2004 UEFA Champions League final

The 2004 UEFA Champions League final was an association football match played on 26 May 2004 to decide the winner of the 2003–04 UEFA Champions League. AS Monaco, a Monaco-based club representing the French Football Federation, faced Portuguese side Porto at the Arena AufSchalke in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Porto won the match 3–0, with Carlos Alberto, Deco and Dmitri Alenichev scoring the goals in a dominant game from Mourinhos Porto. Deco was named Man of the Match.

2004 UEFA Champions League final

Match programme cover
Event	2003–04 UEFA Champions League
Monaco Porto 0 3
Date	26 May 2004
Venue	Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen
Man of the Match	Deco (Porto)^[1]
Referee	Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)
Attendance	53,053^[1]
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Porto's previous triumph in the competition had been in 1987 – although they had won the UEFA Cup in the previous season – while Monaco were playing in their first ever UEFA Champions League final. Both teams started their campaigns in the group stage and defeated former European champions on their way to the final: Porto beat 1968 and 1999 winners Manchester United while Monaco defeated nine-time champions Real Madrid.

Both teams were considered underdogs in the competition before reaching the final stages and were led by young managers. Monaco had hired former France national football team star Didier Deschamps as manager and Porto were led by rising star José Mourinho, who left the club for Chelsea a week after the match.

Monaco became the fourth club representing the French league to reach the final after Reims in 1956 & 1959, Saint-Étienne in 1976, and Olympique de Marseille in 1991 & 1993. This was the fifth final in the history of the European Cup in which neither of the teams came from England, Germany, Italy or Spain, and the first since the 1991 final when Red Star Belgrade of Yugoslavia beat Marseille.

Background

Monaco

Monaco finished second in the French Ligue 1 the previous season, meaning that they entered the Champions League at the group stage. Monaco were placed in Group C, alongside Deportivo La Coruña, PSV and AEK Athens. After a 2–1 in their first win in the Netherlands and a 4–0 win at the Stade Louis II against AEK Athens, Monaco travelled to Spain, losing 1–0 by Deportivo. The Monegasque adventure really began after the return match against Deportivo, when Monaco won 8–3, which represented the highest number of goals in one match in the history of the new version of the UEFA Champions League; this record lasted until 22 November 2016, when Legia Warsaw lost 8–4 to Borussia Dortmund. Croatian striker Dado Pršo scored four times, while captain Ludovic Giuly (2), Jérôme Rothen, Jaroslav Plašil and Édouard Cissé pulverised the Spanish defensive line. After two more draws against PSV and AEK Athens, Monaco finished at the top of Group C.

The first knockout round saw Monaco winning against Lokomotiv Moscow after a 2–1 defeat in Russia and a win 1–0 at Stade Louis II. In the quarter-finals, Monaco played Real Madrid. After a 4–2 loss in Madrid (where Fernando Morientes scored, and was applauded by his former fans), Monaco created a sensation by defeating the Spanish 3–1 at home. Monaco played against Chelsea in the semi-finals, and despite the exclusion of Akis Zikos, Monaco found enough strength to score twice and win the game 3–1.^[2] The last goal was scored by striker Shabani Nonda, who just returned from a seven-month injury. The second leg at Stamford Bridge saw Monaco resisting Chelsea's strikes, for a final score of 2–2 to reach the European Cup final for the first time in their history.^[3]

Porto

Porto, winners of the Primeira Liga, Taça de Portugal and UEFA Cup in 2002–03, were the only Portuguese team in the group stage, after the elimination of Benfica in the third qualifying round by Italian side Lazio. Porto was drawn in Group F, along with Real Madrid, Marseille and Partizan. Porto's first match was at Partizan Stadium in Belgrade. Costinha scored the opening goal on 22 minutes, but Andrija Delibašić scored the equaliser on 54 minutes.^[4] The next match, the first at the Estádio das Antas, was a 3–1 loss to Real Madrid. Costinha scored the opening goal again, on seven minutes. Iván Helguera equalised on 28 minutes; Santiago Solari on 37 minutes and Zinedine Zidane on 67 scored Real Madrid's winning goals.^[5]

Three straight wins secured Porto's place in the first knockout round before the last match of the group stage, a draw in Madrid.^[6] In the first knockout round, Porto met Manchester United. The Portuguese won 2–1 at home^[7] and managed to qualify in the final minutes of the second leg, when Costinha scored an equaliser in injury time in a 1–1 draw at Old Trafford.^[8] In the quarter-finals, Porto met a French team for the second time in the tournament: a 2–0 win at home^[9] and a 2–2 draw in France eliminated Lyon from the competition.^[10] In the semi-finals, Porto played Deportivo La Coruña, eliminating them 1–0 on aggregate.^[11]

