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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.

Teams

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

Notes

^ The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.
^ From 1960 to 1988, Russia competed as the Soviet Union, and in 1992 as CIS.

Standings

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^[a]	Advance to knockout stage
3	Spain	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4^[a]
4	Russia	3	1	0	2	2	4	−2	3

Source: UEFA
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Tied on head-to-head result (Greece 1–1 Spain) and overall goal difference (0). Overall goals for was used as the tiebreaker.

In the quarter-finals,

The winner of Group A, Portugal, advanced to play the runner-up of Group B, England.
The runner-up of Group A, Greece, advanced to play the winner of Group B, France.

Matches

Portugal vs Greece

12 June 2004

17:00

Portugal	1–2	Greece
Ronaldo 90+3'	Report	Karagounis 7' Basinas 51' (pen.)

Estádio do Dragão, Porto

Attendance: 48,761

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Portugal

Greece


GK	1	Ricardo
RB	2	Paulo Ferreira
CB	4	Jorge Andrade
CB	5	Fernando Couto (c)
LB	3	Rui Jorge
CM	18	Maniche
CM	6	Costinha	21'	66'
RW	7	Luís Figo
AM	10	Rui Costa		46'
LW	11	Simão		46'
CF	9	Pauleta	57'
Substitutions:
FW	17	Cristiano Ronaldo		46'
MF	20	Deco		46'
FW	21	Nuno Gomes		66'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari


GK	1	Antonios Nikopolidis
RB	2	Giourkas Seitaridis	76'
CB	5	Traianos Dellas
CB	19	Michalis Kapsis
LB	14	Takis Fyssas
RM	20	Giorgos Karagounis	39'	46'
CM	7	Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
CM	6	Angelos Basinas
LM	8	Stelios Giannakopoulos		68'
CF	9	Angelos Charisteas		74'
CF	15	Zisis Vryzas
Substitutions:
MF	21	Kostas Katsouranis		46'
FW	11	Demis Nikolaidis		68'
MF	23	Vassilis Lakis		74'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match:
Theodoros Zagorakis (Greece)^[1]

Assistant referees:
Marco Ivaldi (Italy)
Narciso Pisacreta (Italy)
Fourth official:
Alain Hamer (Luxembourg)

Spain vs Russia

12 June 2004

19:45

Spain	1–0	Russia
Valerón 60'	Report

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Attendance: 28,182

Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Spain

Russia


GK	23	Iker Casillas
RB	5	Carles Puyol
CB	6	Iván Helguera
CB	3	Carlos Marchena	66'
LB	15	Raúl Bravo
CM	4	David Albelda	85'
CM	8	Rubén Baraja	43'	59'
RW	17	Joseba Etxeberria
AM	7	Raúl (c)		78'
LW	14	Vicente
CF	10	Fernando Morientes		59'
Substitutions:
MF	16	Xabi Alonso		59'
MF	21	Juan Carlos Valerón		59'
FW	9	Fernando Torres		78'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez


GK	1	Sergei Ovchinnikov
RB	16	Vadim Evseev
CB	4	Alexey Smertin (c)	29'
CB	13	Roman Sharonov	27' 88'
LB	17	Dmitri Sennikov
DM	22	Evgeni Aldonin	32'	68'
RM	8	Rolan Gusev	12'	46'
CM	15	Dmitri Alenichev
CM	10	Aleksandr Mostovoi
LM	7	Marat Izmailov		74'
CF	9	Dmitri Bulykin
Substitutions:
MF	2	Vladislav Radimov	90'	46'
FW	3	Dmitri Sychev		68'
MF	5	Andrei Karyaka		74'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev

Man of the Match:
Vicente (Spain)^[2]

Assistant referees:
Rudolf Käppeli (Switzerland)
Francesco Buragina (Switzerland)
Fourth official:
Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Greece vs Spain

16 June 2004

17:00

Greece	1–1	Spain
Charisteas 66'	Report	Morientes 28'

Estádio do Bessa, Porto

Attendance: 25,444

Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Greece

Spain


GK	1	Antonios Nikopolidis
RB	2	Giourkas Seitaridis
CB	5	Traianos Dellas
CB	19	Michalis Kapsis
LB	14	Takis Fyssas		86'
RM	20	Giorgos Karagounis	27'	53'
CM	7	Theodoros Zagorakis (c)	61'
CM	21	Kostas Katsouranis	7'
LM	8	Stelios Giannakopoulos	24'	49'
CF	9	Angelos Charisteas
CF	15	Zisis Vryzas	90'
Substitutions:
FW	11	Demis Nikolaidis		49'
MF	10	Vassilios Tsiartas		53'
DF	3	Stylianos Venetidis		86'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel


GK	23	Iker Casillas
RB	5	Carles Puyol
CB	6	Iván Helguera	37'
CB	3	Carlos Marchena	16'
LB	15	Raúl Bravo
CM	4	David Albelda
CM	8	Rubén Baraja
RW	17	Joseba Etxeberria		46'
AM	7	Raúl (c)		80'
LW	14	Vicente
CF	10	Fernando Morientes		65'
Substitutions:
MF	19	Joaquín		46'
MF	21	Juan Carlos Valerón		65'
FW	9	Fernando Torres		80'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez

Man of the Match:
Raúl (Spain)^[3]

