Uefa Euro 2004 Group C

It began on 14 June and was completed on 22 June. The group consisted of Italy, Denmark, Sweden and Bulgaria.

Sweden won the group and advanced to the quarter-finals, along with Denmark. Italy and Bulgaria failed to advance.

Three teams – Italy, Denmark and Sweden – all finished with five points, with each team having defeated Bulgaria but drawn their two other games. As all results between the three teams in question were draws, both the points won in these games and the goal difference accrued in these games still left the teams undivided. The decisive tiebreaker was therefore the goals scored during the games between one another: Italy having scored the fewest goals of the three teams were therefore eliminated.

This became so with a 2–2 result between Denmark and Sweden in the last group game, a result that Italy knew would eliminate them and one that representatives of both teams denied would happen in advance of the game, Sweden co-coach Lars Lagerbäck quoted as saying in response to Italian questions on the likelihood of this score occurring: "I don't think it will end 2–2 — that is a very unusual result".

Teams

Draw position	Team	Pot	Method of qualification	Date of qualification	Finals appearance	Last appearance	Previous best performance	UEFA Rankings November 2003	FIFA Rankings June 2004
C1	Sweden	1	Group 4 winner	10 September 2003	3rd	2000	Semi-finals (1992)	3	18
C2	Bulgaria	4	Group 8 winner	10 September 2003	2nd	1996	Group stage (1996)	18	40
C3	Denmark	3	Group 2 winner	11 October 2003	7th	2000	Winners (1992)	14	15
C4	Italy	2	Group 9 winner	11 October 2003	6th	2000	Winners (1968)	5	10