Greece national football team results (1929–1959)

This article provides details of international football games played by the Greece national football team from their inception in 1929 to 1959.[1]

The Greece national team was officially created in 1929, however, the first appearance of a Greece national team came 33 years earlier, at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens, where a Greece XI was beaten by a Denmark XI, either 0–9 or 0–15, at the Neo Phaliron Velodrome in a demonstration game.[2] Greece also participated in the 1906 Intercalated Games in Athens, as the Athens City selection, which ended in another humiliation at the hands of the Danish, losing the final 0–9. Greece also participated in the Inter-Allied Games in Paris in 1919, and in the 1920 Summer Olympics of Antwerp (recognized as first official by FIFA).[3]

Between their first official match in 1929 and 1959, Greece played in 70 matches, resulting in 17 victories, 10 draws and 43 defeats.[4] Throughout this period they played in the Balkan Cup six times between 1929 and 1936 with their best result being a second-place in the 1934–35 edition. Greece also participated in three Mediterranean Cups in 1949, 1950-53 and 1953-58, with Greece never doing better than a second-place finish in the second edition.

Results edit

Key
Win
Draw
Defeat

1896 Olympic Games edit

12 April 1896 1896 Summer Olympics Greece   0–9
or 0–15
  Denmark Athens, Greece
15:40 Report Stadium: Podilatodromio
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Prince George of Greece and Denmark (Greece)
Note: The International Olympic Committee does not acknowledge that football was played at the 1896 Olympics; however, there is incontrovertible evidence that this match was played as a demonstration sport.

1906 Intercalated Games edit

23 April 1906 1906 Intercalated Games semi-finals Athens City   5–0   Thessaloniki Athens, Greece
Report Stadium: Podilatodromio
Referee: Carl Anderson (Denmark)
24 April 1906 1906 Intercalated Games Final Athens City   0–9   Denmark Athens, Greece
Report Stadium: Podilatodromio
Referee: Goster Drake (Sweden)
Note: The Athens team withdrew from the final at half-time, because they were losing 0-9 at home and wanted to avoid further humiliation.

1919 Inter-Allied Games edit

25 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage Italy   9–0   Greece Paris, France
Sardi   
Cevenini     
Santamaria   
Asti  
Report Stadium: Stade Pershing
26 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage France   11–0   Greece Paris, France
Nicolas     
Rénier    
Dubly   
Darjeu  
Petit  
Report Stadium: Stade Pershing
28 June 1919 Inter-Allied Games group stage Greece   3–2   Romania Paris, France
?   Report ?   Stadium: Stade Pershing

1920 Summer Olympics edit

28 August 1920 1920 Summer Olympics first round Sweden   9–0   Greece Antwerp, Belgium
17:30 Olsson   4', 79'
Karlsson   15', 20', 21', 51', 85'
Wicksell   25'
Dahl   31'
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Charles Barette (BEL)
Note: Recognised by FIFA as Greece's first international game. Not recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation.

Greece national football team edit

1929 edit

7 April 1929 Friendly Greece   1–4   Italy B Athens, Greece
15:30 Nahmias   60' Report Volk   35', 65'
Busini   68'
Tansini   80'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ferenc Kann (Hungary)
30 June 1929 Friendly Bulgaria   1–1   Greece Sofia, Bulgaria
18:00 Staykov   63' (pen.) Report G. Andrianopoulos   15' Stadium: Levski Field
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)

1930 edit

26 January 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup Greece   2–1   Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
15:30 (UTC+2:00) G. Andrianopoulos   55'
D. Andrianopoulos   59'
Report Vujadinović   18' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)
2 March 1930 Friendly Italy B   3–0   Greece Naples, Italy
Ludueña   ?', ?'
Vojak   ?'
Report Stadium: Campo Vomero
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Adolf Miesz
25 May 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup Romania   8–1   Greece Bucharest, Romania
14:00 Wetzer   8', 34', 75', 76', 80'
Vogl   43'
Raffinsky   57' (pen.)
Dobay   77'
Report V. Andrianopoulos   15' Stadium: Stadionul Oficiul Naţional de Educaţie Fizică
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia)
7 December 1930 1929–31 Balkan Cup Greece   6–1   Bulgaria Athens, Greece
15:00 (+2:00) Tsolinas   4', 50', 51', 60'
Messaris   10', 15'
Report Peshev   56' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia)

