Today we bring you the footballers who hit the most goals in Euro 2004. The UEFA European Championship 2004 was the twelfth edition of the European football tournament hosted by Portugal during June 12- July 4, 2004. Sixteen teams qualified for the final tournament. Greece won their first UEFA Euro title. We see here the exceptional scorers who got listed among the most goals in Euro 2004.
8. Henrik Larsson
The FC Barcelona Striker was a part of the Sweden team in UEFA Euro 2004, was part of the team since 1993. Henrik Larsson would go on to score 3 goals from the matches he played in the mega tournament. With these 3 goals, Larsson got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 2004. His team, powered by his performance and 2 goals from Zlatan Ibrahimović & a goal each from Marcus Allbäck, Mattias Jonson & Freddie Ljungberg would go as far as their quarterfinal match against Netherlands which they lost 4-5 in penalties to bow out of the tournament.
7. Frank Lampard
The Chelsea Midfielder was a part of the England team in UEFA Euro 2004, was part of the team since 1999. Frank James Lampard would go on to score 3 goals from the matches he played in the mega tournament. With these 3 goals, Lampard got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 2004. His team, powered by his performance, Wayne Rooney and a goal each from Steven Gerrard, Michael Owen & Paul Scholes would go as far as the quarterfinals losing their match 5-6 in penalties after 2-2 score against Portugal to bow out of the tournament.
6. Jon Dahl Tomasson
The AC Milan Striker was a part of the Denmark team in UEFA Euro 2004, was part of the team since 1997. Jon Dahl Tomasson would go on to score 3 goals from the matches he played in the mega tournament. With these 3 goals, Tomasson got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 2004. His team, powered by his performance & a goal from Jesper Grønkjær would go as far as the quarterfinals losing their match 0-3 to Czech Republic to bow out of the tournament.
5. Zinedine Zidane
The Real Madrid Footballer was a part of the France team in UEFA Euro 2004, was part of the national team since 1994. Marseille born Zinedine Yazid Zidane would go on to score 3 goals from the matches he played in the mega tournament. With these 3 goals, one of the greatest French footballers, Zidane got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 2004. His team, powered by his performance and 2 goals from Thierry Henry & a goal from David Trezeguet would go as far as the quarterfinals where they would lose 0-1 to eventual Champions Greece to bow out of the tournament.
4. Angelos Charisteas
The Werder Bremen Forward was part of the Greece team in UEFA Euro 2004, was a part of the team since 2001. Angelos Charisteas would hit 3 goals from the matches he played during the tournament. With these 3 goals, this former Aris Thessaloniki Footballer got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 2004. His team, riding on his performance and goals from Angelos Basinas, Traianos Dellas, Giorgos Karagounis & Zisis Vryzas would win their first UEFA Euro title.
3. Wayne Rooney
The Everton Footballer was part of the England team since 2003. Wayne Mark Rooney would hit 4 goals from the matches his team played during the UEFA Euro 2004 tournament. With these 4 goals, this legendary English Footballer got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 2004. His team, however, wouldn’t go beyond the quarterfinals losing their QF match against eventual runners up Portugal in penalties.
2. Ruud van Nistelrooy
The Manchester United Footballer was part of the Netherlands team since 1998. Rutgerus Johannes Martinus van Nistelrooy would hit 4 goals from matches he played during the tournament. With these 4 goals, Nistelrooy got himself among the footballers with the most goals in Euro 2004. Netherlands would go as far as the semifinals of the UEFA Euro, losing it 1-2 to eventual Runners-up Portugal. Wilfred Bouma & Roy Makaay were the other goal-scorers for the team.
1. Milan Baroš
The Liverpool Footballer was part of the Czech Republic team in UEFA Euro 2004, was part of the national team since 2001. Milan Baroš would go on to score 5 goals from the matches he played in the mega tournament. With these 5 goals, this former Baník Ostrava Footballer led the footballers with the most goals in Euro 2004. His team would play the semifinals of the tournament, losing their match against eventual Champions Greece. Marek Heinz, Jan Koller & Vladimír Šmicer were the other goal scorers for the team.
These were the footballers who made the list of top scorers in the UEFA Euro 2004, in fact the top 3, with one leading, 2 with second most and other five having the same goal numbers 3 as third most. The tournament was a round robin group stage followed by knock-out with 16 teams divided into four groups and top two of each groups would proceed to quarterfinals, winners there would go to semi-finals and so on. Hope you liked the content, don’t forget to put in your questions and thoughts below; yes, the comments section awaits your listing always.
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