Greece national football team

Greece
	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)
Ground	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

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.

Pos	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1GK	Vasilis Barkas	30 May 1994 (1994-05-30) (age 28)	7	0	AEK Athens
1GK	Odysseas Vlachodimos	26 April 1994 (1994-04-26) (age 28)	3	0	Benfica
1GK	Alexandros Paschalakis	28 July 1989 (1989-07-28) (age 33)	1	0	PAOK

2DF	Sokratis Papastathopoulos (Captain)	9 June 1988 (1988-06-09) (age 34)	86	3	Arsenal
2DF	Kostas Manolas	14 June 1991 (1991-06-14) (age 31)	39	1	Roma
2DF	Kostas Stafylidis	2 December 1993 (1993-12-02) (age 28)	25	2	1899 Hoffenheim
2DF	Dimitris Siovas	16 September 1988 (1988-09-16) (age 33)	15	0	Leganés
2DF	Leonardo Koutris	23 July 1995 (1995-07-23) (age 27)	4	0	Olympiacos
2DF	Giorgos Valerianos	13 February 1992 (1992-02-13) (age 30)	1	0	Aris Thessaloniki
2DF	Giannis Kotsiras	16 December 1992 (1992-12-16) (age 29)	1	0	Asteras Tripolis

3MF	Kostas Fortounis	16 October 1992 (1992-10-16) (age 29)	42	6	Olympiacos
3MF	Andreas Samaris	13 June 1989 (1989-06-13) (age 33)	36	1	Benfica
3MF	Petros Mantalos	31 August 1991 (1991-08-31) (age 30)	23	2	AEK Athens
3MF	Zeca	31 August 1988 (1988-08-31) (age 33)	15	1	Copenhagen
3MF	Dimitris Pelkas	26 October 1993 (1993-10-26) (age 28)	13	0	PAOK
3MF	Dimitris Kourbelis	2 November 1993 (1993-11-02) (age 28)	10	1	Panathinaikos
3MF	Dimitris Kolovos	27 April 1993 (1993-04-27) (age 29)	6	1	Omonia
3MF	Charis Mavrias	21 February 1994 (1994-02-21) (age 28)	6	0	Omonia
3MF	Andreas Bouchalakis	5 April 1993 (1993-04-05) (age 29)	6	0	Olympiacos
3MF	Manolis Siopis	14 May 1994 (1994-05-14) (age 28)	1	0	Aris Thessaloniki

4FW	Tasos Bakasetas	28 June 1993 (1993-06-28) (age 29)	20	0	AEK Athens
4FW	Tasos Donis	29 August 1996 (1996-08-29) (age 25)	9	1	VfB Stuttgart
4FW	Efthymis Koulouris	6 March 1996 (1996-03-06) (age 26)	8	0	PAOK
4FW	Giorgos Masouras	1 January 1994 (1994-01-01) (age 28)	4	0	Olympiacos
4FW	Fiorin Durmishaj	14 November 1996 (1996-11-14) (age 25)	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) (age 37)	49	0	Napoli	v. Finland, 15 October 2018
GK	Andreas Gianniotis	18 December 1992 (1992-12-18) (age 29)	2	0	Olympiacos	v. Hungary, 11 September 2018

DF	Michalis Bakakis ^INJ	18 March 1991 (1991-03-18) (age 31)	9	0	AEK Athens	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 March 2019
DF	Spyros Risvanis	3 January 1994 (1994-01-03) (age 28)	1	0	Atromitos	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 March 2019
DF	Dimitris Kolovetsios	16 October 1991 (1991-10-16) (age 30)	0	0	Panathinaikos	v. Bosnia and Herzegovina, 26 March 2019
DF	Vasilis Torosidis	10 June 1985 (1985-06-10) (age 37)	100	10	Olympiacos	v. Estonia, 18 November 2018
DF	Vasilis Lampropoulos	3 March 1990 (1990-03-03) (age 32)	2	0	AEK Athens	v. Estonia, 18 November 2018
DF	Dimitris Giannoulis	17 October 1995 (1995-10-17) (age 26)	2	0	PAOK	v. Estonia, 18 November 2018
DF	Giorgos Tzavellas	26 November 1987 (1987-11-26) (age 34)	30	2	Alanyaspor	v. Finland, 15 October 2018
DF	Kostas Tsimikas	12 May 1996 (1996-05-12) (age 26)	2	0	Olympiacos	v. Finland, 15 October 2018
DF	Marios Oikonomou	6 October 1992 (1992-10-06) (age 29)	6	0	AEK Athens	v. Hungary, 11 September 2018
DF	Babis Lykogiannis	22 March 1993 (1993-03-22) (age 29)	4	0	Cagliari	v. Hungary, 11 September 2018

MF	Alexandros Tziolis	13 February 1985 (1985-02-13) (age 37)	75	2	Al-Fayha	v. Finland, 15 October 2018
MF	Lazaros Christodoulopoulos^INJ	19 December 1986 (1986-12-19) (age 35)	35	1	Olympiacos	v. Finland, 15 October 2018
MF	Giannis Fetfatzidis	12 December 1990 (1990-12-12) (age 31)	25	3	Aris Thessaloniki	v. Finland, 15 October 2018

FW	Kostas Mitroglou ^INJ	12 March 1988 (1988-03-12) (age 34)	65	17	Marseille	v. Turkey, 30 May 2019
FW	Nikos Karelis	24 February 1992 (1992-02-24) (age 30)	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

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