Greece national under-23 football team

Greece national under-23 football team represents Greece in international football competitions in Olympic Games. The selection is limited to players under the age of 23, except three overaged players. The team is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF).

Greece
Shirt badge/Association crest
Nickname(s)Ethniki (National)
Galanolefki (Sky blue-white)
AssociationHellenic Football Federation
ConfederationUEFA (Europe)
Head coachVacant
CaptainVacant
Most caps11 players (3)
Top scorerGiannis Taralidis (2)
Home stadiumOlympic Stadium
FIFA codeGRE
First colours
Second colours
First international
 Sweden 9–0 Greece 
(Antwerp, Belgium; August 29, 1920)
Biggest win
none
Biggest defeat
 Sweden 9–0 Greece 
(Antwerp, Belgium; August 29, 1920)
Olympics
Appearances3 (first in 1920)
Best resultRound 1: 1920, 1952, 2004

Summer Olympics

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Olympics Record
Year Host Round Pos. GP W D L GS GA
1896   Athens No football tournament
1900   Paris Did not qualify
1904   St. Louis
1908   London
1912   Stockholm
1920   Antwerp Preliminary Round - 1 0 0 1 0 9
1924   Paris did not qualify
1928   Amsterdam
1932   Los Angeles No football tournament
1936   Berlin Did not qualify
1948   London
1952   Helsinki Preliminary Round - 1 0 0 1 1 2
1956   Melbourne Did not qualify
1960   Rome
1964   Tokyo
1968   Mexico City
1972   Munich
1976   Montreal
1980   Moscow
1984   Los Angeles
1988   Seoul
1992   Barcelona
1996   Atlanta
2000   Sydney
2004   Athens Round 1 15th 3 0 1 2 4 7
2008   Beijing Did not qualify
2012   London
2016   Rio de Janeiro
2020   Tokyo
2024   Paris
Total 3/19 15th 5 0 1 4 5 18

Players

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Olympic Squads

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Head coach:   Georgios Kalafatis

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Club
4FW Giorgos Andrianopoulos 1900 0   Piraikos Syndesmos
4FW Yiannis Andrianopoulos 1900 1   Piraiki Enosi
4FW Georgios Chatziandreou 1899 1   Piraikos Syndesmos
1GK Dimitris Demertzis 0   Panathinaikos
3MF Sotiris Despotopoulos 0   Panionios
4FW Theodoros Dimitriou 1899 1   Apollon Smyrnis
1GK Antonis Fotiadis 1899 1   Apollon Smyrnis
2DF Agamenon Gilis 1899 1   Apollon Smyrnis
3MF Dimitris Gotis 1899 1   Apollon Smyrnis
4FW Georgios Kalafatis 1890 1   Panathinaikos
2DF Nikos Kaloudis 1899 1   Piraiki Enosi
3MF Apostolos Nikolaidis 1896 1   Panathinaikos
4FW Theodoros Nikolaidis 1899 1   F.C. Goudi Athens
3MF Christos Peppas 1899 1   Piraiki Enosi
Vasilis Samios 0   Apollon Smyrnis
Ioannis Stavropoulos 0   Panathinaikos

Head coach:   Antonis Migiakis

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
3MF Thanasis Bebis (1928-06-26)26 June 1928 (aged 24) 1 0   Olympiacos
3MF Giorgos Darivas (1926-03-12)12 March 1926 (aged 26) 1 0   Olympiacos
4FW Babis Drosos (1927-03-19)19 March 1927 (aged 25) 1 0   Olympiacos
4FW Pavlos Emmanouilidis 1929 (aged 23) 1 1   AEK Athens
2DF Youlielmos Arvanitis 1920 (aged 32) 1 0   AEK Athens
3MF Ioannis Ioannou 1931 (aged 21) 1 0   Ethnikos Piraeus
2DF Kostas Linoxilakis (1933-03-05)5 March 1933 (aged 19) 1 0   Panathinaikos
4FW Ilias Papageorgiou 1925 (aged 27) 1 0   AEK Athens
1GK Nikos Petzaropoulos (1927-01-17)17 January 1927 (aged 25) 1 0   Panionios
3MF Kostas Poulis 1928 (aged 24) 1 0   AEK Athens
2DF Ilias Rosidis (1927-02-03)3 February 1927 (aged 25) 1 0   Olympiacos
1GK Michalis Delavinias (1921-01-01)1 January 1921 (aged 31) 0 0   AEK Athens
3MF Babis Kotridis (1928-10-30)30 October 1928 (aged 23) 0 0   Olympiacos
2DF Andreas Mouratis (1926-11-29)29 November 1926 (aged 25) 0 0   Olympiacos
4FW Panagiotis Patakas (1929-01-01)1 January 1929 (aged 23) 0 0   AEK Athens
4FW Lakis Petropoulos 1929 (aged 23) 0 0   Panathinaikos

