UEFA Euro 2004 Group A

Group A of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 12 June and was completed on 20 June. The group consisted of hosts Portugal, Spain, Russia and Greece.

Portugal won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Greece. Spain and Russia failed to advance. Greece and Portugal faced each other again in the tournament final, with Greece emerging victorious.

Teams
Draw position Team Pot Method of
qualification		 Date of
qualification		 Finals
appearance		 Last
appearance		 Previous best
performance		 UEFA Rankings
November 2003[nb 1]		 FIFA Rankings
June 2004
A1 Portugal1Host12 October 19994th2000Semi-finals (1984, 2000)222
A2 Greece4Group 6 winner11 October 20032nd1980Group stage (1980)2335
A3 Spain2Play-off winner19 November 20037th2000Winners (1964)63
A4 Russia[nb 2]3Play-off winner19 November 20038th1996Winners (1960)1331

Notes

  1. The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.
  2. From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Portugal (H) 3 2 0 1 4 2 +2 6 Advance to knockout stage
2  Greece 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4[lower-alpha 1]
3  Spain 3 1 1 1 2 2 0 4[lower-alpha 1]
4  Russia 3 1 0 2 2 4 −2 3
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Host.
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

In the quarter-finals,

  • The winner of Group A, Portugal, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, England.
  • The runner-up of Group A, Greece, advanced to play the winner of Group B, France.

Matches
All times Western European Summer Time (UTC+1)

Portugal vs Greece
Portugal 1–2 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 48,761
Portugal
Greece
GK1Ricardo
RB2Paulo Ferreira
CB4Jorge Andrade
CB5Fernando Couto (c)
LB3Rui Jorge
CM18Maniche
CM6Costinha 21' 66'
RW7Luís Figo
AM10Rui Costa 46'
LW11Simão 46'
CF9Pauleta 57'
Substitutions:
FW17Cristiano Ronaldo 46'
MF20Deco 46'
FW21Nuno Gomes 66'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari
GK1Antonios Nikopolidis
RB2Giourkas Seitaridis 76'
CB5Traianos Dellas
CB19Michalis Kapsis
LB14Takis Fyssas
RM20Giorgos Karagounis 39' 46'
CM7Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
CM6Angelos Basinas
LM8Stelios Giannakopoulos 68'
CF9Angelos Charisteas 74'
CF15Zisis Vryzas
Substitutions:
MF21Kostas Katsouranis 46'
FW11Demis Nikolaidis 68'
MF23Vassilis Lakis 74'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match:
Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)[1]

Assistant referees:
Marco Ivaldi (Italy)
Narciso Pisacreta (Italy)
Fourth official:
Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Spain vs Russia
Spain 1–0 Russia
 Report
Attendance: 28,182
Spain
Russia
GK23Iker Casillas
RB5Carles Puyol
CB6Iván Helguera
CB3Carlos Marchena 66'
LB15Raúl Bravo
CM4David Albelda 85'
CM8Rubén Baraja 43' 59'
RW17Joseba Etxeberria
AM7Raúl (c) 78'
LW14Vicente
CF10Fernando Morientes 59'
Substitutions:
MF16Xabi Alonso 59'
MF21Juan Carlos Valerón 59'
FW9Fernando Torres 78'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez
GK1Sergei Ovchinnikov
RB16Vadim Evseev
CB4Alexey Smertin (c) 29'
CB13Roman Sharonov 27'  88'
LB17Dmitri Sennikov
DM22Evgeni Aldonin 32' 68'
RM8Rolan Gusev 12' 46'
CM15Dmitri Alenichev
CM10Aleksandr Mostovoi
LM7Marat Izmailov 74'
CF9Dmitri Bulykin
Substitutions:
MF2Vladislav Radimov 90' 46'
FW3Dmitri Sychev 68'
MF5Andrei Karyaka 74'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev

Man of the Match:
Vicente (Spain)[2]

Assistant referees:
Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland)
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Greece vs Spain
Greece 1–1 Spain
 Report
Attendance: 25,444
Greece
Spain
GK1Antonios Nikopolidis
RB2Giourkas Seitaridis
CB5Traianos Dellas
CB19Michalis Kapsis
LB14Takis Fyssas 86'
RM20Giorgos Karagounis 27' 53'
CM7Theodoros Zagorakis (c) 61'
CM21Kostas Katsouranis 7'
LM8Stelios Giannakopoulos 24' 49'
CF9Angelos Charisteas
CF15Zisis Vryzas 90'
Substitutions:
FW11Demis Nikolaidis 49'
MF10Vassilios Tsiartas 53'
DF3Stylianos Venetidis 86'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel
GK23Iker Casillas
RB5Carles Puyol
CB6Iván Helguera 37'
CB3Carlos Marchena 16'
LB15Raúl Bravo
CM4David Albelda
CM8Rubén Baraja
RW17Joseba Etxeberria 46'
AM7Raúl (c) 80'
LW14Vicente
CF10Fernando Morientes 65'
Substitutions:
MF19Joaquín 46'
MF21Juan Carlos Valerón 65'
FW9Fernando Torres 80'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez

