Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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

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 [ edit ]

Athens	Olympic Stadium Karaiskakis Stadium Pankritio Stadium Pampeloponnisiako Stadium Kaftanzoglio Stadium Panthessaliko Stadium Football at the 2004 Summer Olympics (Greece)		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 [ edit ]

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's football	Argentina (ARG) Roberto Ayala Nicolas Burdisso Wilfredo Caballero Fabricio Coloccini Cesar Delgado Andres D'Alessandro Leandro Fernandez Luciano Figueroa Cristian 'Kily' Gonzalez Luis Gonzalez Mariano Gonzalez Gabriel Heinze German Lux Javier Mascherano Nicolas Medina Clemente Rodriguez Mauro Rosales Javier Saviola Carlos Tevez Coach: Marcelo Bielsa	Paraguay (PAR) Rodrigo Romero Emilio Martinez Julio Manzur Carlos Gamarra Jose Devaca Celso Esquivel Pablo Gimenez Edgar Barreto Fredy Barreiro Diego Figueredo Aureliano Torres Pedro Benitez Julio Cesar Enciso Julio Gonzalez Ernesto Cristaldo Osvaldo Diaz Jose 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 [ edit ]

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) Andreia Maravilha Monica Tania Juliana Daniela Rosana Renata Costa Aline Formiga Elaine Maycon Pretinha Marta Cristiane Roseli Dayane Grazielle Coach: Rene Simoes	Germany (GER) Silke Rottenberg Kerstin Stegemann Kerstin Garefrekes Steffi Jones Sarah Gunther Viola Odebrecht Pia Wunderlich Petra Wimbersky Birgit Prinz Renate Lingor Martina Muller Navina Omilade Sandra Minnert Isabell Bachor Sonja Fuss Conny Pohlers Ariane Hingst Nadine Angerer Coach: Tina Theune-Meyer