2004 European Football Championship - Germany

On May 24, 2004, Germany coach Rudi Völler named 22 players of his 23-man squad for the EURO 2004 championships which took place in Portugal from June 12 to July 4. Both Christian Rahn and Paul Freier were ruled out of the squad due to injuries. Christian Ziege, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Lukas Podolski completed the 23-man squad.

Squad

#

Name

Club in 2004

Date of Birth

Age

Pld

Goals

Y

Y/R

R

Goalkeepers

23

Timo Hildebrand

VfB Stuttgart

05.04.1979

27

0

0

0

0

0

1

Oliver Kahn

Bayern München

15.06.1969

37

3

0

0

0

0

12

Jens Lehmann

Arsenal

16.11.1969

36

0

0

0

0

0

Defenders

6

Frank Baumann

Werder Bremen

29.10.1975

30

2

0

0

0

0

3

Arne Friedrich

Hertha BSC Berlin

29.05.1979

27

3

0

1

0

0

2

Andreas Hinkel

Stuttgart

26.03.1982

24

0

0

0

0

0

21

Philipp Lahm

Stuttgart

11.11.1983

25

3

0

1

0

0

5

Jens Nowotny

Bayer Leverkusen

11.01.1974

32

2

0

1

0

0

4

Christian Wörns

Borussia Dortmund

10.05.1972

34

3

0

1

0

0

17

Christian Ziege

Tottenham Hotspur

01.02.1972

34

0

0

0

0

Midfielders

13

Michael Ballack

Bayern München

26.09.1976

29

3

1

1

0

0

18

Fabian Ernst

Werder Bremen

30.05.1979

27

1

0

0

0

0

22

Torsten Frings

Borussia Dortmund

22.11.1976

29

3

1

1

0

0

8

Dietmar Hamann

Liverpool

27.08.1973

32

3

0

1

0

0

16

Jens Jeremies

Bayern München

05.03.1974

32

1

0

0

0

0

15

Sebastian Kehl

Borussia Dortmund

13.02.1980

26

0

0

0

0

0

19

Bernd Schneider

Bayer Leverkusen

17.11.1973

32

3

0

0

0

0

7

Bastian Schweinsteiger

Bayern München

01.08.1984

21

3

0

0

0

0

Forwards

9

Fredi Bobic

Hertha BSC Berlin

30.10.1971

34

2

0

0

0

0

14

Thomas Brdaric

Hannover

23.01.1975

31

1

0

0

0

0

11

Miroslav Klose

Kaiserslautern

09.06.1978

28

2

0

0

0

0

10

Kevin Kurányi

VfB Stuttgart

02.03.1982

24

3

0

1

0

0

20

Lukas Podolski

Köln

04.06.1985

21

1

0

0

0

0

Coach

Rudi Völler

13.04.1960

46

  • Key: Pld - Games played; Y - Yellow cards; Y/R - Yellow/Red cards; R - Red cards
  • Date format: dd.mm.yyyy

Qualifying

Group 5

Team

Pts

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

1. Germany

18

8

5

3

0

13

4

+9

2. Scotland

14

8

4

2

2

12

8

+4

3. Iceland

13

8

4

1

3

11

9

+2

4. Lithuania

10

8

3

1

4

7

11

-4

5. Faroe Islands

1

8

0

1

7

7

18

-11

September 7, 2002

Lithuania

0 – 2

Germany

October 16, 2002

Germany

2 – 1

Faroe Islands

March 29, 2003

Germany

1 – 1

Lithuania

June 7, 2003

Scotland

1 – 1

Germany

June 11, 2003

Faroe Islands

0 – 2

Germany

September 6, 2003

Iceland

0 – 0

Germany

September 10, 2003

Germany

2 – 1

Scotland

October 11, 2003

Germany

3 – 0

Iceland

Final tournament

Group D

Team

Pts

Pld

W

D

L

GF

GA

GD

1. Czech Republic

9

3

3

0

0

7

4

+3

2. Netherlands

4

3

1

1

1

6

4

+2

3. Germany

2

3

0

2

1

2

3

-1

4. Latvia

1

3

0

1

2

1

5

-4

June 15, 2004

Germany

1 – 1 (1-0)

Netherlands

19:45

Estádio do Dragão

June 19, 2004

Latvia

0 – 0 (0-0)

Germany

17:00

Estádio do Bessa Século XXI

June 23, 2004

Germany

1 – 2 (1-1)

Czech Republic

19:45

Estádio José Alvalade