Tag Archives: Euro 2004

  Latvia’s only appearance at a European Championship came in 2004; they haven’t qualified for the elite continental competition since. On the other hand, Germany are royalty and not just in European football but across the globe. So when the two teams clashed in a group stage encounter in Portugal in 2004 the result was widely expected to be a ...

 There are fewer stories of triumphs as unprecedented as Greece’s European Cup win in 2004. The Greeks started their Euro 2004 campaign against Portugal in the opening game of the tournament. Being the hosts, Portugal were the overwhelming favourites against a side that had only previously played at the biggest stage twice – first at the Euros 1980 and then ...

The 2004 European Championship threw one of the most unlikeliest of winners as Greece went on to be crowned the champions of Europe for the first time in their history. Portugal hosted the tournament from 12th June to 4th July, with venues spread across eight cities: Aveiro, Braga, Coimbra, Guimaraes, Faro/Loule, Leiria, Lisbon and Porto. The qualified countries are in ...