UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

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

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.

Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the event.

Qualified teams

  Qualified — directly

  Qualified — after Play offs

  Did not qualify — Play offs

  Did not qualify — First Round

  Did not enter

  Not a UEFA member

UEFA Euro 2004 qualification coefficients were sixth in the list of criteria to separate teams that finished level on points in their group in Euro 2004. The coefficients were calculated as the points earned per game in qualification for both Euro 2004 and the 2002 FIFA World Cup.

Country	Euro 2004 group	Coefficient
France	B	3.000
Portugal	A	2.400
Sweden	C	2.389
Czech Republic	D	2.333
Italy	C	2.313
Spain	A	2.313
England	B	2.313
Germany	D	2.188
Netherlands	D	2.167
Croatia	B	2.125
Denmark	C	2.056
Russia	A	2.056
Bulgaria	C	1.889
Switzerland	B	1.611
Greece	A	1.563
Latvia	D	1.250

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 was made on 25 January 2002. France were seeded first as holders. The other seedings were determined by points per game in the qualifiers for 2000 European Championship and the 2002 World Cup. Belgium and Netherlands did not have to qualify for UEFA Euro 2000 as hosts, so only their record in World Cup 2002 was used.

Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the tournament and therefore did not take part in the qualification process.

Pot A	Pot B	Pot C	Pot D	Pot E
France  Sweden  Spain  Czech Republic  Germany  Republic of Ireland  Romania  Italy  Belgium  Turkey	Russia  Croatia  Yugoslavia  Netherlands  Denmark  Poland  England  Ukraine  Slovenia  Scotland	Norway  Austria  Slovakia  Israel   Switzerland  Iceland  Bulgaria  Finland  Greece  Hungary	Cyprus  Bosnia and Herzegovina  Belarus  Wales  Estonia  Latvia  Northern Ireland  Macedonia  Georgia  Lithuania	Armenia  Albania  Moldova  Faroe Islands  Azerbaijan  Liechtenstein  Malta  San Marino  Luxembourg  Andorra

Summary

  Winner of each group qualified directly for the UEFA Euro 2004

  The Runners-up advanced to the second round (play-offs)

  Other teams were eliminated after the first round

Hosts

•  Portugal

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

Legend
Countries that directly qualified for UEFA Euro 2004
Countries that advanced to the play-offs

Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  France | 8 | 0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | +27 24  Slovenia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 12 | +3 14  Israel | 2 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 11 | −2 9  Cyprus | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 18 | −9 8  Malta | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 24 | −19 1

Cyprus  – 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–2 France  5–0 – 3–0 6–0 5–0 Israel  2–0 1–2 – 2–2 0–0 Malta  1–2 0–4 0–2 – 1–3 Slovenia  4–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 –

Group 2

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Denmark | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | +6 15  Norway | 4 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 5 | +4 14  Romania | 4 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 9 | +12 14  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | −1 13  Luxembourg | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 21 | −21 0

Bosnia and Herzegovina  – 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–3 Denmark  0–2 – 2–0 1–0 2–2 Luxembourg  0–1 0–2 – 0–2 0–7 Norway  2–0 2–2 1–0 – 1–1 Romania  2–0 2–5 4–0 0–1 –

Group 3

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Czech Republic | 7 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 5 | +18 22  Netherlands | 6 | 1 | 1 | 20 | 6 | +14 19  Austria | 3 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | −2 9  Moldova | 2 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 19 | −14 6  Belarus | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 20 | −16 3

Austria  – 5–0 2–3 2–0 0–3 Belarus  0–2 – 1–3 2–1 0–2 Czech Republic  4–0 2–0 – 5–1 3–1 Moldova  1–0 2–1 0–2 – 1–2 Netherlands  3–1 3–0 1–1 5–0 –

Group 4

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Sweden | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 3 | +16 17  Latvia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | +4 16  Poland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 7 | +4 13  Hungary | 3 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | +6 11  San Marino | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 30 | −30 0

Hungary  – 3–1 1–2 3–0 1–2 Latvia  3–1 – 0–2 3–0 0–0 Poland  0–0 0–1 – 5–0 0–2 San Marino  0–5 0–1 0–2 – 0–6 Sweden  1–1 0–1 3–0 5–0 –

Group 5

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Germany | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | +9 18  Scotland | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | +4 14  Iceland | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | +2 13  Lithuania | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 11 | −4 10  Faroe Islands | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 18 | −11 1

Faroe Islands  – 0–2 1–2 1–3 2–2 Germany  2–1 – 3–0 1–1 2–1 Iceland  2–1 0–0 – 3–0 0–2 Lithuania  2–0 0–2 0–3 – 1–0 Scotland  3–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 –

Group 6

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Greece | 6 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | +4 18  Spain | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 4 | +12 17  Ukraine | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | +1 10  Armenia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | −9 7  Northern Ireland | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 8 | −8 3

