Greece national football team

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.

Greece

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	Vasilis Torosidis
Most caps	Giorgos Karagounis (139)
Top scorer	Nikos Anastopoulos (29)
Home stadium	Olympic Stadium "Spyros Louis"
FIFA code	GRE
First colours Second colours
FIFA ranking
Current
Highest	8 (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

Greece national football team (2010-11-17)

Most appearances

As of 29 March 2016      Players who are still active.

Giorgos Karagounis is the most capped player in the history of the national team with 139 caps.

#	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

As 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

Greece National Football Team Media

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  The national team for the Inter-Allied Games in Paris, 1919.

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  Greece squad for the 1920 Olympics.

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  Alketas Panagoulias led Greece to the Euro 1980 and 1994 FIFA World Cup.

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  Greece line-up in Euro 2004

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  Vasilis Tsiartas

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  Thodoris Zagorakis, captain of the national team and "player of the tournament" in Euro 2004.

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  Angelos Charisteas scoring Greece's winning goal in the Euro 2004 final.

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  Greece vs Spain in Red Bull Arena during UEFA Euro 2008.

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  Fernando Santos

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  Greece players singing the Greece national anthem in Euro 2012 opening match against the hosts Poland (1–1).