Basic information about Euro 2004

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This thread serves as an informative one showing the groupings, teams, fixtures and what-not to give partcipants the basics behind Europe's largest football tournament in 2004.

Teams:

Group A: Portugal, Spain, Russia, Greece.
Group B: France, England, Croatia, Switzerland.
Group C: Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Bulgaria.
Group D: Germany, Netherlands, Czech Rep, Latvia.

Fixtures:
(all times local time, GMT)

12 June 2004
Portugal vs Greece (A) - Dragão, Porto - 1700hrs
Spain vs Russia (A) - Algarve, Faro-Loulé - 1945hrs

13 June 2004
Switzerland vs Croatia (B) - Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria - 1700hrs
France vs England (B) - Luz, Lisbon - 1945hrs

14 June 2004
Denmark vs Italy (C) - D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães - 1700hrs
Sweden vs Bulgaria (C) - José Alvalade, Lisbon - 1945hrs

15 June 2004
Germany vs Netherlands (D) - Dragão, Porto - 1700hrs
Czech Republic vs Latvia (D) - Aveiro Municipal, Aveiro - 1945hrs

16 June 2004
Greece vs Spain (A) - Bessa, Porto - 1700hrs
Russia vs Portugal (A) - Luz, Lisbon - 1945hrs

17 June 2004
England vs Switzerland (B) - Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra - 1700hrs
Croatia vs France (B) - Dr. Magalhães Pessoa, Leiria - 1945hrs

18 June 2004
Bulgaria vs Denmark (C) - Braga Municipal, Braga - 1700hrs
Italy vs Sweden (C) - Dragão, Porto - 1945hrs

19 June 2004
Latvia vs Germany (D) - Bessa, Porto - 1700hrs
Netherlands vs Czech Republic (D) - Aveiro Municipal, Aveiro - 1945hrs

20 June 2004
Spain vs Portugal (A) - José Alvalade, Lisbon - 1945hrs
Russia vs Greece (A) - Algarve, Faro-Loulé - 1945hrs

21 June 2004
Croatia vs England (B) - Luz, Lisbon - 1945hrs
Switzerland vs France (B) - Cidade de Coimbra, Coimbra - 1945hrs

22 June 2004
Italy vs Bulgaria (C) - D. Afonso Henriques, Guimarães - 1945hrs
Denmark vs Sweden (C) - Bessa, Porto - 1945hrs

23 June 2004
Netherlands vs Latvia (D) - Braga Municipal, Braga - 1945hrs
Germany vs Czech Republic (D) - José Alvalade, Lisbon - 1945hrs

Quarter-final Matches
24 June 2004 - Match 25
Winner A vs Runner-up B - Luz, Lisbon - 1945hrs

25 June 2004 - Match 26
Winner B vs Runner-up A - José Alvalade, Lisbon - 1945hrs

26 June 2004 - Match 27
Winner C vs Runner-up D - Algarve, Faro-Loulé - 1945hrs

27 June 2004 - Match 28
Winner D vs Runner-up C - Dragão, Porto - 1945hrs

Semi-final Matches
30 June 2004 - Match 29
Winner Match 25 vs Winner Match 27 - José Alvalade, Lisbon - 1945hrs

01 July 2004 - Match 30
Winner Match 26 vs Winner Match 28 - Dragão, Porto - 1945hrs

Final Match
04 July 2004 - Match 31
Winner Match 29 vs Winner Match 30 - Luz, Lisbon - 1945hrs

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Friendly matches

These are some friendly matches featuring the top teams in Euro 2004. The aim for predicting these games is to allow participants to take part for fun and to bring up problems that could arise from the PL. If you are not sure how to play, do take part and get yourselves familiarise with the rules and points. The points awarded will NOT count towards the actual competition itself.

Here are the fixtures:

30.05.2004 - Tunisia vs Italy
1.06.2004 - England vs Japan
2.06.2004 - Switzerland vs Germany
5.06.2004 - Portugal vs Lithuania
5.06.2004 - Spain vs Andorra
6.06.2004 - France vs Ukraine

I will be putting up the PL threads when the dates become near.

