UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs

The UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs were the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2004. They were contested by the ten runners-up from the first-round groups of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament. The winners of each of the five home and away ties joined the group winners in the European Championship in Portugal. The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2003.

Qualified teams edit

All ten group runners-up from the qualifying groups entered the play-offs:

Group Runner-up
1   Slovenia
2   Norway
3   Netherlands
4   Latvia
5   Scotland
6   Spain
7   Turkey
8   Croatia
9   Wales
10   Russia

Draw edit

The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany, to determine the five pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. No seeding system was used, making the draw an open one.

Summary edit

Team 1 Agg.Tooltip Aggregate score Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Latvia   3–2   Turkey 1–0 2–2
Scotland   1–6   Netherlands 1–0 0–6
Croatia   2–1   Slovenia 1–1 1–0
Russia   1–0   Wales 0–0 1–0
Spain   5–1   Norway 2–1 3–0

Matches edit

Latvia  1–0  Turkey
Verpakovskis   29' Report
Attendance: 8,800[1]
Turkey  2–2  Latvia
Mansız   20'
Şükür   64'
Report Laizāns   66'
Verpakovskis   78'
Attendance: 17,500[2]
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Latvia won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.


Scotland  1–0  Netherlands
McFadden   22' Report
Attendance: 52,063[3]
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Netherlands  6–0  Scotland
Sneijder   13'
Ooijer   32'
Van Nistelrooy   37', 51', 67'
F. de Boer   65'
Report

Netherlands won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.


Croatia  1–1  Slovenia
Pršo   5' Report Šiljak   22'
Attendance: 34,657[5]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Slovenia  0–1  Croatia
Report Pršo   61'

Croatia won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.


Russia  0–0  Wales
Report
Wales  0–1  Russia
Report Evseev   21'

Russia won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.


Spain  2–1  Norway
Raúl   21'
H. Berg   85' (o.g.)
Report Iversen   15'
Attendance: 45,648[9]
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Norway  0–3  Spain
Report Raúl   34'
Vicente   49'
Etxeberria   57'
Attendance: 25,106[10]

Spain won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Goalscorers edit

There were 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

References edit

  1. ^ "Latvia v Turkey, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  2. ^ "Turkey v Latvia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  3. ^ "Scotland v Netherlands, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ^ "Netherlands v Scotland, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  5. ^ "Croatia v Slovenia, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  6. ^ "Slovenia v Croatia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Russia v Wales, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  8. ^ "Wales v Russia, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  9. ^ "Spain v Norway, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
  10. ^ "Norway v Spain, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.