Round 3: Aston Villa 1–2 Manchester United, Round 4: Northampton Town 0–3 Manchester United, Round 5: Manchester United 4–2 Manchester City, Semi-final: Arsenal 0–1 Manchester United (at Villa Park), Semi-final: Sunderland 0–1 Millwall (at Old Trafford), Due to the ongoing reconstruction of Wembley Stadium, the match was played at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff for the fourth year in a row. In contrast, it was Millwall's first appearance in a final of either the FA Cup or the Football League Cup. In order to meet UEFA's requirements on venue capacity and infrastructure, seven new stadiums were built – Estádio Municipal de Aveiro (Aveiro),[41] Estádio Municipal de Braga (Braga),[42] Estádio Algarve (Faro-Loulé),[43] Estádio Dr. Magalhães Pessoa (Leiria),[44] Estádio da Luz (Lisbon),[45] Estádio José Alvalade (Lisbon),[46] and Estádio do Dragão (Porto)[47] – and three underwent renovation works – Estádio Cidade de Coimbra (Coimbra),[48] Estádio D. Afonso Henriques (Guimarães),[49] and Estádio do Bessa (Porto). Overall, CHF200 million was awarded to the 16 teams, a boost from the CHF120 million in the previous event. [50] The Estádio da Luz was the largest stadium with a tournament capacity of 65,647 seats, and served as the venue for the final. One surprise selection saw Darren Fletcher named in central midfield alongside Roy Keane ahead of both Nicky Butt and Phil Neville. [22], The Czech Republic won Group D as the only team to win all three of their group matches. [28] Club owner Theo Paphitis said the club had made around £2.5 million for making it to the FA Cup final, but that the club could stand to lose money if they failed to reach the group stage of the UEFA Cup. [79] It represents a football in the centre of a heart, surrounded by seven green dots. Defending champions France (coefficient 3.000; rank 1st) were automatically assigned to Pot 1. Arsenal will take on Chelsea when they meet in the 139th FA Cup Final at Wembley Stadium. [8] Portugal recovered from their opening defeat by defeating Russia 2–0, who had their keeper Sergei Ovchinnikov sent off. [90] France midfielder Zinedine Zidane believed the ball would "improve the game". The match finished 3–0 to Manchester United, their 11th success in the FA Cup. Euro 2004 marked the introduction of the penalty shoot-out as a tiebreaker between two teams in the group stage, although no match required the use of this procedure. For the video game based on this event, see. [25] It was another disappointing European campaign the Germans, who failed to advance from the group stage for the second consecutive time. [9] Nuno Gomes scored the winning goal against Spain,[10] which ensured Portugal finished top of Group A. Greece advanced to the quarter-finals as runners-up, ahead of Spain on goals scored. [29], "Weather History for EGFF - Saturday, May 22, 2004", "Former Millwall striker Peeters bids to end Charlton's derby woes", "United triumph by taking the job seriously", "How United's wide boys turned the flanks and the game", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2004_FA_Cup_Final&oldid=968140707, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Five named substitutes, of which three could be used, This page was last edited on 17 July 2020, at 13:52.
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