Greece_national_under-23_football_team References

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

Greece national under-23 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).

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
2016	Rio de Janeiro	Did not qualify
2020	Tokyo	Did not qualify
Total		3/19	4	5	0	1	4	5	18

Players

Olympic Squads

1920 Summer Olympics

Head coach: Georgios Kalafatis

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Club
4 FW	Giorgos Andrianopoulos	1900	0	Piraikos Syndesmos
4 FW	Yiannis Andrianopoulos	1900	1	Piraiki Enosi
4 FW	Georgios Chatziandreou	1899	1	Piraikos Syndesmos
1 GK	Dimitris Demertzis		0	Panathinaikos
3 MF	Sotiris Despotopoulos		0	Panionios
4 FW	Theodoros Dimitriou	1899	1	Apollon Smyrnis
1 GK	Antonis Fotiadis	1899	1	Apollon Smyrnis
2 DF	Agamenon Gilis	1899	1	Apollon Smyrnis
3 MF	Dimitris Gotis	1899	1	Apollon Smyrnis
4 FW	Georgios Kalafatis	1890	1	Panathinaikos
2 DF	Nikos Kaloudis	1899	1	Piraiki Enosi
3 MF	Apostolos Nikolaidis	1896	1	Panathinaikos
4 FW	Theodoros Nikolaidis	1899	1	F.C. Goudi Athens
3 MF	Christos Peppas	1899	1	Piraiki Enosi
	Vasilis Samios		0	Apollon Smyrnis
	Ioannis Stavropoulos		0	Panathinaikos

1952 Summer Olympics

Head coach: Antonis Migiakis

Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
3 MF	Thanasis Bebis	(1928-06-26)26 June 1928 (aged 24)	1	0	Olympiacos
3 MF	Giorgos Darivas	(1926-03-12)12 March 1926 (aged 26)	1	0	Olympiacos
4 FW	Babis Drosos	(1927-03-19)19 March 1927 (aged 25)	1	0	Olympiacos
4 FW	Pavlos Emmanouilidis	1929 (aged 23)	1	1	AEK Athens
2 DF	Youlielmos Arvanitis	1920 (aged 32)	1	0	AEK Athens
3 MF	Ioannis Ioannou	1931 (aged 21)	1	0	Ethnikos Piraeus
2 DF	Kostas Linoxilakis	(1933-03-05)5 March 1933 (aged 19)	1	0	Panathinaikos
4 FW	Ilias Papageorgiou	1925 (aged 27)	1	0	AEK Athens
1 GK	Nikos Petzaropoulos	(1927-01-17)17 January 1927 (aged 25)	1	0	Panionios
3 MF	Kostas Poulis	1928 (aged 24)	1	0	AEK Athens
2 DF	Ilias Rosidis	(1927-02-03)3 February 1927 (aged 25)	1	0	Olympiacos
1 GK	Michalis Delavinias	(1921-01-01)1 January 1921 (aged 31)	0	0	AEK Athens
3 MF	Babis Kotridis	(1928-10-30)30 October 1928 (aged 23)	0	0	Olympiacos
2 DF	Andreas Mouratis	(1926-11-29)29 November 1926 (aged 25)	0	0	Olympiacos
4 FW	Panagiotis Patakas	(1929-01-01)1 January 1929 (aged 23)	0	0	AEK Athens
4 FW	Lakis Petropoulos	1929 (aged 23)	0	0	Panathinaikos

