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. ^ a b 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

Portugal 1–2 Greece
  • Ronaldo 90+3'
 Report
Attendance: 48,761
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

Spain 1–0 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 28,182
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

Greece 1–1 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 25,444
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

Russia 0–2 Portugal
Report
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
Spain 0–1 Portugal
Report
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

Russia 2–1 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 24,347
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

References

  1. ^ "Theodoros Zagorakis". Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Vicente Rodríguez". Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. ^ "Raúl González". Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Maniche". Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Deco". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Dmitri Kirichenko". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
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