Greece national under-23 football team

Greece Olympic 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

Nickname(s)	Ethniki (National) Galanolefki (Sky blue-white)
Association	Hellenic Football Federation
Confederation	UEFA (Europe)
Head coach	Vacant
Captain	Vacant
Most caps	11 players (3)
Top scorer	Giannis Taralidis (2)
Home stadium	Olympic Stadium
FIFA code	GRE
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
Appearances	3 (first in 1920)
Best result	Round 1: 1920,1952,2004

Summer Olympics

Main article: Football at the Summer Olympics

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	Did Not Qualify
1908	London	Did Not Qualify
1912	Stockholm	Did Not Qualify
1920	Antwerp	Preliminary Round	-	1	0	0	1	0	9
1924	Paris	Did Not Qualify
1928	Amsterdam	Did Not Qualify
1932	Los Angeles	No football tournament
1936	Berlin	Did Not Qualify
1948	London	Did Not Qualify
1952	Helsinki	Preliminary Round	-	1	0	0	1	1	2
1956	Melbourne	Did Not Qualify
1960	Rome	Did Not Qualify
1964	Tokyo	Did Not Qualify
1968	Mexico City	Did Not Qualify
1972	Munich	Did Not Qualify
1976	Montreal	Did Not Qualify
1980	Moscow	Did Not Qualify
1984	Los Angeles	Did Not Qualify
1988	Seoul	Did Not Qualify
1992	Barcelona	Did Not Qualify
1996	Atlanta	Did Not Qualify
2000	Sydney	Did Not Qualify
2004	Athens	Round 1	4	3	0	1	2	4	7
2008	Beijing	Did Not Qualify
2012	London	Did Not Qualify
Total		3/19	4	5	0	1	4	5	18

Olympic Squads

1920 Olympic Games

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	P.P.A.O.
	3MF	Sotiris Despotopoulos		0	Panionios Smyrni - Izmir
	4FW	Theodoros Dimitriou	1899	1	Panionios Smyrni - Izmir
	1GK	Antonis Fotiadis	1899	1	Panionios Smyrni - Izmir
	2DF	Agamenon Gilis	1899	1	Panionios Smyrni - Izmir
	3MF	Dimitris Gotis	1899	1	Apollon Smyrni - Izmir
	4FW	Georgios Kalafatis	1890	1	P.P.A.O.
	2DF	Nikos Kaloudis	1899	1	Piraiki Enosi
	3MF	Apostolos Nikolaidis	1896	1	P.P.A.O.
	4FW	Theodoros Nikolaidis	1899	1	F.C. Goudi Athens
	3MF	Christos Peppas	1899	1	Piraiki Enosi
		Vassilis Samios		0	Apollon Smyrni - Izmir
		Ioannis Stavropoulos		0	P.P.A.O.

1952 Olympic Games

Head coach: Antonis Migiakis

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
	3MF	Thanasis Bembis	1930	1	Olympiacos F.C.
	3MF	Giorgos Darivas	1927	1	Olympiacos F.C.
	4FW	Charalabos Drossos	1927	1	Olympiakos
	4FW	Pavlos Emmanouilidis	1929	1	AEK Athens
	2DF	Georgios Goulios	1921	1	AEK Athens
	3MF	Ioannis Ioannou	1931	1	Ethnikos Piraeus F.C.
	2DF	Kostas Linoxilakis	1933	1	Panathinaikos FC
	4FW	Ilias Papageorgiou	1925	1	AEK Athens
	1GK	Nikos Pentzaropoulos	1927	1	Panionios F.C.
	3MF	Kostas Poulis	1928	1	AEK Athens
	2DF	Ilas Rosidis	1927	1	Olympiacos F.C.
	1GK	Michalis Delavinias	1921	0	AEK Athens
	3MF	Babis Kotridis	1928	0	Olympiacos F.C.
	2DF	Andreas Mouratis	1926	0	Olympiacos F.C.
	4FW	Panagiotis Patakas	1926	0	AEK Athens
	4FW	Lakis Petropoulos	1934	0	Panathinaikos FC

2004 Olympic Games

Head coach: Stratos Apostolakis

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	2004 club
1	1GK	Georgios Abaris	(1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 22)	2	0	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2	2DF	Aris Galanopoulos	(1981-09-13)13 September 1981 (aged 22)	1	0	Kalamata F.C.
3	3MF	Panagiotis Lagos	(1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 19)	3	0	Iraklis Thessaloniki
4	2DF	Evangelos 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 Thessaloniki
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 Karypidis	(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

* Over-aged player.

Olympic match record

Sweden  v  Greece

29 August 1920 Preliminary Round	Sweden	9 – 0	Greece	Antwerp, Belgium
10:00 CET (UTC+1)	Albert Olsson 4',79', Herbert Karlsson 15',20',21',51',85', Ragnar Wicksell 25', Albin Dahl 31'			Stadium: Olympic Stadium^[A] Attendance: 5000 Referee: Charles Barette(Belgium)

Denmark  v  Greece

15 July 1952 Preliminary Round	Denmark	2 – 1	Greece	Tampere, Finland
19:00CET (UTC+1)	Poul Erik Petersen 36',37'		Pavlos Emmanouilidis 85'	Stadium: Ratina Stadion Attendance: 4372 Referee: Axel Bjerregaard(Denmark)

South Korea  v  Greece

11 August 2004 Round 1	South Korea	2 – 2	Greece	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1)	Kim Dong-jin 43',Loukas Vyntra 64'		Giannis Taralidis 78', Dimitrios Papadopoulos 82'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 25152 Referee: Chigon Kim(South Korea)

Greece  v  Mali

14 August 2004 Round 1	Greece	0 – 2	Mali	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1)			Mamadi Berthe 2', Tenema Ndiaye 45'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 17123 Referee: Carlos Torres(Paraguay)

Greece  v  Mexico

17 August 2004 Round 1	Greece	2 – 3	Mexico	Volos, Greece
20:30CET (UTC+1)	Giannis Taralidis 83', Ieroklis Stoltidis 90'+3		Rafael Marquez 47', Omar Bravo 70',86'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 21597 Referee: Divine Eveye(Cameroon)

Goalscorers

#	Name	Career	Goals	Caps
1	Giannis Taralidis	2004	2	3
2	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	2004	1	3
3	Ieroklis Stoltidis	2004	1	3
4	Pavlos Emmanouilidis	1952	1	1

Other appearances

• 1906 Intercalated Games squads – Greece

Mediterranean Games record

Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year	Rank	GP	W	D	L	GS	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

• Greece national football team
• Greece national under-21 football team
• Greece national under-20 football team
• Greece national under-19 football team
• Greece national under-17 football team

External links

• Εθνική U-23
• Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation - 1906 Summer Olympics
• FIFA: Men's Olympic Football Tournament 2004