2004 in football (soccer)

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Years:	2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

The following are the football (soccer) events of the year 2004 throughout the world.

1 Events
2 Winners of national club championships
3 International tournaments
4 Movies
5 Deaths

[edit] Events

February 14 - Tunisia beat Morocco 2-1 to clinch the first African Cup of Nations in the country's history.
February 29 - Middlesbrough beat Bolton Wanderers 2-1 to win the Carling Cup (League Cup, England), the club's first cup in their 128 year history.
April 25 - Premier League - Arsenal clinch the Premier League title, their second in three years, with four games still to play.
April 29 - San Marino record their first ever win, a 1-0 victory over Liechtenstein in a friendly.
May 2 - AC Milan clinch the Italian Serie A title.
May 8 - Werder Bremen win the German Bundesliga
May 8 - Valencia win the Spanish Primera División.
May 8 - Ajax win the Dutch Eredivisie
May 15 - Arsenal complete their last game of the Premier League season with a victory, becoming the first team to go unbeaten for a whole season in the top division of English football since Preston North End in 1889.FIFA gives the host of the 2010 Football World Cup the first Football World Cup in Africa to South Africa
May 19 - Valencia defeat Marseille 2-0 in the UEFA Cup final in Gothenburg, Sweden.
May 22 - Manchester United win their record 11th FA Cup, defeating Millwall 3-0.
May 26 - FC Porto defeat AS Monaco 3-0 in the UEFA Champions League final in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
May 26 - Manchester United's Darren Fletcher captains Scotland to a 1-0 win over Estonia, becoming the youngest Scottish captain in 100 years (aged 20 years, 114 days).
June 26 - River Plate win the Argentine Clausura League.
June 30 - Santo André defeats Flamengo 4-2 on aggregate to clinch the Brazilian Cup.
July 1 - Once Caldas (Colombia) defeats Boca Juniors (Argentina) 1-1 on aggregate, 2-0 on penalties to win the Copa Libertadores.
July 4 - Greece surprisingly win the UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, defeating the host nation Portugal 1-0.
July 25 - Brazil win the Copa América football tournament, defeating Argentina 4-2 on penalties.
August 7 - Japan win the 2004 Asian Cup football tournament, defeating China 3-1.
August 26 - United States win the Olympic women's football tournament, defeating Brazil 2-1 in extra time.
August 28 - Argentina win the Olympic men's football tournament, defeating Paraguay 1-0.
September 7 - Cienciano defeats Boca Juniors 4-2 on penalties to win the South American Recopa final in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA.
November 1 - Football Federation Australia launches Australia's new national competition, the A-League, replacing the former National Soccer League.
December 10 - Newell's win the Argentine Apertura League.
December 12 - FC Porto defeats Once Caldas 8-7 on penalties in the Intercontinental Cup final in Yokohama, Japan.
December 17 - Boca Juniors defeats Bolívar 2-1 on aggregate to win the Copa Sudamericana final in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
December 19 - Santos clinch the Brazilian League

[edit] Winners of national club championships

[edit] Africa

[edit] Asia

[edit] Europe

[edit] North America

[edit] Oceania

Australia: Perth Glory FC

[edit] South America

[edit] International tournaments

[edit] Movies

Soccer Dog: European Cup

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January 3: Thomas George Jones, 87, Welsh footballer
January 5: Pierre Flamion, 79, French footballer
January 7: Mario Zatelli, 91, French footballer
January 24: Leonidas Da Silva, 90, Brazilian footballer, last survivor of the Brazilian national football team from the 1938 World Cup
January 25: Miklos Fehér, 24, Hungarian footballer, heart attack during match in Portuguese Superliga
February 1: Ally McLeod, 72, Scottish footballer
February 21: John Charles, 73, Welsh footballer most famous in Italy with Juventus F.C.
February 25: Jacques Georges, 87, chief of the French Football Federation
April 20: Ronnie Simpson, 74, Scottish footballer
May 14: Jesús Gil, 71, chief of Atlético Madrid
May 15: Bruno Baiao, 19, Portuguese footballer
July 10: Manuel Quaresma, 49, Portuguese footballer
July 13: Roger Quenolle, 79, French footballer
July 17: Lucien Leduc, 85, French footballer
July 19: Carvalho Leite, 92, Brazilian footballer, one of the last survivors from 1930 FIFA World Cup
July 23: Bertie Peacock, 75, Northern Irish footballer
August 2: José Omar Pastoriza, 62, Argentine footballer
September 20: Brian Clough, 69, English footballer
October 6: Nikola Tsanev, 65, Bulgarian footballer
October 7: Oscar Heisserer, 90, French footballer
October 12: Jean Robin, 83, French footballer
October 17: Andreas Sassen, 36, German footballer
October 23: Bill Nicholson, 85, English footballer
October 27: Serginho, 30, Brazilian footballer
November 6: Johnny Warren, 61, Australian football legend - player, coach, administrator, writer and tireless promoter of the sport.
November 9: Emlyn Hughes, 57, English footballer
December 3: Raymond Goethals, 83, Belgian footballer
December 5: Hicham Zerouali, 27, Moroccan footballer
December 5: Cristiano de Lima, 24, Brazilian footballer

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