Football at the Summer Olympics

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The football (soccer) tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on August 11, (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on August 28.

The men's tournament is played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulations [1] (http://fifa.com/documents/tournaments/olympic/Olympia_e.pdf) states: "The Tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams."

Contents

Venues

Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens
Olympic Stadium, Athens
Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio
Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patra
Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Men

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
20px Argentina

German Lux
Wilfredo Caballero
Roberto Ayala
Fabricio Coloccini
Gabriel Heinze
Clemente Rodriguez
Leandro Fernandez
Javier Mascherano
Cristian Gonzalez
Andres D'Alessandro
Luis Gonzalez
Nicolas Medina
Cesar Delgado
Carlos Tevez
Mauro Rosales
Javier Pedro Saviola
Mariano Gonzalez

Coach: Marcelo Bielsa

20px Paraguay

Rodrigo Romero
Emilio Martinez
Julio Manzur
Carlos Gamarra
José Devaca
Celso Esquivel
Pablo Gimenez
Edgar Barreto
Fredy Barreiro
Diego Figueredo
Aureliano Torres
Pedro Benitez
Julio César Enciso
Julio Gonzalez
Ernesto Cristaldo
Osvaldo Diaz
Jorge Cardozo
Diego Barreto
Coach: Carlos Jara

Italy_flag_large.png Italy

Ivan Pelizzoli
Marco Amelia
Emiliano Moretti
Matteo Ferrari
Andrea Barzagli
Cesare Bovo
Giorgio Chellini
Daniele Bonera
Giampiero Pinzi
Angelo Palombo
Andrea Pirlo
Daniele de Rossi
Marco Donadel
Alberto Gilardino
Simone del Nero
Giuseppe Sculli
Andrea Gasbarroni
Giandomenico Mesto
Coach: Claudio Gentile

Group A

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
20px Mali 3120535
20px South Korea 3120655
20px Mexico 3111334
20px Greece 3012471


August 11 20:30 South Korea 2 - 2 Greece Thessaloniki
    Kim Dong Jin 43 min

Vyntra 64 min (og)

      Taralidis 78 min

Papadopoulos 82 min

 
August 11 20:30 Mali 0 - 0 Mexico Volos
August 14 20:30 South Korea 1 - 0 Mexico Athens
Kim Jung-woo 15 min
August 14 20:30 Greece 0 - 2 Mali Thessaloniki
Mamadi Berthe 2 min
Tenema Ndiaye 45 min
August 17 20:30 South Korea 3 - 3 Mali Thessaloniki
   

 

Cho Jae 57 min
Cho Jae 59 min
Tamboura 64 min (og) 		     

 

Ndiaye 7 min
Ndiaye 24 min
Ndiaye 55 min
August 17 20:30 Greece 2 - 3 Mexico Volos
   

 

Taralidis 82 min
Stoltidis 94 min+ 		     

 

Marquez 47 min
Bravo 70 min
Bravo 86 min


Group B

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
20px Paraguay 3201656
20px Italy 3111554
20px Ghana 3111444
20px Japan 3102673


August 12 20:30 Paraguay 4 - 3 Japan Thessaloniki
    Gimenez 5 min
Cardozo 26 min
Cardozo 37 min
Torres 62 min 		      Ono 22 min
Ono 53 min
Okubo 81 min 		 
August 12 20:30 Ghana 2 - 2 Italy Volos
    Pappoe 36 min
Appiah 46 min+ 		      Pinzi 49 min
Gilardino 83 min 		 
August 15 20:30 Paraguay 1 - 2 Ghana Thessaloniki
    Gamarra 76 min       Tiero 81 min
Appiah 84 min 		 
August 15 20:30 Japan 2 - 3 Italy Volos
    Abe 20 min
Takamatsu 91 min 		      De Rossi 3 min
Gilardino 8 min
Gilardino 36 min 		 
August 18 20:30 Paraguay 1 - 0 Italy Athens
   

 

Bareiro 14 min
August 18 20:30 Japan 1 - 0 Ghana Volos
   

 

Okubo 37 min


Group C

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
20px Argentina 3300909
20px Australia 3111634
20px Tunisia 3111454
20px Serbia and Montenegro 30033140


