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| Nickname(s) | Ethniki (National) Piratiko (The Pirate Ship) Galanolefki (Sky blue-white) |
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| Association | Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία |
| Confederation | UEFA (Europe) |
| Head coach |  John Van ’t Schip
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| Asst coach | Stelios Giannakopoulos
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| Captain | Vasilis Torosidis |
| Most caps | Giorgos Karagounis (139) |
| Top scorer | Nikos Anastopoulos (29) |
| Ground | Olympic Stadium Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium |
| FIFA code | GRE |
| FIFA ranking | 43  2 (4 April 2019)
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| Highest FIFA ranking | 8 (April 2008, October 2011) |
| Lowest FIFA ranking | 66 (September 1998) |
| Elo ranking | 54  1 (30 May 2019)
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| Highest Elo ranking | 7 (August 2004) |
| Lowest Elo ranking | 78 (May 1963, November 1963) |
| First international |  Greece 1–4 Italy  (Athens, Greece; 7 April 1929) |
| Biggest win | Greece 8–0 Syria  (Athens, Greece; 25 November 1949) |
| Biggest defeat |  Hungary 11–1 Greece (Budapest, Hungary; 25 March 1938) |
| World Cup appearances | 3 (First in 1994) |
| Best result | Round of 16, 2014 |
| European Championship appearances | 4 (First in 1980) |
| Best result | Winners, 2004 |
 
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The Greece national football team is the national association football team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation (Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία – HFF), the governing body for football in Greece. Greece's main home grounds are located at the Olympic Stadium in Athens and Karaiskakis Stadium in Pireaus. The current head coach is Angelos Anastasiadis.
History
- Main article: History of the Greece national football team
Competitive records
FIFA World Cup
UEFA European Football Championship
Results and fixtures
Times are in Greece's local time, EET/EEST. Different times are in parentheses.
2018
| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 8 September 2018 | Estonia 
| 0–1 | Greece
| Tallinn, Estonia | |
| 21:45 | Report | Fortounis  14'
| Stadium: A. Le Coq Arena Attendance: 5,567 Referee: Serdar Gözübüyük (Netherlands) |
| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 11 September 2018 | Hungary
| 2–1 | Greece
| Budapest, Hungary | |
| 21:45 (20:45 UTC+2) | Sallai 15' Kleinheisler 43'
| Report | Manolas 18'
| Stadium: Groupama Arena Attendance: 120 Referee: Aleksei Kulbakov (Belarus) |
| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 12 October 2018 | Greece
| 1–0 | Hungary
| Athens, Greece | |
| 21:45 | Mitroglou 65'
| Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 9,040 Referee: Tobias Stieler (Germany) |
| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 15 October 2018 | Finland 
| 2–0 | Greece
| Tampere, Finland | |
| 21:45 | Soiri 46' Kamara 89'
| Report | Stadium: Tampere Stadium Attendance: 10,107 Referee: Paweł Gil (Poland) |
| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 15 November 2018 | Greece
| 1–0 | Finland
| Athens, Greece | |
| 21:45 | Granlund 25' (o.g.)
| Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 6,376 Referee: Luca Banti (Italy) |
| 2018–19 UEFA Nations League 18 November 2018 | Greece
| 0–1 | Estonia
| Athens, Greece | |
| 21:45 | Report | Lampropoulos 44' (o.g.)
| Stadium: Olympic Stadium Attendance: 5,179 Referee: Yevhen Aranovskyi (Ukraine) |
2019
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 23 March 2019 | Liechtenstein 
| 0–2 | Greece
| Vaduz, Liechtenstein | |
| 21:45 (20:45 UTC+1) | Report | Fortounis 45+1' Donis 80'
| Stadium: Rheinpark Stadion Attendance: 2,711 Referee: Alexandre Boucaut (Belgium) |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 26 March 2019 | Bosnia and Herzegovina 
| 2–2 | Greece
| Zenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 21:45 (20:45 UTC+1) | Višća 10' Pjanić 15'
| Report | Fortounis 64' (pen.) Kolovos 85'
| Stadium: Bilino Polje Stadium Attendance: 10,500 Referee: Danny Makkelie (Netherlands) |
| Friendly 30 May 2019 | Turkey 
| 2–1 | Greece
| Antalya, Turkey | |
| 20:00 (20:00 UTC+3) | Ünder 11' Karaman 17'
| Report | Kourbelis 90+3'
| Stadium: Antalya Stadium |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 8 June 2019 | Greece
| v | Italy
| Athens, Greece | |
| 21:45 | Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 11 June 2019 | Greece
| v |  Armenia
| Athens, Greece | |
| 21:45 | Report | Stadium: Olympic Stadium |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 5 September 2019 | Finland
| v | Greece
| Tampere, Finland | |
| 21:45 | Report | Stadium: Tampere Stadium |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 8 September 2019 | Greece
| v | Liechtenstein
| Heraklion, Greece | |
| 21:45 | Report | Stadium: Pankritio Stadium |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 12 October 2019 | Italy
| v | Greece
| Italy | |
| 21:45 (20:45 UTC+2) | Report | Stadium: TBD |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 15 October 2019 | Greece
| v | Bosnia and Herzegovina
| Heraklion, Greece | |
| 21:45 | Report | Stadium: Pankritio Stadium |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 15 November 2019 | Armenia
| v | Greece
| Yerevan, Armenia | |
| 19:00 (21:00 UTC+4) | Report | Stadium: Vazgen Sargsyan Republican Stadium |
| UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying 18 November 2019 | Greece
| v | Finland
| Heraklion, Greece | |
| 21:45 | Report | Stadium: Pankritio Stadium |
Players
Current squad
The following players were called up to the Greece squad for the friendly match against Turkey on 30 May 2019 and the upcoming UEFA Euro 2020 qualifying fixtures against Italy and Armenia, on 8 and 11 June 2019 respectively.
- Caps and goals correct as of 30 May 2019, after the match against Turkey.
Recent call-upsThe following players have also been called up to the Greece squad within the last twelve months.
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