The 2004 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony) and ended on 28 August.
The tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams.Article 1 of the tournament regulations. The men's tournament allows up to three overage players to join the U-23 squads.
The men's tournament was won by Argentina, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, which held a record of having won every match without conceding a goal in the tournament. The Golden Boot was won by Argentina's Carlos Tevez. The women's tournament was won by the United States.
Venues Olympic Stadium, Athens Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
AthensPatrasOlympic StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumCapacity: 71,030Capacity: 23,558PiraeusThessalonikiKaraiskakis StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumCapacity: 33,334Capacity: 27,770HeraklionVolosPankritio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumCapacity: 26,240Capacity: 22,700
Men
Men's footballRoberto AyalaNicolás BurdissoWilly CaballeroFabricio ColocciniCésar DelgadoAndrés D'AlessandroLeandro FernándezLuciano FigueroaKily GonzálezLucho GonzálezMariano GonzálezGabriel HeinzeGermán LuxJavier MascheranoNicolás MedinaClemente RodríguezMauro RosalesJavier SaviolaCarlos TevezCoach: Marcelo BielsaRodrigo RomeroEmilio MartínezJulio ManzurCarlos GamarraJosé DevacaCelso EsquivelPablo GiménezEdgar BarretoFredy BarreiroDiego FigueredoAureliano TorresPedro BenítezJulio César EncisoJulio GonzálezErnesto CristaldoOsvaldo DíazJosé CardozoDiego BarretoCoach: Carlos Jara SaguierMarco AmeliaAndrea BarzagliDaniele BoneraCesare BovoGiorgio ChielliniDaniele De RossiSimone Del NeroMarco DonadelMatteo FerrariAndrea GasbarroniAlberto GilardinoEmiliano MorettiGiandomenico MestoAngelo PalomboIvan PelizzoliGiampiero PinziAndrea PirloGiuseppe SculliCoach: Claudio Gentile
Women
Women's footballBriana ScurryHeather MittsChristie RamponeCat ReddickLindsay TarpleyBrandi ChastainShannon BoxxAngela HuclesMia HammAly WagnerJulie FoudyCindy ParlowKristine LillyJoy FawcettKate MarkgrafAbby WambachHeather O'ReillyKristin LuckenbillCoach: April HeinrichsAndréiaMaravilhaMônicaTâniaJulianaDanielaRosanaRenata CostaAlineFormigaElaineMayconPretinhaMartaCristianeRoseliDayaneGrazielleCoach: Renê SimõesSilke RottenbergKerstin StegemannKerstin GarefrekesSteffi JonesSarah GüntherViola OdebrechtPia WunderlichPetra WimberskyBirgit PrinzRenate LingorMartina MüllerNavina OmiladeSandra MinnertIsabell BachorSonja FussConny PohlersAriane HingstNadine AngererCoach: Tina Theune-Meyer
FIFA Fair play award
Women's tournament Japan Sweden
References
External links
Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Men, FIFA.com Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women, FIFA.com Official result book – Football