UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates7 September 2002 – 19 November 2003
Teams50
Tournament statistics
Matches played211[note 1]
Goals scored566 (2.68 per match)
Top scorer(s)Slovenia Ermin Šiljak (9 goals)
UEFA European Qualifiers
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Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top team in each group automatically qualified for Euro 2004, and the ten group runners-up were paired off against each other to determine another five places in the finals.[1]

Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the event.

Qualified teams
  Qualified
  Did not qualify
  Did not enter
  Not a UEFA member
Team Qualified as Qualified on Previous appearances in tournament[upper-alpha 1]
 PortugalHost12 October 19993 (1984, 1996, 2000)
 FranceGroup 1 winner10 September 20035 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Czech Republic[upper-alpha 2]Group 3 winner10 September 20035 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000)
 SwedenGroup 4 winner10 September 20032 (1992, 2000)
 BulgariaGroup 8 winner10 September 20031 (1996)
 DenmarkGroup 2 winner11 October 20036 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 Germany[upper-alpha 3]Group 5 winner11 October 20038 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 GreeceGroup 6 winner11 October 20031 (1980)
 EnglandGroup 7 winner11 October 20036 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 ItalyGroup 9 winner11 October 20035 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000)
  SwitzerlandGroup 10 winner11 October 20031 (1996)
 CroatiaPlay-off winner19 November 20031 (1996)
 LatviaPlay-off winner19 November 20030 (debut)
 NetherlandsPlay-off winner19 November 20036 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
 SpainPlay-off winner19 November 20036 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000)
 Russia[upper-alpha 4]Play-off winner19 November 20037 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996)
  1. Bold indicates champion for that year. Italic indicates host for that year.
  2. From 1960 to 1980, the Czech Republic competed as Czechoslovakia.
  3. From 1972 to 1988, Germany competed as West Germany.
  4. From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Tiebreakers

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:

  1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.
  2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.
  3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question.
  4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question.
  5. If two or more teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1) to 4) would be reapplied. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6) and 7) would apply.
  6. Results of all group matches: 1. Superior goal difference 2. Higher number of goals scored 3. Higher number of goals scored away from home 4. Fair play conduct.
  7. Drawing of lots.

Seedings

The draw occurred on 25 January 2002 in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.[2][3] 50 teams were divided into five drawing pots based on the latest 2001-edition of the UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking, that had calculated an average of the team's points per game achieved combined in the Euro 2000 qualifiers and 2002 World Cup qualifiers.[4] The seeding list was however subject to some few minor modifications:[2][3]

  • France (ranked 11) were seeded first as the defending champions (title holders). Consequently, all teams ranked above them from 1 to 10 moved down one seeding place lower than their rankings.
  • Portugal (ranked 4) was not seeded, as they did not participate in the qualifying tournament due to already having qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts. Consequently, all teams ranked below them moved up one seeding place higher than their ranking position.

Ten groups were formed by drawing one team from each of the five pots.[2][3]

Teams in bold eventually qualified for the final tournament, teams in bold italic qualified for the final tournament through the play-offs, and teams in italic participated in the play-offs but did not qualify for the final tournament.

Pot A
TeamCoeff[4]Seed[2]
 France (title holders)2,101
 Sweden2,672
 Spain2,563
 Czech Republic2,504
 Germany2,255
 Republic of Ireland2,226
 Romania2,227
 Italy2,198
 Belgium2,129
 Turkey2,1110
Pot B
TeamCoeff[4]Seed[2]
 Russia2,1011
 Croatia2,0612
 FR Yugoslavia2,0013
 Netherlands2,0014
 Denmark2,0015
 Poland1,8916
 England1,8817
 Ukraine1,8518
 Slovenia1,8519
 Scotland1,8320
Pot C
TeamCoeff[4]Seed[2]
 Norway1,7521
 Austria1,7522
 Slovakia1,7023
 Israel1,5624
  Switzerland1,5525
 Iceland1,4026
 Bulgaria1,3927
 Finland1,3728
 Greece1,2229
 Hungary1,1130
Pot D
TeamCoeff[4]Seed[2]
 Cyprus1,1131
 Bosnia and Herzegovina1,0532
 Belarus1,0033
 Wales1,0034
 Estonia0,9535
 Latvia0,9436
 Northern Ireland0,8937
 Macedonia0,8338
 Georgia0,8339
 Lithuania0,7240
Pot E
TeamCoeff[4]Seed[2]
 Armenia0,6541
 Albania0,5542
 Moldova0,5543
 Faroe Islands0,5044
 Azerbaijan0,4545
 Liechtenstein0,2246
 Malta0,0547
 San Marino0,0548
 Luxembourg0,0049
 Andorra0,0050

Note: The UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking automatically had taken into account in its ranking calculation, that some teams only played one of the two preceding qualification tournaments. Since Belgium and Netherlands qualified automatically for UEFA Euro 2000 as co-hosts, the coefficient factored only their 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying record. France had also qualified automatically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as 1998 FIFA World Cup Champions, meaning the coefficient used only the UEFA Euro 2000 qualification record for France.