1931 edit

15 March 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup Yugoslavia   4–1   Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
15:00 Hitrec   35'
Tomašević   38', 75', 83'
Report Migiakis   52' Stadium: Stadion Beogradski S.K.
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Costel Rădulescu (Romania)
25 October 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup Bulgaria   2–1   Greece Sofia, Bulgaria
15:30 Peshev   20'
Angelov   83'
Report Kitsos   10' Stadium: Yunak Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Jovan Ružić (Yugoslavia)
29 November 1931 1929–31 Balkan Cup Greece   2–4   Romania Athens, Greece
15:00 Angelakis   34', 39' Report Bodola   13', 18', 84'
Sepi   51'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)
13 December 1931 Friendly Greece   2–4   Hungary Amateurs Athens, Greece
15:00 Mallios   14' (pen.)
V. Andrianopoulos   71'
Report Kovács   24'
Lutz   40' (pen.)
Jiakombe   52'
Tczech   64'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 4,413
Referee: Stavros Hatzopoulos (Greece)

1932 edit

27 March 1932 Friendly Greece   1–2   Bulgaria Athens, Greece
15:30 Simeonidis   33' Report Panchev   50'
Angelov   71'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)
26 June 1932 1932 Balkan Cup Yugoslavia   7–1   Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
17:30 Tirnanić   5'
Glišović   15'
Zečević   51', 84'
Živković   51' (pen.), 62' (pen.)
Vujadinović   80'
Report Kitsos   4' Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania)
28 June 1932 1932 Balkan Cup Greece   0–3   Romania Belgrade, Yugoslavia
17:30 Report Ciolac   6'
Schwartz   9'
Bodola   16'
Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium
Attendance: 2,500
Referee: Stefan Chumpalov (Bulgaria)
2 July 1932 1932 Balkan Cup Bulgaria   2–0   Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
17:30 Angelov   71'
Peshev   85' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Beogradski SK Stadium
Attendance: 3,500
Referee: Radu Istrate (Romania)

1933 edit

3 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup Greece   3–5   Yugoslavia Bucharest, Romania
17:00 Simeonidis   4'
Raggos   60'
Pierrakos   89'
Report Kodrnja   12', 20', 72'
Živković   42', 79'
Stadium: Stadionul ONEF
Attendance: 6,000
Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania)
8 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup Romania   1–0   Greece Bucharest, Romania
18:00 Dobay   24' Report Stadium: Stadionul ONEF
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Ernest Fabris (Yugoslavia)
10 June 1933 1933 Balkan Cup Bulgaria   2–0   Greece Bucharest, Romania
Todorov   85', 88' Report Stadium: Stadionul ONEF
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania)

1934 edit

4 February 1934 Friendly Greece   1–0   Bulgaria Athens, Greece
15:00 Danelian   30' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Stavros Hatzopoulos (Greece)
25 March 1934 1934 FIFA World Cup qualifying Italy   4–0   Greece Milan, Italy
15:00 Guarisi   40'
Meazza   44', 71'
Ferrari   69'
Report Stadium: San Siro
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: René Mercet (Switzerland)
23 December 1934 1934–35 Balkan Cup Greece   2–1   Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
15:00 Vazos   39'
L. Andrianopoulos   67'
Report Sekulić   12' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania)
27 December 1934 1934–35 Balkan Cup Greece   2–2   Romania Athens, Greece
15:00 L. Andrianopoulos   14'
Choumis   75'
Report Dobay   5'
Ciolac   13'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)

1935 edit

1 January 1935 1934–35 Balkan Cup Greece   1–2   Bulgaria Athens, Greece
13:30 Vazos   51' Report Lozanov   44'
Panchev   84'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Bora Vasiljević (Yugoslavia)
16 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup Bulgaria   5–2   Greece Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 Peshev   23'
Angelov   26', 28', 63'
Lozanov   68'
Report Choumis   21', 74' Stadium: Yunak Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Constantin Rădulescu (Romania)
21 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup Greece   1–6   Yugoslavia Sofia, Bulgaria
17:30 Baltasis   49' Report Živković   31', 70'
Marjanović   33'
Vujadinović   49'
Glišović   81', 83'
Stadium: Yunak Stadium
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)
24 June 1935 1935 Balkan Cup Greece   2–2   Romania Sofia, Bulgaria
16:00 Choumis   10', 15' Report Bodola   26'
Gruin   26'
Stadium: Levski Field
Attendance: 1,000
Referee: Nikola Dosev (Bulgaria)

1936 edit

17 May 1936 1936 Balkan Cup Romania   5–2   Greece Bucharest, Romania
17:30 Bodola   21', 85'
Schwartz   37', 75'
Dobay   77'
Report Vazos   31'
Simeonidis   76'
Stadium: Stadionul Republicii
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
21 May 1936 1936 Balkan Cup Bulgaria   5–4   Greece Bucharest, Romania
17:30 Panchev   25', 76'
Rafailov   31'
Angelov   31'
Lozanov   73'
Report Migiakis   12'
Vikelidis   69'
Choumis   84', 86'
Stadium: Stadionul Republicii
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Peco Bauwens (Germany)
19 June 1936 Friendly Egypt   3–1   Greece Cairo, Egypt
Ambdin   22', 88'
Sakr   81'
Report Choumis   48' (pen.) Stadium: Prince Farouk Stadium

