The 2004 UEFA European Under-21 Championship was the 14th staging of UEFA's European Under-21 Championship. The final tournament was hosted by Germany between 27 May and 8 June 2004. Italy U-21s won the competition for the fifth time. Italy's Alberto Gilardino won the Golden Player award. The top three teams in this competition qualified for Athens 2004 Olympics, along with hosts Greece U21s. Qualification The 48 national teams were divided into ten groups (two groups of four + eight groups of 5). The records of the ten group runners-up were then compared. The top six joined the ten winners in a play-off for the eight finals spots. One of the eight qualifiers was then chosen to host the remaining fixtures. Squads Matches Group stage Group A Group B Knockout stage Semi-finals Olympic play-off Final Goalscorers 4 goals Alberto Gilardino Johan Elmander 3 goals Hugo Almeida Markus Rosenberg 2 goals Benjamin Auer Daniele De Rossi Giuseppe Sculli Danko Lazović 1 goal Alexander Hleb Raman Kirenkin Pavel Kirylchyk Aleh Shkabara Niko Kranjčar Mario Lučić Eduardo da Silva Thomas Hitzlsperger Bastian Schweinsteiger Cesare Bovo Giampiero Pinzi 1 goal, cont. Carlitos Luis Lourenço Carlos Martins Pedro Oliveira Jorge Ribeiro Hugo Viana Branislav Ivanović Goran Lovre Miloš Marić Dejan Milovanović Simon Vukčević Stefan Ishizaki Jon Jönsson Babis Stefanidis Tranquillo Barnetta David Degen Baykal Kulaksızoğlu Johan Vonlanthen Own goals Kim Jaggy (for Sweden) Medal table and Olympic qualifiers Greece (as hosts), Italy, Serbia & Montenegro and Portugal qualify for the Olympic games finals. See Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics External links Results Archive at UEFA.com RSSSF Results Archive at rsssf.com Under-21 Championship UEFA European Under-21 Championship International association football competitions hosted by Germany UEFA Football qualification for the 2004 Summer Olympics May 2004 sports events in Europe June 2004 sports events in Europe 2004 in youth association football