UEFA Euro 2004 Final

UEFA Euro 2004 Final

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Event	UEFA Euro 2004
Date	4 July 2004
Venue	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
Player of the Match	Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)
Referee	Markus Merk (Germany)
Attendance	62,865
Weather	Sunny 23°C
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The UEFA Euro 2004 Final was a football match played on 4 July 2004 at the Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2004. The match featured tournament hosts Portugal, who went into the match as favourites, and Greece, playing in only their second European Championship. It was the first time in a major international tournament where both finalists had also played in the opening game of the tournament. Both teams had qualified for the knockout stage from Group A of the tournament's group stage, with Greece winning 2–1 in the teams' earlier meeting.

Greece won the final 1–0, defying odds of 80–1 from the beginning of the tournament, with Angelos Charisteas scoring the winning goal in the 57th minute. While the dedication of the side and the victory were celebrated by their nation, Greece were dubbed by Barry Glendenning of The Guardian as "the only underdogs in history that everyone wants to see get beaten".

Route to the final

Portugal		Round	Greece
Opponent	Result	Group stage	Opponent	Result
Greece	1–2	Match 1	Portugal	2–1
Russia	2–0	Match 2	Spain	1–1
Spain	1–0	Match 3	Russia	1–2
Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Portugal 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Greece 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 –2 3		Final standings	Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Portugal 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Greece 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4 Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4 Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 –2 3
Opponent	Result	Knockout stage	Opponent	Result
England	2–2 (|aet) (6–5 pen.)	Quarter-finals	France	1–0
Netherlands	2–1	Semi-finals	Czech Republic	1–0 (aet)

Match

Details

4 July 2004 19:45 WEST	Portugal	0–1	Greece	Estádio da Luz, Lisbon Attendance: 62,865 Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
		Report	Charisteas  57'

Portugal

Greece

GK 1 Ricardo RB 13 Miguel 43' CB 4 Jorge Andrade CB 16 Ricardo Carvalho LB 14 Nuno Valente 90+3' CM 18 Maniche CM 6 Costinha 12' 60' RW 17 Cristiano Ronaldo AM 20 Deco LW 7 Luís Figo (c) CF 9 Pauleta 74' Substitutions: DF 2 Paulo Ferreira 43' MF 10 Rui Costa 60' FW 21 Nuno Gomes 74' Manager: Luiz Felipe Scolari

GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis 63' CB 19 Michalis Kapsis CB 5 Traianos Dellas LB 14 Takis Fyssas 67' DM 21 Kostas Katsouranis CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c) CM 6 Angelos Basinas 45+2' RW 9 Angelos Charisteas LW 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos 76' CF 15 Zisis Vryzas 81' Substitutions: DF 3 Stylianos Venetidis 76' FW 22 Dimitrios Papadopoulos 85' 81' Manager: Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match: Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece) Assistant referees: Christian Schräer (Germany) Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany) Fourth official: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Match rules 90 minutes. 30 minutes of silver goal extra time if necessary. Penalty shoot-out if scores still level. Maximum of three substitutions.

Statistics

Overall

Statistic	Portugal	Greece
Goals scored	0	1
Total shots	17	4
Shots on target	5	1
Ball possession	58%	42%
Corner kicks	10	1
Fouls committed	18	19
Offsides	4	3
Yellow cards	2	4
Red cards	0	0

UEFA Euro 2004

Group A · Group B · Group C · Group D · Knockout stage · Final

General information

Qualification · Squads · Officials · Matches · Seeding · Statistics