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England: Quarter-finals
How England performed
England went through qualifying for the 2004 UEFA European Championship in Portugal unbeaten, with six wins and two draws from eight Group 7 fixtures. Beckham and Owen scored five goals each, and a goalless draw in Turkey completed the campaign.
At the finals, Sven-Göran Eriksson's side, captained by David Beckham, led France through Lampard's goal until stoppage time, when France scored twice to win 2–1. England responded with a 3–0 win over Switzerland, Rooney scoring twice and Gerrard adding the third, and a 4–2 victory over Croatia in which Rooney again scored twice, with Scholes and Lampard also on target. The quarter-final against the hosts, Portugal, finished 2–2 after extra time, Owen scoring in the third minute and Lampard in the 115th, and England lost the penalty shoot-out 6–5. Rooney ended with four goals, and two wins, a draw and a defeat, with ten goals scored and six conceded, was an improvement on the group-stage exit of 2000.
England fixtures
Slovakia
1–2
England
England won
England: Beckham 64', Owen 82'
Slovakia: Németh 23'
England
2–2
North Macedonia
England drew
England: Beckham 14', Gerrard 36'
North Macedonia: Šakiri 10', Trajanov 24'
Liechtenstein
0–2
England
England won
England: Owen 28', Beckham 53'
Liechtenstein: None
England
2–0
Turkey
England won
England: Vassell 75', Beckham 90+2' pen
Turkey: None
England
2–1
Slovakia
England won
England: Owen 62' pen, Owen 73'
Slovakia: Janočko 31'
North Macedonia
1–2
England
England won
England: Rooney 53', Beckham 63' pen
North Macedonia: Hristov 27'
England
2–0
Liechtenstein
England won
England: Owen 46', Rooney 51'
Liechtenstein: None
Turkey
0–0
England
England drew
France
2–1
England
England lost
England: Lampard 38'
France: Zidane 90+1', Zidane 90+3' pen
England
3–0
Switzerland
England won
England: Rooney 23', Rooney 75', Gerrard 82'
Switzerland: None
Croatia
2–4
England
England won
England: Scholes 40', Rooney 45+1', Rooney 68', Lampard 79'
Croatia: N. Kovač 5', Tudor 73'
Portugal
2–2
England
England drew
a.e.t., 6–5 pens
England: Owen 3', Lampard 115'
Portugal: Postiga 83', Rui Costa 110'
England statistics
Full England squad
| No. | Player | Pos | Club | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David James | GK | Manchester City | – |
| 2 | Gary Neville | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 3 | Ashley Cole | DF | Arsenal | – |
| 4 | Steven Gerrard | MF | Liverpool | 2 |
| 5 | John Terry | DF | Chelsea | – |
| 6 | Sol Campbell | DF | Arsenal | – |
| 7 | David Beckham C | MF | Real Madrid | 5 |
| 8 | Paul Scholes | MF | Manchester United | 1 |
| 9 | Wayne Rooney | FW | Everton | 6 |
| 10 | Michael Owen | FW | Liverpool | 6 |
| 11 | Frank Lampard | MF | Chelsea | 3 |
| 12 | Wayne Bridge | DF | Chelsea | – |
| 13 | Paul Robinson | GK | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 14 | Phil Neville | DF | Manchester United | – |
| 15 | Ledley King | DF | Tottenham Hotspur | – |
| 16 | Jamie Carragher | DF | Liverpool | – |
| 17 | Nicky Butt | MF | Manchester United | – |
| 18 | Owen Hargreaves | MF | Bayern Munich | – |
| 19 | Joe Cole | MF | Chelsea | – |
| 20 | Kieron Dyer | MF | Newcastle United | – |
| 21 | Emile Heskey | FW | Birmingham City | – |
| 22 | Ian Walker | GK | Leicester City | – |
| 23 | Darius Vassell | FW | Aston Villa | 1 |
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