2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship

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)
Top scorer(s) Sweden Johan Elmander
Italy Alberto Gilardino
(4 goals each)
Best player Italy Alberto Gilardino

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.

Italy U-21s 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

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

Matches

Group stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Italy 320143+16
 Serbia and Montenegro 320165+16
 Belarus 31114404
 Croatia 301235−21
Italy  1 – 2  Belarus
Gilardino  58' Report Kirenkin  6'
A. Hleb  44'
Belarus  1 – 1  Croatia
Kirylchyk  82' Report Lučić  38'
Italy  2 – 1  Serbia and Montenegro
Sculli  30', 53' Report Vukčević  86'
Italy  1 – 0  Croatia
De Rossi  21' Report

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Sweden 330083+59
 Portugal 311156−14
 Germany 310245−13
  Switzerland 301247−31
Germany  2 – 1   Switzerland
Auer  21'
Hitzlsperger  63'		 Report D. Degen  75'
Sweden  3 – 1  Portugal
Elmander  40', 50'
Ishizaki  71'		 Report Almeida  28'
Germany  1 – 2  Sweden
Auer  84' Report Jönsson  49'
Elmander  62'
Switzerland   2 – 2  Portugal
Vonlanthen  57'
Baykal  86'		 Report Carlos Martins  66' (pen.)
Almeida  71'
Germany  1 – 2  Portugal
Schweinsteiger  41' Report Almeida  24'
Lourenço  78'
Switzerland   1 – 3  Sweden
Barnetta  21' Report Jaggy  40' (o.g.)
Rosenberg  62', 88'

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
5 June – Bochum
 
 
 Sweden1 (5)
 
8 June – Bochum
 
 Serbia and Montenegro (p)1 (6)
 
 Italy3
 
5 June – Oberhausen
 
 Serbia and Montenegro0
 
 Italy3
 
 
 Portugal1
 

Semi-finals

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

Olympic play-off

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

Final

Italy  3 – 0  Serbia and Montenegro
De Rossi  32'
Bovo  83'
Gilardino  85'		 Report
Italy
ITALY:
GK1Marco Amelia
DF5Daniele Bonera 90+5'
DF13Andrea Barzagli
DF14Cesare Bovo
DF3Emiliano Moretti
MF17Giandomenico Mesto
MF8Angelo Palombo
MF6Daniele De RossiYellow card 29'
MF15Marco DonadelYellow card 28' 88'
FW11Giuseppe Sculli 74'
FW9Alberto Gilardino
Substitutions:
MF19Simone Del NeroYellow card 80' 74'
MF10Matteo Brighi 88'
DF2Cristian Zaccardo 90+5'
Coach:
Italy Claudio Gentile
Serbia and Montenegro
SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO:
GK1Nikola Milojević
DF19Branislav IvanovićRed card 90+2'
DF6Marko Baša
DF16Milan BiševacYellow card 50'
MF15Dejan Milovanović 63'
MF2Dragan Stančić
MF14Bojan Miladinović 83'
MF10Miloš Marić
MF3Nikola MijailovićYellow cardYellow cardRed card 11', 34'
FW7Danko Lazović
FW21Radomir Đalović 45'
Substitutions:
FW17Simon Vukčević 45'
MF11Igor MatićYellow card 87' 63'
DF13Bojan Neziri 83'
Coach:
Serbia and Montenegro Vladimir Petrović

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

Goalscorers

Olympic Qualifiers

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

See Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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