Summary
  Group winners qualified directly for UEFA Euro 2004
  Group runners-up advanced to the play-offs
  Other teams were eliminated after the qualifying group stage
Group 1 Group 2 Group 3 Group 4 Group 5 Group 6 Group 7 Group 8 Group 9 Group 10

France
Denmark
Czech Republic
Sweden
Germany
Greece
England
Bulgaria
Italy
Switzerland

Slovenia
Norway
Netherlands
Latvia
Scotland
Spain
Turkey
Croatia
Wales
Russia

Israel

Cyprus

Malta
Romania

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Luxembourg
Austria

Moldova

Belarus
Poland

Hungary

San Marino
Iceland

Lithuania

Faroe Islands
Ukraine

Armenia

Northern Ireland
Slovakia

Macedonia

Liechtenstein
Belgium

Estonia

Andorra
Serbia and Montenegro

Finland

Azerbaijan
Republic of Ireland

Albania

Georgia

Groups

Group 1
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 1
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification France Slovenia Israel Cyprus Malta
1  France 8 8 0 0 29 2 +27 24 Qualify for final tournament — 5–0 3–0 5–0 6–0
2  Slovenia 8 4 2 2 15 12 +3 14 Advance to play-offs 0–2 — 3–1 4–1 3–0
3  Israel 8 2 3 3 9 11 −2 9 1–2 0–0 — 2–0 2–2
4  Cyprus 8 2 2 4 9 18 −9 8 1–2 2–2 1–1 — 2–1
5  Malta 8 0 1 7 5 24 −19 1 0–4 1–3 0–2 1–2 —
Source: UEFA

Group 2
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Denmark Norway Romania Bosnia and Herzegovina Luxembourg
1  Denmark 8 4 3 1 15 9 +6 15 Qualify for final tournament — 1–0 2–2 0–2 2–0
2  Norway 8 4 2 2 9 5 +4 14[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 2–2 — 1–1 2–0 1–0
3  Romania 8 4 2 2 21 9 +12 14[lower-alpha 1] 2–5 0–1 — 2–0 4–0
4  Bosnia and Herzegovina 8 4 1 3 7 8 −1 13 1–1 1–0 0–3 — 2–0
5  Luxembourg 8 0 0 8 0 21 −21 0 0–2 0–2 0–7 0–1 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Head-to-head points: Norway 4, Romania 1.

Group 3
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 3
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Czech Republic Netherlands Austria Moldova Belarus
1  Czech Republic 8 7 1 0 23 5 +18 22 Qualify for final tournament — 3–1 4–0 5–0 2–0
2  Netherlands 8 6 1 1 20 6 +14 19 Advance to play-offs 1–1 — 3–1 5–0 3–0
3  Austria 8 3 0 5 12 14 −2 9 2–3 0–3 — 2–0 5–0
4  Moldova 8 2 0 6 5 19 −14 6 0–2 1–2 1–0 — 2–1
5  Belarus 8 1 0 7 4 20 −16 3 1–3 0–2 0–2 2–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 4
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 4
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Sweden Latvia Poland Hungary San Marino
1  Sweden 8 5 2 1 19 3 +16 17 Qualify for final tournament — 0–1 3–0 1–1 5–0
2  Latvia 8 5 1 2 10 6 +4 16 Advance to play-offs 0–0 — 0–2 3–1 3–0
3  Poland 8 4 1 3 11 7 +4 13 0–2 0–1 — 0–0 5–0
4  Hungary 8 3 2 3 15 9 +6 11 1–2 3–1 1–2 — 3–0
5  San Marino 8 0 0 8 0 30 −30 0 0–6 0–1 0–2 0–5 —
Source: UEFA

Group 5
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 5
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Germany Scotland Iceland Lithuania Faroe Islands
1  Germany 8 5 3 0 13 4 +9 18 Qualify for final tournament — 2–1 3–0 1–1 2–1
2  Scotland 8 4 2 2 12 8 +4 14 Advance to play-offs 1–1 — 2–1 1–0 3–1
3  Iceland 8 4 1 3 11 9 +2 13 0–0 0–2 — 3–0 2–1
4  Lithuania 8 3 1 4 7 11 −4 10 0–2 1–0 0–3 — 2–0
5  Faroe Islands 8 0 1 7 7 18 −11 1 0–2 2–2 1–2 1–3 —
Source: UEFA