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The squad list has been announced for all teams. I shall display the squads for all teams in the following 4 posts for each group. Pls refer to the squads if you are unsure who is playing and who is not in the tournament.

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Group A: Portugal, Spain, Russia, Greece.

PORTUGAL

1 RICARDO - GK
2 PAULO FERREIRA - DF
3 RUI JORGE - DF
4 Jorge ANDRADE - DF
5 Fernando COUTO - DF
6 COSTINHA - MD
7 Luís FIGO - MD
8 PETIT - MD
9 PAULETA - FW
10 Rui COSTA - MD
11 Simão SABROSA - FW
12 QUIM - GK
13 MIGUEL - DF
14 NUNO VALENTE - DF
15 BETO - DF
16 RICARDO CARVALHO - DF
17 Cristiano RONALDO - FW
18 MANICHE - MD
19 TIAGO - MD
20 DECO - MD
21 Nuno GOMES - FW
22 MOREIRA - GK
23 HÉLDER POSTIGA - FW

SPAIN

1 Santiago CAÑIZARES - GK
2 Joan CAPDEVILA - DF
3 Carlos MARCHENA - DF
4 David ALBELDA - MD
5 Carles PUYOL - DF
6 Iván HELGUERA - DF
7 RAÚL González - FW
8 Rubén BARAJA - MD
9 Fernando TORRES - FW
10 Fernando MORIENTES - FW
11 Alberto LUQUE - FW
12 GABRI GARCÍA - DF
13 Daniel ARANZUBÍA - GK
14 VICENTE Rodríguez - MD
15 Raúl BRAVO - DF
16 Xabi ALONSO - MD
17 Joseba ETXEBERRIA - FW
18 CÉSAR Martín - DF
19 JOAQUÍN Sánchez - MD
20 Hernández XAVI - MD
21 Juan Carlos VALERÓN - MD
22 JUANITO - DF
23 Iker CASILLAS - GK

RUSSIA

1 Sergei OVCHINNIKOV - GK
2 Vladislav RADIMOV - MD
3 Dmitri SYTCHEV - FW
4 Aleksei SMERTIN - MD
5 Andrei KARIAKA - MD
6 Igor SEMSHOV - MD
7 Marat IZMAILOV - MD
8 Rolan GUSEV - MD
9 Dmitri BULYKIN - FW
10 Aleksandr MOSTOVOI - MD
11 Aleksandr KERZHAKOV - FW
12 Viatcheslav MALAFEEV - GK
13 Sharonov ROMAN -DF
14 Alexander ANUKOV - DF
15 Dmitri ALENICHEV - FW
16 Vadim EVSEEV - DF
17 Dmitri SENNIKOV - DF
18 Dmitri KIRICHENKO - FW
19 Vladimir BYSTROV - MD
20 Dmitri LOSKOV - MD
21 Alexey BUGAEV - DF
22 Evgeni ALDONIN - MD
23 Igor AKINFEEV - GK

GREECE

1 Antonios NIKOPOLIDIS - GK
2 Giourkas SEITARIDIS - DF
3 Stylianos VENETIDIS - DF
4 Nikolaos DABIZAS - DF
5 Traianos DELLAS - DF
6 Angelos BASINAS - MD
7 Theodoros ZAGORAKIS - MD
8 Stylianos GIANNAKOPOULOS - MD
9 Angelos CHARISTEAS - FW
10 Vassilios TSIARTAS - MD
11 Themistoklis NIKOLAIDIS - FW
12 Konstantinos CHALKIAS - GK
13 Theofanis KATERGIANNAKIS - GK
14 Panagiotis FYSSAS - DF
15 Zisis VRYZAS - FW
16 Pantelis KAFES - MD
17 Giorgios GEORGIADIS - MD
18 Giannis GOUMAS - DF
19 Mihalis KAPSIS - DF
20 Giorgios KARAGOUNIS - MD
21 Konstantinos KATSOURANIS - MD
22 Dimitrios PAPADOPOULOS - FW
23 Vassilios LAKIS - MD

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Group B: France, England, Croatia, Switzerland.

