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{{Short description|Football tournament group stage}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
'''Group B of [[UEFA Euro 2004]]''' was one of four groups in the final tournament's initial group stage. It began on 13 June and was completed on 21 June. The group consisted of defending champions [[France national football team|France]], [[England national football team|England]], [[Croatia national football team|Croatia]] and [[Switzerland national football team|Switzerland]].

France won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with England. Croatia and Switzerland failed to advance.

==Teams==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Draw position
! Team
! Pot
! Method of<br />qualification
! Date of<br />qualification
! data-sort-type="number" | Finals<br />appearance
! Last<br />appearance
! Previous best<br />performance
! [[UEFA coefficient#Men's national team coefficient|UEFA Rankings]]<br />November 2003{{refn|group=nb|The UEFA rankings of November 2003 were used for seeding for the final draw.}}
! [[FIFA World Rankings|FIFA Rankings]]<br />June 2004
|-
| B1 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|FRA|1974}} || 1 || [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 1|Group 1]] winner || 10 September 2003 || 6th || [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]] || data-sort-value="1" | '''Winners''' ([[UEFA Euro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]]) || 1 || 2
|-
| B2 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|ENG}} || 2 || [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 7|Group 7]] winner || 11 October 2003 || 7th || [[UEFA Euro 2000|2000]] || data-sort-value="3" | Third place ([[UEFA Euro 1968|1968]]), Semi-finals ([[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]) || 7 || 13
|-
| B3 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|SUI}} || 4 || [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 10|Group 10]] winner || 11 October 2003 || 2nd || [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]] || data-sort-value="7" | Group stage ([[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]) || 22 || 47
|-
| B4 || style="white-space:nowrap" | {{fb|CRO}} || 3 || [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner || 19 November 2003 || 2nd || [[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]] || data-sort-value="5" | Quarter-finals ([[UEFA Euro 1996|1996]]) || 11 || 20
|}

'''Notes'''
{{reflist|group=nb}}

==Standings==
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Sports table|main|style=WDL
|section=standings
|class_rules=[[UEFA Euro 2004#Tiebreakers|Group stage tiebreakers]]
|update=complete
|source=[https://web.archive.org/web/20180624203019/http://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/season=2004/standings/round=1581/group=1882/index.html UEFA]

|team1=FRA |team2=ENG |team3=CRO |team4=SUI
|result1=KO |result2=KO

|win_FRA=2 |draw_FRA=1 |loss_FRA=0 |gf_FRA=7 |ga_FRA=4
|win_ENG=2 |draw_ENG=0 |loss_ENG=1 |gf_ENG=8 |ga_ENG=4
|win_SUI=0 |draw_SUI=1 |loss_SUI=2 |gf_SUI=1 |ga_SUI=6
|win_CRO=0 |draw_CRO=2 |loss_CRO=1 |gf_CRO=4 |ga_CRO=6

|name_FRA={{fb|FRA|1974}}
|name_ENG={{fb|ENG}}
|name_SUI={{fb|SUI}}
|name_CRO={{fb|CRO}}

|res_col_header=Q
|col_KO=green1 |text_KO=Advance to [[UEFA Euro 2004#Knockout stage|knockout stage]]
}}</onlyinclude>

In the [[UEFA Euro 2004 knockout stage|quarter-finals]],
*The winner of Group B, France, advanced to play the runner-up of [[UEFA Euro 2004 Group A|Group A]], [[Greece national football team|Greece]].
*The runner-up of Group B, England, advanced to play the winner of [[UEFA Euro 2004 Group A|Group A]], [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]].

