Greece national under-21 football team
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| Nickname(s) | Εθνική Ελπίδων ("National team of Hopes") |
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| Association | Hellenic Football Federation | ||
| Head coach |  Nikos Nioplias |
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| Captain | Grigorios Makos | ||
| Most caps | — | ||
| Top scorer | Demis Nikolaidis (14) | ||
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| Biggest win | |||
Greece 6 - 0 Luxembourg  (Greece; 1993) Greece 6 - 0 Latvia  (Greece; 1999) |
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| Biggest defeat | |||
 Hungary 7 - 0 Greece  (Hungary; 1976) |
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| UEFA U-21 Championship | |||
| Appearances | 4 (First in 1988) | ||
| Best result | Runners-up, 1988, 1998 | ||
Greece national Under-21 football team, is the national under-21 football team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation,the governing body for football in Greece. The team competes in the European Under-21 Football Championship, held every two years.
The under-21 competition rules insist that players must be 21 or under at the start of a two year competition,so technically it is up to an U-23 competition.To be eligible for the Greece National Team,all the Football players must hold Hellenic(Greek) Nationality and comply with the provisions of Article 15 of the Regulations governing the Application of FIFA Statutes.A list of 35 football players must be submitted to UEFA Administration 30 days before the European Under-21 Football Championship opening match.Only 22 of the 35 players listed are authorised to take part in the final tournament and 3 of them must be goalkeepers.
As long as they are eligible, players can play at any level, making it possible to play for the U-21s, senior side and again for the U-21s, as Sotiris Ninis has done recently. It is also possible to play more than one country at youth level or different at youth level and different at senior level (providing the player is eligible).But a football player can represent only the senior national team that capped him first.
Also in existence are national teams for Under-20s (for non-UEFA tournaments), Under-19s and Under 17s.Greece also has a women national team.
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[edit] Greece National Team Competition Record
| Competition | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA |
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| UEFA U-21 Championship | 136 | 59 | 28 | 49 | 212 | 169 |
[edit] History
- European Championship 1988: Runners-up,
- European Championship 1994: Quarter finalist,
- European Championship 1998: Runners-up,
- European Championship 2002: Quarter finalist
[edit] Current Squad
[edit] Recent Players
1986-born
(eligible to 2009 UEFA U21 Champ)
- Alexandros Kasmeridis
- Georgios Galitsios
- Efthimis Kotitsas
- Ioannis Maniatis
- Theodoros Tripotseris
- Lazaros Christodoulopoulos
- Stylianos Iliadis
- Dimitris Koiliaras
- Antonis Rikka
- Antonis Petropoulos
- Savvas Tsiambouris
1987-born
(eligible to 2009 UEFA U21 Champ)
- Leonidas Panagopoulos
- Theodoros Koubaroulis
- Giorgos Tzavelas
- Andreas Chatziliontas
- Sotiris Balafas
- Panagiotis Kone
- Grigorios Makos
- Manolis Papastergianos
- Stefanos Siontis
- Christos Aravidis
1988-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)
- Sokratis Papastathopoulos
- Elini Dimoutsos
- Emmanouil Moniakis
- Vassilios Pliatsikas
- Kostantinos Mitroglou
- Athanasios Papazoglou
- Dimitrios Giantsis
- Georgios Ioannidis
1989-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)
1990-born
(eligible to 2011 UEFA U21 Champ)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
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