UEFA Euro 2004 Final

The final of UEFA Euro 2004 was a football match played on 4 July 2004 at Estádio da Luz in Lisbon, Portugal to determine the winner of UEFA Euro 2004. The match featured tournament hosts Portugal, who went into the match as favourites, [cite news |title=Greece win Euro 2004 |url=http://www.worldsoccer.com/news/greece_win_euro_2004_news_56251.html |publisher=World Soccer |date=2004-07-04 |accessdate=2008-05-24 ] and Greece, playing in only their second European Championship. Both teams had qualified for the knockout stage from Group A of the tournament's group stage, with Greece winning 2–1 in the teams' earlier meeting.

Greece won the final 1–0, defying odds of 80–1 from the beginning of the tournament,cite news |first=Adam |last=Szreter |title=Greece kings of Europe |url=http://www.euro2008.uefa.com/history/season=2004/round=1623/match=1059194/index.html |publisher=UEFA |date=2004-07-04 |accessdate=2008-05-24 ] with Angelos Charisteas scoring the winning goal in the 57th minute. The result came against the run of the play, with Portugal having the majority of the possession throughout the game, as well as four times as many shots as the Greeks.

Match details

footballbox
date = 2004-07-04
time = 20:45 CEST
team1 = fb-rt|POR
score = 0 – 1
report = [http://en.euro2008.uefa.com/history/season=2004/round=1623/match=1059194/index.html (Report)]
team2 = fb|GRE
goals1 =
goals2 = Charisteas goal|57
stadium = Estádio da Luz, Lisbon
attendance = 62,865
referee = Markus Merk (Germany)

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