2004 Summer Olympics / Football

Football at the ; 2004 Olympics
information
venue	Athens , Heraklion , Patras , Thessaloniki , Volos
Competition venue	Athens Olympic Stadium , Karaiskakis Stadium , Pankritio Stadio , Pampeloponnisiako Stadio , Kaftanzoglio Stadium , Panthessaliko Stadio
Teams	26 (10 , 16 )
Nations	22nd
Athletes	425 (166 , 259 )
date	August 11-28, 2004
decisions	2
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Two football competitions were held at the 2004 Summer Olympics in the Greek capital, Athens .

While the respective national teams competed in the women's tournament, teams with age restrictions up to 23 years competed in the men's tournament.

After 1928, two South American teams were in the men's final for the first time, and Argentina won the gold medal for the first time after two silver medals in 1928 and 1996 without conceding a goal. For the first time, only one European team reached the quarter-finals, in which at least one representative from each confederation was represented for the first time. For the first time since 1968, an Asian team reached the semi-finals with Iraq.

Venues

The games were played in the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion on Crete , in the Pampeloponnisiako Stadium in Patras , in the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens , in the Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki and in the Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos , as well as in Athens in the Olympic Stadium Spiridon Luis (only final).

Patras

Venues 2004 in Greece

Pankritio Stadio

Pampeloponnisiako Stadium

Athens

Thessaloniki

Volos

Athens

Karaiskakis Stadium

Kaftanzoglio Stadium

Panthessaliko Stadio

Athens Olympic Stadium

Men's tournament

Olympic football tournament 2004
Men

Number of nations	16
Olympic champion	Argentina Argentina (1st title)
venue	Athens ( Heraklion , Patras , Thessaloniki , Volos )
Opening game	August 11, 2004
Endgame	August 28, 2004
Games	32
Gates	101 (⌀: 3.16 per game)
spectator	401,415 (⌀: 12,544 per game)
Top scorer	Argentinians Carlos Tévez (8 goals)
yellow cards	146 (⌀: 4.56 per game)
Yellow-red cards	3 (⌀: 0.09 per game)
Red cards	4 (⌀: 0.13 per game)

Group stage

Group A

August 11, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Thessaloníki
Greece	-	South Korea	2: 2 (0: 1)
August 11, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Volos
Mali	-	Mexico	0-0
August 14, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Athens
South Korea	-	Mexico	1: 0 (1: 0)
August 14, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Thessaloníki
Greece	-	Mali	0: 2 (0: 2)
August 17, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Thessaloníki
South Korea	-	Mali	3: 3 (0: 2)
August 17, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Volos
Greece	-	Mexico	2: 3 (0: 0)

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Mali Mali	5: 3	5
2	Korea South South Korea	6: 5	5
3	Mexico Mexico	3: 3	4th
4th	Greece Greece	4: 7	1

Group B

August 12, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Thessaloníki
Paraguay	-	Japan	4: 3 (3: 1)
August 12, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Volos
Ghana	-	Italy	2: 2 (2: 0)
August 15, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Thessaloníki
Paraguay	-	Ghana	1: 2 (0: 0)
August 15, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Volos
Japan	-	Italy	2: 3 (1: 3)
August 18, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Athens
Paraguay	-	Italy	1: 0 (1: 0)
August 18, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Volos
Japan	-	Ghana	1: 0 (1: 0)

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Paraguay 1990 Paraguay	6: 5	6th
2	Italy Italy	5: 5	4th
3	Ghana Ghana	4: 4	4th
4th	Japan Japan	6: 7	3

Group C

August 11, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Heraklion
Tunisia	-	Australia	1: 1 (0: 1)
August 11, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Patras
Argentina	-	Serbia and Montenegro	6: 0 (4: 0)
August 14, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Heraklion
Serbia and Montenegro	-	Australia	1: 5 (0: 2)
August 14, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Patras
Argentina	-	Tunisia	2: 0 (1: 0)
August 17, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in then
Argentina	-	Australia	1: 0 (1: 0)
August 17, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Patras
Serbia and Montenegro	-	Tunisia	2: 3 (0: 1)

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Argentina Argentina	9-0	9
2	Australia Australia	6: 3	4th
3	Tunisia Tunisia	4: 5	4th
4th	Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro	3:14	0

Group D

August 12, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Heraklion
Costa Rica	-	Morocco	0-0
August 12, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Patras
Iraq	-	Portugal	4: 2 (2: 2)
August 15, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Athens
Costa Rica	-	Iraq	0: 2 (0: 0)
August 15, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Heraklion
Morocco	-	Portugal	1: 2 (0: 1)
August 18, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Heraklion
Costa Rica	-	Portugal	4: 2 (0: 1)
August 18, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Patras
Morocco	-	Iraq	2: 1 (0: 0)

rank	country	Gates	Points
1	Iraq 2004 Iraq	7: 4	6th
2	Costa Rica Costa Rica	4: 4	4th
3	Morocco Morocco	3: 3	4th
4th	Portugal Portugal	6: 9	3

Quarter finals

August 21, 2004, 6:00 p.m. in Athens
Mali Mali	-	Italy Italy	0: 1 a.d.
August 21, 2004, 6:00 p.m. in Heraklion
Iraq 2004 Iraq	-	Australia Australia	1: 0 (0: 0)
August 21, 2004, 9:00 p.m. in Patras
Argentina Argentina	-	Costa Rica Costa Rica	4: 0 (2: 0)
August 21, 2004, 9:00 p.m. in Thessaloníki
Paraguay 1990 Paraguay	-	Korea South South Korea	3: 2 (1: 0)

