Football
The Serbia and Montenegro team was the only team in the Olympic football tournament not to earn a single point, losing all three of their matches, ending up last in both goals scored and allowed. They tied their last game with Tunisia in the 87th minute, but gave up an 89th minute goal to lose it.
Men's Competition:
- Team Roster
- Goalkeepers
- Aleksandar Čanović
- Nikola Milojević
- Defenders
- Milan Biševac
- Đorđe Jokić
- Marko Baša
- Branko Lazarević
- Marko Lomić
- Bojan Neziri
- Milan Stepanov
- Midfielders
- Miloš Krasić
- Goran Lovre
- Igor Matić
- Dejan Milovanović
- Branimir Petrović
- Simon Vukčević
- Forwards
- Andrija Delibašić
- Nikola Nikezić
- Srđan Radonjić
- Goalkeepers
The team also had four alternate players, who are not counted as part of the official roster.
- Alternates
- Vladimir Dišljenković (goalkeeper)
- Nikola Jozić (defender)
- Marko Perović (midfielder)
- Dragan Stančić (midfielder)
- Group C
- Lost to Argentina (0 - 6)
- Lost to Australia (1 - 5) (Srđan Radonjić 72')
- Lost to Tunisia (2 - 3) (Miloš Krasić 70', Simon Vukčević 87')
- 4th in group, did not advance (0 points, 3 GF, 14 GA, -11 GD, 16th overall)
Read more about this topic: Serbia And Montenegro At The 2004 Summer Olympics
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