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Football, Men

Date11 – 28 August 2004
StatusOlympic
LocationOlympiako Stadio, Olympiako Athletiko Kentro Athinon Spiros Loues, Maroussi / Ethniko Kaftanzogleio Stadio Thessalonikis, Thessaloniki / Stadio Georgios Karaiskakis, Athina / Pampeloponnisiako Stadio, Patras / Pankritio Stadio, Iraklion / Panthessaliko Stadio, Volos
Participants259 from 16 countries
FormatRound-robin pools advance teams to single-elimination tournament of eight teams.

The sensation of the 2004 Olympic football tournament was the team from Iraq. Their NOC’s suspension was only lifted in early 2004, but the war-ravaged country managed to qualify for Athens. In the group stage, it upset Cristiano Ronaldo’s Portugal and Costa Rica for a quarter-final spot. Their dream continued with a 1-0 victory over Australia. Another surprise was Paraguay, which had never won an Olympic medal prior to 2004. In the semi-final, they played Iraq (which had only won a single Olympic medal in 1960), winning 3-1. Iraq then failed to end the tournament on a high, losing against Italy’s more experienced players for the bronze. The final saw two South American teams pitted against each other for the first time since 1928. Argentina then played Uruguay, but lost the final, as it did in 1996. In fact, Argentina had not won an Olympic title since 1952, but 28 August 2004 proved a good day for them. First the football team broke the 52-year dry spell, followed by their basketball squad later in the day. The title earned several young Argentine players transfers to major European teams. The tournament’s top scorer, Carlos Tévez, remained in Argentina though. Overall though, the 2004 Olympic football tournament was not a great success. Most of the matches were very poorly attended, and the quality level of the tournament was low. As had been the case since at least the 1960s, many observers called for the sport to be excluded from the Olympics.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1ArgentinaARGGold
18Germán Lux
2Roberto Ayala
4Fabricio Coloccini
6Gabriel Heinze
5Javier Mascherano
11Kily González
15Andrés D'Alessandro
16Luis González
8César Delgado
10Carlos Tévez
12Mauro Rosales
3Nicolás Burdisso
7Javier Saviola
13Nicolás Medina
14Clemente Rodríguez
17Mariano González
22Óscar Ustari DNS
1Willy Caballero DNS
21Leandro Fernández DNS
9Lucho Figueroa DNS
20Gonzalo Javier Rodríguez DNS
19Maxi Rodríguez DNS
CoachMarcelo Bielsa
2ParaguayPARSilver
18Diego Barreto
3Julio Manzur
4Carlos Gamarra
5José Devaca
6Celso Esquivel
11Aureliano Torres
15Ernesto Cristaldo
8Édgar Barreto
10Diego Figueredo
7Pablo Giménez
17José Cardozo
2Emilio Martínez
9Fredy Bareiro
12Pedro Benítez
13Julio César Enciso
14Julio González
16Osvaldo Díaz
22Ever Caballero DNS
21Víctor Mareco DNS
1Rodrigo Romero DNS
19Roque Santa Cruz DNS