==Matches==
{{Hatnote|All times [[Western European Summer Time]] ([[UTC+01:00|UTC+1]])}}

===Switzerland vs Croatia===
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|date={{Start date|2004|6|13|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2004 Group B#Switzerland vs Croatia|0–0}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/73742/
|team2={{fb|CRO}}
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa]], [[Leiria]]
|attendance=24,090
|referee=[[Lucílio Batista]] ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
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| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
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|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Jörg Stiel]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|73}}
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Bernt Haas]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Murat Yakin]]
|-
|CB ||'''20'''||[[Patrick Müller (footballer)|Patrick Müller]]
|-
|LB ||'''17'''||[[Christoph Spycher]]
|-
|RM ||'''18'''||[[Benjamin Huggel]] || {{yel|41}}
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Johann Vogel (footballer)|Johann Vogel]] || {{sent off|2|4|50}}
|-
|LM ||'''8''' ||[[Raphaël Wicky]] || || {{suboff|83}}
|-
|AM ||'''10'''||[[Hakan Yakin]] || || {{suboff|87}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Stéphane Chapuisat]] || || {{suboff|55}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Alexander Frei]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''16'''||[[Fabio Celestini]] || || {{subon|55}}
|-
|DF ||'''4''' ||[[Stéphane Henchoz]] || || {{subon|83}}
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||[[Daniel Gygax]] || || {{subon|87}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Köbi Kuhn]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:SUI-CRO 2004-06-13.svg|300px]]
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''12'''||[[Tomislav Butina]]
|-
|RB ||'''13'''||[[Dario Šimić]] || || {{suboff|61}}
|-
|CB ||'''21'''||[[Robert Kovač]]
|-
|CB ||'''3''' ||[[Josip Šimunić]]
|-
|LB ||'''6''' ||[[Boris Živković]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]]) || {{yel|51}}
|-
|RM ||'''19'''||[[Ivica Mornar]] || {{yel|52}}
|-
|CM ||'''10'''||[[Niko Kovač]]
|-
|CM ||'''22'''||[[Nenad Bjelica]] || {{yel|30}} || {{suboff|74}}
|-
|LM ||'''18'''||[[Ivica Olić]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Dado Pršo]] || {{yel|13}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Tomo Šokota]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Milan Rapaić]] || {{yel|48}} || {{subon|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Darijo Srna]] || || {{subon|61}}
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||[[Đovani Roso]] || || {{subon|74}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Otto Barić]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Jörg Stiel]] (Switzerland)<ref>{{cite news |title=Jörg Stiel |url=http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=2/day=1/match=1059166/index.html |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=13 June 2004 |access-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624162621/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=2/day=1/match=1059166/index.html |archive-date=24 June 2004 }}</ref>

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Paulo Januário ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
<br />José Cardinal ([[Portuguese Football Federation|Portugal]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Terje Hauge]] ([[Football Association of Norway|Norway]])
|}

===France vs England===
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|date={{Start date|2004|6|13|df=y}}
|time=19:45
|team1={{fb-rt|FRA|1974}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2004 Group B#France vs England|2–1}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/73743/
|team2={{fb|ENG}}
|goals1=
*[[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] {{goal|90+1||90+3|pen.}}
|goals2=
*[[Frank Lampard|Lampard]] {{goal|38}}
|stadium=[[Estádio da Luz]], [[Lisbon]]
|attendance=62,487
|referee=[[Markus Merk]] ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
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| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''16'''||[[Fabien Barthez]]
|-
|RB ||'''5''' ||[[William Gallas]]
|-
|CB ||'''15'''||[[Lilian Thuram]]
|-
|CB ||'''13'''||[[Mikaël Silvestre]] || {{yel|72}} || {{suboff|79}}
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Bixente Lizarazu]]
|-
|RM ||'''7''' ||[[Robert Pires]] || {{yel|49}} || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Patrick Vieira]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Claude Makélélé]] || || {{suboff|90+4}}
|-
|LM ||'''10'''||[[Zinedine Zidane]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CF ||'''20'''||[[David Trezeguet]]
|-
|CF ||'''12'''||[[Thierry Henry]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''11'''||[[Sylvain Wiltord]] || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|DF ||'''19'''||[[Willy Sagnol]] || || {{subon|79}}
|-
|MF ||'''17'''||[[Olivier Dacourt]] || || {{subon|90+4}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Jacques Santini]]
|}
|valign="top"|[[File:FRA-ENG 2004-06-13.svg|300px]]
|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[David James (footballer, born 1970)|David James]] || {{yel|90+2}}
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Gary Neville]]
|-
|CB ||'''15'''||[[Ledley King]]
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||[[Sol Campbell]]
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Ashley Cole]]
|-
|RM ||'''7''' ||[[David Beckham]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''11'''||[[Frank Lampard]] || {{yel|71}}
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Steven Gerrard]]
|-
|LM ||'''8''' ||[[Paul Scholes]] || {{yel|54}} || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Wayne Rooney]] || || {{suboff|76}}
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||[[Michael Owen]] || || {{suboff|69}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''23'''||[[Darius Vassell]] || || {{subon|69}}
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||[[Owen Hargreaves]] || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|FW ||'''21'''||[[Emile Heskey]] || || {{subon|76}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Zinedine Zidane]] (France)<ref>{{cite news |title=Zinedine Zidane |url=http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=2/day=1/match=1059167/index.html |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=13 June 2004 |access-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624143227/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=2/day=1/match=1059167/index.html |archive-date=24 June 2004 }}</ref>

