2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship

2004 UEFA Under-17 Championship
Championnat d'Europe de football des moins de 17 ans 2004
Tournament details
Host country	France
Dates	4–15 May
Teams	8
Venues	7 (in 7 host cities)
Final positions
Champions	France (1st title)
Runners-up	Spain
Third place	Portugal
Fourth place	England
Tournament statistics
Matches played	16
Goals scored	52 (3.25 per match)
Attendance	63,155 (3,947 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hatem Ben Arfa; Bruno Gama; Shane Paul; Marc Pedraza; (3 goals each)
Best player	Cesc Fàbregas
	← 2003 2005 →

The 2004 UEFA European Under-17 Championship was the third edition of UEFA's European Under-17 Football Championship. France hosted the championship, during 4–15 May. Host France defeated Spain in the final to win the competition for the first time.

Squads

Qualifying

There were two qualifying rounds.

Match Officials

A total of 6 referees, 8 assistant referees and 2 fourth officials were appointed for the final tournament.^[2]^[3]

Referees

Christoforos Zografos
Modou Sowe
Joeri Van De Velde
Radek Matejek
Marek Mikolajewski
Marijo Strahonja

Assistant referees

Simon Lee Evans
Zaza Menteshashvili
Erik Bergsten
Alessandro Griselli
Vytautas Simkus
Nikolay Petrov
Luleseged Begashaw
Toni Gligorov

Fourth officials

Olivier Thual
Fredy Fautrel

Group stage

Group A

Teams	GP	W	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
France	3	3	0	6	1	+5	9
Spain	3	2	1	5	2	+3	6
Turkey	3	1	2	6	5	+1	3
Northern Ireland	3	0	3	3	12	−9	0

4 May 2004

16:00 CET

Spain	1–0	Turkey
Marquitos 40'	Report^{[link removed]}

Stade Georges Boulogne, Amboise

Attendance: 1,500

Referee: Joeri Van De Velde (Belgium)

4 May 2004

18:00 CET

France	3–0	Northern Ireland
Benzema 73' Ben Arfa 76' Songo'o 79'	Report

Les Allées, Blois

Attendance: 4,280

Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

6 May 2004

18:00 CET

Northern Ireland	2–5	Turkey
Turner 42' (pen.) O'Connor 82'	Report^{[link removed]}	Keleş 14', 36' Yılmaz 22' Aksu 23' Sabankay 74'

Stade Jules Ladoumègue, Romorantin-Lanthenay

Attendance: 2,293

Referee: Marek Mikolajewski (Poland)

6 May 2004

19:00 CET

France	1–0	Spain
Suárez 18' (o.g.)	Report

Les Allées, Blois

Attendance: 4,962

Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Greece)

9 May 2004

17:30 CET

Turkey	1–2	France
Aksu 83'	Report	Ben Arfa 42' Ménez 69'

Stade Georges Boulogne, Amboise

Attendance: 5,460

Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)

9 May 2004

17:30 CET

Northern Ireland	1–4	Spain
Doherty 49'	Report^{[link removed]}	Pedraza 27', 35', 42' Capel 66'

Stade Guy Drut, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire

Attendance: 1,914

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

Group B

Teams	GP	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
England	3	3	0	0	6	1	+5	9
Portugal	3	1	1	1	5	3	+2	4
Austria	3	1	1	1	2	2	0	4
Ukraine	3	0	0	3	1	8	−7	0

4 May 2004

15:00 CET

Ukraine	0–2	England
	Report^{[link removed]}	Paul 60' Doyle 79'

Stade Péteseilles, Avoine

Attendance: 2,254

Referee: Christoforos Zografos (Greece)

4 May 2004

20:00 CET

Austria	0–0	Portugal
	Report^{[link removed]}

Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours

Attendance: 2,502

Referee: Modou Sowe (Gambia)

6 May 2004

15:00 CET

Ukraine	1–2	Austria
Dorosh 5'	Report^{[link removed]}	Gramann 9' (pen.), 11'

Stade Guy Drut, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire

Attendance: 1,489

Referee: Marijo Strahonja (Croatia)

6 May 2004

15:00 CET

England	3–1	Portugal
Paul 4', 56' Davies 79'	Report^{[link removed]}	Moreira 8'

Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours

Attendance: 2,582

Referee: Radek Matějek (Czech Republic)

9 May 2004

20:00 CET

Portugal	4–0	Ukraine
Gama 11', 22' (pen.) Gomes 51' Fausto 82'	Report^{[link removed]}

Stade Péteseilles, Avoine

Attendance: 2,338

Referee: Marek Mikolajewski (Poland)

9 May 2004

20:00 CET

England	1–0	Austria
Porter 54'	Report^{[link removed]}

Les Allées, Blois

Attendance: 2,500

Referee: Joeri Van De Velde (Belgium)

Knockout stage

Semifinals

12 May 2004

17:30 CET

France	3–1	Portugal
Nasri 52' Ménez 56' Ben Arfa 62'	Report	Moreira 27'

Les Allées, Blois

Attendance: 5,742

Referee: Marek Mikolajewski (Poland)

12 May 2004

19:30 CET

England	1–2	Spain
Reid 18'	Report^{[link removed]}	Marquitos 10' Fàbregas 80' (pen.)

Stade de la Vallée du Cher, Tours

Attendance: 5,339

Referee: Joeri Van De Velde (Belgium)

Third Place Playoff

15 May 2004

15:30 CET

Portugal	4–4	England
Fausto 13' João Pedro 24', 98' Gama 59'	Report^{[link removed]}	Walker 25', 97' (pen.) Reid 45' Davies 62'
Penalties
Gama Gomes Barbosa João Pedro	3–2	Walker Doyle James Porter Wheater