Greece was the highest-ranked seed for the UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying tournament and was drawn with Turkey, Norway, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Hungary, Moldova and Malta. Visit ESPN to view Greece squad and player information from all competitions, along with a season-by-season archive. Dismissed as rank outsiders before the tournament, Greece defeated some of the favourites in the competition including defending European champions France and hosts Portugal. He did not have time to watch the climax to the tournament on television -- because he was part of it -- nor did he have more than a week to prepare for his wedding. On 10 April 2013, the Hellenic Football Federation announced a partnership with American manufacturer Nike, which is Greece's current official supplier, with their first kit debuting on 7 June 2013 in the away match to Lithuania. ", The slogan printed on Greece's team bus said it all. Greece's miserable run in the Euro 2020 qualifiers continued on Sunday when they were held to a 1-1 draw at home by Liechtenstein. [26], Greece's victory shot them up in the FIFA World Rankings from 35th in June 2004 to 14th in July 2004. What we did is the same as how Atletico Madrid play now.". In hindsight, that draw would come to be seen as the start of a journey that would end with Greece conquering a continent and shocking the world. [48] Sergio Markarin was appointed in his place, but he too has come under fire, after the team's terrible performances in the remaining UEFA Euro 2016 qualifying. I am still incredibly proud to have been involved with it, to know that my name is in history. Salpingidis delivered a ball five yards in front of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer, which Samaras was able to meet and power underneath Neuer for the equalizer. .mw-parser-output .legend{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .legend-color{display:inline-block;min-width:1.25em;height:1.25em;line-height:1.25;margin:1px 0;text-align:center;border:1px solid black;background-color:transparent;color:black}.mw-parser-output .legend-text{}Win In recent decades, Greece wear either a set of white jerseys, shorts and socks, or an all-blue combination. European Qualifiers. Since then all of these stadiums were alternately used until the early 1980s, while a few other stadiums were inaugurated by the national team as well such as Thessaloniki's Toumba Stadium and Harilaou Stadium in 1975 and 1977 respectively. From the outset Greece appeared uncomfortable holding the ball for long spells and seemed content to allow hosts Poland to push numbers forward with the ball, hoping to score through counter-attacks. They did not have a star to build around or the craft and guile to go toe-to-toe with Europe's sophisticates so he looked, instead, to exploit the raw material at his disposal. Visit UEFA.com to find out how Greece are doing in the UEFA Nations League 2023, including latest match news, stats, squad list and news updates. On 12 April 1896, a Greek XI represented by Podilatikos Syllogos Athinon lost to a Denmark XI by either 90 or 150, at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome in Athens in a demonstration game during the 1896 Olympic Games. ETHNIKI (FOOTBALL): AGONAsport takes a look at the players who would have been selected by John van t Schip to represent Greece in the two friendlies against Costa Rica and Mexico, which were eventually cancelled. The current head coach is Angelos Anastasiadis. The Czechs then eased off on their early pressure, opting to sit back and guard their lead for much of the second half, but Gekas' goal was too little too late. Following group play Romania, which claimed second place over Hungary and Turkey in a group dominated by the Dutch, awaited Greece in a two-legged playoff. Greece were also considered as outsiders and underdogs and were given odds of 1501 of winning before the tournament. In the final minute of the first half of extra time, a close range silver goal header by Traianos Dellas from a Vasilis Tsiartas corner ended the Czech campaign, putting Greece into the final of Euro 2004 and sending their fans into euphoria. SUS Suspended due to accumulated yellow/red cards. They had made it to the 1994 World Cup but did not win a game in the United States. Andrew Powell/Liverpool FC via Getty Images, Mexico to face Czech Republic, Greece in March, Italy qualify for Euro 2020 with victory over Greece. In the quarter-finals Greece faced off with the undefeated and reigning champions France. Liga MX is back! A national league for women has existed since 1987. "We were all equals together," he says. Club Address Goudi Park / PO Box 14161, Athna, 11510. Published by Statista Research Department , Nov 30, 2022. He was sacked in November of the same year after a shocking home defeat to the Faroe Islands. In Greece, there was no time to worry about such weighty concerns. The match ended on 0-0, with Greece failing to promote a second consecutive time, despite being unbeaten and having conceded just one goal. An early injury to midfielder Panagiotis Kone brought on young Olympiacos midfielder Andreas Samaris, who would score his first international goal after intercepting a poor back-pass by an Ivorian defender. Pauleta, the Portugal striker, suggested it was "regrettable that a team that does nothing but defend ends up as European champion.". He started his football career at Kavala in 1988 before he joined Panathinaikos in 1993. It didn't matter. 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[9], Superleague Greece is the top-flight professional football division within Greece. [39] Eight days later a new era in Greece football was ushered in as the Hellenic Football Federation named former AEK Athens and PAOK boss Fernando Santos the new manager. Average Attendance -1 per match this season. 