UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying

Qualification for the 2004 UEFA European Championship took place between September 2002 and November 2003.

UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying
Tournament details
Dates7 September 2002 – 19 November 2003
Teams50
Tournament statistics
Matches played211
Goals scored566 (2.68 per match)
Top scorer(s) Ermin Šiljak (9 goals)

Fifty teams were divided into ten groups, with each team playing the others in their group twice, once at home and once away. The top team in each group automatically qualified for Euro 2004, and the ten group runners-up were paired off against each other to determine another five places in the finals.

Portugal qualified automatically as hosts of the event.

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