UEFA Euro 2004 Group A

Template:Short description 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 again emerging victorious.

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings November 2003Template:Refn	FIFA Rankings June 2004
A1	Template:Fb	1	Host	12 October 1999	4th	2000	Semi-finals (1984, 2000)	2	22
A2	Template:Fb	4	Group 6 winner	11 October 2003	2nd	1980	Group stage (1980)	23	35
A3	Template:Fb	2	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	7th	2000	Winners (1964)	6	3
A4	Template:FbTemplate:Refn	3	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	8th	1996	Winners (1960)	13	31

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Standings

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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

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Portugal vs Greece

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|stadium=Estádio do Dragão, Porto |attendance=48,761 |referee=Pierluigi Collina (Italy) }}

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GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis Template:Yel CB 5 Traianos Dellas CB 19 Michalis Kapsis LB 14 Takis Fyssas RM 20 Giorgos Karagounis Template:Yel Template:Suboff CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c) CM 6 Angelos Basinas LM 8 Stelios Giannakopoulos Template:Suboff CF 9 Angelos Charisteas Template:Suboff CF 15 Zisis Vryzas Substitutions: MF 21 Kostas Katsouranis Template:Subon FW 11 Demis Nikolaidis Template:Subon MF 23 Vassilis Lakis Template:Subon Manager: Template:Flagicon Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match: Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Narciso Pisacreta (Italy) Fourth official: Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Spain vs Russia

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GK 1 Sergei Ovchinnikov RB 16 Vadim Evseev CB 4 Alexey Smertin (c) Template:Yel CB 13 Roman Sharonov Template:Sent off LB 17 Dmitri Sennikov DM 22 Evgeni Aldonin Template:Yel Template:Suboff RM 8 Rolan Gusev Template:Yel Template:Suboff CM 15 Dmitri Alenichev CM 10 Aleksandr Mostovoi LM 7 Marat Izmailov Template:Suboff CF 9 Dmitri Bulykin Substitutions: MF 2 Vladislav Radimov Template:Yel Template:Subon FW 3 Dmitri Sychev Template:Subon MF 5 Andrei Karyaka Template:Subon Manager: Georgi Yartsev

Man of the Match: Vicente (Spain)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Assistant referees: Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland) Francesco Buragina (Switzerland) Fourth official: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Greece vs Spain

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|stadium=Estádio do Bessa, Porto |attendance=25,444 |referee=Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia) }}

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Man of the Match: Raúl (Spain)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Assistant referees: Igor Šramka (Slovakia) Martin Balko (Slovakia) Fourth official: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Portugal

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|stadium=Estádio da Luz, Lisbon |attendance=59,273 |referee=Terje Hauge (Norway) }}

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Man of the Match: Maniche (Portugal)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Assistant referees: Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway) Steinar Holvik (Norway) Fourth official: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Spain vs Portugal

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Man of the Match: Deco (Portugal)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Assistant referees: Kenneth Petersson (Sweden) Peter Ekström (Sweden) Fourth official: Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Greece

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|stadium=Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé |attendance=24,347 |referee=Gilles Veissière (France) }}

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GK 1 Antonios Nikopolidis RB 2 Giourkas Seitaridis CB 5 Traianos Dellas Template:Yel CB 19 Michalis Kapsis LB 3 Stylianos Venetidis Template:Suboff CM 6 Angelos Basinas Template:Suboff CM 21 Kostas Katsouranis CM 7 Theodoros Zagorakis (c) RW 9 Angelos Charisteas LW 22 Dimitris Papadopoulos Template:Suboff CF 15 Zisis Vryzas Template:Yel Substitutions: MF 10 Vassilios Tsiartas Template:Subon FW 11 Demis Nikolaidis Template:Subon DF 14 Takis Fyssas Template:Subon Manager: Template:Flagicon Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match: Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Assistant referees: Frédéric Arnault (France) Serge Vallin (France) Fourth official: Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

See also

• Greece at the UEFA European Championship
• Portugal at the UEFA European Championship
• Russia at the UEFA European Championship
• Spain at the UEFA European Championship

External links

• UEFA Euro 2004 Group A