Ribeiro, OIH , commonly known as Maniche , is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays as a central midfielder for 1...
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| RW |
7 |
Luís FigoLuís Filipe Madeira Caeiro Figo is a former Portuguese footballer who played as a midfielder for Sporting Clube de Portugal, FC Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Internazionale during a career which spans over 20 years. He retired from football on 31 May 2009...
(cThe team captain of a football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team: it is often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game...
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| AM |
20 |
DecoAnderson Luís de Souza, OIH , commonly known as Deco, is a Brazilian-born Portuguese professional footballer who currently plays for England side Chelsea and internationally for Portugal...
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| LW |
17 |
Cristiano RonaldoCristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro, OIH is a Portuguese footballer who plays as a winger for Spanish club Real Madrid and serves as captain of the Portuguese national team...
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| CF |
9 |
PauletaPedro Miguel Carreiro Resendes, OIH , commonly known as Pauleta , is a former Portuguese professional footballer, who played as a striker....
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| DF |
2 |
Paulo FerreiraPaulo Renato Rebocho Ferreira, OIH is a Portuguese football player currently playing as a full back for Chelsea in the English Premier League....
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| MF |
10 |
Rui Costa Rui Manuel César Costa, OIH is a former Portuguese football player and current Director of Football for Benfica. An attacking midfielder also capable of playing as a deep-seated defensive midfielder, he most recently played for Portuguese club Benfica...
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| FW |
21 |
Nuno Gomes Nuno Miguel Soares Pereira Ribeiro , commonly known as Nuno Gomes, is a Portuguese footballer who currently plays for Sport Lisboa e Benfica in the Portuguese first division, and for the Portugal National Football Team as a striker .He was given the nickname Gomes during childhood after FC Porto...
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| BRA Luiz Felipe Scolari Luiz Felipe Scolari, ComIH , also known as Felipão in Brazil and sometimes in Portugal, is a World Cup-winning Brazilian football manager who is currently managing FC Bunyodkor of Uzbekistan.-Playing career:A defender regarded as more uncompromising than skillful Luiz Felipe...
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GRE
GREECE: |
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| GK |
1 |
Antonis Nikopolidis |
| RB |
2 |
Giourkas Seitaridis |
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| CB |
5 |
Traianos DellasTraianos Dellas is a Greek footballer who currently plays in the centre back position for Anorthosis Famagusta and the Greek national football team...
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| CB |
19 |
Michalis Kapsis Michalis Kapsis is a Greek football player who currently plays for Levadiakos FC. Kapsis played for the Greek national football team at the position of central defender...
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| LB |
14 |
Takis FyssasPanagiotis "Takis" Fyssas is a former Greek international footballer. He is currently technical director of the Hellenic Football Federation....
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| RM |
8 |
Stelios GiannakopoulosStylianos "Stelios" Giannakopoulos , popularly known as Stelios , is a Greek football player who plays for Greek Super League side Larissa as a midfielder...
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| CM |
6 |
Angelos BasinasAngelos Basinas is a Greek international football player and the current captain of his country's national team...
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| CM |
7 |
Theodoros Zagorakis Theodoros "Thodoris" Zagorakis Theodoros "Thodoris" Zagorakis Theodoros "Thodoris" Zagorakis , is a retired Greek footballer and was the captain of the Greece national football team that won the 2004 UEFA European Football...
(cThe team captain of a football team, sometimes known as the skipper, is a team member chosen to be the on-pitch leader of the team: it is often one of the older or more experienced members of the squad, or a player that can heavily influence a game...
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| LM |
21 |
Kostas Katsouranis Konstantinos "Kostas" Katsouranis is a Greek footballer who currently plays for Panathinaikos FC and the Greek national team as a defensive midfielder.- Panachaiki :...
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| CF |
9 |
Angelos CharisteasAngelos Charisteas is a Greek football striker who currently plays for German club 1. FC Nuremberg...
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| CF |
15 |
Zisis Vryzas Zisis Vryzas is a former football player. He was born 9 November 1973 in Kavala, city of northern Greece, located in the region of Macedonia . He played as a striker for various teams in Greece and abroad, as well as the Greek National team, with which he won the Euro 2004...
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| DF |
3 |
Stelios Venetidis |
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| FW |
22 |
Dimitrios PapadopoulosDimitrios Papadopoulos is a Greek footballer, currently playing for Dinamo Zagreb.-Akratitos FC:...
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| Manager: |
| GER Otto Rehhagel Otto Rehhagel is a German football coach and former football player. With Helmut Schön, Ottmar Hitzfeld, Udo Lattek and Hennes Weisweiler, he is one of the most successful German managers ever...
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Man of the match:
GRE Theodoros ZagorakisTheodoros "Thodoris" Zagorakis Theodoros "Thodoris" Zagorakis Theodoros "Thodoris" Zagorakis , is a retired Greek footballer and was the captain of the Greece national football team that won the 2004 UEFA European Football...
Assistant referees:
GER Christian Schräer
GER Jan-Hendrik Salver
Fourth official:
SWE Anders FriskAnders Frisk is an insurance agent by trade and a former football referee. Frisk was forced into early retirement from refereeing due to pressure from death threats made against him and his family...
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Statistics
| Statistic |
Portugal |
Greece |
| Goals scored |
0 |
1 |
| Total shots |
16 |
4 |
| Shots on target |
5 |
1 |
| Ball possession |
58% |
42% |
| Corner kicks |
10 |
1 |
| Fouls committed |
19 |
21 |
| Offsides |
4 |
3 |
| Yellow cards |
2 |
4 |
| Red cards |
0 |
0 |