Greece national football team

General

Kit history

Greece
Nickname(s)	Ethniki (National) Piratiko (The Pirate Ship) Galanolefki (Sky blue-white)
Association	Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Gustavo Poyet
Asst coach	Stelios Giannakopoulos
Captain	Vasilis Torosidis
Most caps	Giorgos Karagounis (139)
Top scorer	Nikos Anastopoulos (29)
Home Stadium	Olympic Stadium Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium
FIFA code	GRE
FIFA ranking	43 2 (4 April 2019)
Highest FIFA ranking	8 (April 2008, October 2011)
Lowest FIFA ranking	66 (September 1998)
Elo ranking	54 1 (30 May 2019)
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

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

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.

#	Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
	1GK	Vasilis Barkas	30 May 1994 (1994-05-30)	7	0	AEK Athens
	1GK	Odysseas Vlachodimos	26 April 1994 (1994-04-26)	3	0	Benfica
	1GK	Alexandros Paschalakis	28 July 1989 (1989-07-28)	1	0	PAOK
	2DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Captain)	9 June 1988 (1988-06-09)	86	3	Arsenal
	2DF	Kostas Manolas	14 June 1991 (1991-06-14)	39	1	Roma
	2DF	Kostas Stafylidis	2 December 1993 (1993-12-02)	25	2	1899 Hoffenheim
	2DF	Dimitris Siovas	16 September 1988 (1988-09-16)	15	0	Leganés
	2DF	Leonardo Koutris	23 July 1995 (1995-07-23)	4	0	Olympiacos
	2DF	Giorgos Valerianos	13 February 1992 (1992-02-13)	1	0	Aris Thessaloniki
	2DF	Giannis Kotsiras	16 December 1992 (1992-12-16)	1	0	Asteras Tripolis
	3MF	Kostas Fortounis	16 October 1992 (1992-10-16)	42	6	Olympiacos
	3MF	Andreas Samaris	13 June 1989 (1989-06-13)	36	1	Benfica
	3MF	Petros Mantalos	31 August 1991 (1991-08-31)	23	2	AEK Athens
	3MF	Zeca	31 August 1988 (1988-08-31)	15	1	Copenhagen
	3MF	Dimitris Pelkas	26 October 1993 (1993-10-26)	13	0	PAOK
	3MF	Dimitris Kourbelis	2 November 1993 (1993-11-02)	10	1	Panathinaikos
	3MF	Dimitris Kolovos	27 April 1993 (1993-04-27)	6	1	Omonia
	3MF	Charis Mavrias	21 February 1994 (1994-02-21)	6	0	Omonia
	3MF	Andreas Bouchalakis	5 April 1993 (1993-04-05)	6	0	Olympiacos
	3MF	Manolis Siopis	14 May 1994 (1994-05-14)	1	0	Aris Thessaloniki
	4FW	Tasos Bakasetas	28 June 1993 (1993-06-28)	20	0	AEK Athens
	4FW	Tasos Donis	29 August 1996 (1996-08-29)	9	1	VfB Stuttgart
	4FW	Efthymis Koulouris	6 March 1996 (1996-03-06)	8	0	PAOK
	4FW	Giorgos Masouras	1 January 1994 (1994-01-01)	4	0	Olympiacos
	4FW	Fiorin Durmishaj	14 November 1996 (1996-11-14)	1	0	Panionios

Recent call-ups

The following players have also been called up to the Greece squad within the last twelve months.

Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club Latest call-up GK Orestis Karnezis 11 July 1985 (1985-07-11) 49 0 Napoli v. Finland, 15 October 2018 GK Andreas Gianniotis 18 December 1992 (1992-12-18) 2 0 Olympiacos v. Hungary, 11 September 2018 DF Michalis Bakakis INJ 18 March 1991 (1991-03-18) 9 0 AEK Athens v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 March 2019 DF Spyros Risvanis 3 January 1994 (1994-01-03) 1 0 Atromitos v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 March 2019 DF Dimitris Kolovetsios 16 October 1991 (1991-10-16) 0 0 Panathinaikos v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 March 2019 DF Vasilis Torosidis 10 June 1985 (1985-06-10) 100 10 Olympiacos v. Estonia, 18 November 2018 DF Vasilis Lampropoulos 3 March 1990 (1990-03-03) 2 0 AEK Athens v. Estonia, 18 November 2018 DF Dimitris Giannoulis 17 October 1995 (1995-10-17) 2 0 PAOK v. Estonia, 18 November 2018 DF Giorgos Tzavellas 26 November 1987 (1987-11-26) 30 2 Alanyaspor v. Finland, 15 October 2018 DF Kostas Tsimikas 12 May 1996 (1996-05-12) 2 0 Olympiacos v. Finland, 15 October 2018 DF Marios Oikonomou 6 October 1992 (1992-10-06) 6 0 AEK Athens v. Hungary, 11 September 2018 DF Babis Lykogiannis 22 March 1993 (1993-03-22) 4 0 Cagliari v. Hungary, 11 September 2018 MF Alexandros Tziolis 13 February 1985 (1985-02-13) 75 2 Al-Fayha v. Finland, 15 October 2018 MF Lazaros ChristodoulopoulosINJ 19 December 1986 (1986-12-19) 35 1 Olympiacos v. Finland, 15 October 2018 MF Giannis Fetfatzidis 12 December 1990 (1990-12-12) 25 3 Aris Thessaloniki v. Finland, 15 October 2018 FW Kostas Mitroglou INJ 12 March 1988 (1988-03-12) 65 17 Marseille v. Turkey, 30 May 2019 FW Nikos Karelis 24 February 1992 (1992-02-24) 19 3 Genk v. Estonia, 18 November 2018 INJ Not part of the current squad due to injury RET Retired from international competition SUS Suspended due to accumulated yellow/red cards Coaching staff Director Angelos Basinas Manager Angelos Anastasiadis Assistant Manager Stelios Giannakopoulos Goalkeeping Coach Apostolos Terzis First-Team Doctor Giorgos Oikonomidis Fitness Coach Leonidas Dimitrakopoulos Ergophysiologist Yiannis Kotsis Physiotherapist Loukas Karamanis Alumni Former players Main article: List of Greek international players Managers Main article: List of Greece international managers Honours European Championship Winners (1): 2004 Quarter-finalists (1): 2012 Other awards World Soccer – World Team of the Year Winners (1): 2004 Laureus World Team of the Year Winners (1): 2005 FIFA Confederations Cup Fair Play Award Winners (1): 2005 Unofficial Football World Championships Matches won as Champions: 11 Mediterranean Games Winners (2): 1951, 1991 Third Place (1): 1997 External links Greece Greek competitions · Greek coaches · Greek players · Greek stadiums Football in Greece League competitions The HFF Cup competitions Super League Greece Greek Cup Super League 2 (U-21) (U-19) (U-17) Greek Super Cup Gamma Ethniki List of clubs Delta Ethniki List of stadiums Greek football league system List of leagues