August 11 20:30 Tunisia 1 - 1 Australia Heraklio
    Zitouni 69 min       Aloisi 45 min
August 11 20:30 Argentina 6 - 0 Serbia and Montenegro Patras
    Delgado 11 min

Gonzalez 17 min
Tevez 42 min
Tevez 43 min
Heinze 74 min
Rosales 77 min

         
August 14 20:30 Serbia and Montenegro 1 - 5 Australia Heraklio
Srdan Radonjic 72 min Tim Cahill 11 min
John Aloisi 46 min
John Aloisi 57 min
Ahmad Elrich 60 min
Ahmad Elrich 86 min
August 14 20:30 Argentina 2 - 0 Tunisia Patras
Carlos Tevez 39 min
Javier Pedro Saviola 72 min
August 17 20:30 Argentina 1 - 0 Australia Athens
   

 

D'Alessandro 9 min
August 17 20:30 Serbia and Montenegro 2 - 3 Tunisia Patras
   

 

Krasic 70 min
Vukcevic 87 min 		     

 

Clayton 41 min
Jedidi 83 min
Zitouni 89 min


Group D

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
20px Iraq 3201746
20px Costa Rica 3111444
20px Morocco 3111334
20px Portugal 3102693


August 12 20:30 Costa Rica 0 - 0 Morocco Heraklio
August 12 20:30 Iraq 4 - 2 Portugal Patras
    Emad 16 min
Hawar Mulla 29 min
Younis 56 min
Salih 93 min 		     

 

Haidar 13 min (og)
Bosingwa 45 min
August 15 20:30 Costa Rica 0 - 2 Iraq Athens
           

 

Hawar Mulla 67 min
Mahdi 72 min
August 15 20:30 Morocco 1 - 2 Portugal Heraklio
   

 

Bouabid 85 min       Ronaldo 40 min
Ricardo 73 min
August 18 20:30 Costa Rica 4 - 2 Portugal Heraklio
   

 

Villalobos 50 min
Fernando 68 min (og)
Saborio 71 min
Brenes 91 min 		     

 

Hugo 29 min
Jorge 54 min
August 18 20:30 Morocco 2 - 1 Iraq Patras
   

 

Bouden 69 min
Aqqal 77 min 		     

 

Salih 63 min


Quarter Finals

August 21 18:00 Mali 0 - 1 Italy Athens
       

 

(aet)
           

 

Bovo 116 min
August 21 18:00 Iraq 1 - 0 Australia Heraklio
   

 

Emad 64 min
August 21 21:00 Argentina 4 - 0 Costa Rica Patras
   

 

Delgado 24 min
Tevez 43 min
Tevez 82 min
Tevez 83 min
August 21 21:00 Paraguay 3 - 2 South Korea Thessaloniki
   

 

Bareiro 19 min
Cardozo 61 min
Bareiro 71 min 		      Lee Chun 74 min
Lee Chun 79 min


Semi Finals

24 August 18:00 Italy 0 - 3 Argentina Athens
           

 

Tevez 16 min
L. González 69 min
M. González 84 min
24 August 21:00 Iraq 1 - 3 Paraguay Thessaloniki
   

 

Razzaq 83 min      

 

Cardozo 17 min
Cardozo 34 min
Bareiro 68 min


Bronze Medal Match

27 August 20:30 Italy 1 - 0 Iraq Thessaloniki
   

 

Gilardino 8 min


Final

28 August 10:00 Argentina 1 - 0 Paraguay Athens
   

 

Tevez 18 min


Women

Gold: Silver: Bronze:
20px United States

Briana Scurry
Heather Mitts
Christie Rampone
Cat Reddick
Lindsay Tarpley
Brandi Chastain
Shannon Boxx
Angela Hucles
Mia Hamm
Aly Wagner
Julie Foudy
Cindy Parlow
Kristine Lilly
Joy Fawcett
Kate Markgraf
Abby Wambach
Heather O'Reilly
Kristin Luckenbill

20px Brazil

Andreia
Maravilha
Monica
Tania
Juliana
Daniela
Rosana
Renata Costa
Aline
Formiga
Elaine
Maycon
Pretinha
Marta
Cristiane
Roseli
Dayane

