Greece national under-21 football team

Greece Under-21

Nickname(s)	Εθνική Ελπίδων ("National team of Hopes")
Association	Hellenic Football Federation
Head coach	Georgios Georgiadis
Captain	Ioannis Skondras
Most caps	—
Top scorer	Demis Nikolaidis (14)
Home colours Away colours
Biggest win
Greece 6 - 0 Luxembourg (Greece; 1993) Greece 6 - 0 Latvia (Greece; 1999)
Biggest defeat
Hungary 7 - 0 Greece (Hungary; 1976)
UEFA U-21 Championship
Appearances	4 (First in 1988)
Best result	Runners-up, 1988, 1998

Greece U-21-national football team (2011-09-05).

The 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.

Greece National Team Competition Record

Competition	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA
UEFA U-21 Championship	136	59	28	49	212	169

History

• European Championship 1988: Runners-up,
• European Championship 1994: Quarter finalist,
• European Championship 1998: Runners-up,
• European Championship 2002: Quarter finalist

Euro 2013 Under-21 Championship

Group 1

Main article: 2013 UEFA European Under-21 Football Championship qualification Group 1

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Germany 7 7 0 0 31 5 +26 21 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6 3 1 2 11 7 +4 10 Belarus 6 3 1 2 10 8 +2 10 Greece 6 3 0 3 13 10 +3 9 Cyprus 7 2 0 5 11 18 −7 6 San Marino 6 0 0 6 0 28 −28 0

Bosnia and Herzegovina — 1 Jun 5–1 10 Sep 7 Sep 6 Jun Belarus 1–1 — 15 Aug 0–1 1–3 10 Sep Cyprus 2–1 1–3 — 0–3 0–2 6–0 Germany 3–0 7 Sep 4–1 — 29 Feb 7–0 Greece 0–1 2–3 10 Sep 4–5 — 2–0 San Marino 0–3 0–2 29 Feb 0–8 1 Jun —

Current squad

Current Greece U-21 squad for EURO 2011-2013 qualifier vs San Marino October 6, 2011 and Belarus October 11, caps and goals accurate as of October 11

0#0 Pos. Player Date of Birth (Age) Caps Goals Club GK Kostas Lamprou September 18, 1991 (1991-09-18) 14 0 Feyenoord GK Lodogin Yuri May 26, 1990 (1990-05-26) 3 0 Skoda Xanthi DF Apostolopoulos Alexis November 7, 1991 (1991-11-07) 6 0 PAOK F.C. DF Katsikas Giorgos June 14, 1990 (1990-06-14) 4 0 PAOK F.C. DF Stafylidis Kostas December 2, 1993 (1993-12-02) 4 0 PAOK F.C. DF Lagos Anastasios April 12, 1992 (1992-04-12) 13 0 Panathinaikos DF Potouridis Ioannis February 27, 1992 (1992-02-27) 8 3 Olympiakos DF Skondras Ioannis February 21, 1990 (1990-02-21) 12 0 Atromitos MF Stamou Dimitrios April 27, 1991 (1991-04-27) 5 0 PAOK F.C. MF Panagiotoudis Kostas December 3, 1994 (1994-12-03) 1 0 PAOK F.C. MF Anakoglou Dimitris September 6, 1991 (1991-09-06) 6 0 Pansseraikos MF Vasilogiannis Andreas February 21, 1991 (1991-02-21) 5 1 Apollon Limassol MF Gentsoglou Savvas September 19, 1990 (1990-09-19) 14 0 Sampdoria MF Karagounis Thanasis September 25, 1991 (1991-09-25) 9 2 Atromitos MF Mandalos Petros August 31, 1991 (1991-08-31) 5 0 Skoda Xanthi MF Mavrias Charalampos February 21, 1994 (1994-02-21) 8 2 Panathinaikos F.C MF Mitropoulos Pavlos April 4, 1990 (1990-04-04) 10 0 Panetolikos F.C. MF Soiledis Aristides February 8, 1991 (1991-02-08) 12 1 Doxa Drama F.C. MF Triantafyllou Kostas April 2, 1991 (1991-04-02) 3 0 Pansseraikos MF Fortounis Kostas October 16, 1992 (1992-10-16) 14 4 1. FC Kaiserslautern FW Giannou Apostolos January 25, 1990 (1990-01-25) 12 2 PAOK F.C. FW Vellios Apostolos January 8, 1992 (1992-01-08) 6 2 Everton MF Vlachodimos Panagiotis October 11, 1991 (1991-10-11) 4 1 Skoda Xanthi

See also

• UEFA U21 Football Championship
• Greece National Football Team (Senior)
• Greece National U19 Football Team
• Greece National U17 Football Team

External links

• Hellenic Football Federation (Greek) (English)
• Greece under-21 on UEFA.com