Arsenal and France striker Thierry Henry has been selected in the uefa.com users' team of the year for the fourth time in succession.
Henry has now been selected every year since the award's 2001 inception and was the only ever-present named in the 2004 team chosen by more than 1.2 million votes cast on UEFA's official website and revealed on Wednesday.
There are three players from Portugal -- midfielder Maniche and defender Ricardo Carvalho from Porto's Champions League-winning side and Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo.
Portugal's Jose Mourinho, who guided Porto to the European title before moving to Chelsea, is chosen as coach for the second successive year.
Henry is joined in attack by European Player of the Year Andriy Shevchenko. His AC Milan defensive colleague Alessandro Nesta is selected for the third year running, while Juventus pair Gianluigi Buffon and Pavel Nedved are honoured for the second year in a row.
Among six newcomers to the team are long-serving Brazil and Milan full back Cafu, Arsenal left back Ashley Cole, and Barcelona and Brazil playmaker Ronaldinho, who scooped over half of the votes in the attacking midfield player category.
Despite their success in winning Euro 2004, there were no Greek players in the team.
UEFA.COM team of 2004:
Gianluigi Buffon (Juventus and Italy); Cafu (AC Milan and Brazil), Ricardo Carvalho (Chelsea and Portugal), Alessandro Nesta (AC Milan and Italy), Ashley Cole (Arsenal and England); Cristiano Ronaldo (Manchester United and Portugal), Maniche (Porto and Portugal), Ronaldinho (Barcelona and Brazil), Pavel Nedved (Juventus and Czech Republic); Thierry Henry (Arsenal and France), Andriy Shevchenko (AC Milan and Ukraine).
Coach: Jose Mourinho (Chelsea).
