2004 UEFA Cup final

Template:Use dmy dates Template:Short descriptionTemplate:Template other The 2004 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match that took place on 19 May 2004 at Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden, contested between Spanish side Valencia and French side Olympique de Marseille. Valencia won the match 2–0, with goals from Vicente and Mista. This was the fourth major European trophy won by Valencia.

Route to the final

Valencia

Round	Template:Fbaicon Valencia
UEFA Cup
	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
First round	Template:Fbaicon AIK	2–0	1–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Second round	Template:Fbaicon Maccabi Haifa	4–0	0–0 (H)	4–0 (A)
Third round	Template:Fbaicon Beşiktaş	5–2	3–2 (H)	2–0 (A)
Fourth round	Template:Fbaicon Gençlerbirliği	2–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1 (A)	2–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Quarter-finals	Template:Fbaicon Bordeaux	4–2	2–1 (A)	2–1 (H)
Semi-finals	Template:Fbaicon Villarreal	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)

Marseille

Round	Template:Fbaicon Marseille
Champions League
Qualifying stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Third qualifying round	Template:Fbaicon Austria Wien	1–0	1–0 (A)	0–0 (H)
Group stage	Opponent	Result
Matchday 1	Template:Fbaicon Real Madrid	2–4 (A)
Matchday 2	Template:Fbaicon Partizan	3–0 (H)
Matchday 3	Template:Fbaicon Porto	2–3 (H)
Matchday 4	Template:Fbaicon Porto	0–1 (A)
Matchday 5	Template:Fbaicon Real Madrid	1–2 (H)
Matchday 6	Template:Fbaicon Partizan	1–1 (A)
Final standings	Group F third place 2003–04 UEFA Champions League group stage
UEFA Cup
	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Third round	Template:Fbaicon Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk	1–0	1–0 (H)	0–0 (A)
Fourth round	Template:Fbaicon Liverpool	3–2	1–1 (A)	2–1 (H)
Quarter-finals	Template:Fbaicon Internazionale	2–0	1–0 (H)	1–0 (A)
Semi-finals	Template:Fbaicon Newcastle United	2–0	0–0 (A)	2–0 (H)

Match

Summary

Valencia had been on a 14-match unbeaten run previous to this match, which had only ended the previous week to Villarreal, the side they beat in the semi-final to reach the final, due to a weakened lineup after securing the La Liga title. In contrast, Marseille had lost four of their last five matches in Ligue 1.

The start of the match was conservative due to the wind. Didier Drogba threatened early on, and was sent tumbling by a robust challenge from Roberto Ayala, which led to a free kick, in which the resulting shot was cleared off the line by Carlos Marchena. This sparked Valencia into life and David Albelda produced a save from Fabien Barthez after pouncing on Mista's rebounded shot.

Valencia dominated possession, which led to frustration, and Steve Marlet getting booked in the tenth minute. Marseille's first meaningful attempt at goal came in the 16th minute when Steve Marlet headed over from Camel Meriem's cross. Minutes later, Meriem himself had a chance to give Marseille the lead, but he shot wide from the edge of the area. Marseille had another chance when Habib Beye got on the end of Drogba's free kick, but he headed wide. The definitive moment in the match came on the stroke of half time, when Barthez brought down Mista in the area after a cross by Curro Torres. Barthez was sent off and Valencia were awarded a penalty. Jérémy Gavanon replaced Barthez with Camel Meriem making way for him. Vicente dispatched the penalty to give Valencia a 1–0 lead going into half time.

The second half started off with Valencia in total ascendancy, and after 13 minutes of near-total possession, Valencia doubled their lead. Vicente had cut the ball in from the left for Mista, who finished the chance with ease to record his fifth goal of the competition. Marseille's heads inevitably dropped. They came forward in flourishes in the last remnants of the game, however, when Drogba's free kick was stopped by Santiago Cañizares. Drogba also nearly played in Steve Marlet with a through-ball, but it was intercepted at the last second. Marseille almost found a way back into the Valencia goal area in the 80th minute, but Sylvain N'Diaye's shot was saved by Cañizares.