Assistant referees:
Igor Šramka (Slovakia)
Martin Balko (Slovakia)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Portugal

16 June 2004

19:45

Russia	0–2	Portugal
	Report	Maniche 7' Rui Costa 89'

Estádio da Luz, Lisbon

Attendance: 59,273

Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)

Russia

Portugal


GK	1	Sergei Ovchinnikov	45'
RB	16	Vadim Evseev	21'
CB	4	Alexey Smertin (c)	16'
CB	21	Aleksei Bugayev
LB	17	Dmitri Sennikov
DM	22	Evgeni Aldonin		45+2'
RM	15	Dmitri Alenichev	90+2'
CM	20	Dmitri Loskov
CM	7	Marat Izmailov		72'
LM	5	Andrei Karyaka		79'
CF	11	Aleksandr Kerzhakov
Substitutions:
GK	12	Vyacheslav Malafeev		45+2'
MF	19	Vladimir Bystrov		72'
FW	9	Dmitri Bulykin		79'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev


GK	1	Ricardo
RB	13	Miguel
CB	4	Jorge Andrade
CB	16	Ricardo Carvalho	24'
LB	14	Nuno Valente
CM	18	Maniche
CM	6	Costinha
RW	7	Luís Figo (c)		78'
AM	20	Deco	85'
LW	11	Simão		63'
CF	9	Pauleta		57'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Nuno Gomes		57'
MF	10	Rui Costa		63'
FW	17	Cristiano Ronaldo		78'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Maniche (Portugal)^[4]

Assistant referees:
Ole Hermann Borgan (Norway)
Steinar Holvik (Norway)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

Spain vs Portugal

20 June 2004

19:45

Spain	0–1	Portugal
	Report	Nuno Gomes 57'

Estádio José Alvalade, Lisbon

Attendance: 47,491

Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Spain

Portugal


GK	23	Iker Casillas
RB	5	Carles Puyol	74'
CB	6	Iván Helguera
CB	22	Juanito	68'	79'
LB	15	Raúl Bravo
CM	16	Xabi Alonso
CM	4	David Albelda	8'	65'
RW	19	Joaquín		71'
AM	7	Raúl (c)
LW	14	Vicente
CF	9	Fernando Torres
Substitutions:
MF	8	Rubén Baraja		65'
FW	11	Albert Luque		71'
FW	10	Fernando Morientes		79'
Manager:
Iñaki Sáez


GK	1	Ricardo
RB	13	Miguel
CB	4	Jorge Andrade
CB	16	Ricardo Carvalho
LB	14	Nuno Valente
CM	6	Costinha
CM	18	Maniche
RW	7	Luís Figo (c)		77'
AM	20	Deco
LW	17	Cristiano Ronaldo		84'
CF	9	Pauleta	7'	46'
Substitutions:
FW	21	Nuno Gomes	65'	46'
MF	8	Petit		77'
DF	5	Fernando Couto		84'
Manager:
Luiz Felipe Scolari

Man of the Match:
Deco (Portugal)^[5]

Assistant referees:
Kenneth Petersson (Sweden)
Peter Ekström (Sweden)
Fourth official:
Stuart Dougal (Scotland)

Russia vs Greece

20 June 2004

19:45

Russia	2–1	Greece
Kirichenko 2' Bulykin 17'	Report	Vryzas 43'

Estádio Algarve, Faro/Loulé

Attendance: 24,347

Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)

Russia

Greece


GK	12	Vyacheslav Malafeev	88'
RB	14	Aleksandr Anyukov	28'
CB	13	Roman Sharonov	15'	56'
CB	21	Aleksei Bugayev
LB	16	Vadim Evseev
RM	8	Rolan Gusev
CM	15	Dmitri Alenichev (c)	65'
CM	2	Vladislav Radimov	71'
LM	5	Andrei Karyaka	39'	46'
CF	9	Dmitri Bulykin		46'
CF	18	Dmitri Kirichenko
Substitutions:
FW	3	Dmitri Sychev		46'
MF	6	Igor Semshov		46'
DF	17	Dmitri Sennikov		56'
Manager:
Georgi Yartsev


GK	1	Antonios Nikopolidis
RB	2	Giourkas Seitaridis
CB	5	Traianos Dellas	86'
CB	19	Michalis Kapsis
LB	3	Stylianos Venetidis		89'
CM	6	Angelos Basinas		42'
CM	21	Kostas Katsouranis
CM	7	Theodoros Zagorakis (c)
RW	9	Angelos Charisteas
LW	22	Dimitris Papadopoulos		70'
CF	15	Zisis Vryzas	45'
Substitutions:
MF	10	Vassilios Tsiartas		42'
FW	11	Demis Nikolaidis		70'
DF	14	Takis Fyssas		89'
Manager:
Otto Rehhagel

Man of the Match:
Dmitri Kirichenko (Russia)^[6]

Assistant referees:
Frédéric Arnault (France)
Serge Vallin (France)
Fourth official:
Frank De Bleeckere (Belgium)

References

^ "Theodoros Zagorakis". Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ "Vicente Rodríguez". Union of European Football Associations. 12 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ "Raúl González". Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 12 June 2012.
^ "Maniche". Union of European Football Associations. 16 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
^ "Deco". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
^ "Dmitri Kirichenko". Union of European Football Associations. 20 June 2004. Archived from the original on 24 June 2004. Retrieved 13 June 2012.