Greece national football team
men's national association football team representing Greece
Greece national football team is the national football team of Greece. They became European champions in only their second participation in the tournament in 2004. Their best result in the World Cup was in the 2014 FIFA World Cup where they made it to the Round of 16.
| Nickname(s) | Ethniki (National) Galanolefki (Sky blue-white) Piratiko (Pirate Ship) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Association | Hellenic Football Federation (HFF) (Ελληνική Ποδοσφαιρική Ομοσπονδία – ΕΠΟ) | ||
| Confederation | UEFA | ||
| Head coach | Angelos Anastasiadis | ||
| Captain | Tasos Mpakasetas | ||
| Most caps | Giorgos Karagounis (139) | ||
| Top scorer | Nikos Anastopoulos (29) | ||
| Home stadium | Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis" | ||
| FIFA code | GRE | ||
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| FIFA ranking | |||
| Current | 51  1 (22 December 2022)[1] | ||
| Highest | 8[2] (April 2008, October 2011) | ||
| Lowest | 66 (September 1998) | ||
| 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 | Champions, 2004 | ||
| Olympic Games | |||
| Appearances | 3 (first in 1920) | ||
| Best result | Group Stage, 2004 | ||
| Confederations Cup | |||
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2005) | ||
| Best result | Group stage, 2005 | ||
Most appearances
changeAs of 29 March 2016
Players who are still active.
| # | Name | Career | Caps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Giorgos Karagounis | 1999–2014 | 139 | 10 |
| 2 | Theodoros Zagorakis | 1994–2007 | 120 | 3 |
| 3 | Kostas Katsouranis | 2003–2015 | 116 | 10 |
| 4 | Angelos Basinas | 1999–2009 | 100 | 7 |
| 5 | Stratos Apostolakis | 1986–1998 | 96 | 5 |
| 6 | Antonios Nikopolidis | 1999–2008 | 90 | 0 |
| 7 | Angelos Charisteas | 2001–2011 | 88 | 25 |
| 8 | Dimitris Salpingidis | 2005– | 82 | 13 |
| 9 | Giorgos Samaras | 2006– | 81 | 9 |
| Vasilis Torosidis | 2007– | 81 | 7 |
Top scorers
changeAs of 29 March 2016
Players who are still active.
| # | Name | Career | Goals | Caps | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nikos Anastopoulos | 1977–1988 | 29 | 74 | 0.392 |
| 2 | Angelos Charisteas | 2001–2011 | 25 | 88 | 0.284 |
| 3 | Theofanis Gekas | 2005–2014 | 24 | 78 | 0.308 |
| 4 | Dimitris Saravakos | 1982–1994 | 22 | 78 | 0.282 |
| 5 | Mimis Papaioannou | 1963–1980 | 21 | 61 | 0.328 |
| 6 | Nikos Machlas | 1993–2002 | 18 | 61 | 0.295 |
| 7 | Demis Nikolaidis | 1995–2004 | 17 | 54 | 0.315 |
| 8 | Panagiotis Tsalouchidis | 1987–1995 | 16 | 76 | 0.211 |
| 9 | Giorgos Sideris | 1958–1970 | 14 | 28 | 0.500 |
| 10 | Nikos Liberopoulos | 1996–2012 | 13 | 76 | 0.171 |
| Dimitris Salpingidis | 2005– | 13 | 82 | 0.159 |
References
change- ↑ "The FIFA/Coca-Cola World Ranking". FIFA. 22 December 2022. Retrieved 22 December 2022.
- ↑ "Greece Men's Ranking — Details and Ranking History". FIFA. Archived from the original on 7 November 2017. Retrieved 4 November 2017.
- ↑ Elo rankings change compared to one year ago. "World Football Elo Ratings". eloratings.net. 3 March 2019. Retrieved 3 March 2019.