Semifinals

August 24, 2004, 6:00 p.m. in Athens
Italy Italy	-	Argentina Argentina	0: 3 (0: 1)
August 24, 2004, 9:00 p.m. in Thessaloníki
Iraq 2004 Iraq	-	Paraguay 1990 Paraguay	1: 3 (0: 2)

Bronze game

August 27, 2004, 8:30 p.m. in Thessaloníki
Italy Italy	-	Iraq 2004 Iraq	1: 0 (1: 0)

final

pairing	Argentina Argentina - Paraguay Paraguay 1990
Result	1: 0 (1: 0)
date	August 28, 2004
Stadion	Athens Olympic Stadium , Athens 41,116 spectators
referee	Cyrus Vassaras ( Greece ) Greece
Gates	1-0 Carlos Tévez (18th)
Warnings	K. González - Gamarra, Manzur, Esquivel, Figueredo, Torres, J. González
References	/ - Martínez (66.) / - Figueredo (82.)
Argentina	Germán Lux - Roberto Ayala , Fabricio Coloccini , Gabriel Heinze , Javier Mascherano - Andrés D'Alessandro , Luis González , Mauro Rosales , César Delgado (76th Clemente Rodríguez ) - Carlos Tévez , Kily González Trainer: Marcelo Bielsa(C)
Paraguay	Diego Barreto - Emilio Martínez , Julio Manzur , Carlos Gamarra , Celso Esquivel (76th Julio González ) - Aureliano Torres , Edgar Barreto (72nd Ernesto Cristaldo ), Diego Figueredo , Julio César Enciso (63rd Osvaldo Díaz ) - Pablo Gimenez , Fredy Bareiro Coach: Carlos Jara Saguier(C)

Medal ranks

rank	Medalist
Gold Argentina Argentina	Andrés D'Alessandro , Roberto Ayala , Nicolás Burdisso , Willy Caballero (TW), Fabricio Coloccini , César Delgado , Leandro Fernández , Luciano Figueroa , Gabriel Heinze , Kily González , Luis González , Mariano González , Germán Lux (TW), Javier Mascherano , Nicolás Medina , Clemente Rodríguez , Conzalo Rodríguez , Maxi Rodríguez , Mauro Rosales , Javier Saviola , Óscar Ustari (TW), Carlos Tévez Trainer: Marcelo Bielsa
Silver Paraguay Paraguay 1990	Fredy Bareiro , Diego Barreto (TW), Edgar Barreto , Pedro Benitez , Ever Caballero (TW), José Saturnino Cardozo , Ernesto Cristaldo , José Devaca , Osvaldo Díaz , Julio César Enciso , Celso Esquivel , Diego Figueredo , Carlos Gamarra , Pablo Gimenez , Julio González , Julio Manzur , Victor Mareco , Emilio Martínez , Rodrigo Romero (TW), Roque Santa Cruz , Aureliano Torres , Nelson Valdez Coach: Carlos Jara Saguier
Bronze Italy Italy	Marco Amelia (TW), Federico Agliardi (TW), Alberto Aquilani , Andrea Barzagli , Rolando Bianchi , Daniele Bonera , Cesare Bovo , Giorgio Chiellini , Marco Donadel , Matteo Ferrari , Andrea Gasbarroni , Alberto Gilardino , Giandomenico Mesto , Emiliano Moretti , Simone Del Nero , Angelo Palombo , Ivan Pelizzoli (TW), Giampiero Pinzi , Andrea Pirlo , Alessandro Potenza , Daniele De Rossi , Giuseppe Sculli Trainer: Claudio Gentile

Best goal scorers

rank	player	Gates
1	Argentina Carlos Tévez	8th
2	Paraguay 1990 José Saturnino Cardozo	5
3	Paraguay 1990 Fredy Bareiro	4th
	Mali Tenema Ndiaye	4th
	Italy Alberto Gilardino	4th
6th	Australia John Aloisi	3

Women's tournament

Olympic football tournament 2004
Women

Number of nations	10
Olympic champion	United States United States (2nd title)
venue	Athens ( Heraklion , Patras , Thessaloniki , Volos )
Opening game	August 11, 2004
Endgame	August 26, 2004
Games	20th
Gates	55 (⌀: 2.75 per game)
spectator	208,637 (⌀: 10,432 per game)
Top scorer	Brazilian Cristiane Birgit Prinz (5 goals each) German
yellow cards	37 (⌀: 1.85 per game)
Yellow-red cards	13 (⌀: 0.65 per game)
Red cards	0

The third edition of the Olympic women's soccer tournament took place for the first time with ten teams. These were assigned to two groups of three and one group of four. In addition to the first and second placed in each group, the third of the group of four and the better third of the group of three qualified for the quarter-finals.

The minimum age of 16 for female players, which has been in force since 1996, has been lifted.

The games were played in the Pankritio Stadium in Heraklion (Crete), the Pampeloponnisiako Stadium in Patras, the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens, the Kaftanzoglio Stadium in Thessaloniki and the Panthessaliko Stadium in Volos. In contrast to the men's tournament, the final did not take place in the Olympic Stadium in Athens, but in the Karaiskakis Stadium in Athens.

For the women, the final was the first time there was a duel between North and South America and the US players won the gold medal for the second time after 1996 .

Host Greece were the first team to go out without a goal.

The bronze medal remained for world and European champions Germany as it was 4 years before.