UEFA Euro 2004 Group C

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Scoreboard reads 0–0 at the match between Italy and Bulgaria on 22 June at the Estádio D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães: Italy would go on to win 2–1, though neither side qualified for the knockout stages.

Group C of

Sweden and Bulgaria
.

Sweden won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Denmark. Italy and Bulgaria failed to advance.

Three teams – Italy, Denmark and Sweden – all finished with five points, with each team having defeated Bulgaria but drawn their two other games. As all results between the three teams in question were draws, both the points won in these games and the goal difference accrued in these games still left the teams undivided. The decisive tiebreaker was therefore the goals scored during the games between one another: Italy having scored the fewest goals of the three teams were therefore eliminated.

This became so with a 2–2 result between Denmark and Sweden in the last group game, a result that Italy knew would eliminate them and one that representatives of both teams denied would happen in advance of the game, Sweden co-coach Lars Lagerbäck quoted as saying in response to Italian questions on the likelihood of this score occurring: "I don't think it will end 2–2 — that is a very unusual result".[1]

Teams

Draw position Team Pot Method of
qualification
Date of
qualification
Finals
appearance
Last
appearance
Previous best
performance
UEFA Rankings
November 2003[nb 1]
FIFA Rankings

June 2004
C1  Sweden 1 Group 4 winner 10 September 2003 3rd 2000 Semi-finals (1992) 3 18
C2  Bulgaria 4 Group 8 winner 10 September 2003 2nd 1996 Group stage (1996) 18 40
C3  Denmark 3 Group 2 winner 11 October 2003 7th 2000 Winners (1992) 14 15
C4  Italy 2 Group 9 winner 11 October 2003 6th 2000 Winners (1968) 5 10

Notes

  1. ^ The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.

Standings

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1  Sweden 3 1 2 0 8 3 +5 5[a] Advance to knockout stage
2  Denmark 3 1 2 0 4 2 +2 5[a]
3  Italy 3 1 2 0 3 2 +1 5[a]
4  Bulgaria 3 0 0 3 1 9 −8 0
Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
Notes:
  1. ^ a b c Tied on head-to-head points (2) and goal difference (0). Head-to-head goals for: Sweden 3, Denmark 2, Italy 1.[2]

In the quarter-finals,

Matches

Denmark vs Italy

Denmark 0–0 Italy
Report
Denmark
Italy
GK 1 Thomas Sørensen
RB 6 Thomas Helveg Yellow card 67'
CB 4 Martin Laursen
CB 3 René Henriksen (c)
LB 5 Niclas Jensen
CM 15 Daniel Jensen
CM 17 Christian Poulsen downward-facing red arrow 76'
RW 19 Dennis Rommedahl
AM 9 Jon Dahl Tomasson Yellow card 29'
LW 10 Martin Jørgensen downward-facing red arrow 72'
CF 11 Ebbe Sand downward-facing red arrow 69'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Claus Jensen upward-facing green arrow 69'
FW 20 Kenneth Perez upward-facing green arrow 72'
DF 18 Brian Priske upward-facing green arrow 76'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon
RB 2 Christian Panucci
CB 13 Alessandro Nesta
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) Yellow card 62'
LB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta
CM 4 Cristiano Zanetti downward-facing red arrow 57'
CM 20 Simone Perrotta
RW 16 Mauro Camoranesi downward-facing red arrow 68'
AM 10 Francesco Totti Yellow card 90'
LW 7 Alessandro Del Piero downward-facing red arrow 64'
CF 9 Christian Vieri
Substitutions:
MF 8 Gennaro Gattuso Yellow card 81' upward-facing green arrow 57'
FW 18 Antonio Cassano Yellow card 70' upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 14 Stefano Fiore upward-facing green arrow 68'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni

Man of the Match:
Thomas Sørensen (Denmark)[3]

Assistant referees:
Rafael Guerrero Alonso (Spain)
Oscar Martínez Samaniego (Spain)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Sweden vs Bulgaria