20Nelson Valdez DNS
CoachCarlos Jara
3ItalyITABronze
18Ivan Pelizzoli
3Emiliano Moretti
4Matteo Ferrari
5Daniele Bonera
13Andrea Barzagli
6Daniele De Rossi
7Giampiero Pinzi
8Angelo Palombo
10Andrea Pirlo
9Alberto Gilardino
11Giuseppe Sculli
2Giorgio Chiellini
12Andrea Gasbarroni
14Cesare Bovo
15Marco Donadel
16Simone Del Nero
17Giandomenico Mesto
22Federico Agliardi DNS
1Marco Amelia DNS
20Alberto Aquilani DNS
21Rolando Bianchi DNS
19Alessandro Potenza DNS
CoachClaudio Gentile
4IraqIRQ
3Bassim Abbas
14Haidar Abdul-Amir
12Haidar Abdul-Razzaq
5Nashat Akram
2Saad Attiya
9Razzaq Farhan
4Haidar Jabar
15Mahdi Karim
10Younis Mahmoud
16Ahmed Manajid
7Emad Mohammed
11Hawar Mulla Mohammed
13Qusai Munir
1Nour Sabri
6Salih Sadir
17Ahmed Salah Alwan
8Abdul Wahab Abu Al-Hail
21Yassir Raad DNS
20Haidar Sabah DNS
18Uday Talib DNS
CoachAdnan Hamad
5MaliMLI
18Cheick Bathily
3Adama Tamboura
5Boubacar Koné
8Abdou Traoré
16Moussa Coulibaly
2Mamadi Berthe
14Momo Sissoko
7Tenema N'Diaye
13Dramane Traoré
15Jimmy Kébé
17Mamadou Diallo
6Boucader Diallo
9Rafan Sidibe
10Mintou Doucoure
11Sédonoudé Abouta
12Drissa Diakité
4Soumbeïla Diakité DNS
21Mohamed Fall DNS
1Fousseni Tangara DNS
19Alain Claude Traoré DNS
20Oumar Traoré DNS
CoachCheick Oumar Koné
6Republic of KoreaKOR
1Kim Yeong-Gwang
3Kim Chi-Gon
4Park Yong-Ho
6Yu Sang-Cheol
7Kim Du-Hyeon
12Park Gyu-Seon
13Kim Dong-Jin
14Kim Jeong-U
9Lee Cheon-Su
11Choi Tae-Uk
17Jo Jae-Jin
2Choi Won-Gon
5Jo Byeong-Guk
8Jeong Gyeong-Ho
10Choi Seong-Guk
16Nam Gung-Do
21Jeon Jae-Un DNS
20Kim Dong-Hyeon DNS
18Kim Ji-Hyeok DNS
15Lee Jeong-Yeol DNS
19Im Yu-Hwan DNS
22Park Dong-Seok DNS
CoachKim Ho-Kon
7AustraliaAUS
18Eugene Galekovic
2Jade North
3Shane Cansdell-Sherriff
4Craig Moore
6Adrian Madaschi
7Ahmad Elrich
8Luke Wilkshire
10Tim Cahill
13Carl Valeri
9John Aloisi
11Alex Brosque
5Jon McKain
14Brett Holman
15Anthony Danze
16Spase Dilevski
17Ryan Griffiths
19Nick Carle DNS
1Brad Jones DNS
20Wayne Srhoj DNS
12David Tarka DNS
21Michael Thwaite DNS
22Michael Turnbull DNS
CoachFrank Farina
8Costa RicaCRC
18Neighel Drummond
3Pablo Salazar
4Michael Umaña
5Roy Myrie
14José Villalobos
15Júnior Díaz
8José Luis López
9Pablo Brenes
16Carlos Hernández
7Eric Scott
11Álvaro Saborío
6Whayne Wilson
10Warren Granados
17Jairo Arrieta
12Leonardo Araya DNS
21Christian Blanco DNS
1Víctor Bolívar DNS
20Erick Marín DNS
22Patrick Pemberton DNS
2Michael Rodríguez DNS
13Daniel Vallejos DNS
CoachRodrigo Kenton
9GhanaGHA
1George Owu
4Emmanuel Osei
5John Mensah
6Emmanuel Pappoe
14John Paintsil
15Daniel Coleman
17Yussif Chibsah
3Baffour Gyan
10Stephen Appiah
12Asamoah Gyan
16William Kwabena Tiero
2Nasir Lamine
8Charles Taylor
9Kwadwo Poku
11Patrick Villars
13Razak Pimpong
22Ibrahim Abdul Razak DNS
18Mohammed Alhassan DNS
20Derek Boateng DNS
7Abubakar Yahuza DNS
CoachMariano Barreto
=10MoroccoMAR
18Nadir Lamyaghri
