UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Tournament details
Dates	7 September 2002 – 19 November 2003
Teams	50
Tournament statistics
Matches played	211[note 1]
Goals scored	566 (2.68 per match)
Top scorer	👁 Slovenia Ermin Šiljak (9 goals)
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Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.

Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top team in each group automatically qualified for Euro 2004, and the ten group runners-up were paired off against each other to determine another five places in the finals.^[1]

Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the event.

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Team	Qualified as	Qualified on	Previous appearances in tournament[A]
👁 Image  Portugal	Host	12 October 1999	3 (1984, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image  France	Group 1 winner	10 September 2003	5 (1960, 1984, 1992, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image  Czech Republic[B]	Group 3 winner	10 September 2003	5 (1960, 1976, 1980, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image  Sweden	Group 4 winner	10 September 2003	2 (1992, 2000)
👁 Image  Bulgaria	Group 8 winner	10 September 2003	1 (1996)
👁 Image  Denmark	Group 2 winner	11 October 2003	6 (1964, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image  Germany[C]	Group 5 winner	11 October 2003	8 (1972, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image  Greece	Group 6 winner	11 October 2003	1 (1980)
👁 Image  England	Group 7 winner	11 October 2003	6 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image  Italy	Group 9 winner	11 October 2003	5 (1968, 1980, 1988, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image   Switzerland	Group 10 winner	11 October 2003	1 (1996)
👁 Image  Croatia	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	1 (1996)
👁 Image  Latvia	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	0 (debut)
👁 Image  Netherlands	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	6 (1976, 1980, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image  Spain	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	6 (1964, 1980, 1984, 1988, 1996, 2000)
👁 Image  Russia[D]	Play-off winner	19 November 2003	7 (1960, 1964, 1968, 1972, 1988, 1992, 1996)

If two or more teams were equal on points on completion of the group matches, the following criteria were applied to determine the rankings:

1. Higher number of points obtained in the group matches played among the teams in question.
2. Superior goal difference from the group matches played among the teams in question.
3. Higher number of goals scored in the group matches played among the teams in question.
4. Higher number of goals scored away from home in the group matches played among the teams in question.
5. If two or more teams still had an equal ranking, criteria 1) to 4) would be reapplied. If this procedure did not lead to a decision, criteria 6) and 7) would apply.
6. Results of all group matches: 1. Superior goal difference 2. Higher number of goals scored 3. Higher number of goals scored away from home 4. Fair play conduct.
7. Drawing of lots.

The draw occurred on 25 January 2002 in Santa Maria da Feira, Portugal.^[2][3] 50 teams were divided into five drawing pots based on the latest 2001-edition of the UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking, that had calculated an average of the team's points per game achieved combined in the Euro 2000 qualifiers and 2002 World Cup qualifiers.^[4][5] The seeding list was however subject to some few minor modifications:^[6][7][8]

• France (ranked 11) were seeded first as the defending champions (title holders). Consequently, all teams ranked above them from 1 to 10 moved down one seeding place lower than their rankings.
• Portugal (ranked 4) was not seeded, as they did not participate in the qualifying tournament due to already having qualified automatically for the final tournament as hosts. Consequently, all teams ranked below them moved up one seeding place higher than their ranking position.

Ten groups were formed by drawing one team from each of the five pots.^[2][3]

