2004 UEFA Cup final

2004 UEFA Cup Final
	Match programme cover
Event	2003–04 UEFA Cup
Date	19 May 2004
Venue	Ullevi, Gothenburg
Man of the Match	Roberto Ayala (Valencia)
Referee	Pierluigi Collina (Italy)
Attendance	39,000
Weather	Partly cloudy; 10 °C (50 °F)
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The 2004 UEFA Cup Final was an association football match that took place on 19 May 2004 at Ullevi in Gothenburg, Sweden, contested between Spanish side Valencia and French side Olympique de Marseille. Valencia won the match 2–0, with goals from Vicente and Mista. This was the fourth major European trophy won by Valencia.

Route to the final

Valencia

Round	Valencia
UEFA Cup
	Opponent	Agg.	1st leg	2nd leg
First round	AIK	2–0	1–0 (A)	1–0 (H)
Second round	Maccabi Haifa	4–0	0–0 (H)	4–0 (N)
Third round	Beşiktaş	5–2	3–2 (H)	2–0 (A)
Fourth round	Gençlerbirliği	2–1 (a.e.t.)	0–1 (A)	2–0 (a.e.t.) (H)
Quarter-finals	Girondins de Bordeaux	4–2	2–1 (A)	2–1 (H)
Semi-finals	Villarreal	1–0	0–0 (A)	1–0 (H)

Marseille

Round

Marseille

Champions League

Qualifying stage

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Third qualifying round

Austria Wien

1–0

1–0 (A)

0–0 (H)

Group stage

Opponent

Result

Matchday 1

Real Madrid

2–4 (A)

Matchday 2

Partizan

3–0 (H)

Matchday 3

Porto

2–3 (H)

Matchday 4

Porto

0–1 (A)

Matchday 5

Real Madrid

1–2 (H)

Matchday 6

Partizan

1–1 (A)

Final standings

Group F third place

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: RSSSF

UEFA Cup

Opponent

Agg.

1st leg

2nd leg

Third round

Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk

1–0

1–0 (H)

0–0 (A)

Fourth round

Liverpool

3–2

1–1 (A)

2–1 (H)

Quarter-finals

Internazionale

2–0

1–0 (H)

1–0 (A)

Semi-finals

Newcastle United

2–0

0–0 (A)

2–0 (H)

Match

Summary

Valencia had been on a 14-match unbeaten run previous to this match, which had only ended the previous week to Villarreal, the side they beat in the semi-final to reach the final, due to a weakened lineup after securing the La Liga title. In contrast, Marseille had lost four of their last five matches in Ligue 1.

The start of the match was conservative due to the wind. Didier Drogba threatened early on, and was sent tumbling by a robust challenge from Roberto Ayala, which led to a free kick, in which the resulting shot was cleared off the line by Carlos Marchena. This sparked Valencia into life and David Albelda produced a save from Fabien Barthez after pouncing on Mista's rebounded shot.

Valencia dominated possession, which led to frustration, and Steve Marlet getting booked in the tenth minute. Marseille's first meaningful attempt at goal came in the 16th minute when Steve Marlet headed over from Camel Meriem's cross. Minutes later, Meriem himself had a chance to give Marseille the lead, but he shot wide from the edge of the area. Marseille had another chance when Habib Beye got on the end of Drogba's free kick, but he headed wide. The definitive moment in the match came on the stroke of half time, when Barthez brought down Mista in the area after a cross by Curro Torres. Barthez was sent off and Valencia were awarded a penalty. Jérémy Gavanon replaced Barthez with Camel Meriem making way for him. Vicente dispatched the penalty to give Valencia a 1–0 lead going into half time.

The second half started off with Valencia in total ascendancy, and after 13 minutes of near-total possession, Valencia doubled their lead. Vicente had cut the ball in from the left for Mista, who finished the chance with ease to record his fifth goal of the competition. Marseille's heads inevitably dropped. They came forward in flourishes in the last remnants of the game, however, when Drogba's free kick was stopped by Santiago Cañizares. Drogba also nearly played in Steve Marlet with a through-ball, but it was intercepted at the last second. Marseille almost found a way back into the Valencia goal area in the 80th minute, but Sylvain N'Diaye's shot was saved by Cañizares.

