Football at the 2004 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."

The men's tournament was won by Argentina, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, which held an impressive record of having won every single match without conceding a goal in the tournament. The Golden Boot was also won by Argentina's Carlos Tévez.

Venues

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

Men

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Argentina German Lux Wilfredo Caballero Roberto Ayala Fabricio Coloccini Gabriel Heinze Clemente Rodriguez Leandro Fernández Javier Mascherano Cristian González Andres D'Alessandro Luis González Nicolás Medina Cesar Delgado Carlos Tévez Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Mariano González Luciano Figueroa Coach: Marcelo Bielsa	Paraguay Rodrigo Romero Emilio Martínez Julio Manzur Carlos Gamarra José Devaca Celso Esquivel Pablo Gimenez Edgar Barreto Fredy Barreiro Diego Figueredo Aureliano Torres Pedro Benitez Julio César Enciso Julio González Ernesto Cristaldo Osvaldo Díaz José Cardozo Diego Barreto Coach: Carlos Jara	Missing image 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

See Men's Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics (team squads).

Group A

	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
Mali	3	1	2	0	5	3	5
South Korea	3	1	2	0	6	5	5
Missing image Mexico_flag_large.png Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	3	4
Greece	3	0	1	2	4	7	1

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
Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	5	6
Missing image Italy_flag_large.png Italy	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Missing image Japan_flag_large.png Japan	3	1	0	2	6	7	3

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
Argentina	3	3	0	0	9	0	9
Australia	3	1	1	1	6	3	4
Tunisia	3	1	1	1	4	5	4
Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	0	3	3	14	0

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 Tévez 42 min Tévez 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 Tévez 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
Iraq	3	2	0	1	7	4	6
Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
Missing image Morocco_flag_large.png Morocco	3	1	1	1	3	3	4
Missing image Portugal_flag_large.png Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	9	3

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 Tévez 43 min Tévez 82 min Tévez 83 min
August 21	21:00	Paraguay	3	-	2	South Korea	Thessaloniki
		Bareiro 19 min Cardozo 61 min Bareiro 71 min				Lee Chun-soo 74 min Lee Chun-soo 79 min

Semi Finals

24 August	18:00	Italy	0	-	3	Argentina	Athens
						Tévez 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
		Tévez 18 min

Women

Gold:	Silver:	Bronze:
Missing image USA_flag.png 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	Brazil Andreia Maravilha Monica Tânia Juliana Daniela Rosana Renata Costa Aline Formiga Elaine Maycon Pretinha Marta Cristiane Roseli Dayane Grazielle	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

See Women's Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics (team squads).

Group E

	Pld	W	L	GF	GA	Pts
Sweden	2	1	1	2	2	3
Nigeria	2	1	1	2	2	3
Missing image Japan_flag_large.png Japan	2	1	1	1	1	3

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
Germany	2	2	0	0	10	0	6
Missing image Mexico_flag_large.png Mexico	2	0	1	1	1	3	1
China	2	0	1	1	1	9	1

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