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Christian Schräer ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
<br />Jan-Hendrik Salver ([[German Football Association|Germany]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Ľuboš Micheľ]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
|}

===England vs Switzerland===
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|date={{Start date|2004|6|17|df=y}}
|time=17:00
|team1={{fb-rt|ENG}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2004 Group B#England vs Switzerland|3–0}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/73744/
|team2={{fb|SUI}}
|goals1=
*[[Wayne Rooney|Rooney]] {{goal|23||75}}
*[[Steven Gerrard|Gerrard]] {{goal|82}}
|goals2=
|stadium=[[Estádio Cidade de Coimbra]], [[Coimbra]]
|attendance=28,214
|referee=[[Valentin Valentinovich Ivanov|Valentin Ivanov]] ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
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{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[David James (footballer, born 1970)|David James]]
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Gary Neville]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[John Terry]]
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||[[Sol Campbell]]
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Ashley Cole]]
|-
|RM ||'''7''' ||[[David Beckham]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Steven Gerrard]]
|-
|CM ||'''11'''||[[Frank Lampard]]
|-
|LM ||'''8''' ||[[Paul Scholes]] || || {{suboff|70}}
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||[[Michael Owen]] || || {{suboff|72}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Wayne Rooney]] || {{yel|18}} || {{suboff|83}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||[[Owen Hargreaves]] || || {{subon|70}}
|-
|FW ||'''23'''||[[Darius Vassell]] || || {{subon|72}}
|-
|MF ||'''20'''||[[Kieron Dyer]] || || {{subon|83}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]]
|}
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|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Jörg Stiel]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Bernt Haas]] || {{sent off|2|49|60}}
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Murat Yakin]]
|-
|CB ||'''20'''||[[Patrick Müller (footballer)|Patrick Müller]]
|-
|LB ||'''17'''||[[Christoph Spycher]]
|-
|RM ||'''18'''||[[Benjamin Huggel]]
|-
|CM ||'''16'''||[[Fabio Celestini]] || {{yel|23}} || {{suboff|54}}
|-
|LM ||'''8''' ||[[Raphaël Wicky]]
|-
|AM ||'''10'''||[[Hakan Yakin]] || || {{suboff|84}}
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Stéphane Chapuisat]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Alexander Frei]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||[[Daniel Gygax]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Ricardo Cabanas]] || || {{subon|54}}
|-
|FW ||'''22'''||[[Johan Vonlanthen]] || || {{subon|84}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Köbi Kuhn]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Wayne Rooney]] (England)<ref>{{cite news |title=Wayne Rooney |url=http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=6/day=1/match=1059174/index.html |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 June 2004 |access-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624160459/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=6/day=1/match=1059174/index.html |archive-date=24 June 2004 }}</ref>