Sweden 5–0 Bulgaria
Report
Attendance: 31,652
Referee: Mike Riley (England)
Sweden
Bulgaria
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson
RB 2 Teddy Lučić downward-facing red arrow 41'
CB 3 Olof Mellberg (c)
CB 15 Andreas Jakobsson
LB 5 Erik Edman
DM 6 Tobias Linderoth Yellow card 52'
RM 7
Mikael Nilsson
CM 8
Anders Svensson
downward-facing red arrow 77'
LM 9 Freddie Ljungberg
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović Yellow card 65' downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 11 Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
MF 21 Christian Wilhelmsson upward-facing green arrow 41'
MF 16 Kim Källström upward-facing green arrow 77'
FW 20 Marcus Allbäck upward-facing green arrow 81'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg
GK 1 Zdravko Zdravkov
RB 2 Vladimir Ivanov Yellow card 70'
CB 3 Rosen Kirilov Yellow card 22'
CB 18 Predrag Pažin
LB 4 Ivaylo Petkov Yellow card 18'
RM 13 Georgi Peev
CM 19 Stiliyan Petrov (c)
CM 15 Marian Hristov
LM 17 Martin Petrov downward-facing red arrow 84'
CF 21 Zoran Janković Yellow card 23' downward-facing red arrow 62'
CF 9 Dimitar Berbatov downward-facing red arrow 76'
Substitutions:
MF 10 Velizar Dimitrov upward-facing green arrow 62'
FW 16 Vladimir Manchev upward-facing green arrow 76'
FW 11 Zdravko Lazarov upward-facing green arrow 84'
Manager:
Plamen Markov

Man of the Match:
Henrik Larsson (Sweden)[4]

Assistant referees:
Glenn Turner (England)

Philip Sharp (England
)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Bulgaria vs Denmark

Bulgaria 0–2 Denmark
Report
Bulgaria
Denmark
GK 1 Zdravko Zdravkov
RB 2 Vladimir Ivanov downward-facing red arrow 51'
CB 3 Rosen Kirilov Yellow card 4'
CB 22 Ilian Stoyanov Yellow card 50'
LB 4 Ivaylo Petkov downward-facing red arrow 40'
RM 13 Georgi Peev
CM 15 Marian Hristov Yellow card 82'
CM 19 Stiliyan Petrov (c) Yellow card 77' Yellow-red card 83'
LM 17 Martin Petrov Yellow card 84'
SS 21 Zoran Janković downward-facing red arrow 81'
CF 9 Dimitar Berbatov
Substitutions:
DF 5 Zlatomir Zagorčić Yellow card 80' upward-facing green arrow 40'
FW 11 Zdravko Lazarov upward-facing green arrow 51'
MF 8 Milen Petkov upward-facing green arrow 81'
Manager:
Plamen Markov
GK 1 Thomas Sørensen
RB 6 Thomas Helveg
CB 4 Martin Laursen
CB 3 René Henriksen (c)
LB 5 Niclas Jensen Yellow card 10'
CM 15 Daniel Jensen
CM 7 Thomas Gravesen
AM 9 Jon Dahl Tomasson
RW 19 Dennis Rommedahl downward-facing red arrow 23'
LW 10 Martin Jørgensen downward-facing red arrow 72'
CF 11 Ebbe Sand Yellow card 58'
Substitutions:
MF 8 Jesper Grønkjær upward-facing green arrow 23'
MF 14 Claus Jensen upward-facing green arrow 72'
Manager:
Morten Olsen

Man of the Match:
Thomas Gravesen (Denmark)[5]

Assistant referees:
Paulo Januário (Portugal)
José Cardinal (Portugal)
Fourth official:
Gilles Veissière (France)

Italy vs Sweden

Italy 1–1 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 44,926
Italy
Sweden
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon
RB 2 Christian Panucci
CB 5 Fabio Cannavaro (c) Yellow card 46'
CB 13 Alessandro Nesta
LB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta Yellow card 58'
RM 8 Gennaro Gattuso Yellow card 39' downward-facing red arrow 76'
CM 21 Andrea Pirlo
LM 20 Simone Perrotta
AM 18 Antonio Cassano downward-facing red arrow 70'
CF 9 Christian Vieri
CF 7 Alessandro Del Piero downward-facing red arrow 82'
Substitutions:
MF 14 Stefano Fiore upward-facing green arrow 70'
DF 15 Giuseppe Favalli upward-facing green arrow 76'
MF 16 Mauro Camoranesi upward-facing green arrow 82'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson
RB 7
Mikael Nilsson
CB 3 Olof Mellberg (c)
CB 15 Andreas Jakobsson
LB 5 Erik Edman Yellow card 54' downward-facing red arrow 77'
DM 6 Tobias Linderoth Yellow card 75'
RM 21 Christian Wilhelmsson downward-facing red arrow 67'
CM 8
Anders Svensson
downward-facing red arrow 55'
LM 9 Freddie Ljungberg
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović
CF 11 Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
MF 16 Kim Källström upward-facing green arrow 55'
FW 18 Mattias Jonson upward-facing green arrow 67'
FW 20 Marcus Allbäck upward-facing green arrow 77'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg

