| Football at the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad | |||||||||
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Football pictogram for the 2004 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| Games | 2004 Summer Olympics | ||||||||
| Host country | Greece | ||||||||
| Dates | 11–28 August 2004 | ||||||||
| Venues | 6 (in 6 host cities) | ||||||||
| Competitors | 425 from 22 nations | ||||||||
| Men's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 16 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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| Women's tournament | |||||||||
| Teams | 10 (from 6 confederations) | ||||||||
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The 2004Football at the Summer Olympics tournament at the2004 Summer Olympics started on 11 August (two days before the opening ceremony) and ended on 28 August.
The tournaments take place every four years, in conjunction with theSummer Olympic Games. The associations affiliated toFIFA are invited to participate with their men's U-23 and women's representative teams.[1] Themen's tournament allows up to three overage players to join the U-23 squads.
Themen's tournament was won byArgentina, coached byMarcelo Bielsa, which held a record of having won every match without conceding a goal in the tournament. The Golden Boot was won by Argentina'sCarlos Tevez. Thewomen's tournament was won by theUnited States.
| Athens | Location of the host cities of the football at the 2004 Summer Olympics. | Patras | |
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| Olympic Stadium | Pampeloponnisiako Stadium | ||
| Capacity:71,030 | Capacity:23,558 | ||
| Piraeus | Thessaloniki | ||
| Karaiskakis Stadium | Kaftanzoglio Stadium | ||
| Capacity:33,334 | Capacity:27,770 | ||
| Heraklion | Volos | ||
| Pankritio Stadium | Panthessaliko Stadium | ||
| Capacity:26,240 | Capacity:22,700 | ||