Pot A Team Coeff[9] Seed[2] 👁 Image  France (TH) 2,10 1 👁 Image  Sweden 2,67 2 👁 Image  Spain 2,56 3 👁 Image  Czech Republic 2,50 4 👁 Image  Germany 2,25 5 👁 Image  Republic of Ireland 2,22 6 👁 Image  Romania 2,22 7 👁 Image  Italy 2,19 8 👁 Image  Belgium 2,12 9 👁 Image  Turkey 2,11 10	Pot B Team Coeff[9] Seed[2] 👁 Image  Russia 2,10 11 👁 Image  Croatia 2,06 12 👁 Image  FR Yugoslavia 2,00 13 👁 Image  Netherlands 2,00 14 👁 Image  Denmark 2,00 15 👁 Image  Poland 1,89 16 👁 Image  England 1,88 17 👁 Image  Ukraine 1,85 18 👁 Image  Slovenia 1,85 19 👁 Image  Scotland 1,83 20	Pot C Team Coeff[9] Seed[2] 👁 Image  Norway 1,75 21 👁 Image  Austria 1,75 22 👁 Image  Slovakia 1,70 23 👁 Image  Israel 1,56 24 👁 Image   Switzerland 1,55 25 👁 Image  Iceland 1,40 26 👁 Image  Bulgaria 1,39 27 👁 Image  Finland 1,37 28 👁 Image  Greece 1,22 29 👁 Image  Hungary 1,11 30
Pot D Team Coeff[9] Seed[2] 👁 Image  Cyprus 1,11 31 👁 Image  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,05 32 👁 Image  Belarus 1,00 33 👁 Image  Wales 1,00 34 👁 Image  Estonia 0,95 35 👁 Image  Latvia 0,94 36 👁 Image  Northern Ireland 0,89 37 👁 Image  Macedonia 0,83 38 👁 Image  Georgia 0,83 39 👁 Image  Lithuania 0,72 40	Pot E Team Coeff[9] Seed[2] 👁 Image  Armenia 0,65 41 👁 Image  Albania 0,55 42 👁 Image  Moldova 0,55 43 👁 Image  Faroe Islands 0,50 44 👁 Image  Azerbaijan 0,45 45 👁 Image  Liechtenstein 0,22 46 👁 Image  Malta 0,05 47 👁 Image  San Marino 0,05 48 👁 Image  Luxembourg 0,00 49 👁 Image  Andorra 0,00 50

Note: The UEFA National Team Coefficient ranking automatically had taken into account in its ranking calculation, that some teams only played one of the two preceding qualification tournaments. Since Belgium and Netherlands qualified automatically for UEFA Euro 2000 as co-hosts, the coefficient factored only their 2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying record. France had also qualified automatically for the 2002 FIFA World Cup as 1998 FIFA World Cup Champions, meaning the coefficient used only the UEFA Euro 2000 qualification record for France.

Group 1	Group 2	Group 3	Group 4	Group 5	Group 6	Group 7	Group 8	Group 9	Group 10
👁 Image France	👁 Image Denmark	👁 Image Czech Republic	👁 Image Sweden	👁 Image Germany	👁 Image Greece	👁 Image England	👁 Image Bulgaria	👁 Image Italy	👁 Image Switzerland
👁 Image Slovenia	👁 Image Norway	👁 Image Netherlands	👁 Image Latvia	👁 Image Scotland	👁 Image Spain	👁 Image Turkey	👁 Image Croatia	👁 Image Wales	👁 Image Russia
👁 Image Israel 👁 Image Cyprus 👁 Image Malta	👁 Image Romania 👁 Image Bosnia and Herzegovina 👁 Image Luxembourg	👁 Image Austria 👁 Image Moldova 👁 Image Belarus	👁 Image Poland 👁 Image Hungary 👁 Image San Marino	👁 Image Iceland 👁 Image Lithuania 👁 Image Faroe Islands	👁 Image Ukraine 👁 Image Armenia 👁 Image Northern Ireland	👁 Image Slovakia 👁 Image Macedonia 👁 Image Liechtenstein	👁 Image Belgium 👁 Image Estonia 👁 Image Andorra	👁 Image Serbia and Montenegro 👁 Image Finland 👁 Image Azerbaijan	👁 Image Republic of Ireland 👁 Image Albania 👁 Image Georgia

