{{Short description|Association football ball}} {{Infobox product | title = Adidas Roteiro | image = Euro 2004 ball.JPG | image_size = 200 | alt = | caption = | type = [[ball (association football)|Football]] | inventor = | inception = {{start date and age|2004}} | manufacturer = [[Adidas]] | available = | current supplier = | last production = | models = | website = | notes = }} '''Adidas Roteiro''' ({{IPA|pt|ʁuˈtɐjɾu}}) is a [[ball (association football)|football]] made by German company [[Adidas]]. It was the official match ball of the [[UEFA Euro 2004]] in [[Portugal]] and later, was the official match ball for the [[2004 AFC Asian Cup]] held a month later in [[China]]. ''"Roteiro"'' means "road map" or "navigation chart" in [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]] and was a reference to the [[Portugal in the Age of Discovery|discoveries]] made by the Portuguese in the 15th and 16th century, in particular [[Vasco da Gama]]. It is made by [[Adidas]] and it was presented on 1 December 2003 in [[Lisbon]].<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20040411031527/http://www.soccerballworld.com/Roteiro.htm Adidas Roteiro] on Soccer Ball World (archived, 11 Apr 2004)</ref>
For the first time in a major football tournament, every single ball at the Euro 2004 was personalized to each game. The Roteiro balls had inscribed the name of the teams playing, the date, the name of the stadium, and the longitude and latitude of the center spot of the pitch. It was the first ball to feature an innovative thermal-bonding production technique developed by Adidas. Adidas supplied 2,300 balls for games and training sessions for the tournament.
==Technical information== * Thermal bonded panel edges. Special adhesive for durability and water resistance. No stitching. * Panel design: Syntactic PU surface material for maximum abrasion resistance. * Innovative carcass technology * High-grade natural latex bladder
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{{start box}} {{succession box|title=[[List of UEFA European Championship official match balls|UEFA European Championship official ball]]|before=[[Adidas Terrestra Silverstream]]|after=[[Adidas Europass]]|years=[[UEFA Euro 2004|2004]]}} {{succession box|title=[[List of AFC Asian Cup official match balls|AFC Asian Cup official ball]]|before=[[Adidas Terrestra Silverstream]]|after=[[Nike Mercurial Veloci]]|years=[[2004 AFC Asian Cup|2004]]}} {{end box}}
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