Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament
International football competition
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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]
Host countryGreece
Dates11–28 August
Teams16 (from 6 confederations)
Venue6 (in 5 host cities)
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| Tournament details | |
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| Host country | Greece |
| Dates | 11–28 August |
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) |
| Venue | 6 (in 5 host cities) |
| Final positions | |
| Champions |  Argentina (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Paraguay |
| Third place |  Italy |
| Fourth place |  Iraq |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 32 |
| Goals scored | 101 (3.16 per match) |
| Attendance | 401,415 (12,544 per match) |
| Top scorer(s) | Carlos Tevez (8 goals) |
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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 (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
- Olympic Stadium, Athens
- Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
- Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
- Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
- Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
- Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
| Athens | Patras | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Olympic Stadium | Pampeloponnisiako Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 71,030 | Capacity: 23,558 | ||
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| Piraeus | Thessaloniki | ||
| Karaiskakis Stadium | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 33,334 | Capacity: 27,770 | ||
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| Heraklion | Volos | ||
| Pankritio Stadium | Panthessaliko Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 26,240 | Capacity: 22,700 | ||
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Match officials
- North and Central America
- South America
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 |
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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 |
| South Korea | 2–2 | Greece |
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Kim Dong-jin  43'Vyntra 64' (o.g.) |
Report | Taralidis 78' Papadopoulos 82' (pen.) |
| South Korea | 1–0 | Mexico |
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| Kim Jung-woo 16' |
Report |
| South Korea | 3–3 | Mali |
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| Cho Jae-jin 57', 59' Tamboura 64' (o.g.) |
Report | N'Diaye 7', 24', 55' |
Group B
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 |
| Argentina | 6–0 | Serbia and Montenegro |
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| Delgado 11' C. González 17'Tevez 42', 43'Heinze 74'Rosales 77' |
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| Argentina | 1–0 | Australia |
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| D'Alessandro 9' |
Report |
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 |
| Costa Rica | 0–0 | Morocco |
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| Report |
| Iraq | 4–2 | Portugal |
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| E. Mohammed 16' H. Mohammed 29'Mahmoud 56'Sadir 90+3' |
Report | Haidar 13' (o.g.) Bosingwa 45' |
| Costa Rica | 0–2 | Iraq |
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| Report | H. Mohammed 67' Karim 72' |
| Costa Rica | 4–2 | Portugal |
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| Villalobos 50' Meira 68' (o.g.)Saborío 71'Brenes 90+1' |
Report | Almeida 29' Ribeiro 54' |
Knockout stage
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Gold medal match | ||||||||
| 21 August – Athens (Karaiskakis) | ||||||||||
| Mali | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 August – Athens (Karaiskakis) | ||||||||||
| Italy (a.e.t.) | 1 | |||||||||
| Italy | 0 | |||||||||
| 21 August – Patras | ||||||||||
| Argentina | 3 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 4 | |||||||||
| 28 August – Athens (Olympic) | ||||||||||
| Costa Rica | 0 | |||||||||
| Argentina | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 August – Heraklion | ||||||||||
| Paraguay | 0 | |||||||||
| Iraq | 1 | |||||||||
| 24 August – Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
| Australia | 0 | |||||||||
| Iraq | 1 | |||||||||
| 21 August – Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
| Paraguay | 3 | Bronze medal match | ||||||||
| Paraguay | 3 | |||||||||
| 27 August – Thessaloniki | ||||||||||
| South Korea | 2 | |||||||||
| Italy | 1 | |||||||||
| Iraq | 0 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
| Iraq | 1–0 | Australia |
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| E. Mohammed 64' |
Report |
| Argentina | 4–0 | Costa Rica |
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| Delgado 24' Tevez 43', 82', 83' |
Report |
| Paraguay | 3–2 | South Korea |
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| Bareiro 19', 71' Cardozo 61' |
Report | Lee Chun-soo 74', 79' (pen.) |
Semi-finals
| Italy | 0–3 | Argentina |
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| Report | Tevez 16' Lucho González 69'M. González 84' |
Bronze medal match
Gold medal match
Source for cards:[2]
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Final ranking
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
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| 1 |  Argentina |
6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | +17 | 18 |
| 2 | Paraguay |
6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 9 | +3 | 12 |
| 3 | Italy |
6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | −1 | 10 |
| 4 | Iraq |
6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 8 | +1 | 9 |
| 5 | Mali |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | +1 | 5 |
| 6 | South Korea |
4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 5 |
| 7 |  Australia |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | +2 | 4 |
| 8 | Costa Rica |
4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | −4 | 4 |
| 9 | Ghana |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Morocco |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Mexico |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 |
| 12 | Tunisia |
3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | −1 | 4 |
| 13 | Japan |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | −1 | 3 |
| 14 | Portugal |
3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | −3 | 3 |
| 15 | Greece |
3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | −3 | 1 |
| 16 | Serbia and Montenegro |
3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | −11 | 0 |
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
- 5 goals
- 4 goals
- 3 goals
- 2 goals
- 1 goal
Andrés D'Alessandro- Gabriel Heinze
- Kily González
- Lucho González
- Mariano González
- Mauro Rosales
- Javier Saviola
Tim Cahill
Pablo Brenes- Álvaro Saborío
- José Villalobos
Emmanuel Pappoe- William Tiero
Dimitrios Papadopoulos- Ieroklis Stoltidis
Razzaq Farhan- Mahdi Karim
- Younis Mahmoud
Cesare Bovo- Daniele De Rossi
- Giampiero Pinzi
Yūki Abe- Daiki Takamatsu
Mamadi Berthe
Rafael Márquez Lugo
Salaheddine Aqqal
Carlos Gamarra- Pablo Giménez
- Aureliano Torres
Hugo Almeida- José Bosingwa
- Ricardo Costa
- Jorge Ribeiro
- Cristiano Ronaldo
Miloš Krasić- Srđan Radonjić
- Simon Vukčević
Kim Dong-jin- Kim Jung-woo
José Clayton- Mohamed Jedidi
- Own goals
- Loukas Vyntra (playing against South Korea)
- Adama Tamboura (playing against South Korea)
- Haidar Jabar (playing against Portugal)
- Fernando Meira (playing against Costa Rica)