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== İştirakçılar ==
[[File:UEFA Euro 2004 Qualifiers Map.png|thumb|Euro 2004 qualifiers|{{Legend|#0000FF|Qualified}} {{Legend|#ff0000|Did not qualify}} {{Legend|#000000|Did not enter}} {{Legend|#c3c3c3|Not a UEFA member}}]]
Ten of the sixteen finalists participated in the [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|previous tournament in 2000]]. Latvia made its first appearance in a major football competition, while Greece returned to the European Championship finals after a 24-year absence. Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia and Switzerland also took part in their second tournament finals since their debut [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|in 1996]].
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! data-sort-type="number"|Previous appearances in tournament{{efn-ua|'''Bold''' indicates champion for that year. ''Italic'' indicates host for that year.}}
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| {{fb|PORPortuqaliya}} || {{sort|*|Host}} || {{dts|12 Octoberoktyabr 1999}} || 3 ([[UEFA EuroAvro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]])
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| {{fb|FRAFransa}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 1|Group 1]] winner || {{dts|10 Septembersentyabr 2003}} || 5 (''[[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]]'', '''''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1984|1984]]''''', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1992|1992]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]], '''[[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]]''')
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| {{fb|CZEÇexiya}}{{efn-ua|From 1960 to 1980, the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] competed as [[Czechoslovakia national football team|Czechoslovakia]].}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 3|Group 3]] winner || {{dts|10 Septembersentyabr 2003}} || 5 ([[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]], '''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1976|1976]]''', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]])
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| {{fb|SWEİsveç}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 4|Group 4]] winner || {{dts|10 Septembersentyabr 2003}} || 2 (''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1992|1992]]'', [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]])
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| {{fb|BULBolqarıstan}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 8|Group 8]] winner || {{dts|10 Septembersentyabr 2003}} || 1 ([[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]])
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| {{fb|DENDanimarka}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 2|Group 2]] winner || {{dts|11 Octoberoktyabr 2003}} || 6 ([[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1988|1988]], '''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1992|1992]]''', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]])
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| {{fb|GERAlmaniya}}{{efn-ua|From 1972 to 1988, [[Germany national football team|Germany]] competed as [[West Germany national football team|West Germany]].}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 5|Group 5]] winner || {{dts|11 Octoberoktyabr 2003}} || 8 ('''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1972|1972]]''', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1976|1976]], '''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1980|1980]]''', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1984|1984]], ''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1988|1988]]'', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1992|1992]], '''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]]''', [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]])
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| {{fb|GREYunanıstan}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 6|Group6-cı 6qrupun]] winnerqalibi || {{dts|11 Octoberoktyabr 2003}} || 1 ([[UEFA EuroAvro 1980|1980]])
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| {{fb|ENGİngiltərə}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 7|Group 7]] winnerqalibi || {{dts|11 Octoberoktyabr 2003}} || 6 ([[UEFA EuroAvro 1968|1968]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1992|1992]], ''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]]'', [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]])
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| {{fb|ITAİtaliya|2003}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 9|Group 9]] winner || {{dts|11 Octoberoktyabr 2003}} || 5 ('''''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1968|1968]]''''', ''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1980|1980]]'', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]])
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| {{fb|SUIİsveçrə}} || [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying Group 10|Group 10]] winner || {{dts|11 Octoberoktyabr 2003}} || 1 ([[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]])
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| {{fb|CROXorvatiya}} || {{sort|P3|[[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|19 Novembernoyabr 2003}} || 1 ([[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]])
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| {{fb|LVALatviya}} || {{sort|P1|[[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|19 Novembernoyabr 2003}} || 0 (debut)
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| {{fb|NEDNiderland}} || {{sort|P2|[[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|19 Novembernoyabr 2003}} || 6 ([[UEFA EuroAvro 1976|1976]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1980|1980]], '''[[UEFA EuroAvro 1988|1988]]''', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1992|1992]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]], ''[[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]]'')
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| {{fb|ESPİspaniya}} || {{sort|P5|[[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|19 Novembernoyabr 2003}} || 6 ('''''[[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]]''''', [[UEFA EuroAvro 1980|1980]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1984|1984]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 2000|2000]])
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| {{fb|RUSRusiya}}{{efn-ua|From 1960 to 1988, [[Russia national football team|Russia]] competed as the [[Soviet Union national football team|Soviet Union]], and in 1992 as [[CIS national football team|CIS]].}} || {{sort|P4|[[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying play-offs|Play-off]] winner}} || {{dts|19 Novembernoyabr 2003}} || 7 ('''[[1960 European Nations' Cup|1960]]''', [[1964 European Nations' Cup|1964]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1968|1968]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1972|1972]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1988|1988]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1992|1992]], [[UEFA EuroAvro 1996|1996]])
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The draw for the group stage took place on 30 November 2003 at the [[Pavilhão Atlântico]] in [[Lisbon]], Portugal, where the 16 finalists were divided into four groups.<ref name="drawloomslarge">{{cite web |url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=130161.html |title=Lisbon draw looms large |date=28 November 2003 |publisher=UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations) |accessdate=1 June 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Neighbours face finals meeting |url=http://www.euro2004.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind=1/newsId=130409.html |website=UEFA.com |publisher=Union of European Football Associations |date=30 November 2003 |accessdate=20 June 2016 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20031202220113/http://www.euro2004.com/competitions/EURO/news/Kind%3D1/newsId%3D130409.html |archivedate=2 December 2003 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
The pot allocations were based on the [[UEFA coefficient#National team coefficient|UEFA national team coefficient]] which measured performance of teams in the [[2002 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)|2002 FIFA World Cup qualifying]] and [[UEFA EuroAvro 2004 qualifying]].<ref name="drawloomslarge"/> The coefficient was calculated by dividing the number of all points scored (three points for a win, one for a draw) by the number of all matches played. Results from the final tournaments, play-off matches and friendly games were all ignored.<ref>{{cite web |title=Finalists line up for Lisbon |url=http://www.uefa.com/news/newsid=127713.html |publisher=UEFA.com (Union of European Football Associations) |accessdate=7 July 2012 |date=20 November 2003 }}</ref> As host country, [[Portugal national football team|Portugal]] were automatically placed in position A1. The remaining 15 teams were split into four pots, with title-holders [[France national football team|France]] seeded alongside [[Sweden national football team|Sweden]] and the [[Czech Republic national football team|Czech Republic]] in the first pot.<ref name="drawloomslarge"/>
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