The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in

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and four other cities in

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from 11 to 28 August. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at

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on 28 August 2004.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics football tournament.

Match officials

;Africa *

Essam Abd El Fatah Essam Abdel-Fatah (Arabic: عصام عبد الفتاح) (born December 30, 1965) is an Egyptian football (soccer) referee. Abd El Fatah has been a referee since 2001; his first international game was between Morocco and Sierra Leone in 2003. He wa ...

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) ;Asia *

Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (born 17 November 1966) is a Malaysian retired football referee who currently resides in Parit Buntar. He has been refereeing in the Super League Malaysia since 1995. He has been a full international referee for FIFA sin ...

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Benito Archundia Benito Armando Archundia Téllez (born March 21, 1966) is a Mexican former football referee. He is known in Mexico as Armando Archundia, but appears as Benito Archundia in FIFA records. He has been a professional referee since 1985 and has had his ...

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Carlos Batres Carlos Alberto Batres González (born April 2, 1968 in Guatemala City) is a Guatemalan football referee. He has refereed FIFA World Cup qualification and final tournament matches, and at Olympic tournaments. Having refereed in FIFA since Jan ...

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) ;South America *

Horacio Elizondo Horacio Marcelo Elizondo (born November 4, 1963 in Don Bosco, district of Quilmes) is an Argentine former international football referee best known for his officiation throughout the 2006 FIFA World Cup. Having achieved all his goals in refereeing ...

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Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...

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Jorge Larrionda Jorge Luis Larrionda Pietrafesa (born 9 March 1968) is a retired FIFA football referee from Uruguay who has officiated at international matches since 1998. He officiated at the 2006 FIFA World Cup, where he took charge of four matches, including ...

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Uruguay Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

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) ;Europe *

Massimo De Santis Massimo De Santis (born 8 April 1962) is an Italian former association football referee. De Santis was born in Tivoli, Lazio. In addition to being a former referee, he is also a former police constable. De Santis speaks Italian and English. His ...

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Seeding

Group stage

*Teams highlighted in green went through to the knockout stage.

Group A

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Final ranking

Statistics

Goalscorers

With eight goals, Carlos Tevez of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 101 goals were scored by 65 different players, with four of them credited as own goals. Carlos Tevez with Argentina at the Boleyn Ground in November 2014

Carlos Tevez with Argentina at the Boleyn Ground in November 2014

;8 goals *

Carlos Tevez Carlos Alberto Tevez (; born 5 February 1984) is an Argentine professional football manager and former player. A quick, tenacious, powerful, hard-working and dynamic forward in his prime, Tevez was capable of playing as a striker, as a winger ...

;5 goals *

José Cardozo José Saturnino Cardozo Otazú (; born 19 March 1971) is a Paraguayan football manager and former professional footballer. He played as a striker and spent 10 years of his career playing for Toluca and is the club's all-time top goalscorer. He ...

;4 goals *

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Tenema N'Diaye Tenema N'Diaye (born 13 February 1981) is a Malian former professional footballer who played as a striker. Club career N'Diaye was born in Bamako. In August 2010, he joined FC Metz Football Club de Metz, commonly referred to as FC Metz ...

Fredy Bareiro Fredy José Bareiro Gamarra (born 27 March 1982) is a Paraguayan former football (soccer), footballer. Bareiro is one of very few footballers to have participated in back-to-back finals of the Copa Libertadores, playing for Club Olimpia, Olimpi ...

;3 goals *

John Aloisi John Aloisi () (born 5 February 1976) is an Australian former soccer player and current head coach of A-League club Western United. In a professional career that spanned 20 seasons, with league totals of 459 games and 127 goals, he was the first ...

;2 goals *

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Ahmad Elrich Ahmad Elrich ( ar, أحمد الريش; born 30 May 1981) is an Australian professional association footballer who plays as a right winger for Australian club Parramatta FC. Born in Australia to Lebanese parents, Elrich represented his native co ...

Stephen Appiah Stephen Leroy Appiah ( ; born 24 December 1980) is a Ghanaian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Appiah was a member of the Ghana national team, which he has represented at the youth, Olympic, and senior levels. He capta ...

* Giannis Taralidis *

Emad Mohammed Emad Mohammed Ridha ( ar, عماد محمد رضا, born 24 July 1982) is a coach and former Iraqi football striker, currently managing Iraq U20. Club career On 25 June 2007, Emad renewed his contract with Sepahan for another season in a deal ...

