Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament


The men's football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics was held in Athens and four other cities in Greece from 11 August to 28 August. The tournament featured 16 men's national teams from the six continental confederations. The 16 teams were drawn into four groups of four, in which each team would play each of the others once. At the end of the group stage, the top two teams advanced to the knockout stage, beginning with the quarter-finals and culminating with the final at Athens' Olympic Stadium on 28 August 2004.

Qualification

The following 16 teams qualified for the 2004 Olympics football tournament.
Means of qualificationBerthsQualified
Host nation1
AFC Preliminary Competition3

CAF Preliminary Competition4


CONCACAF Preliminary Competition2
2004 CONMEBOL Men Pre-Olympic Tournament2
OFC Preliminary Competition1
2004 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship3

Portugal
Total16

Match officials

;Africa
;Asia
;North and Central America
;South America
;Europe
;Oceania

Group stage

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Group B

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Group C

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Group D

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Knockout stage

Quarter-finals

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Semi-finals

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Bronze medal match

Gold medal match

Team details--

Final ranking

RankTeam
16600170+1718
26402129+312
3631278−110
4630398+19
5412154+15
641218805
7411264+24
8411248−44
931114404
1031113304
1031113304
12311145−14
13310267−13
14310269−33
15301247−31
163003314−110

Statistics

Goalscorers

With eight goals, Carlos Tevez of Argentina is the top scorer in the tournament. In total, 101 goals were scored by 65 different players, with four of them credited as own goals.
;8 goals
  • Carlos Tevez
;5 goals
;4 goals
;3 goals
;2 goals
;2 goals
;1 goal
;1 goal
;Own goals
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