EURO 2004 World Cup football home page
Euro 2004 was held in Portugal
and England came through the group stages undefeated to qualify to play in the
tournament. Review the England football team's progress in
Euro 2004 here. See the squad selected for Euro 2004 and look at England's
European and World Cup history.
Pre Euro 2004 Fixtures
Tue 1 June 2004: England 1 Japan 1 (Michael Owen
scored for England)
Sat 5 June 2004: England 6 Iceland 1 (Lampard,
Rooney 2, Vassell 2, Bridge)
Euro 2004 Fixtures
Sun 13 June 2004: England 1 France 2 (Frank Lampard
scored for England)
Thu 17 June 2004: England 3 Switzerland 0
(Wayne Rooney 2 , Steven Gerrard)
Mon 21 June 2004: England 4 Croatia 2 (Paul
Scholes, Wayne Rooney 2, Frank Lampard)
Thu 24 June 2004: England
2 Portugal 2 after extra time: the score was 1-1 after normal time
(Portugal won 6-5 on penalties)
Having lost to France, England then beat Switzerland and Croatia to progress to the quarter finals
by coming second in Group B.
England then had a difficult quarter final match against the home side
Portugal and lost on penalties to go out of Euro 2004.
The home side Portugal then beat Holland 2-1 in the
semi final before losing to Greece 1-0 in the final. Angelos Charisteas headed
in the only goal of the final from a corner after 57 minutes. Please click here
for the
full list of Euro 2004 matches.
Here are the winners and runners up in previous European Championships:
| Date |
Host Nation |
Winner |
Runner up |
| 1960 |
France |
Soviet Union |
Yugoslavia |
| 1964 |
Spain |
Spain |
Soviet Union |
| 1968 |
Italy |
Italy |
Yugoslavia |
| 1972 |
Belgium |
West Germany |
Soviet Union |
| 1976 |
Yugoslavia |
Czechoslovakia |
West Germany |
| 1980 |
Italy |
West Germany |
Belgium |
| 1984 |
France |
France |
Spain |
| 1988 |
West Germany |
Holland |
Soviet Union |
| 1992 |
Sweden |
Denmark |
Germany |
| 1996 |
England |
Germany |
Czechoslovakia |
| 2000 |
Holland / Belgium |
France |
Italy |
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