1938 edit

22 January 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Mandatory Palestine   1–3   Greece Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
15:00 Neufeld   36' Report Vikelidis   15', 30'
Migiakis   73'
Stadium: Maccabiah Stadium
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Mohammed Youssef (Egypt)
20 February 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Greece   1–0   Mandatory Palestine Athens, Greece
15:30 Vikelidis   88' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Mika Popovic (Yugoslavia)
25 March 1938 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification Hungary   11–1   Greece Budapest, Hungary
15:00 Zsengellér   14', 23' (pen.), 24', 65', 81', 83'
Titkos   17', 65'
Vincze   26'
Nemes   36', 40', 51'
Report Makris   89' Stadium: Hungária körúti stadion
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Denis Xifando (Romania)

1948 edit

23 April 1948 Friendly Greece   1–3   Turkey Athens, Greece
16:30 Vikelidis   70' Report Kırcan   9'
Küçükandonyadis   30'
Gülesin   74'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)
28 November 1948 Friendly Turkey   2–1   Greece Istanbul, Turkey
14:30 Eken   3', 19' Report Fylaktos   44' Stadium: Dolmabahçe Stadium
Attendance: 9,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)

1949 edit

15 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 Greece   1–2   Turkey Athens, Greece
16:45 Xenos   49' Report Kılıç   33'
Esel   44'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohammed Al Sayed (Egypt)
18 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 Greece   1–3   Egypt Athens, Greece
16:45 Chatzistavridis   22' Report El-Sabbagh   3', 85'
Hamdain   5'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Agostino Gamba (Italy)
25 May 1949 Eastern Mediterranean Friendship Cup 1949 Greece   2–3   Italy Athens, Greece
16:45 Stafylidis   54'
Xenos   76'
Report Baldini   48'
Galassi   25', 68'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Mohammed Al Sayed (Egypt)
25 November 1949 Friendly Greece   8–0   Syria Athens, Greece
15:15 Papantoniou   15', 17', 60'
Vasileiadis   25', 73'
Maropoulos   27'
Nembidis   79', 89'
Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Yiannis Tsitsis (Greece)

1950 edit

17 February 1950 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Egypt   2–0   Greece Cairo, Egypt
15:30 El-Attiyah   36', 87' Report Stadium: Prince Farouk Stadium
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: Generoso Dattilo (Italy)
13 December 1950 Friendly Greece   0–1   France Athens, Greece
15:00 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Giovanni Galeati (Italy)

1951 edit

8 April 1951 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Italy   3–0   Greece Palermo, Italy
15:30 Armano   ??'
Ghiandi   ??'
Galli   ??'
Report Stadium: Stadio La Favorita
Attendance: 8,000
Referee: Ismail Kassib (Egypt)
14 October 1951 Mediterranean Games 1951 Syria   0–4   Greece Alexandria, Egypt
Report Lekatsas   18', 23', 71'
Mouratis   75' (pen.)
Stadium: Muhammad Ali Stadium
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: Mohammed Al-Sayed (Egypt)
14 October 1951 Friendly France   1–0   Greece Marseille, France
15:00   20'
Jean Saunier
Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
18 October 1951 Mediterranean Games 1951 Egypt   0–2   Greece Alexandria, Egypt
Report Kotridis   10'
Lekatsas   53'
Stadium: Muhammad Ali Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Al-Fauzi (Syria)
25 November 1951 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Greece   1–0   Egypt Athens, Greece
15:00 Darivas   ??' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 16,000
Referee: Sulhi garan (Turkey)

1952 edit

29 February 1952 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Greece   3–1   Turkey Athens, Greece
15:30 Darivas   15', 44', 80' Report Sargın   38' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Ferruccio Bellè (Italy)
16 May 1952 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Turkey   0–1   Greece Istanbul, Turkey
Report Papageorgiou   9' Stadium: Mithatpaşa Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Guido Agnolin (Italy)
15 July 1952 Football at the 1952 Summer Olympics Denmark   2–1   Greece Tampere, Finland
19:00 P.E. Petersen   36', 37' Report Emmanouilidis   85' Stadium: Ratina Stadium
Attendance: 4,372
Referee: Waldemar Karni (Finland)
25 July 1952 Unofficial friendly Great Britain   2–4   Greece Hämeenlinna, Finland
Grierson   42'
Slater   58'
Report Emmanouilidis   29'
Papageorgiou   21', 78', 83'
Stadium: Kaurialan kenttä
Attendance: 4,000
Referee: Yrjö Kaivola (Finland)
Note: Recognised by the Hellenic Football Federation. Not recognised by FIFA.