Head coach:   Stratos Apostolakis

No. Pos. Player Date of birth (age) Caps Goals Club
1 1GK Georgios Abaris (1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 22) 2 0   Iraklis
2 2DF Aris Galanopoulos (1981-09-13)13 September 1981 (aged 22) 1 0   Kalamata
3 3MF Panagiotis Lagos (1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 19) 3 0   Iraklis
4 2DF Vangelis Moras (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 22) 3 0   AEK Athens
5 2DF Spyros Vallas (1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 22) 3 0   Olympiacos
6 3MF Ieroklis Stoltidis* (1975-02-02)2 February 1975 (aged 29) 3 1   Olympiacos
7 4FW Anestis Agritis (1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 23) 1 0   Egaleo
8 3MF Konstantinos Nebegleras* (1975-04-14)14 April 1975 (aged 29) 3 0   Iraklis
9 4FW Dimitris Salpingidis (1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 22) 3 0   PAOK
10 4FW Nikolaos Mitrou (1983-07-10)10 July 1983 (aged 21) 2 0   Panionios
11 4FW Dimitrios Papadopoulos (1981-10-20)20 October 1981 (aged 22) 3 1   Panathinaikos
12 2DF Christos Karipidis (1982-12-02)2 December 1982 (aged 21) 0 0   PAOK
13 3MF Fanouris Goundoulakis (1981-07-13)13 July 1981 (aged 23) 0 0   Panionios
14 3MF Georgios Fotakis (1981-10-29)29 October 1981 (aged 22) 1 0   Egaleo
15 3MF Miltiadis Sapanis* (1976-01-28)28 January 1976 (aged 28) 3 0   Panathinaikos
16 2DF Loukas Vyntra (1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 23) 3 0   Panathinaikos
17 3MF Giannis Taralidis (1981-05-17)17 May 1981 (aged 23) 3 2   Olympiacos
18 1GK Kleopas Giannou (1982-05-04)4 May 1982 (aged 22) 1 0   Olympiacos

* Overage player.

Overage players in Olympic Games

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Tournament Player 1 Player 2 Player 3
Konstantinos Nebegleras (MF) Miltiadis Sapanis (MF) Ieroklis Stoltidis (MF)

Olympic match record

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29 August 1920 First round Sweden   9–0   Greece Antwerp, Belgium
10:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Olympic Stadium[A]
Attendance: 5,000
Referee: Charles Barette (Belgium)
15 July 1952 Preliminary round Denmark   2–1   Greece Tampere, Finland
19:00 CET (UTC+1)
Report Stadium: Ratina Stadion
Attendance: 4,372
Referee: Wolf Karni (Finland)
11 August 2004 Matchday 1 South Korea   2–2   Greece Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 25,152
Referee: Jorge Larrionda (Uruguay)
14 August 2004 Matchday 2 Greece   0–2   Mali Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1) Report
Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium
Attendance: 17,123
Referee: Carlos Torres (Paraguay)
17 August 2004 Matchday 3 Greece   2–3   Mexico Volos, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1)
Report
Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium
Attendance: 21,597
Referee: Divine Evehe (Cameroon)

Goalscorers

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# Name Career Goals Caps
1 2004 2 3
2 2004 1 3
3 2004 1 3
4 1952 1 1

Other appearances

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Mediterranean Games

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Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year Placing M W D L GF GA
Until 1967 See Greece national football team
  1971 6th 3 0 1 2 2 9
 1975 9th 4 0 0 4 3 13
  1979 4th 5 1 1 3 8 12
  1983 5th 2 1 1 0 2 1
  1987 4th 5 2 1 2 3 3
1991–present See Greece national under-20 team
Total 5/5 19 4 4 11 18 38

See also

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