Euro 2004

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Who's this mystery player?
Quiz! Can you guess these 50 Euros stars from their career path?

By Matthew Holt Published

Quiz! We love a career path quiz! Test your footballing IQ with this European Championship-themed trivia

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Cesc Fabregas celebrates after scoring the winning penalty for Spain against Italy in the quarter-finals of Euro 2008.
Quiz! Can you name every European Championship penalty shootout taker since 2000?

By Matthew Holt Published

Quiz! Test your knowledge on our specialist niche subject - penalties at European Championships

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Jorginho of Italy celebrates, wearing his winner's medal, after Italy beat England on penalties at Wembley to win Euro 2020
Euros winners you had NO IDEA were born outside Europe

By Tom Hancock Published

Players from all six inhabited continents have got their hands on Euros winner's medals over the years

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Greek players and staff members pose with their trophy 04 July 2004 at the Luz stadium in Lisbon, at the end of the Euro 2004 final match between Portugal and Greece at the European Nations championship in Portugal. Greece won 1-0. AFP PHOTO SORIANO/FIFE (Photo by SORIANO/FIFE / AFP) (Photo by SORIANO/FIFE/AFP via Getty Images)
How Greece broke the Euros in 2004

By Adam Clery Published

It’s 20 years since one of the greatest upsets in footballing history – Otto Rehhagel’s side may not have been hugely innovative, but they sure were unbelievably effective

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Darius Vassell of England has his penalty saved by goalkeeper Ricardo of Portugal during the UEFA Euro 2004 Quarter Final match between Portugal and England at the Luz Stadium on June 24, 2004 in Lisbon, Portugal. (Photo by Shaun Botterill/Getty Images)
‘It’s never OK to miss a penalty at a major tournament, but someone has to and at Euro 2004 it was me. I was able to move past it – it doesn’t haunt me’: Darius Vassell reflects on quarter-final miss, two decades on

By Joe Mewis Published

Former England forward Darius Vassell missed the vital spot kick against Portugal at Euro 2004

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England defender Ledley King (R) looks dejected as the French team celebrate after winning their opening football match 2-1, 13 June 2004 at the Estadio da Luz in Lisbon. France and England are competing in Group B with Switzerland and Croatia.
Tottenham legend Ledley King explains why his finest moment in an England shirt was also the beginning of the end for him

By Richard Laverty Published

Tottenham's Ledley King went into Euro 2004 as a first-choice defender – but that didn't last long and neither did his England career after that

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Urs Meier, referee
England vs Portugal referee Urs Meier’s Euro 2004 hell: “I woke up to find 16,000 emails in my inbox. They were all in English – death threats and insults”

By Urs Meier Last updated

Referee Urs Meier found himself the unwitting victim of tabloid hatred after disallowing Sol Campbell’s late goal for England against Portugal at Euro 2004: intimidated, abused and then bundled into hiding. This is his side of the story...

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Ricardo Carvalho Chelsea
Ricardo Carvalho answers YOUR questions: "Jose Mourinho doesn’t accept losses very well. We knew how difficult it was for to live with him after a defeat"

By Marcus Alves Published

Ricardo Carvalho was Jose Mourinho's most trusted defender at Porto, Chelsea and Real Madrid, but the Portuguese pair didn't always see eye to eye. Carvalho reflects on a trophy-laden career by answering FFT readers' toughest posers...

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Greece Euro 2004
When Greece won Euro 2004: Angelos Charisteas on the “miracle” shock victory

By Angelos Charisteas Published

Angelos Charisteas scored the winning goal for Greece in the Euro 2004 final against Denmark. This is the story of that unlikely success

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Ricardo, Portugal, Euro 2004
"People probably weren't happy with me!" - Ricardo on breaking English hearts, twice

By Felipe Rocha Published

Portuguese goalkeeper Ricardo denied the Three Lions at Euro 2004 – then did it again at the World Cup two years later

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