UEFA Euro 2004 Group C

Group C of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 14 June and was completed on 22 June. The group consisted of Italy, Denmark, Sweden and Bulgaria.

Sweden won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Denmark. Italy and Bulgaria failed to advance.

Three teams – Italy, Denmark and Sweden – all finished with five points, with each team having defeated Bulgaria but drawn their two other games. As all results between the three teams in question were draws, both the points won in these games and the goal difference accrued in these games still left the teams undivided. The decisive tiebreaker was therefore the goals scored during the games between one another: Italy having scored the fewest goals of the three teams were therefore eliminated.

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
C1 Sweden1Group 4 winner10 September 20033rd2000Semi-finals (1992)318
C2 Bulgaria4Group 8 winner10 September 20032nd1996Group stage (1996)1840
C3 Denmark3Group 2 winner11 October 20037th2000Winners (1992)1415
C4 Italy2Group 9 winner11 October 20036th2000Winners (1968)510

Notes

  1. The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5[lower-alpha 1] Advance to knockout stage
2  Denmark 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5[lower-alpha 1]
3  Italy 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5[lower-alpha 1]
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head goals for: Sweden 3, Denmark 2, Italy 1.[1]

In the quarter-finals,

Matches
All times WET (UTC+0)

Denmark vs Italy
Denmark 0–0 Italy
Report
Attendance: 29,595
Denmark
Italy
GK1Thomas Sørensen
RB6Thomas Helveg 67'
CB4Martin Laursen
CB3René Henriksen (c)
LB5Niclas Jensen
CM15Daniel Jensen
CM17Christian Poulsen 76'
RW19Dennis Rommedahl
AM9Jon Dahl Tomasson 29'
LW10Martin Jørgensen 72'
CF11Ebbe Sand 69'
Substitutions:
MF14Claus Jensen 69'
FW20Kenneth Perez 72'
DF18Brian Priske 76'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
GK1Gianluigi Buffon
RB2Christian Panucci
CB13Alessandro Nesta
CB5Fabio Cannavaro (c) 62'
LB19Gianluca Zambrotta
CM4Cristiano Zanetti 57'
CM20Simone Perrotta
RW16Mauro Camoranesi 68'
AM10Francesco Totti 90'
LW7Alessandro Del Piero 64'
CF9Christian Vieri
Substitutions:
MF8Gennaro Gattuso 81' 57'
FW18Antonio Cassano 70' 64'
MF14Stefano Fiore 68'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni

Man of the Match:
Thomas Sørensen (Denmark)[2]

Assistant referees:
Rafael Guerrero Alonso (Spain)
Oscar Martínez Samaniego (Spain)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Sweden vs Bulgaria
Sweden 5–0 Bulgaria
 Report
Attendance: 31,652
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Sweden
Bulgaria
GK1Andreas Isaksson
RB2Teddy Lučić 41'
CB3Olof Mellberg (c)
CB15Andreas Jakobsson
LB5Erik Edman
DM6Tobias Linderoth 52'
RM7Mikael Nilsson
CM8Anders Svensson 77'
LM9Freddie Ljungberg
CF10Zlatan Ibrahimović 65' 81'
CF11Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
MF21Christian Wilhelmsson 41'
MF16Kim Källström 77'
FW20Marcus Allbäck 81'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg
GK1Zdravko Zdravkov
RB2Vladimir Ivanov 70'
CB3Rosen Kirilov 22'
CB18Predrag Pažin
LB4Ivaylo Petkov 18'
RM13Georgi Peev
CM19Stiliyan Petrov (c)
CM15Marian Hristov
LM17Martin Petrov 84'
CF21Zoran Janković 23' 62'
CF9Dimitar Berbatov 76'
Substitutions:
MF10Velizar Dimitrov 62'
FW16Vladimir Manchev 76'
FW11Zdravko Lazarov 84'
Manager:
Plamen Markov

Man of the Match:
Henrik Larsson (Sweden)[3]

Assistant referees:
Glenn Turner (England)
Philip Sharp (England)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Bulgaria vs Denmark
Bulgaria 0–2 Denmark
Report
Attendance: 24,131
Bulgaria
Denmark
GK1Zdravko Zdravkov
RB2Vladimir Ivanov 51'
CB3Rosen Kirilov 4'
CB22Ilian Stoyanov 50'
LB4Ivaylo Petkov 40'
RM13Georgi Peev
CM15Marian Hristov 82'
CM19Stiliyan Petrov (c) 77'  83'
LM17Martin Petrov 84'
SS21Zoran Janković 81'
CF9Dimitar Berbatov
Substitutions:
DF5Zlatomir Zagorčić 80' 40'
FW11Zdravko Lazarov 51'
MF8Milen Petkov 81'
Manager:
Plamen Markov
GK1Thomas Sørensen
RB6Thomas Helveg
CB4Martin Laursen
CB3René Henriksen (c)
LB5Niclas Jensen 10'
CM15Daniel Jensen
CM7Thomas Gravesen
AM9Jon Dahl Tomasson
RW19Dennis Rommedahl 23'
LW10Martin Jørgensen 72'
CF11Ebbe Sand 58'
Substitutions:
MF8Jesper Grønkjær 23'
MF14Claus Jensen 72'
Manager:
Morten Olsen

