The 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 14th staging of

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's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by

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between 27 May and 8 June 2004.

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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

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

Matches

Group stage

Group A

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Group B

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Knockout stage

Semi-finals

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Olympic play-off

Final

Goalscorers

;4 goals * Alberto Gilardino * Johan Elmander ;3 goals * Hugo Almeida * Markus Rosenberg ;2 goals * Benjamin Auer * Daniele De Rossi * Giuseppe Sculli * Danko Lazović ;1 goal * Alexander Hleb * Raman Kirenkin * Pavel Kirylchyk * Aleh Shkabara *

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* Mario Lučić *

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* Giampiero Pinzi ;1 goal, cont. * Carlitos * Luis Lourenço * Carlos Martins * Pedro Oliveira * Jorge Ribeiro * Hugo Viana * Branislav Ivanović *

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* Miloš Marić * Dejan Milovanović * Simon Vukčević * Stefan Ishizaki * Jon Jönsson * Babis Stefanidis * Tranquillo Barnetta * David Degen * Baykal Kulaksızoğlu * Johan Vonlanthen ;Own goals * 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

External links

Results Archive
at UEFA.com

at rsssf.com {{Qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics Football tournament Under-21 Championship UEFA European Under-21 Championship tournaments International association football competitions hosted by Germany Under-21 Championship Football qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics UEFA European Under-21 Championship UEFA European Under-21 Championship Under-21 Championship