football at the 2004 summer olympics

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 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 Tvez.

Venues

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

Men

lign="center" bgcolor="gold"\|Gold:	!align="center" bgcolor="silver"\|Silver:	!align="center" bgcolor="#CC9966"\|Bronze:
0px Argentina German Lux Wilfredo Caballero Roberto Ayala Fabricio Coloccini Gabriel Heinze Clemente Rodriguez Leandro Fernndez Javier Mascherano Cristian Gonzlez Andres D'Alessandro Luis Gonzlez Nicols Medina Cesar Delgado Carlos Tvez Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Mariano Gonzlez Luciano Figueroa Coach: Marcelo Bielsa	20px Paraguay Rodrigo Romero Emilio Martnez Julio Manzur Carlos Gamarra Jos Devaca Celso Esquivel Pablo Gimenez Edgar Barreto Fredy Barreiro Diego Figueredo Aureliano Torres Pedro Benitez Julio Csar Enciso Julio Gonzlez Ernesto Cristaldo Osvaldo Daz Jos Cardozo Diego Barreto Coach: Carlos Jara	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

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lign=left\|20px Mali	3	1	2	0	5	3	5
lign=left\|20px South Korea	3	1	2	0	6	5	5
lign=left\|20px Mexico	3	1	1	1	3	3	4
lign=left\|20px Greece	3	0	1	2	4	7	1

August 11>

0:30	South Korea	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	Greece	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Kim Dong Jin 43 min Vyntra 64 min (og)				Taralidis 78 min Papadopoulos 82 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-11" title="August 11">August 11	20:30	Mali	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Mexico	Volos
a href="/encyclopedia/August-14" title="August 14">August 14	20:30	South Korea	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Mexico	Athens
\| \|Kim Jung-woo 15 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-14" title="August 14">August 14	20:30	Greece	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	Mali	Thessaloniki
\| \| \| \| \| \|Mamadi Berthe 2 min Tenema Ndiaye 45 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17	20:30	South Korea	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	Mali	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Cho Jae 57 min Cho Jae 59 min Tamboura 64 min (og)				Ndiaye 7 min Ndiaye 24 min Ndiaye 55 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17	20:30	Greece	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	Mexico	Volos
nbsp;		Taralidis 82 min Stoltidis 94 min+				Marquez 47 min Bravo 70 min Bravo 86 min

Group B

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lign=left\|20px Paraguay	3	2	0	1	6	5	6
lign=left\|20px Italy	3	1	1	1	5	5	4
lign=left\|20px Ghana	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
lign=left\|20px Japan	3	1	0	2	6	7	3

August 12>

0:30	Paraguay	align=center\|4	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	Japan	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Gimenez 5 min Cardozo 26 min Cardozo 37 min Torres 62 min				Ono 22 min Ono 53 min Okubo 81 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-12" title="August 12">August 12	20:30	Ghana	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	Italy	Volos
nbsp;		Pappoe 36 min Appiah 46 min+				Pinzi 49 min Gilardino 83 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-15" title="August 15">August 15	20:30	Paraguay	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	Ghana	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Gamarra 76 min				Tiero 81 min Appiah 84 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-15" title="August 15">August 15	20:30	Japan	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	Italy	Volos
nbsp;		Abe 20 min Takamatsu 91 min				De Rossi 3 min Gilardino 8 min Gilardino 36 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-18" title="August 18">August 18	20:30	Paraguay	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Italy	Athens
nbsp;		Bareiro 14 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-18" title="August 18">August 18	20:30	Japan	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Ghana	Volos
nbsp;		Okubo 37 min

Group C

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lign=left\|20px Argentina	3	3	0	0	9	0	9
lign=left\|20px Australia	3	1	1	1	6	3	4
lign=left\|20px Tunisia	3	1	1	1	4	5	4
lign=left\|20px Serbia and Montenegro	3	0	0	3	3	14	0

August 11>

0:30	Tunisia	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Australia	Heraklio
nbsp;		Zitouni 69 min				Aloisi 45 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-11" title="August 11">August 11	20:30	Argentina	align=center\|6	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Serbia and Montenegro	Patras
nbsp;		Delgado 11 min Gonzalez 17 min Tvez 42 min Tvez 43 min Heinze 74 min Rosales 77 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-14" title="August 14">August 14	20:30	Serbia and Montenegro	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|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
a href="/encyclopedia/August-14" title="August 14">August 14	20:30	Argentina	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Tunisia	Patras
\| \| Carlos Tvez 39 min Javier Pedro Saviola 72 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17	20:30	Argentina	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Australia	Athens
nbsp;		D'Alessandro 9 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17	20:30	Serbia and Montenegro	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	Tunisia	Patras
nbsp;		Krasic 70 min Vukcevic 87 min				Clayton 41 min Jedidi 83 min Zitouni 89 min

Group D

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lign=left\|20px Iraq	3	2	0	1	7	4	6
lign=left\|20px Costa Rica	3	1	1	1	4	4	4
lign=left\|20px Morocco	3	1	1	1	3	3	4
lign=left\|20px Portugal	3	1	0	2	6	9	3

August 12>

0:30	Costa Rica	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Morocco	Heraklio
a href="/encyclopedia/August-12" title="August 12">August 12	20:30	Iraq	align=center\|4	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	Portugal	Patras
nbsp;		Emad 16 min Hawar Mulla 29 min Younis 56 min Salih 93 min				Haidar 13 min (og) Bosingwa 45 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-15" title="August 15">August 15	20:30	Costa Rica	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	Iraq	Athens
nbsp;						Hawar Mulla 67 min Mahdi 72 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-15" title="August 15">August 15	20:30	Morocco	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	Portugal	Heraklio
nbsp;		Bouabid 85 min				Ronaldo 40 min Ricardo 73 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-18" title="August 18">August 18	20:30	Costa Rica	align=center\|4	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	Portugal	Heraklio
nbsp;		Villalobos 50 min Fernando 68 min (og) Saborio 71 min Brenes 91 min				Hugo 29 min Jorge 54 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-18" title="August 18">August 18	20:30	Morocco	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Iraq	Patras
nbsp;		Bouden 69 min Aqqal 77 min				Salih 63 min