2Moncef Zerka
4Jamal Alioui
6Badr El-Kaddouri
13Oussama Souaidy
16Amine Erbati
17Otmane El-Assas
7Farid Talhaoui
10Bouabid Bouden
11Mehdi Taouil
12Bouchaib El-Moubarki
3Salaheddine Aqqal
5Merouane Zemmama
8Yazid Kaissi
14Azzeddine Ourahou
15Tajeddine Sami
20Abdelouahad Abdessamad DNS
21Jawad Akadar DNS
4Mustapha Allaoui DNS
22Youssef Boutarbouch DNS
1Omar Charef DNS
19Younes Zarouk DNS
CoachMustapha Madih
=10MexicoMEX
1José Corona
2Francisco Rodríguez
3Mario Pérez
10Luis Pérez
6Aarón Galindo
8Diego Martínez
15Hugo Sánchez
5Israel López
7 Zinha
9Omar Bravo
11Rafael Márquez
12Gonzalo Pineda
13Amaury Ponce
14Juan Pablo García
16Ismael Íñiguez
19Jaime Durán DNS
17Gerardo Espinoza DNS
20Joel Huiqui DNS
21Alberto Medina DNS
18Guillermo Ochoa DNS
4Ismael Rodríguez DNS
22Cirilo Saucedo DNS
CoachRicardo La Volpe
12TunisiaTUN
15 José Clayton
1Khaled Fadhel
2Anis Boussaidi
3Karim Haggui
4Alaeddine Yahia
8Zied Bhairi
6Hocine Ragued
10Khaled Mouelhi
13Wissem Ben Yahia
9Ali Zitouni
17Mohamed Jedidi
5Sabeur Trabelsi
11Amine Ltaief
12Anis Ayari
14Mejdi Traoui
16Issam Merdassi
21Haykel Guemamdia DNS
7Amir Hadj Messoud DNS
19Issam Jomaa DNS
22Hamdi Kasraoui DNS
18Jassem Khalloufi DNS
20Fethi Mechergui DNS
CoachKhemais Labidi
13JapanJPN
1Hitoshi Sogahata
2 Tulio
3Teruyuki Moniwa
4Daisuke Nasu
15Yuhei Tokunaga
5Yuki Abe
6Yasuyuki Konno
7Koji Morisaki
8Shinji Ono
9Daiki Takamatsu
16Yoshito Okubo
10Daisuke Matsui
11Tatsuya Tanaka
12Naoya Kikuchi
13Yuichi Komano
14Naohiro Ishikawa
17Sota Hirayama
22Takuto Hayashi DNS
21Kunie Kitamoto DNS
18Takaya Kurokawa DNS
20Ryoichi Maeda DNS
19Daisuke Sakata DNS
CoachMasakuni Yamamoto
14PortugalPOR
9Hugo Almeida
4Bruno Alves
16 João Paulo
12 Frechaut
14 Bosingwa
5Ricardo Costa
17 Danny
10Carlos Martins
6Fernando Meira
3Raul Meireles
1 Moreira
2 Mário Sérgio
13Luís Boa Morte
11Jorge Ribeiro
7 Cristiano Ronaldo
15 Lourenço
8Hugo Viana
22 Beto DNS
20 Custódio DNS
18Bruno Vale DNS
CoachJosé Romão
15GreeceGRE
1Georgios Amparis
3Panagiotis Lagos
4Vangelis Moras
5Spyros Vallas
8Kostas Nempegleras
16Loukas Vyntra
6Ieroklis Stoltidis
14Georgios Fotakis
15Miltos Sapanis
7Tasos Argitis
11Dimitrios Papadopoulos
2Aristidis Galanopoulos
9Dimitrios Salpingidis
10Nikolaos Mitrou
17Giannis Taralidis
18Kleopas Giannouthesi
13Fanourios Goundoulakis DNS
12Christos Karypidis DNS
19Dimitrios Kontodimos DNS
21Dimosthenis Manousakis DNS
22Michail Sifakis DNS
CoachStratos Apostolakis
16Serbia and MontenegroSCG
1Nikola Milojević
3Bojan Neziri
4Milan Stepanov
5Đorđe Jokić
6Marko Baša
13Marko Lomić
7Dejan Milovanović
10Simon Vukčević
11Igor Matić
9Andrija Delibašić
17Srđan Radonjić
12Branimir Petrović
14Branko Lazarević
15Miloš Krasić
16Nikola Nikezić
8Goran Lovre
2Milan Biševac
18Aleksandar Čanović DNS
19Vladimir Dišljenković DNS
20Nikola Jozić DNS
22Marko Perović DNS
21Dragan Stančić DNS
CoachVladimir Petrović