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 France	👁 Slovenia	👁 Israel	👁 Cyprus	👁 Malta
1	👁 Image  France	8	8	0	0	29	2	+27	24	Qualify for final tournament	—	5–0	3–0	5–0	6–0
2	👁 Image  Slovenia	8	4	2	2	15	12	+3	14	Advance to play-offs	0–2	—	3–1	4–1	3–0
3	👁 Image  Israel	8	2	3	3	9	11	−2	9	1–2	0–0	—	2–0	2–2
4	👁 Image  Cyprus	8	2	2	4	9	18	−9	8	1–2	2–2	1–1	—	2–1
5	👁 Image  Malta	8	0	1	7	5	24	−19	1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Denmark	👁 Norway	👁 Romania	👁 Bosnia and Herzegovina	👁 Luxembourg
1	👁 Image  Denmark	8	4	3	1	15	9	+6	15	Qualify for final tournament	—	1–0	2–2	0–2	2–0
2	👁 Image  Norway	8	4	2	2	9	5	+4	14[a]	Advance to play-offs	2–2	—	1–1	2–0	1–0
3	👁 Image  Romania	8	4	2	2	21	9	+12	14[a]	2–5	0–1	—	2–0	4–0
4	👁 Image  Bosnia and Herzegovina	8	4	1	3	7	8	−1	13	1–1	1–0	0–3	—	2–0
5	👁 Image  Luxembourg	8	0	0	8	0	21	−21	0	0–2	0–2	0–7	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Czech Republic	👁 Netherlands	👁 Austria	👁 Moldova	👁 Belarus
1	👁 Image  Czech Republic	8	7	1	0	23	5	+18	22	Qualify for final tournament	—	3–1	4–0	5–0	2–0
2	👁 Image  Netherlands	8	6	1	1	20	6	+14	19	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	3–1	5–0	3–0
3	👁 Image  Austria	8	3	0	5	12	14	−2	9	2–3	0–3	—	2–0	5–0
4	👁 Image  Moldova	8	2	0	6	5	19	−14	6	0–2	1–2	1–0	—	2–1
5	👁 Image  Belarus	8	1	0	7	4	20	−16	3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Sweden	👁 Latvia	👁 Poland	👁 Hungary	👁 San Marino
1	👁 Image  Sweden	8	5	2	1	19	3	+16	17	Qualify for final tournament	—	0–1	3–0	1–1	5–0
2	👁 Image  Latvia	8	5	1	2	10	6	+4	16	Advance to play-offs	0–0	—	0–2	3–1	3–0
3	👁 Image  Poland	8	4	1	3	11	7	+4	13	0–2	0–1	—	0–0	5–0
4	👁 Image  Hungary	8	3	2	3	15	9	+6	11	1–2	3–1	1–2	—	3–0
5	👁 Image  San Marino	8	0	0	8	0	30	−30	0	0–6	0–1	0–2	0–5	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Germany	👁 Scotland	👁 Iceland	👁 Lithuania	👁 Faroe Islands
1	👁 Image  Germany	8	5	3	0	13	4	+9	18	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–1	3–0	1–1	2–1
2	👁 Image  Scotland	8	4	2	2	12	8	+4	14	Advance to play-offs	1–1	—	2–1	1–0	3–1
3	👁 Image  Iceland	8	4	1	3	11	9	+2	13	0–0	0–2	—	3–0	2–1
4	👁 Image  Lithuania	8	3	1	4	7	11	−4	10	0–2	1–0	0–3	—	2–0
5	👁 Image  Faroe Islands	8	0	1	7	7	18	−11	1	0–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Greece	👁 Spain	👁 Ukraine	👁 Armenia	👁 Northern Ireland
1	👁 Image  Greece	8	6	0	2	8	4	+4	18	Qualify for final tournament	—	0–2	1–0	2–0	1–0
2	👁 Image  Spain	8	5	2	1	16	4	+12	17	Advance to play-offs	0–1	—	2–1	3–0	3–0
3	👁 Image  Ukraine	8	2	4	2	11	10	+1	10	2–0	2–2	—	4–3	0–0
4	👁 Image  Armenia	8	2	1	5	7	16	−9	7	0–1	0–4	2–2	—	1–0
5	👁 Image  Northern Ireland	8	0	3	5	0	8	−8	3	0–2	0–0	0–0	0–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 England	👁 Turkey	👁 Slovakia	👁 North Macedonia	👁 Liechtenstein
1	👁 Image  England	8	6	2	0	14	5	+9	20	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	2–1	2–2	2–0
2	👁 Image  Turkey	8	6	1	1	17	5	+12	19	Advance to play-offs	0–0	—	3–0	3–2	5–0
3	👁 Image  Slovakia	8	3	1	4	11	9	+2	10	1–2	0–1	—	1–1	4–0
4	👁 Image  Macedonia	8	1	3	4	11	14	−3	6	1–2	1–2	0–2	—	3–1
5	👁 Image  Liechtenstein	8	0	1	7	2	22	−20	1	0–2	0–3	0–2	1–1	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Bulgaria	👁 Croatia	👁 Belgium	👁 Estonia	👁 Andorra
1	👁 Image  Bulgaria	8	5	2	1	13	4	+9	17	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–0	2–2	2–0	2–1
2	👁 Image  Croatia	8	5	1	2	12	4	+8	16[a]	Advance to play-offs	1–0	—	4–0	0–0	2–0
3	👁 Image  Belgium	8	5	1	2	11	9	+2	16[a]	0–2	2–1	—	2–0	3–0
4	👁 Image  Estonia	8	2	2	4	4	6	−2	8	0–0	0–1	0–1	—	2–0
5	👁 Image  Andorra	8	0	0	8	1	18	−17	0	0–3	0–3	0–1	0–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Italy	👁 Wales	👁 Serbia and Montenegro	👁 Finland	👁 Azerbaijan
1	👁 Image  Italy	8	5	2	1	17	4	+13	17	Qualify for final tournament	—	4–0	1–1	2–0	4–0
2	👁 Image  Wales	8	4	1	3	13	10	+3	13	Advance to play-offs	2–1	—	2–3	1–1	4–0
3	👁 Image  Serbia and Montenegro[a]	8	3	3	2	11	11	0	12	1–1	1–0	—	2–0	2–2
4	👁 Image  Finland	8	3	1	4	9	10	−1	10	0–2	0–2	3–0	—	3–0
5	👁 Image  Azerbaijan	8	1	1	6	5	20	−15	4	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–2	—

