The
2004 UEFA European Championship, commonly referred to as
UEFA Euro 2004 or
Euro 2004, was the 12th edition of the
UEFA European Championship, a quadrennial
football competition contested by the men's national teams of the member associations of
UEFA. The final tournament was hosted in
Portugal for the first time, after their bid was selected on 12 October 1999, over rival bids from Spain and
Austria/
Hungary. It took place from 12 June to 4 July 2004, and matches were played in ten venues across eight cities:
Aveiro,
Braga,
Coimbra,
Guimarães,
Faro/
Loulé,
Leiria,
Lisbon and
Porto.