Preliminary Round

Date11 – 18 August 2004

Group A

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1MaliMLI12055-3Q
2Republic of KoreaKOR12056-5Q
3MexicoMEX11143-3
4GreeceGRE01214-7
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #111 Aug 20:30GreeceGRE2 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR
Match #211 Aug 20:30MexicoMEX0 – 0MaliMLI
Match #314 Aug 20:30Republic of KoreaKOR1 – 0MexicoMEX
Match #414 Aug 20:30MaliMLI2 – 0GreeceGRE
Match #517 Aug 20:30Republic of KoreaKOR3 – 3MaliMLI
Match #617 Aug 20:30MexicoMEX3 – 2GreeceGRE

Group B

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ParaguayPAR20166-5Q
2ItalyITA11145-5Q
3GhanaGHA11144-4
4JapanJPN10236-7
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #112 Aug 20:30ParaguayPAR4 – 3JapanJPN
Match #212 Aug 20:30GhanaGHA2 – 2ItalyITA
Match #315 Aug 20:30GhanaGHA2 – 1ParaguayPAR
Match #415 Aug 20:30ItalyITA3 – 2JapanJPN
Match #518 Aug 20:30ParaguayPAR1 – 0ItalyITA
Match #618 Aug 20:30JapanJPN1 – 0GhanaGHA

Group C

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1ArgentinaARG30099-0Q
2AustraliaAUS11146-3Q
3TunisiaTUN11144-5
4Serbia and MontenegroSCG00303-14
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #111 Aug 20:30AustraliaAUS1 – 1TunisiaTUN
Match #211 Aug 20:30ArgentinaARG6 – 0Serbia and MontenegroSCG
Match #314 Aug 20:30AustraliaAUS5 – 1Serbia and MontenegroSCG
Match #414 Aug 20:30ArgentinaARG2 – 0TunisiaTUN
Match #517 Aug 20:30ArgentinaARG1 – 0AustraliaAUS
Match #617 Aug 20:30TunisiaTUN3 – 2Serbia and MontenegroSCG

Group D

PosTeamNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1IraqIRQ20167-4Q
2Costa RicaCRC11144-4Q
3MoroccoMAR11143-3
4PortugalPOR10236-9
MatchDate/TimeTeamNOCResultTeamNOC
Match #112 Aug 20:30Costa RicaCRC0 – 0MoroccoMAR
Match #212 Aug 20:30IraqIRQ4 – 2PortugalPOR
Match #315 Aug 20:30IraqIRQ2 – 0Costa RicaCRC
Match #415 Aug 20:30PortugalPOR2 – 1MoroccoMAR
Match #518 Aug 20:30Costa RicaCRC4 – 2PortugalPOR
Match #618 Aug 20:30MoroccoMAR2 – 1IraqIRQ

Quarter-Finals

Date21 August 2004
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #121 Aug 18:00ItalyITA1 – 0MaliMLIAET
Match #221 Aug 18:00ArgentinaARG4 – 0Costa RicaCRC
Match #321 Aug 21:00IraqIRQ1 – 0AustraliaAUS
Match #421 Aug 21:00ParaguayPAR3 – 2Republic of KoreaKOR

Semi-Finals

Date24 August 2004
FormatSingle-elimination.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #124 Aug 18:00ArgentinaARG3 – 0ItalyITA
Match #224 Aug 21:00ParaguayPAR3 – 1IraqIRQ

Final Round

Date27 – 28 August 2004
FormatMedal round.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match 1/228 Aug 10:00ArgentinaARG1 – 0ParaguayPAR
Match 3/427 Aug 20:30ItalyITA1 – 0IraqIRQ