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*[[May 6]]: [[Nikos Galis]] makes his debut with the [[National Basketball Team|Greek National Basketball Team]] in a game against Sweden (71-79) | *[[May 6]]: [[Nikos Galis]] makes his debut with the [[National Basketball Team|Greek National Basketball Team]] in a game against Sweden (71-79) | ||
| − | *[[May 26]]: [[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]] win the [[Greek Soccer Cup]] after beating [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] 5-2 in [[Nea Philadelphia Stadium]] (Tsironis 3, Simaioforidis and Dintsikos) | + | *[[May 26]]: [[Kastoria FC|Kastoria]] win the [[Greek Soccer Cup]] after beating [[Iraklis FC|Iraklis]] 5-2 in [[Nea Philadelphia Stadium]] (Tsironis 3, [[Lakis Simaioforidis|Simaioforidis]] and [[Yiannis Dintsikos|Dintsikos]]) |
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===June=== | ===June=== | ||
*[[June 11]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] participate for the first time in the final phase of a major [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament. They lose 1-0 to Holland in their opening match of [[Euro 1980]], after East German referee Prokop inexplicably awards the Dutch a penalty when forward Naninga charges and injures Greek keeper [[Vasilis Konstantinou]]. | *[[June 11]]: [[National Football Team|Greece]] participate for the first time in the final phase of a major [[football (soccer)|football]] tournament. They lose 1-0 to Holland in their opening match of [[Euro 1980]], after East German referee Prokop inexplicably awards the Dutch a penalty when forward Naninga charges and injures Greek keeper [[Vasilis Konstantinou]]. | ||
Revision as of 10:05, July 18, 2007
Events
January
February
- February 3: Stelios Manolas debuts in the Alpha Ethniki in the match Kastoria - AEK 1-1. The AEK defender will end his career 18 years later.
April
May
- May 6: Nikos Galis makes his debut with the Greek National Basketball Team in a game against Sweden (71-79)
- May 26: Kastoria win the Greek Soccer Cup after beating Iraklis 5-2 in Nea Philadelphia Stadium (Tsironis 3, Simaioforidis and Dintsikos)
June
- June 11: Greece participate for the first time in the final phase of a major football tournament. They lose 1-0 to Holland in their opening match of Euro 1980, after East German referee Prokop inexplicably awards the Dutch a penalty when forward Naninga charges and injures Greek keeper Vasilis Konstantinou.
- June 14: Greece lose to Czechoslovakia 3-1 in the finals of Euro 1980.
- June 17: Greece draw W. Germany 0-0 in the finals of Euro 1980.
July
October
- October 15: Greece defeat Denmark 1-0 in Copenhagen thanks to a goal by Dinos Kouis. The man of the match is Greek goalkeeper Nikos Sarganis who preserves the victory and earns the nickname "phantom" from the Danish press.
- October 19: Greece returns to the military branch of NATO.
November
- November 4: The five day work week is established
December
- December 19: Unidentified bombers destroy mega-stores Katrantzos and Mignon in Athens.
Births
January
- January 25: Stathis Tavlaridis, footballer
February
- February 9: Angelos Charisteas, footballer
May
- May 6: Dimitris Diamantidis, basketball player
August
- August 26: Manolis Papamakarios, basketball player
Deaths
February
- February 8: Nikos Xylouris, Cretan singer.
- February 24: Giorgos Andrianopoulos football player and Piraeus mayor.
October
- October 15: Apostolos Nikolaidis, former athlete and president of SEGAS and Panathinaikos.
December
- December 2: Roza Eskenazi, rebetiko singer