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(s)	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.

Qualified teams

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

Tiebreakers

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.

Seedings

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] The seeding list was however subject to some few minor modifications:^[2][3]

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

Summary

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

Groups

Group 1

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

Group 2

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

Group 3

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

Group 4

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

Group 5

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

Group 6

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

Group 7

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

Group 8

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

Group 9

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

Group 10

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

Play-offs

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

Goalscorers

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