1953 edit

26 April 1953 1950–53 Eastern Mediterranean Cup Greece   0–0   Italy Athens, Greece
16:30 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Ernst Dörflinger (Switzerland)
9 May 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Yugoslavia   1–0   Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
15:30 Matošić   21' Report Stadium: JNA Stadium
Attendance: 50,000
Referee: Erich Steiner (Austria)
18 October 1953 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Greece   0–0   France B Athens, Greece
16:30 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
1 November 1953 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Greece   1–0   Israel Athens, Greece
16:30 Bebis   53' Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 22,000
Referee: Renzo Massai (Italy)

1954 edit

8 March 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Israel   0–2   Greece Ramat Gan, Israel
15:45 Report Kokkinakis   61'
Kamaras   83'
Stadium: Ramat Gan Stadium
Referee: Buchmüller (Switzerland)
28 March 1954 1954 FIFA World Cup qualifier Greece   0–1   Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
16:15 Report Veselinović   51' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Willy Rufli (Switzerland)
7 November 1954 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Greece   1–1   Egypt Athens, Greece
15:15 Kouiroukidis   50' Report El-Dhizui   5' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Vasa Stefanović (Yugoslavia)

1955 edit

21 January 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Egypt   1–1   Greece Cairo, Egypt
15:00   ?' Report Panakis   39' Stadium: Prince Farouk Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Édouard Harzic (France)
13 March 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Spain B   7–1   Greece Madrid, Spain
16:30 Badenes   7', 35', 51', 58'
Olmedo   33', 68'
Maguregui   82'
Report Emmanouilidis   37' Stadium: Santiago Bernabéu Stadium, Madrid
Attendance: 120,000
Referee: Maurice Frédéric Guigue (France)
17 March 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup France B   1–0   Greece Marseille, France
Rosidis   52' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Stade Vélodrome
Attendance: 15,000
Referee: Riccardo Pieri (Italy)
29 May 1955 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Greece   0–0   Italy B Athens, Greece
17:30 Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslavia)

1956 edit

22 April 1956 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Italy B   7–1   Greece Naples, Italy
Muccinelli   7', 10'
Pozzan   9'
Brugola   35', 45', 80'
Grazena   62'
Report Panakis   49' Stadium: Stadio Vomero
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: Louis Fauquemberghe (France)

1957 edit

13 March 1957 1953–58 Mediterranean Cup Greece   2–0   Spain B Athens, Greece
Yfantis   2'
Panakis   43'
Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium, Athens
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Mario Maurelli (Italy)
5 May 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Greece   0–0   Yugoslavia Athens, Greece
16:30 (UTC+2:00) Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Jacques Devillers (France)
16 June 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Greece   1–2   Romania Athens, Greece
17:30 (+2:00) Panakis   29' Report A. Ene   15'
Ozon   78'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 18,000
Referee: Édouard Harzic (France)
5 October 1957 Friendly Greece   2–1   France Athens, Greece
16:00 (UTC+2:00) Panakis   24'
Nestoridis   90'
Report Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 20,000
Referee: Borče Nedelkovski (Yugoslovia)
3 November 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Romania   3–0   Greece Bucharest, Romania
14:45 (UTC+2:00) Petschovsky   51' (pen.)
Tătaru   64'
Cacoveanu   67'
Report Stadium: Stadionul Național
Attendance: 54,465
Referee: Pierre Schwinte (France)
10 November 1957 1958 FIFA World Cup qualifier Yugoslavia   4–1   Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
14:00 (UTC+1:00) Mujić   6', 61'
Krstić   9'
Petaković   67'
Report Nestoridis   28' Stadium: JNA Stadium
Attendance: 45,000
Referee: Cesare Jonni (Italy)

1958 edit

1 October 1958 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying France   7–1   Greece Paris, France
20:30 (UTC+1:00) Kopa   23'
Fontaine   25', 85'
Cisowski   29', 68'
Vincent   61', 87'
Report Yfantis   48' Stadium: Parc des Princes
Attendance: 37,590
Referee: Gottfried Dienst (Switzerland)
3 December 1958 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying Greece   1–1   France Athens, Greece
15:00 (UTC+2:00) Marche   85' (o.g.) Report Bruey   71' Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 26,000
Referee: Vincenzo Orlandini (Italy)

1959 edit

15 November 1959 Football at the 1960 Summer Olympics qualification Yugoslavia   4–0   Greece Belgrade, Yugoslavia
14:00 (UTC+1:00) Mujić   31', 43'
Mihajlović   45'
Kostić   78'
Stadium: JNA Stadium
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Viktor Schicker (Switzerland)
2 December 1959 Friendly Greece   1–3   Denmark Athens, Greece
15:00 (UTC+2:00) Serafidis   58' Report Enoksen   52', 60'
Pedersen   68'
Stadium: Leoforos Alexandras Stadium
Attendance: 9,335
Referee: Louis Fauquemberghe (France)

Head to head records edit

References edit

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