FRANCE

1 Mickaël LANDREAU - GK
2 Jean-Alain BOUMSONG - DF
3 Bixente LIZARAZU - DF
4 Patrick VIEIRA - MD
5 William GALLAS - DF
6 Claude MAKELELE - MD
7 Robert PIRES - MD
8 Marcel DESAILLY - DF
9 Louis SAHA - FW
10 Zinedine ZIDANE - MD
11 Sylvain WILTORD - MD
12 Thierry HENRY - FW
13 Mikaël SILVESTRE - DF
14 Jérôme ROTHEN - MD
15 Lilian THURAM - DF
16 Fabien BARTHEZ - GK
17 Olivier DACOURT - MD
18 Benoît PEDRETTI - MD
19 Willy SAGNOL - DF
20 David TREZEGUET - FW
21 Steve MARLET - FW
22 Sidney GOVOU - FW
23 Grégory COUPET - GK

ENGLAND

1 David JAMES - GK
2 Gary NEVILLE - DF
3 Ashley COLE - DF
4 Steven GERRARD - MD
5 John TERRY - DF
6 Sol CAMPBELL - DF
7 David BECKHAM - MD
8 Paul SCHOLES - MD
9 Wayne ROONEY - FW
10 Michael OWEN - FW
11 Frank LAMPARD - MD
12 Wayne BRIDGE - DF
13 Paul ROBINSON - GK
14 Phil NEVILLE - DF
15 Ledley KING - DF
16 Jamie CARRAGHER - DF
17 Nicky BUTT - MD
18 Owen HARGREAVES - MD
19 JOE COLE - MD
20 Kieron DYER - MD
21 Emile HESKEY - FW
22 Ian Michael WALKER - GK
23 Darius VASSELL - FW

CROATIA

1 Stipe PLETIKOSA - GK
2 Mario TOKIC - DF
3 Josip ŠIMUNIC - DF
4 Stjepan TOMAS - DF
5 Igor TUDOR - DF
6 Boris ZIVKOVIC - DF
7 Milan RAPAIC - FW
8 Darijo SRNA - MD
9 Dado PRŠO - FW
10 Niko KOVAC - MD
11 Tomislav ŠOKOTA - FW
12 Tomislav BUTINA - GK
13 Dario ŠIMIC - DF
14 Mato NERETLJAK - DF
15 Jerko LEKO - MD
16 Marko BABIC - MD
17 Ivan KLASNIC - FW
18 Ivica OLIC - FW
19 Ivica MORNAR - MD
20 Giovani ROSSO - MD
21 Robert KOVAC - DF
22 Nenad BJELICA - MD
23 Joey DIDULICA - GK

SWITZERLAND

1 Jörg STIEL - GK
2 Bernt HAAS - DF
3 Bruno BERNER - DF
4 Stéphane HENCHOZ - DF
5 Murat YAKIN - DF
6 Johann VOGEL - MD
7 Ricardo CABANAS - MD
8 Raphael WICKY - MD
9 Alexander FREI - FW
10 Hakan YAKIN - FW
11 Stéphane CHAPUISAT - FW
12 Pascal ZUBERBÜHLER - GK
13 Marco ZWYSSIG - DF
14 Ludovic MAGNIN - MD
15 Daniel GYGAX - FW
16 Fabio CELESTINI - MD
17 Christoph SPYCHER - MD
18 Benjamin HUGGEL - MD
19 Johann LONFAT - MD
20 Patrick MÜLLER - DF
21 Mailaim RAMA - FW
22 Johan VONLANTHEN - FW
23 Fabrice BORER - GK

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Group C: Italy, Sweden, Denmark, Bulgaria.

