FOOTBALL AT THE 2004 SUMMER OLYMPICS

The 'football tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics' started on August 11, (two days before the opening ceremony), and ended on August 28.
The men's tournament is played by U-23 (under 23 years old) national teams, with up to three over age players allowed per squad. Article 1 of the tournament regulations [1] states: "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 was won by Argentina, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, which held an impressive record of having won every single match without conceding a goal in the tournament. The Golden Boot was also won by Argentina's Carlos Tévez. The women's tournament was won by the United States.

Contents

Venues

Men

Women

Abbreviations

FIFA Fair play award

Women's tournament

Top scorers

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Top scoring teams

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

Top qualifiers

Men's tournament

Women's tournament

External links

Venues

★ Karaiskaki Stadium, Athens


★ Olympic Stadium, Athens


★ Pankritio Stadium, Heraklio


★ Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras


★ Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki


★ Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Men

'Gold' Gold	'Silver' Silver	'Bronze' Bronze
Argentina German Lux Wilfredo Caballero Roberto Ayala Fabricio Coloccini Gabriel Heinze Clemente Rodríguez Leandro Fernández Javier Mascherano Cristian 'Kily' González Andrés D'Alessandro Luis González Nicolás Medina César Delgado Carlos Tévez Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Mariano González Luciano Figueroa Coach: Marcelo Bielsa	Paraguay Rodrigo Romero Emilio Martínez Julio Manzur Carlos Gamarra José Devaca Celso Esquivel Pablo Gimenez Edgar Barreto Fredy Barreiro Diego Figueredo Aureliano Torres Pedro Benítez Julio César Enciso Julio González Ernesto Cristaldo Osvaldo Díaz José Cardozo Diego Barreto Coach: Carlos Jara Saguier	Italy Ivan Pelizzoli Marco Amelia Emiliano Moretti Matteo Ferrari Andrea Barzagli Cesare Bovo Giorgio Chiellini Daniele Bonera Giampiero Pinzi Angelo Palombo Andrea Pirlo Daniele De Rossi Marco Donadel Alberto Gilardino Simone Del Nero Giuseppe Sculli Andrea Gasbarroni Giandomenico Mesto Coach: Claudio Gentile

Women

'Gold' Gold	'Silver' Silver	'Bronze' Bronze
United States Briana Scurry Heather Mitts Christie Rampone Cat Reddick Lindsay Tarpley Brandi Chastain Shannon Boxx Angela Hucles Mia Hamm Aly Wagner Julie Foudy Cindy Parlow Kristine Lilly Joy Fawcett Kate Markgraf Abby Wambach Heather O'Reilly Kristin Luckenbill Coach: April Heinrichs	Brazil Andreia Maravilha Monica Tânia Juliana Daniela Rosana Renata Costa Aline Formiga Elaine Maycon Pretinha Marta Cristiane Roseli Dayane Grazielle Coach: Renê Simões	Germany Silke Rottenberg Kerstin Stegeman Kerstin Garefrekes Steffi Jones Sarah Guenther Viola Odebrecht Pia Wunderlich Petra Wimbersky Birgit Prinz Renate Lingor Martina Müller Navina Omilade Sandra Minnert Isabell Bachor Sonja Fuss Conny Pohlers Ariane Hingst Nadine Angerer Coach: Tina Theune-Meyer

Abbreviations

★ Pld - Games played

★ W - Wins

★ D - Draws

★ L - Losses

★ GF - Goals for

★ GA - Goals against

★ Pts - Points (win=3, draw=1, loss=0)

★ og - Own goal

★ aet - After extra time

FIFA Fair play award

Women's tournament

★ Japan

★ Sweden

Top scorers

Men's tournament

'8 goals'

★ Carlos Tévez (ARG)
'5 goals'

★ Jose Cardozo (PAR)
'4 goals'

★ Fredy Barreiro (PAR)

★ Alberto Gilardino (ITA)

★ Tenema Ndiaye (MLI)

Women's tournament

'5 goals'

★ Birgit Prinz (GER)

★ Cristiane (BRA)
'4 goals'

★ Abby Wambach (USA)
'3 goals'

★ Pretinha (BRA)

★ Kristine Lilly (USA)

Top scoring teams

Men's tournament

★ Argentina 17 goals

★ Iraq - Paraguay 9 goals

★ South Korea 8 goals

★ Italy 7 goals

★ Australia - Japan - Portugal 6 goals

Women's tournament

★ Brazil 15 goals

★ Germany 14 goals

★ United States 12 goals

Top qualifiers

Men's tournament

★ Argentina 9 points

★ Iraq - Paraguay 6 points

Women's tournament

★ United States 7 points

★ Brazil - Germany 6 points

External links

★ FIFA: Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2004

★ FIFA: Women's Olympic Football Tournament 2004

★ Olympics: Olympic Football Tournament 2004