Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

The 2004 Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the 2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony) and ended on 28 August.

Football at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad
Football pictogram for the 2004 Summer Olympics
Event details
Games	2004 Summer Olympics
Host country	Greece
Dates	11–28 August 2004
Venues	6 (in 6 host cities)
Competitors	425 from 22 nations
Men's tournament
Teams	16 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold  Argentina Silver  Paraguay Bronze  Italy
Women's tournament
Teams	10 (from 6 confederations)
Medalists Gold  United States Silver  Brazil Bronze  Germany
Editions
← 2000 2008 →

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.^[1] The men's tournament allows up to three overage players to join the U-23 squads.

The men's tournament was won by Argentina, coached by Marcelo Bielsa, which held a record of having won every match without conceding a goal in the tournament. The Golden Boot was won by Argentina's Carlos Tevez. The women's tournament was won by the United States.

Venues

• Olympic Stadium, Athens
• Karaiskakis Stadium, Piraeus
• Pankritio Stadium, Heraklion
• Pampeloponnisiako Stadium, Patras
• Kaftanzoglio Stadium, Thessaloniki
• Panthessaliko Stadium, Volos

Athens	Athens Piraeus Heraklion Patras Thessaloniki Volos Location of the host cities of the football at the 2004 Summer Olympics.		Patras
Olympic Stadium			Pampeloponnisiako Stadium
Capacity: 71,030			Capacity: 23,558
Piraeus			Thessaloniki
Karaiskakis Stadium			Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Capacity: 33,334			Capacity: 27,770
Heraklion			Volos
Pankritio Stadium			Panthessaliko Stadium
Capacity: 26,240			Capacity: 22,700

Men

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

See also: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's team squads

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Argentina (ARG) Roberto Ayala Nicolás Burdisso Willy Caballero Fabricio Coloccini César Delgado Andrés D'Alessandro Leandro Fernández Luciano Figueroa Kily González Lucho González Mariano González Gabriel Heinze Germán Lux Javier Mascherano Nicolás Medina Clemente Rodríguez Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Carlos Tevez Coach: Marcelo Bielsa	Paraguay (PAR) Rodrigo Romero Emilio Martínez Julio Manzur Carlos Gamarra José Devaca Celso Esquivel Pablo Giménez 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 (ITA) Marco Amelia Andrea Barzagli Daniele Bonera Cesare Bovo Giorgio Chiellini Daniele De Rossi Simone Del Nero Marco Donadel Matteo Ferrari Andrea Gasbarroni Alberto Gilardino Emiliano Moretti Giandomenico Mesto Angelo Palombo Ivan Pelizzoli Giampiero Pinzi Andrea Pirlo Giuseppe Sculli Coach: Claudio Gentile

Women

Main article: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

See also: Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's team squads

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Women's football	United States (USA) 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 (BRA) Andréia Maravilha Mônica Tânia Juliana Daniela Rosana Renata Costa Aline Formiga Elaine Maycon Pretinha Marta Cristiane Roseli Dayane Grazielle Coach: Renê Simões	Germany (GER) Silke Rottenberg Kerstin Stegemann Kerstin Garefrekes Steffi Jones Sarah Günther 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

FIFA Fair play award

Women's tournament

• Japan
• Sweden