The following is a list of squads for each nation competing in
men's football at the 2004 Summer Olympics in
Athens
Athens ( ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Greece, largest city of Greece. A significant coastal urban area in the Mediterranean, Athens is also the capital of the Attica (region), Attica region and is the southe ...
. Each nation must submit a squad of 18 players, 15 of whom must be born on or after 1 January 1981, and three of whom can be older dispensation players.
Group A
Greece
The following is the Greek squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Stratos Apostolakis
Stratos Apostolakis (; born 17 May 1964), nicknamed The Turbo, is a Greek former professional footballer who played as a defender or a defensive midfielder.
Career
Apostolakis was no stranger to controversy as a player, his switch from Olym ...
* Over-aged player.
Mali
The following is the Malian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Cheick Oumar Koné
Cheick Oumar Koné (born ) is a Malian football coach.
Early life
Cheick Oumar Koné was born in Mali around 1956.
Career
Koné first played for Stade Malien de Sikasso, from January 1974 through to December 1984. He then played for or coached ...
* Over-aged player.
Mexico
The following is the Mexican squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Ricardo La Volpe
Ricardo Antonio La Volpe Guarchoni (; born 6 February 1952) is an Argentine former professional footballer and manager. He is a World Cup-winning goalkeeper who played for most of his career in Argentina and Mexico.
As a coach, La Volpe was i ...
* Over-aged player.
South Korea
The following is the South Korean squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Kim Ho-kon
Kim Ho-kon (; born 26 March 1951) is a South Korean football manager and former football player who played as a sweeper or right back. He was the captain of the South Korea national football team in the 1978 Asian Games where they won the gol ...
* Over-aged player.
Group B
Ghana
The following is the Ghanaian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Mariano Barreto
Mariano Barreto (born 18 January 1957) is a Portuguese Association football, football manager.
Coaching career
In January 2009, he became an assistant coach in the Russian Premier League with FC Kuban Krasnodar. Barreto was officially registere ...
* Over-aged player.
Italy
The following is the Italian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Claudio Gentile
Claudio Gentile (; born 27 September 1953) is an Italian football manager and former player who played as a defender in the 1970s and 1980s.
Gentile appeared for Italy in two World Cup tournaments, and played for the winning Italian team in ...
* Over-aged player.
Japan
The following is the Japanese squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Masakuni Yamamoto
is a former Japanese football player and manager. He played for Japan national team.
Club career
Yamamoto was born in Numazu on April 4, 1958. After graduating from Kokushikan University, he joined Yamaha Motors in 1981. First season, the clu ...
* Over-aged player.
Paraguay
The following is the Paraguayan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Carlos Jara Saguier
Carlos de los Santos Jara Saguier (born 25 August 1950) is a Paraguayan former football player who works as a coach. He is a current member of Cerro Porteño's staff.
Carlos is one of the seven Jara Saguier brothers that played professional fo ...
* Over-aged player.
Group C
Argentina
The following is the Argentine squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Marcelo Bielsa
Marcelo Alberto Bielsa Caldera (, nicknamed ''El Loco Bielsa'' , meaning 'The Madman Bielsa'; born 21 July 1955) is an Argentine professional Association football, football manager who is the current manager of the Uruguay national football team ...
* Over-aged player.
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Australia
The following is the Australian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Frank Farina
Frank Farina Order of Australia, OAM (born 5 September 1964) is an Australian Association football, football (soccer) coach and former player who played as a Forward (association football), forward.
His playing career spanned Australia, Belg ...
* Over-aged player.
Serbia and Montenegro
The following is the Serbia and Montenegrin squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Vladimir Petrović
Vladimir Petrović ( sr-Cyrl, Владимир Петровић, ; born 1 July 1955) is a Serbian football manager and former player.
He is widely known domestically by his nickname Pižon (), after the French for ''pigeon''.
Club career
Dur ...
* Over-aged player.
Tunisia
The following is the Tunisian squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Khemais Labidi
Khemais Labidi (born 30 August 1950) is a Tunisian Manager (association football), football manager and retired Association football, footballer who played as a midfielder during his club career and for the Tunisia national football team, Tunisi ...
* Over-aged player.
Group D
Costa Rica
The following is the Costa Rican squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Rodrigo Kenton
Rodrigo Kenton Johnson (born March 5, 1955) is a Costa Rican football coach and former player. He is known as ''La Bomba'' Kenton ''("The Kenton Bomb")''.
Playing career
Kenton started his playing career in Costa Rica's first division, playin ...
* Over-aged player.
Iraq
The following is the Iraqi squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Adnan Hamad
Adnan Hamad Majid Al-Abbassi (; born 1 February 1961) is an Iraqi football manager and former player, who last managed Saudi Pro League club Al-Orobah.
Career Playing career
Adnan was born in Samarra, Iraq, the son of a wealthy land-owning fam ...
* Over-aged player.
Morocco
The following is the Moroccan squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
Mustapha Madih
Mustapha Madih (died 4 November 2018) was a Moroccan football
Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kick (football), kicking a football (ball), ball to score a goal (sports), goal. Unqualified, football (w ...
* Over-aged player.
Portugal
The following is the Portuguese squad in the men's football tournament of the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Head coach:
José Romão
José Pratas Romão (born 13 April 1954) is a Portuguese former football winger and manager.
Playing career
Born in Beja, Alentejo, Romão started playing for local club C.D. Beja. He also represented Vitória de Guimarães, AD Fafe, F.C. ...
* Over-aged player.
References
External links
FIFA Olympics Coverage
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Men's team squads
2004 Summer Olympics Men's