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The Euro 2004 winners were selected as World Team of the Year at the 2005 Laureus World Sports Awards.  
 
The Euro 2004 winners were selected as World Team of the Year at the 2005 Laureus World Sports Awards.  
  
However, Greece's failure to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2006, in Germany, made them only the third European champions failing to qualify for the World Cup finals after the [[1976]] champions Czechoslovakia missed out on a place in Argentina and [[1992]] champions Denmark did not reach USA'94.
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However, Greece's failure to qualify for the [http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com/06/en/ FIFA World Cup 2006], in Germany, made them only the third European champions failing to qualify for the World Cup finals after the [[1976]] champions Czechoslovakia missed out on a place in Argentina and [[1992]] champions Denmark did not reach USA'94.
  
 
== World Cup record ==
 
== World Cup record ==

Revision as of 19:35, October 12, 2005

The Euro 2004 winning team.

The Greece national football team is the national team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation (HFF)

Greece's first appearance in a major tournament was the 1980 European Championship, but their first win in a major tournamentdid not come until the first match of Euro 2004, a 2-1 win over the hosts Portugal. The Greeks went on to win the tournament, stunning defending champions France in the quarterfinals and the heavily favored Czech Republic in the semifinals before beating Portugal a second time, 1-0, in the final. Bookmakers were giving odds of about 80-1 to 150-1 for the Greeks before the tournament.

The Greeks' victory in Euro 2004 sent them skyrocketing up the FIFA World Rankings from 35th before the event to 14th in the July 2004 rankings. This is believed to be the largest upward move ever by a team in a single month within the top echelon of the rankings; there have been larger month-to-month moves, but by teams considerably further down the table.

The Euro 2004 winners were selected as World Team of the Year at the 2005 Laureus World Sports Awards.

However, Greece's failure to qualify for the FIFA World Cup 2006, in Germany, made them only the third European champions failing to qualify for the World Cup finals after the 1976 champions Czechoslovakia missed out on a place in Argentina and 1992 champions Denmark did not reach USA'94.

World Cup record

  • 1930 - Did not enter
  • 1934 - Withdrew during qualifying
  • 1938 - Did not qualify
  • 1950 - Did not enter
  • 1954 to 1990 - Did not qualify
  • 1994 - Round 1
  • 1998 - Did not qualify
  • 2002 - Did not qualify
  • 2006 - Did not qualify

European Championship record

  • 1960 - Did not qualify
  • 1964 - Withdrew from qualifying
  • 1968 to 1976 - Did not qualify
  • 1980 - Round 1
  • 1984 to 2000 - Did not qualify
  • 2004 - Champions