The football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on 28 August.

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Football at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Football pictogram for the 2004 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games	2004 Summer Olympics
Host country	Greece
Dates	11–28 August 2004
Venues	6 (in 6 host cities)
Competitors	425 from 22 nations
Men's tournament
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold  Argentina Silver  Paraguay Bronze  Italy
Women's tournament
Teams	10 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold  United States Silver  Brazil Bronze  Germany
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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.^[1] The men's tournament allows up to three overage players to join the U-23 squads.

The men's tournament was won by Argentina, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, which held a record of having won every match without conceding a goal in the tournament. The Golden Boot was won by Argentina's Carlos Tevez. The women's tournament was won by the United States.

• Olympic Stadium, Athens
• Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
• Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
• Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
• Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
• Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

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Athens	Olympic Stadium Karaiskakis Stadium Pankritio Stadium Pampeloponnisiako Stadium Kaftanzoglio Stadium Panthessaliko Stadium Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Greece)		Patras
Olympic Stadium			Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Capacity: 71,030			Capacity: 23,558
Piraeus			Thessaloniki
Karaiskakis Stadium			Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Capacity: 33,334			Capacity: 27,770
Heraklion			Volos
Pankritio Stadium			Panthessaliko Stadium
Capacity: 26,240			Capacity: 22,700

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