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
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 Team320143+16320165+1631114404301235−21
Group B Team330083+59311156−14310245−13301247−31
Knockout stage
Semi-finals
Olympic play-off
Final
GK1Marco AmeliaDF5Daniele Bonera DF13Andrea BarzagliDF14Cesare BovoDF3Emiliano MorettiMF17Giandomenico MestoMF8Angelo PalomboMF6Daniele De Rossi MF15Marco Donadel FW11Giuseppe Sculli FW9Alberto GilardinoSubstitutions:MF19Simone Del Nero MF10Matteo Brighi DF2Cristian Zaccardo Coach: Claudio Gentile GK1Nikola MilojevićDF19Branislav Ivanović DF6Marko BašaDF16Milan Biševac MF15Dejan Milovanović MF2Dragan StančićMF14Bojan Miladinović MF10Miloš MarićMF3Nikola Mijailović FW7Danko LazovićFW21Radomir Đalović Substitutions:FW17Simon VukčevićMF11Igor Matić DF13Bojan Neziri Coach: Vladimir Petrović Assistant referees: Victoriano Giráldez Carrasco (Spain) Mark Simons (Belgium) Fourth official: Matthew David Messias (England)
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 Niko Kranjčar Mario Lučić Eduardo da Silva Thomas Hitzlsperger Bastian Schweinsteiger Cesare Bovo Giampiero Pinzi
1 goal, cont. Carlitos Luis Lourenço Carlos Martins Pedro Oliveira Jorge Ribeiro Hugo Viana Branislav Ivanović Goran Lovre 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 at UEFA.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com