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Yuri Dupanov ([[Football Federation of Belarus|Belarus]])
<br />Vladimir Eniutin ([[Russian Football Union|Russia]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Kyros Vassaras]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
|}

===Croatia vs France===
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|date={{Start date|2004|6|17|df=y}}
|time=19:45
|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2004 Group B#Croatia vs France|2–2}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/73745/
|team2={{fb|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=
*[[Milan Rapaić|Rapaić]] {{goal|48|pen.}}
*[[Dado Pršo|Pršo]] {{goal|52}}
|goals2=
*[[Igor Tudor|Tudor]] {{goal|22|o.g.}}
*[[David Trezeguet|Trezeguet]] {{goal|64}}
|stadium=[[Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa]], [[Leiria]]
|attendance=29,160
|referee=[[Kim Milton Nielsen]] ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
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|-
| style="vertical-align:top; width:40%;"|
{| style="font-size:90%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
|-
!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''12'''||[[Tomislav Butina]]
|-
|RB ||'''13'''||[[Dario Šimić]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Igor Tudor]] || {{yel|39}}
|-
|CB ||'''21'''||[[Robert Kovač]] || {{yel|64}}
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Josip Šimunić]]
|-
|RM ||'''20'''||[[Đovani Roso]] || {{yel|61}}
|-
|CM ||'''10'''||[[Niko Kovač]]
|-
|CM ||'''22'''||[[Nenad Bjelica]] || || {{suboff|68}}
|-
|LM ||'''7''' ||[[Milan Rapaić]] || || {{suboff|87}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Dado Pršo]]
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Tomo Šokota]] || || {{suboff|73}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''15'''||[[Jerko Leko]] || {{yel|78}} || {{subon|68}}
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Ivica Olić]] || || {{subon|73}}
|-
|FW ||'''19'''||[[Ivica Mornar]] || || {{subon|87}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Otto Barić]]
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|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
{| style="font-size:90%; margin:auto;" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"
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!width=25| !!width=25|
|-
|GK ||'''16'''||[[Fabien Barthez]]
|-
|RB ||'''5''' ||[[William Gallas]] || || {{suboff|81}}
|-
|CB ||'''15'''||[[Lilian Thuram]]
|-
|CB ||'''8''' ||[[Marcel Desailly]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LB ||'''13'''||[[Mikaël Silvestre]]
|-
|RM ||'''11'''||[[Sylvain Wiltord]] || || {{suboff|70}}
|-
|CM ||'''17'''||[[Olivier Dacourt]] || {{yel|60}} || {{suboff|79}}
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Patrick Vieira]] || {{yel|32}}
|-
|LM ||'''10'''||[[Zinedine Zidane]]
|-
|CF ||'''20'''||[[David Trezeguet]]
|-
|CF ||'''12'''||[[Thierry Henry]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''7''' ||[[Robert Pires]] || || {{subon|70}}
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||[[Benoît Pedretti]] || || {{subon|79}}
|-
|DF ||'''19'''||[[Willy Sagnol]] || || {{subon|81}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Jacques Santini]]
|}
|}

{| style="width:100%; font-size:90%;"
|
'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Dado Pršo]] (Croatia)<ref>{{cite news |title=Dado Pršo |url=http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=6/day=1/match=1059175/index.html |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=17 June 2004 |access-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624161256/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=6/day=1/match=1059175/index.html |archive-date=24 June 2004 }}</ref>

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Jørgen Jepsen ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
<br />Jens Larsen ([[Danish Football Association|Denmark]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Anders Frisk]] ([[Swedish Football Association|Sweden]])
|}