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification		👁 Switzerland	👁 Russia	👁 Republic of Ireland	👁 Albania	👁 Georgia (country)
1	👁 Image   Switzerland	8	4	3	1	15	11	+4	15	Qualify for final tournament	—	2–2	2–0	3–2	4–1
2	👁 Image  Russia	8	4	2	2	19	12	+7	14	Advance to play-offs	4–1	—	4–2	4–1	3–1
3	👁 Image  Republic of Ireland	8	3	2	3	10	11	−1	11	1–2	1–1	—	2–1	2–0
4	👁 Image  Albania	8	2	2	4	11	15	−4	8	1–1	3–1	0–0	—	3–1
5	👁 Image  Georgia	8	2	1	5	8	14	−6	7	0–0	1–0[a]	1–2	3–0	—

Team 1	Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score	Team 2	1st leg	2nd leg
Latvia 👁 Image	3–2	👁 Image  Turkey	1–0	2–2
Scotland 👁 Image	1–6	👁 Image  Netherlands	1–0	0–6
Croatia 👁 Image	2–1	👁 Image  Slovenia	1–1	1–0
Russia 👁 Image	1–0	👁 Image  Wales	0–0	1–0
Spain 👁 Image	5–1	👁 Image  Norway	2–1	3–0

There were 566 goals scored in 211 matches, for an average of 2.68 goals per match.^{[note 1]}

9 goals

7 goals

6 goals

5 goals

4 goals

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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