The 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 14th staging of
UEFA
Union of European Football Associations (UEFA ; french: Union des associations européennes de football; german: Union der europäischen Fußballverbände) is one of six continental bodies of governance in association football. It governs f ...
's
European Under-21 Championship
The UEFA European Under-21 Championship, the UEFA Under-21 Championship or simply the Euro Under-21, is a biennial football competition contested by the European men's under-21 national teams of the UEFA member associations. Since 1992, the compe ...
. The final tournament was hosted by
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
between 27 May and 8 June 2004.
Italy U-21s won the competition for the fifth time. Italy's
Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino (; born 5 July 1982) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player who played as a striker.
He is currently in charge as caretaker of Genoa, a club he was contracted with on July 2022 as a youth coach.
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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
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Group B
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Knockout stage
Semi-finals
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Olympic play-off
Final
Goalscorers
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Alberto Gilardino
Alberto Gilardino (; born 5 July 1982) is an Italian professional football manager and a former player who played as a striker.
He is currently in charge as caretaker of Genoa, a club he was contracted with on July 2022 as a youth coach.
A p ...
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Johan Elmander
Johan Erik Calvin Elmander (; born 27 May 1981) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a striker. Beginning his career with Holmalunds IF in the late 1990s, he went on to play professionally in the Netherlands, Sweden, Denmark ...
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Hugo Almeida
Hugo Miguel Pereira de Almeida (born 23 May 1984) is a Portuguese former professional footballer who played as a centre-forward.
After failing to establish himself at Porto, being loaned several times during his contract, he made a name for h ...
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Markus Rosenberg
Nils Markus Rosenberg (; born 27 September 1982) is a Swedish former professional footballer who played as a forward. He spent the majority of his career with his boyhood club Malmö FF, as well as a notable five-year stint with German Bundesli ...
;2 goals
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Benjamin Auer
Benjamin Auer (born 11 January 1981) is a German former professional footballer who is a centre-forward.
Internationally, he represented Germany playing for the U21 and B teams.
Career
Born in Landau, Auer played as a child for hometown clu ...
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Daniele De Rossi
Daniele De Rossi (; born 24 July 1983) is a former Italian professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder and is currently manager of side SPAL. He is mostly known for his time playing with his hometown club Roma in Serie A, as ...
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Giuseppe Sculli
Giuseppe Sculli (born 23 March 1981) is a retired Italian footballer who played in several positions; primarily a striker, he could play anywhere along the front-line, and also played as a winger, as a second striker, and even as a right-sid ...
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Danko Lazović
Danko Lazović ( sr-Cyrl, Данко Лазовић, ; born 17 May 1983) is a Serbian former footballer who played as a forward or winger. He represented the Serbia national team at the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
Club career
Partizan
Lazović st ...
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Alexander Hleb
Aliaksandr Paulavich Hleb ( be, Аляксандр Паўлавіч Глеб, ; russian: Александр Павлович Глеб; born 1 May 1981), commonly referred to in English as Alexander Hleb, is a Belarusian former professional foot ...
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Raman Kirenkin
Raman Kirenkin ( be, Раман Кірэнкін; russian: Роман Киренкин; born 20 February 1981) is a former Russian-born Belarusian football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ba ...
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Pavel Kirylchyk
Pavel Vasilyevich Kirylchyk (born 4 January 1981) is a Belarusian football coach and former player (midfielder).
Honours
Gomel
*Belarusian Super Cup winner: 2012
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Aleh Shkabara
Aleh Shkabara ( be, Алег Шкабара; russian: Олег Шкабара; born 15 February 1983) is a Belarusian former footballer.
Honours
Naftan Novopolotsk
*Belarusian Cup winner: 2011–12 Belarusian Cup, 2011–12
International goals ...
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Niko Kranjčar
Niko Kranjčar (; born 13 August 1984) is a Croatian former professional footballer. He primarily played as an attacking midfielder, but could also operate as a winger or second striker. As of 5 May 2021, he works as an assistant to Josip Šimu ...
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Mario Lučić
Mario Lučić (born 24 April 1981) is a retired Croatian football defender. He was a squad member for the 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
The 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Ch ...
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Eduardo da Silva
Eduardo Alves da Silva (, ; born 25 February 1983), commonly known as Eduardo and sometimes nicknamed Dudu, is a former professional footballer. Capable of playing any forward position, he started as a striker, but was deployed mostly as a w ...