After this, the match descended into a stoic affair and Valencia ran out winners to win their first major European trophy in 24 years, and victory after two successive UEFA Champions League final defeats, in 2000 and 2001. The victory also meant that Amedeo Carboni became the oldest player to win a European final at 39 years and 43 days old.

Details

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Valencia Template:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warning

File:Kit left arm.svg File:Kit body.svg File:Kit right arm.svg File:Kit shorts.svg File:Kit socks long.svg Marseille Template:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warningTemplate:Preview warning

GK 1 Template:Flagicon Santiago Cañizares RB 23 Template:Flagicon Curro Torres CB 4 Template:Flagicon Roberto Ayala CB 5 Template:Flagicon Carlos Marchena downward-facing red arrow 86' LB 15 Template:Flagicon Amedeo Carboni Template:Yel RM 19 Template:Flagicon Francisco Rufete downward-facing red arrow 64' CM 6 Template:Flagicon David Albelda (c) CM 8 Template:Flagicon Rubén Baraja LM 14 Template:Flagicon Vicente Template:Yel SS 10 Template:Flagicon Miguel Ángel Angulo downward-facing red arrow 82' CF 20 Template:Flagicon Mista Substitutes: GK 13 Template:Flagicon Andrés Palop DF 2 Template:Flagicon Mauricio Pellegrino upward-facing green arrow 86' DF 3 Template:Flagicon Fábio Aurélio MF 21 Template:Flagicon Pablo Aimar upward-facing green arrow 64' MF 25 Template:Flagicon Mohamed Sissoko upward-facing green arrow 82' FW 11 Template:Flagicon Juan Sánchez FW 24 Template:Flagicon Xisco Manager: Template:Flagicon Rafael Benítez

File:Valencia vs Marseille 2004-05-19.svg

GK 28 Template:Flagicon Fabien Barthez Red card 45' CB 23 Template:Flagicon Habib Beye CB 6 Template:Flagicon Brahim Hemdani (c) CB 12 Template:Flagicon Abdoulaye Méïté RWB 2 Template:Flagicon Demetrius Ferreira LWB 3 Template:Flagicon Manuel dos Santos CM 32 Template:Flagicon Mathieu Flamini downward-facing red arrow 71' CM 7 Template:Flagicon Sylvain N'Diaye downward-facing red arrow 84' AM 18 Template:Flagicon Camel Meriem downward-facing red arrow 45' CF 20 Template:Flagicon Steve Marlet Template:Yel CF 11 Template:Flagicon Didier Drogba Template:Yel Substitutes: GK 30 Template:Flagicon Jérémy Gavanon upward-facing green arrow 45' DF 5 Template:Flagicon Philippe Christanval DF 21 Template:Flagicon Johnny Ecker MF 14 Template:Flagicon Štěpán Vachoušek MF 26 Template:Flagicon Laurent Batlles upward-facing green arrow 71' MF 29 Template:Flagicon Fabio Celestini upward-facing green arrow 84' MF 33 Template:Flagicon Nicolas Cicut Manager: Template:Flagicon José Anigo

Man of the Match: Roberto Ayala (Valencia) Assistant referees: Marco Ivaldi (Italy) Narciso Pisacreta (Italy) Fourth official: Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of silver goal extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics

First half

Statistic	Valencia	Marseille
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	5	4
Shots on target	3	0
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	3	1
Fouls committed	16	11
Offsides	0	1
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	1

Second half

Statistic	Valencia	Marseille
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	5	7
Shots on target	2	3
Ball possession	58%	42%
Corner kicks	0	3
Fouls committed	10	13
Offsides	2	0
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Overall

Statistic	Valencia	Marseille
Goals scored	2	0
Total shots	10	11
Shots on target	5	3
Ball possession	54%	46%
Corner kicks	3	4
Fouls committed	26	24
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	2	2
Red cards	0	1

See also

• 2004 UEFA Champions League final
• 2004 UEFA Super Cup
• Olympique de Marseille in European football
• Valencia CF in European football
• 2003–04 Olympique de Marseille season
• 2003–04 Valencia CF season

External links

• 2003–04 season at UEFA.com