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The UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs were the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2004. They were contested by the ten runners-up from the first-round groups of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament. The winners of each of the five home and away ties joined the group winners in the European Championship in Portugal. The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2003.

Qualified teams

All ten group runners-up from the qualifying groups entered the play-offs:

Group	Runner-up
1	Slovenia
2	Norway
3	Netherlands
4	Latvia
5	Scotland
6	Spain
7	Turkey
8	Croatia
9	Wales
10	Russia

Draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany, to determine the five pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. No seeding system was used, making the draw an open one.

Summary

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

Matches

Latvia	1–0	Turkey
Verpakovskis 29'	Report

Turkey	2–2	Latvia
Mansız 20' Şükür 64'	Report	Laizāns 66' Verpakovskis 78'

Latvia won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Scotland	1–0	Netherlands
McFadden 22'	Report

Netherlands	6–0	Scotland
Sneijder 13' Ooijer 32' Van Nistelrooy 37', 51', 67' F. de Boer 65'	Report

Netherlands won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Croatia	1–1	Slovenia
Pršo 5'	Report	Šiljak 22'

Slovenia	0–1	Croatia
	Report	Pršo 61'

Croatia won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Russia	0–0	Wales
	Report

Wales	0–1	Russia
	Report	Evseev 21'

Russia won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Spain	2–1	Norway
Raúl 21' H. Berg 85' (o.g.)	Report	Iversen 15'

Norway	0–3	Spain
	Report	Raúl 34' Vicente 49' Etxeberria 57'

Spain won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

• Ruud van Nistelrooy

2 goals

• Dado Pršo
• Māris Verpakovskis
• Raúl

1 goal

• Juris Laizāns
• Frank de Boer
• André Ooijer
• Wesley Sneijder
• Steffen Iversen
• Vadim Evseev
• James McFadden
• Ermin Šiljak
• Joseba Etxeberria
• Vicente Rodríguez
• İlhan Mansız
• Hakan Şükür

1 own goal

• Henning Berg (against Spain)

References

1. "Latvia v Turkey, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
2. "Turkey v Latvia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
3. "Scotland v Netherlands, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
4. "Netherlands v Scotland, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
5. "Croatia v Slovenia, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
6. "Slovenia v Croatia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
7. "Russia v Wales, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
8. "Wales v Russia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
9. "Spain v Norway, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
10. "Norway v Spain, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.

• UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
• 2003–04 in Slovenian football
• 2003–04 in Welsh football
• 2003 in Russian football
• Netherlands at UEFA Euro 2004
• 2003–04 in Scottish football
• 2003–04 in Turkish football
• 2003 in Latvian football
• Spain at UEFA Euro 2004
• 2003 in Norwegian football
• Croatia at UEFA Euro 2004
• Latvia at UEFA Euro 2004
• Russia at UEFA Euro 2004