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Thomas Hitzlsperger
Thomas Hitzlsperger (born 5 April 1982) is a German director of football and former footballer who played as a midfielder. In February 2019, he was appointed Head of Sport of VfB Stuttgart and was subsequently promoted to CEO. In March 2022, he ...
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Bastian Schweinsteiger
Bastian Schweinsteiger (; born 1 August 1984) is a German former professional footballer who usually played as a central midfielder. Earlier in his career, he primarily played as a wide midfielder. Schweinsteiger is regarded as one of the great ...
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Cesare Bovo
Cesare Bovo (born 14 January 1983) is an Italian retired professional footballer who played as a centre back.
Club career Early career
Bovo grew up playing in the A.S. Roma youth system, while in the 2001–02 season he only played a game in ...
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Giampiero Pinzi
Giampiero Pinzi (; born 11 March 1981) is an Italian former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder.
Club career
Lazio
Pinzi began his career with S.S. Lazio, Lazio and was promoted in 1999 to the Serie A tea ...
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Carlitos
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Persons
* Carlitos (footballer, born 1921) (1921–2001), former Brazilian football striker
* Carlitos (footballer, born 1976), full name Carlos Do ...
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Luis Lourenço
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Carlos Martins
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Pedro Oliveira
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Jorge Ribeiro
Jorge Miguel de Oliveira Ribeiro (born 9 November 1981) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer. Mainly a left-back, he could also play as a wing-back or midfielder.
He totalled 118 Primeira Liga games and 15 goals, for six clubs incl ...
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Hugo Viana
Hugo Miguel Ferreira Gomes Viana (; born 15 January 1983) is a Portuguese retired professional footballer who played as a central midfielder.
After starting out at Sporting CP he moved abroad at the age of 19, going on to have unassuming spell ...
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Branislav Ivanović
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Goran Lovre
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Miloš Marić
Miloš Marić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милош Марић; born 5 March 1982) is a Serbian football midfielder.
Career
He was released by Olympiacos in summer 2007. He rejoined to his former coach Trond Sollied at K.A.A. Gent. On 9 January 2010 ...
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Dejan Milovanović
Dejan Milovanović ( sr-Cyrl, Дејан Миловановић; born 21 January 1984) is a Serbian retired professional footballer.
Personal
He is the son of Đorđe Milovanović, a member of Red Star Belgrade in the late 1970s and early to mi ...
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Simon Vukčević
Simon Vukčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Симон Вукчевић, ; born 29 January 1986) is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.
After starting his senior career at the age of 17 with Partizan, winning two nati ...
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Stefan Ishizaki
Stefan Daisuke Ishizaki ( ja, ステファン 大輔 石崎; born 15 May 1982) is a Swedish former professional Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder. Starting off his career with AIK Fotboll, AIK in the late 1990s, he went ...
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Jon Jönsson
Jon Martin Olof Jönsson (born 8 July 1983) is a Swedish former footballer who played as a defender.
Career
Jönsson made his first team debut in IFK Hässleholm aged 15, and his talent was recognised by Tottenham Hotspur who brought him to ...
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Babis Stefanidis
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Tranquillo Barnetta
Tranquillo Barnetta (; born 22 May 1985) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a midfielder.
He was usually deployed out wide as a left winger but could also play in the centre as an attacking midfielder, or even in a more wit ...
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David Degen
David Degen (born 15 February 1983 in Liestal) is a former Swiss footballer who last played for FC Basel, mostly as a right midfielder, in the Swiss Super League. He is half Dutch as his mother is from the Netherlands. His twin brother Philipp D ...
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Baykal Kulaksızoğlu
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Johan Vonlanthen
Johan Vonlanthen Benavídez (born 1 February 1986) is a Swiss former professional footballer who played as a winger.
Having made his Swiss Super League debut BSC Young Boys at the age of 16, he moved to PSV in 2003.
He initially announced t ...
;Own goals
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Kim Jaggy (for Sweden)
Medal table and Olympic qualifiers
* Greece (as hosts), Italy, Serbia & Montenegro and Portugal qualify for the Olympic games finals.
See
Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on 28 August.
The tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations ...
External links
Results Archiveat UEFA.com
at rsssf.com
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Under-21 Championship
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International association football competitions hosted by Germany
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Football qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics
May 2004 sports events in Europe
June 2004 sports events in Europe
2004 in youth association football