Euro 2004 Championships - Review & History
The UEFA Euro 2004 tournament (or just Euro 2004) was the twelfth edition of the UEFA European Football Championship and was held in Portugal between June 12 and July 4 2004. Like in the previous Euro '96 and Euro 2000 sixteen teams contested the final tournament after going through a qualification round which began in 2002. The tournament took place in ten venues located in eight cities across Portugal.
During the tournament there were several surprises: the German, Italian and Spanish national football teams were knocked out during the group stage; the title-holders France were eliminated in the quarterfinals by unfancied Greece, and the Portuguese hosts managed a winning streak towards the final, following their opening defeat, by beating Spain, England and The Netherlands along the way.
For the first time, the final featured the same teams as the opening match with the unheralded Greek team – coached by shrewd German Otto Rehhagel and rank outsiders before the tournament - confounded the critics by taking the title, defeating the Portuguese hosts with a single Angelos Charisteas goal in the final in Lisbon.
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Euro 2004 Results (Held in Portugal)
Semi-finals
Portugal 2-1 Holland
Greece 1-0 Czech Republic (AET)
Euro 2004 FINAL
Portugal 0-1 Greece
TOP SCORER Euro 2004
Milan Baros (Czech Republic) 5
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