ITALY

1 Gianluigi BUFFON - GK
2 Christian PANUCCI - DF
3 Massimo ODDO - DF
4 Cristiano ZANETTI - MD
5 Fabio CANNAVARO - DF
6 Matteo FERRARI - DF
7 Alessandro DEL PIERO - FW
8 Gennaro GATTUSO - MD
9 Christian VIERI - FW
10 Francesco TOTTI - FW
11 Bernardo CORRADI - FW
12 Francesco TOLDO - GK
13 Alessandro NESTA - DF
14 Stefano FIORE - MD
15 Giuseppe FAVALLI - DF
16 Mauro CAMORANESI - MD
17 Marco DI VAIO - FW
18 Antonio CASSANO - FW
19 Gianluca ZAMBROTTA - MD
20 Simone PERROTTA - MD
21 Andrea PIRLO - MD
22 Angelo PERUZZI - GK
23 Marco MATERAZZI - DF

SWEDEN

1 Andreas ISAKSSON - GK
2 Teddy LUCIC - DF
3 Olof MELLBERG - DF
4 Johan MJÄLLBY - MD
5 Erik EDMAN - DF
6 Tobias LINDEROTH - MD
7 Mikael NILSSON - MD
8 Anders SVENSSON - MD
9 Fredrik LJUNGBERG - MD
10 Zlatan IBRAHIMOVIC - FW
11 Henrik LARSSON - FW
12 Magnus HEDMAN - GK
13 Petter HANSSON - DF
14 Alexander ÖSTLUND - MD
15 Andreas JAKOBSSON - DF
16 Kim KÄLLSTRÖM - MD
17 ANDERS ANDERSSON - MD
18 Mattias JONSON - FW
19 Pontus FARNERUD - MD
20 Marcus ALLBÄCK - FW
21 Christian WILHELMSSON - MD
22 Erik WAHLSTEDT - MD
23 Magnus KIHLSTEDT - GK

DENMARK

1 Thomas SØRENSEN - GK
2 Kasper BØGELUND - DF
3 René HENRIKSEN - DF
4 Martin LAURSEN - DF
5 Niclas JENSEN - DF
6 Thomas HELVEG - DF
7 Thomas GRAVESEN - MD
8 Jesper GRØNKJÆR - MD
9 Jon Dahl TOMASSON - FW
10 Martin JØRGENSEN - MD
11 Ebbe SAND - FW
12 Thomas KALLENBERG - MD
13 Per KRÖLDRUP - DF
14 Claus JENSEN - MD
15 Daniel JENSEN - MD
16 Peter SKOV-JENSEN - GK
17 Christian POULSEN - MD
18 Brian PRISKE - DF
19 Dennis ROMMEDAHL - FW
21 Peter MADSEN - FW
22 Stephan ANDERSEN - GK
23 Peter LOVENKRANDS - FW

BULGARIA

1 Zdravko ZDRAVKOV - GK
2 Vladimir IVANOV - DF
3 Rosen KIRILOV - DF
4 Ivailo PETKOV - DF
5 Zlatomir ZAGORCIC - DF
6 Kiril KOTEV - DF
7 Daniel BORIMIROV - MD
8 MILEN PETKOV - MD
9 Dimitar BERBATOV - FW
10 Velizar DIMITROV - FW
11 Zdravko LAZAROV - FW
12 Stoyan KOLEV - GK
13 Georgi PEEV - MD
14 Georgi CHILIKOV - FW
15 Marian HRISTOV - MD
16 Vladimir MANCHEV - FW
17 Martin PETROV - FW
18 Predrag PAZIN - DF
19 Stilian PETROV - MD
20 Valeri BOZHINOV - MD
21 Zoran JANKOVIC - FW
22 Ilian STOIANOV - DF
23 Dimitar IVANKOV - GK

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Group D: Germany, Netherlands, Czech Rep, Latvia.

