The 2004 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony) and ended on 28 August.
The tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with the Summer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated to FIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams. The men's tournament allows up to three overage players to join the U-23 squads.
The men's tournament was won by Argentina, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, which held a record of having won every match without conceding a goal in the tournament. The Golden Boot was won by Argentina's Carlos Tevez. The women's tournament was won by the United States.
Venues
- Olympic Stadium, Athens
- Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
- Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
- Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
- Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
- Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos
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|Olympic Stadium
|Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
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|Capacity: 71,030
|Capacity: 23,558
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!Piraeus
!Thessaloniki
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|Karaiskakis Stadium
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|Capacity: 33,334
|Capacity: 27,770
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!Heraklion
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|Pankritio Stadium
|Panthessaliko Stadium
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|Capacity: 26,240
|Capacity: 22,700
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Men
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|Men's football
|valign=top|<br/>Roberto Ayala<br/>Nicolás Burdisso<br/>Willy Caballero<br/>Fabricio Coloccini<br/>César Delgado<br/>Andrés D'Alessandro<br/>Leandro Fernández<br/>Luciano Figueroa<br/>Kily González<br/>Lucho González<br/>Mariano González<br/>Gabriel Heinze<br/>Germán Lux<br/>Javier Mascherano<br/>Nicolás Medina<br/>Clemente Rodríguez<br/>Mauro Rosales<br/>Javier Saviola<br/>Carlos Tevez<br/>Coach: Marcelo Bielsa
|valign=top|<br/>Rodrigo Romero<br>Emilio Martínez<br>Julio Manzur<br>Carlos Gamarra<br>José Devaca<br>Celso Esquivel<br>Pablo Giménez<br>Edgar Barreto<br>Fredy Barreiro<br>Diego Figueredo<br>Aureliano Torres<br>Pedro Benítez<br>Julio César Enciso<br>Julio González<br>Ernesto Cristaldo<br>Osvaldo Díaz<br>José Cardozo<br>Diego Barreto<br>Coach: Carlos Jara Saguier
|valign=top|<br>Marco Amelia<br>Andrea Barzagli<br>Daniele Bonera<br>Cesare Bovo<br>Giorgio Chiellini<br>Daniele De Rossi<br>Simone Del Nero<br>Marco Donadel<br>Matteo Ferrari<br>Andrea Gasbarroni<br>Alberto Gilardino<br>Emiliano Moretti<br>Giandomenico Mesto<br>Angelo Palombo<br>Ivan Pelizzoli<br>Giampiero Pinzi<br>Andrea Pirlo<br>Giuseppe Sculli<br>Coach: Claudio Gentile
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Women
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|Women's football
|valign=top|<br>Briana Scurry<br>Heather Mitts<br>Christie Rampone<br>Cat Reddick<br>Lindsay Tarpley<br>Brandi Chastain<br>Shannon Boxx<br>Angela Hucles<br>Mia Hamm<br>Aly Wagner<br>Julie Foudy<br>Cindy Parlow<br>Kristine Lilly<br>Joy Fawcett<br>Kate Markgraf<br>Abby Wambach<br>Heather O'Reilly<br>Kristin Luckenbill<br>Coach: April Heinrichs
|valign=top|<br>Andréia<br>Maravilha<br>Mônica<br>Tânia<br>Juliana<br>Daniela<br>Rosana<br>Renata Costa<br>Aline<br>Formiga<br>Elaine<br>Maycon<br>Pretinha<br>Marta<br>Cristiane<br>Roseli<br>Dayane<br>Grazielle<br>Coach: Renê Simões
|valign=top|<br>Silke Rottenberg<br>Kerstin Stegemann<br>Kerstin Garefrekes<br>Steffi Jones<br>Sarah Günther<br>Viola Odebrecht<br>Pia Wunderlich<br>Petra Wimbersky<br>Birgit Prinz<br>Renate Lingor<br>Martina Müller<br>Navina Omilade<br>Sandra Minnert<br>Isabell Bachor<br>Sonja Fuss<br>Conny Pohlers<br>Ariane Hingst<br>Nadine Angerer<br>Coach: Tina Theune-Meyer
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FIFA Fair play award
Women's tournament
- Japan
- Sweden
References
External links
- Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Men, FIFA.com
- Olympic Football Tournaments Athens 2004 – Women, FIFA.com
- Official result book – Football