Also in this year: 2004
European Champion Clubs' Cup winners: FC Porto (3-0 v AS Monaco FC)
European Footballer of the Year: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
Eurovision Song Contest winner: Ruslana (Ukraine) singing Wild Dances
ESM Golden Shoe winner: Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)
Nobel Peace Prize winner: Wangari Maathai (for contribution towards sustainable development and peace, Kenya)
Men's Olympic 100m champion: Justin Gatlin (United States) running 9.85 seconds
Formula 1 world champion: Michael Schumacher (Germany) driving a Ferrari
Oscar for Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Key events
European Footballer of the Year: Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan)
Eurovision Song Contest winner: Ruslana (Ukraine) singing Wild Dances
ESM Golden Shoe winner: Thierry Henry (Arsenal FC)
Nobel Peace Prize winner: Wangari Maathai (for contribution towards sustainable development and peace, Kenya)
Men's Olympic 100m champion: Justin Gatlin (United States) running 9.85 seconds
Formula 1 world champion: Michael Schumacher (Germany) driving a Ferrari
Oscar for Best Picture: Million Dollar Baby
Key events
1 May – The European Union is enlarged by ten new member states: Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Hungary, Malta and Cyprus
15 May – Arsenal FC complete the 38-match English Premier League season unbeaten
3 November – George W Bush wins a second term in office as president of the United States
History
Top scorers
| 5 | Milan Baroš - Czech Republic |
| 4 | Ruud van Nistelrooy - Netherlands |
| 4 | Wayne Rooney - England |
| 3 | Angelos Charisteas - Greece |
| 3 | Frank Lampard - England |
| 3 | Henrik Larsson - Sweden |
| 3 | Jon Dahl Tomasson - Denmark |
| 3 | Zinédine Zidane - France |
Team of the Tournament
- Petr Čech »
- Traianos Dellas »
- Ricardo Carvalho »
- Giourkas Seitaridis »
- Gianluca Zambrotta »
- Maniche »
- Pavel Nedvěd »
- Theodoros Zagorakis »
- Milan Baroš »
- Cristiano Ronaldo »
- Wayne Rooney »
Mascot
In what was a splendid month-long festival of football in the Portuguese sun, a solid, pragmatic Greece side that played to their strengths confounded one team after another and fully deserved their title at the tournament's end. Their shrewd coach Otto Rehhagel succeeded in knitting together his squad and instilling an iron discipline that frustrated and eventually broke every opponent they encountered.
In the tournament's opening match in Porto, Greece shocked the hosts by beating them 2-1 to give an indication of what was to come. In the quarter-finals, the holders France were defeated and the semi-finals saw the much-heralded Czech Republic go the same way. Angelos Charisteas' goal in the final completed Greece's fairytale as they edged Portugal again in the second meeting of the sides. More >>