Hawar Mulla Mohammed Hawar Mulla Mohammed Taher Zebari ( ku, هەوار مەلا محەمەد تاهر زێبارى; ar, هوار ملا محمد طاهر زيباري; born 1 June 1981) is an Iraqi former professional footballer. He played as a winger or wingb ...

* Salih Sadir *

Yoshito Ōkubo is a Japanese professional footballer who most recently played as a forward for Cerezo Osaka. He played for the Japan national team scoring 6 goals in 60 appearances Club career Okubo was born in Kanda, Fukuoka on 9 June 1982. After graduating ...

Shinji Ono is a Japanese professional footballer who plays as a midfielder for J1 League club Hokkaido Consadole Sapporo. Career Urawa Reds Ono grew up in the Shizuoka Prefecture and began his professional career with Urawa Reds in the J1 League in 1998. ...

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Bouabid Bouden Bouabid Bouden (born 1 February 1982 in Rabat) is a Morocco, Moroccan Association football, footballer. Bouden has played for Kawkab Marrakech, Odense Boldklub and French team RC Lens. He also played on loan for AS Beauvais Oise in Ligue 2. He ...

Cho Jae-jin Cho Jae-jin (born 9 July 1981) is a former South Korean football player. Playing career Cho emerged as a national star when he played for South Korean under-23 team in the 2004 Summer Olympics. He scored two goals in a 3–3 draw with Mali ...

* Lee Chun-soo * Ali Zitouni ;1 goal *

Andrés D'Alessandro Andrés Nicolás D'Alessandro (born 15 April 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. He has played top-flight football in Argentina, Germany, England, Spain, Brazil and Uruguay. He won an Olym ...

Gabriel Heinze Gabriel Iván Heinze (; born 19 April 1978) is an Argentine football coach and former player who is currently the manager of Newell's Old Boys. As a player, he operated as a defender, either as a left-back or a centre-back. Nicknamed ''Gringo'' ...

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Lucho González Luis Óscar "Lucho" González (; born 19 January 1981) is an Argentine former professional footballer, currently a manager. A versatile midfielder who was able to play in different positions but mainly in the centre, he was well known for his f ...

Mariano González Mariano Nicolás González (born 5 May 1981) is a retired Argentine professional footballer who played as an attacking midfielder or as a winger. Club career Born in Tandil, Buenos Aires Province, González started his career at Racing Club d ...

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* José Villalobos *

Emmanuel Pappoe Emmanuel Addoquaye Pappoe (also spelled Pappoa, born 3 March 1981 in Accra) is a former Ghanaian professional footballer who played as a defender. Club career Pappoe was born in Accra. Prior to joining AEK Larnaca in summer 2007, Pappoe pl ...

* William Tiero * Dimitrios Papadopoulos *

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Razzaq Farhan Razzaq Farhan Mussa ( ar, رزاق فرحان موسى; born 1 July 1974) is a former Iraqi footballer and Olympic athlete who is currently the assistant manager of the Iraq national football team. Razzaq Farhan is an instinctive goalscorer, ...

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* Rafael Márquez Lugo * Salaheddine Aqqal *

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* Ricardo Costa *

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* Srđan Radonjić *

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Kim Dong-jin Kim Dong-jin (born 29 January 1982) is a former South Korean footballer who played as a full-back or a wing-back. He is currently the assistant coach of Hong Kong Premier League club Kitchee. Club career Kim started his professional caree ...

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* Mohamed Jedidi ;Own goals *

Loukas Vyntra Loukas Vyntra ( el, Λουκάς Βύντρα; born 5 February 1981) is a Greek former professional footballer. Mainly a central defender, he could also play as a right back, left back, or a defensive midfielder. Early life Vyntra was born Luk� ...

(playing against South Korea) * Adama Tamboura (playing against South Korea) *

Haidar Jabar Haidar Abdul-Jabar Kadhim ( ar, حيدر عبدالجبار كاظم; born August 25, 1976), known as Haidar Jabar, is an Iraqi former football defender who last played for the Al-Zawra'a SC football club. Honours Country * 2002 WAFF Champi ...

(playing against Portugal) *

Fernando Meira Fernando José da Silva Freitas Meira (; born 5 June 1978) is a Portuguese former footballer who played mainly as a central defender. In his country, he represented most notably Vitória de Guimarães, also playing one year with Benfica. Afte ...

(playing against Costa Rica)

References

External links

Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Men
FIFA.com

FIFA Technical Report
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