===Croatia vs England===
<onlyinclude>{{#invoke:Football box|main|section=b5
|date={{Start date|2004|6|21|df=y}}
|time=19:45
|team1={{fb-rt|CRO}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2004 Group B#Croatia vs England|2–4}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/73917/
|team2={{fb|ENG}}
|goals1=
*[[Niko Kovač|N. Kovač]] {{goal|5}}
*[[Igor Tudor|Tudor]] {{goal|73}}
|goals2=
*[[Paul Scholes|Scholes]] {{goal|40}}
*[[Wayne Rooney|Rooney]] {{goal|45+1||68}}
*[[Frank Lampard|Lampard]] {{goal|79}}
|stadium=[[Estádio da Luz]], [[Lisbon]]
|attendance=57,047
|referee=[[Pierluigi Collina]] ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
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|GK ||'''12'''||[[Tomislav Butina]]
|-
|RB ||'''13'''||[[Dario Šimić]] || {{yel|63}} || {{suboff|67}}
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Igor Tudor]]
|-
|CB ||'''21'''||[[Robert Kovač]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Josip Šimunić]]
|-
|RM ||'''20'''||[[Đovani Roso]]
|-
|CM ||'''10'''||[[Niko Kovač]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Boris Živković]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|LM ||'''7''' ||[[Milan Rapaić]] || || {{suboff|55}}
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Dado Pršo]]
|-
|CF ||'''11'''||[[Tomo Šokota]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|FW ||'''19'''||[[Ivica Mornar]] || || {{subon|46}}
|-
|FW ||'''18'''||[[Ivica Olić]] || || {{subon|55}}
|-
|MF ||'''8''' ||[[Darijo Srna]] || || {{subon|67}}
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|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Otto Barić]]
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|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
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|GK ||'''1''' ||[[David James (footballer, born 1970)|David James]]
|-
|RB ||'''2''' ||[[Gary Neville]]
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[John Terry]]
|-
|CB ||'''6''' ||[[Sol Campbell]]
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Ashley Cole]]
|-
|RM ||'''7''' ||[[David Beckham]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''11'''||[[Frank Lampard]] || || {{suboff|84}}
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Steven Gerrard]]
|-
|LM ||'''8''' ||[[Paul Scholes]] || || {{suboff|70}}
|-
|CF ||'''10'''||[[Michael Owen]]
|-
|CF ||'''9''' ||[[Wayne Rooney]] || || {{suboff|72}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''15'''||[[Ledley King]] || || {{subon|70}}
|-
|FW ||'''23'''||[[Darius Vassell]] || || {{subon|72}}
|-
|DF ||'''14'''||[[Phil Neville]] || || {{subon|84}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|{{flagicon|SWE}} [[Sven-Göran Eriksson]]
|}
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'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Wayne Rooney]] (England)<ref>{{cite news |title=Wayne Rooney |url=http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=10/day=1/match=1059182/index.html |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=21 June 2004 |access-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624130645/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=10/day=1/match=1059182/index.html |archive-date=24 June 2004 }}</ref>

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Marco Ivaldi ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
<br />Narciso Pisacreta ([[Italian Football Federation|Italy]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Manuel Mejuto González]] ([[Royal Spanish Football Federation|Spain]])
|}