Man of the Match:
Raúl (Spain)[3]

Assistant referees:
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Portugal
Russia 0–2 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 59,273
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Russia
Portugal
GK1Sergei Ovchinnikov 45'
RB16Vadim Evseev 21'
CB4Alexey Smertin (c) 16'
CB21Aleksei Bugayev
LB17Dmitri Sennikov
DM22Evgeni Aldonin 45+2'
RM15Dmitri Alenichev 90+2'
CM20Dmitri Loskov
CM7Marat Izmailov 72'
LM5Andrei Karyaka 79'
CF11Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Substitutions:
GK12Vyacheslav Malafeev 45+2'
MF19Vladimir Bystrov 72'
FW9Dmitri Bulykin 79'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev
GK1Ricardo
RB13Miguel
CB4Jorge Andrade
CB16Ricardo Carvalho 24'
LB14Nuno Valente
CM18Maniche
CM6Costinha
RW7Luís Figo (c) 78'
AM20Deco 85'
LW11Simão 63'
CF9Pauleta 57'
Substitutions:
FW21Nuno Gomes 57'
MF10Rui Costa 63'
FW17Cristiano Ronaldo 78'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Maniche (Portugal)[4]

Assistant referees:
Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)
Steinar Holvik (Norway)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Spain vs Portugal
Spain 0–1 Portugal
Report
Attendance: 47,491
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)
Spain
Portugal
GK23Iker Casillas
RB5Carles Puyol 74'
CB6Iván Helguera
CB22Juanito 68' 79'
LB15Raúl Bravo
CM16Xabi Alonso
CM4David Albelda 8' 65'
RW19Joaquín 71'
AM7Raúl (c)
LW14Vicente
CF9Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
MF8Rubén Baraja 65'
FW11Albert Luque 71'
FW10Fernando Morientes 79'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez
GK1Ricardo
RB13Miguel
CB4Jorge Andrade
CB16Ricardo Carvalho
LB14Nuno Valente
CM6Costinha
CM18Maniche
RW7Luís Figo (c) 77'
AM20Deco
LW17Cristiano Ronaldo 84'
CF9Pauleta 7' 46'
Substitutions:
FW21Nuno Gomes 65' 46'
MF8Petit 77'
DF5Fernando Couto 84'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Deco (Portugal)[5]

Assistant referees:
Kenneth Petersson (Sweden)
Peter Ekström (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Greece
Russia 2–1 Greece
 Report
Attendance: 24,347
Russia
Greece
GK12Vyacheslav Malafeev 88'
RB14Aleksandr Anyukov 28'
CB13Roman Sharonov 15' 56'
CB21Aleksei Bugayev
LB16Vadim Evseev
RM8Rolan Gusev
CM15Dmitri Alenichev (c) 65'
CM2Vladislav Radimov 71'
LM5Andrei Karyaka 39' 46'
CF9Dmitri Bulykin 46'
CF18Dmitri Kirichenko
Substitutions:
FW3Dmitri Sychev 46'
MF6Igor Semshov 46'
DF17Dmitri Sennikov 56'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev
GK1Antonios Nikopolidis
RB2Giourkas Seitaridis
CB5Traianos Dellas 86'
CB19Michalis Kapsis
LB3Stylianos Venetidis 89'
CM6Angelos Basinas 42'
CM21Kostas Katsouranis
CM7Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
RW9Angelos Charisteas
LW22Dimitris Papadopoulos 70'
CF15Zisis Vryzas 45'
Substitutions:
MF10Vassilios Tsiartas 42'
FW11Demis Nikolaidis 70'
DF14Takis Fyssas 89'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match:
Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia)[6]

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Arnault (France)
Serge Vallin (France)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

References
  1. "Theodoros Zagorakis". Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  2. "Vicente Rodríguez". Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  3. "Raúl González". Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
  4. "Maniche". Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  5. "Deco". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
  6. "Dmitri Kirichenko". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
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