Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

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2004 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
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Tournament details
Host countryGreece
Dates11–28 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue(s)6 (in 5 host cities)
Final positions
Champions Argentina (1st title)
Runners-up Paraguay
Third place Italy
Fourth place Iraq
Tournament statistics
Matches played32
Goals scored101 (3.16 per match)
Attendance401,415 (12,544 per match)
Top scorer(s)Argentina Carlos Tevez
(8 goals)
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The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in Athens and four other cities in Greece from 11 to 28 August. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium on 28 August 2004.[1]

Qualification[]

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics football tournament.

Means of qualification Berths Qualified
Host nation 1  Greece
2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship 3  Italy (winner)
 Serbia and Montenegro (runner-up)
Portugal Portugal (third-place)
AFC Preliminary Competition 3  Iraq
 Japan
 South Korea
CAF Preliminary Competition 4  Ghana
 Mali
 Morocco
 Tunisia
CONCACAF Preliminary Competition 2  Mexico (winner)
 Costa Rica (runner-up)
2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament 2  Argentina (winner)
 Paraguay (runner-up)
OFC Preliminary Competition 1  Australia
Total 16

Match officials[]

Seeding[]

Pot 1: Europe Pot 2: Americas Pot 3: Africa Pot 4: Asia and Oceania
  •  Greece (hosts)
  •  Italy
  •  Portugal
  •  Serbia and Montenegro

Group stage[]

  • Teams highlighted in green went through to the knockout stage.

Group A[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Mali 3 1 2 0 5 3 +2 5 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  South Korea 3 1 2 0 6 5 +1 5
3  Mexico 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Greece 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
Source:[citation needed]
South Korea 2–2 Greece
Kim Dong-jin Goal 43'
Vyntra Goal 64' (o.g.)		 Report Taralidis Goal 78'
Papadopoulos Goal 82' (pen.)
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 25,152
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Mali 0–0 Mexico
Report
Attendance: 10,104
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
South Korea 1–0 Mexico
Kim Jung-woo Goal 16' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 14,026
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Greece 0–2 Mali
Report Berthe Goal 2'
N'Diaye Goal 45'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 17,123
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
South Korea 3–3 Mali
Cho Jae-jin Goal 57', 59'
Tamboura Goal 64' (o.g.)		 Report N'Diaye Goal 7', 24', 55'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 3,320
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
Greece 2–3 Mexico
Taralidis Goal 82' (pen.)
Stoltidis Goal 90+3'		 Report Márquez Goal 47'
Bravo Goal 70', 86'
Attendance: 21,597
Referee: (Cameroon)

Group B[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Paraguay 3 2 0 1 6 5 +1 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Italy 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
3  Ghana 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
4  Japan 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
Source:[citation needed]
Paraguay 4–3 Japan
Giménez Goal 5'
Cardozo Goal 26', 37'
Torres Goal 62'		 Report Ono Goal 22' (pen.), 53' (pen.)
Ōkubo Goal 81'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 5,381
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Ghana 2–2 Italy
Pappoe Goal 36'
Appiah Goal 45+1'		 Report Pinzi Goal 49'
Gilardino Goal 83'
Attendance: 7,012
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Paraguay 1–2 Ghana
Gamarra Goal 76' Report Tiero Goal 81'
Appiah Goal 84'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 1,119
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Japan 2–3 Italy
Abe Goal 21'
Takamatsu Goal 90+1'		 Report De Rossi Goal 3'
Gilardino Goal 8', 36'
Attendance: 9,487
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Paraguay 1–0 Italy
Bareiro Goal 14' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 24,160
Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Japan 1–0 Ghana
Ōkubo Goal 37' Report
Attendance: 6,813
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Group C[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Argentina 3 3 0 0 9 0 +9 9 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Australia 3 1 1 1 6 3 +3 4
3  Tunisia 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
4  Serbia and Montenegro 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source:[citation needed]
Tunisia 1–1 Australia
Zitouni Goal 69' Report Aloisi Goal 45'
Attendance: 15,757
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro
Delgado Goal 11'
C. González Goal 17'
Tevez Goal 42', 43'
Heinze Goal 74'
Rosales Goal 77'		 Report
Attendance: 14,675
Serbia and Montenegro 1–5 Australia
Radonjić Goal 72' Report Cahill Goal 11'
Aloisi Goal 45+1', 57'
Elrich Goal 60', 86'
Attendance: 8,857
Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Argentina 2–0 Tunisia
Tevez Goal 39'
Saviola Goal 72'		 Report
Attendance: 5,112
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
Argentina 1–0 Australia
D'Alessandro Goal 9' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 26,338
Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Serbia and Montenegro 2–3 Tunisia
Krasić Goal 70'
Vukčević Goal 87'		 Report Clayton Goal 41'
Jedidi Goal 83' (pen.)
Zitouni Goal 89'
Attendance: 7,214
Referee: (Tahiti)

Group D[]