2004 Summer Olympics

Head coach: Stratos Apostolakis

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Caps	Goals	Club
1	1 GK	Georgios Abaris	(1982-04-23)23 April 1982 (aged 22)	2	0	Iraklis
2	2 DF	Aris Galanopoulos	(1981-09-13)13 September 1981 (aged 22)	1	0	Kalamata
3	3 MF	Panagiotis Lagos	(1985-07-18)18 July 1985 (aged 19)	3	0	Iraklis
4	2 DF	Vangelis Moras	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 22)	3	0	AEK Athens
5	2 DF	Spyros Vallas	(1981-08-26)26 August 1981 (aged 22)	3	0	Olympiacos
6	3 MF	Ieroklis Stoltidis*	(1975-02-02)2 February 1975 (aged 29)	3	1	Olympiacos
7	4 FW	Anestis Agritis	(1981-04-16)16 April 1981 (aged 23)	1	0	Egaleo
8	3 MF	Konstantinos Nebegleras*	(1975-04-14)14 April 1975 (aged 29)	3	0	Iraklis
9	4 FW	Dimitris Salpingidis	(1981-08-18)18 August 1981 (aged 22)	3	0	PAOK
10	4 FW	Nikolaos Mitrou	(1983-07-10)10 July 1983 (aged 21)	2	0	Panionios
11	4 FW	Dimitrios Papadopoulos	(1981-10-20)20 October 1981 (aged 22)	3	1	Panathinaikos
12	2 DF	Christos Karipidis	(1982-12-02)2 December 1982 (aged 21)	0	0	PAOK
13	3 MF	Fanouris Goundoulakis	(1981-07-13)13 July 1981 (aged 23)	0	0	Panionios
14	3 MF	Georgios Fotakis	(1981-10-29)29 October 1981 (aged 22)	1	0	Egaleo
15	3 MF	Miltiadis Sapanis*	(1976-01-28)28 January 1976 (aged 28)	3	0	Panathinaikos
16	2 DF	Loukas Vyntra	(1981-02-05)5 February 1981 (aged 23)	3	0	Panathinaikos
17	3 MF	Giannis Taralidis	(1981-05-17)17 May 1981 (aged 23)	3	2	Olympiacos
18	1 GK	Kleopas Giannou	(1982-05-04)4 May 1982 (aged 22)	1	0	Olympiacos

* Overage player.

Overage players in Olympic Games

Tournament	Player 1	Player 2	Player 3
2004	Konstantinos Nebegleras ( MF)	Miltiadis Sapanis ( MF)	Ieroklis Stoltidis ( MF)

Olympic match record

29 August 1920 First round	Sweden	9–0	Greece	Antwerp, Belgium
10:00 CET ( UTC+1)	Olsson 4', 79' Karlsson 15', 20', 21', 51', 85' Wicksell 25' Dahl 31'	Report		Stadium: Olympic Stadium^[A] Attendance: 5,000 Referee: Charles Barette ( Belgium)

15 July 1952 Preliminary round	Denmark	2–1	Greece	Tampere, Finland
19:00 CET ( UTC+1)	Petersen 36', 37'	Report	Emmanouilidis 85'	Stadium: Ratina Stadion Attendance: 4,372 Referee: Wolf Karni ( Finland)

11 August 2004 Matchday 1	South Korea	2–2	Greece	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 CET ( UTC+1)	Dong-jin 43' Vyntra 64' ( o.g.)	Report	Taralidis 78' Papadopoulos 82'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 25,152 Referee: Jorge Larrionda ( Uruguay)

14 August 2004 Matchday 2	Greece	0–2	Mali	Thessaloniki, Greece
20:30 CET ( UTC+1)		Report	Berthe 2' N'Diaye 45'	Stadium: Kaftanzoglio Stadium Attendance: 17,123 Referee: Carlos Torres ( Paraguay)

17 August 2004 Matchday 3	Greece	2–3	Mexico	Volos, Greece
20:30 CET ( UTC+1)	Taralidis 83' Stoltidis 90+3'	Report	Marquez 47' Bravo 70', 86'	Stadium: Panthessaliko Stadium Attendance: 21,597 Referee: Divine Evehe ( 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

Football at the Mediterranean Games
Year	Placing	M	W	D	L	GF	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

External links

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v t e Football in Greece
Overview	Hellenic Football Federation List of Unions Awards By number of titles List of clubs List of venues
National teams	Greece men U-23 U-21 U-20 U-19 U-18 U-17 Greece women W U–19 W U–17 Greece Beach Soccer men Military football team
League competitions	Super League 1 Super League 2 Football League (defunct) Gamma Ethniki Delta Ethniki (defunct) Local Championships FCA Winners' Championship Panhellenic Championship (defunct) Champions Youth Leagues Top goalscorers Super League Football League Women's top division
Cup competitions	Greek Cup Super Cup League Cup (defunct) Gamma Ethniki Cup Amateurs' Super Cup Amateurs Cup Women's Cup
Miscellaneous	P.O.K. Greek football clubs in European competitions

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