Armenia  – 0–1 1–0 0–4 2–2 Greece  2–0 – 1–0 0–2 1–0 Northern Ireland  0–1 0–2 – 0–0 0–0 Spain  3–0 0–1 3–0 – 2–1 Ukraine  4–3 2–0 0–0 2–2 –

Group 7

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  England | 6 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | +9 20  Turkey | 6 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 5 | +12 19  Slovakia | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 9 | +2 10  Macedonia | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 14 | −3 6  Liechtenstein | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 22 | −20 1

England  – 2–0 2–2 2–1 2–0 Liechtenstein  0–2 – 1–1 0–2 0–3 Macedonia  1–2 3–1 – 0–2 1–2 Slovakia  1–2 4–0 1–1 – 0–1 Turkey  0–0 5–0 3–2 3–0 –

Group 8

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Bulgaria | 5 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 4 | +9 17  Croatia | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 4 | +8 16  Belgium | 5 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | +2 16  Estonia | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | −2 8  Andorra | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 18 | −17 0

Andorra  – 0–1 0–3 0–3 0–2 Belgium  3–0 – 0–2 2–1 2–0 Bulgaria  2–1 2–2 – 2–0 2–0 Croatia  2–0 4–0 1–0 – 0–0 Estonia  2–0 0–1 0–0 0–1 –

Group 9

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts  Italy | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | +13 17  Wales | 4 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 10 | +3 13  Serbia and Montenegro | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 0 12  Finland | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | −1 10  Azerbaijan | 1 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 20 | −15 4

Azerbaijan  – 1–2 0–2 2–1 0–2 Finland  3–0 – 0–2 3–0 0–2 Italy  4–0 2–0 – 1–1 4–0 Serbia and Montenegro  2–2 2–0 1–1 – 1–0 Wales  4–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 –

Group 10

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts   Switzerland | 4 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 11 | +4 15  Russia | 4 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 12 | +7 14  Republic of Ireland | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 11 | −1 11  Albania | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 15 | −4 8  Georgia | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 14 | −6 7

Albania  – 3–1 0–0 3–1 1–1 Georgia  3–0 – 1–2 1–0 0–0 Republic of Ireland  2–1 2–0 – 1–1 1–2 Russia  4–1 3–1 4–2 – 4–1 Switzerland   3–2 4–1 2–0 2–2 –

Play-offs

Team 1	Agg.	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Scotland	1–6	Netherlands	1–0	0–6
Croatia	2–1	Slovenia	1–1	1–0
Russia	1–0	Wales	0–0	1–0
Latvia	3–2	Turkey	1–0	2–2
Spain	5–1	Norway	2–1	3–0

Goalscorers

Data from first three groups

9 goals

• Ermin Šiljak

7 goals

• Raúl

6 goals

• Jan Koller
• Thierry Henry
• David Trezeguet
• Sylvain Wiltord
• Filippo Inzaghi
• Māris Verpakovskis

5 goals

• Wesley Sonck
• Dimitar Berbatov
• Jon Dahl Tomasson
• David Beckham
• Michael Owen
• Eiður Guðjohnsen
• Alessandro Del Piero
• Ruud van Nistelrooy
• Alexander Frei
• Marcus Allbäck

4 goals

• Shota Arveladze
• Michael Ballack
• Fredi Bobic
• Zoltán Gera
• Krisztián Lisztes
• Imre Szabics
• Patrick Kluivert
• Dmitri Bulykin
• Ionel Ganea
• Adrian Mutu
• Szilárd Németh
• Mattias Jonson
• Simon Davies
• John Hartson

3 goals

• Sergej Barbarez
• Michalis Konstantinou
• Zinédine Zidane
• Haim Revivo
• Michael Mifsud
• Cosmin Contra

2 goals

• Elvir Bolić
• Ioannis Okkas
• Rainer Rauffmann
• Thomas Gravesen
• Dennis Rommedahl
• Steve Marlet
• Omri Afek
• Pini Balili
• Steffen Iversen
• John Arne Riise
• Ole Gunnar Solskjær
• Viorel Moldovan
• Dorinel Munteanu
• Daniel Pancu
• Nastja Čeh
• Zlatko Zahovič

1 goal

• Zlatan Bajramović
• Elvir Baljić
• Stavros Georgiou
• Yiasoumis Yiasoumi
• Jesper Grønkjær
• Claus Jensen
• Martin Jørgensen
• Martin Laursen
• Ebbe Sand
• Jean-Alain Boumsong
• Djibril Cissé
• Olivier Dacourt
• Sidney Govou
• Patrick Vieira
• Walid Badir
• Shay Holtzman
• David Carabott
• Luke Dimech
• John Carew
• Tore André Flo
• Claus Lundekvam
• Sigurd Rushfeldt
• Florin Bratu
• Cristian Chivu
• Tiberiu Ghioane
• Mirel Rădoi
• Sebastjan Cimirotič
• Aleksander Knavs

Own goals

• Darren Debono (for  Slovenia)
• Cosmin Contra (for  Denmark)

See also

• 2004 UEFA European Championship
• 2004 UEFA European Championship (team squads)

External links

• UEFA official archive