Man of the Match:
Thomas Gravesen (Denmark)[4]

Assistant referees:
Paulo Januário (Portugal)
José Cardinal (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Gilles Veissière (France)

Italy vs Sweden
Italy 1–1 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 44,926
Italy
Sweden
GK1Gianluigi Buffon
RB2Christian Panucci
CB5Fabio Cannavaro (c) 46'
CB13Alessandro Nesta
LB19Gianluca Zambrotta 58'
RM8Gennaro Gattuso 39' 76'
CM21Andrea Pirlo
LM20Simone Perrotta
AM18Antonio Cassano 70'
CF9Christian Vieri
CF7Alessandro Del Piero 82'
Substitutions:
MF14Stefano Fiore 70'
DF15Giuseppe Favalli 76'
MF16Mauro Camoranesi 82'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni
GK1Andreas Isaksson
RB7Mikael Nilsson
CB3Olof Mellberg (c)
CB15Andreas Jakobsson
LB5Erik Edman 54' 77'
DM6Tobias Linderoth 75'
RM21Christian Wilhelmsson 67'
CM8Anders Svensson 55'
LM9Freddie Ljungberg
CF10Zlatan Ibrahimović
CF11Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
MF16Kim Källström 55'
FW18Mattias Jonson 67'
FW20Marcus Allbäck 77'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg

Man of the Match:
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)[5]

Assistant referees:
Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland)
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Markus Merk (Germany)

Italy vs Bulgaria
Italy 2–1 Bulgaria
 Report
Attendance: 16,002
Italy
Bulgaria
GK1Gianluigi Buffon
RB2Christian Panucci
CB13Alessandro Nesta
CB23Marco Materazzi 44' 83'
LB19Gianluca Zambrotta
RM20Simone Perrotta 68'
CM21Andrea Pirlo
LM14Stefano Fiore
RF18Antonio Cassano
CF11Bernardo Corradi 53'
LF7Alessandro Del Piero (c)
Substitutions:
FW9Christian Vieri 53'
DF3Massimo Oddo 68'
FW17Marco Di Vaio 83'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni
GK1Zdravko Zdravkov (c)
RB7Daniel Borimirov
CB18Predrag Pažin 64'
CB5Zlatomir Zagorčić
LB22Ilian Stoyanov 66'
CM15Marian Hristov 79'
CM8Milen Petkov
RW11Zdravko Lazarov 80'
AM21Zoran Janković 46'
LW17Martin Petrov 45'
CF9Dimitar Berbatov
Substitutions:
FW20Valeri Bojinov 49' 46'
DF6Kiril Kotev 64'
MF10Velizar Dimitrov 79'
Manager:
Plamen Markov

Man of the Match:
Antonio Cassano (Italy)[6]

Assistant referees:
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Vladimir Eniutin (Russia)
Fourth official:
Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Denmark vs Sweden
Denmark 2–2 Sweden
 Report
Attendance: 26,115
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Denmark
Sweden
GK1Thomas Sørensen
RB6Thomas Helveg
CB4Martin Laursen
CB3René Henriksen (c)
LB5Niclas Jensen 46'
CM15Daniel Jensen 66'
CM7Thomas Gravesen
AM9Jon Dahl Tomasson
RW8Jesper Grønkjær
LW10Martin Jørgensen 57'
CF11Ebbe Sand
Substitutions:
DF2Kasper Bøgelund 46'
MF19Dennis Rommedahl 57'
MF17Christian Poulsen 66'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
GK1Andreas Isaksson
RB7Mikael Nilsson
CB3Olof Mellberg (c)
CB15Andreas Jakobsson
LB5Erik Edman 36'
DM17Anders Andersson 81'
RM18Mattias Jonson
CM16Kim Källström 63' 72'
LM9Freddie Ljungberg
CF10Zlatan Ibrahimović
CF11Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
MF21Christian Wilhelmsson 72'
FW20Marcus Allbäck 81'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg

Man of the Match:
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)[7]

Assistant referees:
Christian Schräer (Germany)
Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Fourth official:
Mike Riley (England)

See also

References
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  3. "Henrik Larsson". Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. "Thomas Gravesen". Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
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