After this, the match descended into a stoic affair and Valencia ran out winners to win their first major European trophy in 24 years, and victory after two successive UEFA Champions League final defeats, in 2000 and 2001. The victory also meant that Amedeo Carboni became the oldest player to win a European final at 39 years and 43 days old.

Details

19 May 2004

20:45 CEST

Valencia	2–0	Marseille
Vicente 45+3' (pen.) Mista 58'	Report

Ullevi, Gothenburg

Attendance: 39,000^[1]^[2]

Referee: Pierluigi Collina (Italy)

Valencia

Marseille


GK	1	Santiago Cañizares
RB	23	Curro Torres
CB	4	Roberto Ayala
CB	5	Carlos Marchena		86'
LB	15	Amedeo Carboni	34'
RM	19	Francisco Rufete		64'
CM	6	David Albelda (c)
CM	8	Rubén Baraja
LM	14	Vicente	27'
SS	10	Miguel Ángel Angulo		82'
CF	20	Mista
Substitutes:
GK	13	Andrés Palop
DF	2	Mauricio Pellegrino		86'
DF	3	Fábio Aurélio
MF	21	Pablo Aimar		64'
MF	25	Mohamed Sissoko		82'
FW	11	Juan Sánchez
FW	24	Xisco
Manager:
Rafael Benítez


GK	28	Fabien Barthez	45'
CB	23	Habib Beye
CB	6	Brahim Hemdani (c)
CB	12	Abdoulaye Méïté
RWB	2	Demetrius Ferreira
LWB	3	Manuel dos Santos
CM	32	Mathieu Flamini		71'
CM	7	Sylvain N'Diaye		84'
AM	18	Camel Meriem		45'
CF	20	Steve Marlet	10'
CF	11	Didier Drogba	60'
Substitutes:
GK	30	Jérémy Gavanon		45'
DF	5	Philippe Christanval
DF	21	Johnny Ecker
MF	14	Štěpán Vachoušek
MF	26	Laurent Batlles		71'
MF	29	Fabio Celestini		84'
MF	33	Nicolas Cicut
Manager:
José Anigo

Man of the Match:
Roberto Ayala (Valencia)

Assistant referees:
Marco Ivaldi (Italy)
Narciso Pisacreta (Italy)
Fourth official:
Roberto Rosetti (Italy)

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^[4]
Statistic	Valencia	Marseille
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	5	4
Shots on target	3	0
Ball possession	50%	50%
Corner kicks	3	1
Fouls committed	16	11
Offsides	0	1
Yellow cards	2	1
Red cards	0	1

Second half^[4]
Statistic	Valencia	Marseille
Goals scored	1	0
Total shots	5	7
Shots on target	2	3
Ball possession	58%	42%
Corner kicks	0	3
Fouls committed	10	13
Offsides	2	0
Yellow cards	0	1
Red cards	0	0

Overall^[4]
Statistic	Valencia	Marseille
Goals scored	2	0
Total shots	10	11
Shots on target	5	3
Ball possession	54%	46%
Corner kicks	3	4
Fouls committed	26	24
Offsides	2	1
Yellow cards	2	2
Red cards	0	1

References

^ ^a ^b "4. UEFA Cup Finals" (PDF). UEFA Europa League Statistics Handbook 2012/13. Nyon: Union of European Football Associations. 28 May 2013. p. 72. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 June 2013. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
^ ^a ^b "UEFA Cup Final" (PDF). UEFA Direct. No. 27. Union of European Football Associations. July 2004. p. 6. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
^ "Local Weather Forecast, News and Conditions | Weather Underground".
^ ^a ^b ^c "Full Time Report" (PDF). UEFA.com. Union of European Football Associations (UEFA). 19 May 2004. Retrieved 28 July 2014.