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Iraq 3 2 0 1 7 4 +3 6 Qualified for the quarterfinals
2  Costa Rica 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
3  Morocco 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
4  Portugal 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
Source:[citation needed]
Costa Rica 0–0 Morocco
Report
Attendance: 3,212
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
Iraq 4–2Portugal Portugal
E. Mohammed Goal 16'
H. Mohammed Goal 29'
Mahmoud Goal 56'
Sadir Goal 90+3'		 Report Haidar Goal 13' (o.g.)
Bosingwa Goal 45'
Attendance: 5,689
Referee: (Cameroon)
Costa Rica 0–2 Iraq
Report H. Mohammed Goal 67'
Karim Goal 72'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 12,150
Referee: (Tahiti)
Morocco 1–2Portugal Portugal
Bouden Goal 85' Report C. Ronaldo Goal 40'
R. Costa Goal 73'
Attendance: 7,581
Morocco 2–1 Iraq
Bouden Goal 69' (pen.)
Aqqal Goal 77'		 Report Sadir Goal 63'
Attendance: 4,019
Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Costa Rica 4–2Portugal Portugal
Villalobos Goal 50'
Meira Goal 68' (o.g.)
Saborío Goal 71'
Brenes Goal 90+1'		 Report Almeida Goal 29'
Ribeiro Goal 54'
Attendance: 11,218
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Knockout stage[]

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
 
          
 
21 August – Athens Karaiskakis
 
 
 Mali0
 
24 August – Athens Karaiskakis
 
 Italy1
 
 Italy0
 
21 August – Patras
 
 Argentina3
 
 Argentina4
 
28 August – Athens Olympic
 
 Costa Rica0
 
 Argentina1
 
21 August – Heraklion
 
 Paraguay0
 
 Iraq1
 
24 August – Thessaloniki
 
 Australia0
 
 Iraq1
 
21 August – Thessaloniki
 
 Paraguay3 Bronze medal match
 
 Paraguay3
 
27 August – Thessaloniki
 
 South Korea2
 
 Italy1
 
 
 Iraq0
 

Quarter-finals[]

Mali 0–1 (a.e.t.) Italy
Report Bovo Goal 116'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 27,543
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
Iraq 1–0 Australia
E. Mohammed Goal 64' Report
Attendance: 10,023
Argentina 4–0 Costa Rica
Delgado Goal 24'
Tevez Goal 43', 82', 83'		 Report
Attendance: 9,929
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Paraguay 3–2 South Korea
Bareiro Goal 19', 71'
Cardozo Goal 61'		 Report Lee Chun-soo Goal 74', 79' (pen.)
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 4,080
Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Semi-finals[]

Italy 0–3 Argentina
Report Tevez Goal 16'
Lucho González Goal 69'
M. González Goal 84'
Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
Attendance: 30,910
Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Iraq 1–3 Paraguay
Farhan Goal 83' Report Cardozo Goal 17', 34'
Bareiro Goal 68'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 6,213
Referee: Éric Poulat (France)

Bronze medal match[]

Italy 1–0 Iraq
Gilardino Goal 8' Report
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Attendance: 5,203
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)

Gold medal match[]

2004 Summer Olympics Football Final
Argentina 1–0 Paraguay
Tevez Goal 18' Report
Olympic Stadium, Marousi
Attendance: 41,116
Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Final ranking[]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
1  Argentina (ARG) 6 6 0 0 17 0 +17 18
2  Paraguay (PAR) 6 4 0 2 12 9 +3 12
3  Italy (ITA) 6 3 1 2 7 8 −1 10
4  Iraq (IRQ) 6 3 0 3 9 8 +1 9
5  Mali (MLI) 4 1 2 1 5 4 +1 5
6  South Korea (KOR) 4 1 2 1 8 8 0 5
7  Australia (AUS) 4 1 1 2 6 4 +2 4
8  Costa Rica (CRC) 4 1 1 2 4 8 −4 4
9  Ghana (GHA) 3 1 1 1 4 4 0 4
10  Morocco (MAR) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
11  Mexico (MEX) 3 1 1 1 3 3 0 4
12  Tunisia (TUN) 3 1 1 1 4 5 −1 4
13  Japan (JPN) 3 1 0 2 6 7 −1 3
14  Portugal (POR) 3 1 0 2 6 9 −3 3
15  Greece (GRE) 3 0 1 2 4 7 −3 1
16  Serbia and Montenegro (SCG) 3 0 0 3 3 14 −11 0
Source:[citation needed]

Statistics[]

Goalscorers[]

With eight goals, Carlos Tevez of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 101 goals were scored by 65 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.

8 goals
  • Argentina Carlos Tevez
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals
  • Greece Loukas Vyntra (playing against South Korea)
  • Mali Adama Tamboura (playing against South Korea)
  • Iraq Haidar Jabar (playing against Portugal)
  • Portugal Fernando Meira (playing against Costa Rica)

References[]

  1. ^ "Football at the 2004 Athens Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.

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