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2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| tourney_name | UEFA European Under-21 Championship |
| year | 2004 |
| other_titles | U-21-Fußball-Europameisterschaft 2004 |
| country | Germany |
| dates | 27 May – 8 June |
| num_teams | 8 (finals) |
| 48 (qualifying) | |
| venues | 4 |
| cities | 4 |
| champion_other | |
| count | 5 |
| second_other | |
| third_other | |
| fourth_other | |
| matches | 16 |
| goals | 52 |
| attendance | 110353 |
| top_scorer | SWE Johan Elmander |
| ITA Alberto Gilardino | |
| (4 goals each) | |
| player | ITA Alberto Gilardino |
| prevseason | 2002 |
| nextseason | 2006 |
48 (qualifying) ITA Alberto Gilardino (4 goals each) The 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004.
Italy won the competition for the fifth time. Italy's Alberto Gilardino won the Golden Player award.
The top three teams in this competition qualified for Athens 2004 Olympics, along with hosts Greece U21s.
Qualification
Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship qualification
The 48 national teams were divided into ten groups (two groups of four + eight groups of 5). The records of the ten group runners-up were then compared. The top six joined the ten winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures.
Squads
Main article: 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship squads
Matches
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | +1 | 6 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | −2 | 1 |
Lovre Ivanović Kranjčar A. Hleb
Milovanović
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | +5 | 9 | |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | −1 | 4 | |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 3 | |
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
Hitzlsperger Ishizaki
Elmander Baykal Almeida
Lourenço Rosenberg
Knockout stage
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Semi-finals
Jönsson Holmén Dorsin Rosenberg Stefanidis Vukčević Milovanović Đalović Miladinović Marić
Pinzi
Olympic play-off
J. Ribeiro Carlitos Rosenberg
Final
Bovo Gilardino
| ITA Claudio Gentile |
|---|
| SCG Vladimir Petrović |
|---|
|}
Goalscorers
;4 goals
- ITA Alberto Gilardino
- SWE Johan Elmander ;3 goals
- POR Hugo Almeida
- SWE Markus Rosenberg ;2 goals
- GER Benjamin Auer
- ITA Daniele De Rossi
- ITA Giuseppe Sculli
- SCG Danko Lazović ;1 goal
- BLR Alexander Hleb
- BLR Raman Kirenkin
- BLR Pavel Kirylchyk
- BLR Aleh Shkabara
- CRO Niko Kranjčar
- CRO Mario Lučić
- CRO Eduardo da Silva
- GER Thomas Hitzlsperger
- GER Bastian Schweinsteiger
- ITA Cesare Bovo
- ITA Giampiero Pinzi ;1 goal, cont.
- POR Carlitos
- POR Luis Lourenço
- POR Carlos Martins
- POR Pedro Oliveira
- POR Jorge Ribeiro
- POR Hugo Viana
- SCG Branislav Ivanović
- SCG Goran Lovre
- SCG Miloš Marić
- SCG Dejan Milovanović
- SCG Simon Vukčević
- SWE Stefan Ishizaki
- SWE Jon Jönsson
- SWE Babis Stefanidis
- SUI Tranquillo Barnetta
- SUI David Degen
- SUI Baykal Kulaksızoğlu
- SUI Johan Vonlanthen
;Own goals
- SUI Kim Jaggy (for Sweden)
Medal table and Olympic qualifiers
- Greece (as hosts), Italy, Serbia & Montenegro and Portugal qualify for the Olympic games finals. See Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics
group stage
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