Quarter Finals

August 21>

8:00	Mali	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Italy	Athens
nbsp;				align=center\|(aet)
nbsp;						Bovo 116 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-21" title="August 21">August 21	18:00	Iraq	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Australia	Heraklio
nbsp;		Emad 64 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-21" title="August 21">August 21	21:00	Argentina	align=center\|4	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Costa Rica	Patras
nbsp;		Delgado 24 min Tvez 43 min Tvez 82 min Tvez 83 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-21" title="August 21">August 21	21:00	Paraguay	align=center\|3	align=center\|-	align=center\|2	South Korea	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Bareiro 19 min Cardozo 61 min Bareiro 71 min				Lee Chun 74 min Lee Chun 79 min

Semi Finals

24 August>

8:00	Italy	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	Argentina	Athens
nbsp;						Tvez 16 min L. González 69 min M. González 84 min
a href="/encyclopedia/24-August" title="24 August">24 August	21:00	Iraq	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	Paraguay	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Razzaq 83 min				Cardozo 17 min Cardozo 34 min Bareiro 68 min

Bronze Medal Match

27 August>

0:30	Italy	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Iraq	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Gilardino 8 min

Final

28 August>

0:00	Argentina	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Paraguay	Athens
nbsp;		Tvez 18 min

Women

lign="center" bgcolor="gold"\|Gold:	!align="center" bgcolor="silver"\|Silver:	!align="center" bgcolor="CC9966"\|Bronze:
0px 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 Grazielle	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

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

Group E

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lign=left\|20px Sweden	2	1	1	2	2	3
lign=left\|20px Nigeria	2	1	1	2	2	3
lign=left\|20px Japan	2	1	1	1	1	3

August 11>

8:00	Sweden	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Japan	Volos
nbsp;						Arakawa 24 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-14" title="August 14">August 14	20:30	Japan	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Nigeria	Athens
\| \| \| \| \| \| Vera Okolo 55 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17	20:30	Sweden	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Nigeria	Volos
nbsp;		Marklund 68 min Moström 73 min				Akide 25 min

Group F

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lign=left\|20px Germany	2	2	0	0	10	0	6
lign=left\|20px Mexico	2	0	1	1	1	3	1
lign=left\|20px China	2	0	1	1	1	9	1

August 11>

8:00	Germany	align=center\|8	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	China	Patras
nbsp;		Prinz 13 min Prinz 21 min Wunderlich 65 min Prinz 73 min Lingor 76 min Pohlers 81 min Prinz 88 min Mueller 90 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-14" title="August 14">August 14	20:30	China	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Mexico	Patras
\| \| Ji Ting 34 min \| \| \| \| Maribel Dominguez 11 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17	20:30	Germany	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Mexico	Athens
nbsp;		Wimbersky 20 min Prinz 79 min

Group G

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lign=left\|20px United States	3	2	1	0	6	1	7
lign=left\|20px Brazil	3	2	0	1	8	2	6
lign=left\|20px Australia	3	1	1	1	2	2	4
lign=left\|20px Greece	3	0	0	3	0	11	0

August 11>

8:00	Greece	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|3	United States	Heraklio
nbsp;						Boxx 14 min Wambach 30 min Hamm 82 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-11" title="August 11">August 11	18:00	Brazil	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Australia	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Marta 36 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-14" title="August 14">August 14	20:30	Greece	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Australia	Heraklio
\| \| \| \| \| \| Heather Garriock 27 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-14" title="August 14">August 14	20:30	United States	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|0	Brazil	Thessaloniki
\| \| Hamm 58 min Wambach 77 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17	20:30	Greece	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|7	Brazil	Patras
nbsp;						Pretinha 21 min Cristiane 46 min Grazielle 49 min Cristiane 55 min Marta 70 min Daniela 72 min Cristiane 77 min
a href="/encyclopedia/August-17" title="August 17">August 17	20:30	United States	align=center\|1	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Australia	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Lilly 19 min				Peters 82 min

Quarter Finals

20 August>

8:00	Germany	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Nigeria	Patras
nbsp;		Jones 76 min Pohlers 81 min				Akide 49 min
a href="/encyclopedia/20-August" title="20 August">20 August	18:00	\|United States	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Japan	Thessaloniki
nbsp;		Lilly 43 min Wambach 59 min				Yamamoto 48 min
a href="/encyclopedia/20-August" title="20 August">20 August	21:00	Mexico	align=center\|0	align=center\|-	align=center\|5	Brazil	Heraklio
nbsp;						Cristiane 25 min Formiga 29 min Cristiane 49 min Formiga 54 min Marta 60 min
a href="/encyclopedia/20-August" title="20 August">20 August	21:00	Sweden	align=center\|2	align=center\|-	align=center\|1	Australia	Volos
nbsp;		Ljungberg 25 min Larsson 30 min				de Vanna 48 min

Semi Finals

23 August>

8:00	United States	align="center"\|2	align="center"\|-	align="center"\|1	Germany	Heraklio
nbsp;				align=center\|(aet)
nbsp;		Lilly 33 min O'Reilly 99 min				Bachor 92 min+
a href="/encyclopedia/23-August" title="23 August">23 August	18:00	Brazil	align="center"\|1	align="center"\|-	align="center"\|0	Sweden	Patras
nbsp;		Pretinha 64 min