UEFA_Euro_2004_Group_A

UEFA Euro 2004 Group A

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Group A of UEFA Euro 2004 was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 12 June and was completed on 20 June. The group consisted of hosts Portugal, Spain, Russia and Greece.

Portugal won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Greece. Spain and Russia failed to advance. Greece and Portugal faced each other again in the tournament final, with Greece again emerging victorious.

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

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From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

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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
A1	Portugal	1	Host	12 October 1999	4th	2000	Semi-finals (1984, 2000)	2	22
A2	Greece	4	Group 6 winner	11 October 2003	2nd	1980	Group stage (1980)	23	35
A3	Spain	2	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	7th	2000	Winners (1964)	6	3
A4	Russia^{[nb 2]}	3	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	8th	1996	Winners (1960)	13	31

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Portugal (H)	3	2	0	1	4	2	+2	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Greece	3	1	1	1	4	4	0	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4^{[lower-alpha 1]}
4	Russia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

UEFA_Euro_2004_Group_A

UEFA Euro 2004 Group A

Teams

Standings

Matches

Portugal vs Greece

Spain vs Russia

Greece vs Spain

Russia vs Portugal

Spain vs Portugal

Russia vs Greece

See also

References

External links

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