2004 was their most successful run as they became champions by defeating hosts Portugal in the finals. Euro 2016 qualifying: Reorganization and decline, 201819 Nations League and Euro 2020 qualifying: Inconsistency, fall and promising finish, 202021 Nations League and 2022 World Cup Qualifying. That was not really a surprise: they had never won a game in a major tournament. 2004 European champion, Theodoros Zagorakis, has pledged to donate 50% of his salary for the next two months to the coronavirus fund in Greece. Details of the deal were not immediately announced. Latvia, a familiar qualification foe for Greece in its previous two major tournaments (2010 World Cup, Euro 2012), joined the fray as well. Although their tendency to produce positive results remained steady throughout qualifying, so too did the Greece proclivity to start games slowly and concede early goals. In the end, Greece were eliminated in the first round by losing all three games, scoring no goals and conceding ten. Goals; Assists; Alexandros Paschalakis G. 0. However a sublime diagonal pass by playmaker Vasilis Tsiartas allowed Angelos Charisteas to score an equaliser in the second half, giving Greece hope of qualifying. 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There was a party to get started. National. Meanwhile, a large number of matches were held in various stadiums including old choices and some new in provincial cities all over the country, something that did not change until the early 2000s, when the Athens Olympic Stadium was almost abandoned. Instead, an entire nation took to the streets in disbelief and ecstasy. In November 2018, the Hellenic Football Federation (EPO) announced that Angelos Anastasiadis will be Greece's new national coach. Tom Rosick hit the bar in the opening minutes, and Jan Koller had several efforts saved by Antonis Nikopolidis. Greece were subsequently drawn against Croatia in the play-off round, where they were knocked out over two legs; a 41 away defeat set the tone for Greece's campaign, and in the second leg they drew a blank in a 00 stalemate against the Croats to signify the end of their World Cup hopes.[49]. At 2 a.m., on the beach, there were maybe a thousand people there, all of them celebrating with us.". Team Founded Year 1926. Greece play most of their home matches in Attica in Athens at the Olympic Stadium. The first Greek football teams were created as part of long-established athletic and gymnastic clubs in the major port cities of Athens and Thessaloniki, as well as among the large Greek communities of the Ottoman Empire, such as Constantinople and Smyrna, in the early 1900s. Spurs' Son is now officially a year younger. For the visitors, it was different. Their qualification to the then eight-team UEFA European Championship gave them a position in the top eight European football nations that year. After 90 minutes the game ended 00, despite the Czechs having most of the game's missed chances. According to FIFPro, an organization that represents professional players, nearly 70 percent of players complained in a 2011 survey of problems with not being paid. We would sacrifice everything for each other. Greece did not qualify for another major tournament until the 1994 FIFA World Cup and after an undefeated qualifying campaign, they produced a poor performance in the finals, losing all three group matches without scoring. [8], Between 1929 and 1936, Greece participated in six Balkan Cups, with their best campaign coming in the 193435 Balkan Cup when they finished second just one point short of Yugoslavia. In Malta, a last-second tie-breaking strike from defender Vasilis Torosidis pocketed a crucial extra two points in the standings for Greece, the same number of points it held over Croatia at the end of qualifying. It's a game best remembered for David Beckham's Captain Marvel tribute act: the wonderful, swerving free kick that earned a 2-2 draw and sealed Sven-Goran Eriksson's side a place at the 2002 World Cup. Argentina and Nigeria were yet again drawn into group stage play alongside Greece, this time into Group B with South Korea replacing Greece's third 1994 opponent, Bulgaria.[36]. Greece's captain sprinted in on goal and struck the ball at the back post under keeper Vyacheslav Malafeev in first-half stoppage time to send the Russians reeling into the locker rooms. Visit ESPN to view the latest Greece news, scores, stats, standings, rumors, and more. Simply being there was almost (almost) enough. 55 Following. Different times are in parentheses. [9], Between 1949 and 1958, Greece participated in three Mediterranean Cups, with their best campaign coming in the 195053 Mediterranean Cup when they finished second just one point short of Italy B. [*] Greece sanctioned for fielding ineligible player (Apostolos Giannou) in the international friendly match played between Turkey and Greece on 17 November 2015. [38] Vasilis Torosidis scored the winning goal in the 71st minute, securing the first points and first victory for Greece in tournament history. At its best, Greece narrowly missed qualifying for two FIFA World Cup competitions: 1970 (despite a quality team, including some of its greatest-ever players, such as Mimis Domazos, Giorgos Sideris, Giorgos Koudas and Mimis Papaioannou), and 1978. Greece won 1-0. Men's national association football team representing Greece, Euro 2016 qualifying: Reorganization and decline, 201819 Nations League and Euro 2020 qualifying: Inconsistency, fall and promising finish, 202021 Nations League and 2022 World Cup Qualifying.
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