Man of the Match:
Zlatan Ibrahimović (Sweden)[6]

Assistant referees:
Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland)
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Markus Merk (Germany)

Italy vs Bulgaria

Italy 2–1 Bulgaria
Report
Valentin Ivanov (Russia
)
Italy
Bulgaria
GK 1 Gianluigi Buffon
RB 2 Christian Panucci
CB 13 Alessandro Nesta
CB 23 Marco Materazzi Yellow card 44' downward-facing red arrow 83'
LB 19 Gianluca Zambrotta
RM 20 Simone Perrotta downward-facing red arrow 68'
CM 21 Andrea Pirlo
LM 14 Stefano Fiore
RF 18 Antonio Cassano
CF 11 Bernardo Corradi downward-facing red arrow 53'
LF 7 Alessandro Del Piero (c)
Substitutions:
FW 9 Christian Vieri upward-facing green arrow 53'
DF 3 Massimo Oddo upward-facing green arrow 68'
FW 17 Marco Di Vaio upward-facing green arrow 83'
Manager:
Giovanni Trapattoni
GK 1 Zdravko Zdravkov (c)
RB 7 Daniel Borimirov
CB 18 Predrag Pažin downward-facing red arrow 64'
CB 5 Zlatomir Zagorčić
LB 22 Ilian Stoyanov Yellow card 66'
CM 15 Marian Hristov downward-facing red arrow 79'
CM 8 Milen Petkov
RW 11 Zdravko Lazarov Yellow card 80'
AM 21 Zoran Janković downward-facing red arrow 46'
LW 17 Martin Petrov Yellow card 45'
CF 9 Dimitar Berbatov
Substitutions:
FW 20 Valeri Bojinov Yellow card 49' upward-facing green arrow 46'
DF 6 Kiril Kotev upward-facing green arrow 64'
MF 10 Velizar Dimitrov upward-facing green arrow 79'
Manager:
Plamen Markov

Man of the Match:
Antonio Cassano (Italy)[7]

Assistant referees:
Yuri Dupanov (Belarus)
Vladimir Eniutin (Russia)
Fourth official:
Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Denmark vs Sweden

Denmark 2–2 Sweden
Report
Attendance: 26,115
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Denmark
Sweden
GK 1 Thomas Sørensen
RB 6 Thomas Helveg
CB 4 Martin Laursen
CB 3 René Henriksen (c)
LB 5 Niclas Jensen downward-facing red arrow 46'
CM 15 Daniel Jensen downward-facing red arrow 66'
CM 7 Thomas Gravesen
AM 9 Jon Dahl Tomasson
RW 8 Jesper Grønkjær
LW 10 Martin Jørgensen downward-facing red arrow 57'
CF 11 Ebbe Sand
Substitutions:
DF 2 Kasper Bøgelund upward-facing green arrow 46'
MF 19 Dennis Rommedahl upward-facing green arrow 57'
MF 17 Christian Poulsen upward-facing green arrow 66'
Manager:
Morten Olsen
GK 1 Andreas Isaksson
RB 7
Mikael Nilsson
CB 3 Olof Mellberg (c)
CB 15 Andreas Jakobsson
LB 5 Erik Edman Yellow card 36'
DM 17 Anders Andersson downward-facing red arrow 81'
RM 18 Mattias Jonson
CM 16 Kim Källström Yellow card 63' downward-facing red arrow 72'
LM 9 Freddie Ljungberg
CF 10 Zlatan Ibrahimović
CF 11 Henrik Larsson
Substitutions:
MF 21 Christian Wilhelmsson upward-facing green arrow 72'
FW 20 Marcus Allbäck upward-facing green arrow 81'
Managers:
Lars Lagerbäck
Tommy Söderberg

Man of the Match:
Jon Dahl Tomasson (Denmark)[8]

Assistant referees:
Christian Schräer (Germany)
Jan-Hendrik Salver (Germany)
Fourth official:
Mike Riley (England)

See also

References

  1. ^ Christenson, Marcus (18 June 2012). "Euro 2004: Sweden v Denmark – they said it would not end 2-2 … but it did". The Guardian. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  2. Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation
    . Retrieved 23 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Thomas Sørensen". Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  4. ^ "Henrik Larsson". Union of European Football Associations. 14 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Thomas Gravesen". Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 15 June 2012.
  6. ^ "Zlatan Ibrahimović". Union of European Football Associations. 18 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  7. ^ "Antonio Cassano". Union of European Football Associations. 22 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2012.
  8. ^ "Jon Dahl Tomasson". Union of European Football Associations. 22 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 16 June 2012.

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