Group 6
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 6
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Greece Spain Ukraine Armenia Northern Ireland
1  Greece 8 6 0 2 8 4 +4 18 Qualify for final tournament — 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–0
2  Spain 8 5 2 1 16 4 +12 17 Advance to play-offs 0–1 — 2–1 3–0 3–0
3  Ukraine 8 2 4 2 11 10 +1 10 2–0 2–2 — 4–3 0–0
4  Armenia 8 2 1 5 7 16 −9 7 0–1 0–4 2–2 — 1–0
5  Northern Ireland 8 0 3 5 0 8 −8 3 0–2 0–0 0–0 0–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 7
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 7
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification England Turkey Slovakia North Macedonia Liechtenstein
1  England 8 6 2 0 14 5 +9 20 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 2–1 2–2 2–0
2  Turkey 8 6 1 1 17 5 +12 19 Advance to play-offs 0–0 — 3–0 3–2 5–0
3  Slovakia 8 3 1 4 11 9 +2 10 1–2 0–1 — 1–1 4–0
4  Macedonia 8 1 3 4 11 14 −3 6 1–2 1–2 0–2 — 3–1
5  Liechtenstein 8 0 1 7 2 22 −20 1 0–2 0–3 0–2 1–1 —
Source: UEFA

Group 8
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 8
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Bulgaria Croatia Belgium Estonia Andorra
1  Bulgaria 8 5 2 1 13 4 +9 17 Qualify for final tournament — 2–0 2–2 2–0 2–1
2  Croatia 8 5 1 2 12 4 +8 16[lower-alpha 1] Advance to play-offs 1–0 — 4–0 0–0 2–0
3  Belgium 8 5 1 2 11 9 +2 16[lower-alpha 1] 0–2 2–1 — 2–0 3–0
4  Estonia 8 2 2 4 4 6 −2 8 0–0 0–1 0–1 — 2–0
5  Andorra 8 0 0 8 1 18 −17 0 0–3 0–3 0–1 0–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. Tied on head-to-head points (3). Head-to-head goal difference: Croatia +3, Belgium −3.

Group 9
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 9
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Italy Wales Serbia and Montenegro Finland Azerbaijan
1  Italy 8 5 2 1 17 4 +13 17 Qualify for final tournament — 4–0 1–1 2–0 4–0
2  Wales 8 4 1 3 13 10 +3 13 Advance to play-offs 2–1 — 2–3 1–1 4–0
3  Serbia and Montenegro[lower-alpha 1] 8 3 3 2 11 11 0 12 1–1 1–0 — 2–0 2–2
4  Finland 8 3 1 4 9 10 −1 10 0–2 0–2 3–0 — 3–0
5  Azerbaijan 8 1 1 6 5 20 −15 4 0–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. The official name of the country was changed from FR Yugoslavia to Serbia and Montenegro on 4 February 2003, during the qualifying process.

Group 10
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 10
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification Switzerland Russia Republic of Ireland Albania Georgia (country)
1   Switzerland 8 4 3 1 15 11 +4 15 Qualify for final tournament — 2–2 2–0 3–2 4–1
2  Russia 8 4 2 2 19 12 +7 14 Advance to play-offs 4–1 — 4–2 4–1 3–1
3  Republic of Ireland 8 3 2 3 10 11 −1 11 1–2 1–1 — 2–1 2–0
4  Albania 8 2 2 4 11 15 −4 8 1–1 3–1 0–0 — 3–1
5  Georgia 8 2 1 5 8 14 −6 7 0–0 1–0[lower-alpha 1] 1–2 3–0 —
Source: UEFA
Notes:
  1. The Georgia v Russia match originally was played on 12 October 2002, but was abandoned at half-time with the score 0–0 due to floodlight failure and rescheduled.

Play-offs
Main article: UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs
Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Latvia  3–2  Turkey 1–0 2–2
Scotland  1–6  Netherlands 1–0 0–6
Croatia  2–1  Slovenia 1–1 1–0
Russia  1–0  Wales 0–0 1–0
Spain  5–1  Norway 2–1 3–0

Goalscorers

There were 566 goals scored in 211 matches, for an average of 2.68 goals per match.[note 1]

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

Notes
  1. The matches tally takes into account fixtures that were subsequently abandoned.

References
  1. Burkert, Sturmius; Sivritepe, Erdinç (7 July 2004). "European Championship 2004". RSSSF.com. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 5 March 2018.
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  3. "Green light for EURO 2004 draw procedure". UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations. 23 January 2002. Archived from the original on 25 December 2019. Retrieved 29 October 2019.
  4. "UEFA European National Team Ranking Table 2001". England Football Online. 21 December 2001. Archived from the original on 22 November 2021. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
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