GERMANY

1 Oliver KAHN - GK
2 Andreas HINKEL - DF
3 Arne FRIEDRICH - DF
4 Christian WÖRNS - DF
5 Jens NOWOTNY - DF
6 Frank BAUMANN - DF
7 Bastian SCHWEINSTEIGER - MD
8 Dietmar HAMANN - MD
9 Fredi BOBIC - FW
10 Kevin KURANYI - FW
11 Miroslav KLOSE - FW
12 Jens LEHMANN - GK
13 Michael BALLACK - MD
14 Thomas BRDARIC - FW
15 Sebastian KEHL - DF
16 Jens JEREMIES - MD
17 Christian ZIEGE - DF
18 Fabian ERNST - MD
19 Bernd SCHNEIDER - MD
20 Lukas PODOLOSKI - FW
21 Philipp LAHM - DF
22 Torsten FRINGS - MD
23 Timo HILDEBRAND - GK

NETHERLANDS

1 Edwin VAN DER SAR - GK
2 Michael REIZIGER - DF
3 Jaap STAM - DF
4 Wilfred BOUMA - DF
5 Giovanni VAN BRONCKHORST - DF
6 Phillip COCU - MD
7 Andy VAN DER MEYDE - FW
8 Edgar DAVIDS - MD
9 Patrick KLUIVERT - FW
10 Ruud VAN NISTELROOIJ - FW
11 Rafael VAN DER VAART - MD
12 Roy MAKAAY - FW
13 Sander WESTERVELD -GK
14 Wesley SNEIJDER - MD
15 Frank DE BOER -DF
16 Marc OVERMARS - FW
17 Pierre VAN HOOIJDONK -FW
18 John HEITINGA - DF
19 Arjen ROBBEN - FW
20 Clarence SEEDORF - MD
21 Paul BOSVELT - MD
22 Boudewijn ZENDEN - MD
23 Ronald WATERREUS - GK

CZECH REPUBLIC

1 Petr CECH - GK
2 Zdenek GRYGERA - DF
3 Pavel MAREŠ - DF
4 Tomáš GALÁSEK - MD
5 René BOLF - DF
6 Marek JANKULOVSKI - DF
7 Vladimír ŠMICER - MD
8 Karel POBORSKÝ - MD
9 Jan KOLLER - FW
10 Tomáš ROSICKÝ - MD
11 Pavel NEDVED - MD
12 Vratislav LOKVENC - FW
13 Martin JIRÁNEK - DF
14 Stepan VACHOUSEK - MD
15 Milan BAROŠ - FW
16 Jaromír BLAZEK - GK
17 Tomáš HÜBSCHMAN - DF
18 Marek HEINZ - FW
19 Roman TÝCE - MD
20 Jaroslav PLAŠIL - MD
21 Tomáš UJFALUŠI - DF
22 David ROZEHNAL - DF
23 Antonín KINSKY - GK

LATVIA

1 Aleksandrs KOLINKO - GK
2 Igors N STEPANOVS - DF
3 Vitalis ASTAFJEVS - MD
4 Mihails ZEMLINSKIS - DF
5 Jurijs LAIZANS - MD
6 Olegs BLAGONADEZDINS - DF
7 Aleksandrs ISAKOVS - DF
8 Imants BLEIDELIS - MD
9 Maris VERPAKOVSKIS - FW
10 Andrejs RUBINS - MD
11 Andrejs PROHORENKOVS - FW
12 Andrejs PIEDELS - GK
13 Jurgis PUCINSKIS - MD
14 Valentins LOBANOVS - DF
15 Maris SMIRNOVS - DF
16 Dzintars ZIRNIS - DF
17 Marians PAHARS - FW
18 Igors KORABLOVS - DF
19 Andrejs ŠTOLCERS - FW
20 Andrejs PAVLOVS - GK
21 Mihails MIHOLAPS - FW
22 Arturs ZAKRESEVSKIS - DF
23 Vits RIMKUS - FW

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