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2004 Men's Olympic Football Tournament
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.

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

Venues

Athens Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament is located in GreeceOlympic StadiumOlympic StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumKaraiskakis StadiumPankritio StadiumPankritio StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumPampeloponnisiako StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumKaftanzoglio StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumPanthessaliko StadiumFootball at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament (Greece) Patras
Olympic Stadium Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Capacity: 71,030 Capacity: 23,558
Piraeus Thessaloniki
Karaiskakis Stadium Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Capacity: 33,334 Capacity: 27,770
Heraklion Volos
Pankritio Stadium Panthessaliko Stadium
Capacity: 26,240 Capacity: 22,700

Match officials

Africa
Asia
North and Central America
South America
Europe
Oceania

Seeding

The draw for the tournament took place on 9 June 2004. Argentina, Greece, Japan and Morocco were seeded for the draw and placed into groups A–D, respectively. The remaining teams were drawn from four pots with teams from the same region kept apart.

Pot 1: Host, Top-Seeded teams from Africa, Americas and Asia Pot 2: Non-top seeded teams from Asia and Oceania Pot 3: Non-top seeded teams from Americas Pot 4: Non-top seeded teams from Africa Pot 5: Non-top seeded teams from Europe

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:
South Korea 2–2 Greece
Kim Dong-jin 43'
Vyntra 64' (o.g.)		 Report Taralidis 78'
Papadopoulos 82' (pen.)
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 25,152Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Mali 0–0 Mexico
Report
Panthessaliko Stadium, VolosAttendance: 10,104Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
South Korea 1–0 Mexico
Kim Jung-woo 16' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 14,026Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Greece 0–2 Mali
Report Berthe 2'
N'Diaye 45'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 17,123Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
South Korea 3–3 Mali
Cho Jae-jin 57', 59'
Tamboura 64' (o.g.)		 Report N'Diaye 7', 24', 55'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 3,320Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
Greece 2–3 Mexico
Taralidis 82' (pen.)
Stoltidis 90+3'		 Report Márquez 47'
Bravo 70', 86'
Panthessaliko Stadium, VolosAttendance: 21,597Referee: Divine Evehe (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:
Paraguay 4–3 Japan
Giménez 5'
Cardozo 26', 37'
Torres 62'		 Report Ono 22' (pen.), 53' (pen.)
Ōkubo 81'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 5,318Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Ghana 2–2 Italy
Pappoe 36'
Appiah 45+1'		 Report Pinzi 49'
Gilardino 83'
Panthessaliko Stadium, VolosAttendance: 7,012Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Paraguay 1–2 Ghana
Gamarra 76' Tiero 81'
Appiah 84'
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 1,119Referee: Benito Archundia (Mexico)
Japan 2–3 Italy
Abe 21'
Takamatsu 90+1'		 Report De Rossi 3'
Gilardino 8', 36'
Panthessaliko Stadium, VolosAttendance: 9,487Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
Paraguay 1–0 Italy
Bareiro 14' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 24,160Referee: Claus Bo Larsen (Denmark)
Japan 1–0 Ghana
Ōkubo 37' Report
Panthessaliko Stadium, VolosAttendance: 6,813Referee: 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:
Tunisia 1–1 Australia
Zitouni 69' Report Aloisi 45'
Pankritio Stadium, HeraklionAttendance: 15,757Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Argentina 6–0 Serbia and Montenegro
Delgado 11'
C. González 17'
Tevez 42', 43'
Heinze 74'
Rosales 77'		 Report
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, PatrasAttendance: 14,657Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Serbia and Montenegro 1–5 Australia
Radonjić 72' Report Cahill 11'
Aloisi 45+1', 57'
Elrich 60', 86'
Pankritio Stadium, HeraklionAttendance: 8,857Referee: Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (Malaysia)
Argentina 2–0 Tunisia
Tevez 39'
Saviola 72'		 Report
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, PatrasAttendance: 5,112Referee: Éric Poulat (France)
Argentina 1–0 Australia
D'Alessandro 9' Report
Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 26,338Referee: Essam Abd El Fatah (Egypt)
Serbia and Montenegro 2–3 Tunisia
Krasić 70'
Vukčević 87'		 Report Clayton 41'
Jedidi 83' (pen.)
Zitouni 89'
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, PatrasAttendance: 7,214Referee: Charles Ariiotima (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:
Costa Rica 0–0 Morocco
Report
Pankritio Stadium, HeraklionAttendance: 3,212Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)
Iraq 4–2 Portugal
E. Mohammed 16'
H. Mohammed 29'
Mahmoud 56'
Sadir 90+3'		 Report Haidar 13' (o.g.)
Bosingwa 45'
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, PatrasAttendance: 5,689Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)
Costa Rica 0–2 Iraq
Report H. Mohammed 67'
Karim 72'
Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 12,150Referee: Charles Ariiotima (Tahiti)
Morocco 1–2 Portugal
Bouden 85' Report C. Ronaldo 40'
R. Costa 73'
Pankritio Stadium, HeraklionAttendance: 7,581Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Morocco 2–1 Iraq
Bouden 69' (pen.)
Aqqal 77'		 Report Sadir 63'
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, PatrasAttendance: 4,019Referee: Horacio Elizondo (Argentina)
Costa Rica 4–2 Portugal
Villalobos 50'
Meira 68' (o.g.)
Saborío 71'
Brenes 90+1'		 Report Almeida 29'
Ribeiro 54'
Pankritio Stadium, HeraklionAttendance: 11,218Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)

