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The Greece national football team is the national team of Greece and is controlled by the Hellenic Football Federation 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.

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

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

Euro 2004 Winning Squad

Number Player Club in 2004
Goalkeepers
1 Antonios Nikopolidis Olympiakos
12 Costas Chalkias Panathinaikos
13 Fanis Katergiannakis Olympiakos
Defenders
5 Traianos Dellas Roma
18 Yiannis Goumas Panathinaikos
2 Yourkas Seitaridis Panathinaikos
14 Takis Fyssas Benfica
4 Nikos Dabizas Leicester City
3 Stelios Venetidis Olympiakos
19 Michalis Kapsis AEK Athens
Midfielders
21 Costas Katsouranis AEK Athens
6 Angelos Basinas Panathinaikos
7 Theodoros Zagorakis AEK Athens
16 Pantelis Kafes Olympiakos
23 Vassilis Lakis AEK Athens
10 Vassilis Tsiartas AEK Athens
17 Giorgios Georgiadis Olympiakos
8 Stelios Giannakopoulos Bolton Wanderers
20 Giorgos Karagounis Inter Milan
Forwards
22 Dimitris Papadopoulos Panathinaikos
15 Zisis Vryzas Fiorentina
9 Angelos Charisteas Werder Bremen
11 Demis Nikolaidis Atletico de Madrid
Coach: Otto Rehhagel