The UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs were the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2004. They were contested by the ten runners-up from the first-round groups of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament. The winners of each of the five home and away ties joined the group winners in the European Championship in Portugal. The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2003.

Qualified teams

All ten group runners-up from the qualifying groups entered the play-offs:

Group Runner-up
1  Slovenia
2  Norway
3  Netherlands
4  Latvia
5  Scotland
6  Spain
7  Turkey
8  Croatia
9  Wales
10  Russia

Draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany, to determine the five pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. No seeding system was used, making the draw an open one.

Summary

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

Matches

Latvia 1–0 Turkey
Verpakovskis 29' Report
Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 8,800[1]
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Turkey 2–2 Latvia
Mansız 20'
Şükür 64'		 Report Laizāns 66'
Verpakovskis 78'
İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 17,500[2]
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Latvia won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Scotland 1–0 Netherlands
McFadden 22' Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 52,063[3]
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Netherlands 6–0 Scotland
Sneijder 13'
Ooijer 32'
Van Nistelrooy 37', 51', 67'
F. de Boer 65'		 Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 49,656[4]
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Netherlands won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Croatia 1–1 Slovenia
Pršo 5' Report Šiljak 22'
Maksimir Stadion, Zagreb
Attendance: 34,657[5]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Slovenia 0–1 Croatia
Report Pršo 61'
Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 8,500[6]
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Croatia won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Russia 0–0 Wales
Report
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 28,500[7]
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
Wales 0–1 Russia
Report Evseev 21'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,062[8]
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Russia won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Spain 2–1 Norway
Raúl 21'
H. Berg 85' (o.g.)		 Report Iversen 15'
Mestalla, Valencia
Attendance: 45,648[9]
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Norway 0–3 Spain
Report Raúl 34'
Vicente 49'
Etxeberria 57'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 25,106[10]
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Spain won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References

  1. ^ "Latvia v Turkey, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Turkey v Latvia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Scotland v Netherlands, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Netherlands v Scotland, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Croatia v Slovenia, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Slovenia v Croatia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Russia v Wales, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Wales v Russia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Spain v Norway, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Norway v Spain, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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