UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs

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The UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs were the last round of qualifying competition for UEFA Euro 2004. They were contested by the ten runners-up from the first-round groups of the UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying tournament. The winners of each of the five home and away ties joined the group winners in the European Championship in Portugal. The matches were played on 15 and 19 November 2003.

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Qualified teams

All ten group runners-up from the qualifying groups entered the play-offs:

GroupRunner-up
1 Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
2 Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
3 Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
4 Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
5 Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
6 Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
7 Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
8 Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
9 Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
10 Flag of Russia.svg  Russia

Draw

The draw for the play-offs was held on 13 October 2003 in Frankfurt, Germany, to determine the five pairings as well as the order of the home and away ties. No seeding system was used, making the draw an open one.

Summary

Team 1 Agg. Tooltip Aggregate scoreTeam 21st leg2nd leg
Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg3–2Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1–0 2–2
Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1–6Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands 1–0 0–6
Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg2–1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 1–1 1–0
Russia  Flag of Russia.svg1–0Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales 0–0 1–0
Spain  Flag of Spain.svg5–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2–1 3–0

Matches

Latvia  Flag of Latvia.svg1–0Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey
Verpakovskis Soccerball shade.svg29' Report
Skonto Stadium, Riga
Attendance: 8,800 [1]
Referee: Gilles Veissière (France)
Turkey  Flag of Turkey.svg2–2Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia
Mansız Soccerball shade.svg20'
Şükür Soccerball shade.svg64'		 Report Laizāns Soccerball shade.svg66'
Verpakovskis Soccerball shade.svg78'
İnönü Stadium, Istanbul
Attendance: 17,500 [2]
Referee: Anders Frisk (Sweden)

Latvia won 3–2 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Scotland  Flag of Scotland.svg1–0Flag of the Netherlands.svg  Netherlands
McFadden Soccerball shade.svg22' Report
Hampden Park, Glasgow
Attendance: 52,063 [3]
Referee: Terje Hauge (Norway)
Netherlands  Flag of the Netherlands.svg6–0Flag of Scotland.svg  Scotland
Sneijder Soccerball shade.svg13'
Ooijer Soccerball shade.svg32'
Van Nistelrooy Soccerball shade.svg37', 51', 67'
F. de Boer Soccerball shade.svg65'		 Report
Amsterdam Arena, Amsterdam
Attendance: 49,656 [4]
Referee: Ľuboš Micheľ (Slovakia)

Netherlands won 6–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Croatia  Flag of Croatia.svg1–1Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia
Pršo Soccerball shade.svg5' Report Šiljak Soccerball shade.svg22'
Maksimir Stadion, Zagreb
Attendance: 34,657 [5]
Referee: Markus Merk (Germany)
Slovenia  Flag of Slovenia.svg0–1Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia
Report Pršo Soccerball shade.svg61'
Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana
Attendance: 8,500 [6]
Referee: Urs Meier (Switzerland)

Croatia won 2–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Russia  Flag of Russia.svg0–0Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg  Wales
Report
Lokomotiv Stadium, Moscow
Attendance: 28,500 [7]
Referee: Lucílio Batista (Portugal)
Wales  Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg0–1Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
Report Evseev Soccerball shade.svg21'
Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Attendance: 73,062 [8]
Referee: Manuel Mejuto González (Spain)

Russia won 1–0 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Spain  Flag of Spain.svg2–1Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Raúl Soccerball shade.svg21'
H. Berg Soccerball shade.svg85' (o.g.)		 Report Iversen Soccerball shade.svg15'
Mestalla, Valencia
Attendance: 45,648 [9]
Referee: Graham Poll (England)
Norway  Flag of Norway.svg0–3Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
Report Raúl Soccerball shade.svg34'
Vicente Soccerball shade.svg49'
Etxeberria Soccerball shade.svg57'
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo
Attendance: 25,106 [10]
Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Spain won 5–1 on aggregate and qualified for UEFA Euro 2004.

Goalscorers

There were 22 goals scored in 10 matches, for an average of 2.2 goals per match.

3 goals

2 goals

1 goal

1 own goal

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  3. ↑ "Scotland v Netherlands, 15 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 10 April 2022.
  4. ↑ "Netherlands v Scotland, 19 November 2003" (JSON). Union of European Football Associations. Retrieved 18 November 2020.
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