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Association football-related events during 2004
Overview of the events of 2004 in association football
The following are the association football events of the year 2004 throughout the world.
Events
5 January – Manager
Mark Wotte leaves Dutch club
Willem II Tilburg and becomes technical director at
Feyenoord Rotterdam .
29 January – Dutch club
Volendam sacks manager
Henk Wisman . Former player
Johan Steur is named interim-manager.
2 February – South Korean Club
Anyang Cheetahs move to
Seoul and change their name to
FC Seoul .
14 February –
Tunisia beat
Morocco 2–1 to clinch the first
African Cup of Nations in the country's history.
29 February –
Middlesbrough beat
Bolton Wanderers 2–1 to win the
League Cup , the club's first cup in their 128-year history.
25 April –
FA Premier League –
Arsenal clinch the Premier League title, their second in three years, with four games still to play.
29 April –
San Marino record their first ever win, a 1–0 victory over
Liechtenstein in a friendly.
2 May –
Milan clinch the Italian
Serie A title.
8 May –
Werder Bremen win the German
Bundesliga
8 May –
Valencia win the Spanish
Primera División .
8 May –
Ajax wins the Dutch title in the
Eredivisie .
15 May –
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
19 May –
Valencia defeat
Marseille 2–0 in the
UEFA Cup
final in
Gothenburg , Sweden.
22 May –
Manchester United win their record 11th
FA Cup , defeating
Millwall 3–0.
22 May –
Millwall midfielder
Curtis Weston , becomes the youngest
FA Cup Final player in history at 17 years 119 days, beating the 125-year-old record of
James F. M. Prinsep .
26 May –
Porto defeat
AS Monaco 3–0 in the
UEFA Champions League
final in
Gelsenkirchen , Germany.
26 May –
Darren Fletcher captains
Scotland to a 1–0 win over
Estonia , becoming the youngest
Scottish captain in 100 years (aged 20 years, 114 days).
3 June –
De Graafschap returns to the Dutch
Eredivisie after a 3–2 win over
Excelsior Rotterdam in the promotion/relegation play-offs.
26 June –
River Plate win the Argentine Clausura League.
30 June –
Santo André defeats
Flamengo 4–2 on aggregate to clinch the
Brazilian Cup .
1 July –
Once Caldas (
Colombia ) defeats
Boca Juniors (
Argentina ) 1–1 on aggregate, 2–0 on
penalties to win the
Copa Libertadores .
4 July –
Greece win the
UEFA Euro 2004 football tournament, defeating the host nation
Portugal in a 1–0 upset victory.
25 July –
Brazil win the
Copa América football tournament, defeating
Argentina 4–2 on penalties.
26 July –
Gerard van der Lem is fired as manager of the
Saudi Arabia national football team .
7 August –
Japan win the
2004 Asian Cup football tournament, defeating
China 3–1.
8 August –
Utrecht wins the
Johan Cruijff Schaal , the annual opening of the new season in the
Eredivisie , for the first time by a 4–2 win over
Ajax in the
Amsterdam ArenA .
18 August –
Marco van Basten makes his debut as the manager of
Dutch national team with a 2–2 draw in the friendly against
Sweden , replacing criticised
Dick Advocaat . Four players make their debut: defender
Jan Kromkamp (
AZ ) and strikers
Romeo Castelen (
Feyenoord Rotterdam ),
Dave van den Bergh (
Utrecht ) and
Collins John (
Fulham ).
26 August –
United States win the
Olympic
women's football tournament , defeating
Brazil 2–1 in extra time.
28 August –
Argentina win the
Olympic
men's football tournament, defeating
Paraguay 1–0.
1 November –
Football Federation Australia launches Australia's new national competition, the
A-League , replacing the former
National Soccer League .
10 December
12 December –
Porto defeats
Once Caldas 8–7 on penalties in the
Intercontinental Cup final in
Yokohama , Japan.
13 December – Dutch club
NEC fires manager
Johan Neeskens . He is replaced by former player
Cees Lok .
17 December –
Boca Juniors defeats
Bolívar 2–1 on aggregate to win the
Copa Sudamericana
final in
Buenos Aires , Argentina.
19 December –
Santos clinch the
Brazilian League
Winners of national club championships
Africa
Asia
Europe
North America
Oceania
South America
International tournaments
National team results
Europe
South America
Movies
Births
Deaths
January
February
March
April
May
July
August
September
20 September –
Brian Clough (69), English footballer and manager
October
November
December
Clubs founded
References
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