===Switzerland vs France===
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|date={{Start date|2004|6|21|df=y}}
|time=19:45
|team1={{fb-rt|SUI}}
|score={{score link|UEFA Euro 2004 Group B#Switzerland vs France|1–3}}
|report=https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/match/73916/
|team2={{fb|FRA|1974}}
|goals1=
*[[Johan Vonlanthen|Vonlanthen]] {{goal|26}}
|goals2=
*[[Zinedine Zidane|Zidane]] {{goal|20}}
*[[Thierry Henry|Henry]] {{goal|76||84}}
|stadium=[[Estádio Cidade de Coimbra]], [[Coimbra]]
|attendance=28,111
|referee=[[Ľuboš Micheľ]] ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
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!width="25"| !!width="25"|
|-
|GK ||'''1''' ||[[Jörg Stiel]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|RB ||'''4''' ||[[Stéphane Henchoz]] || || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|CB ||'''5''' ||[[Murat Yakin]]
|-
|CB ||'''20'''||[[Patrick Müller (footballer)|Patrick Müller]]
|-
|LB ||'''17'''||[[Christoph Spycher]]
|-
|RM ||'''7''' ||[[Ricardo Cabanas]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Johann Vogel (footballer)|Johann Vogel]]
|-
|LM ||'''8''' ||[[Raphaël Wicky]] || {{yel|66}}
|-
|AM ||'''15'''||[[Daniel Gygax]] || || {{suboff|85}}
|-
|AM ||'''10'''||[[Hakan Yakin]] || {{yel|43}} || {{suboff|60}}
|-
|CF ||'''22'''||[[Johan Vonlanthen]]
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|MF ||'''18'''||[[Benjamin Huggel]] || {{yel|75}} || {{subon|60}}
|-
|DF ||'''14'''||[[Ludovic Magnin]] || || {{subon|85}}
|-
|FW ||'''21'''||[[Milaim Rama]] || || {{subon|85}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Köbi Kuhn]]
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|style="vertical-align:top; width:50%;"|
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|-
|GK ||'''16'''||[[Fabien Barthez]]
|-
|RB ||'''19'''||[[Willy Sagnol]] || || {{suboff|46}}
|-
|CB ||'''15'''||[[Lilian Thuram]]
|-
|CB ||'''13'''||[[Mikaël Silvestre]]
|-
|LB ||'''3''' ||[[Bixente Lizarazu]]
|-
|RM ||'''10'''||[[Zinedine Zidane]] ([[Captain (association football)|c]])
|-
|CM ||'''4''' ||[[Patrick Vieira]]
|-
|CM ||'''6''' ||[[Claude Makélélé]]
|-
|LM ||'''7''' ||[[Robert Pires]]
|-
|CF ||'''20'''||[[David Trezeguet]] || || {{suboff|75}}
|-
|CF ||'''12'''||[[Thierry Henry]] || {{yel|47}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Substitutions:'''
|-
|DF ||'''5''' ||[[William Gallas]] || || {{subon|46}} || {{suboff|90+2}}
|-
|FW ||'''9''' ||[[Louis Saha]] || || {{subon|75}}
|-
|DF ||'''2''' ||[[Jean-Alain Boumsong]] || || || {{subon|90+2}}
|-
|colspan=3|'''Manager:'''
|-
|colspan=3|[[Jacques Santini]]
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'''Man of the Match:'''
<br />[[Zinedine Zidane]] (France)<ref>{{cite news |title=Zinedine Zidane |url=http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=10/day=1/match=1059183/index.html |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=21 June 2004 |access-date=15 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040624133000/http://www.euro2004.com/Fanzone/Carlsberg/matchday=10/day=1/match=1059183/index.html |archive-date=24 June 2004 }}</ref>

'''Assistant referees:'''
<br />Igor Šramka ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
<br />Martin Balko ([[Slovak Football Association|Slovakia]])
<br />'''Fourth official:'''
<br />[[Kyros Vassaras]] ([[Hellenic Football Federation|Greece]])
|}

==See also==
*[[Croatia at the UEFA European Championship]]
*[[England at the UEFA European Championship]]
*[[France at the UEFA European Championship]]
*[[Switzerland at the UEFA European Championship]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20200603210205/https://www.uefa.com/uefaeuro/history/seasons/2004/standings/ UEFA Euro 2004 Group B]

{{UEFA Euro 2004}}
{{UEFA Euro 2004 finalists}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Euro}}
[[Category:UEFA Euro 2004|Group B]]
[[Category:England at UEFA Euro 2004|Group]]
[[Category:France at UEFA Euro 2004|Group]]
[[Category:Switzerland at UEFA Euro 2004]]
[[Category:Croatia at UEFA Euro 2004]]
[[Category:UEFA European Championship group stages]]