20px Germany

Silke Rottenberg
Kerstin Stegeman
Kerstin Garefrekes
Steffi Jones
Sarah Guenther
Viola Odebrecht
Pia Wunderlich
Petra Wimbersky
Birgit Prinz
Renate Lingor
Martina Mueller
Navina Omilade
Sandra Minnert
Isabell Bachor
Sonja Fuss
Conny Pohlers
Ariane Hingst
Nadine Angerer

Group E

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
20px Sweden 2101223
20px Nigeria 2101223
20px Japan 2101113



August 11 18:00 Sweden 0 - 1 Japan Volos
            Arakawa 24 min  
August 14 20:30 Japan 0 - 1 Nigeria Athens
Vera Okolo 55 min
August 17 20:30 Sweden 2 - 1 Nigeria Volos
   

 

Marklund 68 min
Moström 73 min 		     

 

Akide 25 min


Group F

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
20px Germany 22001006
20px Mexico 2011131
20px China 2011191


August 11 18:00 Germany 8 - 0 China Patras
    Prinz 13 min
Prinz 21 min
Wunderlich 65 min
Prinz 73 min
Lingor 76 min
Pohlers 81 min
Prinz 88 min
Mueller 90 min 		         
August 14 20:30 China 1 - 1 Mexico Patras
Ji Ting 34 min Maribel Dominguez 11 min
August 17 20:30 Germany 2 - 0 Mexico Athens
   

 

Wimbersky 20 min
Prinz 79 min


Group G

　 Pld W D L GF GA Pts
20px United States 3210617
20px Brazil 3201826
20px Australia 3111224
20px Greece 30030110



August 11 18:00 Greece 0 - 3 United States Heraklio
            Boxx 14 min
Wambach 30 min
Hamm 82 min 		 
August 11 18:00 Brazil 1 - 0 Australia Thessaloniki
    Marta 36 min          
August 14 20:30 Greece 0 - 1 Australia Heraklio
Heather Garriock 27 min
August 14 20:30 United States 2 - 0 Brazil Thessaloniki
Hamm 58 min
Wambach 77 min
August 17 20:30 Greece 0 - 7 Brazil Patras
           

 

Pretinha 21 min
Cristiane 46 min
Grazielle 49 min
Cristiane 55 min
Marta 70 min
Daniela 72 min
Cristiane 77 min
August 17 20:30 United States 1 - 1 Australia Thessaloniki
   

 

Lilly 19 min      

 

Peters 82 min


Quarter Finals

20 August 18:00 Germany 2 - 1 Nigeria Patras
   

 

Jones 76 min
Pohlers 81 min 		     

 

Akide 49 min
20 August 18:00 United States 2 - 1 Japan Thessaloniki
   

 

Lilly 43 min
Wambach 59 min 		     

 

Yamamoto 48 min
20 August 21:00 Mexico 0 - 5 Brazil Heraklio
           

 

Cristiane 25 min
Formiga 29 min
Cristiane 49 min
Formiga 54 min
Marta 60 min
20 August 21:00 Sweden 2 - 1 Australia Volos
   

 

Ljungberg 25 min
Larsson 30 min 		     

 

de Vanna 48 min


Semi Finals

23 August 18:00 United States 2 - 1 Germany Heraklio
       

 

(aet)
   

 

Lilly 33 min
O'Reilly 99 min 		     

 

Bachor 92 min+
23 August 18:00 Brazil 1 - 0 Sweden Patras
   

 

Pretinha 64 min


Bronze Medal Match

26 August 18:00 Germany 1 - 0 Sweden Athens
     

Lingor 17 min


Final

26 August 21:00 United States 2 - 1 Brazil Athens
   

 

Tarpley 39 min
Wambach 117 min 		       Pretinha 73 min 


Abbreviations

  • Pld - Games played
  • W - Wins
  • D - Draws
  • L - Losses
  • GF - Goals for
  • GA - Goals against
  • Pts - Points (win=3, draw=1, loss=0)
  • og - Own goal
  • aet - After extra time

Top scorers

Men's tournament

9 goals

5 goals

  • Jose Cardozo (PAR)

4 goals

  • Freddy Bareiro (PAR)
  • Alberto Gilardino (ITA)
  • Tenema Ndiaye (MLI)

Women's tournament

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

Top scoring teams

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Top qualifiers

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

External links


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Events at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Athens)

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