Route to the final

Further information: 2003–04 UEFA Champions League

Monaco				Round	Porto
Opponent	Result			Group stage	Opponent	Result
PSV Eindhoven	2–1 (A)			Matchday 1	Partizan	1–1 (A)
AEK Athens	4–0 (H)			Matchday 2	Real Madrid	1–3 (H)
Deportivo La Coruña	0–1 (A)			Matchday 3	Marseille	3–2 (A)
Deportivo La Coruña	8–3 (H)			Matchday 4	Marseille	1–0 (H)
PSV Eindhoven	1–1 (H)			Matchday 5	Partizan	2–1 (H)
AEK Athens	0–0 (A)			Matchday 6	Real Madrid	1–1 (A)
Group C winners Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Monaco 6 11 2   Deportivo La Coruña 6 10 3   PSV Eindhoven 6 10 4   AEK Athens 6 2 Source:				Final standings	Group F runners-up Pos Team v t e Pld Pts 1   Real Madrid 6 14 2   Porto 6 11 3   Marseille 6 4 4   Partizan 6 3 Source:
Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg	Knockout stage	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
Lokomotiv Moscow	2–2 (a)	1–2 (A)	1–0 (H)	First knockout round	Manchester United	3–2	2–1 (H)	1–1 (A)
Real Madrid	5–5 (a)	2–4 (A)	3–1 (H)	Quarter-finals	Lyon	4–2	2–0 (H)	2–2 (A)
Chelsea	5–3	3–1 (H)	2–2 (A)	Semi-finals	Deportivo La Coruña	1–0	0–0 (H)	1–0 (A)

Match

Summary

Monaco, in their first European final since the 1992 Cup Winners Cup final,^[3] were up against Porto, the UEFA Cup winners from the previous season,^[3] who were appearing in the European Cup final for a second time, after defeating Bayern Munich in the 1987 European Cup final.^[12] Porto were the favourites after eliminating Manchester United and Deportivo La Coruña in the knockout phase, while Monaco had eliminated Real Madrid and Chelsea.^{[citation needed]}

Details

26 May 2004

20:45 CEST

Monaco	0–3	Porto
	Report	Carlos Alberto   39' Deco   71' Alenichev   75'

Arena AufSchalke, Gelsenkirchen

Attendance: 53,053^[1]

Referee: Kim Milton Nielsen (Denmark)

Monaco^[13]

Porto^[13]

GK 30   Flavio Roma RB 4   Hugo Ibarra CB 27   Julien Rodriguez CB 32   Gaël Givet   72' LB 3   Patrice Evra CM 14   Édouard Cissé   64' CM 7   Lucas Bernardi CM 15   Akis Zikos RW 8   Ludovic Giuly (c)   23' LW 25   Jérôme Rothen CF 10   Fernando Morientes Substitutes: GK 29   Tony Sylva DF 19   Sébastien Squillaci   72' MF 6   Jaroslav Plašil MF 35   Hassan El Fakiri FW 9   Dado Pršo   23' FW 18   Shabani Nonda   64' FW 24   Emmanuel Adebayor Manager:   Didier Deschamps

GK 99   Vítor Baía RB 22   Paulo Ferreira CB 2   Jorge Costa (c)   77' CB 4   Ricardo Carvalho LB 8   Nuno Valente   29' DM 6   Costinha CM 23   Pedro Mendes CM 18   Maniche AM 10   Deco   85' CF 19   Carlos Alberto   40'   60' CF 11   Derlei   78' Substitutes: GK 13   Nuno DF 3   Pedro Emanuel   85' DF 5   Ricardo Costa DF 17   José Bosingwa MF 15   Dmitri Alenichev   60' FW 9   Edgaras Jankauskas FW 77   Benni McCarthy   78' Manager:   José Mourinho

Man of the Match: Deco (Porto)^[1] Assistant referees: Jens Larsen (Denmark) Jørgen Jepsen (Denmark) Fourth official: Knud Erik Fisker (Denmark)

Match rules 90 minutes 30 minutes of silver goal extra time if necessary Penalty shoot-out if scores still level Seven named substitutes Maximum of three substitutions

Statistics

First half^[14]^[15] Monaco Porto Goals scored 0 1 Total shots 1 2 Shots on target 0 1 Ball possession 54% 46% Corner kicks 1 2 Fouls committed 7 6 Offsides 7 3 Yellow cards 0 2 Red cards 0 0

Second half^[14]^[15] Statistic Monaco Porto Goals scored 0 2 Total shots 7 4 Shots on target 0 3 Ball possession 56% 44% Corner kicks 6 2 Fouls committed 10 14 Offsides 12 8 Yellow cards 0 1 Red cards 0 0

Overall Statistic Monaco Porto Goals scored 0 3 Total shots 8 6 Shots on target 0 4 Ball possession 55% 45% Corner kicks 7 4 Fouls committed 17 20 Offsides 19 11 Yellow cards 0 3 Red cards 0 0

See also

• 2003–04 UEFA Champions League
• 2004 UEFA Cup Final
• 2004 UEFA Super Cup
• 2004 Intercontinental Cup
• AS Monaco FC in European football
• FC Porto in international football competitions

References

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