Knockout stage

 Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsGold medal match
           
 21 August – Athens Karaiskakis
 
  Mali0
 24 August – Athens Karaiskakis
  Italy (a.e.t.)1
  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 116'
Karaiskakis Stadium, PiraeusAttendance: 27,543Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
Iraq 1–0 Australia
E. Mohammed 64' Report
Pankritio Stadium, HeraklionAttendance: 10,023Referee: Carlos Batres (Guatemala)
Argentina 4–0 Costa Rica
Delgado 24'
Tevez 43', 82', 83'		 Report
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, PatrasAttendance: 9,292Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)
Paraguay 3–2 South Korea
Bareiro 19', 71'
Cardozo 61'		 Report Lee Chun-soo 74', 79' (pen.)
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, ThessalonikiAttendance: 4,080Referee: Massimo De Santis (Italy)

Semi-finals

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

Bronze medal match

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

Gold medal match

Argentina 1–0 Paraguay
Tevez 18' Report
Olympic Stadium, MarousiAttendance: 41,116Referee: Kyros Vassaras (Greece)

Source for cards:

Team details
Argentina Paraguay
GK 18 Germán Lux
DF 4 Fabricio Coloccini
DF 2 Roberto Ayala (c)
DF 6 Gabriel Heinze
MF 16 Luis O. González
MF 5 Javier Mascherano
MF 11 Kily González Yellow card 48'
MF 15 Andrés D'Alessandro
MF 12 Mauro Rosales
FW 10 Carlos Tevez
FW 8 César Delgado downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutes:
DF 14 Clemente Rodríguez upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Argentina Marcelo Bielsa
GK 18 Diego Barreto
DF 2 Emilio Martínez Red card 66'
DF 3 Julio Manzur Yellow card 37'
DF 4 Carlos Gamarra (c) Yellow card 30'
DF 6 Celso Esquivel Yellow card 45' downward-facing red arrow 76'
MF 8 Edgar Barreto downward-facing red arrow 72'
MF 11 Aureliano Torres Yellow card 72'
MF 10 Diego Figueredo Yellow card 65'
MF 13 Julio Enciso downward-facing red arrow 63'
FW 7 Pablo Giménez
FW 9 Fredy Bareiro
Substitutes:
MF 16 Osvaldo Díaz upward-facing green arrow 63'
FW 15 Ernesto Cristaldo upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 14 Julio V. González upward-facing green arrow 76' Yellow card 87'
Manager:
Paraguay Carlos Jara Saguier

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:

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.

Carlos Tevez, key player and top scorer (8 goals)
8 goals
5 goals
4 goals
3 goals
2 goals
1 goal
Own goals

References

  1. "Football at the 2004 Athens Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2018.
  2. "Torneo Olímpico de Fútbol • 28 Aug 2004 • 04:00 • Olympic Stadium" (in Spanish). FIFA. Retrieved 26 December 2022.

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